This will hurt me...

So the team with the player just suspended for three tests for racial abuse is claiming the moral high gound? Riiighhht...

It's about time. I've long argued that they should have their own country. "The UN wants to see the humble potato used to combat poverty and provide food security." The ABC tells me that about 400,000 tonnes of potatoes are grown in Tasmania each year, and Jennifer, Henry and I eat maybe a third of that. I like this quote from the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association: "There's such a variety of ways of preparing them for the table you know, you can boil them, you can bake them, you can make them into chips." Well said that man. All hail the mighty spud! HOORAH!

All during the campaign Peter Costello kept claiming that Rudd didn’t have the stomach for tough decisions. Well, the very first time Costello gets to do it tough, he curls up into a ball to “spend time with his family”. It’s just as well he is not going to lead the Government. He was primed and ready when the Prime - Ministership was to be handed to him on a plate, without actually having to fight for it or do the hard yards (like Howard did). He really must go down in Australian political history as the biggest gutless wonder we’ve ever seen. Can’t say that I’ll miss that smirk much either. As a great man once said, "all tip and no iceberg".

New South Wales require another 568 runs with 10 wickets remaining. In one day. I don't think that Tassie can lose from here. With Lambert promoted to, NSW may have an early slog and chase hard. The risk for them (obviously) is losing a few wickets. If this happens Tassie could easily roll their soft middle order. If they do, NSW will officially become our bitch. Either way, I’m confident that Tasmania will win the Shield for the first time ever. Whatever, worst case scenario and they lose, I’ll just stress that the final is a load of rubbish and Tassie finished on top, and that was enough to win the shield for 75 years so everyone else can get fucked and we’re still the champions. And looking closer at the side only makes me happier. Michael Di Venuto; Tim Paine; George Bailey; Sean Clingeleffer; Luke Butterworth; Adam Griffith; and Ben Hilfenhaus are all Tasmanians born and bred. Travis Birt and Damien Wright are from elsewhere, but have only played first class cricket in Austral...