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It’s 43 years to the day since Aretha Franklin went #1 on the Billboard charts with Respect, a song which has oddly been in the news a bit due to Kevin Rudd’s RSPT. How rocking is this live version…

Does Kevin Rudd use too many acronyms?

Sock it to me sock it to me sock it to me sock it to me.

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- Eric says:
  
  06:25am | 31/05/10
  
  Speaking of “sock it to me”, girls are closing another education gap.
  
  http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-act/female-violence-soars-in-nsw-schools/story-e6freuzi-1225873221936
  
  “Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research figures show physical attacks involving girls have risen at the rate of nearly 15 per cent a year since 2005, yet the level of male violence remains “stable”.
  
  “Last year, 154 violent incidents in schools involving girls aged 10 to 17 were reported to police, compared with just 89 five years ago. During the same period, the number of male attacks rose from 254 to 291.”
  
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- Dan says:
  
  07:24am | 31/05/10
  
  Was the acronym Rudd’s idea or the media’s? I don’t recall Rudd using the acronym, however I’m happy to be corrected.
  
  Anyway, it’s a wonderful song, although I have always felt that Aretha was, dare I say it, a little overrated.
  
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- Shane From Melbourne says:
  
  11:32am | 31/05/10
  
  I like this one:
  
  In traditional capitalism, you have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies and the economy grows. Eventually, you sell them and retire on your income.
  In Enron capitalism, you have two cows. You sell all three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap so that you get all four cows back with a tax exemption for five cows.
  The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Islands company secretly owned by the majority shareholder, who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. Its annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet is provided.
  The public buys your bull.
  
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Liberal_Senator says:

01:20pm | 31/05/10

Thanks Shane, I did not complete my high school economics but now I feel I can contribute to criticism of Ken Henry.
- Zeta says:
  
  11:32am | 31/05/10
  
  I cried manly tears today for Dennis Hopper. They don’t make them like that anymore.
  
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Dan says:

01:31pm | 31/05/10

You’re absolutely right. He was a legend. I can not believe he’s dead. I’m still shocked.
- Steve says:
  
  01:36pm | 31/05/10
  
  Have not heard much of Sarah Palin or the ultra right wing Republicans who liked to chant their “Drill baby, drill” mantra. Let’s hope the oil spill does not get into the gulf stream and end up in Europe.
  
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- stephen says:
  
  02:23pm | 31/05/10
  
  I likes da’ Gal !
  Aretha, that is, but i reckon her best song is Freeway of Love.
  
  PS Best ter be in the front seat listening to this, not the back.
  
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- Shane From Melbourne says:
  
  05:30pm | 31/05/10
  
  Memo to MPs: Try not overburden Australian embassies overseas with excessive demands on your “Study Trips”. Remember that unlike Members of Parliament, embassy staff have to actually work.
  
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