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Abbott Jarrahdale Western Australia </a> </h1> <p id="description">The random thoughts of Colin Hugh Abbott of Jarrahdale, Western Australia.</p> </div>  <div id="content">  <div id="main"><div id="main2"> <div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> <h2 class="date-header">Saturday, November 19, 2005</h2>  <div class="post"><a name="113246881048769100"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> DUCK the issue? </h3> <div class="post-body"> <div> <div style="clear:both;"></div>POLITICIANS make strange bedfellows. They spend years feather-bedding the economy, then the economy spends years feather-bedding them. 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