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Grumpy John Wilkins is an aged, eternal student, who thinks philosophy of biology is at least as interesting as politics or sport and twice as important. He has a PhD from the University of Melbourne and a position as a Postdoctoral Fellow Sessional Lecturer at the University of Queensland, in Australia. After a varied career, involving factories, gardening, civil service, publishing, graphics, public relations but not, unfortunately for the CV, driving a truck, John finally completed his thesis on species concepts in 2004, which he has worked into two books. Species Definitions: A Sourcebook (Peter Lang) will come out in 2008; Species: A History of an Idea (University of California Press) will appear, it is hoped, in early 2009. He is also interested in cultural evolution, philosophy of religion, Macintosh computers and his kids.

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Beatles' ode to John Howard

Category: Politics
Posted on: November 27, 2007 12:35 AM, by John S. Wilkins

This is kicking a man when he's down, but the iPod popped this up to me last night, and I thought how appropriate it is to the election outcome:

I'm looking through you
Where did you go
I thought I knew you
What did I know
You don't look different
But you have changed
I'm looking through you
You're not the same

Your lips are moving
I cannot hear
You voice is soothing
But the words aren't clear
You don't sound different
I've learned the game
I'm looking through you
You're not the same

Why, tell me why
Did you not treat me right
Love has a nasty habit
Of disappearing overnight

You're thinking of me
The same old way
You were above me
But not today
The only difference
Is you're down there
I'm looking though you
And you're nowhere

Why, tell me why
Did you not treat me right
Love has a nasty habit
Of disappearing overnight

I'm looking through you
Where did you go
I thought I knew you
What did I know
You don't look different
But you have changed
I'm looking through you
You're not the same
Yeah, Oh, baby you've changed
Aah, I'm looking through you
Yeah, I'm looking through you
You've changed, you've changed
You've changed, you've changed

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#1

You wanna hear something weird?
Because of the Chasers, your post makes perfect sense to me even though I'm from Israel.
I think by now I know more about aussie politics than most aussies.
How freakish is that?

Posted by: eyal | November 27, 2007 3:37 AM

#2

That election should have been Howard's to lose. a decade and a half of steady economic growth but all I ever heard about was John Howard's chain of dubious stupidities. I know more about Aussie politics than I do about Vermont politics, but probably only because my governor blunders less.

Posted by: John Vreeland | November 27, 2007 7:04 PM

#3

Damn you John Wilkins. That song is now stuck in my head. Damn you!

Posted by: John Vreeland | November 27, 2007 7:06 PM

#4

Be grateful I didn't use Spice Girls song.

Posted by: John S. Wilkins | November 27, 2007 7:57 PM

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