That's one fucked up Cinderella story...

It's a tale about a princess who, while being dragged out of a fashionable restaurant, lost her slipper uh... shoe.

An analysis of Australia Day's Tent Embassy/Gillard/Abbott shenanigans.

It was on all the news, a small piece of shame marring the national celebrations. An act so worthless and despicable, it must perforce cause us all to hang our heads in shame. Yes, Ricky Ponting getting lauded by an Australia Day honour.

What? Oh, you want to talk about the other thing that happened.

Well by now we've all seen those shots: shouting protestors, Julia being dragged like a sack of taters and losing her shoe, and mysterious interpolated shots of Tony swimming. Making it all seem a bit like some surrealist film, like something a Bunuel or Lynch would do.

So, our lazy-ass media called it a riot. RIOT!! they scream, like a fuckwit screaming FIRE!! in a crowded room, just so they can watch people trample each other to death. Only after establishing Riot credentials is the afterthought slipped in of what may have caused the 'riot'.

As is so often the case, it slips back to Australia's favourite fear merchant and agent provocateur. Jughead of the Riverdale Gang, aka Tony Abbott. Many media outlets covered what he said, but only as a kind of afterthought. This quote is via The Age;

Tensions boiled over on Thursday afternoon following comments Mr Abbott made in Sydney earlier in the day.

Mr Abbott said he understood why the tent embassy was set up "all those years ago".

"I think a lot has changed for the better since then," he told reporters.

"I think the indigenous people of Australia can be very proud of the respect in which they are held by every Australian.

"I think a lot has changed since then, and I think it probably is time to move on from that."

'A lot has changed for the better'? Like intervention? 'Very proud of the respect in which they are held'?

Ohhh get fucked. This prick deserved a fucking riot after that. Sadly he didn't get one.

If you're any kind of clued-in person, you may know how stories can be shot and edited to provide a slanted narrative for news reporting, so here's a few things to read to flesh the story out a bit more. Start with The Age here, then go read Wil Wallace's post, which was taken from the protestors' side of the story here.

Lastly all I can think of is Julia and Tony bundled into the back of the same car, breathless with adrenaline. They stare into each other's eyes... bow chicka wow-wow.

No!! UUUUGHHH!! The HORROR!!