Politics: Australian for Ally

Since hitting the nail on the head is a tradition in Australia, it will surprise no-one that an opposition leader there called Australia's pro-Iraq war Prime Minister an "arselicker" of the Bush Administration.

Money bit:

[Australian Prime Minister John] Howard conceded that he had been a little embarrassed by the fervour of Mr Bush's endorsement, knowing that it would probably spawn a new generation of invective from Opposition figures such as Mark Latham, who already accused Mr Howard of being an "arselicker" of the Bush Administration and described this visit as "a conga line of suckholes" heading to Washington.

John Ashcroft immediately responded that if Mr. Latham ever brought his little act to this side of the globe, he would be permanently detained.