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overhang said:
The day a Bolt fanatic is satisfied with the balance of ABC reporting is the day the ABC will lose all credibility and any chance of remaining impartial. The fact you use it as some sort of insult speaks volumes about your inability to see things rationally.
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What a load of crap you talk......The ABC has lost all credibility in the last 5 or 6 years and this has been well doucmented in the appropriate thread "THE ABC IS POLITICAL"

I suggest you have a look at it...........you might learn something beyond the kindy garden class.
 
noco said:
What a load of crap you talk......The ABC has lost all credibility in the last 5 or 6 years and this has been well doucmented in the appropriate thread "THE ABC IS POLITICAL"

I suggest you have a look at it...........you might learn something beyond the kindy garden class.
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I think I've fallen for the old trick, don't argue with idiots because they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
 
noco said:
What a load of crap you talk......The ABC has lost all credibility in the last 5 or 6 years and this has been well doucmented in the appropriate thread "THE ABC IS POLITICAL"
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Sure, if your only measure of credibility is an opinion poll of the members of this forum.
 
sydboy007 said:
Fair enough, but at least acknowledge that Labor did reasonably well in terms of the economy. Unemployment has help up reasonably well, they kep debt pretty well under control compared to most other countries, and no Government is going to willingly cut the budget so much that the economy stalls and unemployment starts to rise quickly.

I'd just like to see the same yardstick that people whacked Labor with applied to the L(n)P.

When the media was reporting about Thomson it was fine, gets the boots out and start the head kicking, but when we read about L(n)P members caught making dodgy claims, it's somehow a left wing media bias.
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Like I said, give it 6 - 12 months the benefit of hindsight will be with us and a valued judgement can be made. Currently it is all inuedo and speculation, time will prove it one way or another.
It may well be proven that some Labor initiatives were well intentioned, but poorly implemented. It wouldn't be the first time that has happened.
 
overhang said:
I think I've fallen for the old trick, don't argue with idiots because they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
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Yes age and experience will always beat inmaturity for as you age you become much wiser to understand what is going on around you..You sure have a few lessons to learn.
 
noco said:
Yes age and experience will always beat inmaturity for as you age you become much wiser to understand what is going on around you..You sure have a few lessons to learn.
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You know if you insult someone you might want to make sure your spelling is correct, makes you look even more stupid than you might actually be.
 
overhang said:
You know if you insult someone you might want to make sure your spelling is correct, makes you look even more stupid than you might actually be.
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Thanks for your correction...yes I hit the wrong button.....the "N" and the "M" are close together and when you get to my age and have to wear bifocal glsses you will understand...in the meantime I hope you enjoyed being able to hang one on me. At least I helped to make your miserable day brighter.
 
noco said:
Yes age and experience will always beat inmaturity for as you age you become much wiser to understand what is going on around you..You sure have a few lessons to learn.
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Age and experience does not necessarily equal growing older, wiser... sometimes it just equals Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Then there's the little issue of, belief gets in the way of learning.

As for understanding...

“Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.”
― Aristotle

Sometimes though age and experience just translates to... a grumpy old man! :p:
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While hoping for the best, but fearing the worst, Tony seems to have got his patronising and placating wires crossed... Japan is now his best friend in the Asia pacific.
 
overhang said:
You know if you insult someone you might want to make sure your spelling is correct, makes you look even more stupid than you might actually be.
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You should know better than to argue with grumpy old men..now get off their lawn and let them enjoy their pet project called abbott and let them reminisce the good old days of 1950's howard and his overgrown eyebrows, like a re-run of happy days and brady bunch!!!

LOL the ceremony of ol' browyn's hair bun getting dragged up on the speakers chair should be a sight to behold.

Then watch the 65,000 NBN refrigerator node boxes with 18 car batteries each become a bigger scandal than pink batts, poor Malcolm. If these things overheat in london and shut down, imagine what they will do here.

Oh I can't wait to watch another joe hockey public melt down & sweating out a budget emergency.

Then the count down larger than life PUP dinosaurs thundering in the senate fattening up their own interests like some billionaire Russian oligarchs crushing the underclass sweeping aside global warming like it can be cooled down over a ice cold beer, akin to watching Rome burn in 40 plus degrees heat-waves that started in early spring, that will morph into those summer fire days where 100's of fires burn unchecked in each state without mercy. Hopefully those cyclones the size of the USA might end up further south and give the top end a well deserved break. Similar weather the dinosaurs had back in the day.

I hope they don't forget to email BOM to again expand the highest brown bar on that contour graph 45 – 48C, from purple & pink in 2013 and add a light pink in 2014 or to hell with it and just have a rainbow flag for above 60 deg. and blame the gays for being so smoking hot with their 6 packs, whilst the pollies grow their fat packs.

Sit back relax, pop corn, can ice cold drink, aircond on nice 21deg and internet live news feed at the ready and enjoy the ol' baby boomers having a go at running the joint not that labor were any better at it.

tongue in cheek of course

http://jonova.s3.amazonaws.com/graphs/australia/weather-map-v-prediction-australia-jan14.gif
 
How many BFFs does the Tonster have?

First it was Indonesia, then Malaysia nearly pipped them.

Now Japan is his bestest BFF. Just picturing Abbott and Abe bedazzling their Akubras together.

Reminds me of his WA GST on a per capita basis, hops onto a plane to Tassie and says no changes to GST that would leave a state worse off.

Seriously, stop trying to please everyone all the time. You can't do it and all you do is come across as being insincere. I mean how much grovelling can he do in 1 trip?
 
drsmith said:
Andrew Bolt obviously has a bias and obviously needs considered in considering his view. to say though say he has no credibility is wrong.

While I don't always agree with what he says, Andrew Bolt does raise some good points. He has more credibility than the likes of David Marr in my view.

With political commentary, there's bias on both sides and the best we can hope for overall is a balance.
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When did David Marr get told by a judge that he had no credibility?
 
McLovin said:
No it was the Iron Man event in Port Macquarie that he shouldn't have expensed, IMO.
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Abbott is serial abuser $20k plus he has repaid in travel expenses, I think $14k for his book battle lines.
 
13ugs13unny said:
You should know better than to argue with grumpy old men..now get off their lawn and let them enjoy their pet project called abbott and let them reminisce the good old days of 1950's howard and his overgrown eyebrows, like a re-run of happy days and brady bunch!!!

LOL the ceremony of ol' browyn's hair bun getting dragged up on the speakers chair should be a sight to behold.

Then watch the 65,000 NBN refrigerator node boxes with 18 car batteries each become a bigger scandal than pink batts, poor Malcolm. If these things overheat in london and shut down, imagine what they will do here.

Oh I can't wait to watch another joe hockey public melt down & sweating out a budget emergency.

Then the count down larger than life PUP dinosaurs thundering in the senate fattening up their own interests like some billionaire Russian oligarchs crushing the underclass sweeping aside global warming like it can be cooled down over a ice cold beer, akin to watching Rome burn in 40 plus degrees heat-waves that started in early spring, that will morph into those summer fire days where 100's of fires burn unchecked in each state without mercy. Hopefully those cyclones the size of the USA might end up further south and give the top end a well deserved break. Similar weather the dinosaurs had back in the day.

I hope they don't forget to email BOM to again expand the highest brown bar on that contour graph 45 – 48C, from purple & pink in 2013 and add a light pink in 2014 or to hell with it and just have a rainbow flag for above 60 deg. and blame the gays for being so smoking hot with their 6 packs, whilst the pollies grow their fat packs.

Sit back relax, pop corn, can ice cold drink, aircond on nice 21deg and internet live news feed at the ready and enjoy the ol' baby boomers having a go at running the joint not that labor were any better at it.

tongue in cheek of course

http://jonova.s3.amazonaws.com/graphs/australia/weather-map-v-prediction-australia-jan14.gif
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Best post for a long time thanks 13ugs :xyxthumbs:xyxthumbs
 
McLovin said:
w.t.f.

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Why is the taxpayer compensating someone who was the victim of a crime outside Australia?

Or put another way, if you're in a country that DFAT says "Do not travel to"/"Avoid travel to" and you are caught up in a terrorist act why should you be compensated?

This entitlement mentality seemingly knows no bounds.
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I can understand assistance but don't get the straight out payment thought the same WTF.
 
I congratulate Andrew Bolt for exposing the Labor left wing socialist party and the unions for the mud racking that is coming out of their slimy mouths.

They are poor losers and just can't help themselves in all their efforts to discredit Abbott......4 weeks in the job and the Geelong Trades Hall are even calling for his assassination....what a grubby lot.....they obviously don't believe in democracy.

Abbott hadn't even been sworn in before a new Facebook site - "Tony Abbott - Worst PM in Australian History" - savaged him as "a misogynist, sexist, homophobic pr---, a bully, a racist, a liar ...". It has 170,000 "likes".

What a pathetic lot.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...to-get-a-fair-go/story-fnj45fvb-1226735703708
 
noco said:
I congratulate Andrew Bolt for exposing the Labor left wing socialist party and the unions for the mud racking that is coming out of their slimy mouths.

They are poor losers and just can't help themselves in all their efforts to discredit Abbott......4 weeks in the job and the Geelong Trades Hall are even calling for his assassination....what a grubby lot.....they obviously don't believe in democracy.

Abbott hadn't even been sworn in before a new Facebook site - "Tony Abbott - Worst PM in Australian History" - savaged him as "a misogynist, sexist, homophobic pr---, a bully, a racist, a liar ...". It has 170,000 "likes".

What a pathetic lot.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...to-get-a-fair-go/story-fnj45fvb-1226735703708
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You sound like the petulant Abbott. Why is everyone not focusing on ME on the GREAT stage. Why are they focusing on politicians abusing tax payer funds to go to weddings and sporting events and V8 racers. WHY WHY WHY!

Didn't Abbott learn from the opposition tactics 101 book he helped write the last 3 years. Not that labor have needed to do much to keep the issue alive.

Got to say he really knows how to flame the argument by not seeing the voters are not happy with what's been exposed. At least the Greens and Xenophon have come up with some realistic solutions. I'd love to see a politicians explain why they can't fly economy for a trip under 2 hours. That would be fun to watch.

As for the facebook page about Tony, maybe not fair, but then some of what he said about Gillard was pretty disgusting too, never backed up by any facts. We live in a democracy and if Gillard had to accept Abbott standing in front of Burn the Witch placards, I'm sure the Tonster can survive too.
 
sydboy007 said:
You sound like the petulant Abbott. Why is everyone not focusing on ME on the GREAT stage. Why are they focusing on politicians abusing tax payer funds to go to weddings and sporting events and V8 racers. WHY WHY WHY!

Didn't Abbott learn from the opposition tactics 101 book he helped write the last 3 years. Not that labor have needed to do much to keep the issue alive.

Got to say he really knows how to flame the argument by not seeing the voters are not happy with what's been exposed. At least the Greens and Xenophon have come up with some realistic solutions. I'd love to see a politicians explain why they can't fly economy for a trip under 2 hours. That would be fun to watch.

As for the facebook page about Tony, maybe not fair, but then some of what he said about Gillard was pretty disgusting too, never backed up by any facts. We live in a democracy and if Gillard had to accept Abbott standing in front of Burn the Witch placards, I'm sure the Tonster can survive too.
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Abbott didn't stand in front of those placards the placard holder positioned himself behind him.

I wish you could be transported to another place and have Gillard rule over you for the rest of your pathetic existence, you might learn then but I doubt it.
 
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