The Gillard Government

[Aussiejeff]

Don't worry about that all of the Labor members will be canvasing for Industry super fund board jobs and any other positions in expectation of being thrown out.

What's the odds on JuLiar being anointed Welsh Ambassador to salve her wounded pride?

....but more importantly, what shall the esteemed World's Greatest Trasherer do for a buck? Shirley a plumb roll for him at Goldmen Sux?
What a carnival of clowns.....the thought "firing squad" did cross my mind....:bigun2:

 

[MrBurns]

What's the odds on JuLiar being anointed Welsh Ambassador to salve her wounded pride?

....but more importantly, what shall the esteemed World's Greatest Trasherer do for a buck? Shirley a plumb roll for him at Goldmen Sux?
What a carnival of clowns.....the thought "firing squad" did cross my mind....:bigun2:

Unfortunately I think we are the clowns, we pay these people to do a job very very badly then reward them with perks for life.

 

[dutchie]

What's the odds on JuLiar being anointed Welsh Ambassador to salve her wounded pride?

....but more importantly, what shall the esteemed World's Greatest Trasherer do for a buck? Shirley a plumb roll for him at Goldmen Sux?
What a carnival of clowns.....the thought "firing squad" did cross my mind....:bigun2:

In some countries they would be put on trial for treason.

Hmmm............

 

[bunyip]

Bunyip, don't give me credit for the chart. it was just something that got delivered to my letter box.
Assumed it was a Liberal Party advert but there is no Liberal party logo on it?
The whole thing is a mess but it is not clear to me exactly what a Liberal government could do differently to turn back the tide.

No no, I'd guessed that someone had sent it to you or you'd pulled it off the net.
The opposition are going to have a field day in the election campaign if they put up graphs like that.

 

[bunyip]

In some countries they would be put on trial for treason.

Hmmm............

That's quite true actually - these peole are traitors to our country.

I think we're being too kind to Gillard by referring to her as JuLiar. The woman has repeatedly proven herself to be not only a liar, but a grossly incompetent fool as well.
A combination of the words 'fool' and 'liar' would more accurately describe her.

 

[Logique]

To mark the resignation of Martin Ferguson.

Written nearly three years ago by Michael Thompson, but still rings true.

My party was trashed by the middle class
BY: MICHAEL THOMPSON From: The Australian August 28, 2010
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...the-middle-class/story-fn59niix-1225910722814

...A favourite tactic [of the chattering classes] for driving home supposed working-class moral inferiority and for undermining its confidence is to discredit the institutions its members grew up believing in. Three examples of this tactic will suffice: sport, the church and the Anzac tradition....

...The working class knows that the only role the [ALP] party sees them fit for is dumb service on polling booths, letter boxing, door knocking and the like. Activities that chattering class members do not deign to do, unless it's in support of a local nimby issue...

 

[Calliope]

Doesn't matter to me which it is. For once it is the right thing to do and I happen to like Andrew Wilkie's comment on the subject:

Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie said the original deal smacked of "financial self interest".
"So much for the public interest, and the disadvantaged ... (who) the Labor Party claims to represent," Mr Wilkie said.

It was a bizarre idea. The practice has been that politicians pay people to vote for them. (pork barrelling). Now they are asking us to pay them for the privilege of voting for them. It's not surprising that voting is compulsory.

 

[Julia]

Doesn't matter to me which it is. For once it is the right thing to do and I happen to like Andrew Wilkie's comment on the subject:

Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie said the original deal smacked of "financial self interest".
"So much for the public interest, and the disadvantaged ... (who) the Labor Party claims to represent," Mr Wilkie said.

+1. That they can strip funds from essential organisations like ASIO, put single mothers into poverty, etc etc., and then actually consider they can stick voters for more for their own trough is beyond belief.

 

[drsmith]

Doesn't matter to me which it is. For once it is the right thing to do and I happen to like Andrew Wilkie's comment on the subject:

Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie said the original deal smacked of "financial self interest".
"So much for the public interest, and the disadvantaged ... (who) the Labor Party claims to represent," Mr Wilkie said.

It looks like an about face on the Coalition's part.

http://resources.news.com.au/files/2013/05/30/1226653/565888-abbott-letter.pdf

Mark Dreyfus looks like one very unhappy camper.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-...-from-abbott-agreeing-to-funding-deal/4722312

Both sides come up smelling like crap from this, but TA is right in the sense that the timing is terrible. Pity he and the Libs didn't realise that sooner.

Interesting observation from the SMH's political blog,

11:13am: Greens leader Christine Milne and her deputy Adam Bandt have just held a press conference with independent MPs Andrew Wilkie and Tony Windsor in which they declared the pulling of the party funding legislation a victory for people power.

All pointed out that a deal stitched up between the major parties and then launched on an unsuspecting public is exactly the kind of thing that turns people off mainstream politics.

It pained them to say it but they congratulated Opposition Leader Tony Abbott for pulling the pin on the deal.

My bolds.

 

[Knobby22]

+1. That they can strip funds from essential organisations like ASIO, put single mothers into poverty, etc etc., and then actually consider they can stick voters for more for their own trough is beyond belief.

Yes, I dislike our political class intensely.
All bloody lawyers born to rule.
At least the Libs listen to their members.

 

[Calliope]

It's a shame the bill has been withdrawn. It would have been great to see the hypocritical Windsor and Oakeshott cross the floor. To have failed to do so would have been their death warrants. To do so would have been Julia's death warrant.

 

[MrBurns]

Sandwich thrown at Julia Gillard during Canberra school visit

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-30/sandwich-thrown-at-gillard-during-school-visit/4723132

Too bad they missed.

Watching question time, what a waste of an expensive building, Labor are a desperate lot of hopeless losers boring everyone to tears.

 

[Calliope]

It is going to be very difficult to excuse Abbott's hypocrisy. Is he cast in the same mould as Gillard?

The incriminating letter;

http://resources.news.com.au/files/2013/05/30/1226653/565888-abbott-letter.pdf

 

[MrBurns]

It is going to be very difficult to excuse Abbott's hypocrisy. Is he cast in the same mould as Gillard?

The incriminating letter;

http://resources.news.com.au/files/2013/05/30/1226653/565888-abbott-letter.pdf

So he changed his mind and saved taxpayers money..............the problem is ?

 

[Calliope]

So he changed his mind and saved taxpayers money..............the problem is ?

I thought that was obvious. He was forced into it by a public outcry. What the hell was he thinking when he agreed to it...certainly not taxpayers' money.

 

[Bintang]

So he changed his mind and saved taxpayers money..............the problem is ?

All of this just proves that it doesn't matter which side of politics these politicians come from their single greatest motivation is self-interest. Take that to be a universal truth. In other words voting is simply about trying to select the least bad alternative.

 

[MrBurns]

I thought that was obvious. He was forced into it by a public outcry. What the hell was he thinking when he agreed to it...certainly not taxpayers' money.

Suppose he thought it would go through without a fuss but he played it safe and smart and bent to public opinion.

Labor on the other hand are looking foolish (as usual) by accusing him of back flipping, not being truthful and the biggest laugh of all is Gillard saying he cant be trusted.
How far will these pathetic squealing's get with the public ?

 

[Ijustnewit]

I saw Abbott on TV and he said he had listened to the electorate and the people . Something Gillard is unable to do , and thus her problems. BTW what a waste of a good sanga , Vegemite last time this time salami . When they start throwing egg and lettuce we know they really have had enough.

 

[Calliope]

I saw Abbott on TV and he said he had listened to the electorate and the people.

He was thinking about the next Newspoll. The independents were claiming they were the only ones with integrity.

 

[MrBurns]

He was thinking about the next Newspoll. The independents were claiming they were the only ones with integrity.

They can take their integrity to the dole office on Sept 15th.