Comments on: Like Santa…

By: amused

amused — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:27:57 +0000

Well BB, I read that Julia Gillard was a communist lesbian, who not long after leaving University got a job indoctrinating children with marxism and lesbianism, and then she went on to become a lawyer, working for a firm that gave money to union bosses to pass on to ALP candidates so that they could tell lies to the electorate. Then when the secret commie cell told her to go into politics, she dyed her hair red, to give a secret signal to those in the comie cells, and got a front bench position, thanks to the influence of the wreckers who secretly fund the ALP.

Then she stopped being a lesbian and started to have affairs with men who could help her career, because she is ambitious to be Prime Minister and Treasurer, all at the same time, so she can steal all the money from the battlers, and she had an operation so she couldn’t have children, on the orders of the ’secret cell’ and her boyfriend, who is a hairdresser, is really gay, and they are both plotting to make gay marriage compulsory for all the kiddies who will be forced to denounce their parents to the politically correct thought police.

Well, I reckon it’s true.

By: steve

steve — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:58:50 +0000

Today Sham-I-am has gone a bit punch drunch and is taking airswings at Swan. Peter Martin recently debunked the GG’s comedy routine about the Treasurer’s role.

By: gandhi

gandhi — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:38:26 +0000

tssk,

The EHMs go in first,t he jackals only come in later if they are needed.

By: tssk

tssk — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:15:55 +0000

What I don’t understand is if the GG are using Newspoll to influence the great unwashed into making the “right” decision why don’t they just skew, sorry, “correct’ the figures. Call it seasonal adjustment or something.

By: steve

steve — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:00:40 +0000

Gandhi, a great idea whose time will never come. The Government Gazette. and co. know as well as we do that what they advocate will not last for five minutes under real world scrutiny. Your suggestion highlights how ludicrous their corrupt position is.

By: gandhi

gandhi — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:03:27 +0000

Here’s a thought. The two great pre-election indicators are polls and punters. Shanahan says News Ltd understands polls coz they own one, and that imbues the GG editorial team with the authority to dictate interpretations. So… why doesn’t Uncle Rupert open a book on the election? Surely that is not just the ultimate show of faith in his loyal scribes, but also clearly underwrites his faith in their professional judgment.

Dennis and his friends at The Sun King’s Shanabet Co. can offer odds of (say) $1.10 for a Howard victory against $12.55 for a Rudd win.

Sounds fair?

By: joni

joni — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:17:18 +0000

Just on the article by Milne stating that the Arts community should support the government, there is just a single word to indicate why they will do no such thing:

Sedition

By: Peterc

Peterc — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:14:19 +0000

I have given some “careful thought” to the Howard Government’s inaction on the IT and Telco sector and Coonan’s performance. Here are my conclusions:

Coonan doesn’t understand technology and the importance of the sector to Australia. She is therefore incapable of managing her portfolio, as evidence by Australia’s slide in broadband penetration, our slow broadband, and the relentless march of IT sector jobs off shore.

Coonan, after doing nothing, has been stung into action by Labor’s (reasonable) broadband policy.

The tender process for the Australia-wide broadband roll out has been compromised by Coonan, hence Telstra’s complaint about it.

The Government’s new broadband strategy is the wrong one - they have selected the a small market share and questionable coverage technology. They will also completely duplicate what will be available via Telstra’s Next G network - which is a colossal waste of time, money and resources.

Australia has competitive advantage in IT services - but the Government doesn’t realise this or support it. Meanwhile they sign up government contracts with Microsoft to make Bill Gates richer and send our money off shore - when it could go to local services and employment.

The Howard government sold off Telstra for ideological reasons, and have therefore now lost control of service delivery. We are now seeing the chickens coming home to roost.

In summary, just another conservative SNAFU, and another nail in their coffin, irrespective of what what spin the GG puts out.

By: Guido

Guido — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:12:28 +0000

Joe 2…that could refer to the colour of her hair.

By: Spiros

Spiros — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:31:24 +0000

BB, surely you can weave Bob Collins somewhere into that story.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:59:26 +0000

Another update: Graphs and comment at Oz Politics while Possum deconstructs Groundhog Day.

By: joe2

joe2 — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:34:54 +0000

And Rudds’ deputy has crept from underneath the bed.

http://www.magshop.com.au/Popup_Image.htm?ImageID=115

Labor has to be finished with a front page like that.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:17:02 +0000

BB. Heh! Rudds on his last legs, you can tell.

By: Bushfire Bill

Bushfire Bill — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:13:19 +0000

“Well, I read… I think it was in Piers Akerman’s column… that Kevin Rudd raped a young girl in 1989 and then sent Union Bosses around to her house to force her to withdraw the complaint. After that Brian Burke organised for the documents to be shredded and Therese Rein stole her wages after she got her first job. If it wasn’t for Rudd’s dodgy ticker, it would have been even worse for her. I hear he was about to lure her onto the Kokoda Track and then abandon her to the natives, but he got an attack of angina after being thrown out of a New York lap dancing club and couldn’t follow through. The man clearly has a glass jaw, I reckon.”

By: Leinad

Leinad — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:17:40 +0000

Guido: ah, but Howard picked Manly.

Anyway, at this rate it looks like he’s wishing he could postpone the election until the A-League Grand Final in Feburary…

By: John Ryan

John Ryan — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:11:31 +0000

Why don,t Shamahan ask Howard why he is to frightened to call the Election,maybe Textor and Co are telling him to make the most of the Big white car cause its all over now baby blue

By: Guido

Guido — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:04:40 +0000

I expected the GG to say that Rudd’s stocks have been damaged because he predicted a Port Adelaide premiership.

By: David

David — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:48:11 +0000

As for Coonan, what makes her think “careful thought�? will aid her side?

You need to understand the Liberal-GG meaning system. The Liberal Party is the definition of careful thought, as it is for electoral success.

By: Alex on a Bus

Alex on a Bus — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:35:12 +0000

“The Australian people really do need to think very carefully about the choices they will make,�? Senator Coonan told ABC radio today.

Well, at least the Libs are keeping on message in one respect: they still refuse to believe that anyone with half a brain could contemplate voting Labor. Maybe we should suggest labotomies for the entire front bench so they can join the real world…

By: mick

mick — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:34:48 +0000

So, Ken, by your reasoning sometime around Christmas a family will be digging into a plum pudding and someone will say, “Good Lord, did you hear that this union-loving Labor fellow went to a strip clug in New York!”.