Comments on: As the worm turns http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/ Life, Culture and Politics from BrisVegas Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:17:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ambigulous http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73126 Ambigulous Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:42:48 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73126 After he retires, will Glenn sell Worm Farms? They go well on food scraps, I'm told. Can he worm his way out? Or should we expect him to burst in here out of a wormhole (that's astrophysics, children, not toilet humour) from the parallel universe that's the GG in full flight? After he retires, will Glenn sell Worm Farms? They go well on food scraps, I’m told.

Can he worm his way out?

Or should we expect him to burst in here out of a wormhole (that’s astrophysics, children, not toilet humour) from the parallel universe that’s the GG in full flight?

]]> By: Frank Calabrese http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73125 Frank Calabrese Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:36:30 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73125 from the Press Club Page. <blockquote>Board Member - Tony Melville Member of the Board since 2003. Formerly on NPC Board in 1998 and 1999. National Public Affairs Adviser to the Australian Industry Group (AIG). Former ABC News Reporter, DFAT spokesman and Diplomat (Atlanta, Deputy Head of Mission in Manila). Former Media Advisor to Prime Minister Paul Keating. </blockquote> Gees, what a contrast to the Poison Dwarf :-) from the Press Club Page.

Board Member – Tony Melville

Member of the Board since 2003. Formerly on NPC Board in 1998 and 1999.
National Public Affairs Adviser to the Australian Industry Group (AIG).
Former ABC News Reporter, DFAT spokesman and Diplomat (Atlanta, Deputy Head of Mission in Manila).
Former Media Advisor to Prime Minister Paul Keating.

Gees, what a contrast to the Poison Dwarf :-)

]]> By: Andyc http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73124 Andyc Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:21:13 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73124 The blurb on the <a href="http://www.npc.org.au" rel="nofollow">front page</a> of the Press Club's site includes this joke: <i>"The National Press Club has a long standing history of impartially presenting federal policy debates and political addresses during election campaigns." </i> They should consider re-aligning with their purported long-standing history. If this means a few senior heads rolling: fine. Otherwise, they are a travesty of journalistic integrity and a threat to democracy. The blurb on the front page of the Press Club’s site includes this joke:

“The National Press Club has a long standing history of impartially presenting federal policy debates and political addresses during election campaigns.”

They should consider re-aligning with their purported long-standing history. If this means a few senior heads rolling: fine. Otherwise, they are a travesty of journalistic integrity and a threat to democracy.

]]> By: silkworm http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73123 silkworm Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:23:36 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73123 I look forward to the trials of Reilly and Milne after teh revolution. I look forward to the trials of Reilly and Milne after teh revolution.

]]> By: FDB http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73122 FDB Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:59:38 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73122 “Mr Milne says that by defying the Government’s request to not use the worm" Telling. A request is not defied, it is denied. A demand is defied. So which was it Glenn? “Mr Milne says that by defying the Government’s request to not use the worm”

Telling.

A request is not defied, it is denied. A demand is defied. So which was it Glenn?

]]> By: tigtog http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73121 tigtog Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:32:01 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73121 Quite right to be skeptical about Loughnane, grace. I couldn't find my cynic-coloured specs this morning, or I would never have missed that. Quite right to be skeptical about Loughnane, grace. I couldn’t find my cynic-coloured specs this morning, or I would never have missed that.

]]> By: grace pettigrew http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73120 grace pettigrew Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:12:10 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73120 Yes tigtog, and I'm not totally convinced by Brian Loughnane's denial either. After all, who is going to call him out if he is fibbing, Reilly and Milne? That would only sink them deeper. But essentially it does not matter what the Liberal Party said about the feed cut, because they are logically self-interested, and they had already stacked the show anyway in by-passing serious contenders like Kerry O'Brien and the ABC for some girly-boy from Rupert's SkyNews. No, the spotlight remains on the NPC and in particular, Reilly and Milne, both of whom have lost any right to call themselves professional and disinterested journalists, if they ever were. The NPC better get their house in order pronto. Yes tigtog, and I’m not totally convinced by Brian Loughnane’s denial either. After all, who is going to call him out if he is fibbing, Reilly and Milne? That would only sink them deeper.

But essentially it does not matter what the Liberal Party said about the feed cut, because they are logically self-interested, and they had already stacked the show anyway in by-passing serious contenders like Kerry O’Brien and the ABC for some girly-boy from Rupert’s SkyNews.

No, the spotlight remains on the NPC and in particular, Reilly and Milne, both of whom have lost any right to call themselves professional and disinterested journalists, if they ever were. The NPC better get their house in order pronto.

]]> By: Katz http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73119 Katz Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:01:39 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73119 <blockquote>That Milne and Reilly couldn’t see how it would look and went ahead with cutting the feed anyway speaks volumes to their general perspicacity, and none of it is flattering.</blockquote> <strong>Instances of Milne's conspicuous lack of perspicacity</strong> 1. The Walkley Waddle 2. Whacking the Worm <strong>Instances of Milne's conspicuous display of perspicacity</strong> *cue crickets*

That Milne and Reilly couldn’t see how it would look and went ahead with cutting the feed anyway speaks volumes to their general perspicacity, and none of it is flattering.

Instances of Milne’s conspicuous lack of perspicacity

1. The Walkley Waddle
2. Whacking the Worm

Instances of Milne’s conspicuous display of perspicacity
*cue crickets*

]]> By: tigtog http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73118 tigtog Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:45:09 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73118 Grace, agreed that it is the NPC hierarchy that smells worst after this. I'm not surprised that the Liberal Party honcho said they didn't want the feed cut when asked by the NPC for their position: they must have known how bad it would look. That Milne and Reilly couldn't see how it would look and went ahead with cutting the feed anyway speaks volumes to their general perspicacity, and none of it is flattering. Grace, agreed that it is the NPC hierarchy that smells worst after this.

I’m not surprised that the Liberal Party honcho said they didn’t want the feed cut when asked by the NPC for their position: they must have known how bad it would look. That Milne and Reilly couldn’t see how it would look and went ahead with cutting the feed anyway speaks volumes to their general perspicacity, and none of it is flattering.

]]> By: Paul Burns http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73117 Paul Burns Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:36:13 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/10/21/as-the-worm-turns/#comment-73117 Ain't it lovely the commentary about the meanderings of the worm has got out, out, out of control and beyond Liberal Party spin, try as they might. Ain’t it lovely the commentary about the meanderings of the worm has got out, out, out of control and beyond Liberal Party spin, try as they might.

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