Moving Forward
“…what we see in Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring are the results of hundreds of years of evolution in human communication, ideology, and organization.”
Tone
I really wanted to write a good review of this book, but this was not the book to do it. Abbott is a conviction politician, no matter how angry certain commenter may be when I say that. He wants power, yes, and he is ruthless in his pursuit of it. But he wants power for a reason, not just for its own sake. I just hope that the debate this book sparked gets people talking about what those reasons are.
Fantasy, politics and offshore processing
So, the Gillard government continues its bizarre negotiations with the Coalition over some legislative way to effectively overturn the High Court’s decision on asylum seekers, and revive offshore processing. A dire warning was provided to the Coalition by the Secretary [...]
The logic of Labor (and Liberal) leadership
In a post entitled “After Gillard”, John Quiggin writes: I think the return of Rudd would put the spotlight on Abbott’s total fraudulence, maybe even paving the way for the Rudd vs Turnbull election we should have had last time. [...]
Tony Abbott vs. Tony Abbott on manufacturing
Tony Abbott is heavy industry’s best friend – this week. It’s amazing how fast things can change.
A quick reminder: Tony Abbott talks out his arse
Just popping in to remind you all: whenever Tony Abbott says anything about the effects of a carbon tax, it’s most likely wrong. At the bottom of this article is more scaremongering rubbish: Touring the Ford factory at Geelong, Mr [...]
Revolting: the Nihilism of Tony Abbott
During this morning’s press conference, Brown, Combet and Gillard drew on a number of justifications for a carbon price: the logic of the market itself (as with multiple references to economic efficiency), fairness, redistribution of income to low income households, [...]
Afghanistan and the sunk cost fallacy
From Tony Abbott’s Parliamentary speech (PDF, page 29) on the Afghanistan war: As things stand, each bereaved family knows that the Australian people respect their loss and value their sacrifice. We have honoured their deaths by continuing their campaign. How [...]
Both atheist ‘rationalism’ and Catholic triumphalism betray Mary MacKillop’s legacy
I had mixed feelings last night about whether to watch the canonisation ceremony for Blessed Mary MacKillop on ABC News 24. In part, but not exclusively, those feelings related to the way the ceremonies would be covered, and I’m afraid [...]
Wild Rivers, wild times and new paradigms
I’ve been wondering why Tony Abbott has to keep giving near identical speeches to “the party faithful”. It couldn’t be because (despite being, according to the Shanahans and Kellys of this world, teh best opposition leader evah) he didn’t actually [...]
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