Punch on: Open thread 14/12/2010

Reg says:

12:09pm | 14/12/10

GOOD GOD! Adelaide has homeless?

BobbyDan says:

08:01am | 14/12/10

What ever the political colour they are all playing musical chairs (these come from Hardly Normals store) and drink from the same poisoned chalis (the poison comes from the upper end of town).
The pollies are all making a noise to be noticed (like arm waving school kids), me thinks none of them have an answer to Australias fiscal woes or give a fig about the unwashed lower classes.
Warne for President, Townsend for Treasurer, Twiggy Forrest for Industrial Development, and 10 supporting mothers/pensoners/ of a selected ethnic groups as advisors and we may start to get some where back on track.
Be friends with China as they are bigger than us.

Jim says:

08:03am | 14/12/10

Maybe if you could pull your head out of your bum for a minute acotrel, you’ll see that the big banks were almost wetting themselves with excitement after Goose rolled out his ‘reform’. Now, instead of maybe 1 in 100 customers switching for a 0.02% better interest rate and paying a fee, they are now going to have bigger sign-up fees and higher charges and fees! Yes, let’s do away with a possible fee and replace it with a bunch of 100% gauranteed fees!
You seem to dribble on about backroom boys, bashing, ideology…that’s all ALP/socialist stuff mate. I know you are very easily confused, but really…trotting out the morally corrupt aspects of your beloved Labor party and rebadging it as Liberal is quite laughable.

And, ahem, might I remind you it was Keating who sold off the Commonwealth Bank, and Hawke who deregulated the banking industry…or are you just happy to continually spruik lies and spin?

TChong says:

09:12am | 14/12/10

Jim- “might I remind you ...,”
Damn straight dude. Even with some privatisation , the Hawke - Keating era was a grand time, a semi socialist nirvana , compared to nowdays.
We ( as in the chardonnay/latte/ satay shandie sipping socialists) didnt know just how good we had it.
Now to find Political Hot Tub Time Machine, and see what s/he can do about helping to relive some of those golden days of ‘83 - 96.
Almost as inspiring as “Its Time” and the Great Man , himself , St E.G. Whitlam.

Jim says:

01:47pm | 14/12/10

I love ya Chongy…but fail troll is fail.

Jim says:

09:03am | 14/12/10

I would think that, as a normal, hard-working Australian, you would be happy to have someone blocking some of the more ridiculous and extravagent wastes of our tax dollars by an idiotic and incompetent government?

Guess the rusted-on ones like yourself can never see things in an objective way…

TimB says:

09:11am | 14/12/10

Wow notshow. He’s going to be able to crush Labor’s moronic agenda even though Parliament isn’t even sitting?

If he can pull that off he truly is talented. Big props to the Big T.

Richard The Lionheart says:

09:30am | 14/12/10

Oh Nosthow, I particularly like Tony’s Wed 15 busy schedule. He has convince about 2%of voters to swing his way to form government. Let’s hope he does by deriding Labor’s innane examples of governorship and leadership during the past 3 years. On the other hand he could say nothing and let the Labor Party say it for him. “We have lost our way” - “We are moving forward to the future” Really? How amazing. Borrowing $100 million a day should cover it. Tony took his policies to the election and lost. He is in opposition and must oppose whilst tuning his own policies. Labor has resorted to spindle wheel politics again and will unravel.

NicoleG says:

09:31am | 14/12/10

Speaking of leaks, I have a solution to your nosthowleaks. Start sleeping on your back. It will preserve what little grey matter you have left and won’t seep out of your ears

TheRealDave says:

09:37am | 14/12/10

You releasing all of The Rabbots policies? I can’t wait for the vast expanses of empty white space…..

nosthow says:

10:24am | 14/12/10

@NicoleG - hi Nicole - look if you can shift your oven cleaning back to the 1st weekend in May I can pencil you in for my vacant date day on 2nd weekend in May ? Big sloppy kisses to you Nicole xxxxxxx

nosthow says:

10:26am | 14/12/10

@TimB - yeah where is the little fella Tim- he seems very quiet these days - I miss him ?

The Badger says:

12:18pm | 14/12/10

nosthow
I hear Dr. NO is doing the rounds of shopping centres modelling the latest fashions in budgie smugglers.

He has left standing orders for the wrecking, blocking, stopping and NO to continue as normal.

NicoleG says:

01:34pm | 14/12/10

Oh, sorry nosthow, but I’ll be extracting my own wisdom teeth. I will forgo it on two conditions though

1) We get to go on your really big boat
2) I get to choose the size of your concrete boots

Sound fair?

nosthow says:

02:46pm | 14/12/10

@The Badger - oh no not Tonys latest “Finch” range Badge ?

Richard says:

03:07pm | 14/12/10

Nice one nosthow, but since Abbott is in Japan this week, I rather expect his week might pan out a bit more like this:

Mon 13th- pack bags
Tues 14th- fly to Japan
Wed 15th- realise he forgot to pack underpants in his bag
Thurs 16th- go to the underpants vending machine
Friday 17th- tries to return underpants to the vending machine; nobody told him they were pre-worn and for sniffing not wearing
Sat 18th- exclaim loudly “I’m over it” and head back to Aus to revel in the comfort and security of fresh briefs after being forced to freeball it all week.

Simone says:

09:59am | 14/12/10

Get over yourself. John Howard hasn’t been in power for more than four years now. You and your lefty mates can rejoice that Labor is in power; so instead of trolling forums so you can throw in potshots about old PM’s, how about you petition your local MP to help make a better deal the next time the Trade Agreement is negotiated? No, that would be too much effort on your behalf wouldn’t it?!

Shane From Melbourne says:

10:44am | 14/12/10

@Simone- Petition the local MP to renegotiate it? More likely petitioning the local MP to help abrogate it possible. A bad treaty is still a bad treaty which unfortunately Australia is still stuck with. And John Howard is still responsible for Australia signing this bad treaty, no matter how you cut it.

(By the way, I’m a right wing environmentalist)

The Badger says:

12:24pm | 14/12/10

Because simmo, the legacy of Howard continues.

Labor is trying to redress the lack of investment in essential services and infrastructure perpetrated on Australia by the him and his privileged cohorts.

The conservatives as usual are blocking and obstructing the nation building efforts of labor. They would much rather spend the money on middle class welfare and their business mates.

Howard was too busy sniffing Bush’s ass to think about the repercussions of what he was doing.

MarK says:

12:57pm | 14/12/10

“The conservatives as usual are blocking and obstructing the nation building efforts of labor. “

How?

Please explain. Show us the actual legislation that has been blocked and obstructed. What has not occurred?

Explain what “nation building” is being done or has been done.Tell us, if you have any examples, of why it would be considered a success.

Tell us how on time and on budget all this was.

Tell us why JWH still keeps you up at night.

Jim says:

01:21pm | 14/12/10

The ‘legacy of Howard’ hey Weasel? Well, it’s kinda hard to invest in things when they only managed to pay off the $96 billion debt Keating left them in 2006….ten years that is if you cannot count. For 8 of those 10 years the LNP had a minority in the senate, so many things were blocked.

Howard still however managed to get in gun law reforms, 30% healthcare rebates, a multitude of workplace reforms, Wik, GST, privatisation of Telstra, peace in East Timor, reduced illegal assylum seekers. He also led the world in the tsunami relief, dealt with terrorist attacks against Australians, was in the US when during 9/11 and instigated the NT intervention.

Yeah, he did nothing alright.

You can be damn sure the next LNP government will be accused by people like you in years to come of ‘doing nothing’ because you conveniently ignore the fact that cleaning up after an incompetent Labor government is, in fact, doing something.

Shane From Melbourne says:

11:23am | 14/12/10

Future Governments, take note. If you ever want legislation that cannot be undone, just write in a clause that requires the consent of all states to modify or abolish it. The chance of all states and territories agreeing to something is a snowball’s chance in hell. (Actually Australian territories don’t count since their legislation can be and has been overwritten by federal parliament, but that is another issue)

NicoleG says:

12:45pm | 14/12/10

Isn’t it just a tragedy. That poor little girl. I can’t imaging how her parents feel. What shits me, is when my children whine, whinge and complain that they’re so hard done by. I get really angry and tell them how damn lucky they are. They have their health, a family who loves them, a roof over their head etc. And believe me, they have it all.

RIP little angel Mikayla.

MarK says:

02:46pm | 14/12/10

Come on now. Ruddy is giving every Australian prisoner in gaol overseas a laptop too. Oh wait. He is only handing them out to prisoners that are causing Gillard angst. Sorry - my bad.

stephen says:

04:54pm | 14/12/10

Pluto and Mars conjunction.
Tits on a ‘bull’.

James1 says:

02:39pm | 14/12/10

Or that the demographic that is attracted to this site is not representative of the wider population.  For a start, a lot of the people posting here seem to actually trust and support at least one major political party.  How quaint…