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StandBand says:

10:02am | 28/04/12

And I thought Dick Clark had died.
But here he is alive and living on the gold coast pining for Rosie errrr times.

nossy says:

11:25am | 28/04/12

@StandBand   thank you Badger!  hahaha Heres another great one - Procul Harem and “Whiter Shade of Pale” - very big around the late 60’s. P.S. loved Dick Clark Badger!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3iPP-tHdA

acotrel says:

10:00am | 28/04/12

No there is no class war except Abbott is creating it !
Even Abbott’s ‘Family First’ type Paid Parental Leave scheme is biassed towards the top end of town.  His opposition to the Clean Energy Bills is about currying favour with those in the top end of town who fund his party.  His opposition to means testing the rebate on private health care cover, was about helping the top end of town to the disadvantage of the wood ducks !
The political motive is to grab the middle ground - those amongst us who believe they are that little bit better than everyone else. The votes are not in the top end , but that’swhere the social climbers aspire to be.

ZSRenn says:

10:36am | 28/04/12

Have you ever done the Ctrl + F thing on “Abbott’ in any story. it’s an easy way to find who the Abbott bashers, sorry basher is.

simonfromLakemba says:

11:00am | 28/04/12

Well i wouldn’t be crowing about being a Liberal supporter at the moment either, nothing too flash at the present.

Bit rich talking about drones when the Libs on here are just as bad, Mr Abbott and his 3 word slogans, and you yourself aren’t a drone?

Juliar, did you get bolts or Akermans permission to use that?

AdamC says:

01:23pm | 28/04/12

Simon, I know it makes you feel better to think I am some sort of amateur spokesperson for the Coalition. I am certainly a Liberal voter, supporter and erstwhile member, but I am not an uncritical fanboy like acotrel, whom I see has basically restated Bill Shorten’s silly rhetoric in a less coherent fashion above. (As an aside, Acotrel, you know I am one of your biggest fans, but you really need to discover paragraphs!)

You read enough of my comments, Simon, to know that I am no great fan of Tony Abbott, and am frequently critical of Coalition policies with which I disagree. But you like to ignore that whenever I point out the failures of this abysmal government.

So, I put it to you again - aren’t you embarrassed by this government constantly playing lowest common denominator games? Do you really think this is a functional, effective government?

Because, despite Gillard et al constantly acting like he is, Tony Abbott is not the Prime Minister of this country. Juliar is.

And I call her Juliar because she lied, simple as that.

Jeremy says:

09:27am | 29/04/12

Acotrel, your hyperbole doesn’t make your argument more convincing or coherent. For sure we need more money in hospitals to prevent prisons filling up with people who need mental care, not detention. But likening it to the dark ages makes it sound like you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about, and people switch off.

AdamC says:

01:25pm | 28/04/12

Yawn, more tired Abbott-bashing by a Gallery journo. I think we’ve seen it all before, Simon.

Gem says:

02:51pm | 28/04/12

Perhaps you should read it Adam
It is an accurate analysis of the current state of politics and the lack of anything other than negative messages the opposition is spouting.
It’s an attempt by a political party to gain power with no clear agenda other than to be a wrecking ball.
It reflects the electorates distaste for both Gillard and Abbott.

Come election time, a coalition without a clear and positive agenda may find themselves defeated ... better the devil you know (than the devil you don’t)

acotrel says:

04:14pm | 28/04/12

The idiot conservative voters deserve a dose of Abbott a s PM, but what about the rest of us - we’ve done nothing which would justify such a fate ? I note that Abbot is sayin that the first thing he would do, is go to Indonesia to get the boats turned back.  Surely the diplomats in DFAT would head the ratbag off before he preciptated the fight that’s been pending for 70 years ? Biggest Muslim nation on the planet ! !

marley says:

04:55pm | 28/04/12

@acotrel - well, you see, here’s the thing.  Maybe we, the non-aligned voters, don’t deserve Abbott, but we don’t deserve the ALP either. 

And if you think that the ALP hasn’t been doing its damnedest to get the Indonesians to deal, you’d be sadly mistaken.  Howard had a deal in place with them, after all, which is part of the reason the boat arrivals dropped off (along with other factors, of course). 

I strongly suspect that one K. Rudd, with his focus on China to the exclusion of nearer neighbours (Indonesia) and older friends (Japan) screwed up our foreign relations royally and the Indonesians have been letting the boats through as a not too subtle reminder that they cannot be just taken for granted.  If Abbott wants to sit down with the Indonesians and talk to them about turning the boats back, well, why do you see that as a problem, exactly?  It’s just part of the process of diplomacy.

john says:

09:32am | 29/04/12

hahahahaha
marley a non-aligned voter

Of course you are.

marley says:

11:30am | 29/04/12

@john - as a matter of fact, I’m your classic non-aligned voter.  Just because I’m critical of one party, doesn’t mean I support the other.  I’ve been a swing voter all my life, and I don’t think that’s going to change.  That’s part of the problem with rusted-ons of one persuasion or the other: they can’t get their minds wrapped around the possibility that there are plenty of us who keep fairly open minds on matters political rather than toe a party line.

john says:

01:03pm | 29/04/12

Of course you are!!

nudge, nudge, wink, wink,

Say no more!

Elizabeth1 says:

07:47am | 30/04/12

I love the fluro vests! Ha ha it would definitely destroy the ” look” . Imagine passing a stream of mean tough bikes all dressed in their safety Sam outfits. If nothing else it would really funny. Yes the least they can do is amuse the rest of us. Ha ha