Time Warp
Liberal Senator Mary Jo Fisher - she of Time Warp fame - has been charged with allegedly nicking groceries from a supermarket and allegedly assaulting a security guard. She rejects the charges and will contest them at a September hearing.
There’s not much more we can say. It’s all over here on AdelaideNow. But we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to play this video one more time. It is, after all, a very merry dance.
If she’s convicted she could lose her seat. Read Penbo’s analysis of Ms Fisher and her dance here.
Based on simple observations from walking down the street, it’s fair to say that there are a number of people getting around who are as mad as cut snakes. If our democracy is to count for anything, these people deserve to be represented in the Federal Parliament.
The question is whether they are over-represented.
Even if you have no interest in politics, I beg you, as Molly Meldrum would say, to do yourself a favour and type the words Mary Jo Fisher into Google, then sit back and marvel at the South Australian Senator’s remarkable speech on Wednesday night.
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ZSRenn says:
People in Glass houses shouldn’t throw stones Mr Penberthy. I think the guy this bloke is called by a prominant Labor minister did a bit more damage. Two wrongs don’t make a right. But please get off your high horse. . http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/keating-in-howard-hitler-jibe/story-e6frf7l6-1111113940152 Read more »
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Chris says:
My lord the conservatives are out in force screaming bloody murder again. I guess it’s what they are good at. So to all of you opposed to this tax… instead of bitching about it.. Like Abbott and Co. Answer me the following. 1) Do you actually think that greenhouse gases… Read more »
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