tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post6769859475868561714..comments2024-03-29T22:18:45.103+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which Barners babbles to Fairfax, while the reptiles savage a scuttling rat ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-54647558948312139212018-02-22T13:18:54.701+11:002018-02-22T13:18:54.701+11:00Yair but, DP, they might make a real success of it...Yair but, DP, they might make a real success of it - like Frank Lowy, Harry Triguboff, Richard Pratt or even Sam Chong - and take over and kick the reptiles out of their earthly paradise. I don't think they'd favour that.<br /><br />But good luck with attempting to understand the reptile mind: to me it's like a quantum phenomena - the moment you look at it, it changes into something else and then tunnels away into indeterminacy.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-67486894757569830042018-02-22T10:24:13.196+11:002018-02-22T10:24:13.196+11:00If you work in engineering or health you certainly...If you work in engineering or health you certainly bump into a lot of people that came as kids on those leaky boats - Nguyens & Ngs who attended to their homework instead of goofing off like the people around them. <br /><br />It makes you wonder why conservatives cannot learn from their own experience, from the repeated angst that accompanied each wave of migration and just dissipated with time.Befuddledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16201490489888639207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-21378929170749278052018-02-22T09:47:00.346+11:002018-02-22T09:47:00.346+11:00Why not let in the most entrepreneurial and brave,...Why not let in the most entrepreneurial and brave, who can afford a ride on a leaky boat, and don't mind risking all? They'd be sure to make a go of it …you know, natural selection, Darwin, and all that stuff ...<br /><br />Oh wait, the pond always gets it wrong … understanding the reptile mind, GB, is a century-long task, and the pond has barely begun ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-1727691890413664392018-02-22T08:47:29.641+11:002018-02-22T08:47:29.641+11:00Bromancer: "...immigration makes the economy...Bromancer: "...<i>immigration makes the economy bigger and makes, over time, everybody more affluent</i>"<br /><br />Ok then why not double, or treble, or more, the migrant intake ? There is, for instance, many tens of millions of Indians, Sri Lankans and Bangladeshis (amongst many others) who could migrate to Australia. Why not take in at least a million per year - pretty quick we'd all be very rich and Australia would be up in the top five economies of the world (instead of kinda sharing 12th and 13th places with South Korea and occasionally Russia).<br /><br />Oh, but, butt: "...<i>provided it's a well-run program</i>."<br /><br />Damn, there's always a catch, isn't there.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.com