tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post7479018877708691036..comments2024-03-28T22:51:37.034+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which Graham Lloyd reminds the world it's coal, coal, coal for Australia ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-19727823107790442692015-07-23T20:19:47.640+10:002015-07-23T20:19:47.640+10:00I agree. I think The Guardian is the only media ou...I agree. I think The Guardian is the only media outlet running a concerted campaign to reveal the truth about asylum seekers. I am almost prepared to forgive them the "Adultery is Good" and "discover the Clitoris, men" campaigns.<br /><br />Brit they are going down the same drain.<br /><br />On the Graudian - Maybe they are arseholes with a distracted conscience .<br /><br />There are more important things in this life than the Presbyterian sexual pretensions of a few worthless celebrities.<br /><br />They have fallen victim to the 'celebratory plus sex = news' syndrome'.<br /><br />Sad fail for a once great newspaper. <br /><br />Just look at their latest headlines.. Gutter manure, Get the night soil guys out<br /><br />.Why don't they get back to reporting real stuff?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-14004699385063374682015-07-23T19:08:37.283+10:002015-07-23T19:08:37.283+10:00Hi Anon,
I'm in full agreement with you regar...Hi Anon,<br /><br />I'm in full agreement with you regarding Shorten's "Whatever it takes" stance regarding asylum seekers. <br /><br />My belief is that Labor should get out of the Arms Race they have undertaken with the LNP over asylum seekers. They can't possibly win in an out and out fight over who can treat these people with more brutality. Abbott would happily endorse machine gunning them in the water if he thought it would deliver him a marginal seat.<br /><br />By trying to be a little echo, Labor merely looks weak to rusted on racists who are brainwashed by the Murdoch tabloids and shock jocks to blame all their problems on brown people who are merely trying to escape whatever hell their own country has become. So no votes there.<br /><br />Meanwhile Labor are alienating anybody else with a social conscience who are horrified by the the direction this country has taken in the last decade. Shorten needs to learn that actually standing for something has positives as well as negatives. It's a divisive issue but that's what politics should be about. <br /><br />I don't expect there will be any change though in the stance, as Shorten is merely a political operative who appears to view policy through the lens of opinion polls. <br /><br />DiddyWroteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-85798246779437184882015-07-23T17:23:33.258+10:002015-07-23T17:23:33.258+10:00I think 'The Lone Gunmen' (a brilliant tho...I think 'The Lone Gunmen' (a brilliant though short-lived series) once featured Langley sporting a T shirt with the IT in-joke...<br /><br />C:\spot<br />C:\run..spot..run<br />C:\spot run<br /><br />(Or something like that. My unix knowledge is a bit rusty.)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-27177856165015653302015-07-23T17:13:37.817+10:002015-07-23T17:13:37.817+10:00Shorten embraces 'turn back the boats.' Wh...Shorten embraces 'turn back the boats.' What a backsliding hypocrite. I say 'turn back Shorten.' He's a disgrace and the ALP will never get my vote again.<br /><br />The Greens seem to be the only ones with any sense of morality that transcends a greedy push for political power.<br /><br />Maybe people power could see an 'Australian spring.' But somehow I has me doubts.<br /><br />Time for a flashback to the Beatles.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrkwgTBrW78<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-51386464374396243242015-07-23T16:19:25.539+10:002015-07-23T16:19:25.539+10:00DP - on the detention centre health care debacle, ...DP - on the detention centre health care debacle, First Dog is spot on. (See Spot run! Run Spot Run!)<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/23/trouble-providing-healthcare-to-asylum-seekers-get-the-excuse-bag<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com