tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post7651625511971793811..comments2024-03-28T16:48:18.088+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the Caterists, much given to wind, inherit the wind ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-45077196617770619592014-05-14T08:48:38.701+10:002014-05-14T08:48:38.701+10:00An invaluable link Anon. The pond especially loved...An invaluable link Anon. The pond especially loved the way the reptiles, trapped in their fortified castle, imagined this was the way the rest of the world worked.<br /><br />For the past six years, on the liberal-Left side of the media and political divide, we have seen a blancmange of groupthink and a delusional denial of obvious failings, presumably in an attempt to buttress a government whose ideals were cherished. This absence of scepticism and debate does not bolster government but weakens it; doesn’t repair weaknesses but exacerbates them; and doesn’t prevent the eventual reckoning but rat her allows it to gather momentum. No one has put it better than Winston Churchill. “The truth is incontrovertible,” he said. “Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”<br /><br />Tell that to the average climate scientist.dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-32739432058569201482014-05-14T08:35:57.243+10:002014-05-14T08:35:57.243+10:00GD, Anon, I think you may be right. Tony is so sha...GD, Anon, I think you may be right. Tony is so shameless that it's possible he'd claim that, supported by the knob polishers applauding his 'honesty'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467071669624321286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-14872474546363226322014-05-13T20:29:42.094+10:002014-05-13T20:29:42.094+10:00Voters knew there was nothing to the promises, and...Voters knew there was nothing to the promises, and likewise that behind the 'mandate' there is nothing 'cept the con... and, um, er, slogans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-75289467998627446252014-05-13T16:20:15.522+10:002014-05-13T16:20:15.522+10:00Not necessarily, Tim.
Abbott could always claim, ...Not necessarily, Tim.<br /><br />Abbott could always claim, "I sought endorsement for my lies and three-word slogans." Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-31218766940327396562014-05-13T13:10:46.797+10:002014-05-13T13:10:46.797+10:00Well, Anon, if you weren't surprised by the fo...Well, Anon, if you weren't surprised by the former statement, you probably wouldn't be by the latter either.Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-1901785212940084792014-05-13T11:43:02.717+10:002014-05-13T11:43:02.717+10:00"a credible plan for a swift return to surplu..."a credible plan for a swift return to surplus" is necessary, says Cater. Steve Keen disagrees, at http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2014/5/5/economy/why-permanent-budget-surplus-poor-fiscal-modelJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808416744757194189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-39259934403130770832014-05-13T10:24:19.359+10:002014-05-13T10:24:19.359+10:00Fun with US congressman Joe Barton.
On measures t...Fun with US congressman Joe Barton.<br /><br />On measures to combat climate change - ""You can't regulate God. Not even the Democratic majority in the U.S. Congress can regulate God." <br /><br />On wind turbines - "wind is a finite resource and harnessing it would slow the winds down which would cause the temperature to go up." <br /><br />http://content.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1997963,00.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-62999514010975819442014-05-13T09:41:57.671+10:002014-05-13T09:41:57.671+10:00has it occurred to dimwits like Cater that if vote...has it occurred to dimwits like Cater that if voters shouldn't expect promises to be kept, the concept of 'mandate' also collapses?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467071669624321286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-71291921216119349782014-05-13T09:15:56.379+10:002014-05-13T09:15:56.379+10:00A massively looney editorial in today's Austra...A massively looney editorial in today's Australian. Corruption is all on the left, the Greenies are mad, Clive Palmer is a dangerous idiot being courted by the Fairfax/ALP, News Corpse is the only reputable and fair news organisation, and we've all got to tighten our belts and grow up.<br /><br />http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/editorials/week-of-fiscal-reckoning-requires-grownup-debate/story-e6frg71x-1226915111920?sv=a59a8b5b43b56f8452a15de31a5f4543#.U3FDq_lZyXM.twitter<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com