Potty Politics: Weird Moments

[Rorschach]

Your avatar may be cute Miranda but you are not REAL...

[mantra]

I may not like Abbott or what he did but I'm not stupid enough not to vote for the Coalition next election, because as it stands that is the only way to remove the most incompetent Government we have ever had.

Abbott will not be able to undo the carbon tax or the NBN - so the debt will be there for a long time regardless. What new promises will Abbott have to fulfill and where will he get the money for change? The same place as Gillard, but he will have to borrow a lot more.

Hundreds maybe thousands of staff will be fired and then more rehired and of course public servants get a hefty paycheck when they're forced into resignations. Then there's the welfare. Labor re-introduced means testing - now that will be rescinded. Abbott will pay for nannies and ensure the wealthy have fully paid maternity leave. Services as per Howard's method, will be passed again onto those who can't afford them. We should be trying to fix up our trade figures first and foremost. Under Rudd - they did start to improve, but are almost back to where they were when Labor took office. We can thank the US printing of all that extra cash for our high dollar and poor export figures. We can thank Howard for our excessive consumerism.

Gillard needs another term.

[Rorschach]

mantra... you are an idiot.

Why repeat Labor propaganda like it's the truth? Don't tell me... you actually believe it.

Of course the CT can be removed.
Of course the NBN rollout can be changed.
Yes, THE LABOR DEBT will be there for a while... it was there last time for a while too.

You have no idea about Liberal Policy or how it will be implemented so why comment on it? Labor/Green scaremongering.
Under Rudd things started getting worse mantra you twit. Why do you think they shafted him?
Hate to tell you this mantra but your knowledge of the Australian currency and it's worth and why is not up to scratch.

Gillard needs another term.

Good god...why? People like you shouldn't be allowed to vote.

[mellie]

Gillard needs another term.

-Mantra

Why to finally stuff this country once and for all?

Mantra, you forget what governments sensible policies was responsible for our having got through the Global Financial Crisis to begin with, (Liberal) only for Labor to come back in and do what they do best..."Wreck things".

Labor are wreckers, with Labors family unfriendly policies, there are going to be many single income families out there and homeless in the coming months.

Why on earth does Labor need another term Mantra?

What have they achieved during their current?

[IQS.RLOW]

A perfect example of why some people shouldn't be allowed a vote

[mellie]

A perfect example of why some people shouldn't be allowed a vote

Everyone has the right to vote IQ's, and Mantra is entitled to her opinion.

I just cant think of a single thing this Labor government has done which will go down in history as being remarkable, (other then their incompetence)... I am genuinely struggling to think of a single thing they have done which has been to their credit.

Let alone ours.

[therealmiranda]

A perfect example of why some people shouldn't be allowed a vote

Everyone has the right to vote IQ's, and Mantra is entitled to her opinion.

I just cant think of a single thing this Labor government has done which will go down in history as being remarkable, (other then their incompetence)... I am genuinely struggling to think of a single thing they have done which has been to their credit.

Let alone ours.

The apology to the stolen generation? The ratification of Kyoto? Axing work choices? Paid parental leave? Public hospital funding? Steering Australia through the GFC?

[IQS.RLOW]

The apology to the stolen generation?

Useless measure to a non existent generation

The ratification of Kyoto?

Ratified a useless and outdated policy. Now defunct and being dropped like a hot potato worldwide

Axing work choices?

Another bad move. Work choices was far better than this govts IR system

Paid parental leave?

Stolen liberal policy- libs policy is superior

Public hospital funding?

examples?

Steering Australia through the GFC?

Wasting Costellos surplus is about all they did

[mellie]

A perfect example of why some people shouldn't be allowed a vote

Everyone has the right to vote IQ's, and Mantra is entitled to her opinion.

I just cant think of a single thing this Labor government has done which will go down in history as being remarkable, (other then their incompetence)... I am genuinely struggling to think of a single thing they have done which has been to their credit.

Let alone ours.

The apology to the stolen generation? The ratification of Kyoto? Axing work choices? Paid parental leave? Public hospital funding? Steering Australia through the GFC?

The apology to the stolen generation?

(A Kevin Rudd manifesto)

Labor are serial apologists, this and have always 'apologised' to appeal to specific minority groups with a view to winning votes.
Has apologising achieved anything, how have the lives of indigenous Australians improved since Labor apologised?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-24/n ... ons/956642

The ratification of Kyoto

(Another Kevin Rudd manifesto) a little something he had to do in order to appease the Greens who passed him preferences which enabled him to win the 2007 election to begin with.

At the 2007 election, Labor won nine seats on Green and minor party preferences after trailing on first preferences.

And like a majority of Labor politicians, Kevin Rudd knows global warming is a myth, so it's unlikely he did this for the reasons you may have hoped.
The Rudds are social entrepreneurs, Rudd knew what was required to win seats. Just more brown-nosing there again, sorry.
And again, what was the outcome of the tokenist ratification of the Kyoto protocol?

Like everything else with Labor, it was merely for show.

Axing work choices

(A Gillard manifestation resulting from a hypoxic brain injury)

Has the situation on the employment front changed since she Axed work choices?

Why are people more miserable and over-worked in their workplaces than ever before, or have lost their jobs?

And who opposed Work Choices to begin with again?
When Howard and Costello introduced Work Choices in 2005 it was Abbott, along with Kevin Andrews, who opposed it in cabinet (Malcolm Turnbull did not). They believed Work Choices would hurt a traditional working family.

It's so typical of ALP supporters who are fearmongering and sprouting lies claiming Work Choices will be returned if Tony Abbott becomes PM.

And clearly Miranda, you are one of many who have either fallen for it, this or wilfully choose to prescribe to this falsehood in order to meet your objective, of which is to get paid to orgasm propaganda for the ALP.

Paid parental leave?

This ones a goodun, because not only does this leave disadvantage female employees in the workplace who are of childbearing age,(would you want to employ an employee who you know will be off every other year to have a baby)..this and results in an increased workload in the work place as more often than not, the work is pooled among the remaining employees, meaning they have to work harder because someone wants to leave to have a baby for a few months. Not at all good for workplace aesthetics. And not at all good for gender equality in the workplace either.

Furthermore, If your family is already completed or you don't plan to have any children, do you not feel that the parental leave policy in your workplace is a disadvantage to yourself?

It's a joke!!

Public hospital funding?

Public hospitals have never been worse-off this and have the added burden of struggling with life-threatening staff shortages.
I should know, I was a Registered nurse and my once colleagues and friends are leaving the profession in droves, much the same way I did a decade ago for the same reasons.

Read this Miranda, then tell me, has Labor fulfilled their promise?

http://www.alp.org.au/federal-governmen ... ng-by-50-/

Steering Australia through the GFC?

Your're joking right?

A liberal government did all the work, only for Labor to come in and squander a surplus.
If I were you Miranda, I would pail at the thought of even mentioning this because it's a well known fact Labors economics had nothing to do with how we managed to avoid a GFC.

Had Liberals needlessly squandered the way Labor has, we'd be stuffed.

You know it, I know it, so enough already with the ALP propaganda.

Because at the end of all this, no self respecting journalist will want to have their name mentioned at the bottom of an article seen to be supporting this woeful Labor government.

[mellie]

Mind you, not all Labor governments have performed this woefully, this is why I urge any self respecting writer to veer on the side of professional caution when writing about a mangled train wreck of a Gillard/Rudd Labor government.
Because this Labor government is particularly incompetent, and the worst is yet to come.

Once you get a reputation for being either a die-hard Labor or Liberal supporter, (or any given party for that matter) your prospects in terms of political editorials diminishes.

Far better to be critical of all than just those who you yourself are least likely to vote for.

I personally don't place too much credence in articles written by those who are extreme in their views, be they right or left wing.

From a readership perspective, this is my opinion.

Would you believe I voted for Kevin Rudd in 2007?

Why?

Because I was and still am appalled with the Iraq invasion, and the 'alleged' war on 'said' terror.

I have matured a lot since then however.