Comments on: Yesterday’s papers: week two

By: William Bowe

William Bowe — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:45:10 +0000

New thread.

By: Gary Bruce

Gary Bruce — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:19:25 +0000

176 Fulvio – thankyou. I needed that. I must recognise my station in life. You have opened my eyes.

By: Fulvio Sammut

Fulvio Sammut — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:02:50 +0000

Gary, you don’t understand.

It requires being calm, measured, temperate and in control of your emotions. You must be sophisticated, suave and capable of asserting your moral and intellectual superiority at all times. The benefits of your Public School education must be patent and demonstrable at all times.

Yet your public persona must be impeachable, charitable and incapable of unworthy thoughts and actions.

It is called being a liberal Party Supporter, the possessor of a certain je ne sais qua, sang froid and gentility, which entitles your opinions an utterances to be awarded an importance and unquestionable authority not otherwise afforded to lesser mortals.

In short, you, like the name your pater has bestowed on and bequested to you, are the stuff of political royalty.

Never mind that you genuflect only to the god of Mammon, that your heart is flinty cold and hard, that you treat the rest of mankind with odious contempt, and that you brook no opinion but that of your kind. Never mind.

It is called being a Conservative.

Gary, you are not aConsevative. Accept your station in life , be obedient and obsequious, as is your duty. Do not dare to question your betters.

I trust and hope I have taught you something.

By: Frank Calabrese

Frank Calabrese — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:47:14 +0000

ABC TV News regarding Buswell’d future in a Barnett Cabinet. Also note the bit about the Liberal Justice Policy being a recycled document from former Shadow A-G Sue Walker.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2008/08/27/2348391.htm

And here is Carpenter launching the ALP’s Education Policy.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2008/08/27/2348404.htm

By: Gary Bruce

Gary Bruce — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:12:03 +0000

168 david – I take it you haven’t heard of the expression “cheap and nasty” before. It just means that it is not sophisticated, basic, with no real effect. Not nasty as in “mean and nasty”.
It’s so good of you to keep an eye on me David. Where would I be without you?

By: Andrew Reynolds

Andrew Reynolds — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:06:33 +0000

Rod,
And a conspicuous success that has been, hasn’t it. The trends in improvement of womens’ vs. mens’ employment conditions were given a huge push along by the legislation.
Oh – it wasn’t? I suppose it was not that useful then, was it?

By: Frank Calabrese

Frank Calabrese — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:42:23 +0000

Barnett Sums Wrong Ad on Front Page of ALP site.

http://visionwa.org.au/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

By: steve

steve — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:24:44 +0000

166 Fulvio, Howard and Costello had much to thank the WA and Qld government for achieving but I never quite heard them get around to it.

By: rod

rod — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:56:57 +0000

skink

You would have to add all the work that labor has done and continues to do on giving women freedom, equality and protection both in the workplace, the marketplace and at home.

By: steve

steve — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:51:39 +0000

Very true David and there is no harm in reminding them that the economy of Western Australia has been handled relatively well.

http://www.dtf.wa.gov.au/cms/bud_index.asp