This is not a comedy skit - but you could be excused for thinking so.

Sounds like something out of 1984.

thank's for your support and mindreading.

Gee. Is Bill Shorten married to Julia?
"My opinion is whatever she said,.. even though I don't know what she said"

Now that's true dedication.

Logman...don't be ridiculous! Why would the news cover the good stuff?? There's no mock outrage to be had there. Noone's interested in that! Sheesh!

that looks like a John Clarke and Brian Dawe sketch, same theme but with different characters

WTF. No wonder i can't support labor. Bunch of wank**s

log man said...

The light on the hill still burns, and thanks for asking. Has anybody noticed the bank has just dropped the interest rates that will lead to a reduction in mortgage rates,

...and? The RBA != the Government. A dropping interest rate means economic conditions are worsening/have worsened.

...and the government are about to post a budget surplus,

Yes but WHY? For ****'s sake why? It's simple: when the sun is shining you save, so therefore when it rains you ______?

The opposition totally has them over the racks and lubed up on that one. the opposition truly is calling the shots more than the Govt.

...and the government are set to introduce the disability insurance scheme, and the NBN rollout is looking good, and the PM announces the withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan, and the mining tax to be introduced in the budget, and the government presiding over an economy that's the envy of the world.....

The current government have done some great things, it's a shame they can't communicate them very well at all.

..........but hang on lets talk about Peter Slippers cab charge bills. We must get our priorities right.

It's all most people can understand.

The government sucks. I liked the $900 handouts, but I thought the education building scheme and the insulation scheme where a disaster. The budget surplus is also a disaster/really bad decision.

I fear the next government will be even worse, in a different way. Hope I'm wrong.

Diver said...

Logman I agree, the light still burns and the perspective has been lost.

People are feeling pizzed off because they aren't getting their fair share of the current mining boom - and where is it going? Into the pockets of a very few.

The minerals are there and are ours (read poplulation 22 million). The large oil nations don't let their resouces go in bulk for no national good and neither should we.

The current collective of Australian mining company heads seem to be a group of totally ignorant, fat, selfish, acquisitive whingers. Their aim is a desperate attempt to cash in now and to cry foul when they feel that their sense of entitlement is threatened.

Thing is though Diver, I reckon there's a large number of people that think the mining tax is some sort of communist plot. It should be popular.....but it isn't.

Logman...

All the talk about Communist plots make the debate all the more bizzare.

The MRRT isn't about collective ownership of anything other than sharing the wealth created by the resources that we all already own.

Diver said...

Logman...

All the talk about Communist plots make the debate all the more bizzare.

The MRRT isn't about collective ownership of anything other than sharing the wealth created by the resources that we all already own.

I agree, but it stuns me sometimes when ordinary working people get up on their hind legs about how bad the mining tax will be...WTF!???

Yes Minister

log man said...
yes, I will , even though I would prefer a more socialist government, a smarter government, a more environmentally aware government, a more charismatically led government, a more aggressive government etc etc. But it's a labour government, it's not perfect...they never are but I think this incarnation has had to deal with the numbers in the House, a politics at all cost opposition, and the relentless hammering from the commercial media.

Yes, spot on.

log man said...

Diver said...

Logman...

All the talk about Communist plots make the debate all the more bizzare.

The MRRT isn't about collective ownership of anything other than sharing the wealth created by the resources that we all already own.

I agree, but it stuns me sometimes when ordinary working people get up on their hind legs about how bad the mining tax will be...WTF!???

A lot of Normal Aussies have a issue with the MRRT because it is not being done correctly. Why still are the top miners not having to pay the tax? What makes them so special? If you want to distribute the wealth why don't they all have to pay

jbshack said...

log man said...

Diver said...

Logman...

All the talk about Communist plots make the debate all the more bizzare.

The MRRT isn't about collective ownership of anything other than sharing the wealth created by the resources that we all already own.

I agree, but it stuns me sometimes when ordinary working people get up on their hind legs about how bad the mining tax will be...WTF!???

A lot of Normal Aussies have a issue with the MRRT because it is not being done correctly. Why still are the top miners not having to pay the tax? What makes them so special? If you want to distribute the wealth why don't they all have to pay

They tried to get a more comprehensive tax in place but everybody screamed so hard they backed off.People on the left said we were being too soft and the miners and the commercial media screamed like stuck pigs that the sky would fall in.......you can't win