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Pants on Fire - Scott Morrison

donnashuggy — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 02:26:28 GMT

That is the verdict from PolitiFact

Morrison’s proposition is that boat buying will save lives and cost Australian taxpayers less. It will do neither if it proves ineffective. There is no evidence it will work.

http://www.politifact.com.au/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/sep/02/scott-morrison/reaping-votes-buying-boats-implausible/

Re: Pants on Fire - Scott Morrison

azureline** — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 02:59:56 GMT

I can't get past this bit.....

It used to be we’d stop the boats. Now, we’re going to buy them.

Re: Pants on Fire - Scott Morrison

not_an_eloi — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 03:05:33 GMT

no, now abbrott's sayin' that they may not buy a single boat, a flamin' con they're tryin' to pull on the australian folks

Re: Pants on Fire - Scott Morrison

lakeland27 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 03:55:53 GMT

i havent seen a boat reported in the last week , something like that wouldn't go unreported would it ?

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youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 04:01:24 GMT

No, I always rely on the Australian Press to report everything newsworthy.

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lakeland27 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 04:02:29 GMT

@youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit wrote:
No, I always rely on the Australian Press to report everything newsworthy.

does that mean there haven't been any ?

Re: Pants on Fire - Scott Morrison

lakeland27 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 04:07:46 GMT

he will be forgiven , so he believes. charismatics believe they can do anything and say 'sorry' afterward. i have a less rosy view.. he may feel vindicated afterward when repenting, but a lot of us wont forget him for what he has done.

he'll cartainly scare away more than his Lara Bingle campaign attracted to the country.

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youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 04:11:43 GMT

I havent read of any boats in the last week.

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lakeland27 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 04:15:06 GMT

@youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit wrote:
I havent read of any boats in the last week.

yes, NewsLTD are very quiet on that front

no bias there..

Re: Pants on Fire - Scott Morrison

donnashuggy — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 04:34:02 GMT

I wonder if poitifact will do a fact check on News Limited? They could rename the tele Pants on Fire.

If Abbott gets in then people in this country are dumber than I thought.

Re: Pants on Fire - Scott Morrison

freshwater-2 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 04:49:09 GMT

OK...let's say they go ahead with this barking mad scheme.....

What are they going to do with them?

Leave it to the Indonesians to burn them....gimmee a break.

Or maybe send Australians there to oversee it.

It will take a huge number to do it factoring in the coastline and the number of boats....additional cost to the taxpayer.

And what a boon for the Indonesian boat building trade.

Probably replace them within a week or so.

Nobody has explained how they are going to differentiate between genuine fishing families and those being used by smugglers.

Families who depend on their rickety boats to put food on the table.