https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2134714#M639939 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/141958">@bushies.girl</a>wrote:<BR /><P>Doesnt he?&nbsp; News to me lol&nbsp; &nbsp;If he, you or any other poster&nbsp; dont like the Labor Party&nbsp; and prefer to support the LNP that's your choice, personally I couldnt give one lol&nbsp; &nbsp;<FONT face="arial black,avant garde">..... Just dont expect me to support/agree with any of your views and I will give you the same respect</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial black,avant garde">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial black,avant garde">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial black,avant garde">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial black,avant garde">I dont and never will agree with Live Trade export!</FONT></P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>If you care to read my posts properly you will see that we both agree that we dont support the live export trade. !!!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Personally I prefer not to be so childish as to disagree with EVERYTHING some-one else says, just because I dont share their views on politics.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>As for me not liking the Labor party. That is a bit of a generalisation. I have said on many occasions on these forums that I view politics as a pendulum. Labor introduce expensive, but needed&nbsp;social policies, blow the budget, but restore some humanity to Australias social policy.&nbsp;The liberals eventually get elected, restore some financial prudence to the budget bottom line, but in the process usually go too far with cutting back on social policy in favour of big business. Labor gets returned to power and the cycle repeats.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Despite how it may appear, I am not anti Labor persia, but are completely against Bill shorton becoming prime minisier until he is cleared of the rape allegations that are hanging over his head. That aside, I just dont think the guy has the intelligence to lead the country. Labor DO have some suitable prime ministerial asspirants in Penny Wong ( Who I am a supporter of ) and Tanya Plebesic who I dont particularly like, but have&nbsp;respect her intelligernce and abilities.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Unfortunately there are too many seat warmers from the past Gillard&nbsp;/ Rudd roundabout still in positions of power within the Labor party. These are the same people who proved they did not have the capacity to govern through thier impulsive, poll driven knee jerk policies such as "Pink Batts" which ended up killing a number of young people, School halls which was a complete waste of money and their response to the live export trade which&nbsp;caused an animal welfare&nbsp;disaster every bit as big as the Pink Batts scandel, but was kept out of the media.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Past Labor governments have either initiated or been a major contributors&nbsp;to important Australian social and yes even financial reforms. Some examples include Medicare, Superannuation, Basic wages policy etc. Keating completely stuffed the countries finances ( and my own personal finances for around a decade ) through his mis-judgement of use of interest rates leading to the Bannana Republic recession. Having said that he was a person of great forsight with his encouragement of Australias ecenomic engagement with our Asian neighbours and was a trail blazer to our succesfull later financial trading partnerships&nbsp;with China. His floating of the Australian Dollar was another very important financial legacy. Past Labor governments have included some very wise, intelligent men of outstanding ability. Button ( automotive transistion policy ) is one who immediatly springs to mind. There are others whos names elude me.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So as you can see I dont hate Labor.&nbsp;Unlike many on these boards I&nbsp;try to keep an open mind and judge each issue on its merit. And my judgement of the current Labor government is it has too many unuionists leaders with no real life or business experience. The last Labor government was completely incompetent and proved it was unfit to govern through a string of stupid, poorly thought out and implemented, impulsive, poll driven decisions. Many of those people are still warming seats in the current opposion</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Labors biggest problem is it is currently, more so than in the past completely beholden to the union movement. It needs to&nbsp;free up its pre-selection process to allow other talented, non union affiliated people to join its ranks and provide a broader spectrum of talent and skills than it currently has. There are some within the party who acknowledge this problem and are actively trying to make the changes necessary. If the Labor party can achieve this important reform, it will lead to a much stronger, capable party and&nbsp;Australia as a whole would greatly benefit from this reform process.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 05 Mar 2018 05:24:50 GMT chameleon54 2018-03-05T05:24:50Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132168#M638875 <P>Well I suppose it had to happen.</P><P>Barnaby Joyce announced his resignation at 2pm&nbsp; today.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I haven't caught up with the fall out, yet.&nbsp; It will be over all the news programs tonight..</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Tony Abbott is still opening his mouth....I will be happy if he just shuts up for a little while!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If I were Malcolm Turnbull I may stay overseas for a bit longer!!</P> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 05:26:37 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132168#M638875 the4masters2013 2018-02-23T05:26:37Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132174#M638878 <P><IMG src="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/96034i38EAF9726ED83528/image-size/medium?v=1.0&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="Barney-the-Dinosaur.jpg" title="Barney-the-Dinosaur.jpg" /></P> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 05:34:29 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132174#M638878 Anonymous 2018-02-23T05:34:29Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132178#M638881 <P><div class="video-embed-center video-embed"><iframe class="embedly-embed" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F8D6LPq0TYvo%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8D6LPq0TYvo&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F8D6LPq0TYvo%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="400" height="225" scrolling="no" title="Poor Aunt Hortense (woohoo)" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div></P> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 05:44:27 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132178#M638881 travlyn2012 2018-02-23T05:44:27Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132179#M638882 <P>It's&nbsp;<SPAN>Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade '97 all over again&nbsp;</SPAN></P> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 05:47:18 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132179#M638882 Anonymous 2018-02-23T05:47:18Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132181#M638883 <P><IMG src="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/96035i0F3D9BA24BCCDB8E/image-size/original?v=1.0&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="wall.gif" title="wall.gif" /></P> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 05:49:08 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132181#M638883 tasfleur 2018-02-23T05:49:08Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132182#M638884 <P>He Bonerby home soon&nbsp;</P> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 05:52:38 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132182#M638884 Anonymous 2018-02-23T05:52:38Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132198#M638893 <P>so who was it who said after the Rudd/Gillard and the Abbott govts things can only get better?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>who is running the country?</P> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 06:44:34 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132198#M638893 davidc4430 2018-02-23T06:44:34Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132202#M638897 <P>&nbsp;</P><DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV class="col"><DIV><DIV class="med"><DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV class="irc_land irc_bg"><DIV><DIV><DIV class="irc_c i8187 immersive-container"><DIV class="irc_t i30052"><DIV class="irc_mic r-ihdhH3xF1Ruo"><DIV class="irc_mimg irc_hic ihdhH3xF1Ruo-lvVgf-rIiHk">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <A href="https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjfteqZubvZAhUCMGMKHZ7bA0UQjRx6BAgAEAY&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perthnow.com.au%2Fpolitics%2Fnationals%2Fnationals-colleague-calls-on-barnaby-joyce-to-quit-ng-b88754324z&amp;psig=AOvVaw0csKuTLDCqHcTCvqVSRiNu&amp;ust=1519455010996313" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><IMG src="https://images.perthnow.com.au/publication/B88754324Z/1519295145524_G311FUGOM.3-2.jpg?imwidth=668&amp;impolicy=pn_v1" border="0" alt="Image result for barnaby joyce" width="337" height="188" /></A></DIV><DIV class="irc_mimg irc_hic ihdhH3xF1Ruo-lvVgf-rIiHk"><FONT face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><STRONG>'Oh no.&nbsp; The back bench!&nbsp; My pay just went down from $400,00 to $200,000</STRONG></FONT></DIV><DIV class="irc_mimg irc_hic ihdhH3xF1Ruo-lvVgf-rIiHk"><FONT face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><STRONG>And no more free apartment either.&nbsp; What will the new missus make of this?</STRONG></FONT></DIV><DIV class="irc_mimg irc_hic ihdhH3xF1Ruo-lvVgf-rIiHk"><FONT face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><STRONG>And I still have to give money to the old missus'.</STRONG></FONT></DIV><DIV class="irc_mimg irc_hic ihdhH3xF1Ruo-lvVgf-rIiHk">&nbsp;</DIV><DIV class="irc_mimg irc_hic ihdhH3xF1Ruo-lvVgf-rIiHk">&nbsp;</DIV><DIV class="irc_mimg irc_hic ihdhH3xF1Ruo-lvVgf-rIiHk"><FONT face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><FONT face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hahaha....I should have made this pic the Caption This</FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 06:55:27 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132202#M638897 imastawka 2018-02-23T06:55:27Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132203#M638898 Certainly not me!!<BR />As for who's running the country?? Maybe Tony thinks he is. Fri, 23 Feb 2018 06:56:30 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132203#M638898 the4masters2013 2018-02-23T06:56:30Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132217#M638904 <P>To the tune of :</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>' Australians all, let us Dejoyce ' .</P> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 07:24:36 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132217#M638904 domino-710 2018-02-23T07:24:36Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132236#M638912 <P><div class="video-embed-center video-embed"><iframe class="embedly-embed" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FUkJehlr1tEw%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DUkJehlr1tEw&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FUkJehlr1tEw%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="400" height="225" scrolling="no" title="Grandpa Simpson walking in and out." frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div></P> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 07:58:49 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132236#M638912 imastawka 2018-02-23T07:58:49Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132239#M638913 <P>Did he have a private plane?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Barney and the jetsssssssssssssssssssssssssssss</P> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:03:51 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132239#M638913 Anonymous 2018-02-23T08:03:51Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132241#M638914 We'll find out who's the new Caveman-In-Chief of the Nats on Monday,probably<BR /> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:08:10 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132241#M638914 myoclon1cjerk 2018-02-23T08:08:10Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132256#M638919 <A href="https://truecrimenewsweekly.com/the-bonking-beetroot-deputy-pm-and-homewrecker-barnaby-joyce-allegedly-traded-sex-for-favours-with-powerful-canberra-lobbyist/" target="_blank">https://truecrimenewsweekly.com/the-bonking-beetroot-deputy-pm-and-homewrecker-barnaby-joyce-allegedly-traded-sex-for-favours-with-powerful-canberra-lobbyist/</A> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:07:11 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132256#M638919 myoclon1cjerk 2018-02-23T13:07:11Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132272#M638925 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/504798">@davidc4430</a>wrote:<BR /><P>so who was it who said after the Rudd/Gillard and the Abbott govts things can only get better?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>who is running the country?</P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Just how much bad luck can Labor have. First they lose Tony(Toxic) Abbott just before an election they could have won, and, now they've just lost Baarnaby mid term</P> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 20:44:04 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132272#M638925 tezza2844 2018-02-23T20:44:04Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132274#M638926 Thank you for this story...very interesting to say the least! Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:07:13 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132274#M638926 the4masters2013 2018-02-23T21:07:13Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132294#M638937 <P>it would appear barny has a lot in common with a cane toad, hopping about having sex with anyone who will get into bed with him.</P> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 23:30:12 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132294#M638937 davidc4430 2018-02-23T23:30:12Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132297#M638939 <P><A href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZoCPV6C3xQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZoCPV6C3xQ</A></P> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 23:54:46 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132297#M638939 Anonymous 2018-02-23T23:54:46Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132300#M638941 <P>Who is glad to see Barnaby going?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Me and you and Pistol and Boo</P> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 23:59:04 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132300#M638941 Anonymous 2018-02-23T23:59:04Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132304#M638944 <P>good thing Nikki isnt a female cane toad</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>"Females can lay 8000–30 000 eggs at a time"</P> Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:12:15 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Bye-Bye-Barnaby/m-p/2132304#M638944 davidc4430 2018-02-24T00:12:15Z