A week of spin, division and incompetence

[lightningdance]

A week of spin, division and incompetence

The first parliamentary sitting week for 2013 again highlighted Labor’s incompetence, division and dishonesty.

As MPs returned to Canberra, ordinary Australians were again reminded of Labor’s division and addiction to spending, spin and broken promises.

In the space of just a week:

• Julia Gillard and Labor confirmed that the budget is in deficit, despite previously promising and guaranteeing a surplus on over 650 occasions


• Labor also refused to rule out further tax hikes on superannuation


• It was revealed at the ICAC inquiry in NSW that Ministers Conroy and Burke had accepted free hospitality from Eddie Obeid


• Senator Trish Crossin had demanded a board or ambassadorial appointment following her dumping by the Prime Minister


• Craig Thomson appeared before court in Melbourne to be formally charged with 154 fraud offences


• The Prime Minister accused some of her own MPs of undermining the Government


• Kevin Rudd’s backers in Caucus continued to agitate for change in the Labor leadership


• And to cap the week off, Wayne Swan announced quietly this afternoon that the mining tax has only raised about 10% of what it was supposed to raise!

This is going to be a hell of a year for Labor.

[izabsmiling]

That that J off the end .I had started a new sentence (which I deleted..not completely ) with the word Just .

[i-need-a-martini]

Or how about they simply use their own words?

Now that's a novel idea around here for some, hey? 😛

[azureline**]

hmm..yes... but some of us have trouble with our own words..... they get picked to pieces....

[i-need-a-martini]

Az - better to be picked to pieces for you own opinions than being picked to pieces because you can't open your mouth without sprouting someone elses opinion and passing it off as your own.

One make you look like you have principles. The other makes you look like a giant sized lollipop.

[just_me_karen]

Using their own words would require them to process and analyse the rants they copy/paste... And that would risk internal conflict between their blind support of any anti-PM comment copy/pasted and the ludicrousness of it all. It is safer not to think.

[izabsmiling]

If you read around the web some do really seem to use fear and hatred to get some message across.It's a worry that others support that ...perhaps they aren't well and or are afraid of the future ? Perhaps it's their form of fun?

If those outwardly crazed fanatics collect vulnerable people who  follow their lead (as can and does happen and always has.) that is a huge worry.

[azureline**]

Az - better to be picked to pieces for you own opinions than being picked to pieces because you can't open your mouth without sprouting someone elses opinion and passing it off as your own.

One make you look like you have principles. The other makes you look like a giant sized lollipop.

I agree....I really meant that no matter what you say here, there will always be some who analyse/ every word... and still misrepresent what you write.

[just_me_karen]

Iza funny you should say that. The other day I was reading a research reports from an American 'political physiology' scientist who did experiments to find out whether there were any biological differences between left wing and right wing fanatics. Right wing had one common trait... Fear. They were more jumpy, quicker to go into fight/flight mode and that fear controlled their thoughts. I think he's right :^O 

[izabsmiling]

I do too Karen.My son wouldn't have the intellect to come up with the stuff...though unfortunately if he felt afraid he may all too easily follow...as he did do at one stage with a religious group 😐

[izabsmiling]

Using their own words would require them to process and analyse the rants they copy/paste... And that would risk internal conflict between their blind support of any anti-PM comment copy/pasted and the ludicrousness of it all. It is safer not to think.

I don't mind c&p's...the c&p 'rants' are a turn off for me.

Perhaps some who like c&ping the political rants

do actually do heaps (even long daily blogs ?) of their own writing (of a totally  different kind and nature) ?