More Tonyisms - his brain must be wired oddly...

[i-need-a-martini]

The boards are getting a bit heated over nothing so I thought I would throw in a political thread lol.

Today he said this:

"During a press conference at Parliament House on Tuesday, the Prime Minister was asked how it could transpire that professionally trained and highly skilled naval personnel could mistakenly sail, more than once, into Indonesian territorial waters.

"Even people who are at the very top of their game... will occasionally make mistakes," Mr Abbott replied, while praising the skill and professionalism of the Australian navy.

"Test cricketers occasionally drop catches, great footballers occasionally miss tackles and regretfully, there were a couple of occasions when this mistake was made."

Huh??? How is it that a man in his position would think of cricket and football first in relation to strategic positining of our defence forces.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/even-great-cricketers-footballers-make-mistake...

[catsnknots]

relevant to the chat today?? 

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/06/reading-levels-of-the-state-of-the-union-addresses/?cid=17...

[*pepe]

You do know that his exact words were then used by Obama in exactly the same context?

Obama didn't say the exact same words but close...

LOL!!!!

The man is an embarrassment to this country, he has a faulty filter between brain and mouth.

[catsnknots]

small things amuse small minds it seems. 

[freakiness]

OMG, 

The prime minister, Tony Abbott, has mounted a fresh attack on the national broadcaster, suggesting the ABC instinctively took "everyone's side but Australia's" and should show "some basic affection for the home team".

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jan/29/tony-abbott-attacks-abc-for-taking-everyones-side-but-a...

[polksaladallie]

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@*pepe wrote:

The man is an embarrassment to this country, he has a faulty filter between brain and mouth.

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And her name is Peta

[polksaladallie]

He's pouting at what you said.

[the_great_she_elephant]

"I guess the best way for all of them to demonstrate if some of them are goodies is to lay down their arms 

Que?. shouldt hat read. The best way for them to demonstrate that they are goodies  ........., or the best way to demonstrate, it they are goodies,. ......

And from the title of that link: 'Obama shouldn't of said....'   Ouch!

[icyfroth]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

"I guess the best way for all of them to demonstrate if some of them are goodies is to lay down their arms 

Que?. shouldt hat read. The best way for them to demonstrate that they are goodies  ........., or the best way to demonstrate, it they are goodies,. ......

And from the title of that link: 'Obama shouldn't of said....'   Ouch!

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LOL! Have you take up proofreading now, She-el?

[tezza2844]

"He's our own George W. Aren't we lucky?"

More like Dan Quayle I beleive

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

"I guess the best way for all of them to demonstrate if some of them are goodies is to lay down their arms 

Que?. shouldt hat read. The best way for them to demonstrate that they are goodies  ........., or the best way to demonstrate, it they are goodies,. ......

And from the title of that link: 'Obama shouldn't of said....'   Ouch!

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LOL! Have you take up proofreading now, She-el?

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I have an 'ear' for language, Icy and mistakes like that grate on my nerves in much the same way that the efforts of a learner on the violin would grate on the nerves of someone with an 'ear' for music.