If you could ask our Dear Leader one question, what would it be.
Mine would be:
If we are going to meet our current GHG emissions targets in a canter, why are we not changing the targets, so that Australia can be seen as a leader in emissions reduction, rather than a laggard?
My question would be:
Why the fuck are you spending money on going to Mars and not the NDIS?
And
why don’t you believe we are experiencing a climate crisis?
Divine Angel said:
My question would be:Why the fuck are you spending money on going to Mars and not the NDIS?
And
why don’t you believe we are experiencing a climate crisis?
Or maybe: do you believe that God will protect us from a climate crisis?
(Although the chance of him answering that is very close to 1/infinity)
I know someone who is very religious and said it was great that God was fixing my car. I had no idea God was a mechanic, but his son was a carpenter so…
Divine Angel said:
My question would be:Why the fuck are you spending money on going to Mars and not the NDIS?
And
why don’t you believe we are experiencing a climate crisis?
Good questions.
Those Aussie Indue card-holders are not allowed to buy new shoes without permission, but Scummo gets to hand Trump $150 million for a US space mission.
The Rev Dodgson said:
If you could ask our Dear Leader one question, what would it be.Mine would be:
If we are going to meet our current GHG emissions targets in a canter, why are we not changing the targets, so that Australia can be seen as a leader in emissions reduction, rather than a laggard?
That’s suppose to be a question that is never asked? I bet SloMo gets asked that one many times every single day, ad nauseum.
If I could ask our Dear Leader one question that is never asked, it might be:
“Can we please drag our educational curriculum out of the nineteenth century?”
Divine Angel said:
I know someone who is very religious and said it was great that God was fixing my car. I had no idea God was a mechanic, but his son was a carpenter so…
Humperdoo is gods favourite son now
Divine Angel said:
I know someone who is very religious and said it was great that God was fixing my car. I had no idea God was a mechanic, but his son was a carpenter so…
mollwollfumble said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
If you could ask our Dear Leader one question, what would it be.Mine would be:
If we are going to meet our current GHG emissions targets in a canter, why are we not changing the targets, so that Australia can be seen as a leader in emissions reduction, rather than a laggard?
That’s suppose to be a question that is never asked? I bet SloMo gets asked that one many times every single day, ad nauseum.
If I could ask our Dear Leader one question that is never asked, it might be:
“Can we please drag our educational curriculum out of the nineteenth century?”
Possibly he does, but I have never heard the question asked in public. Not once.
Education is a good question.
He’d just say it’s a matter for the states though.
Tamb said:
Divine Angel said:
I know someone who is very religious and said it was great that God was fixing my car. I had no idea God was a mechanic, but his son was a carpenter so…
Ironic that a carpenter should be nailed to a wooden cross.
:)
Are you a Christian fundamentalists with ideals stuck in the 1950’s
Ooh ooh ooh I have a good one.
With your head stuck so far up Trump’s arse, what does it taste like?
Divine Angel said:
Ooh ooh ooh I have a good one.With your head stuck so far up Trump’s arse, what does it taste like?
I think it would taste like bitter reality.
The Rev Dodgson said:
If you could ask our Dear Leader one question, what would it be.Mine would be:
If we are going to meet our current GHG emissions targets in a canter, why are we not changing the targets, so that Australia can be seen as a leader in emissions reduction, rather than a laggard?
“Why aren’t we doing what Norway does with its resources ?”
Given that God is infinite, and that the Universe is also infinite…would you like a toasted teacake?
furious said:
Given that God is infinite, and that the Universe is also infinite…would you like a toasted teacake?
Damn toaster
“Why aren’t we fixing domestic violence by adding emotional control to the education curriculum?”
furious said:
Given that God is infinite, and that the Universe is also infinite…would you like a toasted teacake?
“Why are religions placing themselves above the Law when there is no scientific evidence of any God?”
The Rev Dodgson said:
mollwollfumble said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
If you could ask our Dear Leader one question, what would it be.Mine would be:
If we are going to meet our current GHG emissions targets in a canter, why are we not changing the targets, so that Australia can be seen as a leader in emissions reduction, rather than a laggard?
That’s suppose to be a question that is never asked? I bet SloMo gets asked that one many times every single day, ad nauseum.
If I could ask our Dear Leader one question that is never asked, it might be:
“Can we please drag our educational curriculum out of the nineteenth century?”
Possibly he does, but I have never heard the question asked in public. Not once.
Education is a good question.
He’d just say it’s a matter for the states though.
On education I’d ask why are we implementing a national standards test for systems that are state run?
Cymek said:
Are you a Christian fundamentalists with ideals stuck in the 1950’s
Plural?
… are you saying, there’s 3 of him?
“Are large companies and rich people placing themselves and their profits above the rights of future generations of people in relation to climate change?”
The Rev Dodgson said:
Cymek said:
Are you a Christian fundamentalists with ideals stuck in the 1950’s
Plural?
… are you saying, there’s 3 of him?
No just one
We seem to get a number of leaders who would fit in better back in the 1950’s going by the hugely outdated way they think.
The religious aspect bought into politics is ludicrous as mentioned it some belief based on faith from sources that have been manipulated over centuries. They can be religious but then is stops and its not mentioned or used for decision making.
Tau.Neutrino said:
“Are large companies and rich people placing themselves and their profits above the rights of future generations of people in relation to climate change?”
We know the answer to that already.
How about “How does it make you feel that our children will inherit a broken planet they were have to try and fix and most likely have a reduced quality of lifestyle due to no fault of their own”
Tau.Neutrino said:
“Are large companies and rich people placing themselves and their profits above the rights of future generations of people in relation to climate change?”
I would ask something similar, but rather ask:
If you believe in an open market economy, why will you not place a price on greenhouse gas emissions, so that the future costs of climate change can be recognised in today’s business decisions?
The Rev Dodgson said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
“Are large companies and rich people placing themselves and their profits above the rights of future generations of people in relation to climate change?”
I would ask something similar, but rather ask:
If you believe in an open market economy, why will you not place a price on greenhouse gas emissions, so that the future costs of climate change can be recognised in today’s business decisions?
Yes, we need to consider our past and present global behaviours in relation to future global behaviours and there needs to be more research in this area.
What are we going to do when some other country destroys our coal export industry by inventing a transportable source of renewable energy and building a new energy economy upon that?
Why aren’t we building electric cars by refitting the Ford and Holden facilities and making the production lines more flexible for many different designs from small to large and streamline the design process so that people can design their own vehicles and have it made at a reasonable cost.?
Electric car plant in Qld
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-31/electric-car-built-in-queensland/10944402
dv said:
Electric car plant in Qldhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-31/electric-car-built-in-queensland/10944402
QI.
Perhaps even VI.
The Rev Dodgson said:
mollwollfumble said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
If you could ask our Dear Leader one question, what would it be.Mine would be:
If we are going to meet our current GHG emissions targets in a canter, why are we not changing the targets, so that Australia can be seen as a leader in emissions reduction, rather than a laggard?
That’s suppose to be a question that is never asked? I bet SloMo gets asked that one many times every single day, ad nauseum.
If I could ask our Dear Leader one question that is never asked, it might be:
“Can we please drag our educational curriculum out of the nineteenth century?”
Possibly he does, but I have never heard the question asked in public. Not once.
Education is a good question.
He’d just say it’s a matter for the states though.
If it must be federal only, then I’d choose something water supply related, such as divert water from East of the Ranges into the Murray-Darling.
But the PM already gets asked that at least once every election.
For one that never gets asked:
“Allocate money to eliminate flooding of all Australian towns.”
When you factor in storm surge, that’s a major ask.
Why aren’t we introducing more water saving measures in drought effected areas using the cold water diverter on hot taps helped along by government subsidies?
This device could save millions of litres of water across a city by feeding the cold water from the tot water pipes back into the cold water pipes until the set temperature is reached.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Why aren’t we introducing more water saving measures in drought effected areas using the cold water diverter on hot taps helped along by government subsidies?This device could save millions of litres of water across a city by feeding the cold water from the tot water pipes back into the cold water pipes until the set temperature is reached.
correction
This device could save millions of litres of water across a city by feeding the cold water from the hot water pipe back into the cold water pipe until the set temperature is reached.
I reckon some of these questions do sometimes get asked…
dv said:
I reckon some of these questions do sometimes get asked…
Some just need to be asked more often.
asked, but rarely answered…
dv said:
Electric car plant in Qldhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-31/electric-car-built-in-queensland/10944402
Good news.
furious said:
- I reckon some of these questions do sometimes get asked…
asked, but rarely answered…
“Sir Humphrey here, don’t answer that question Prime minister, let me”
“What are your plans for bringing back Australian Manufacturing?”
mollwollfumble said:
“What are your plans for bringing back Australian Manufacturing?”
Easy, none.
With Australia’s limited population we are never going to be a broad economy. Our best strategy would be to specialise in key sectors. I see those sectors as being agriculture, mining, energy and minerals processing/refining. Maybe some high tech manufacturing in aerospace or shipbuilding, but generally not anything much in the way of consumer mass market stuff. We should aim to cover services locally, including civil engineering, transport and associated infrastructure, as well as banking, finance and insurances etc.
party_pants said:
mollwollfumble said:
“What are your plans for bringing back Australian Manufacturing?”
Easy, none.
With Australia’s limited population we are never going to be a broad economy. Our best strategy would be to specialise in key sectors. I see those sectors as being agriculture, mining, energy and minerals processing/refining. Maybe some high tech manufacturing in aerospace or shipbuilding, but generally not anything much in the way of consumer mass market stuff. We should aim to cover services locally, including civil engineering, transport and associated infrastructure, as well as banking, finance and insurances etc.
You give up too easily.
Our agricultural base is being eroded by lack of water.
Our minerals base is being eroded – without manufacturing there is nothing we can do with them here.
Our energy base is being eroded – without any new coal, hydro, nuclear or sufficient oil to meet local demand.
If Taiwan can export manufactured products here then we, with our much lower materials costs and equivalent technological base, can export manufactured products there.
mollwollfumble said:
party_pants said:
mollwollfumble said:
“What are your plans for bringing back Australian Manufacturing?”
Easy, none.
With Australia’s limited population we are never going to be a broad economy. Our best strategy would be to specialise in key sectors. I see those sectors as being agriculture, mining, energy and minerals processing/refining. Maybe some high tech manufacturing in aerospace or shipbuilding, but generally not anything much in the way of consumer mass market stuff. We should aim to cover services locally, including civil engineering, transport and associated infrastructure, as well as banking, finance and insurances etc.
You give up too easily.
Our agricultural base is being eroded by lack of water.
Our minerals base is being eroded – without manufacturing there is nothing we can do with them here.
Our energy base is being eroded – without any new coal, hydro, nuclear or sufficient oil to meet local demand.If Taiwan can export manufactured products here then we, with our much lower materials costs and equivalent technological base, can export manufactured products there.
Taiwan’s wages are about 1/3 of Australian wages, and they are locked into a period of long term stagnation because they are already too high to be competitive. I am all for high tech manufacturing, especially in aerospace using expensive or rare materials which we could mine and process ourselves, titanium for example. But cheap consumer goods is a not an area we should be looking into.
“Why are running the country while believing in God that has no scientific evidence of existence, do you think this effects your ability to observe reality?
party_pants said:
mollwollfumble said:
party_pants said:Easy, none.
With Australia’s limited population we are never going to be a broad economy. Our best strategy would be to specialise in key sectors. I see those sectors as being agriculture, mining, energy and minerals processing/refining. Maybe some high tech manufacturing in aerospace or shipbuilding, but generally not anything much in the way of consumer mass market stuff. We should aim to cover services locally, including civil engineering, transport and associated infrastructure, as well as banking, finance and insurances etc.
You give up too easily.
Our agricultural base is being eroded by lack of water.
Our minerals base is being eroded – without manufacturing there is nothing we can do with them here.
Our energy base is being eroded – without any new coal, hydro, nuclear or sufficient oil to meet local demand.If Taiwan can export manufactured products here then we, with our much lower materials costs and equivalent technological base, can export manufactured products there.
Taiwan’s wages are about 1/3 of Australian wages, and they are locked into a period of long term stagnation because they are already too high to be competitive. I am all for high tech manufacturing, especially in aerospace using expensive or rare materials which we could mine and process ourselves, titanium for example. But cheap consumer goods is a not an area we should be looking into.
Can’t compete with China that has many times our entire population just to make stuff and they use untoward methods to motivate them to work
Tau.Neutrino said:
“Why are running the country while believing in God that has no scientific evidence of existence, do you think this effects your ability to observe reality?
Question to Scoot Morrison
“Why are you running the country while believing in God that has no scientific evidence of existence, do you think this effects your ability to observe reality?
or put more broadly
“Do you think that politicians running a country while believing in a God that has no scientific evidence of existence effects their ability to observe reality and to make un corrupted Law?
I think I need new glasses.
“Do you think climate change is the most important issue at the moment?”
“Do you think religion is harming people?”
Tau.Neutrino said:
Why aren’t we building electric cars by refitting the Ford and Holden facilities and making the production lines more flexible for many different designs from small to large and streamline the design process so that people can design their own vehicles and have it made at a reasonable cost.?
I asked that back when they were shutting down. Yes. You can have the money but you have to research and develop a new electric car suitable for this grand country.
Cymek said:
party_pants said:
mollwollfumble said:You give up too easily.
Our agricultural base is being eroded by lack of water.
Our minerals base is being eroded – without manufacturing there is nothing we can do with them here.
Our energy base is being eroded – without any new coal, hydro, nuclear or sufficient oil to meet local demand.If Taiwan can export manufactured products here then we, with our much lower materials costs and equivalent technological base, can export manufactured products there.
Taiwan’s wages are about 1/3 of Australian wages, and they are locked into a period of long term stagnation because they are already too high to be competitive. I am all for high tech manufacturing, especially in aerospace using expensive or rare materials which we could mine and process ourselves, titanium for example. But cheap consumer goods is a not an area we should be looking into.
Can’t compete with China that has many times our entire population just to make stuff and they use untoward methods to motivate them to work
Can compete in manufacture with both Taiwan and Hong Kong. And do better.
mollwollfumble said:
“What are your plans for bringing back Australian Manufacturing?”
Witty Rejoinder said:
mollwollfumble said:
“What are your plans for bringing back Australian Manufacturing?”
Why would we want to do that?
“What are your plans for ensuring the next generation of Australians are equipped to play support and design roles in the AI economy?”
dv said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
mollwollfumble said:
“What are your plans for bringing back Australian Manufacturing?”
Why would we want to do that?“What are your plans for ensuring the next generation of Australians are equipped to play support and design roles in the AI economy?”
And what does that have to do with manufacturing?
Witty Rejoinder said:
dv said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Why would we want to do that?
“What are your plans for ensuring the next generation of Australians are equipped to play support and design roles in the AI economy?”
And what does that have to do with manufacturing?
Nothing. I’m asking a different question.
dv said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
dv said:“What are your plans for ensuring the next generation of Australians are equipped to play support and design roles in the AI economy?”
And what does that have to do with manufacturing?
Nothing. I’m asking a different question.
Do try to keep up Witty, but don’t follow dv near any roundabouts otherwise you will be there all day.
PermeateFree said:
dv said:
Witty Rejoinder said:And what does that have to do with manufacturing?
Nothing. I’m asking a different question.
Do try to keep up Witty, but don’t follow dv near any roundabouts otherwise you will be there all day.
Are you still having trouble there?
How many months til you get your points back?
dv said:
PermeateFree said:
dv said:Nothing. I’m asking a different question.
Do try to keep up Witty, but don’t follow dv near any roundabouts otherwise you will be there all day.
Are you still having trouble there?
How many months til you get your points back?
dv said:
PermeateFree said:
dv said:Nothing. I’m asking a different question.
Do try to keep up Witty, but don’t follow dv near any roundabouts otherwise you will be there all day.
Are you still having trouble there?
How many months til you get your points back?
Probably get you for loitering dv and holding up traffic. Not too many roundabouts in Esperance and fortunately even fewer dawdling drivers trying to decide if they have the right of way.
PermeateFree said:
It’s a work in progress but thanks for your advice.
No worries
dv said:
PermeateFree said:
It’s a work in progress but thanks for your advice.
I’m an Engineer and don’t need advice, so FO
Another question for SloMo that never gets asked:
“What’s the most important thing in Australia?”
mollwollfumble said:
Another question for SloMo that never gets asked:“What’s the most important thing in Australia?”
It’s a question every politician needs to be asked – before election.
The way they answer it, unprepared. If they prevaricate don’t elect them. If they answer wrongly, don’t elect them.
mollwollfumble said:
mollwollfumble said:
Another question for SloMo that never gets asked:“What’s the most important thing in Australia?”
It’s a question every politician needs to be asked – before election.
The way they answer it, unprepared. If they prevaricate don’t elect them. If they answer wrongly, don’t elect them.
What is your answer?
The Rev Dodgson said:
mollwollfumble said:
mollwollfumble said:
Another question for SloMo that never gets asked:“What’s the most important thing in Australia?”
It’s a question every politician needs to be asked – before election.
The way they answer it, unprepared. If they prevaricate don’t elect them. If they answer wrongly, don’t elect them.
What is your answer?
Quality of life for Australian people and animals.
mollwollfumble said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
mollwollfumble said:It’s a question every politician needs to be asked – before election.
The way they answer it, unprepared. If they prevaricate don’t elect them. If they answer wrongly, don’t elect them.
What is your answer?
Quality of life for Australian people and animals.
OK, a bit generalised and unspecific, but my answer would have been “you’ll have to define “thing” if you want a meaningful answer to that question”, so I can’t complain.
The Rev Dodgson said:
mollwollfumble said:
The Rev Dodgson said:What is your answer?
Quality of life for Australian people and animals.
OK, a bit generalised and unspecific, but my answer would have been “you’ll have to define “thing” if you want a meaningful answer to that question”, so I can’t complain.
lot of utility the word thing, one of my favorite words
The Rev Dodgson said:
If you could ask our Dear Leader one question, what would it be.
Can I have 3 more questions?
Dropbear said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
If you could ask our Dear Leader one question, what would it be.Can I have 3 more questions?
Dude, he’s not a genie. You can’t ask for unlimited questions.
Divine Angel said:
Dropbear said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
If you could ask our Dear Leader one question, what would it be.Can I have 3 more questions?
Dude, he’s not a genie. You can’t ask for unlimited questions.
Ugggggggggghhhhhhhh
one of the purposes of a leader (overseeing social structure etc) is to limit how effectual you are, much the same as nature doesn’t yield easily, so the earth keeps spinning reliably, sun comes up and goes down at regular intervals, and christmas etc are on set days, not subject to democracy, protected from whimsy and ambitions
the common notion may be that democracy gives everyone a say, the illusion progresses to delusion with amplification by modern media
truth though is democracy is as much about limiting power, distributing it (seen generously) for this purpose, and those representative leaders’ power are limited too, all very egalitarian
Mr Morriscum, you are a waste of space. Would you fuck off?
Ian said:
Mr Morriscum, you are a waste of space. Would you fuck off?
And be replaced by whom?
Tamb said:
Ian said:
Mr Morriscum, you are a waste of space. Would you fuck off?
And be replaced by whom?
Greta Thunberg
Dropbear said:
Tamb said:
Ian said:
Mr Morriscum, you are a waste of space. Would you fuck off?
And be replaced by whom?Greta Thunberg
Dropbear said:
Tamb said:
Ian said:
Mr Morriscum, you are a waste of space. Would you fuck off?
And be replaced by whom?Greta Thunberg
You’d have to think Dutton is next cab off the rank.
dv said:
Dropbear said:
Tamb said:Greta Thunberg
You’d have to think Dutton is next cab off the rank.
The new liberal party rules means that Morro can’t be rolled until this term is over – as I understand it
Tamb said:
Dropbear said:
Tamb said:Greta Thunberg
Can’t do. Foreign national.
so long as she’s a citizen when we elect her to parliament and gives up her YergenFergen citizenship
Dropbear said:
Tamb said:
Dropbear said:Greta Thunberg
Can’t do. Foreign national.so long as she’s a citizen when we elect her to parliament and gives up her YergenFergen citizenship
Doesn’t she have to be aged 18 too? If so we have still got ScoMo for another 2 years as interim PM.
Dropbear said:
dv said:
Dropbear said:Greta Thunberg
You’d have to think Dutton is next cab off the rank.
The new liberal party rules means that Morro can’t be rolled until this term is over – as I understand it
Liberal is such a strange description for party of old starched shirt white men who are conservative.
Dropbear said:
dv said:
Dropbear said:Greta Thunberg
You’d have to think Dutton is next cab off the rank.
The new liberal party rules means that Morro can’t be rolled until this term is over – as I understand it
Some new strangly tautological Liberal Party rules.
Cymek said:
Dropbear said:
dv said:You’d have to think Dutton is next cab off the rank.
The new liberal party rules means that Morro can’t be rolled until this term is over – as I understand it
Liberal is such a strange description for party of old starched shirt white men who are conservative.
It’s a lot like the DPRK in North Korea.
Cymek said:
Dropbear said:
dv said:You’d have to think Dutton is next cab off the rank.
The new liberal party rules means that Morro can’t be rolled until this term is over – as I understand it
Liberal is such a strange description for party of old starched shirt white men who are conservative.
It is from a time when liberal values meant something different.
Dropbear said:
Cymek said:
Dropbear said:The new liberal party rules means that Morro can’t be rolled until this term is over – as I understand it
Liberal is such a strange description for party of old starched shirt white men who are conservative.
It’s a lot like the DPRK in North Korea.
I find it astonishing many of them think like they do in this day and age, Labor isn’t much better
They aren’t the leaders we need in his modern age, nothing new though is it
In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
party_pants said:
Cymek said:
Dropbear said:The new liberal party rules means that Morro can’t be rolled until this term is over – as I understand it
Liberal is such a strange description for party of old starched shirt white men who are conservative.
It is from a time when liberal values meant something different.
Yes.
I suppose how I think would be considered radical even though most of it comes down to common sense and being decent
>Liberal is such a strange description for party of old starched shirt white men who are conservative
generally I equate it with economic liberalism, certainly emphasis on private enterprise
Cymek said:
I find it astonishing many of them think like they do in this day and age, Labor isn’t much better
They aren’t the leaders we need in his modern age, nothing new though is it
Labor have taken a yuge lurch to the right in response to the election loss. They’ve abandoned any sort of forward thinking policies and have decided to take the “me too” approach.
Frankly we need to yeet the lot of them.
transition said:
>Liberal is such a strange description for party of old starched shirt white men who are conservativegenerally I equate it with economic liberalism, certainly emphasis on private enterprise
Give private business to much freedom though and they’ll shaft everyone, turn into Weyland Yutani
Dropbear said:
Cymek said:I find it astonishing many of them think like they do in this day and age, Labor isn’t much better
They aren’t the leaders we need in his modern age, nothing new though is it
Labor have taken a yuge lurch to the right in response to the election loss. They’ve abandoned any sort of forward thinking policies and have decided to take the “me too” approach.
Frankly we need to yeet the lot of them.
Yes its a pity the populace can’t force an election with a vote of non confidence in the members of parliament.
Not sure who would replace them though, they’d just get back in again.
I suppose though to get into politics you’ve already compromised your beliefs just to play the game.
Cymek said:
transition said:
>Liberal is such a strange description for party of old starched shirt white men who are conservativegenerally I equate it with economic liberalism, certainly emphasis on private enterprise
Give private business to much freedom though and they’ll shaft everyone, turn into Weyland Yutani
i’m not really seeing that, Australia’s fairing quite well given it’s reliance on primary production
it’s a small country in terms of population, the outlook’s not too bad
transition said:
Cymek said:
transition said:
>Liberal is such a strange description for party of old starched shirt white men who are conservativegenerally I equate it with economic liberalism, certainly emphasis on private enterprise
Give private business to much freedom though and they’ll shaft everyone, turn into Weyland Yutani
i’m not really seeing that, Australia’s fairing quite well given it’s reliance on primary production
it’s a small country in terms of population, the outlook’s not too bad
i’m wondering if this is a cringe thread
transition said:
Cymek said:
transition said:
>Liberal is such a strange description for party of old starched shirt white men who are conservativegenerally I equate it with economic liberalism, certainly emphasis on private enterprise
Give private business to much freedom though and they’ll shaft everyone, turn into Weyland Yutani
i’m not really seeing that, Australia’s fairing quite well given it’s reliance on primary production
it’s a small country in terms of population, the outlook’s not too bad
Australia less so but I imagine some companies will get so big they can control significant proportions of an entire economy and change the law so they can have a monopoly
Cymek said:
Dropbear said:
Cymek said:I find it astonishing many of them think like they do in this day and age, Labor isn’t much better
They aren’t the leaders we need in his modern age, nothing new though is it
Labor have taken a yuge lurch to the right in response to the election loss. They’ve abandoned any sort of forward thinking policies and have decided to take the “me too” approach.
Frankly we need to yeet the lot of them.
Yes its a pity the populace can’t force an election with a vote of non confidence in the members of parliament.
Not sure who would replace them though, they’d just get back in again.
I suppose though to get into politics you’ve already compromised your beliefs just to play the game.
Are the petty and underhanded actions of some pollies really any different from the people you meet every day; work colleagues for example?
Witty Rejoinder said:
Cymek said:
Dropbear said:Labor have taken a yuge lurch to the right in response to the election loss. They’ve abandoned any sort of forward thinking policies and have decided to take the “me too” approach.
Frankly we need to yeet the lot of them.
Yes its a pity the populace can’t force an election with a vote of non confidence in the members of parliament.
Not sure who would replace them though, they’d just get back in again.
I suppose though to get into politics you’ve already compromised your beliefs just to play the game.
Are the petty and underhanded actions of some pollies really any different from the people you meet every day; work colleagues for example?
Good point, probably not, almost certainly not.
We have some quite entitled non team players in my office and the office next door, they shit me big time.
party_pants said:
Cymek said:
Dropbear said:The new liberal party rules means that Morro can’t be rolled until this term is over – as I understand it
Liberal is such a strange description for party of old starched shirt white men who are conservative.
It is from a time when liberal values meant something different.
It never meant anything. Liberal was just a temporary meaningless handle invented by Menzies when he got kicked out of “United Australia”.
Cymek said:
party_pants said:
Cymek said:Liberal is such a strange description for party of old starched shirt white men who are conservative.
It is from a time when liberal values meant something different.
Yes.
I suppose how I think would be considered radical even though most of it comes down to common sense and being decent
In those days everything was regulated. A hangover from the Great Depression and then the wartime economy. They were really a liberalisation party rather than a liberal party as such, getting business back to what they considered a normal (pre-depression) setting.
“Pristine environment and an economy.”
But speaking from New York, Prime Minister Morrison cautioned against imposing “needless anxiety” on children when dealing with the concerns of climate change.
“We have got to caution against raising the anxieties of children,” he said.
“But I do understand that people do feel strongly about this.”
“I want children growing up in Australia to feel positive about their future.’
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What pristine environment? How good is the economy?
How is this statement not gaslighting?
Do you think someone else could do a better job at representation? What it is about representation don’t you understand?
sarahs mum said:
“Pristine environment and an economy.”But speaking from New York, Prime Minister Morrison cautioned against imposing “needless anxiety” on children when dealing with the concerns of climate change.
“We have got to caution against raising the anxieties of children,” he said.
“But I do understand that people do feel strongly about this.”
“I want children growing up in Australia to feel positive about their future.’
—-What pristine environment? How good is the economy?
How is this statement not gaslighting?
Do you think someone else could do a better job at representation? What it is about representation don’t you understand?
Wasn’t he annoyed they weren’t in school
sarahs mum said:
“Pristine environment and an economy.”But speaking from New York, Prime Minister Morrison cautioned against imposing “needless anxiety” on children when dealing with the concerns of climate change.
“We have got to caution against raising the anxieties of children,” he said.
“But I do understand that people do feel strongly about this.”
“I want children growing up in Australia to feel positive about their future.’
—-What pristine environment? How good is the economy?
How is this statement not gaslighting?
Do you think someone else could do a better job at representation? What it is about representation don’t you understand?
And I think it’s important that we give them that confidence, that they will not only have a wonderful country and pristine environment to live in, but they’ll also have an economy that they can live in as well.
Mr Morrison, who has two daughters, said he did not have deep conversations with the children about emission targets and the Paris agreement but did talk to them about fossil fuels.
“I encourage them to have a passionate, independent view about how they see the world, but I also give them a lot of context,” he said.
“I don’t allow them to be basically contorted into one particular view; I like them to make their own mind.
“But I also like to give them reassurance because the worst thing I would impose on any child is needless anxiety – they’ve got enough things to be anxious about.”
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Children in detention.
sarahs mum said:
Mr Morrison, who has two daughters, said he did not have deep conversations with the children about emission targets and the Paris agreement but did talk to them about fossil fuels.“I encourage them to have a passionate, independent view about how they see the world, but I also give them a lot of context,” he said.
“I don’t allow them to be basically contorted into one particular view; I like them to make their own mind.
“But I also like to give them reassurance because the worst thing I would impose on any child is needless anxiety – they’ve got enough things to be anxious about.”
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Children in detention.
They don’t count as they are foreigners
I’m glad I’m a right winger and not a lefty and go mad for 3 years every time my party lost.
Peak Warming Man said:
I’m glad I’m a right winger and not a lefty and go mad for 3 years every time my party lost.
Yeh nothing screams stable leadership like the LNP
Dropbear said:
Peak Warming Man said:
I’m glad I’m a right winger and not a lefty and go mad for 3 years every time my party lost.
Yeh nothing screams stable leadership like the LNP
rofl
Dropbear said:
Peak Warming Man said:
I’m glad I’m a right winger and not a lefty and go mad for 3 years every time my party lost.
Yeh nothing screams stable leadership like the LNP
there’s a scream as it plummets awaaaaaaay.
Peak Warming Man said:
I’m glad I’m a right winger and not a lefty and go mad for 3 years every time my party lost.
1) Unless what you write here is way to the left of what you really think, you are nowhere near being a right winger.
2) If there is any correlation between left/right politics and the extent to which people go mad when the party they don’t support wins, it is certainly very small.
3) My observations would suggest that any such positive correlation would be towards the right, rather than the left, but I may be biased of course.
ChrispenEvan said:
Dropbear said:
Peak Warming Man said:
I’m glad I’m a right winger and not a lefty and go mad for 3 years every time my party lost.
Yeh nothing screams stable leadership like the LNP
there’s a scream as it plummets awaaaaaaay.
They’re ripping their own bloody arms off. All we need now is a proper opposition party.
PWM is what the Right used to be like 25 years ago. Hewson/Howard types.
I haven’t seen Pedro in here saying that Thunberg needs to be raped or that climate change activism is a sign of child abuse, or that Arabs are really humans etc. The Right has left him behind.
dv said:
PWM is what the Right used to be like 25 years ago. Hewson/Howard types.I haven’t seen Pedro in here saying that Thunberg needs to be raped or that climate change activism is a sign of child abuse, or that Arabs are really humans etc. The Right has left him behind.
It’s a wonder he hasn’t yet noticed.
“Arabs are really humans”
You can probably stick a not in there.
A question for just about everyone, on “both sides” of politics, and the meeja:
If you recognise that stereotypes based on ethnicity or gender should be avoided, how come you think that stereotypes based on age are just fine?
There is no such thing as left/right wing any more..
it’s nationalists vs globalists
dv said:
“Arabs are really humans”You can probably stick a not in there.
I was a bit puzzled by that one.
Dropbear said:
There is no such thing as left/right wing any more..it’s nationalists vs globalists
It has always been multi-dimensional, and it continues to be.
The Rev Dodgson said:
A question for just about everyone, on “both sides” of politics, and the meeja:If you recognise that stereotypes based on ethnicity or gender should be avoided, how come you think that stereotypes based on age are just fine?
Maxima mea culpa. I’m guilty of this a bit in the simplistic Millennials v Boomers narrative. After all, Milo Fuckenopeless is a millennial, Sanders is a baby boomer.
In broad strokes though, the very young are more progressive than the elderly. So as the young age into voting, and the old age into “not voting”, there might be some expectation that things might shift a bit. There is a big demographic nub at the post war boom.
The Rev Dodgson said:
A question for just about everyone, on “both sides” of politics, and the meeja:If you recognise that stereotypes based on ethnicity or gender should be avoided, how come you think that stereotypes based on age are just fine?
I try to avoid that as well
The Rev Dodgson said:
A question for just about everyone, on “both sides” of politics, and the meeja:If you recognise that stereotypes based on ethnicity or gender should be avoided, how come you think that stereotypes based on age are just fine?
I don’t see a lot of teenage fans of Credlin or Jones, but who am I to judge.
Probably put it in a cube. Nationalist v Globalist, Socially Conservative v Socially liberal, Free Markety v Eat the Rich.
The Rev Dodgson said:
A question for just about everyone, on “both sides” of politics, and the meeja:If you recognise that stereotypes based on ethnicity or gender should be avoided, how come you think that stereotypes based on age are just fine?
I suppose because statistically, in matters of politics, social attitudes etc, the elderly are rarely the heroes of the story. But of course there are many notable exceptions.
Dropbear said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
A question for just about everyone, on “both sides” of politics, and the meeja:If you recognise that stereotypes based on ethnicity or gender should be avoided, how come you think that stereotypes based on age are just fine?
I don’t see a lot of teenage fans of Credlin or Jones, but who am I to judge.
I never ask myself that.
dv said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
A question for just about everyone, on “both sides” of politics, and the meeja:If you recognise that stereotypes based on ethnicity or gender should be avoided, how come you think that stereotypes based on age are just fine?
Maxima mea culpa. I’m guilty of this a bit in the simplistic Millennials v Boomers narrative. After all, Milo Fuckenopeless is a millennial, Sanders is a baby boomer.
In broad strokes though, the very young are more progressive than the elderly. So as the young age into voting, and the old age into “not voting”, there might be some expectation that things might shift a bit. There is a big demographic nub at the post war boom.
Sure, but you can make similar generalisations based on gender or ethnicity as well.
JudgeMental said:
Dropbear said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
A question for just about everyone, on “both sides” of politics, and the meeja:If you recognise that stereotypes based on ethnicity or gender should be avoided, how come you think that stereotypes based on age are just fine?
I don’t see a lot of teenage fans of Credlin or Jones, but who am I to judge.
I never ask myself that.
I know my in-laws old people conservative views often shit my children off especially as they aren’t even based on facts but opinions of people on the radio and tv.
The Rev Dodgson said:
dv said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
A question for just about everyone, on “both sides” of politics, and the meeja:If you recognise that stereotypes based on ethnicity or gender should be avoided, how come you think that stereotypes based on age are just fine?
Maxima mea culpa. I’m guilty of this a bit in the simplistic Millennials v Boomers narrative. After all, Milo Fuckenopeless is a millennial, Sanders is a baby boomer.
In broad strokes though, the very young are more progressive than the elderly. So as the young age into voting, and the old age into “not voting”, there might be some expectation that things might shift a bit. There is a big demographic nub at the post war boom.
Sure, but you can make similar generalisations based on gender or ethnicity as well.
Right I mean there’s nothing wrong with discussing those trends. Being aware that the bulk of Aboriginal people vote ALP is good. Assuming that someone votes ALP because they are Aboriginal is falling victim to stereotypes.
