I’m sending BC flowers.

DA proves her psychic abilities once again

‘arsh. He did some good stuff too.

dv said:

‘arsh. He did some good stuff too.

Batshit crazy IMO and the genesis of a lot of financial mismanagement issues that still dog the ALP

Dropbear said:

dv said:

‘arsh. He did some good stuff too.

Batshit crazy IMO and the genesis of a lot of financial mismanagement issues that still dog the ALP

You won’t be reading the eulogy then I take it?

Correct.

It’s just possible that the bear refers to…
.

Gough Whitlam dies aged 98; Family says ‘loving and generous’ father was ‘source of inspiration’

Tuesdays 21 Oct 2014, 8:20am

Former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam has died.

Mr Whitlam led the country through a period of massive social change from 1972 to 1975 before his ousting by governor-general Sir John Kerr.

“Our father, Gough Whitlam, has died this morning at the age of 98,” Mr Whitlam’s family said in a statement.

“A loving and generous father, he was a source of inspiration to us and our families and for millions of Australians.

“There will be a private cremation and a public memorial service.”

The spirit goes on

Nick whitlam sold off the NRMA

dv said:

‘arsh. He did some good stuff too.

Pulled our troops out of Vietnam for one thing.

I very much doubt that he would have joined Goofy in 2003 in Iraq.

I use to entertain friends doing a mean impersonation of Gough, back in the day.

I would always start – “My fellow Australians…”

Ian said:

dv said:

‘arsh. He did some good stuff too.

Pulled our troops out of Vietnam for one thing.

I very much doubt that he would have joined Goofy in 2003 in Iraq.

nods

Thank the FSM we only had to suffer three years of it.

Any longer and Australia would be another Greece, wallowing in a REAL sovereign debt crisis. A couple of decent humanitarian gestures does not make up for economic incompetence in my book, and I’ll keep my hero worship for those who are more deserving

Ian said:

dv said:

‘arsh. He did some good stuff too.

Pulled our troops out of Vietnam for one thing.

I very much doubt that he would have joined Goofy in 2003 in Iraq.

He gave the green light to the invasion of East Timor the little grub

Dropbear said:

Thank the FSM we only had to suffer three years of it.

Any longer and Australia would be another Greece, wallowing in a REAL sovereign debt crisis. A couple of decent humanitarian gestures does not make up for economic incompetence in my book, and I’ll keep my hero worship for those who are more deserving

Warney and Brocky?

stumpy_seahorse said:

Dropbear said:

Thank the FSM we only had to suffer three years of it.

Any longer and Australia would be another Greece, wallowing in a REAL sovereign debt crisis. A couple of decent humanitarian gestures does not make up for economic incompetence in my book, and I’ll keep my hero worship for those who are more deserving

Warney and Brocky?

Just Warney

wookiemeister said:

Ian said:

dv said:

‘arsh. He did some good stuff too.

Pulled our troops out of Vietnam for one thing.

I very much doubt that he would have joined Goofy in 2003 in Iraq.

He gave the green light to the invasion of East Timor the little grub

Sacrificing 5 Aussie journalists in the process.

Dropbear said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Dropbear said:

Thank the FSM we only had to suffer three years of it.

Any longer and Australia would be another Greece, wallowing in a REAL sovereign debt crisis. A couple of decent humanitarian gestures does not make up for economic incompetence in my book, and I’ll keep my hero worship for those who are more deserving

Warney and Brocky?

Just Warney

UNAustralian…
shakes head

Ian said:

dv said:

‘arsh. He did some good stuff too.

Pulled our troops out of Vietnam for one thing.

Bushwa. The vast majority of Australians had left Vietnam before Gough was elected. There was basically a training cadre left in the country that Gough pulled out.

stumpy_seahorse said:

Dropbear said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Warney and Brocky?

Just Warney

UNAustralian…
shakes head

The committee met and stripped brocky of hero status after that polariser shit :)

I think Gough has been on Steve’s list for about 10 years now.

Dropbear said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Dropbear said:

Just Warney

UNAustralian…
shakes head

The committee met and stripped brocky of hero status after that polariser shit :)

He was still a womaniser, and shagged 7shades out of anything in a skirt with a still beating heart, so the aussie hero status still stands

Dropbear said:

dv said:

‘arsh. He did some good stuff too.

Batshit crazy IMO and the genesis of a lot of financial mismanagement issues that still dog the ALP

FREE EDUCATION

How about Medicare, that was alright.

And he made Edna Everage a Dame.

compared to the current crop of pollies Gough would be a shining light.

Dropbear said:

Thank the FSM we only had to suffer three years of it.

Any longer and Australia would be another Greece, wallowing in a REAL sovereign debt crisis. A couple of decent humanitarian gestures does not make up for economic incompetence in my book, and I’ll keep my hero worship for those who are more deserving

Kingy… Wookie… not sure which of you it is… but I think Droppy would like his handle back now…

sibeen said:

Ian said:

dv said:

‘arsh. He did some good stuff too.

Pulled our troops out of Vietnam for one thing.

Bushwa. The vast majority of Australians had left Vietnam before Gough was elected. There was basically a training cadre left in the country that Gough pulled out.

But the key political issue had become the war in Vietnam. Anti-war demonstrations plagued the Coalition government. In 1966, as deputy opposition leader, Mr Whitlam visited Vietnam to tour the 1st Australian Task Force area. He visited again as opposition leader in 1968, and criticised the Gorton government’s successive troop increases at the behest of US president Lyndon B Johnson.

“The important thing is, we ought to be trying to bring about an end to hostilities in South Vietnam. We will not achieve this by continuing an attack on North Vietnam,” he said.

Obituary

Australia has lost a great Prime Minister and a great statesman with the passing of Gough Whitlam. Even his political enemies and detractors hold a grudging respect for this man who was a giant in both stature and influence. His family and friends must surely be proud of a life well lived. My condolences to his children and grandchildren.

The legacy of his short time in power during the early seventies is a testament to his inspiration and ideology. His Labor government was the precursor to land rights for indigenous Australians, the Racial Discrimination Act, the end of the White Australia policy, multiculturalism, free tertiary education, free health care, environmental protection, just to name a few.

He wasn’t perfect, as few of us are, but he didn’t shy away from his convictions when it would have been politically expedient to do so, and our politicians of today could do much worse than to follow his example. My advice to those who fear our current government is slowly eroding many of the progressive social policies that Gough Whitlam and his government enacted is to “maintain the rage”.

Peter Rowney
Lemon Tree Passage

What were his plans for the next age, his afterlife? “You can be sure of one thing,” he said of a possible meeting with his maker, “I shall treat Him as an equal.”

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/gough-whitlam-dead-martyr-for-a-moment-hero-for-a-lifetime-20141021-11931j.html#ixzz3GjJQgbj7

I guess it’s time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqMCZBjvmD4

Bubblecar said:

I guess it’s time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqMCZBjvmD4

Well done bubbles.

Skeptic Pete said:

Australia has lost a great Prime Minister and a great statesman with the passing of Gough Whitlam. Even his political enemies and detractors hold a grudging respect for this man who was a giant in both stature and influence. His family and friends must surely be proud of a life well lived. My condolences to his children and grandchildren.

The legacy of his short time in power during the early seventies is a testament to his inspiration and ideology. His Labor government was the precursor to land rights for indigenous Australians, the Racial Discrimination Act, the end of the White Australia policy, multiculturalism, free tertiary education, free health care, environmental protection, just to name a few.

He wasn’t perfect, as few of us are, but he didn’t shy away from his convictions when it would have been politically expedient to do so, and our politicians of today could do much worse than to follow his example. My advice to those who fear our current government is slowly eroding many of the progressive social policies that Gough Whitlam and his government enacted is to “maintain the rage”.

Peter Rowney
Lemon Tree Passage

What a fucking load of revisionist twaddle

Dropbear
Your mum

Dropbear said:

Skeptic Pete said:

Australia has lost a great Prime Minister and a great statesman with the passing of Gough Whitlam. Even his political enemies and detractors hold a grudging respect for this man who was a giant in both stature and influence. His family and friends must surely be proud of a life well lived. My condolences to his children and grandchildren.

The legacy of his short time in power during the early seventies is a testament to his inspiration and ideology. His Labor government was the precursor to land rights for indigenous Australians, the Racial Discrimination Act, the end of the White Australia policy, multiculturalism, free tertiary education, free health care, environmental protection, just to name a few.

He wasn’t perfect, as few of us are, but he didn’t shy away from his convictions when it would have been politically expedient to do so, and our politicians of today could do much worse than to follow his example. My advice to those who fear our current government is slowly eroding many of the progressive social policies that Gough Whitlam and his government enacted is to “maintain the rage”.

Peter Rowney
Lemon Tree Passage

What a fucking load of revisionist twaddle

Dropbear
Your mum

The sub-editor at the Sydney Morning Herald just rang me and she liked it. :-P

Everyone loves a mythical hero. Look at Mohammad.

Skeptic Pete said:

Dropbear said:

Skeptic Pete said:

Australia has lost a great Prime Minister and a great statesman with the passing of Gough Whitlam. Even his political enemies and detractors hold a grudging respect for this man who was a giant in both stature and influence. His family and friends must surely be proud of a life well lived. My condolences to his children and grandchildren.

The legacy of his short time in power during the early seventies is a testament to his inspiration and ideology. His Labor government was the precursor to land rights for indigenous Australians, the Racial Discrimination Act, the end of the White Australia policy, multiculturalism, free tertiary education, free health care, environmental protection, just to name a few.

He wasn’t perfect, as few of us are, but he didn’t shy away from his convictions when it would have been politically expedient to do so, and our politicians of today could do much worse than to follow his example. My advice to those who fear our current government is slowly eroding many of the progressive social policies that Gough Whitlam and his government enacted is to “maintain the rage”.

Peter Rowney
Lemon Tree Passage

What a fucking load of revisionist twaddle

Dropbear
Your mum

The sub-editor at the Sydney Morning Herald just rang me and she liked it. :-P

I don’t think you should mention subs just now.

Dropbear said:

Everyone loves a mythical hero. Look at Mohammad.

Maybe one day the Tories will have a mythical hero of their very own…

Dropbear said:

Everyone loves a mythical hero. Look at Mohammad.

The boxer guy is real

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

Everyone loves a mythical hero. Look at Mohammad.

Maybe one day the Tories will have a mythical hero of their very own…

That will be the day

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

Everyone loves a mythical hero. Look at Mohammad.

Maybe one day the Tories will have a mythical hero of their very own…

They have. Sir Jonkerr.

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

Everyone loves a mythical hero. Look at Mohammad.

Maybe one day the Tories will have a mythical hero of their very own…

The Honourable Lord General Sir John Winston Howard, peace be upon him.

Now theres a man we can all agree did great things for our wide brown land

Dropbear said:

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

Everyone loves a mythical hero. Look at Mohammad.

Maybe one day the Tories will have a mythical hero of their very own…

The Honourable Lord General Sir John Winston Howard, peace be upon him.

Now theres a man we can all agree did great things for our wide brown land

Bush’s lap dog

>John Winston Howard

He was a minimal waste of space, but a major waste of time.

Dropbear said:

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

Everyone loves a mythical hero. Look at Mohammad.

Maybe one day the Tories will have a mythical hero of their very own…

The Honourable Lord General Sir John Winston Howard, peace be upon him.

Now theres a man we can all agree did great things for our wide brown land

roffle…

I’ve seen The Whitlams play… can’t say I’ve seen The Howards

Dropbear said:

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

Everyone loves a mythical hero. Look at Mohammad.

Maybe one day the Tories will have a mythical hero of their very own…

The Honourable Lord General Sir John Winston Howard, peace be upon him.

Now theres a man we can all agree did great things for our wide brown land

Even when my Mum was totally Alzheimered she wanted to vote for “That nice Mr Menzies”.

Cymek said:

Dropbear said:

diddly-squat said:

Maybe one day the Tories will have a mythical hero of their very own…

The Honourable Lord General Sir John Winston Howard, peace be upon him.

Now theres a man we can all agree did great things for our wide brown land

Bush’s lap dog

Fook me the red shirts are taking over :)

Dropbear said:

Cymek said:

Dropbear said:

The Honourable Lord General Sir John Winston Howard, peace be upon him.

Now theres a man we can all agree did great things for our wide brown land

Bush’s lap dog

Fook me the red shirts are taking over :)

Rise up Star Trek irrelevant character is going to die

Dropbear said:

Cymek said:

Dropbear said:

The Honourable Lord General Sir John Winston Howard, peace be upon him.

Now theres a man we can all agree did great things for our wide brown land

Bush’s lap dog

Fook me the red shirts are taking over :)

we’re under the bed as well

Dropbear said:

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

Everyone loves a mythical hero. Look at Mohammad.

Maybe one day the Tories will have a mythical hero of their very own…

The Honourable Lord General Sir John Winston Howard, peace be upon him.

Now theres a man we can all agree did great things for our wide brown land

You and PWM should just get a room.

Dropbear said:

Cymek said:

Dropbear said:

The Honourable Lord General Sir John Winston Howard, peace be upon him.

Now theres a man we can all agree did great things for our wide brown land

Bush’s lap dog

Fook me the red shirts are taking over :)

Who was it that said “All the way with LBJ”?

Dropbear said:

diddly-squat said:

Dropbear said:

Everyone loves a mythical hero. Look at Mohammad.

Maybe one day the Tories will have a mythical hero of their very own…

The Honourable Lord General Sir John Winston Howard, peace be upon him.

Now theres a man we can all agree did great things for our wide brown land

poikilotherm said:

Dropbear said:

diddly-squat said:

Maybe one day the Tories will have a mythical hero of their very own…

The Honourable Lord General Sir John Winston Howard, peace be upon him.

Now theres a man we can all agree did great things for our wide brown land

this is magic…

8D

to be honest, I’m too young to remember him. I was born the year he was elected, and only 3 when he was dismissed. I only know of him what I read in books. I guess his legacy is that many of his reforms weren’t undone by the next governments that followed, they are still with us by and large.

98 and in poor health recently. Easy 2 points.

For the first time in my career I had to ring an editor and ask him not to publish the letter I had just submitted.

Skeptic Pete said:

For the first time in my career I had to ring an editor and ask him not to publish the letter I had just submitted.

I take it this ‘career’ of yours has been long and distinguished…??

diddly-squat said:

Skeptic Pete said:

For the first time in my career I had to ring an editor and ask him not to publish the letter I had just submitted.

I take it this ‘career’ of yours has been long and distinguished…??

Well it’s been long.

Skeptic Pete said:

For the first time in my career I had to ring an editor and ask him not to publish the letter I had just submitted.

Are you worried about threats from capitalist pig dogs

americans didn’t much like him at the time, way back…

Cymek said:

Skeptic Pete said:

For the first time in my career I had to ring an editor and ask him not to publish the letter I had just submitted.

Are you worried about threats from capitalist pig dogs

No.

The SMH won’t publish letters if they’ve been submitted to other newspapers.

I told her I had also sent it to the Newcastle Herald, so I had to ring the editor there and ask him nicely if he would mind not publishing the letter, which he had already shortlisted for tomorrow’s paper.

I had him join me when buying cheeses at the Bega factory some years ago. I had no idea who he was, however, as we were the only 2 customers there at the time I noticed that he did receive exceptional service. Outside he had a fancy car with a fancy driver waiting (who carefully placed said cheeses into the boot). Mr Speedy, who was waiting in our car beside his, explained who he was. We laughed at the formality of it all and came up with the saying

“May I take your cheeses, Sir?”, which we still use when appropriate

Just think how much this car and driver cost the taxpayer; he made it to 98!

Cymek said:

Skeptic Pete said:

For the first time in my career I had to ring an editor and ask him not to publish the letter I had just submitted.

Are you worried about threats from capitalist pig dogs

Lol

How would all his policies compare with today?

CrazyNeutrino said:

How would all his policies compare with today?

Considering that Medibank is being sold & universities now charge fees again I’d say not well.

CrazyNeutrino said:

How would all his policies compare with today?

People would think him a communist and would be demanding to see his birth certificate.

CrazyNeutrino said:

How would all his policies compare with today?

the average duty on manufactured imports fell from about 40 per cent in 1946-47 to just more than 20 per cent in the early 1960s; but the tariff on motor vehicles remained at between 40 per cent and 50 per cent, increasing the distortion in favour of the car industry. Americans could buy a new car with 25 weeks’ average earnings; given our barriers to trade, Australians needed twice that.

The first chink in the protectionist armour came with the Whitlam government’s 25 per cent across-the-board tariff reduction in 1973. Intended to curb inflation, Gough Whitlam’s move provoked a fierce reaction, with Holden immediately announcing 5000 sackings. Bob Hawke led a furious campaign against the cut, with claims it would send Australia’s economy “back to the stone age”.

As the government caved in, the outcome was an 85 per cent local content requirement that, along with other measures, doubled and then trebled protection for the car industry, in exchange for a pledge from Holden that every retrenched worker would be re-hired.

That set the pattern for the next 40 years: all reductions in tariffs on cars would be accompanied by new subsidies and non-tariff barriers to trade; and, whenever these seemed insufficient, the firms would threaten to leave and the unions would threaten the government.

CrazyNeutrino said:

How would all his policies compare with today?

like all policies those that are popular, or unpopular; or those that are good for a country or bad is all relative to the sociopolitical and/or economic conditions of the time.

I see the Leftist Guardian has instituted a national morning of mourning in an outpouring of outpouring..

Abbott Blamed for death of Dear Leader.

Images from downtown Sydney after news leaked

Dropbear said:

I see the Leftist Guardian has instituted a national morning of mourning in an outpouring of outpouring..

Abbott Blamed for death of Dear Leader.

well Palpatine did try to destroy all the Jedi before seizing full control…

I think you are outnumbered here Droppy. And starting to be a bit silly.

Dropbear said:

Images from downtown Sydney after news leaked

No, thats a picture showing women crying over Kim’s Gout problem

serves him right for eating too much cheese and other Uric acid forming foods etc

buffy said:

I think you are outnumbered here Droppy. And starting to be a bit silly.

Dropbear is around about my age I think. I’m too young to have experienced the Gough era first-hand. I was only about 3 years old when he was dismissed.

CrazyNeutrino said:

Dropbear said:

Images from downtown Sydney after news leaked

No, thats a picture showing women crying over Kim’s Gout problem

serves him right for eating too much cheese and other Uric acid forming foods etc

Probably has a death squad aiming guns at them

Cymek said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Dropbear said:

Images from downtown Sydney after news leaked

No, thats a picture showing women crying over Kim’s Gout problem

serves him right for eating too much cheese and other Uric acid forming foods etc

Probably has a death squad aiming guns at them

Probably, maybe because they dont have the same haircut as Kim

buffy said:

I think you are outnumbered here Droppy. And starting to be a bit silly.

heaven forbid..

it’s better to be right, than agreed with :P

ABC chairman James Spigelman, a former Whitlam staffer, accompanied Mr Whitlam on his first visit to China as prime minister.
He said it was an honour to work with Mr Whitlam.

Below is where you can view the ABC response to his death.

——————————————————————-
Following the death of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, ABC and ABC News 24 have altered their schedules in order to broadcast condolence motions live from the House of Representatives.

ABC News 24 will continue with rolling coverage throughout the day including the condolence motions live from 12 noon AEDT. This could affect the previously scheduled broadcast of Capital Hill and Afternoons, depending on the duration of the condolence motions. ABC News with Ros Childs and Grandstand will not air today.

ABC will simulcast ABC News 24’s rolling coverage until 11am AEDT on the east coast (NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS), and until 11.30am AEDT in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Western Australia will simulcast ABC News 24 until 1pm AEDT, including the condolence motions from Parliament.

The condolence motions will air on ABC at 12-2pm local time in all states except WA (WA will broadcast them live from 9 – 11am AWST).

At 5.30pm AEDT, ABC and ABC News 24 will simulcast The Drum, hosted by Steve Cannane and featuring a panel of insiders to discuss the legacy of Gough Whitlam.

For all the latest news and commentary on the death of Gough Whitlam, go to ABC News’ live blog.

ABC News will present special coverage during the 7pm News presented by Chris Uhlmann in Canberra.

7.30 will feature a live interview with former Prime Minister Paul Keating and host Leigh Sales.
—————————————————————————-

This is just for today, the complete pre funeral, funeral and post funeral ABC coverage will go on for years he said.

Peak Warming Man said:

ABC chairman James Spigelman, a former Whitlam staffer, accompanied Mr Whitlam on his first visit to China as prime minister.
He said it was an honour to work with Mr Whitlam.

Below is where you can view the ABC response to his death.

——————————————————————-
Following the death of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, ABC and ABC News 24 have altered their schedules in order to broadcast condolence motions live from the House of Representatives.

ABC News 24 will continue with rolling coverage throughout the day including the condolence motions live from 12 noon AEDT. This could affect the previously scheduled broadcast of Capital Hill and Afternoons, depending on the duration of the condolence motions. ABC News with Ros Childs and Grandstand will not air today.

ABC will simulcast ABC News 24’s rolling coverage until 11am AEDT on the east coast (NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS), and until 11.30am AEDT in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Western Australia will simulcast ABC News 24 until 1pm AEDT, including the condolence motions from Parliament.

The condolence motions will air on ABC at 12-2pm local time in all states except WA (WA will broadcast them live from 9 – 11am AWST).

At 5.30pm AEDT, ABC and ABC News 24 will simulcast The Drum, hosted by Steve Cannane and featuring a panel of insiders to discuss the legacy of Gough Whitlam.

For all the latest news and commentary on the death of Gough Whitlam, go to ABC News’ live blog.

ABC News will present special coverage during the 7pm News presented by Chris Uhlmann in Canberra.

7.30 will feature a live interview with former Prime Minister Paul Keating and host Leigh Sales.
—————————————————————————-

This is just for today, the complete pre funeral, funeral and post funeral ABC coverage will go on for years he said.

Why not create a separate Channel 24 ×7 for Gough

CrazyNeutrino said:

Peak Warming Man said:

ABC chairman James Spigelman, a former Whitlam staffer, accompanied Mr Whitlam on his first visit to China as prime minister.
He said it was an honour to work with Mr Whitlam.

Below is where you can view the ABC response to his death.

——————————————————————-
Following the death of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, ABC and ABC News 24 have altered their schedules in order to broadcast condolence motions live from the House of Representatives.

ABC News 24 will continue with rolling coverage throughout the day including the condolence motions live from 12 noon AEDT. This could affect the previously scheduled broadcast of Capital Hill and Afternoons, depending on the duration of the condolence motions. ABC News with Ros Childs and Grandstand will not air today.

ABC will simulcast ABC News 24’s rolling coverage until 11am AEDT on the east coast (NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS), and until 11.30am AEDT in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Western Australia will simulcast ABC News 24 until 1pm AEDT, including the condolence motions from Parliament.

The condolence motions will air on ABC at 12-2pm local time in all states except WA (WA will broadcast them live from 9 – 11am AWST).

At 5.30pm AEDT, ABC and ABC News 24 will simulcast The Drum, hosted by Steve Cannane and featuring a panel of insiders to discuss the legacy of Gough Whitlam.

For all the latest news and commentary on the death of Gough Whitlam, go to ABC News’ live blog.

ABC News will present special coverage during the 7pm News presented by Chris Uhlmann in Canberra.

7.30 will feature a live interview with former Prime Minister Paul Keating and host Leigh Sales.
—————————————————————————-

This is just for today, the complete pre funeral, funeral and post funeral ABC coverage will go on for years he said.

Why not create a separate Channel 24 ×7 for Gough

An ABC Channel devoted to Gough

A National Monument

BREAKING-:

Kevin Rudd has interrupted his concession speech to pay tribute to himself and Gough.
Speaking to Southern Cross Radio Mr Rudd said it must have been and honour an a privilege for him to have known me.

Dropbear said:

buffy said:

I think you are outnumbered here Droppy. And starting to be a bit silly.

heaven forbid..

it’s better to be right, than agreed with :P

Like PF and t_o to a global warming thread, such is droppy to Gough…

poikilotherm said:

Dropbear said:

buffy said:

I think you are outnumbered here Droppy. And starting to be a bit silly.

heaven forbid..

I think he was a reasonable sort of bloke.. The enthusiastic shouting was a bit much,

But that’s what you get from whooping Gough…

it’s better to be right, than agreed with :P

Like PF and t_o to a global warming thread, such is droppy to Gough…

Peak Warming Man said:

BREAKING-:

Kevin Rudd has interrupted his concession speech to pay tribute to himself and Gough.
Speaking to Southern Cross Radio Mr Rudd said it must have been and honour an a privilege for him to have known me.

KR needs a foot up his backside

I have video footage of KR swearing because he cannot learn Chinese

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVEaHcyMesQ

Your Hopeless Kevin

Fucking hopeless

gets emotionally connected to fucking cannot learn another language

Skeptic Pete said:

Australia has lost a great Prime Minister and a great statesman with the passing of Gough Whitlam. Even his political enemies and detractors hold a grudging respect for this man who was a giant in both stature and influence. His family and friends must surely be proud of a life well lived. My condolences to his children and grandchildren.

The legacy of his short time in power during the early seventies is a testament to his inspiration and ideology. His Labor government was the precursor to land rights for indigenous Australians, the Racial Discrimination Act, the end of the White Australia policy, multiculturalism, free tertiary education, free health care, environmental protection, just to name a few.

He wasn’t perfect, as few of us are, but he didn’t shy away from his convictions when it would have been politically expedient to do so, and our politicians of today could do much worse than to follow his example. My advice to those who fear our current government is slowly eroding many of the progressive social policies that Gough Whitlam and his government enacted is to “maintain the rage”.

Peter Rowney
Lemon Tree Passage

That pen is as good as yours.

CrazyNeutrino said:

Peak Warming Man said:

BREAKING-:

Kevin Rudd has interrupted his concession speech to pay tribute to himself and Gough.
Speaking to Southern Cross Radio Mr Rudd said it must have been and honour an a privilege for him to have known me.

KR needs a foot up his backside

I have video footage of KR swearing because he cannot learn Chinese

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVEaHcyMesQ

Your Hopeless Kevin

Fucking hopeless

gets emotionally connected to fucking cannot learn another language

Julia Gillard comes in and gives him a shoulder rub

CrazyNeutrino said:

Peak Warming Man said:

BREAKING-:

Kevin Rudd has interrupted his concession speech to pay tribute to himself and Gough.
Speaking to Southern Cross Radio Mr Rudd said it must have been and honour an a privilege for him to have known me.

KR needs a foot up his backside

I have video footage of KR swearing because he cannot learn Chinese

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVEaHcyMesQ

Your Hopeless Kevin

Fucking hopeless

gets emotionally connected to fucking cannot learn another language

“You’re”…

Just sayin…

Neophyte said:

Skeptic Pete said:

Australia has lost a great Prime Minister and a great statesman with the passing of Gough Whitlam. Even his political enemies and detractors hold a grudging respect for this man who was a giant in both stature and influence. His family and friends must surely be proud of a life well lived. My condolences to his children and grandchildren.

The legacy of his short time in power during the early seventies is a testament to his inspiration and ideology. His Labor government was the precursor to land rights for indigenous Australians, the Racial Discrimination Act, the end of the White Australia policy, multiculturalism, free tertiary education, free health care, environmental protection, just to name a few.

He wasn’t perfect, as few of us are, but he didn’t shy away from his convictions when it would have been politically expedient to do so, and our politicians of today could do much worse than to follow his example. My advice to those who fear our current government is slowly eroding many of the progressive social policies that Gough Whitlam and his government enacted is to “maintain the rage”.

Peter Rowney
Lemon Tree Passage

He has a way with that pen doesn’t he

That pen is as good as yours.

stumpy_seahorse said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Peak Warming Man said:

BREAKING-:

Kevin Rudd has interrupted his concession speech to pay tribute to himself and Gough.
Speaking to Southern Cross Radio Mr Rudd said it must have been and honour an a privilege for him to have known me.

KR needs a foot up his backside

I have video footage of KR swearing because he cannot learn Chinese

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVEaHcyMesQ

Your Hopeless Kevin

Fucking hopeless

gets emotionally connected to fucking cannot learn another language

“You’re”…

Just sayin…

Again!!

Bloody fucking You’re

CrazyNeutrino said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

KR needs a foot up his backside

I have video footage of KR swearing because he cannot learn Chinese

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVEaHcyMesQ

Your Hopeless Kevin

Fucking hopeless

gets emotionally connected to fucking cannot learn another language

“You’re”…

Just sayin…

Again!!

Bloody fucking You’re

reverse pedantry strikes again…

Peak Warming Man said:

BREAKING-:

Kevin Rudd has interrupted his concession speech to pay tribute to himself and Gough.
Speaking to Southern Cross Radio Mr Rudd said it must have been and honour an a privilege for him to have known me.

GOLD

CrazyNeutrino said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

KR needs a foot up his backside

I have video footage of KR swearing because he cannot learn Chinese

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVEaHcyMesQ

Your Hopeless Kevin

Fucking hopeless

gets emotionally connected to fucking cannot learn another language

“You’re”…

Just sayin…

Again!!

Bloody fucking You’re

I blame the Moscato.

Morrie and I have already started building gough’s salt pyramid

Though I dare say he might dry out a little and be one like beef jerky after a while

stumpy_seahorse said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

“You’re”…

Just sayin…

Again!!

Bloody fucking You’re

reverse pedantry strikes again…

Yep, But I’m happy

sibeen said:

Peak Warming Man said:

BREAKING-:

Kevin Rudd has interrupted his concession speech to pay tribute to himself and Gough.
Speaking to Southern Cross Radio Mr Rudd said it must have been and honour an a privilege for him to have known me.

GOLD

“Very Long” concession speech

jjjust moi said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

“You’re”…

Just sayin…

Again!!

Bloody fucking You’re

I blame the Moscato.

No, I have a serious problem with Your, You’re!

wookiemeister said:

Morrie and I have already started building gough’s salt pyramid

Though I dare say he might dry out a little and be one like beef jerky after a while

Are you going to install LED lights?

CrazyNeutrino said:

wookiemeister said:

Morrie and I have already started building gough’s salt pyramid

Though I dare say he might dry out a little and be one like beef jerky after a while

Are you going to install LED lights?

surely the word ‘lights’ is superfluous here…

CrazyNeutrino said:

wookiemeister said:

Morrie and I have already started building gough’s salt pyramid

Though I dare say he might dry out a little and be one like beef jerky after a while

Are you going to install LED lights?

Only under instruction of the high priestess

The only time I’ve seen dropbear angrier was when he got his man bag snatched in Rome

stumpy_seahorse said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

wookiemeister said:

Morrie and I have already started building gough’s salt pyramid

Though I dare say he might dry out a little and be one like beef jerky after a while

Are you going to install LED lights?

surely the word ‘lights’ is superfluous here…

It is becoming common parlance these days to repeat the last word in full after using an initialisation or acronym.

party_pants said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Are you going to install LED lights?

surely the word ‘lights’ is superfluous here…

It is becoming common parlance these days to repeat the last word in full after using an initialisation or acronym.

like when you type your PIN number into the ATM machine?

stumpy_seahorse said:

party_pants said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

surely the word ‘lights’ is superfluous here…

It is becoming common parlance these days to repeat the last word in full after using an initialisation or acronym.

like when you type your PIN number into the ATM machine?

Exactly. Given that sometimes the same initials or acronym can mean different things , it might be a helpful clarification to state the last work in full just to clarify which one you mean.

English is an evolving language and all that.

• It is becoming common parlance these days to repeat the last word in full after using an initialisation or acronym.

That theory falls down when applied to LED Lights…

furious said:

• It is becoming common parlance these days to repeat the last word in full after using an initialisation or acronym.

That theory falls down when applied to LED Lights…

Change it one of the words then, rather than specifically the last one.

Four eulogies in the drum alone.

AwesomeO said:

Four eulogies in the drum alone.

I can only imagine the uproar when the ABC cancel Q & A next week for a doco special about the Whitlam years.

I’m sick of having to open a “witch is dead” thread to read about Gough, so I’ll start a more respectful one.

stumpy_seahorse said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

wookiemeister said:

Morrie and I have already started building gough’s salt pyramid

Though I dare say he might dry out a little and be one like beef jerky after a while

Are you going to install LED lights?

surely the word ‘lights’ is superfluous here…

LED stands for Light emitting diodes

Light emitting diodes lights

yeah

ok

I see what you mean

Bubblecar said:

I’m sick of having to open a “witch is dead” thread to read about Gough, so I’ll start a more respectful one.

Bump

Bump

Dropbear said:

Bump

Thatcher died last year, try to keep up.

I wonder who is going to give the panegyric.

The Guardian AU is going apoplectic with grief today ;)

Dropbear said:

The Guardian AU is going apoplectic with grief today ;)

Such a shame I don’t read it.

party_pants said:

Dropbear said:

The Guardian AU is going apoplectic with grief today ;)

Such a shame I don’t read it.

I do. It can provide a decent laugh on occasions :)

party_pants said:

Dropbear said:

The Guardian AU is going apoplectic with grief today ;)

Such a shame I don’t read it.

I do normally. It’s the only balance to News Corpse that I can find

Dropbear said:

The Guardian AU is going apoplectic with grief today ;)

Political forums going off as well. Seems to me that for atheist luvvies Gough was the equivalent of Jesus made real in his second coming, absolute adoration and worship.

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

Dropbear said:

The Guardian AU is going apoplectic with grief today ;)

Such a shame I don’t read it.

I do. It can provide a decent laugh on occasions :)

The commenters certainly do

Dropbear said:

party_pants said:

Dropbear said:

The Guardian AU is going apoplectic with grief today ;)

Such a shame I don’t read it.

I do normally. It’s the only balance to News Corpse that I can find

I don’t read News either – because they want me to pay.

ABC, SBS, Fairfax, The West Australian and The New Daily for me, plus commercial radio during the day.

party_pants said:

Dropbear said:

The Guardian AU is going apoplectic with grief today ;)

Such a shame I don’t read it.

You should not restrict what you read for ideological reasons.

AwesomeO said:

Dropbear said:

The Guardian AU is going apoplectic with grief today ;)

Political forums going off as well. Seems to me that for atheist luvvies Gough was the equivalent of Jesus made real in his second coming, absolute adoration and worship.

Yeah I know, there;s a few in the sports forums too.

Mind you, there’s also a few free-market neo-cons and family-values Christian types who see him as the very anti-christ.

Superphosphate bounty.

Any longer and Australia would be another Greece, wallowing in a REAL sovereign debt crisis. A couple of decent humanitarian gestures does not make up for economic incompetence in my book, and I’ll keep my hero worship for those who are more deserving.

It’s fair to say that as a PM financial affairs were not Gough’s strong point.

Nonetheless Dropbear’s critique is only loosely based on facts. The Whitlam administration brought government spending up to around 24% of GDP where it has remained, more or less through Hawke/Keating, Howard and R/G/R governments.

But the Whitlam Government returned surpluses in 73, 74 and 75. The 75-76 budget went into deficit and deficits remained through the early years of the Fraser government. But the really big deficits occurred at the very end of the Fraser government when, after 6 years of government spending blew out to 26-27% of GDP. And that was without Medicare of course.

All that free university education and free health care had to be paid for by someone.

Steal from the poor farmers and give to the young labor voters in the city to buy popularity.

That works well in the city. What are you going to eat when all the farmers are gone?