Courtesy Ron Tandberg and The Age
Everyone knows schoolyard bullies grow up to be Right Wing politicians, businessmen, wife-beaters, serial killers and wacko religious fundamentalists (like the thankfully departed Jerry Falwell, who once proclaimed: God Wants War).
Is the PM so densely blinkered towards remaining in power that he truly doesn't see that coming out against bullying in schools is making everyone laugh over the bullying he condones in his party?
Letters from The Age:
It is a bit rich for John Howard to come out on bullying in schools. He didn't do much to stop Bully Boy Bill getting stuck into Michael Kirby, Barnaby Joyce and Julia Gillard. -- Peter Hall
We might take Howard's school bullying concerns seriously if he was to put the muzzle on his chief attack dogs, Bill Heffernan and Tony Abbott. Unless he sees them as a couple of non-core bullies. -- Gordon Bick
One from The Australian:
Bullies are bad news in school but seem to be admired, even protected in federal parliament. If John Howard is serious ("PM to reshape schools”, 14/5), he could start his bullies clean-up by first getting rid of Senator Bill Heffernan and then Tony Abbott. -- Tony Douglas
Bullying at its bulliest:
'Rudd risk' priced into housing costs, say builders
Business has opened a new front in its fight with Labor over industrial relations, warning that building costs will increase and thuggish behaviour will reappear if Labor abolishes the building industry watchdog.
The warning from building industry groups prompted the Federal Government to claim the average house cost would increase if Labor were elected.
The Master Builders Association said the risk to industry of such a move was real, with some builders already bumping up their prices by including a "Risk-of-Rudd" premium in contracts.
Talk about bullying. Various Masters of the Universe and Beyond are taking turns to bully the Labor Party into retreating from its decision to look after us proles. It was the Master Builders turn yesterday; who will step up to the crease today? Let's see, best place to look for Labor-bashing is The Australian:
Costello condemns 'socialist' Rudd
Peter Costello has launched a massive attack on Kevin Rudd's economic credibility, describing him as "an old-fashioned socialist" and accusing him of opportunistic and dishonest behaviour.
Costello went on to say: Blah blahblah blahblahblahblah. [Repeat loop ad infinitum.]
You have to begin to think that the more the Coalition rants and raves the more the polls are going to favour Kevin and Julia.
There is, however, a new development, worrying to say the least:
Five years ago Kevin Rudd met the Dalai Lama and said Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer should do likewise, but now, as opposition leader, he is refusing to meet the Buddhist leader.
This blows Rudd's "Christian" credentials out of the water. If there is anyone on the planet who should be a hero for all Christians, it's the Buddhist Dalai Lama.
So here we have Australia's Fair Go Messiah on the brink of power and already he is playing invidious politics to please a trading partner who will remain a trading partner whether the meeting takes place or not.
Meet him, Kev! The polls are high because people think you are an honourable man.
-- Tommy Pendejo
Jerry Falwell is dead? Hallelujah! Praise be to God! Etc etc!
Posted by Richie on May 16, 2007
Only embittered lefties still pining for Keating are calling Howard on bullying. Or writing to The Age, for that matter. The decent, upstanding, moralsilent majority know that the economy is everything and that only the Coalition, peace be upon it, can manage the economy.
Yeah, whatever. Actually, doesn't Costello sound hysterical? Socialists! Look out! Ooga booga!! What a fuckwit. Not to mention that unctious bit in the Australian (?) today about him being so hard working but its the Mac bank people who get the money. He works so much harder than them.
Fuckwit, again.
Posted by phil on May 16, 2007
What is all this hoo-ha about really? Does it really matter which mob of misfits haunt the halls of power of 'Bullshit Castle' in Canberra pretending to be the "Australian" government? The betrayal of country people by the Nationals over the sale of Telstra, and multitudinous lies and bullshit dribbling from the mouth (or is it a misplaced arsehole) of Grovelling John, show just how "democratic" this parliamentary system is.... it is nothing other than a pseudo-democracy, a farce, the democracy you have when you don't have one. It is just like trying to ride a dead donkey in a steeple chase!
What we really have is the dictatorship of big business. This dictatorship of big business is moving more and more towards 'rule by open force' under the regime of "Mr Grovelling John R. Slicker-Howard" as he is known by workers everywhere. He serves only the whims of that terrorist bastard G. W. Bush and fascist minds like that mindless grub.
The immediate need in Australia is to be rid of this shit-bag G.J.R. S-H and his mob of turds, and to replace them with less aggressive stooges of big business ... the Rudd & co. Later we must work toward a total change of system, work to develop a real democracy where a majority of have people really do have power ..... but that is a much longer people driven process. In the meantime the first thing to do is to get rid of that bullying garden gnome, Grovelling John R Slicker-Howard.
ps. Hey Grovelling John, please wipe that last little bit of bullshit from the side of your mouth, it looks unsightly!
Posted by Ugly on May 23, 2007
Amen, Ugly. Capitalism and the corporations it has spawned definitely rule the world. It's so easy for them, because 1) the people can easily be bought with a minimum remuneration "in the name of productivity, national interest, etc" and 2) the people are resolutely indifferent to taking responsibility for their own well being. This is truly a democracy in name only. According to Gort Slypesunder, the human race hasn't evolved to the point where it can chew gum and walk at the same time. Or more appropriately, look after its own affairs while being aware of the affairs of others. "We're all in it together" (as Mr Christ said) is the antithesis of selfish capitalism. So it goes, until the the next evolutionary leap. Coming soon, I hope.
Posted by Tomás El ("Pinche") Pendejo on May 23, 2007