Tuesday, December 23. 2008Just How Big A Megalomaniac Can Krudd Become?........John Linton .....or has he got away with so much 'Imperium' over the past year courtesy of the abject stupidity of the Australian electorate he believes he say anything he feels like saying at any time? How can that self important, smirking piece of cr** think he can get away with this: http://livenews.com.au/articles/2008/12/21/Govt_aims_to_halve_number_of_homeless nonsensical piece of sheer madness? Did he just recycle this arrant stupidity by that other grandstanding idiot Hawke: Anyone notice the exact similarities? A pointless and extraordinarily stupid 'promise' the result of which was: "Mr Hawke's words returned to haunt him as his pledge was Like Krudd's crazy distribution of $A10.2 billion of cash handouts last week he will almost certainly be forced to follow at some time in the future in Hawke's footsteps with his own admission that: "Mr Hawke said his government gave more money to low-income Just as uber-idiot Hawke sounded like either a lunatic or a moron in making such a ridiculous claim, Krudd sounds even more stupid.You can't 'fix' a problem such as "homelessness" by building low cost housing (even if you had the money) as the causes of homelessness are hugely varied and as for stating a number.......FGS .....who would know what that number will be in 11 years time and who will know what on Earth our society will look like even in 12 months time as the current tsunami of financial ruin that is beginning to engulf the world finally reaches as far as Australia. A columnist, of some realistic credentials made the point in the London times yesterday that the insane Mugabe's printing of money causing the currency to become worthless and the shelves in every shop to be bare of any food or clothing goods has eerie echoes in the governments of the USA, the UK and the EU all printing currency to "solve the problems of too much debt". It didn't work for the Weimar Republic, it didn't work for Argentina and it's not working for Zimbabwe - why Krudd or any other head of government anywhere else in the world thinks it can work for them is bemusing. Krudd actions and statements over the past three months show that he now thinks of himself as more somewhere between a president and a 'benign' dictator in his hijacking of all portfolios within the democratic government of Australia and is governing the country via a series of un-costed and clearly not even given much thought pronouncements on an ever widening range of "programs" that involve spending money that can only exist by printing it. I doubt whether even his 'minders' have an accurate count of what he has promised to spend. And while I'm on the subject of 'Imperium', plagiarism and just plain dishonesty - in Krudd's meaningless "addresses to the troops in Afghanistan" how is he allowed to steal quotes from Hollywood movies without ascribing them - or does that just illustrate that he communicates in simplistic cliches as being the best method of dealing with the simpletons who voted for him. I'm referring to his solemn pronouncement: "When things are tough, we Australians are at our very best" Great words - pity they were taken straight from the end of the Hollywood Movie 'Starman' and spoken by the alien played by Jeff Bridges to the young SETI agent played by Charles Martin Smith who was trying to prevent him returning to his home: "Shall I tell you what I admire most about your civilisation? ....You are at your very best when things are at their very worst". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starman_(film) Krudd has been scattering money and spending commitments around as if there was a never ending supply - and this is being done before ANYONE knows just how bad the situation in Australia will become next year and when and where it will manifest itself most drastically. Krudd is running through the surpluses and 'future funds' bequeathed to him by 11 years of responsible government in less than 15 months and then there will be nothing left to deal with whatever is the result of the current overseas events when they start to be felt in Australia by mid 2009. It's Whitlam all over again. Probably like most Australians - I see very little evidence of the GFC affecting any part of my business or social life right now. It would be very foolish to think things will stay this way. Krudd, meanwhile, continues with his Nero impression - he is burning (bankrupting) the current Australia to make way for his personal 'grand vision' of a 'new' Australia - unlike that megalomaniac of 2,000 years or so ago - he has no talent for playing a stringed instrument to make the analogy complete. Trackbacks
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KRudd makes me so angry. Is there such a thing as a vote of no confidence in Australian politics? I suppose we're a bit too late, anyway; he's already blown most (all?) of the $20B budget surplus.... Comment (1)
Hahaha!
I read your blog entry for today, then went to Reuters which is next on my daily reading and saw this title: Homeless get caviar for Christmas http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE4BL30I20081222?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews Thankfully unrelated, but it did make me chuckle. T. Comment (1)
For a blog with a sub title of "Some Views On Australia's Communications' Business" you venture a great deal of opinion of Australian politics unconcerned with (tele) communications.
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The actions of the current group of people in the ACT posing as a federal government directly and adversely affect the provision of communications services in Australia.
If you find my random writings unsuitable then you have a very simple remedy that is entirely in your own hands to execute. Comments (4)
To me, Kevin Rudd represents the return to extreme political correctness, which we haven't had since Paul Keating.
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John.
I know you are a very smart but I'm intrigued as to how you are able to quote references, to the quotes you make. Do you use a website that contains quotes and references to them -- surely you cant remember that many quotes . If you can you remember them and you are able to reference all the quotes you use, you are remarkable. I do take my hat off too you, as honesty by referencing quotes is indeed an admirable trait. cheers, and may you and your family have a happy Christmas. bill Comment (1)
The quotes I use are all from my grab bag/Jackdaw's nest of a memory but I do have to look up the references so as to ascribe them correctly.
The Star Man quote has stayed in my mind because it resonated so deeply at the time I watched that really good old movie. Thank you for your good wishes and may the new year bring you and your family the best and most interesting year of your lives so far. Comments (4)
I think that you are becoming tooooo negative and sour in your old age Mr Linton.
I think that before reacting like you have to today's "homeless story" you should stop, re-read the story, maybe read a few other versions of the story and then re-evaluate. My reading of this is not that Mr Rudd is making any promises about how many homeless people there will be, rather he is promising money to put in place a program that has been proposed by the people that look after our poor and homeless and has the backing of ACOSS. The majority of the money promised is to put systems in place that would help stop people from getting into the situation where they find themselves without homes and families, usually related to mental illnesses, and a smaller amount was to be used to build housing for the people that they have not been able to help. As the parent of a child who left home at 16 and could very well be living on the streets as a homeless person if it wasn't for Government and Church welfare support systems, as well as my wife and I never giving up on her, I find your comments to be offensive and hypocritical (considering the amount of importance you place on the saving of our "homeless" endangered native birds and animals. I pray that none of your children or grandchildren are ever in the unfortunate position to not feel that they fit into their family or into our society, and find them selves living on the streets. How would you like it if one of us wrote this same story but replaced Mr Rudd's name with yours, and the references to the homeless white paper to your pages pledging support for the Australian Wildlife? http://exetel.com.au/enviro_feat.php I read your Blog every day without fail and I love reading about your business, but in my opinion, you are the one who is losing the plot, with your poisoned political views. Merry Christmas John, Ann, Steve and families Comment (1)
My views of ANY political grand standing on ANY issue are almost invariably supported by the facts that are available - in this case the almost word for word comparison to the execrable Hawke's similarly non-sensical "promise" on children in poverty.
My, personal out of my own money, support for the fauna and flora of Australia that is constantly being destroyed is, of course, a PERSONAL choice of how I CHOOSE to use money that I've worked horrendously long hours to earn - it cannot in any way be compared to how a total f***ing idiot playing God p***es away tax payer dollars. Mental illness is a terrible affliction BUT it isn't dealt with by a band aid on one end effect (homelessness). All other 'homelessness' is the result of personal choice (the muddled aspirations of teens) or personal misfortune (job loss) and predominantly self inflicted problems (drug and alcohol abuse). None of those situations can be dealt with by building anything and the fact that people put themselves outside the structures that have supported them all their lives isn't a "government problem"- let alone yet another 'sound bite policy' on the run. As someone who has been 'homeless' since he arrived in Australia at 17 knowing nobody and having no money and no qualifications of any sort I actually, possibly better than most, understand the base requirements that each human being (who is not mentally ill) has to clothe, feed and shelter themselves. It's their own responsibility for their situation. Comments (4)
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