Dr Death and the Lying Rodent
15/02/2007 08:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
izmeina(Warning - Oz politics snippets ahead. )
Izzie is getting lots of early shifts lately which means we miss out on Question Time in Parliament which is midday in the wild west. Does not matter so much on Tuesdays and Wednesdays as they always broadcast the Senate which is insufferably boring and only bearable due to the presence of the Rat's Rottweiler - one Eric Abetz - (presently minister for fisheries and possibly the environment - Think of Dracula being minister of the Blood Bank and you get the picture)
But Monday turns out to be one of the juiciest of all time and Izzie will have to make do with the transcript. What a bummer. So made sure that we would not be missing out on Thursday's tasty morsels
Was not amused to discover that Jackboot Johnny must have been off cleaning the carpets for Dick Cheney. The little bugger was not there. Was not aware of this at first but after 20 mins of not one single question being addressed to him, sort of smelled a rat. Or maybe better to say that we didn't smell a rat.
Oh how booooring. At this stage, if all they have on offer is Prissy Pants Alexander Downer and Mr Piggie - the treasurer, may as well just potter off down to the owleries and not waste any more time listening.
But no sooner did we think such seditious thoughts than the shit hit the fan. The Rat has his rottweillers everywhere - not just in the Senate. No piccies on the radio but Izzie is sure that it was Tony Abbott who called the new leader of the opposition "Dr Death" This did not go down well on the Labour side of the floor and is totally against standing orders on the basis of manners and twee stuff like "not calling members into disrepute"
Abbott and Co justified this nasty name on the basis that the present Opposition leader had once held some post in Queensland where he slashed lots of jobs in the hospitals there and that this title was commonly used in the press and by the public in general.
Proper procedure called for the Speaker to demand that this remark be withdrawn but the Speaker declared that he would leave this decision to the Leader of the Opposition - Kevin Rudd - if he found it offensive he could say so and the Speaker would act but otherwise he would let it stand
Izzie was so so delighted that Dr Death declined this delightful offer. Oh happy happy day. By doing so - (this so so reminds Izzie of the Big Brother business in Britain) he was firstly putting the ball back in the Speaker's court and letting it be seen just how biased this ruling was. Secondly, he was not taking the bait and so maintaining his dignity but bestest of all and Izzie is damned sure he knows it too - the next time that a Labour member calls the Prime Mendacious a Lying Rodent - the other party won't have a leg to stand on and neither will the Speaker. And we can bet that this is exactly what will happen at the next Question Time. Bugger - will once again have to make do with reading the transcript.
Yessss. Politics. Hollywood for ugly people.
Izzie is getting lots of early shifts lately which means we miss out on Question Time in Parliament which is midday in the wild west. Does not matter so much on Tuesdays and Wednesdays as they always broadcast the Senate which is insufferably boring and only bearable due to the presence of the Rat's Rottweiler - one Eric Abetz - (presently minister for fisheries and possibly the environment - Think of Dracula being minister of the Blood Bank and you get the picture)
But Monday turns out to be one of the juiciest of all time and Izzie will have to make do with the transcript. What a bummer. So made sure that we would not be missing out on Thursday's tasty morsels
Was not amused to discover that Jackboot Johnny must have been off cleaning the carpets for Dick Cheney. The little bugger was not there. Was not aware of this at first but after 20 mins of not one single question being addressed to him, sort of smelled a rat. Or maybe better to say that we didn't smell a rat.
Oh how booooring. At this stage, if all they have on offer is Prissy Pants Alexander Downer and Mr Piggie - the treasurer, may as well just potter off down to the owleries and not waste any more time listening.
But no sooner did we think such seditious thoughts than the shit hit the fan. The Rat has his rottweillers everywhere - not just in the Senate. No piccies on the radio but Izzie is sure that it was Tony Abbott who called the new leader of the opposition "Dr Death" This did not go down well on the Labour side of the floor and is totally against standing orders on the basis of manners and twee stuff like "not calling members into disrepute"
Abbott and Co justified this nasty name on the basis that the present Opposition leader had once held some post in Queensland where he slashed lots of jobs in the hospitals there and that this title was commonly used in the press and by the public in general.
Proper procedure called for the Speaker to demand that this remark be withdrawn but the Speaker declared that he would leave this decision to the Leader of the Opposition - Kevin Rudd - if he found it offensive he could say so and the Speaker would act but otherwise he would let it stand
Izzie was so so delighted that Dr Death declined this delightful offer. Oh happy happy day. By doing so - (this so so reminds Izzie of the Big Brother business in Britain) he was firstly putting the ball back in the Speaker's court and letting it be seen just how biased this ruling was. Secondly, he was not taking the bait and so maintaining his dignity but bestest of all and Izzie is damned sure he knows it too - the next time that a Labour member calls the Prime Mendacious a Lying Rodent - the other party won't have a leg to stand on and neither will the Speaker. And we can bet that this is exactly what will happen at the next Question Time. Bugger - will once again have to make do with reading the transcript.
Yessss. Politics. Hollywood for ugly people.
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Date: 2007-02-15 12:51 pm (UTC)Yes, its your own side of politics who wound the most deeply, never a truer word was uttered from a member of the current dubious crew who make up our government. I don't recall the name of the honourable member who quite correctly described his mendaciousness. Senility creeping up so early. Or maybe I'm catching the rodent's disease of "I can't recall" syndrome which attacks him every time he has been caught out telling porkies.
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Date: 2007-02-15 01:30 pm (UTC)Just consulted the Oracle of Google. Rat Overboard (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/03/1093939140764.html) It's hard to choose just one. We especially like Leunig's tracksuit