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By Hook or By Crook
Today has been the most entertaining Question Time in Canberra since the Mad Monk called the opposition leader the “Doctor Goebbels of Economic Policy
It was so truly touching to hear of the Government’s dedication to ‘The Rule of Law” on today’s 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta. Especially when spoken by a Prime Monster who along with his lapdogs and minions is doing his damnedest to tear up every last shred of decency and accountability in government.
He sets his attack dogs on the woman whose actual job description it is to call government to account when it oversteps the mark. “Executive overreach” was the polite phrase Gillian Trigg used to describe some of this appalling behaviour.
Some time later this week his government will try to pass legislation that will strip citizenship from Australians at the whim of a minister no doubt relying on just the sort of intelligence information that led their predecessors to follow George Bush like a mindless zombie into the quagmire of Iraq. No due process, no fair trial just the word of some brown nosed spineless guttersnipe on a petty power trip. It will not be the first time either. These folks are just too arrogant to ever learn from their mistakes no matter how many lives they destroy in the process.
These measures are so drastic that even members of the Prime Monster’s own party are complaining that he has gone too far.
What makes matters worse is that the Human rights Commissioner and a handful of senators and independents in the lower house are the only ones standing up and making a fuss about such matters.
The idiot opposition leader is so afraid of being seen as weak on ‘national security’ matters that he and his pathetic party just roll over like some stupid lapdogs and line up behind the ‘Fearless Leader” even when some of the government’s own members are criticising its policy.
They lined up to pass some seriously outrageous metadata bills and laws that make it a criminal offence to even be in certain countries in the Middle East where the burden of proof is on the accused to explain if or why they were there rather than on the party making the accusation.
The Mad Monk has the emotional intelligence of a teaspoon. He simply cannot conceive of the idea that anyone could disagree with him for logical and sensible reasons or in good faith. His reply to criticism of any sort is to attack the person not their argument, to accuse them of being supporters of evil nihilist death cults, unAustralian or 101 other three word slogans and of course to unleash the hounds of hell (Also known as Rupert Murdoch) upon such uppity dissenters.
He is cunning enough to know that the politics of fear and the invocation of some evil external enemy usually works wonders to rally the troops and stop the questions (if not the boats)
In fact he is far more conversant with the tactics of Josef Goebbels than any of his enemies.
Even when such policies include incarcerating children in what can only be described as offshore concentration camps, those who object to such policies, especially those who have worked in such places and resigned in disgust are subjected to the most appalling insults and abuse usually at the hands of one of his best mates and worst attack dogs Rupert Murdoch.
The latest incident coming as a consequence of his ‘Whatever it takes” attitude towards gaining and keeping power are the unconfirmed rumours that not only are Australian government customs officials turning back boats of asylum seekers from reaching Australian territorial waters but have even been passing little brown envelopes to the crew of such vessels to get them to turn back. It’s really rather reminiscent of tricky Dicky Nixon with his botched up burglaries. Except that Richard Nixon at least had brains and could produce coherent sentences.
Some one high up must know something because for the first time in living memory he has not used his favourite reply of “No” to such questions in spite of the fact that several of his ministers categorically stated that no such thing took place on their watch. Now they are back tracking big time and saying that even if such allegations of bribery are true, it’s no big deal as the most important thing of all is to STOP THE BOATS. By hook or by crook.
Here’s hoping that the Indonesian government can deliver the dirt sooner rather than later. But that sad fact is that even if they do produce the metaphorical smoking gun this teflon coated mad monk will somehow twist things around to make him the hero who once again has saved the day.
There will be only a couple of weeks of the endless entertainment offered by the house on the hill before they are off again on their winter break and dear old Tony dons his budgie smugglers, hops on his two wheeled iron steed and resumes his latest mission to rid the world of evil noisy dirty dangerous wind turbines.
Yesss. This serpent can think of only one appropriate 3 word slogan and words of political advice for this Prime Monster
"DIE OF SHAME!!!"
Shamelessly snatched from Ozfille
It was so truly touching to hear of the Government’s dedication to ‘The Rule of Law” on today’s 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta. Especially when spoken by a Prime Monster who along with his lapdogs and minions is doing his damnedest to tear up every last shred of decency and accountability in government.
He sets his attack dogs on the woman whose actual job description it is to call government to account when it oversteps the mark. “Executive overreach” was the polite phrase Gillian Trigg used to describe some of this appalling behaviour.
Some time later this week his government will try to pass legislation that will strip citizenship from Australians at the whim of a minister no doubt relying on just the sort of intelligence information that led their predecessors to follow George Bush like a mindless zombie into the quagmire of Iraq. No due process, no fair trial just the word of some brown nosed spineless guttersnipe on a petty power trip. It will not be the first time either. These folks are just too arrogant to ever learn from their mistakes no matter how many lives they destroy in the process.
These measures are so drastic that even members of the Prime Monster’s own party are complaining that he has gone too far.
What makes matters worse is that the Human rights Commissioner and a handful of senators and independents in the lower house are the only ones standing up and making a fuss about such matters.
The idiot opposition leader is so afraid of being seen as weak on ‘national security’ matters that he and his pathetic party just roll over like some stupid lapdogs and line up behind the ‘Fearless Leader” even when some of the government’s own members are criticising its policy.
They lined up to pass some seriously outrageous metadata bills and laws that make it a criminal offence to even be in certain countries in the Middle East where the burden of proof is on the accused to explain if or why they were there rather than on the party making the accusation.
The Mad Monk has the emotional intelligence of a teaspoon. He simply cannot conceive of the idea that anyone could disagree with him for logical and sensible reasons or in good faith. His reply to criticism of any sort is to attack the person not their argument, to accuse them of being supporters of evil nihilist death cults, unAustralian or 101 other three word slogans and of course to unleash the hounds of hell (Also known as Rupert Murdoch) upon such uppity dissenters.
He is cunning enough to know that the politics of fear and the invocation of some evil external enemy usually works wonders to rally the troops and stop the questions (if not the boats)
In fact he is far more conversant with the tactics of Josef Goebbels than any of his enemies.
Even when such policies include incarcerating children in what can only be described as offshore concentration camps, those who object to such policies, especially those who have worked in such places and resigned in disgust are subjected to the most appalling insults and abuse usually at the hands of one of his best mates and worst attack dogs Rupert Murdoch.
The latest incident coming as a consequence of his ‘Whatever it takes” attitude towards gaining and keeping power are the unconfirmed rumours that not only are Australian government customs officials turning back boats of asylum seekers from reaching Australian territorial waters but have even been passing little brown envelopes to the crew of such vessels to get them to turn back. It’s really rather reminiscent of tricky Dicky Nixon with his botched up burglaries. Except that Richard Nixon at least had brains and could produce coherent sentences.
Some one high up must know something because for the first time in living memory he has not used his favourite reply of “No” to such questions in spite of the fact that several of his ministers categorically stated that no such thing took place on their watch. Now they are back tracking big time and saying that even if such allegations of bribery are true, it’s no big deal as the most important thing of all is to STOP THE BOATS. By hook or by crook.
Here’s hoping that the Indonesian government can deliver the dirt sooner rather than later. But that sad fact is that even if they do produce the metaphorical smoking gun this teflon coated mad monk will somehow twist things around to make him the hero who once again has saved the day.
There will be only a couple of weeks of the endless entertainment offered by the house on the hill before they are off again on their winter break and dear old Tony dons his budgie smugglers, hops on his two wheeled iron steed and resumes his latest mission to rid the world of evil noisy dirty dangerous wind turbines.
Yesss. This serpent can think of only one appropriate 3 word slogan and words of political advice for this Prime Monster
"DIE OF SHAME!!!"
Shamelessly snatched from Ozfille