Lessons in Cynicism

Shane incarcerated...

G'day Possums,

a few shots from the town of Clunes illustrate this week's rant....

Christian Porter, channelling his inner Scrooge, has decided that reducing the time unemployed people under 25 have to wait for benefits from a proposed six months to one month is a real winner!  Belying his Christian name, Scrooge Porter also thought that young carers have, beyond their caring role, a "mutual obligation" to attend courses and do "work-for-the-payment" which will, he prophesied, eliminate "inter-generational welfare dependency."

Scrooge didn't elaborate on where the jobs would be found for these who have  "... a great ability, particularly for young people to find jobs quickly.” He also made no mention of the fact that most new jobs are part time and many are now being filled by 457 visa  overseas entry people or that there is currently one position for every 17 unemployed.

In a previous incarnation Scrooge was the State Treasurer and Attorney General of Western Australia, a state which despite it's mining boom, during his tenure, was going broke.

He is also one of the most prolific users of his parliamentary "entitlements" racking up some $229,579.27 since 1-1-15 on top of his $250,000.00 p.a.  (approx) salary.

A fresh idea...

Another Sand Groper (aka, West Australian) making his presence felt unnecessarily is ex SAS officer with  a colourful past,  Handy Andy Hastie.

Handy has stuck his head above the parapet to fire a few blanks about religious freedoms being under attack if the Marriage Equality plebiscite is won by the "yes" vote.

"The government was interested in marriage because it produced children", he said, "....with broken marriages leading to increases in welfare and bureaucracy." " We are not seeking to redefine parliament. We are seeking to redefine marriage."    What any of this has to do with marriage equality and human rights is anyone's guess... but Handy Andy's fundamentalist religious background  means that he feels oppressed if we all don't think like him.

The ABC's "Gruen"  did a superb analysis of the advertising methods that will be utilized, particularly by the likes of Handy Andy and his faithful followers if the plebiscite goes ahead and it really blew this lot out of the water.  Perhaps Handy's hardly credible, confused spoutings  were an attempt at a  pre-emptive strike ?

 

perrenial values...

More of Oz's Xtian values were on display with a poll showing that 49% of Australians think that Muslim migration be stopped!  And that, had The Harriden, Hanson's supporters had more brains in their voting behaviour, One Notion could have had 6 senators elected instead of four.

To add to the ugliness permeating  the country, Truffles told the UN what a role model we are for the rest of the world with our excellently cruel concentration camps for refugees. Truffles explained, "...you don't have the public licence to have a generous humanitarian program and of course you are simply providing a product for people smugglers to sell and we must deprive them of that – as we have done so in Australia." He also cynically indicated that we will take Xtian refugees from South America instead the Muslim ones we're currently torturing on Manus Island because they are probably no longer in a fit state to be anyone's neighbour. ... and that even though, we still have around 9,000 of the 12,000 Syrian (Xtians) to process that Rabid the Hun said we'd take 12 months ago, we are still in his mind a humanitarian and egalitarian beacon of the first order.

 

Clunes

"There are two things that I have always observed to be in singular accord, supercelestial thought and subterranean conduct."    Michel de Montaigne.

Hoo-roo  Petals,

Shane

Blood and Sand 2 and the hidden Grenade

Shane with Grenade

Blood and Sand 2:  Perhaps we should have a "Missile Fund for Humanity" drive?  Or better, perhaps we should just March on Canberra and throw the incompetents out? 

More later in Wombat Droppings

Here are some more rehearsal shots....

Ballet Theatre of Australia....

Wombat Droppings

or

A Chronicle Detailing

 the

 Disappearing Egalitarianism of Oz.

The hand grenade of their own stupidity is that the wealthiest seats in Liarbril electorates have suffered only about 10% of the budget cuts as compared to the poorest in Labor seats. 

It will not be a Muslim who’ll pull the pin, it’ll be one of the 25% below the poverty line, one of the unemployed or one of those unable to afford an education, housing, health or food.

The dog-whistling over terror conveniently ignores the manufacture of drugs, particularly “ice” by criminal bikie gangs whose activities are “observed” but don’t rate an 800 police strength raid. 

Activities that are far worse in their terrorist effect on the community than any Muslim has been accused of or perpetrated.

David "Gunna" Johnston  was all over the shop on "Insiders" last week.

Apart from his constant contradictions... "it might be easier than we first thought.." and"... although there are some excellent elements in the Iraqi Army to work with..."  and  "...we'll degrade the baddies"   and    "... it might be more easier.." (?)

It all sounded a bit too much like a Boy-With-a-Toy and he incompetently stumbled over how much it is all going to cost; as did Rabid-the-Hun to the same questions.

The Liarbril’s credibility with their vicious nonsense and their pretence of being a ruling party is being severely and, I think, terminally compromised. In ruling according to “thought-bubbles” from the “Coots-with-Queer-Ideas-From-a-Parallel-Universe” (IPA) for oligarchs and select business,’ not only are they wasting the legitimacy of government but are becoming the most untrustworthy rabble to ever be in Federal Parliament.

This is the most incompetent government Oz has ever had.

We have no money to fund education, healthcare or pensions. No money for job creation or social security or significant infrastructureand manufacturing  but there’s $600,000,000.00 for spying on us and $600,000.00 per missile or bomb dropped as a humanitarian gesture on top of the estimated $500,000,000.00 for the Iraq#2 frolic.

Soon there will be a real budget emergency.

Perhaps we should have a "Missile Fund for Humanity" drive?  Or better, perhaps we should just March on Canberra and throw the incompetents out? 

Anyone?

It would seem that more than 50,000 people spontaneously booing Rabid-the-Hun at the footy isn't newsworthy; not reported any where except by the Guardian a week later.

I thought it was a very significant poll and a direct proof of what I’m saying, Petals.

We have become a severely divided society and there is much trouble brewing!

*StopPress* Rabid-the-Hun has said he'll "shirt-front" Putin over the shot down airliner when the Russian arrives for the G20 meeting in Brisbane.  Goodie.....farcical entertainment for the Aspirational Bogans as we have a "Face-Off of Fascists!"
Most betting seems to be favouring a Putin win but how long it will take for Australia's reputation to recover is another matter altogether.
Apart from the most incompetent government we can now, sadly add, the most ludicrous.

Hoor-roo Possums,

Shane

PS: further reading….

http://urbanwronski.com/2014/10/11/war-will-cause-death-of-an-abbott-government-unprepared-to-share-the-true-realities-of-situation-in-iraq/