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What do you think now, with the benefit of hindsight and all that we now know about the non-existent WMD?
Still think it was the right decision, even if there were no WMD's....With his war crimes and mass slaughter of his own people, Saddam needed to be taken down...
What do you think now, with the benefit of hindsight and all that we now know about the non-existent WMD?On the way back from Ballarat yesterday, radio on ABC, it's a couple of minutes to 6 pm and I hear Tony Abbott. Sounds like an election ad. I thought: what the f*** is this shi*? The ABC doesn't have ads, does it? Then I thought that they must be doing the 'ad' thing for each party in the lead-up to the election. I turned it off immediately.
Quote from: rustynutz on August 14, 2013, 11:05:53Still think it was the right decision, even if there were no WMD's....With his war crimes and mass slaughter of his own people, Saddam needed to be taken down...https://www.youtube.com/v/DOEIruwzf54Must have been our turn for some reason.
An interesting take on Tony Abbott's volunteering escapades to indigenous communities.http://1deadlynation.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/abbott-the-truth-and-cost-of-his-indigenous-volunteering/
He should be banned IMO.
Almost on topic, but slightly off, we have a state Liberal politician who was recently demoted by the Premier.He used to be the Police Minister and his name is Rob Johnson.He was a bit "bumbling" and used to get his words mixed up and didn't come across too well in the media, although he always meant well.In fact, he introduced quite a bit of legislation into parliament that the public said they wanted.But because the media mocked him, the public did too and he became a bit of a laughing stock.I remember one time as the (recently appointed) Police Minister he mentioned Crime Stoppers and the reporter asked him what the phone number was and he didn't know.They made a huge issue of it and everyone called him an idiot.I'm not saying he never made mistakes this guy, because he made quite a few actually, but his intentions always seemed right to me.Anyway, following his demotion he's been a bit of a thorn in the side of the state govt and keeps popping up in the media pointing out the Liberal party's (his party) mistakes and failures. And there have been a few lately.I heard him on the radio this morning and he made a comment to the effect that anyone could say anything they liked about him but they could never call him dishonest and if anyone ever caught him out telling a lie he would stand on top of Parliament House and shout an apology.It got me thinking, because I think he's right. He is honest. And honourable in his intentions.And I wondered if the public got what they are always saying they want, an honest politician, and when they got one, they all but hounded him into oblivion.Perhaps we do get the politicians we deserve after all.
What's climate change?
Quote from: db08 on August 15, 2013, 09:01:32What's climate change? According to Tony Abbott, it's "crap"
Quote from: Ugly Mongrel on August 15, 2013, 09:05:33Quote from: db08 on August 15, 2013, 09:01:32What's climate change? According to Tony Abbott, it's "crap" That's all clear now.
"Kevin Rudd thinks that best way to tackle the issue is to have a tax.I think that the best way to tackle it is to directly tackle climate change."
Yes, that's an old video grab.I think Tony's thinking has advanced more than Kevin's in the interim though.But given enough time I have no doubt that old Kev would catch up.