tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post942167635047265168..comments2024-03-18T16:49:08.253+11:00Comments on All the Blue Day: Politics, Or I Have a Cunning PlanJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-12697009229917635302018-09-03T20:42:43.927+10:002018-09-03T20:42:43.927+10:00Jo for PM!Jo for PM!Grow Gather Enjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05069999391136930106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-60430997977158444362018-08-27T10:49:53.490+10:002018-08-27T10:49:53.490+10:00Meg, it makes you wonder why voting is compulsory,...Meg, it makes you wonder why voting is compulsory, doesn't it? It's not like the leader and the policy the country votes in is actually the one guaranteed to govern.. now the reasonably centrist government Australia voted for has turned sharply to the right. But is that what the people want? Who will know until the next election?<br /><br />jj, I have to admit it took a good 12 hours and a night's sleep before I saw what you were getting at re Baldrick! I have clearly internalised his favourite saying until I had forgotten it wasn't my own stock phrase (which it is, btw).<br /><br />Hazel, oh yes, I would be looking forward to the flamboyant panache of Prime Chinister:)<br /><br />Fran, the 'ayes' have it:)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-39258626573278081412018-08-27T06:41:53.997+10:002018-08-27T06:41:53.997+10:00"HEAR HEAR!""HEAR HEAR!" Beznarf27https://www.blogger.com/profile/08174163185776580152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-3707729892773538932018-08-26T19:59:15.380+10:002018-08-26T19:59:15.380+10:00I agree with every word, and hope your MP is liste...I agree with every word, and hope your MP is listening. It's not without its upside, though - I've seen some brilliant comedy online. And Lee Lin Chin has offered to be Prime Chinister! Wouldn't that be nice?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01571424576817320977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-19820660682872777992018-08-26T19:18:37.123+10:002018-08-26T19:18:37.123+10:00Very wise words Jo & are you channelling your ...<br />Very wise words Jo & are you channelling your inner Baldrick ;)jjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457448880192420452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-9111483058986979302018-08-26T15:02:26.061+10:002018-08-26T15:02:26.061+10:00It had all the hallmarks of a second-rate soap ope...It had all the hallmarks of a second-rate soap opera ... bad script, predictable cast and some Trumped-up drama complete with someone being bumped off. Canned laughter wouldn't have been amiss but for the really important stuff they are meant to be getting on with! MegMeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573371198907761962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-65312694818239670722018-08-26T09:24:33.886+10:002018-08-26T09:24:33.886+10:00Pam, you have hit the nail on the head there - our...Pam, you have hit the nail on the head there - our ex-PMs and ministers are very well remunerated, and generally go on to very lucrative post-PM positions..<br />Ugh, I think that having to put up with two years of electioneering out of four would be completely unbearable. Our elections are only around two months long, and even that seems too much..<br /><br />Anna, I must put that book on my library list:) When on earth are you going to find time in your post-retirement life to read without your train commute each day??:) Governments do change, eventually, according to the will of the people - civil rights, same-sex marriage etc, but it takes a huge, enormous groundswell of public opinion, and the government is generally dragged kicking and screaming along in the wake of the people. So I believe it is worth making a huge noise about we believe in.. but it is like pushing large rocks up-hill..Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-23161945104438787242018-08-26T08:20:34.429+10:002018-08-26T08:20:34.429+10:00Amen to what you just said Jo. I must admit I don&...Amen to what you just said Jo. I must admit I don't know much about Australian politics but I have always thought a good man (or woman) will never get far in politics because they are not cut-throat enough. Jimmy Carter being a case in point. I have just finished John O'Farrell's "18 miserable years in the life of a Labour party supporter" and it is so funny. It is a true story but John is a comedy writer too so he makes it a good read. But it really does go to show how the "little people" struggle to be heard and countries really are run by the rich for the rich! AnnaTreadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-28474497609593840182018-08-25T22:10:16.814+10:002018-08-25T22:10:16.814+10:00Hi, Jo!
You are a thoughtful lady to be helping o...Hi, Jo!<br /><br />You are a thoughtful lady to be helping out your local politicians. As we watch you playing musical chairs with your Prime Ministers, I quite often feel that I wish it were so here. We have just about reached the 2 years before the next presidential election point here, which is when the campaigning starts full blast, and viciously. There will be non-stop hammering on we the people for those 2-years and I am sick of it before it even starts. At least you all decide that one needs to be chucked out and then just do it and pick another one.<br /><br />Do your PMs get pensions? If so, I could see why they wouldn't mind in the least serving a brief while and then going on to the next thing.<br /><br />PamPam in Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895842137691734477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-28244520052038022962018-08-25T21:38:31.208+10:002018-08-25T21:38:31.208+10:00Patricia, I had heard that - and what a masterly r...Patricia, I had heard that - and what a masterly response to a pesky problem! I wonder if the governor, who doesn't believe in climate change, has a fully off-grid get-away cabin up on a mountain somewhere in Colorado for such time as Florida sinks beneath the waves?Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-17129783019139677452018-08-25T21:07:54.685+10:002018-08-25T21:07:54.685+10:00YES!! Absolutely.! Corporations getting tax break...YES!! Absolutely.! Corporations getting tax breaks that will be passed on to their workers in higher wages (Ha!ha!) we hear constantly. Jo, don't you know climate change isn't real? (Read sarcastically, please) The governor of Florida has even removed the term from the States web site. All the while our state continues to experience flooding from rising seas... Let's not even talk about the embarrassment we have as president (insert double eye roll here). I could go on, but the sun is shining and I am going to focus on that before my blood pressure goes through the ozone depleted stratosphere. I am eternally hopeful, that at some point common sense and integrity will prevail. Please? Thank you for your post, as always.<br />Be well, my friend. <br />Patricia/ USA <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com