Do You Want To Know What Is Happening Down Under?

The Sydney Morning Herald’s Peter Hartcher attacked as a “sick fetish” Tony Abbott’s view that he found the burka “a fairly confronting form of attire”. Let’s be clear about what Abbott said: “Frankly, I wish it was not worn but we are a free country, we are a free society, and it is not the business of government to tell people what they should or should not wear.”

Michelle Grattan said the Prime Minister was “probably not making a feminist point in saying he feels confronted”. How does she know? As a husband and a father of three daughters, he may well see the confronting side of forcing women to wear a full face and body veil.

There was also the predictable descent into moral relativism by the usual suspects from Greens leader Christine Milne to deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek, who at times struggles to move beyond puerile student politics. How confronting are Abbott’s Speedos, they said. As if choosing to wear Speedos in the surf is as confronting as a garment imposed on millions of women to signify their second-class status.

Bill Shorten said the Prime Minister should have kept his personal opinion to himself. On the contrary, it is refreshing to hear a politician — a PM — express a genuinely held opinion instead of the constant diet of indigestible blancmange. The Opposition Leader could learn something here. We may not all agree with Abbott, but when politics is full of politicians unable or unwilling to express genuine convictions, we will all be the poorer for it.


[email protected]

Veil thrown over informed burka debate
Janet Albrechtsen
 
Andrew Bolt speaks it true...the Left/Far Left often just don't like what he has to say.

Climate play draws fierce criticism from Andrew Bolt ACT Opposition - ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Climate play draws fierce criticism from Andrew Bolt, ACT Opposition

An ACT Government-commissioned play depicting a siege of Parliament House by a group of eco-terrorists has been criticised by conservative commentator Andrew Bolt and the Opposition.
The ACT Arts Minister set aside $19,000 for the production of the satirical play Kill Climate Deniers, produced by the Aspen Island Theatre Company.
"What sane government donates to a project urging others to kill fellow citizens, even as a 'joke'? Are these people mad?" Mr Bolt wrote in his blog.


#####

Mr Bolt, as usual, is quite correct in his criticism of this 'lunacy'.

Mr. Bolt sounds perfectly sane to me. What kind of people put on a play called Kill Climate Deniers? Metropolitan NY Opera House maybe? Did you hear about their play glorifying the terrorist who murdered a disabled Jewish elderly person? In the play the terrorist is called a "nice person". Our world is getting sicker and sicker.
He is not sane but Inane and Insane.....you no little about Paradise,but then how could you because you have the "Bolt" mindset.......I'd love to export him like Rupo Murdoch to the US,he'd fit in perfectly there.
 
The Sydney Morning Herald’s Peter Hartcher attacked as a “sick fetish” Tony Abbott’s view that he found the burka “a fairly confronting form of attire”. Let’s be clear about what Abbott said: “Frankly, I wish it was not worn but we are a free country, we are a free society, and it is not the business of government to tell people what they should or should not wear.”

Michelle Grattan said the Prime Minister was “probably not making a feminist point in saying he feels confronted”. How does she know? As a husband and a father of three daughters, he may well see the confronting side of forcing women to wear a full face and body veil.

There was also the predictable descent into moral relativism by the usual suspects from Greens leader Christine Milne to deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek, who at times struggles to move beyond puerile student politics. How confronting are Abbott’s Speedos, they said. As if choosing to wear Speedos in the surf is as confronting as a garment imposed on millions of women to signify their second-class status.

Bill Shorten said the Prime Minister should have kept his personal opinion to himself. On the contrary, it is refreshing to hear a politician — a PM — express a genuinely held opinion instead of the constant diet of indigestible blancmange. The Opposition Leader could learn something here. We may not all agree with Abbott, but when politics is full of politicians unable or unwilling to express genuine convictions, we will all be the poorer for it.


[email protected]

Veil thrown over informed burka debate
Janet Albrechtsen
YAWN
 
And he also knew, as his biographer Allan Martin put it, that success in Australian politics rests neither on “the radicalism of Labor” nor on “social privilege” but on the “firm bourgeois reality” of middle-class aspiration.

That aspiration fed a “reformist tradition” which left a large place to public action. But it was also responsive to Menzies’ warning that “to forward the idea of the special supremacy of government” is to “set aside normal liberty of choice”, and so “is the antithesis of democracy”.

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/


 
And he also knew, as his biographer Allan Martin put it, that success in Australian politics rests neither on “the radicalism of Labor” nor on “social privilege” but on the “firm bourgeois reality” of middle-class aspiration.

That aspiration fed a “reformist tradition” which left a large place to public action. But it was also responsive to Menzies’ warning that “to forward the idea of the special supremacy of government” is to “set aside normal liberty of choice”, and so “is the antithesis of democracy”.

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
 
Doesn't Australia have its own forums? What the hell is this?

This is the 'Australia' section of the 'Global Discussion' section 'US Message' Board site.

The USA lives in the 'global village'...and has loyal allies in Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand etc...Her Majesty's realms.
The European Union has 500 million citizens, 60 million of whom are British.
USA is entwined with the EU in trade, defence/NATO.
USA is also entwined with Asia Pacific in trade, defence/ANZUS Treaty/Alliance etc...US drones operating in the Middle East etc guided from the clear skies of outback Australia.

President Obama will be attending the G20 summit in Australia soon.
 
Andrew Bolt speaks it true...the Left/Far Left often just don't like what he has to say.

Climate play draws fierce criticism from Andrew Bolt ACT Opposition - ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Climate play draws fierce criticism from Andrew Bolt, ACT Opposition

An ACT Government-commissioned play depicting a siege of Parliament House by a group of eco-terrorists has been criticised by conservative commentator Andrew Bolt and the Opposition.
The ACT Arts Minister set aside $19,000 for the production of the satirical play Kill Climate Deniers, produced by the Aspen Island Theatre Company.
"What sane government donates to a project urging others to kill fellow citizens, even as a 'joke'? Are these people mad?" Mr Bolt wrote in his blog.


#####

Mr Bolt, as usual, is quite correct in his criticism of this 'lunacy'.

Mr. Bolt sounds perfectly sane to me. What kind of people put on a play called Kill Climate Deniers? Metropolitan NY Opera House maybe? Did you hear about their play glorifying the terrorist who murdered a disabled Jewish elderly person? In the play the terrorist is called a "nice person". Our world is getting sicker and sicker.
He is not,he is a two bit foul mouth ......... but our friend Barry likes him but most he revolts.....but we live in a free country and Barry can say what he likes......we don't agree with him because of his myopic views which are unrepresentative of most Australians....He is a bit like a US Rabid Republican but on Steroids.....Andrew Bolt that is...not Barry
 
Last edited:

Forum List

Back
Top