3rd Party wrote:
> fasgnadh wrote:
>> Bob Hawke wrote:
>>> "fasgnadh" <fasgnadh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:482e59db$0$1026$afc38c87@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> 3rd Party wrote:
>>>>> fasgnadh <fasgnadh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in aus.politics:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 3rd Party wrote:
>>>>>>> fasgnadh wrote:
>>>>>>>> Pensioners stripped of Liberal Sup****t
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Liberals continue the Howard-era practice of
>>>>>>>> Broken Promises by cruelly misleading the pensioners;
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "The Opposition Leader was embarrassed yesterday when a
>>>>>>>> senior Liberal MP unveiled a plan to increase aged pensions
>>>>>>>> without the permission of shadow cabinet."
>>>>>>>> - The Herald Sun 17/5/2008
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Does this bloke ever stop ****ING UP? B^D
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Now we have the Nelson era "NON CORE PROMISES" that we knew
>>>>>>>> so well under the Lying Rodent from Bennelong!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Opposition aging spokeswoman Margaret May told Sydney radio
>>>>>>>> she would circulate a petition calling for the pension to be
>>>>>>>> increased to $546.80 for singles and $456.80 each to couples."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And all the tory tossers here in Usenet were PRETENDING they
>>>>>>>> cared about the elderly they had systematically IGNORED and
>>>>>>>> ****ed over for a decade, and ignoring the Rudd governments
>>>>>>>> CURRENT REVIEW of what can best be done to fix that decade of
>>>>>>>> tory inaction. So, after waiting ten bloody years while they
>>>>>>>> were in government and could DO SOMETHING, but didn't, they
>>>>>>>> now say "If we were in government we would raise the pension"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> comrade, Rudd is promising for Ken Henry to deliver his
>>>>>>> re****t by the end of 2009. Might that be a bit long to wait?
>>>>>> They waited over a decade under the tories and all they
>>>>>> got was a regressive tax, the GST, which INCREASES AUTOMATICALLY
>>>>>> WITH INFLATION, even if their pension doesn't! 8^o
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't mind, they can get ****ed,
>>>>>>> if you have a look through the AEC website at the
>>>>>>> election results the booths that voted Liberal were
>>>>>>> dominated by pensioners. In plenty of marginal seats
>>>>>>> you will find the local nursing home and the booths
>>>>>>> dominated by pensioners voted liberal.
>>>>>>> They voted for Johnny, they voted for a decade of inaction,
>>>>>>> and now they're whining that they have to wait
>>>>>>> til the end of 2009.
>>>>>> That may be your view, and the tories are clearly willing
>>>>>> to KEEP DECEIVING the poor old dears, and politically USING
>>>>>> them.. but the ALP re****t will be thorough and comprehensive,
>>>>>> and, within the constraints caused by the high inflation, high
>>>>>> interest rates and economic downturn they have inherited, they
>>>>>> will do what they can for pensioners.
>>>>> Yeah, call me cynical, but why do you suppose Ken Henry will be
handing
>>>>> down his re****t at the end of 2009, just in time for the 2010 budget
>>>>> (when the pensioners will get their rise), which just coincidentally
is
>>>>> just in time for the 2010 election :-)
>>>> Nothing cynical about delivering benefits to pensioners after
>>>> over a decade of toy inaction, just read the final line in
>>>> my initial post in this thread.. below: ;-)
>>>>
>>>>>>> Kev rewarded those who actually voted him into office.
>>>>>> By KEEPING PROMISES! It is so unusual after years of Lieberal
>>>>>> non-Core promises, "WMD's that threaten us all", "We will keep
>>>>>> interest rates at record lows" and EVEN NOW, in opposition, they
>>>>>> still make promises to grandstand about what they WILL DO IF WE
>>>>>> RELENT AND RE-ELECT THEM, and then cruelly disappoint the
pensioners
>>>>>> by going back on their word!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Aged pensioners didn't do that so they have to wait.
>>>>>> No, it's not 'revenge' or 'punishment'.. its YEARS OF NEGLECT!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The WHOLE TRANSFER PAYMENT SYSTEM needs to be reviewed after
>>>>>> a decade of tory inaction! That takes time and it is best done by
>>>>>> impartial, dispassionate, rational policy development based on
>>>>>> carefully ascertained facts, and given careful consideration.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It should be done before the Libs have replaced their leader, and
>>>>>> certainly before the next election. ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well that would just be rank hypocrisy, and we are used to
that
>>>>>>>> from the Lieberals.. but is was COMPLETE BULL****!!!! Just
like
>>>>>>>> the rest of the Lieberal 'Budget response'
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But treasury spokesman Malcolm Turnbull later said Ms May's
>>>>>>>> plan did not have the backing of the party. "
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Every day, the tory rabble descend deeper into confusion,
>>>>>>>> Nelson and Turnbull contradict each other on economics, they
>>>>>>>> can't agree on a policy on means testing, they lie to the
>>>>>>>> most vulnerable in our community, grandstanding with empty
>>>>>>>> promises and then snatching them away from the pensioners.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nothing has changed:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "We will keep interest rates at record lows"
>>>>>>>> - Lieberal campaign ad.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When you hold them accountable for their lies and Broken
>>>>>>>> Promises, they dissemble, evade and slither.. "oh but where
>>>>>>>> is the ad with John Howard saying it" That's not the ****ing
>>>>>>>> point you moral defectives, if your PARTY says it, officially
>>>>>>>> then you are responsible for it. IF it was some renegade
>>>>>>>> speaking out of the shambolic disarray into which your rabble
>>>>>>>> have descended, THEN SACK THEM and GET YOUR ****ING ACT
>>>>>>>> TOGETHER!
>>>>>>>> Just STOP LYING to the vulnerable elderly!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The ALP has an im****tant review of the difficulties
pensioners
>>>>>>>> face. It hasn't even had ten months to address all of the
>>>>>>>> problems which the tories did nothing about for over TEN
YEARS.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What Rudd has done is radical, he has KEPT THE PROMISES HE
MADE!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Now he is addressing the areas which were not key election
>>>>>>>> promises but are im****tant policy areas.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I will bet he has action on pensioners before the Lieberals
have
>>>>>>>> a new leader, before the tories have a coherent policy on
>>>>>>>> anything, and certainly before the next election. B^)
>>>
>>> The Heiner Affair is coming
>>
>> Is that before or after Crude hits US$40, Barb?
>>
>
> You mean $140?
No, it will hit $140 before you know it.. but Billy-Barb Hawk
is expecting the Heiney affair to take off any day now,
because he is a deluded tool who thinks US $40 a barrel for oil
is in the FUTURE! B^D
You really have to give this ****wit your vote for NKOTY:
>> # From: "Bob Hawke" <bobha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> # Subject: Re: Saudis give Bush the finger over oil-output
>> # Message-ID: <u2pXj.1668$IK1.75@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> # Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 23:47:38 GMT
>> #
>> # I believe that the reason shale oil has not been
>> # accessed as yet is simply price.
>> #
>> # Once the oil gets over $40 US a barrel the USA shale
>> # under the Colorado mountains becomes viable to extract.
>>
>> So how much shale oil have they extracted since 2004, when
>> the price you are WAITING FOR was reached, and passed!
>>
>>
>> BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAAAA
>>
>> Is there a bigger tory nitwit in Usenet than you.. (although
>> Webb, Chris Textor, Sirvile and Doug would give you a run for the
>> prize! ;-)
>
>
> ---
> "If ignorance ever reaches $40 a barrel I want the drilling rights on
his
> (Bush's) head" - Molly Ivins
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