Recent content by spiny norman

Do you not watch the news? There's been a shitload of coverage of fiscal policy over the past three years. It's not all been critical, it's not all been positive, if you wanted the main media to call it "ridiculous" outright then you were always going to be disappointed. Again, no media...

I always knew that Murdoch was a massive socialist.

There are, but internet censorship's not one of them. Yes, I generally oppose it, but "the biggest civil rights issues of our generation"? Fuck off. It's basically putting the same censorship levels on the internet as on all other forms of media in the country. Compare this to, yes, the...

What on earth do you think Laurie Ferguson represents in the party? I think you'll find on issues of racial integration he's actually one of the most progressive MPs out there, having built strong links with several migrant communities in his area. This whole paragraph comes off as someone who's...

Lentern, Rudd FROZE processing on asylum seekers from two specific racial backgrounds. To try to claim that he (or Beazley, who supported the War in Afghanistan and privately supported Iraq, along with Rudd) was somehow some great champion of muliculturalism and above political pointscoring at...

Not really. It means that individuals should be free to act as they please on a social level, but on an economic level some people in society need government assistance to have anything close to an equal go, and that we shouldn't just have a society where the rich continue to get hideously...

Oh bullshit. Does this mean no sitting PM or Premier is ever allowed to retire or whatever midway through a term? I hope people weren't this whiney in 1991, 1971, 1966 etc. Especially given she'll be Prime Minister of all of about two fucking months before the election's called. I've been...

Apparently Smith backed Gillard. Has your head exploded yet?

How terrible, it's not like the Labor Party is the political wing of the trade unions or anything.

For free health care for all people? Sounds pretty good to me.

God, it's not rocket science.

You lied. Terrible strategy.

Hm, probably another author who's equally shit. In all honesty, read someone good, like Joan Didion. The Year of Magical Thinking is pretty much what April Fools Day should've been.

God, some of you people make me feel like a prude. That said, there are others who make me feel like a total wild child. 1. Prostitution 2. Adultery 3. Illegal drugs 4. Incest 5. Bestiality 6. Pornography 7. Child Pornography 8. Eating dogs 9. Eating horses 10. Homosexuality 11...

Costello would've been in a far better position to unite the party than any of those who've followed Howard. He would've been seen as Howard's heir, and would have been far more untouchable than Nelson or Turnbull (or Abbott or Hockey will be). Costello's decision to not take on the leadership...