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Issue No. 182 | 13 June 2003 |
The Dead Couple
History: Nest of Traitors Interview: A Nation of Hope Unions: National Focus Safety: The Shocking Truth Tribute: A Comrade Departed History: Working Bees Education: The Big Picture International: Static Labour Economics: Budget And Fudge It Technology: Google and Campaigning Review: Secretary With A Difference Poetry: The Minimale Satire: Howard Calls for Senate to be Replaced by Clap-O-Meter
Carr Faces Acid On Job Security Abbott Prescribes Dole for Mother of Six Cole Batting Zero from Thirty Two Dust Busters � MUA Sails into Allianz Fight Security Forces Come Out Firing Women�s Centre Faces Ideological Jihad Varsity Casuals Win Wage Increase Fortress NSW Protects BHP Workers Pharmacists Seek Jobs Medicine Iranian Textile Workers Sewn Up
Politics The Soapbox Media The Locker Room
Saharwi Struggle Vinegar Hill Tom's Toons
Labor Council of NSW |
Letters to the Editor Tom's Toons
The support by many ALP yesterdays men, for Kim Beazley , a nepotistical trough feeder who could now be a candidate , as the greatest of all has been , and a potential three time loser, and the ongoing destabilisation of the ALP, by the arrogance or inability of this spoiler to accept his limited abilities being used by others as a rudder in an attempt to direct and present their own ambitions in a more acceptable light, can only indicate that the ALP is still not only unprepared to accept the reins of government but is displaying manifest incompetence and therefore is also incapable of government .
Even if there were not a hidden agenda by those tutored in the deceit of public servants and Kim Beasley were a genuine alternative to Simon Crean ,not just a ring in to create the chaos , then surely the electorate should not be permitted to forget , that his perverse form of socialism is nothing more than an imitation of the Hawke and Keating kind , and every battler should still be witnessing the economic scars inflicted on them by these pseudo Australian Socialists , who not unlike a corrupted and resistant to change Janissary Corps , should through a repeated Auspicious Incident , be put to the sword to ensure the survival of the whole. No! Not the Greg Sword, who is currently creating more chaos that he is worth..
A perfect example of Beasley Philosophy would be the 1999 Monash APEC Lecture delivered by Kim Beasley on June the 18, 1999.
Was not , Kim Beazley also pied for speaking in favour of privatisation at an Global Trade meeting sponsored by Shell? By his own admission and in validation of his new claim to the ALP throne he is nothing more than a traitorous chameleon , constantly changing his colours to suit the perceived circumstance , behaviours obviously not attributes cultivating loyalty or those displayed by comrades prone to display loyalty .
This address in favour of privatisation leaves no doubt as to the Beasley plan to remove all remaining industry protection ; that is any protections that Hawke and Keating were unable to dismantle prior to the Australian electorate waking up to this great deception. This deception is the Albatross now around the neck of Simon Crean , it is the remembrance of this great betrayal which has alienated the Federal Labor Party from the people , and unfortunately Simon Crean is paying off some of the last instalments on this debt to the Australian people who are now not only cultural aliens but dispossessed tenants in their own land , with the right wing of the ALP , already making alliances with past enemies to ensure their continued dynastical position in the new ascendancy , one need only look at the recent recruits to the Republican Movement , people who draw great comfort from the weakness of the ALP a once strong defender of the oppressed and vulnerable , but now honeycombed ! by political correct sycophants who control nothing more that special interest groups composed of nothing more that three or four cronies and in some cases the same people using different names. This is why many in the Labor heartland now refer to the ALP as the Alternative Liberal Party.
And some would have the audacity to condemn Peter Costello, who after all is just an amateur 'Paul Keating"! Beasley makes his support of the World Trade Organisation crystal clear in this address, and I quote: Firstly, throwing our weight into the initiation and implementation of a Millennium Trade Round through the WTO; Secondly, restoring confidence in - and building momentum back into - the APEC process, by showing its relevance to regional players large and small, and to the structure of global trade in a new century; and Thirdly, re-invigorating the links between industry and trade policy "Australia's goals for the Millennium Round must be ambitious, including significant reductions in agricultural and manufacturing protection, as well as extensive liberalisation of trade in services." Now in my view, this does not mean government stepping in with long-term subsidies to uncompetitive industries or other such policy prescriptions. In any case, WTO rules limit the extent to which governments can intervene directly in support of exports
In an attempt to validate his support for policies which have until now created much unemployment and poverty in Australia he quotes Lindsay Tanner:
"Throughout human history, nations which have closed themselves to outside ideas and influences have declined, while those which have embraced change have prospered. The more we engage with the peoples, products and ideas of other nations, the stronger we will grow. A closed Australia is a blueprint for rapid economic and social decline."
How could any ordinary Australian reliant on production rural or industrial , manufacturing , for export or domestic , support views such as this?
Have we not suffered enough at the hands of Hawke and Keating, and are we now only reaping the seeds of discontent as sown by anarchists posing as statesmen in the Whitlam years? Or perhaps it is because this tenure was prematurely cut short in its term by Frazer and his lackey Kerr and did not come to fruition; if this is the case then an explanation from Whitlam prior to his fall from the mortal coil might be in appropriate? He may attempt to emulate his nemesis Frazer, who now in his autumn years is attempting to make amends for his bastardry, but, as a Calvinist he surely he must be aware that it is not through good works that you enter the Kingdom, although unlike that other political bastard Sartor, he is too smart to convert to Buddhisism as it only offers reciprocation. Or in the vernacular, getting your own back eg: faire pipi - contre le vent? Votes may tumble and mates disappear Resignations soar in a climate of fear But somehow they thrive, those who know how to rig it Fiddling the levers and stirring the shit. In good times or bad times the games never stop Beazley sinks to the bottom Crean stays at the top. When times they are fat, amid great acclamation The politicians Elect take a huge extra ration When times get much leaner they whine and they snivel Their egos get bruised but their perks never shrivel. In good times or bad times The games never stop Beazley sinks to the bottom Crean stays at the top. Many who are pushed out the local branch door Fear their extra benefits will fall through the floor But severance pay for those in a parliamentary role Make these members who are severed most wonderfully whole. In good times or bad times The games never stop Beazley sinks to the bottom Crean stays at the top. It's a load of old bull that we share the same boat That we all work together to all stay afloat In truth this great vessel's a multiple decker And being the leaders a great hurt protector. In good times or bad times The games never stop Beazley sinks to the bottom Crean stays at the top. I may on occasions offend as I ocassionally give a spray to all , and sundry, including myself, but Simon Crean is all there is at the moment except Loony Latham who needs much manicure to be acceptable in any company other than bohemia Perhaps Simon was not being an irreligious wag, when at the last caucus meeting attended by Beazley he threw four six inch nails in front of Kim, and asked him:-) "Can you put me up for the night?"
Lets Give Beazly something better than Cabbage Soup Tom Collins
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