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In keeping with the spirit of Dorothea McKellar, this little poem has fallen into my lap:
I love a stable country,
A land of yapping greens;
Of loony independents
And backroom Labor schemes.I love her knifed Prime Minister
And his replacement, real and fake.
So many odd ingredients
That I’m not sure about the cake.
Strictly, libertarianism is only a philosophy of government. It does not offer a vision of the good or moral life. A libertarian can, in theory, hold any social belief they like. All they have to do is oppose the government forcing those beliefs on others.
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the comments thread at the bottom of this is funnier than the joke itself
http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/day-one-of-democracys-new-dawn-oakeshott-gets-lunch/
jtfsoon
8 Sep 10 at 6:03 pm
From Jason’s thread.
I never knew SwanDive was so honest about things. I always thought of him as a dishonest, clueless. moronic little rodent.
However he has this to say:
choked on my cornflakes when Wayne Swan said: “it’s not about the votes (the coalition having more seats, a greater primary and two party preferred) at all – this is about providing the country with stable government”.
How democratic Mr Swan.
JC
8 Sep 10 at 6:14 pm
“In keeping with the spirit of Dorothea McKellar”
No, the spirit is utterly different.
What you’re meant to say is “with apologies to Dorothea McKellar…”.
FDB
8 Sep 10 at 6:33 pm
FDB
As a Greens supporter have you been Nation Building today?
JC
8 Sep 10 at 6:34 pm
…it’s not about the votes (the coalition having more seats, a greater primary and two party preferred) at all – this is about providing the country with stable government.
Wow. Bjelke-Petersen – almost word-for-word .
C.L.
8 Sep 10 at 7:14 pm
Rubbish CL, Joh B-J wouldn’t say that. He’d say, “Don’t you worry about that”.
Adrien
8 Sep 10 at 7:23 pm
That’s Joh B-P.
Adrien
8 Sep 10 at 7:23 pm
Exuctly what I was thunking chups.
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8 Sep 10 at 7:36 pm
FDB’s pedanticism aside, not a bad little poem. Nice work.
TimT
9 Sep 10 at 1:51 pm
An illustrated version… Enjoy:
http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2010/09/10/poetry-in-motion-gibberish-in-neutral/
skepticlawyer
10 Sep 10 at 5:25 am
“pedanticism”
Heh.
That’s real ironical.
FDB
10 Sep 10 at 9:10 am
As SL’s post acknowledges, the tradition of apologising for using the form and cadence of a previous poetic work is about more than pedatry – it’s the correct form for giving credit where due and for ensuring no harm is done to the reputation of the original.
Also, I’m a pedantic fuck.
FDB
10 Sep 10 at 9:15 am