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I think you meant the AWU, ACTU, Rudd, Gillard, Swan, Conroy, Emerson, Shorten, Combet, Burke, Crean etc government.
A clusterfuck of clowns.
That’s the real government in the photo, right there. Don’t let anyone pretend that this hasn’t been a solidly Leftist government in which nearly everything on the Leftist wishlist has been delivered. We must start the meme now: this government is a true Leftist government, and the Left are not allowed to pretend otherwise.
It’s lentils this, it’s sandals that…
It’s “Statist, ‘ows your soul ?”
It’s a conga line of arseholes when the polls begin to roll.
Just what is TLS thinking?
She looks like she’s hoping Adam Bandt has a wife! Good grief!
Now we know where the glasses came from – she stole them from Bandt.
Juliar looks at adam ant
Cool, he’s not single, wonder if he wants to cosplay nurse prachet and the lobotomy patient?
Lord almighty… what a disgusting picture. What a shocking act of treason for her to be signing an iron pact with these fascist scum.
The master negotiator at work. We can be sure Brian Loughnane has this photo on his hard disc too.
Who is the vertical corpse next to The Goose?
Dunno, but all she needs is a toothbrush mustache to go with the hairdo and she’d be a spitting image of every totalitarian’s poster boy.
That’s one very apt ‘collective’ noun…
I think it’s this moron.
Hmm.
It strikes me that if one gives a greenfilth a macrobiotic all-organic arugula, goat cheese and tofu luncheon (with balsamic vinegar), one feeds the greenfilth for a day.
But if you let the greenfilth starve to death, you never have to worry about the bastard again.
More like The Goon Show.
Also, if a greenfilth dies in the forest, does anyone give a crap?
Photo caption;
L to R (front);
1 TLS. he wants me, i know it
2 adam ant. don’t look don’t look don’t look – tell her you’re gay
L to R (rear)
1 goose. I have soiled myself again
2 cadaver. BRRAAAAIIINNNS
3 hyphen diddums. he smells like boiled cabbage
4 tubbsy. fkn botox
5 crazy uncle bob.i like turtles.
Was there a reason why that particular act of treachery needed 5 greenfilth but only 2 from the governing circus?
It couldn’t have been that Wayne and TLS were the only ones shameless enough to be there. They’re all fucking shameless.
It’s like those Awkward Family Photos, wedding edition.
Left – parents of the bride, Wayne Swan and his lovely wife Adolf. Wayne’s very much a coming man on the local city council, while Adolf enjoys volunteering at the local cat shelter.
Right – parents of the groom, Mr & Mrs C Milne of Grinsville, Qld. She makes a killer blue-ribbon sponge; he’s very active in the Quakers.
Front left: Miss J Gillard, now Mrs Bandt. Her parents have long despaired of getting her off their hands, but just look what can happen when you keep trying!
Front right: Mr A Bandt signs the register. His parents think Miss Gillard’s not QUITE good enough for him, and also too old, but she’s so much better than the girl he was going out with before.
Centre: Miss Pugsley Hanson-Hanson, Miss Gillard’s best friend from school’s eldest daughter, who secretly hates her and wanted to marry Mr Bandt herself. She will do something very embarrassing at the reception.
Wattle they do next?
Lee Rhiannon, Stalinist.
The 2 flags in the background are dying of shame.
There are sooo many wonderful moments to come out in the campaign. It’s not often a government produces attack ads against itself.
Every little thing she does is magic…
Rachel Siewert, totalitarian fascist. Actually.
Same shit, different bucket.
They look like a bunch of pre teens who’ve just put a suit on for the first time.
The only one that looks comfortable is Brown – presumably he’s comfortable with that bug up his arse and his hands on his willy.
You’re right, Carpe. Apologies.
<blockquoteIt is becoming abundantly clear that the pervading culture of greed and selfishness is not delivering – as even the 'successful' individuals are finding that wealth accumulation alone does not bring happiness.
Recent surveys of public wellbeing show that our improved standards of living in Australia have not made us any happier.
Despite most of us having more than we've ever had, we are less happy and more stressed.
We are learning that having more stuff doesn't lead to being more happy.
From Siewert’s maiden speech. These people are so on another planet. The idea that there are people out there struggling to raise families, working 80 hour weeks in hard jobs is clearly totally alien to these lefty hipster filth.
From Siewert’s maiden speech. These people are so on another planet. The idea that there are people out there struggling to raise families, working 80 hour weeks in hard jobs is clearly totally alien to these lefty hipster filth.
Siewert et al enjoy their business and first class flights and access to the Chairman’s Lounge. They are not chardonnay socialists. They are Krug socialists.
Thats Siewert in mufti. Siewert was going to wear her normal Greens uniform but was told not to startle the natives too early.
the lols, they never stop.
As Bolt is pointing out now on the radio, Tubbsy Milne’s hissy fit today just underlines what a political amateur the Lying Whore is: she could have saved her career if she had told the Greens in 2010 to fuck off because they were never going to cross the road. The Whore will now be remembered as a clown like Sir John Kerr because she was so fucking thick.
One green in the House Of Reps v 71 ALP and the photo op ratio is 3:1 Greens. This clearly shows the ALP were going to be Bob Browned from behind all day every day by the Watermelons – it was only ever about Gillard getting the top job.
And we have paid and paid for it and throwing them out and correcting history just isn’t satisfying enough to remotely make me happy I want more.
Tom 8:15.
Correct.
Tactically I have never understood why she bothered paying anymore than lip-service to any agreement with Burglar Bob.
In fact she could have gone one step further …… give Bob a wink and a nod about a particular Green’s policy in private, wait the ten minutes for the Burglar to leak it to the SMH, then publicly pull the rug on him.
As you say ….. they were going to vote with Tony?
I think not.
Please don’t further damage Sir John Kerr’s name by comparing wiv TLS.
The poor man was persecuted to an alcoholic stupor by leftists.
Well spotted. Go to the bottom of the class.
As Landeryou famously pointed out, Bandt’s most prominent contribution to Australian Marxist thought was to point out that he and his fellow Commos were unelectable.
BUT
if they joined and took over the tree hugger Greens – well, the next thing you know Comrade Adam is an MP.
Comrade Julia, founder of the Socialist Forum, is probably just expressing fraternal Marxist admiration for Comrade Bandt’s successful entryism.
From Adam Bandt’s memo:
Mmmm, way to spell.
I was familiar with Left Outside. It’s the national left-wing faction of student politics. At least it was. They’re all postmodern romantic individualist neo-boho types and their continual debate is a more jargon peppered version of the scene in Life of Brian where the PFJ is itself on being the faction of action.
While sitting at the table. I expect Adam Bandt will be returned to the seat of Melbourne. But the ALP is very active in the area and the true believer call might get him the boot.
That’s the PFJ is congratulating itself, sorry.
No, that’s the JPF.
Wait, what?
The Greens say that while the Iron Pact is finished, they will go on guaranteeing supply.
So Gillard wasn’t really the Grate Negoshater, after all.
the Greens run on consensus for decisions because none are prepared to be a follower. all want to be the leader.
That photo must surely show the biggest bunch of retarded imbeciles ever to front in any setting anywhere in the entire world, in the entire history of the world, from its inception, from the day the slime oozed forth from the slime (and sadly, some of that slime never evolved, hence this photo).
And still some idiots will still vote for them.
Unbelievble!!!!
Milne says that Labor has walked away from the agreement but they will still honour guarantee supply and support against votes of no confidence?
WTF? Supply and confidence is what it’s all about. The rest is just window dressing.
1. Purpose
1.1 This agreement establishes a basis for stable and effective government.
1.2 The Greens will vote with the ALP government to ensure supply.
1.3 The Greens will oppose any motion of no confidence in the government from any non-Greens member.
2. Principles
The Parties agree to work together to pursue the following principles:
a) transparent and accountable government;
b) improved process and integrity of parliament;
c) policies which promote the national interest; and
d) policies which address climate change.
Reminiscent of Russia declaring war and attacking Japan the day after the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Surely this is the nucleus with which Blair’s law will be proven? The development of one gigantic idiocy must have its roots in leftist student politics.
Even in my day the smelly left were the grotty, filthy, thieving, bitter and plain boring people you never wanted to turn up to a party.
This is one of the great tragedies of 2013. Unfortunately the ALP has fallen for the foul propaganda of the Coalition against its own instincts. Hopefully the Greens can get them back on track before the election. I really think Julia Gillard has to disregard the rubbish coming from Abbott, Bishop, Pyne and Brandis.
Abbott really is an evil genius. He certainly has an undue influence on ALP policy.
hammygar
19 Feb 13 at 9:45 pm
You should really take up writing Comedy – funniest stuff I’ve read for weeks!!
He is, Hamster.
You are a perceptive genius.
Anbottabbottabbott is the author and secret leader of the vast right-wing conspiracy.
I love the Hamster!
Leave him alone.
That’s not going to be a Liberty Quote any time soon.
Hammy is Composta’s first cuz… but not as elegant, the ideological dumbness is the clue.
When he tells you who he is….we’ll have some embarrassed little Vegemites a la Arlene.
Ahahahahaha.
Only Snic’s pets get a liberty quote berth.
*harrumph*
Comical Ali strikes again
Abbott IS evil – he IS. I told you already today.
He and Geert Wilders shared digs when they were at Oxford.
He leaves the seat up, and doesn’t spray Glen20 afterwards.
There is footage in the Pentagon archives linking him directly with the 9/11 bombings.
When he goes to the supermarket, he goes through the self-serve checkout and weighs the bananas as $2.99 apples. There is CCTV footage of this in existence, but the Liberal Party has paid off the big supermarket chain where it happened, and forced its removal from YouTube.
He eats small children.
Only the ALP stands between us and this slavering maniac.
Hammy your shtick is so tired it makes a Robin Williams/Billy Crystal double act sound fresh.
I am totally on board with the “Hammygar is faking it” faction. Although today’s effort was relatively subtle.
This is all deliberate political theatre. You know because Newspoll is due out soon.
The confected but ultimately meaningless outrage of the bacterially enhanced Tubsy Milne followed by the coordinated we hate you too boilerplate of the ALP.
Spare me. No doubt Preference deals were done this very week.
How many times do i have to tell you …..
The alleged fraudulent Power of Attorney witnessing in Perth is what will take Julia down.
No non corrupt police force in Australia can AVOID charging her…..the Vic prosecutors are, as we speak, trying to find a way….they can deliberately screw up the process, sure, and get it chucked out…..but the allegation is very straightforward…..how to avoid the obvious???.
This is all deliberate political theatre.
Even more so is the poll on gay marriage that GetUp is circulating around Facebook at the moment. I won’t debate it here, but it smacks of what Obama did in the US – hold out the promise for gays that they’ll get what they want if they vote Labor/Greens. FUCK THAT FUCKING SHIT. They’ve had five years to do it, certainly the better part of three, and have done FUCK-ALL, which is EXACTLY what they will do if re-elected. Except it’s Labor’s usual front puppets putting it out instead of Biden – although Simon Sheikh has not that many more functioning political neurons than ol’ Joe IMHO.
The gay community is being played for fools.
It’s a worrying thought to realise that the best practitioner of politics in that photo is Bobby Brown.
Well, he has the power to “extinct” and maybe a shadowy alien/Government figure…
Wayne Swan = Potsie
Adam Bandt = The Fonz ( I would say he would like a bit of leather).
Bob Brown = Al Dalvecchio
Christine Milne = Mrs C.
Julia Gillard = Joanie Cunningham
Craig Emerson = Chaci Arcolla
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A musical tribute
Investigate. Then investigate some more. Than have a break from all that investigation. Then investigate some more.
Eventually they may get sick of it, but probably not before September.