Here is a suggested letter of congratulations from the leftys here when Ironman Abbott wins on Saturday.

"Dear Superior Rightys,
Our genuine congratulations on Ironman Abbotts stunning overwhelming victory.
It was well deserved, given the alps long history of failure.
We have failed in leadership, policies and implementation.
Our campaign was the usual line of rhetoric, thuggery and lies.
Fortunately for Australia they now know how damaging we really are.
Australia also now realises how good John Howard was.
It will be a great day to see John and Tonys gold statues raised over canberra nect month.
Tony Abbott and the Libs will see Australia surge ahead in world matters while regaining our identity.
We apologise for not seeing the reality and can only hope for your forgiveness.

Cowardly yours,

Leftards"

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 10:40am:

Here is a suggested letter of congratulations from the leftys here when Ironman Abbott wins on Saturday. "Dear Superior Rightys, Our genuine congratulations on Ironman Abbotts stunning overwhelming victory. It was well deserved, given the alps long history of failure. We have failed in leadership, policies and implementation. Our campaign was the usual line of rhetoric, thuggery and lies. Fortunately for Australia they now know how damaging we really are. Australia also now realises how good John Howard was. It will be a great day to see John and Tonys gold statues raised over canberra nect month. Tony Abbott and the Libs will see Australia surge ahead in world matters while regaining our identity. We apologise for not seeing the reality and can only hope for your forgiveness. Cowardly yours, Leftards"

Don't mind me, SC et al...whilst I preserve that priceless post for posterity...

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Only trouble with this scenario is Abbott didn't win ... Labor lost.


Yet the more likely scenario is Greens gain the balance in both Houses


So Greens win 2010

____ wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 11:00am:

Only trouble with this scenario is Abbott didn't win ... Labor lost. Yet the more likely scenario is Greens gain the balance in both Houses So Greens win 2010

One house, maybe. Both, buckleys.

This country, for the next three years, needs a Liberal majority in the Reps and the Senate, not death duties legislation from Labor and the Greens when they run out of money.

____ wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 11:00am:

Only trouble with this scenario is Abbott didn't win ... Labor lost. Yet the more likely scenario is Greens gain the balance in both Houses So Greens win 2010

When Labor can apply more substance to their own policies, this opposed to borrowing President Obamas policies to please foreign investors and campaign sponsors, then they may be qualified to lead this country.

They speak of independence, (A republic) when at the same time, they require the assistance of so many?





Honestly, who are they trying to kid?

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Vote Freedom, vote Liberal;
Vote Servitude and Repression, vote Labor.

I truly believe that this time - this time - that is the stark choice.
This country is going to be in big trouble if this incompetent, untrustworthy government gets back in.
Get rid of them, let them reinvent themselves in opposition, governments do NOT reinvent themselves while in government, their bad traits only get worse.
Do everyone a favour and get RID of them.

shampain socialist wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 11:06am:

Vote Freedom, vote Liberal; Vote Servitude and Repression, vote Labor. I truly believe that this time - this time - that is the stark choice. This country is going to be in big trouble if this incompetent, untrustworthy government gets back in. Get rid of them, let them reinvent themselves in opposition, governments do NOT reinvent themselves while in government, their bad traits only get worse. Do everyone a favour and get RID of them.

I thoroughly agree with you.

You have my 100% support.

:)

mellie wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 11:07am:

shampain socialist wrote on Aug 20th, 2010 at 11:06am: Vote Freedom, vote Liberal; Vote Servitude and Repression, vote Labor. I truly believe that this time - this time - that is the stark choice. This country is going to be in big trouble if this incompetent, untrustworthy government gets back in. Get rid of them, let them reinvent themselves in opposition, governments do NOT reinvent themselves while in government, their bad traits only get worse. Do everyone a favour and get RID of them. I thoroughly agree with you. You have my 100% support. :)

Good, hope you will be be happy together ;)

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 10:40am:

Here is a suggested letter of congratulations from the leftys here when Ironman Abbott wins on Saturday. "Dear Superior Rightys, Our genuine congratulations on Ironman Abbotts stunning overwhelming victory. It was well deserved, given the alps long history of failure. We have failed in leadership, policies and implementation. Our campaign was the usual line of rhetoric, thuggery and lies. Fortunately for Australia they now know how damaging we really are. Australia also now realises how good John Howard was. It will be a great day to see John and Tonys gold statues raised over canberra nect month. Tony Abbott and the Libs will see Australia surge ahead in world matters while regaining our identity. We apologise for not seeing the reality and can only hope for your forgiveness. Cowardly yours, Leftards"

As I have said previously, whoever "wins" this election, will win a poison chalice and they will struggle to see out their full term!

What a bunch of maroons.

Freedom??
lmbfao freedom. The only freedom Abbott could deliver is freedom from planning, thinking, and caring about anything but looking after his billionaire mining company supporters.

What sort of prick would honestly suggest giving back billions to billionaires while stripping money out of building infrastructure for the whole nation, running health services into the ground, AGAIN, and ignoring education needs?
Yep the sort of prick that only the Liberal Party would ever make a leader, that's who.

Ideologies and politics aside, it is rare, very rare for a good team to come together in any activity, including politics. It is equally rare for a very bad team to come together. This time, in this government and opposition, we have that. Liberal is a very good team (I do not always vote for them, in fact, never give them my primary vote); Labor is a bad team, they are divisive and prepared to dump their own leader for publicity. That is absolutely deplorable, not just for the instance of it happening, but for the dark mindset that is behind it. If they are prepared to sell out their leader, who the Australian people voted into government on HIS personal merits largely, what else are they prepared to sell out Australians for.
THIS LABOR *TEAM* WHOEVER THEY ARE, CANNOT BE TRUSTED. DO NOT ENTRUST YOUR COUNTRY TO THEM, IT IS YOUR *COUNTRY*, NOT YOUR LOCAL FOOTY TEAM.

Do not squander a very good political team that is there now with the Liberals, they are experienced, have an excellent track record, they ARE humanitarian particularly *this* team, they can be trusted to look after the interests of our country in the huge crises which are about to happen in the world.
This time, for the next three years, you need to put someone in there who has the strength and the trustworthiness to steer our ship.

VOTE for a strong captain, then back them up. For the next three years. If you are unhappy then, vote differently next time.
Labor has had a good go, and they have not succeeded, they acknowledge that, they dumped their leader.
Vote for a team that has faith in itself. Then you can have faith in *it*.
Don't vote Labor, you will be very sorry, then you will be stuck with them for three years in possibly the worst time in global history for a hundred years. They are minnows in a global shark pool. Don't put us in that danger.

           
             
A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in Queensland when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust.
       
The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, Will you give me a calf?"  
               
Bud  looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?"

The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASApage on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo.
         
The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg , Germany.
         
Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses an MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response.    
 
Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer, turns to the cowboy and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."        
               
"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says Bud.
       
He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on with amusement as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
               
Then Bud says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?"        
     
The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
     
"You're a senator in Julia Gillard's Labour Government", says Bud.
       
"Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
 
"No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You used millions of dollars worth of equipment trying to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about how working people make a living - or about cows, for that matter.  This is a herd of sheep. ...

         
Now give me back my dog

mozzaok wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 11:15am:

What a bunch of maroons. Freedom?? lmbfao freedom. The only freedom Abbott could deliver is freedom from planning, thinking, and caring about anything but looking after his billionaire mining company supporters. What sort of prick would honestly suggest giving back billions to billionaires while stripping money out of building infrastructure for the whole nation, running health services into the ground, AGAIN, and ignoring education needs? Yep the sort of prick that only the Liberal Party would ever make a leader, that's who.

And AGAIN i ask, WHY is this wanker the Mod?

Seriously Moz needs to go.

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this Labor team has shown its colours, and leopards do not change their spots. Why would you want to give exactly the same Labor *another* go, when they have not demonstrated success in the first go.
That is back to front thinking. If you succeed, you *might* get another go, not the other way round, if you fail, you should get another go!! What??
I am not the slightest bit worried about Tony Abbott. I can see what he is, and what he is not, I can see his strengths and I can see his limitations. So? Who's perfect? Gillard? (Do you actually know what her strengths and weaknesses are? She got rid of Rudd, that seems to be a skill she has!)

Don't risk this particular Labor team again. They are the same team, for god's sake! Except Rudd is now a loose cannon below decks.
We need surety and safety, not a divided team running this country, especially now.
There is *no way* I could vote Labor this time.

A problem there Del -   -  should be a flock of sheep.  I guess the cowboy is a Green !

iamtheman012 wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 11:41am:

mozzaok wrote on Aug 20th, 2010 at 11:15am: What a bunch of maroons. Freedom?? lmbfao freedom. The only freedom Abbott could deliver is freedom from planning, thinking, and caring about anything but looking after his billionaire mining company supporters. What sort of prick would honestly suggest giving back billions to billionaires while stripping money out of building infrastructure for the whole nation, running health services into the ground, AGAIN, and ignoring education needs? Yep the sort of prick that only the Liberal Party would ever make a leader, that's who. And AGAIN i ask, WHY is this wanker the Mod? Seriously Moz needs to go. ::)

a bit like having a union rep on-site  . A total waste of time ;)

mozzoaks a good mod and he is entitled to his say.

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 11:52am:

mozzoaks a good mod and he is entitled to his say.

Of course he is, but he's still an ignornat 'one eyed' wanker.

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LOL...one-eyed ironies are shining today...

:-X

Equitist wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 11:58am:

LOL...one-eyed ironies are shining today... :-X

Difference is Thy, I'm NOT a Mod. Understand?

And clearly you haven't been reading my posts of late.

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mozzaok is quite capable of being partisan AND modding well

iamtheman012 wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 12:01pm:

Equitist wrote on Aug 20th, 2010 at 11:58am: LOL...one-eyed ironies are shining today... :-X Difference is Thy, I'm NOT a Mod. Understand? And clearly you haven't been reading my posts of late. ::)

Now, now...Ima - don't get all defensive on me...

I always read your posts and I was making a light-hearted joke, KK!?

::)

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 12:14pm:

mozzaok is quite capable of being partisan AND modding well

Thanks for the laugh Sprint, one of your best.

;)

iamtheman012 wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 12:01pm:

Equitist wrote on Aug 20th, 2010 at 11:58am: LOL...one-eyed ironies are shining today... :-X Difference is Thy, I'm NOT a Mod. Understand? And clearly you haven't been reading my posts of late. ::)

Being a MODERATOR excludes you from having & expressing opinions???

Perhaps, YOU too, could be a MOD???

iamtheman012 wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 11:55am:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 20th, 2010 at 11:52am: mozzoaks a good mod and he is entitled to his say. Of course he is, but he's still an ignornat 'one eyed' wanker. ::)

While mozz might seem a little one eyed he is not a wanker. I'm yet to visit a forum that the mod or owner does not share their view, if you'd prefer to have your ego massaged by a forum owner who is a full on rightard I'd suggest deepthoughts forum, most there will pat you on the head and say good boy.
I would think the description you've provided suits yourself much better.

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 10:40am:

Here is a suggested letter of congratulations from the leftys here when Ironman Abbott wins on Saturday. "Dear Superior Rightys, Our genuine congratulations on Ironman Abbotts stunning overwhelming victory. It was well deserved, given the alps long history of failure. We have failed in leadership, policies and implementation. Our campaign was the usual line of rhetoric, thuggery and lies. Fortunately for Australia they now know how damaging we really are. Australia also now realises how good John Howard was. It will be a great day to see John and Tonys gold statues raised over canberra nect month. Tony Abbott and the Libs will see Australia surge ahead in world matters while regaining our identity. We apologise for not seeing the reality and can only hope for your forgiveness. Cowardly yours, Leftards"

Dont be so arrogant.

Only a fool from the right would be claiming celebration.

Be like the rest of us, quietly hoping.

I am quietly hoping that there are enough non-ideological Australians left to ensure that this disastrous Labor government is not handed another three years to mess up our country, especially from a starting platform of their own making which is already so bad.
I know Australians like a bet, but this government can do real and lasting damage if it is let back in. The people who will most suffer, tragically though if that happens, are likely to be the very people who have taken a punt on them.
Don't do it, you will be sorry if you do - and - there will be no one else to blame but Labor.

Switch to the Islam channel and you'll know what partisan modding is all about.

Just because somebody put's their hand up to weed out the real bad stuff, it doesn't make them disentitled to carry on posting as normal. If it did, then who would volunteer for it?

Be careful what you wish for, folks: -

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tireless-abbott-makes-a-final-pitch/story-fn59niix-1225907504846


Quote:

Tireless Abbott makes a final pitch    * Patricia Karvelas, Political correspondent    * From: The Australian    * August 20, 2010 12:00AM     TONY Abbott has revealed that he has felt depressed at times during the five-week poll but described it as an amazing experience. In the Opposition Leader's most candid and reflective interview of the campaign, he also said he hoped to continue surfing and competing in triathlons if he did become prime minister. Mr Abbott joined journalists on the Coalition bus to the marginal Queensland seat of Petrie yesterday to describe the highs and lows of the campaign. "Sometimes you think this is a bit, jeez, depressing," he said. "Because you're all human - even senior politicians are human - you're subject to the usual range of emotions." Mr Abbott said that, a few times, his wife Margie had remarked "whatever happens, what an amazing thing to have experienced, to be a party leader and go through an election campaign". He said his best moment of the campaign was the Rooty Hill people's forum in Sydney last week. Mr Abbott said he understood the demands on prime ministers, but hoped to continue his rigorous exercise regime. "I would be incredibly disappointed if I couldn't still be involved in a bit of sport because everyone's got to have some recreation, even prime ministers, and, for me, physical exercise has always been a great form of recreation," he said. "It's stress relief apart from anything else. "Cycling is a very social sport. Surfing is a very social sport. Something like an ironman or a half-ironman, OK, it's very gruelling but it is actually a community event. I don't see why you would be precluded from attending community events." Mr Abbott said he would finish the campaign with 36 hours' non-stop campaigning, continuing throughout last night - a tactic successfully adopted by Conservative leader David Cameron before the British election in May. He will embark on another blitz in marginal seats in Sydney today. He will not fly any more because it means too much time in the air. "Even when the city is kind of asleep, there are all those radio programs for those who always want to be updated on what's going on in the world," he said.

Do you really want to risk a rabid right-whinging and Bi-polar (manic-depressive) bigot as PM!?

Equitist wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 1:35pm:

Be careful what you wish for, folks: - http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tireless-abbott-makes-a-final-pitch/story-fn59niix-1225907504846 Quote: Tireless Abbott makes a final pitch    * Patricia Karvelas, Political correspondent    * From: The Australian    * August 20, 2010 12:00AM     TONY Abbott has revealed that he has felt depressed at times during the five-week poll but described it as an amazing experience. In the Opposition Leader's most candid and reflective interview of the campaign, he also said he hoped to continue surfing and competing in triathlons if he did become prime minister. Mr Abbott joined journalists on the Coalition bus to the marginal Queensland seat of Petrie yesterday to describe the highs and lows of the campaign. "Sometimes you think this is a bit, jeez, depressing," he said. "Because you're all human - even senior politicians are human - you're subject to the usual range of emotions." Mr Abbott said that, a few times, his wife Margie had remarked "whatever happens, what an amazing thing to have experienced, to be a party leader and go through an election campaign". Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar. He said his best moment of the campaign was the Rooty Hill people's forum in Sydney last week. Mr Abbott said he understood the demands on prime ministers, but hoped to continue his rigorous exercise regime. "I would be incredibly disappointed if I couldn't still be involved in a bit of sport because everyone's got to have some recreation, even prime ministers, and, for me, physical exercise has always been a great form of recreation," he said. "It's stress relief apart from anything else. "Cycling is a very social sport. Surfing is a very social sport. Something like an ironman or a half-ironman, OK, it's very gruelling but it is actually a community event. I don't see why you would be precluded from attending community events." Mr Abbott said he would finish the campaign with 36 hours' non-stop campaigning, continuing throughout last night - a tactic successfully adopted by Conservative leader David Cameron before the British election in May. He will embark on another blitz in marginal seats in Sydney today. He will not fly any more because it means too much time in the air. "Even when the city is kind of asleep, there are all those radio programs for those who always want to be updated on what's going on in the world," he said. Do you really want a rabid right-whinging and Bi-polar bigot for PM!?

Im saddened you are trying to use an undiagnosed mental illness for your own political gain.

This saddens me no end.  It wreaks of desperation, arrogance and smear.

There's that magic word "smear" again. lol

skippy. wrote on Aug 20^th, 2010 at 12:54pm:

iamtheman012 wrote on Aug 20th, 2010 at 11:55am: Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 20th, 2010 at 11:52am: mozzoaks a good mod and he is entitled to his say. Of course he is, but he's still an ignornat 'one eyed' wanker. ::) While mozz might seem a little one eyed he is not a wanker. I'm yet to visit a forum that the mod or owner does not share their view, if you'd prefer to have your ego massaged by a forum owner who is a full on rightard I'd suggest deepthoughts forum, most there will pat you on the head and say good boy. I would think the description you've provided suits yourself much better.

Thanks for that valuable input little gay leb, how's Uni going this week?

LOL.

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