culldav wrote on Feb 3
rd, 2011 at 9:22am:
I became a bit suspicious that cyclone Yasi was a media “beat-up” story yesterday, when all they could talk about nothing else and keep repeating the same old coverage and pictures and asking people stupid questions.
I feel sorry for the farmers and people who have had damage done to their property, and glad no one was killed, but I get this dreadful feeling this was all a sham created by the pollies who played the media for all it was worth, and I reckon certain people knew it wasn’t going to be as bad as they made out.
I think the worse thing about all this is because the media and Government has portrayed themselves to be “chicken little” no one will believe them in future.
I agree with you Mellie, I think the people of Queensland now realise they have egg on their faces thanks to a Government who’s ulterior motive was to keep the tax levy ball rolling at any cost.
I also think those idiots in the metrological department should all be sacked.
I started getting suspicious right from the start, (refer to my first post)...but late last night, before it hit, when the flood appeal commercials kept coming on every 3 minutes in between chan 7's "special live coverage' I thought hmmm , and even my 16 year old son picked up on this....but, I fought my inherent suspicious nature, (well tried to)..thought, what if it's the real deal...best to wait and see.
Then this morning, when I saw it wasn't what they said it would be, I called my friend from the RAAF, was more concerned with Palm Island, just wanted to see if he knew something, anything, (he's quite high up in the RAAF)...and low and behold, he had been sitting at the RAAF, watching the radars all night, then told me what it was.
The thing is, If he (the guy who dispatches planes and personnel) knew it was no big deal, enough so, not to even bother sending more planes today, then I'm certain Gillard would have known this too.
If they aren't bluffing us with sensationalist hype about swine flu, natural disasters, terrorism....etc etc... Jeeze, what next?
The thing is, if we as the public just lap it up, this and don't question them, then they will continue on their merry sensationalist way.
This is what these forums are for, to thrash it out, brain-storm, and get to the epicentre of these politicians bullsh1t.
This and to let them know that we know, and others know, so think twice next time because we are growing tired of their beat-ups and spin.
Look, if we don't question their process, this and expose their rot, why bother posting at all?
Might as well be a mushroom, be kept in the dark, and fed sh1t.
We need to keep them on their toes!
And they need us to keep them on their toes, before they become too autocratic for theirs and our own good and stuff us up once and for all.
Think Hitler.
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