tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post1116269654156614885..comments2023-11-05T23:07:01.842+11:00Comments on Grog's Gamut: On the QT: No blog.. sort ofGreg Jerichohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-73508080150007565192011-06-03T08:32:40.541+10:002011-06-03T08:32:40.541+10:00I think First Dog on the Moon captured this week i...I think <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/02/for-the-kiddies-my-first-book-of-animal-sounds/" rel="nofollow">First Dog on the Moon</a> captured this week in Parliament beautifully.Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-32952203978111683582011-06-02T19:50:59.046+10:002011-06-02T19:50:59.046+10:00What's your source for labour/wages costs?
I&...What's your source for labour/wages costs?<br /><br />I'm not disputing them, just keen to know.<br /><br />Ta,<br /><br />AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-74578679732197878832011-06-02T17:05:43.689+10:002011-06-02T17:05:43.689+10:00Love the non-blog, was hoping to see some analysis...Love the non-blog, was hoping to see some analysis of the speaker issue. Your comments the other day were very interesting (guess I have no life).Chris Rhinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-82754145922536370222011-06-02T13:02:32.341+10:002011-06-02T13:02:32.341+10:00Just a quick plug for the economist mag review of ...Just a quick plug for the economist mag review of Aust this issue. Great country, fine people, brilliant economy, cr@p politicians. Says it all really when we live in a small puddle we think a stone is a mountain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-64134246678488576752011-06-02T11:02:47.998+10:002011-06-02T11:02:47.998+10:00Interesting that you thought the media would not g...Interesting that you thought the media would not go the "recession" route. See if you can find at least a transcript of the first five minutes of Ch 9 Sydney's evening news! If the RBA need to be concerned about consumer confidence the ridiculous "We will all be murdered in our beds" approach to blow the story out of proportion does not help. And what would a recession scare be without some Keating "the recession we had to have" footage. Both 9 and 7 went with that. <br /><br />As to Bushby I was as much irritated by Abbott's unwillingness to pin him, even in a minor way, as by Bushby's original comment. Most of the sexist slurs I dealt with in the early part of my career were met with silent smirks by the more senior males around when they were made. The poodle references are not appropriate but that does not excuse Bushby or Abbott.<br />Cat (irony noted).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-66678961140078828352011-06-02T10:24:34.947+10:002011-06-02T10:24:34.947+10:00It is every woman's right to respond as Pliber...It is every woman's right to respond as Plibersek did especially when someone as respectable as Wong is treated so badly. This is no joke,this chauvanism that is accepted by many in our society. It is disempowering to all females including our female children many of whom look up to Wong.<br />It leads to gross abuse of women and children and for a senator in the Parliament in Estimates to behave like that, how far will these people go to gain power.<br />Will they ruin our social fabric.<br />Have they ruined Harry Jenkins.hilary-edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07596015859682639072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-76908794935616237342011-06-01T23:31:32.593+10:002011-06-01T23:31:32.593+10:00"Actually Joyce’s demeanour was just as disre..."Actually Joyce’s demeanour was just as disrespectful as Busbhy – but in some ways worse, because it displayed not just ignorance of how to act like an adult, but also ignorance of the law and basic economics".<br /><br />Barnyard showed ignorance of most things on Lateline tonight. He came across as a real dill. <br /><br />A quip attributed to a US College basketball coach seems apt. He said, "These rookies not only seem to know nothing, they don't even suspect anything!". That was true of Barnyard tonight. Coalition minders must have been writhing in despair at his performance.Casablancanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-81482869136892980042011-06-01T23:08:31.504+10:002011-06-01T23:08:31.504+10:00Thank you for not writing a blog ;) I miss your bl...Thank you for not writing a blog ;) I miss your blog when you *really* don't write one!Michellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-88746732333663749312011-06-01T22:47:58.193+10:002011-06-01T22:47:58.193+10:00I don't know if it was directed at her sexuali...I don't know if it was directed at her sexuality, as much as her sex. <br /><br />Plibersek was fine, but thought she did over-egg it a tad. And I have to say I agree with those from the Lib side of things who throw back Julia calling Pyne a poodle, as opposed to the "pit bull" of Abbott. <br /><br />The problem with Plibersek's attack is it led to the ABC radio leading with "Liberal's defend themselves against charges of sexism" and focused on that instead of leaving Bushby to wallow in his crapulence, and to have Abbott try his best to avoid having to defend him.<br /><br />But I can understand why you liked seeing it (I'm quite a Plibersek fan)Greg Jerichohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-44032310463470535522011-06-01T22:22:11.841+10:002011-06-01T22:22:11.841+10:00My sentiments exactly, Hilbilly Skeleton. Thanks.My sentiments exactly, Hilbilly Skeleton. Thanks.Jeznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-64795958107615098162011-06-01T22:19:14.331+10:002011-06-01T22:19:14.331+10:00Au Contraire, I thought it was delicious fun to wa...Au Contraire, I thought it was delicious fun to watch the Liberal Party's Head Girl, Julie Bishop, defending Senator Bushpig's overt sexism towards Senator Wong. Gutless Abbott getting a Liberal woman to defend a Liberal man's sexism. How demeaning and sexist in itself. No wonder Bushpig thought he could get away with it, it probably goes on all the time behind closed doors in the Liberal Party Room. I'm also amazed no one else has picked up on Bushpig's covert slur directed at Sen Wong's lesbianism with his pussy meow. That's what disgusted me the most.Hillbilly Skeletonnoreply@blogger.com