About a year ago I wrote a piece where I suggested that the Labor Party were morphing into a conservative force, that the Greens were possibly going to turn into the major opposition and the Coalition parties were going to disappear with their main supporters joining splinter parties like One Nation, Family First and whatever Clive Palmer decides to call his latest attempt at politics…
The difficulty of the current world environment is that a lot of people are never quite sure when I’m writing commentary and when I’m writing satire but – if you’re in doubt – wait a few months and see what happens. If what comes to pass is exactly what I predicted, then it’s commentary; if it doesn’t, wait a while longer and you’ll see that my prediction about Charlie Sheen becoming President wasn’t satire after all. And don’t forget, his father did such a good job when he was POTUS. Yes, I know that “The West Wing” was a tv show and fiction but so was “The Apprentice” and how many people voted for Donnie based on his persona in that!
Anyway, some of you may have noticed this little gem from Andrew “Fartoo” Hastie. (Click on it, if you haven’t seen it)
Some unkind people suggested that this was a leadership pitch, but as Andrew himself assured us, his recent comments weren’t some sort of leadership challenge. I’m sure that you all understand that this means that he definitely isn’t challenging because it would be destabilising. Besides, he clearly doesn’t have the numbers, even if Jacinta told Ben Fordham that she was backing him for leader… a phrase that she couldn’t manage to utter when asked about Sussan Ley.
I’d be tempted to ignore Hastie entirely were it not for the interesting posts that are coming up from Advance…
Just for those who aren’t aware:
- Advance is a group formed to counteract all those left wing groups like GetUp!
- It was very prominent in pushing the “No” case in the recent Voice referendum. It could be argued that it was also more prominent in pushing misinformation but I’ll leave that for other people to decide.
- One of its donors is the husband of Australia’s anti-Semitic envoy Jillian Segal.
- Point 2 and Point 3 have nothing to do with each other and the very fact that I’m mentioning it is just one of those nasty things that the left does because it suggests that some of the taxpayer money that she gets may be going to Advance, but let me be clear that she assures us that she had no idea how her husband was spending his money and I infer that means that she has never contributed anything to Advance.
- I want to emphasise that I didn’t mean to criticise the anti-Semitic envoy in any way because to do so is the very definition of anti-Semitism. I know, because I have read the definition that she suggested we adopt.
- Tony Abbott advises Advance. Ok, Tony Abbott is always advising everybody, but I believe that his role is more formal in this case.
Ever since Hastie has taken it upon himself to tell us all that the only thing stopping a thriving car industry in Australia is the cost of energy, Advance have taken to posting photos of the high points of the Australian car production – such as the Holden Torana – telling us that this is what they took away from us. Given the “they” that put the final nail in the coffin of the car industry was Tony (their adviser) and Joe Hockey, I can’t really see how this is supposed to get us all fired up and wanting to take pitchforks to “them”…
But it was this little gem that made me wonder if they’ve ditched Tony and taken on Ralph Babble from the UAP as their social media guru.
Leaving aside the idea that we’ll all be working in the auto industry and driving V8 Monaros, I couldn’t help but wonder about the idea that our team would win. I mean, as well as one flag, does it mean that we’ll all have to barrack for the one team? And that the other team won’t be allowed to win? And will the other team have to be composed of people who aren’t us, and if it does, where do they get the players? And…
And of course, I’m not sure that stopping any future migration will actually make all the traffic go away… but if we ban all foreign made cars from the roads, then I’m sure that’ll go a long way to solving the traffic problems until we’re all out driving our Monaros and challenging the Toranas to a drag race.
Why are some politicians copying the Americans and playing on our worst patriotic feelings… There’s an irony in there somewhere but I don’t have time to find it because I have to go outside and rev my engine to show that it isn’t one of the “soulless, silent” cars that Hastie complained about.
Mm, there’s a suggestion that Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point will get a kick along here in Australia and I can’t help but feel that there needs to be some sort of resistance to the idea that we need to reject DEI and all turn into its opposite… Instead of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion well have SIN: Sameness, Inequity and Non-inclusion… But in order to to restore some balance to the world I think we need to start some sort of counter to this Americanisation that’s happening with our own Australian Organisation. So far I have the following suggestions for names:
- Tuning Point (for the car industry)
- Point Blank
- Point of No Return
- Return of No Point
- Stomach Turning Point
- Freedom to Burn Books Point
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My husband and I loved our V8 Holden Monaro (with vinyl roof) – in the 70s
You are a genius for starting with a loonie joke and giggling at the rabbott. So I am not sure to double up or double down your comments????
Whatever, Rossleigh, a hastie decision of jesus to end the world is ffffing scary.
ps couldn’t afford to run the V8 Monaro in the 70s 14.2 litres per 100???
“Coalition Celebrates 4 Months of Almost Having Faith in Female Leader, Beating Old Record by 4 Months” (The Shovel)
Found it again!! ….. the wonderful Rossleigh logic that makes sense of the confusion that has become Australian politics.
The obvious correct policy course is:
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1) the immediate embargo on all exports to, and imports from Israel, plus any Israeli corporations located anywhere;
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2) sack the Segal ZION@ZI Envoy for Satan-yahu & the ZION@ZI Knesset that authorised the GAZA GENOCIDE TO KILL, OR AT LEAST DISPLACE & DISPOSSESS INDIGENOUS PALESTINIAN LAND OWNERS.
Uhm ….. Wasn’t the closure of the automotive assembly industry a Toxic RAbbott ”suppository of wisdom” that put about 30,000 persons from manufacturing industries on the dole because the LIARBRAL$ wanted to encourage migration from Australia to NZ to allow the Wallabies to win the next Bledisloe Cup??
I agree with your policy suggestions and think if only.
Pointless
Never had a Monaro, did have a Torana GTR (not the XU1), wish I still had it.
Hastie faces a quandary. If he usurps Ley too quickly he will be a long time as Opposition leader and may be one of those unfortunates who never actually get to be PM. Then of course there are his so-called policy positions which, from all indications only a small number of MAGA mugs like, so they’re unlikely to propel him into the White House, sorry, Lodge. I have a feeling any future Liberal PM is yet to be born, or is in the same grade 2 as my granddaughter.
The GT351 now sells for anything up to $260,000.
The military people have assessed Hastie correctly as captain level, not colonel or general.., and high military ranks offer little political hope of intelligent input for a nation’s people. Only Monash clearly had high universal and versatile skills. There is no worthy candidate whatsoever to challenge the barely acceptable Ley. AS for cars, I had a few big V8 Fords for family reasons long ago, and they “did their job.” My old Corolla is SO sensible..,and if Hastie pisses off out of sight, GOOD. Australia has been so often cursed by some inferior and inadequate grinner, sinner, poser, loser type, totally unfit for high level mentality and behaviour.
My favourite line from the movie No Country for Old Men
Wendell: This is turnin’ into a hell of a mess, ain’t it, Sheriff?
Sheriff Ed Tom Bell: If it isn’t, it’ll do until the mess gets here.
Applies equally to the Liberal party!
Look, I’m right behind the new Liberal policy of bringing back the Aussie car industry… Of course to do it we’ll need to take a leaf out of Trump’s book and impose tariffs on all imported cars in order to allow the auto industry to get on its feet. I’d suggest about 25% on all new cars. Yes, this sounds like a winner…
Actually, I wonder how long it is before someone actually thinks this is an actual policy of theirs and they’re forced to deny it…
Michael, In September 2021 a Phase III GTHO sold for $1.3 million!!
Truthie, I’ve ridden in one. Was still in 2nd gear doing 90kph.
I like fast cars. My own car is a beast.
Michael, an E-Type jag I once owned did 90 miles yesterday mikes per hour in second gear. Now that I’m 1968 was a beast.
Somehow my anecdote of driving the jerk’s aunt’s Ferarri down an outer Melbourne freeway no longer cuts it …
Blew my mind. A month ago a bloke I know bought a 1971 Datsun 1200 2-door coupe from Tas and had it transported to western Vic – $450 all up. I said, “Are you mad, it’s a shitheap?” Later that day I had to retract. A ’71 Datsun 2-door coupe in good nick can go for up to $80,000.
Go figure. So much for thumping great V8s.