Comments on: Gippsland by-election

By: Club Troppo » Missing Link Daily

Club Troppo » Missing Link Daily — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:28:04 +0000

[...] for Brendan Nelson and the Coalition in the Nationals win. John Humphrey’s celebrates the LDP garnering 4.6% of the vote, enough to leach funding from the public tit. Geoff Robinson believes it highlights Rudd [...]

By: Jim Fryar

Jim Fryar — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:04:56 +0000

I know you are only kidding Terje, but remember the story of the two bulls.

The young one says to the older one, “look at that herd of cows, lets gallop down and …. one.”

The older one says, ” Lets walk down and …. the lot.”

By: Peter W.

Peter W. — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:31:34 +0000

Comment no 29: “F.X. Holden”. Some background for you…I arranged for Ben Buckley to be the LDP Candidate for Gippsland by-election. Yes, he has stood (once) as a One Nation, but many more times he has stood as an Independent. He actually abhores some of the One Nation policies of the past. I have known Ben since the early 1970s from my farming and flying. In explaining the LDP’s policies to him I highlighted our “low tax, less government interference” points, covering firearms, traffic laws, victimless crimes, gays,etc. He was immediately enthused and claimed he wished he had heard about LDP earlier. I never once mentioned “libertarianism” as a concept! Gippsland has a large number of shooters, being one of the regions for Sambar and Hog Deer hunting, foxes,as well as duck shooting, also lots of farmers. It was where J.W.Howard had his infamous “flack jacket” appearance at Sale. We even discussed having a rally at Sale, for all the shooters in the region, on the theme of “we got rid of Howard; now let’s get rid of his gun laws.” We didn’t have time to do it.
BTW, with a limited budget, the (almost) 4,000 votes was, I think, a fantastic achievement. The AEC funding will only just pay back the money spent. Many thanks to all those who sent money and helped.

By: Temujin

Temujin — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:04:42 +0000

Jim — I can guarantee I’ll make mistakes all through my life, including in my later years. I will also guarantee that there are plenty of old people who aren’t wise. Many great achievements were done by people under 40 and many stupid actions were done by people over 40.

The only thing that old age necessarily indicates is that a person has successfully not died.

By: Jim Fryar

Jim Fryar — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:39:59 +0000

And there’s nothing particularly special or skillful about being old.

What basis of experience do you have to make this claim? Can you guarantee you can avoid all the pitfalls, on the way to getting old?

By: DavidLeyonhjelm

DavidLeyonhjelm — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:57:31 +0000

did the Indians triumph in the end?

The saying originates from Indians in India, not those fighting cowboys.

But I’d say it is true. What achievements can the youthful and enthusiastic claim? In politics they are impressed with their own ideas but have little time or money. Results require money, time and ideas in descending order on a log scale.

By: TerjeP (say tay-a)

TerjeP (say tay-a) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:14:57 +0000

DavidL – did the Indians triumph in the end?

By: DavidLeyonhjelm

DavidLeyonhjelm — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:29:49 +0000

TerjeP: old Indian saying “Old age and cunning will triumph over youth and enthusiasm very time.”

John: This is not about me and I don’t pretend any such thing. It’s about you. I am simply saying you are not qualified to preach or lecture (as in comment #41).

By: nicholas gray

nicholas gray — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:37:44 +0000

TerjeP- I’m glad you’ve got a day job! And when addressing hymns to the Lord, they’re supposed to be about Hym, not you!

By: Temujin

Temujin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:13:09 +0000

DavidL — if you didn’t care about me so much, you wouldn’t spend so much of your time trying to pretend you’re “wiser” than me. In reality, you’re simply older. And there’s nothing particularly special or skillful about being old.