Comments on: 2008 Loves and Hates

By: Yobbo

Yobbo — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:08:25 +0000

I find it hard to get excited about who wins office nowadays. Between Bush, Obama, Howard and Rudd they would be lucky to have a single policy different from each other.Obama and Rudd won purely because who they are *not* rather than who they are. Fair enough too because they old ones were pretty ordinary, but really it’s nothing to get excited about.

Politics is just a tribal sparring match, nobody even cares about the issues at hand as long as their team wins. It has about as much bearing on things as who wins the AFL grand final. One team is overjoyed, the other devastated, at least until next year when we get to do it all over again.

Obama is just America’s Buddy Franklin.

By: DavidLeyonhjelm

DavidLeyonhjelm — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:45:09 +0000

Good post Pommy. I only half agree with you about Obama though – he’ll certainly force the lazy Bush haters to think for a change – but otherwise I expect his administration to be uniformly bad. A bit like Kruddy – good sound bites but no positive outcomes. Indeed, his legacy will most likely be an economic downturn made much worse by his interference in the market.

By: JC

JC — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:17:20 +0000

What are your thoughts on the stock markets/gold for 09

By: JC

JC — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:12:50 +0000

excellent post pom. Good New Year to ya too.

By: TerjeP (say tay-a)

TerjeP (say tay-a) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:37:55 +0000

Still a bit early but happy new year Pommy and all the ALS crowd.

Can everybody please remember to nominate themselves for the LDP executive by email to the party before the 14th of January. I may not personally vote for you all but I want the chance to decide.

p.s. Rejection only feels painful. It won’t actually hurt you. And imagine if you win!!