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Imre Salusinszky on Pauline Hanson’s Climate Change Coalition:
Adams and Newell must be having some interesting conversations as they turn the sod on their “biodynamic” farm at Elmswood, in the Hunter Valley.
Here’s what Adams wrote in 1998: “John Howard is being widely described as a racist. Back in 1988, when he detonated the immigration debate, his apologists were defending him from that charge. More recently, his diagonal nods to Pauline Hanson have added fuel to the fire.
“Well, if he’s not a racist, he’s something far worse. He’s a reckless man who will exploit the racism of others for his own short-term advantage.”
At least Adams can’t accuse Newell of making only a “diagonal nod” to Hanson.
This is the full curtsy.
UPDATE. CCC goes KKK!
UPDATE II. Doktor Karl, who a few days ago compared talk of clean coal to Nazi propaganda, now recants. But from where did he source his initial notion?
The error comes from incorrect data found in the first edition of Australian of the year Tim Flannery’s best-selling climate change book The Weather Makers …
Via Mole.
UPDATE III. Patrice speaks: “I believe we’re pretty clever.”
UPDATE IV. It’s war! Adams: “This is a war. Climate change involves a true world war.”
UPDATE V. Some fascinating background on CCC campaign director John Harvey, who recently accused the Greens of intimidating his candidates. War!
Sweet Jesus don’t the links work any more? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7083145.stm
Ah, but you have to look at the preferences deals done in 1998 in the context of the times.
God, how I hate that word.
To paraphrase a phamous contributor, Adams and Know-it-all are cretans.
Posted by mr creosote on 2007 11 07 at 07:11 PM • permalinkI still cant reconcile Adams atheism with the views of the occultist Steiner, who founded the biodynamic farming method which Adams/Newell have embraced.
Good on both Tim and the Terror’ running with this story. This bit amused me from ‘Dr. Karl Alphabet’:
Dr Karl is certain of one thing, however - he doesn’t like preferential voting.
“We’re sort of stuck with this totally arbitrary system. I would prefer the proportional system,” he said.Crushing dissent and democracy as well? Almost as laughable as those on lefty sites keeping quiet about Rudd’s proposed expanded powers, especially in the area of security. Had it been Howard .........
The guy who reads the headlines on Radio National in the morning made great play of the preference deal between Family First and the Perverts’ Party, but not a word about this deal, of course.
Somehow it doesn’t surprise me that Phatty is into the Steiner wackiness. As Chesterton said, “When a man stops believing in God, it’s not that he believes in nothing, but that he’ll believe in anything.” I’ve had limited dealings with Steinerites over the years: people who think Scientologists are creepy should try dealing with Anthroposophists.
It’s hard to keep track of all these on-going goings-on.
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 11 07 at 08:40 PM • permalink#3 The biggest challenge to British society is to how to pass over this idiot as monarch.
Well, OK, I exaggerate ... there are other bigger problems ... but none so idiotic.
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 11 07 at 08:42 PM • permalink#13 Cuckoo: One of my favorite Chestertonian aphorisms!
Now, I have to admit that I’m not entirely clear on this preferences business. It’s not as obscure as cricket, but it’s still something that is seen “as if through a glass of dark beer”, as the Bible says, so, in 25 words or less, perhaps one of you kind blokes or sheilas could explain it to me (if it involves things like wickets, tail-enders, sandgropers, bandicoots or brown-eyed mullets, just forget I asked).
cuckoo… worse than Scientologists?
The mind reels in horror!Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 11 07 at 09:17 PM • permalinkOT, but here’s a chance for honest employment for all those feral hippie protest types.
#18 Yes, worse. My wife once had to entertain, in a professional capacity, the couple from hell: visitors from Germany who turned out to be Steinerites. They blathered endlessly about love, harmony and the cosmos, but were absolutely the most selfish people I have ever met. They expected to be chauffered, entertained and waited on hand-and-foot every waking minute. Their bratty daughter was the female version of the kid from ‘The Ransom of Red Chief’. We ended up literally hiding from them.
Update IV: Phatty - “Yes, climate change is an environmental issue: it’s a whopper”.
I’ll say! BTW, what is that thing on the table? It looks like a bronze cast of Phil’s own head. So, is it like a spare, or something?
Update III: Oh, my sainted aunt!! First Dennis Kucinich and that mile-high, red-headed goddess, and now Phatty and an attractive, slender brunette. Has the female half of the world gone mad?
#21 - Count yourself lucky you only had German guests for the weekend. The rest of Europe has to put up with them popping in uninvited twice a century and for a month every August. It’s a pool lounge hogging, inappropriate bathing costume wearing, laugh a minute.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 11 07 at 10:01 PM • permalinkOh, my sainted aunt!! First Dennis Kucinich and that mile-high, red-headed goddess, and now Phatty and an attractive, slender brunette. Has the female half of the world gone mad?
We need an Australian version of hotchickswithdouchebags.com to explore this phenomenon.
Don’t forget to vote in the Weblog Awards for Best Australia or New Zealand Blog. Tim currently trails by 2 percentage points (92 measly votes).
Go out there and do your duty!
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2007 11 07 at 10:43 PM • permalinkSpeaking of voting (and sort of on topic), there’s a petition being run by a bunch called Conservatives for Climate Change which could use some sceptical attention.
Can’t remember whether anyone linked to this, but it looks like a draft Gore event has been canceled due to underwhelming interest. Check out the jumpin’ tune written and “sung” by Paul Kaplan, music hater.
Dr Karl - what a plonker! I saw that tent stunt in Sydney when he was yapping about how carbon dioxide could not possible be contained underground since the volume was too high.
How could he assume that other engineers who were working on the actual project had not crunched the numbers and figured it was viable. What a shame, I thought the dude actually knew how to work a friggen calculator:
PV = nRT + Conservation of mass + half a brain
and bingo - you get within 20% or so.
Not to worry, maybe Peter Garrett is looking for an intern…..
#17 - 25 words or less is a challenge, but here goes:
Although it is a bit like a yorker being slammed to silly mid on, the explanation given by the AEC is quite good.
Since the good doc back tracked I wonder if Spoonman “spoonie”Will back track aswell.
Posted by Old school on 2007 11 08 at 12:13 AM • permalink#31- Toddled over and took their survey, and poked fun at them- their candidates are about as conservative as CO2 is a pollutant; just about every one of the buggers has some pecuniary interest in the “renewable” energy field, and are virtual luvvies from cetral casting, in particular their Grünfuhrer who’s gone the whole(meal) biscuit, trading down to a Prius, shedding aircon and installing every green gimcrack available- bet his wife and kids just adore his new obsession (I’d be checking the morning muesli if I was you, sport…on second thoughts, bog in matey!)
#40- What sort of mong takes the utterances of a cretin on FM radio seriously? These are organisations that employ people like this, this and this; bloody hell, Triple M makes Radio National appear erudite, informed, articulate and intelligent by comparison, and I think RN is the most appaling polemic and ill-informed waste of electrons this side of anything hosted by Rove MacManus.
The first meeting between this unlikely mob as they discuss preferences:
Phillip: Hello, you fucking redneck fish & chip flogger - probably including salmonella in every serve…..
Pauline: You fat commo shit - I wouldn’t sell you a fucking battered sav if you offered my a thousand dollars for it. Anyway, wanna swap preferences?
PA: You betcha you redheaded racict bitch! And you?
PH: I wouldn’t swap shit with you, you creep, but on this occasion you fat Bolshy bastard, I’ll make an exception….
Patrice Newell, PA’s ‘partner’ chimes in….
But Phillip Dearest, you always told me that Pauline Hanson was nothing but Tory excrement, the redneck media tart that should have been drowned at birth…...
PA: Shut up Patrice! I’m doin this deal here with slut face and I don’t need a bimbo like you puttin’ your oar in….
Pauline: More information please. Putting your oar in where…
Phillip: And you shut up too - go and get me a pen Patrice, make yourself useful, so that Pauline and me here can sign this deal….
Patrice scurries off to find a pen….
Phillip continues: So Pauline are you fond of a nice Hunter Valley Red?
Pauline: Of course Phillip - being a red head and all, my god that’s a lovely black skivvy….
Phillip: Yes, that red hair of yours always looks good on television - and if you ever need any help with realllllly long words, well you just ring me up…....
I’d like to see the flimflam farmers follow Pauline onto the next season of Dancing with the Stars- I for one would tune in for once, especially to see Phatrice performing some aerial work with Phatty- what I would dub “harsh reality television”, or perhaps “the gravitas of gravity”.
The audience would have to be issued with abbatoir aprons, or there’d be so many ruined frocks.
If Phatty wants a war, I’m glad the man with the torpedoes is on my side.
(via Ace and apologies if used before.)What exactly is racism?
The Oxford Dictionary says the following;
“the unfair treatment of people who belong to a different race; violent behaviour towards them:”
I was told the other day that I was racist because I didn’t like a certain Korean person. I responded that just because I didnt like someone didn’t mean I was racist.
It is my right not to like someone, is it not? Just because they are from a different cultural or racial backgroud does not and should not mean that I have to like them.
When did chosing not to speak to or associate with someone become racist. I chose not to speak to people I don’t like just like everyone else in the world. I can tell you there are just as many caucasions that I don’t speak to because I don’t like.
I don’t show hatred towards these people I just choose not to be around them or speak to them. I am civil when I have to be and that is the end of it.
I think we all need to take a step back and have a look at the real meaning of racism and stop accusing people of it who are simply exercising their right to not like someone no matter what colour their skin!!!!
And that is my rant for the day - Thank you for reading
The proposed Bickham Coal mine in the upper Hunter Valley, nearby to the the dunny lane imperialists’ hobby farm, got right up Patty’s nose [PDF].
Solution: The NIMBY moves on from lobbying to enter politics.
Of course, the NIMBY will do deals with (her hubby’s) devil, Hanson - whatever it takes.If the Greens have any nous, they’ll steer well clear of this bunch of pariahs.
#46
a certain Korean person. (emphasis mine)
Killaette, as you already know, it’d be different if you didn’t like any Koreans, and based that decision on their race and not their personalities. But with the teaching from the left, not liking anyone of any skin colour/ethnicity/religion is considered racist.
I wonder what did happen to treating everyone as equals…
Semi-OT. Chavez supporters have taken to shooting at uni students who dare protest about the great man’s plans to again alter the constitution to keep himself in power. Earlier this week, a leading general and Chavez supporter split with his boss over the same issue, claiming Chavez was seeking to make himself president for life.
I say semi-OT because Adams and Newell are great supporters of the Chavez style.
#49- He certainly wouldn’t be planning to use it for his eventual interment- a 40’ highcube shipping container would need major modification and reinforcing to carry out that unpleasant* duty.
*Unpleasant for the navvies tasked with loading and sealing the tomb, otherwise quite a hoot for everyone else- I’m planning on breaking in a new pair of pumps on that occasion.
While we’re on a racism thread, don’t forget to tune into A Current Affair tonight. They’re presenting the results on an “Investigation” into why some towns don’t want mussies moving there.
They were at our town meeting on Monday night where we gathered to voice our protest about the mussie school the towel heads want to build in our town.
They were desperately trying to film anyone that looked remotely crazed or maniacal with hatred. Too bad for them we’re a pretty peaceful bunch. They still managed to speak to the odd looney tunes, but they were harmless.
Also, that is NOT me with the Akubra and the buck teeth.A-grade rioters though; make those pantywaisters at G8 and WTO gigs look like real pikers. Their riot coppers are fairly tasty as well, and I reckon they’d have the likes of the Chelsea Headhunters running like poodles. I’m quite taken with their extra long billy clubs that they let go with from way back, and in rapid fashion- it’s like watching Mr Punch in body armour giving Judy a touch-up that’ll put her in a wheelchair.
Referring back to Dr Karl - has he yet explained how he gets his car to the freeway to drive it? Does he conscript the wife and kids to push him down the street? Phew, they’d get a tad malodorous in summer!
Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 11 08 at 03:55 AM • permalink#60 - I imagine it’s some kind of Night Rider set up and he drops out of the back of a support truck.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 11 08 at 04:00 AM • permalinkupdate 4; “I’m not mad on war terminology” he said softly and reasonably, “Climate change involves a TRUE world war…” he said calmly and intellectually. Hey Phil!(Thanks Mrs. H)
Posted by dean martin on 2007 11 08 at 04:07 AM • permalinkI believe that together, we can create a better world by making everyone the subject of mindless stereotyping and name-calling, regardless of their race, nationality or religion.
Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 11 08 at 04:14 AM • permalink#63 Of course, if some people want us to ignore their race, nationality or religion, they really need to make a bigger effort to dissuade their colleagues from blowing themselves up on public transport and invading Poland etc.
Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 11 08 at 04:23 AM • permalinkOk Im nominating this for the offical “death knell of the AGW freaks” comic strip of the year.
This bloke is a legend.
BTW looks like PACO corp havent quite got their product “fine tuned” yet…
Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 11 08 at 04:27 AM • permalinkI was privileged to spend 14 months in Korea in ‘83-‘84. I found that some were nice people, some were assholes. Much like any other race in fact. Can I have my degree in sociology now?
Posted by dean martin on 2007 11 08 at 04:35 AM • permalinkThe Fat Man and Pauline
“Will you bed down with my party?” said the fat man to Pauline,
‘Tis the prettiest little party, ever so good and green;
(To get my wife in parliament, I’ll be a hypocrite),
And never mind those things I’ve said, you know I’m full of shit..”
“Oh yes, yes,” said the red-head, “to get back on the gravy train,
I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine and ne’er ask please explain.”Posted by eeniemeenie on 2007 11 08 at 05:42 AM • permalink
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Because a racist would never exploit a human.
And what is a “diagonal nod”? Is that like nodding while tilting your head? Sounds painful.