tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post1898505797691399832..comments2024-03-28T21:25:08.138+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Out! Morrison Is Bowled.Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-87959504584524945722022-05-28T18:58:29.881+12:002022-05-28T18:58:29.881+12:00And now speaking at the National Party Central Nor...<br />And now speaking at the National Party Central North Island conference in Hamilton on Saturday Luxon and his deputy, the current "Boofhead" leaders of the opposition, reckon the cost-of-living “tsunami” is set to sweep National into power at the 2023 election.<br /><br />Fake news is alive and thriving in the blue camp. Luxon and his deputy know the price of everything and the value of nothing. The question is will there really be enough "Boofheads" to get sucked into it and give the finger at the Ardern govt in 2023......<br /><br />Something to spin you down the blue vortex while contemplating that question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP4ECHdP8KA<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-86009899517369109332022-05-25T15:01:32.123+12:002022-05-25T15:01:32.123+12:00I agree with most of the commentators here but I&#...I agree with most of the commentators here but I've got to say Chris that boofheads doesn't describe accurately previous Liberal P.M's. Abbott was rumored to be particularly bright and ScoMo fairly quick of the mark and a good pollie but loathed by the media eventually.<br />But. None of them seem to understand the societal paradigm shift occurring right under their feet. The arrival of the Teals' must have knocked the scales from party hierarchy eyes.<br />However, subsequent to the outcome, not once have I heard or read the word coal mentioned. With Queensland and W.A. gas, ore coal and extractive industries generally playing such a huge role in their state and the national economy, I've read nothing from the respective unions as to where to from here re Labors pre election climate change rhetoric. The unions are huge, funded and vocal.<br />I'm keen to see what develops and how and if it's re positioned away from 'the lifeblood' of the country. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-72622455637726617232022-05-25T13:51:04.593+12:002022-05-25T13:51:04.593+12:00One of the more peculiar comments I heard as I was...One of the more peculiar comments I heard as I was following the election girt by sea, was a former Victoria Liberal Party President. His view was that Morrison did not go hard enough on 'freedom of religion', and should have marched with fundamentalists trying to gather during State lockdowns. He made this clothe-eared observation as Western Australia was turning shapely against the Liberals, largely thought because of the Federal Government attempts to undermine the State Government's measures to protect the population.<br /><br />I was still contemplating this the next day when Morrison signed off his premiership at his Pentecostal Church. There was a continued belief that the previous election was a God delivered 'miracle', and that for many of the Liberal leadership the previous Government was ordained. <br /><br />Belonging to a preterist belief system, Morrison had ignored the environmental needs. Belonging to a moral extremists movement, he tried to legislate that people may be discriminated against by those with his beliefs. Morrison would visit those in crisis, and 'laying on hands' to the victims of fires or floods with no explanation or consent for what he was doing. This was the Prime Minister of Australia exploiting the vulnerable to commit a form of spiritual rape. <br /><br />Christopher Luxon has adopted the same devotional framework. It is not acceptable for his faith to be excluded from the transparency required to stand for office. If he is anti-abortion, he should explain the penalties he would personally required upon women. If he is spiritually at odds with diverse sexuality and gender, he should be absolutely clear as to his personal position. He should explain what he believes in regard to preterist views on the environment. If we are to vote for or against someone for Prime Minister of NZ, we have a right know the leader's motivation.<br /> The Barronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-31385802431548293062022-05-25T12:23:19.385+12:002022-05-25T12:23:19.385+12:00And today true to form in his "Boofhead"...<br />And today true to form in his "Boofhead" spot in the Herald Richard Prebble foams at the mouth that NZ Labour faces the same fate for the same reasons next year as the Liberals in Australia and that Jacinda Ardern must be looking attractively at a future job at the UN.<br /><br />Ramping up pessimism about the economy and inflation is all "Boofheads" such as Richard Prebble can bark about. "Boofheads" offer no other credible alternatives other than cutting taxes, axing social services and giving more to the top ten percent.<br /><br />What "Boofheads" such as Richard Prebble have missed about the Australian election is how women were so influential in the outcome, something I suspect Richard Prebble may wish to ignore. Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-39075910510049679312022-05-24T21:18:45.334+12:002022-05-24T21:18:45.334+12:00What is being described here is the wholly foresee...What is being described here is the wholly foreseeable - and aimed for - result of politicians and their pals messing around with the education system. If the population is ignorant, given to boofheadism, that simply has to have been the desired end result of the manner in which our primary and secondary education has been dumbed down by people who hoped to obtain from them factory produced trained monkeys.<br /><br />The accompanying inchoate anger is what led to Trump's presidency, to Brexit, and, by the sound of it, to the rage that fuels electoral volatility in OZ and NZ. I have always said, even at the time, that Brexit was a vote in anger; and so was Trump's - the more so as the Democrats were so determined to keep Bernie Sanders out of office they were prepared to risk defeat to compass it. <br /><br />They were also wake-up calls - and the political parties and their donor-class handlers remain firmly abed, their eyes clamped shut, the blankets pulled and held over their heads.<br /><br />Unfortunately we are also discovering that there is no such animal as political courage.<br />Cheers,<br />Ion A. Dowman<br />Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-60200244769430972832022-05-24T17:50:21.441+12:002022-05-24T17:50:21.441+12:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwlj7iWZVEw&t=...<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwlj7iWZVEw&t=835s<br />TLDL<br /><br />Ignorant of what?<br />Pretty much everything except racism. She's pretty clued up on that.Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-56533191747601440022022-05-24T15:21:03.145+12:002022-05-24T15:21:03.145+12:00It seems to me that the boofhead archetype was on ...It seems to me that the boofhead archetype was on display at the Wellington protest. A man pointed at the parliament building and lamented that the prime minister was 'a little girl in a skirt'. A female prime minister is not lodged in the psyche of the boofheads. That cultural fact will give Luxon the win next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-9306867545905317342022-05-24T13:27:13.152+12:002022-05-24T13:27:13.152+12:00Albo is a thoroughly unimpressive little man who f...Albo is a thoroughly unimpressive little man who fittingly pursued a small target campaign, taking shelter behind his advisers whenever faced with tricky questions on policy. Morrison learned the hard way the truth of the adage "Go Woke, Go Broke" by signing up to the Net Zero charade. Overall it was interesting to observe that in Australia the rich now vote for the Left who in turn pander to their luxury beliefs which they hold at no cost to themselves. As Kim Beazeley once observed, "the Labour Party once comprised the cream of the Working Class, today it's made up of the dregs of the Middle Class."Trev1https://www.blogger.com/profile/00271717267778957672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-56935943805235361462022-05-24T11:22:06.393+12:002022-05-24T11:22:06.393+12:00Some of the blame undoubtedly must be sheeted home...Some of the blame undoubtedly must be sheeted home to the One Nation Party, whose founding figurehead, Pauline Hanson, somehow succeeded in transforming ignorance into a political virtue. Like her fellow populist, Donald Trump, Hanson and her minders love the poorly educated – who reciprocate that love with unnerving passion.<br />..........<br />Ignorant of what?<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwlj7iWZVEw&t=835sJohn Hurleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-22063454538363731862022-05-24T05:43:36.204+12:002022-05-24T05:43:36.204+12:00Don't go reading too much into it.
In Western...Don't go reading too much into it.<br /><br />In Western democracies, governments change after about ten years.<br /><br />Their time was up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-35842622682996933002022-05-23T16:05:57.258+12:002022-05-23T16:05:57.258+12:00Well Chris, I don't think you really need to u...Well Chris, I don't think you really need to use the word boofhead quite so often, but even so it's sort of encouraging to see that people in Australia are coming round to the idea that climate change might have some effect on them. And Pauline Hanson – at time of writing – may lose her seat. That would make the world a slightly better place.Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-5024396634717870482022-05-23T14:46:01.645+12:002022-05-23T14:46:01.645+12:00My, brother who lives in Sydney and while he is no...My, brother who lives in Sydney and while he is not stupid, there is certainly not a lump of coal he doesn’t like. When he voted he just put a line through the whole voting paper! I don’t think that the democratic system is working anywhere. Perhaps we should abolish the party system completely. Imagine a such parliament. They would have to talk to each other and reach a consensus. If no consensus could be reached then there would be a referendum. The people would speak!!Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01509686441858091630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-46622602073741001052022-05-23T13:13:14.767+12:002022-05-23T13:13:14.767+12:00And the "Boofheads" in this country are ...<br />And the "Boofheads" in this country are already spinning that a similar fate awaits the Ardern govt next year. Just how many of the "squeezed middle" fall sucker to that conflation should be a good measure of the level of "Boofheadism" in NZ.<br /><br />Can Kiwi men really be influenced by a pale man in a blue suit playing with a BBQ set, somehow I hold the thought we are way ahead of Australia on that one. Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-3771753096628126502022-05-23T12:26:14.995+12:002022-05-23T12:26:14.995+12:00Hi. Generally a fair assessment of politics here. ...Hi. Generally a fair assessment of politics here. However, you have mislabelled most of the “Teals”. Their support has come from the largely urban, professional women who believe that Labor are fiscally incompetent but that Morrison ignored their role in government, their aspirations and needs, virtually any issues that affect women while chasing issues he thought were important but we’re in fact toxic to the general Australian public. The average Liberal woman is these seats is not “regal” but is a working professional, concerned about climate change, angry about womens lack of voice in Australian politics and desperate for change. My hope is that they put pressure on the Labor govt to progress climate action and actually develop policies, rather than stumble around as they normally do, while reining in some of the “mean girls” in the Labor party who ultimately do little for women anyway. Oh yes, and you neglected to mention the message to both Libs and Labor. Don’t parachute in non-local candidates to safe seats, it ain’t going to go down well. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com