My expectations vis a vis the KRuddster government were low and I have not been disappointed.

ARJAY..I'm sure you didn't used to have these rather colorful views about Israel...did you have a change of heart or a lobotomy :) or something?

You seem to be on track with your criticism of the IMF and FED etc.. but when it comes to Israel.. you seem to lose the plot.

OH..for "Coalition for Justice and Peace for Palistine"....

READ "communist agistators, (with a smattering of Muslims) who don't give a damn about Palestinians other than how they can manipulate/facilitate a demo for their own profile raising reasons"

You do know that...don't you ?

I would like to think the protest from the Israel haters would be peaceful but I doubt it. As more facts come to light those so quick to condemn Israel defending itself against terrorism again have egg over their faces.

Good for you, Arjay. Can always rely on you for words of wisdom.
I do wish others had those qualities as well.

Hope the meeting goes well. Certainly need to do something about those arrogant Israelis. No state has been hated as much since time began, not even Hitler and his Third Reich. They were novices compared to these swine

This country is still dragging itself up by the bootlaces from a global financial crisis that is the worst for eighty years.

The government inherited a war from the Howard government, which had grown fat and lazy from the resources boom and had done nothing to improve infrastructure, or even plan for the massive immigration it presided over.

During Rudd's short term, what would an alternative government have done any differently or better?

What about looking at the other side of the coin? We pay all of our elected politicians to represent the whole of their electorate and the whole of Australia. It is scandalous that such a large section of the parliament regards its task as simply to oppose the government and play games to destabilise the elected government. In the case of the Greens, six very well paid senators do squat while their leader grandstands for effect. They could not run a pie stall.

The Liberals don't even see themselves as obliged to present policies as an alternative government, being oppositional to anything and everything done by government and its administration is enough. One of their number, a senior ex-minister even wrote a book and lazed around before taking himself off whining to retirement.

By all means criticise the government but lets not be adolescents and pretend that government can control everything it would like to control to get its business through the House, or that Australia is somehow insulated from what is happening in the rest of the world because its is not. To blame Mr Rudd for not making other countries toe the line on global warming, or forcing the Japanese to stop whaling is ridiculous.

As for the problems in insulation and rorting of school building, it just so happens that cutting corners, rorting and overcharging are systemic problems in an industry that is largely self-regulated and isn't even formally obliged to apply the Australian Standards, the Building Code or manufacturers' installation guidelines in construction. Both sides of government genuflect to the powerful vested interests of the construction industry and beggar the consumer.

For most of his working Life, KRudd has been a Public Servant . Then he became a Member of Parliament, not far removed.. So what has he even been in charge of... Other than Spin & Secrects?.

That's all he knows.

The good news. The vast majority of Australian Voters have switched of this Joke of a Government. Nothing that they do ,between now and the coming Election, will bring voters back to Labor.

It was a failed Experiment !