Hasbeen,

Copy that!

David G, you seem to have left a trail of unaddressed issues wherever you go on OLO. Why do you bail out when the questions get too hard?

As for dinosaurs, yep, let’s get rid of them and replace them with, er, let me see now?

How about mammals? Better still, how about a sentient species? I know, lets have a species that can think for themselves, that can research and absorb data, turn it into information and then into knowledge and apply it?

OK, let’s have a species that sets itself above mortality, is immune to the fickle finger of Gaia, ignores reality, pretends to embrace the eternity of dinosaur permanence whilst watching their own extinction and joining the mammalian revolution.

Yes, yes, that would be great! But what should we call this new species? Well, first of all they would have to be hypocrites, they would also have to lack embarrassment genes, they must be conflicted, they must confuse rhetoric with intelligence and they absolutely must be capable of dismissing economic reality with ideology.

I know, we could call this new species The Greens.

It's a good sign when the major parties have similar policies; it may mean that some rational thinking has gone into producing them. After all, both parties have, or claim to have, the same goals -- the continuing survival and increasing happiness of the Australian citizenry -- so it's not too astonishing that they should also agree on the means to achieve this. Let's hope it's genuine reasoning which has achieved it this time, and not just a reaction to the loudest voices in the room.

What is astonishing is that the ins keep recycling their new and old leaders. The latest the old windbag Beattie from Qld. Presumebly he's been parachuted into Forde so as he can replace the current recyclied pm when he is either dumped by the electors of Griffith (which is highly likely) or dumped by his mates ... again.

Vote labor the party of recycling.

Lolol They really are in panic mode.

They might as well bring back Whitlam ... he wouldn't stuff up so much.

Lolololol

Now that's an idea imajulianutter, but why not bring back Fraser to be joint PM. He never was much good, rather like Whitlam actually, & has gone further to the dark side since. Together they should be able to do almost as much damage as Julia & the KRudd.

Incidentally, have you heard, Labor are bring back the useless Cheshire Cat grinning Peter Beattie, as if he hasn't done enough damage to Qld. They must be lining up the worst possible leader for after Rudd gets the chop. Well they have got a real no hoper in Beattie, should suit them perfectly.

Talk about having the rank & file run the party, he's been parachuted into a close marginal, to try some glamor. It would be really great to see him get his backside kicked, & there is a reasonable chance he will. Banana benders have a tendency to kick back when pushed around.

This election is only important in who doesn't get in. The drovers dog could do a reasonable job in Oz, if they just drop all ideas of grandeur.

Just imagine the better schools with Rudd back in. It won't be Mandarin He'd have to introduce to language classes but Greek. We would need Greek when we have to import them to teach us how to live in a bankrupt country.

two entities that are practically the same and getting more similar with each passing day….
Ludwig,
I wouldn't call incompetence & competence as being practically the same.