Incredible that this calibre of writing and thinking gets you a Commonwealth scholarship to Cambridge. Apparently 10 year olds holding up severed heads is ok but the PM using a phrase like 'Team Australia'isn't.

It's as if IS don't know that 'we are us'. If only we could have Kev and Jooles back. Hey, why don't we send Jooles over to tell them herself? If that fails we'll send Kev over with some programmitic specificity. That'll learn them.

I'd have to differ, dane; it's nice to see this calibre of writing on OLO. A very nice sophisticated piece, worthy of "Punch"!
Abbott's Team Australia propaganda is an insult to anyone with half a brain.

...Well, "team horse-trailer", is more white noise from the political sound generator of Canberra. Sleep inducing ambient sound waves, looped through the ABC news 24 and the Murdock FTA's. Don't worry, it'll pass! Zzz.

...And I'm proud I can't spell Murdock, very proud!

It's "so" obvious what the Abbott govt is attempting with this.

Anyone who has watched Question Time lately will note that, while the Opposition is concentrating on budgetary questions, etc, the first bunch of questions from govt members each sitting are all on terrorism, border protection, overseas theatres of conflict...etc.

Apart from Tony attempting to paint himself as some sort of ACME statesman - there's nothing like a good dose of whipped up hysteria to get the public onside when your budget stinks and your polls are lower than a duck's backside.

This cartoon by Broelman sums it up perfectly.

http://broelman.wordpress.com/2014/08/28/what-to-do-in-a-budget-emergency/

I'm sorry Dane, did you have a comment to make about the article. If so I would like to read it. Thus far all you have done is attack the author, another favoured trick of the far right.