Ya have to just love the post from runner where he blames socialism for the current economic crisis.

Runner, you'll never get to Heaven unless you start telling the truth.

Runner you good thing!
Never get sick of reading your posts.
On display in every one is your total failure to understand reality.
Your bias and refusal to change, you are not going to heaven live while you can.
Middle age, no need to find another measure.
Middle age for most of us is 35, hardly likely any of us will reach the 100 so 50 is past it.
But the well fed bloated look is not just Liberal, increasingly we have such in Labors ranks.
The born to rule conservatives of my youth exist still, no longer calling England home, but they are there.
Rarely found shoulder to shoulder with such as me at the club or football, and both I and they are pleased they are not.

It never ceases to amaze me why pollies can't be wealthy people without having to deal with the old 'tall poppy' syndrome.

Yet, if you lot were to invest in a company you would no doubt seek one who's leader had the financial runs on the board. Sought of a ‘proven record’ you might say. Why should our politicle leaders be any different. Perhaps you would preferr a 'failed business man'.

Another thing that I can’t get my head around is the old ‘work choices debate’.

How could this have been so bad considering the amount of growth experienced, the amount of work around or the amount of confidence people had when they would go on that holiday, or buy that new boat or car, or even upgrade to a bigger, better house.

Sure, these laws effected some with poor skills, but was this really a problem considering the amount of assistance that was available for those to better themselves. Assistance which many chose to ignore.

All that has happened is these people, who had work, will be left on the scrap heap as they are simply not worth employing at full rates. If not for the re-introduction of ‘un fair dismissal’ most of them would be unemployed today.

Take a look around most shopping centres today. Do you see Aussies pushing trolleys, No! They were no doubt affordable on WC but now they are not so they no longer have work and their jobs have been given to forien contrators.

How clever is that

The difference between Rudd and Turnbull is that MT earned the money and KR married it.

Otherwise they are both middle aged wealthy and arrogant.

Business and politics are seldom run by men and women in their 20s for the simple reason that when you are young, you are yet to prove yourself, and don't have the perspective of experience.

So while the young might despair of compromises of their leaders, they don't have the depth to understand the need to temper ideals with reality.

As the greens don't see the need for reality, experience is a liability.

the media doesn't create this 'impression'.
a blatantly sexist Constitution providing for men's legislatures only
creates what the media interprets.

Dear Shadow Minister,

A few corrections need to be made in your
statement that, "the difference between
Malcolm Turnbull is that he earned his
money, whereas Kevin Rudd married his..."

Kevin Rudd not only earned his money,
but he helped his wife earn hers.

They met as students at University in Canberra
and were married in 1981.
Rudd's wife, Theresa Rein did not start the company,
Therese Rein and Associates, later Ingeus, until
1988. The couple borrowed money against their home
to start this company. The Campany was an international
Employment Services Agency that assisted jobseekers -
especially long term unemployed. It succeeded
after John Howard abolished the Commonwealth Employment
Services. Also - it should be
noted, that Therese Rein resigned as Chair of the
Company prior to her husband's running for office as PM.

If you want to really set the record straight on Kevin Rudd
however, you should Google his Biography.

I don't for one minute doubt your statement that much
can be achieved by middle-aged men. I'm simply wondering
why the current perception seems to be so negative about
the Liberal Party these days - that it has little to offer
that is unique and different.