Re Jones & Bolt, beware of shooting the messenger.

Bolt in particular seems to try hard to get his facts right.
BTW, several people rang both Jones & Bolt and said they saw and were
in the trucks that were stopped at the border.

Could it be that we were lied to from parliament ?
That would never happen, err would it ?

Bazz
Parliament had nothing to do with it. Regardless of your stance on this issue, you have to see Jones's is whipping up a load of unsubstantiated allegations to support his cause and to make up for the perceived lack of support. I am against the Carbon Tax for many reasons but the last thing the debate needs is someone like him to diminish the debate to circus status.

The implication is that police stopped trucks at the border to diffuse the rally which would of course be a denial of the democratic process. The police did no such thing. The only restriction or traffic management was with movements around the Parliamentary Ring Rd, which if you know Canberra would cause severe traffic restrictions and block access to Parliament House.

Even the truckies who were stopped for a few minutes said on camera the it was for about '3 minutes' and there was no talk of them not going to the rally.

People lose all sense of reason when their 'side' of an issue has to face some scrutiny. Jones' attack on the two reporters who tried to correct his false allegations was to whip up the crowd using strawman arguments rather than sticking to the facts. It was painful to watch.

Pelican,
Well I was not there so I cannot state from my own knowledge.
There is a problem in that both sides of the argument can be right.
It could be a matter of time. At one time they were stopped and at
another time they were not stopped.
Which was first and which second ?

If they were never stopped it mean several people all went to the
trouble to ring up and lie. Possible, but -- ?

After long experience of exposure to the media I have learnt to listen
through the noise. Pick out the snippets, they are there.

Typical lefty spin.

If someone drives a thousand or two kilometers, to make a point with their truck convoy, then is denied access to a public road, the very public road where the TV cameras were sighted, that is a restriction of their rights.

Once again, if the cops tried that in France, there would be burning cops cars all over the place.

Perhaps it's time the right got a bit more militant.

Time they learned to come up with a good slogan, too. This "Shock Jock" thing is just a smart slogan from the lefty ABC "B" grade bunch, who can't beat ,[or even equal them], & won't join them, so want to denigrate them.

I must admit the left are good at denigration, about the only thing they are good at.

Hasbeen,
I despise not the Shock Jocks personally, but the dirt that they stir up,I was brought up to be truthful, now I know that every one tells white lies, in order not to hurt/offend others. But blatant lying is beyond the pale, no matter who the perpetrators are.
I still maintain that there should be truth in reporting, not this continual diatribe of mis-truth.
By the way, I am not a lefty, never have been, and never will be. Most lefties tend to be self-serving, and only interested in themselves instead of that which benefits the majority . Both sides of the political divide either blatantly lie, or bend the truth by omission, and frankly I am tired of it all.
NSB

Bazz owner drivers have to work just to pay installments.
TOO many finance home, truck, and 4x4 , and the truck must work to pay, it fails to do so most times.
Company's may have donated thousands in fuel and costs.
But you said it, you just do not know! and it is true, trust me not one truck, not a single one was stopped from going.
Hasbeen scape's the very bottom of the barrel, or just like you, comments on something he knows nothing about.
Do not please put those two shock jocks in print as other than the spin they are.
Spin, some here hurl it about but please! if you have not done the job know the facts know far less had any interest in going than did.
And that Alan Jones knew he was lying as he said those words.