Are you thoroughly sick of politicians bickering like bad-mannered, school children?

I've never been able to watch parliament in session for more than 30 minutes at a time, before tuning out in disgust. Nowdays i'm lucky if I can stand 10 minutes of their 'discussions'.

Sign my petition if you want our politicians to have conversations that Make A Difference to Australians, and Produce Results, not conversations that get no-where.

Sign if you want our politicians to act with:

Dignity,
Respect,
Intentionality (to produce positive results)

http://apps.facebook.com/petitions/14/stop-australian-politicians-petty-bickering/

KarlettaA

Unless you are in favour of children getting a smack for insolence or rebellion it is far to late for them to change their natures as adults without great difficulty. Personally I am more insulted by being told lies, hypocrisy and sleazy deals.

That is called the democratic process, The petitioner should tell us what she expects from parliamentary debate.

Let me guess.

The petition asks us to...

"Sign if you want our elected politicians to take yearly, mandatory, practical, interactive classes in:
Conflict Resolution,
Emotional Intellegence [sic],
Communication,
Listening for Values and Committments [sic],
Empathy"

I wonder, I asked myself, what business KarlettaA might run... surely it couldn't be running "Effective Communication and Listening" workshops, could it?

Oh, so it is.

Good luck with the project, Karletta. At $210 per head, 150 Reps in the lower house... that's thirty grand a year for starters. Then there's all the State Parliaments, they need to mend their manners too. Nice way to make a buck.

Don't fancy your chances raising their EQ, though, in this lifetime. You don't get where they are by having any of that fancy-schmancy stuff.

Sorry I won't be taking part.

I don't care to list my address and other personal
details on the web

Give OLO some capacity towards intelligence Karletta, my opaque interlocutor. Zip Code, really.