That track may not be far away, mr no has got too many signatures in blood.

Posted by Anthonyve, Thursday, 5 January 2012 9:59:15 AM

Yes Anthonyve and like you Malcolm has a huge regard for Labor.

Hasbeen I agree in part but at the same time I'd like some leadership in Canberra to turn some things around.

Whilst we countinue to do well campared to much of the world thanks mostly to mining exports we have a lot of eggs in that basket with no plan "B".

I'd like to see the kind of leadership that found creative way's to ensure that we can cope if a major collapse happens elsewhere. That we have the manufacturing capability to make the things we need if they were no longer available from China (or elsewhere), that we have the capacity to ramp up local production quickly if required.

I don't need the kind of leadership that operates by trying to manage my life, I would like to see the kind of leadership that looked at the risks facing the nation and took some steps to prepare for them.

R0bert

dumb leading dumber.

The people get the government they deserve. As long as electorate complacency and a fawning media (look at all the 'feel good' articles on politicians and the interviews where 'how's the kids?' is one of the interviewer's main questions) carry on as usual, we will be stuck with these clowns that are destroying our nation.

How do you prepare for a risk, who knows what form a risk could take. If the world takes a dive, worse than now, what are you going to do about it, it's like consumer confidence, powerful but unfixable. Encouragement may go nowhere. Oil is on the rise, so walk.

I think history has been too kind to many of those we regard as "great leaders" in generalising achievements and ignoring faults.

Churchill for example wanted the British Navy to shell striking miners and eagerly wanted to use (then banned) Mustard gas against German women and children during WW2 (and Arabs shortly afterward).

His staff were kept busy running after him and putting out political forest fires he was always lighting.

Despite today's warm-and-fuzzy memories, the British voting public showed what they thought of him at the first election after the war ended.

Lincoln and Thatcher also had significant personal (if not political) flaws that are simply ignored in deference to their mythical status.

They were more the product of their era than miracle workers and to expect they would make some sort of difference in the 21st Century is somewhat fanciful.

Chances are our next Great Leader hasn't even been born. Maybe things aren't bad enough yet.