Dear Steven,

Not going to happen. The acquisition of knowledge
always comes at a price, I agree - however in this case
it's not a price that voters are prepared to pay.

Mr Abbott does well at the polls - except as
preferred PM. There he doesn't do so well. And
voters just somehow aren't prepared to take
that risk. Now no political party will go to the
election with an unelectable candidate. By all
rights Mr Abbott should have won the last election.
He didn't. And next time he may not be given the chance
by his party. I'm betting that he'll be replaced prior
to the next election. So we'll never get to test your
theory. But you can keep trying to persuade people
to risk all for science. ;-)

Lexi wrote:

>>Not going to happen.>>

Well Lexi that would be a loss for science.

I'm not especially enamoured of Tony Abbott but in a bizarre sort of way I think he'd be entertaining as a Prime Minister.

Nah Belly, he doesn't need re potting, some fertilizer will do the job.

What do you reckon, some nice dry, composted sheep manure, or would you prefer some lovely wet sloppy dairy cow stuff?

Dear Steven,

If you want entertainment -
then you can't go past Bob Katter,
Barnaby Joyce, and Barry O'Sullivan.

You stevenimeyer (metaphorically speaking) must have a death wish. And science I'm sure would be best served by investing it's time in more meaningful pursuits.

To me it's as simple as ,"which is worse" Julia's dress sense or Tony Abbott's walk.

Tony Abbott's walk by far (he's got to stop riding those horses), but worse than that is when he stops walking and opens his mouth.

It's a bit like saying whom would you prefer for PM ? Minnie Mouse or Donald Duck.

Seriously, electing Govt's, has consequences not found in cartoons and leadership is indeed important.

The trouble we are all having out here, is distinguishing the difference between the policies of either when we are talking about the big issues. Treatment of asylum seekers for one or sucking up to the U.S for another, coal seam gas and the general environment a third.

If Tony Abbott led the Labor Party, I still wouldn't vote for him steven.

Lexi

I always had a soft spot for Bob Katter. I admired him for resisting the temptation to sign any sort of agreement with Gillard.

Unfortunately he got delusions of grandeur and started his own party. What a pity.

For entertainment it is hard to beat my "fellow Earthian," Bob Brown. I have a relative who is active in the Greens. I am afraid that whenever we meet I give the Vulcan salute and say "Live long and prosper" all in my best Spock style.

I get that the Rudd government panicked at the start of the GFC and embarked on a lot of make-work projects. But calling the erection of a lot of school halls no one apparently wanted or needed "building the education revolution" or BER was hilarious.

In most cases the cost per square metre of unwanted school hall was three four times what a contractor would have charged.

To top it all off the woman insisted that many of these "projects" had plaques commemorating herself! I mean if I had been responsible for that monumental waste of money I would not have wanted it advertised. That is beyond hilarious.

If she really wanted to build an education revolution she could simply have given the teachers a pay raise.

If she really wanted to stimulate the economy she could have given old age pensioners an increase. They would have spent the money mainly on locally produced basics like food.

All of these would have been had a direct and positive impact on the economy.

In the longer term if you want big projects what would have a bigger impact on carbon emissions; a carbon tax? Or building better public transport infrastructure in the state capitals?

I'm afraid Julia would be side-splittingly funny if she weren't so extravagant.

And don’t even get me started on the NBN!

Message to Julia Gillard.

What looked like a good idea in densely populated South Korea using turn of the century technology may not be so good in more sparsely populated Australia with 2012 technology.