Goodness me, it is just that so many have poo pooed what many have said
about the 15 year hiatus, they should be able to accept what their
main guru says about it.

Yes I am skeptical, I just do not have a closed mind.
I am watching with great interest to see if restarts rising.
I would suggest there are many more closed minds in favour of AGW than against it.
Might I suggest yours is one of them in favour..

spawned the meme "Ju-liar,"
Lexi,
Abbott was called unflattering names long before the present PM earned that title.
Hypocrisy does lead to jumping the gun.

Lexi,

Juliar throws out "cast iron" promises like confetti and breaks them when they are convenient. That makes her a pathalogical liar, and only the stupid / moronically self delusional can't see it.

The claim that circumstances changed is extremely feeble, and ranks with other clasics such as "the dog ate my homework". The only group that demanded the carbon tax was the greens, and the proposal that Bob Brown would withdraw support from Labor and let the coalition govern is preposterous lie in itself.

When Juliar gave a cast iron guarantee that there would not be a carbon tax, she had no intention to lift a finger to keep her word and lied about her resolve.

The term Juliar fits, as it is an apt moniker for a deceitful and untrustworthy weasel.

Dear Shadow Minister,

With all due respect Sir,
this is just a reminder for you - of what I've cited
earlier from the Courier Mail:

"We've all heard all the lines ad nauseam -
"This toxic tax is based on a lie..." all of it in
itself is a falsehood, made even more brazen given
Mr Abbott's self-declared "weather-vane" stance on the
issue. And if the PM is somehow deserving (in your opinion)
of the tag of untrustworthy for changing on the carbon-pricing
issue, then what of Mr Abbott telling SkyNews in 2009 that
"If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it
with a simple tax?" (Tsk, tsk).

"Or is that another of the Opposition leader's - and
this is the same man who admitted on National Television that
he has trouble with the "gospel truth" - inconvenient truths?"

"Like claiming that the cost of a lamb roast will soar to $100,
whole towns and industries will disappear and that our entire
economy will be laid to waste."

As stated earlier - "in politics a degree of rhetorical flourish,
and a pinch of hyperbole is to be expected. But when the
whole basis of a campaign is a lie about a lie, than the
bar is not being set very high."

BTW - President Obama has called on Congress to put in
place a market-based mechanism to deal with carbon emissions.

put in
place a market-based mechanism to deal with carbon emissions.
Lexi,
Are just having us on ? How can you even remotely entertain the idea of comparing the carbon emissions of the US with ours ?

Got this in the email today.

Have you ever wondered why Julia Gillard always has such a smug look on her face?

The truth is she has already achieved her objective in becoming Prime Minister. I don’t think she cares if she wins the next election, in fact I think she is hoping she doesn’t.
And why?
In the last two years and eight months she has increased the base salary for an Australian Prime Minister from $340,704 when she was appointed on 24 June 2010, to $495,430, an increase of $154,726 or 45.41%. And by the terms of employment for Australian politicians she will be paid this as a Superannuation Entitlement for the rest of her life.

Her base salary is higher than that of the President of USA by 25%, more than double that of the UK Prime Minister and significantly higher than the leaders of Germany, France and Canada.
And this at the expense of Pensioners and Single Mothers. And you think the “dole bludgers” are the main ones bleeding you.
So why shouldn’t she look smug? She is laughing all the way to the Bank.