In Vietnam XXXX was a brand of US condoms. In vials of three. One vial properly applied could have saved Australia from Gillard, Swann and Rudd.

After the "family friendly" policies of the Gillard/Greens government, a condom needs to be invented to cover a turkey baster, or whatever the Grrls are using these days (no info please, too much information already).

As for the Greens, their continuing support for the ALP is unconscionable, as it is unacceptable to me for them not to act by binning the agreement they have with the ALP. Whilst the ALP may be the lesser of 2 evils, an evil they remain and they need to be stamped on."

DreamOn as a member of The Greens, this so called agreement with Labor, like many members it was something I never supported and I made that clear from the very beginning to people that matter within the party. It was something Bob and others wanted, and so it was. 18 months ago I had a discussion with one of our Senators about this and she used the lesser of 2 evils argument. There were other motives for the agreement, stable government for one, our agenda for another, thing I never thought it would bring. On asylum seekers, on carbon and mining taxes, the concepts are good but Labor has got them badly wrong with implementation. The Labor brand has turned toxic both federally and here in NSW, my home state, I don't think they are doing well elsewhere either. Unfortunately we Greens will cop some of the flack, but it will be a lesson learned for both us on the progressive side of politics and for Australia in general as the people endure 3 years of 'Abbottism'.

I have long wondered why the Labor power brokers have not axed Gillardand came to the belief that only Rudd has the ego to think he could win the next election.

So why not re-install Rudd? Well one theory is that Gillard may not go quietly and leak like a sieve, the other I have heard is that Labor is fearfull that Rudds role in the Heiner affair will be exposed at a current inquiry due to start shortly in Brisbane.

Now we do not get much interstate news here so am wondering if any banana benders here can throw some light in this.

Dear onthe beach and SOG,

I probably deserve your comebacks at my attempt
at "humour" and trying to "lighten things up."
But goodness me, you could have done it with
more flair. From you posts - you only flair is
in your nostrils.

One would have to be a foolhardy optimist to believe that Labor will win the next federal election.

Do you think that Rudd is a foolhardy optimist who could become blinded into thinking that they will win?

The answer is obvious: sit back, enjoy the scenery, return as a sitting MP, and put yourself up for selection as the opposition leader.

Rudd will easily outgun Abbott and be in a position to become PM again in several more years.

Well *KRudd* was silly enough to think that he had a chance at his last leadership tilt wasn't he?

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And the next silliest group of people in the country are the cockies and the national party. Why can't you stand on your own 2 feet for your own interests and then cherry pick the best of it and form joint guvment as you please?

Now my fragmented memories of the post Wik period and when Howard first got in is this. 1st, he trashed the pig industry by letting the kiwis in largely unfettered. Then, he cramped down on gun ownership and associated rules. Then what did he say? Oh yes, of course, the BlakFellas are going to get all your land and kick you out.

Please, they're playing you.

And then what, up went the bar and the costs and now you have woolworths and coles running 70%+ of the market and giving the people who do all the grunt s.f.a. And what are they? Box movers who do f.a. Yeah, really well done national party. Clap, Clap, Clap.

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I have been absent for 7 months occupied with more pressing concerns and a 7 week stint in Indo. I can walk out the front door there after giving birth, a quick dip in the pool and then into my favourite top shelf british/irish pub and have a 250g Wagyu steak cooked to perfection for $AU10. Now, how much for some Wagyu at the supermarket here, not to mention the $30+ per kilo lambos?

What a pack of slows.

No, you can stick your Wagyu where the sun don't shine. Carbs burn clean (no oxidants) and saturated fats & trans fats being absent from the diet is why the traditional Okinawans largely push up past a hundred years old, still gardening, fishing and doing open hand fighting on the beach with minimal heart disease, stroke and dementia.

How about some more soy and canola - that's the big health ticket.