Dear SOG,

Do a bit more research on the subject -
then we can talk some more. And don't call
yourself an "economic imbecile." All you need
do is take a course in "Lateral Thinking 101."

Dear Belly,

Things are looking up.

PM Kevin Rudd is showing his lateral thinking,

<Beef with Jakarta on new PM Kevin Rudd's menu

THE revival of Australia's stricken $500 million live cattle export trade with Indonesia will be a key agenda item in talks between Kevin Rudd and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday aimed at boosting the business relationship between the two countries.

The cattle industry is hopeful last week's change of prime minister provides the catalyst for Indonesia to resume or boost its live cattle orders from Australia, two years after Australia's five-week ban on exports over accusations of "barbaric cruelty" in Indonesian abattoirs deeply offended our nearest neighbour>

If agreed by Indonesia, that is something that the Opposition doesn't have to stand for.

Did Rudd walk that through the consultation process with Caucus though

I'm a bit put out.

I was going to post an article from the SMH by Turnbull, circa 2009, calling Abbott's policy on climate change "Bullsh!t".

Except I couldn't post it because the "profanity" was in the article title, so couldn't be altered.

Oh well.....

Really Lexi,

"Ten reasons why most Australian MSM journalists are absolute shyte", by a social science teacher with absolutely no journalistic experience.

The main stream media has a journalistic code of ethics and independent fact checkers who require at least two sources, or confirmation. While errors do slip through they are few and far between.

Notably the IA and New Matilda do not adhere to the same standards.

The AAA credit rating was achieved under Howard, after paying back Labor's debt. This now seems under threat as the rating agencies voice concerns at Australia's inability to balance the budget.

PJack,

You have also completely failed to provide even one of Labor's fully costed policies.

Who needs policies when you've got pamphlets.

Just ask the Coalition.....

Poirot>> Who needs policies when you've got pamphlets.
Just ask the Coalition.....<<

While we are on pamphlets P.
Do you think the government back benchers will start putting the "Labor" brand back on their pamphlets and hand outs now that Kev is back? With Gillard they seemed more ashamed of their party than the welded on acolytes on OLO.

Belly>> SOG Gday bloke, just a tip, never call or infer your opponent is what you did in that post.
Glass houses and all that!<<

China why is that term not appropriate to one who believes that a record debt is a badge of courage and identifies it as strategic spending in response to the GFC. Our banks were not in trouble, we did not have foreclosures, our GDP hardly faltered in 2007 or 2008 and acolytes claim that Rudd saved us, saved from what?

Belly don’t get too tied up in the gravitas of the word imbecile. If we were discussing engineering I would describe myself as an engineering imbecile.