Dear SM,

I fully agree with your statement,

"Repeating a lie, when you know it is a lie,
makes one a liar."

Yes, indeed it does.

And so it is no wonder that the misinformed public swallowed
the lies hook, line, and sinker - (with the help of
the Murdoch press), and elected
the current government which now has to deal with
political reality.

As I stated earlier - interesting times lie ahead.

Excellent point, Foxy.

It appears Abbott, Hockey, Bishop et al. spent the entire election campaign telling non-stop porkies.

I realised they were lies.

You realised they were lies.

But a whole lot of vacuous voters considered they should trust this mob of ignoramuses.

(That's leaving out apologists like Shadow Minister who spins so much he's constantly dizzy)

Oh well....we saw it coming...didn't take long for the lies to unravel.

Poirot, "But a whole lot of vacuous voters considered they should trust this mob of ignoramuses"

LOL

Dear Old Tin of Fruit, the Australian public is so beneath you. OLO is indeed graced, honoured, to have your towering intellect available. Even if that means a regular scourging of all present. - Excepting your adoring if very few followers, bless them.

You are such a tease too, for continually threatening to leave and post elsewhere.

Dear OTB,

A democracy requires its citizens to make informed choices.
If citizens or their representatives are denied access to the
information they need to make these choices, or if they
are given false or misleading information, the democratic
process becomes a sham. It is therefore important that the
media not be biased and that public officials tell the truth.
When leaders conceal information or lie, the people cannot
use their rights in a meaningful way - and it is important
to point these things out on a public forum such as this one
of political and social debate.

otb,

" OLO is indeed graced, honoured, to have your towering intellect available..."

Nice to know you appreciate your good fortune.

"You are such a tease too, for continually threatening to leave and post elsewhere."

I am posting elswhere...unfortunately there are so many bozos around here spouting so much garbage that it's hard to resist popping in regularly to give them a tickle-up.

Foxy,

Get a load of this bollocks from Abbott and Morrison in March...

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/we-can-turn-back-boats-if-we-want-says-tony-abbott/story-fn9hm1gu-1226301311544#sthash.WS5NGH6c.dpuf

Compared to his simpering obsequious performance recently in Indonesia.

Reality is always such a downer, isn't it Mr Abbott?

What's that you were saying?

"We can turn back boats if we want, says Tony Abbott."

"TONY Abbott has hit back at Australia's nearest neighbour, saying Australia has every right to return asylum-boats back to Indonesia."

"......with opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison yesterday saying that under a Coalition government, the "Australian government's policies will be determined by the Australian government".

"If the Coalition is elected having clearly stated this policy, then it will be implemented," Mr Morrison told The Australian."