<<TEAM AUSTRALIA>>

Apparently local Muslim leaders were offended by our PMs reference to <<Team Australia>> and pulled-out of talks. That should speak volumes to any one who wants to hear.

No SPQR. There are a number of Australians offended by the puerile slogans of the Abbott government. Team Australia? Can't the man speak and articulate anything? Can't anybody in this government articulate anything?

But then when I read the comments of people, like OTB for instance, simple slogans and labels are clearly all that the dyed in the wool Liberal voters want. You will slavishly follow. Always voted Liberal, always will. Unthinkingly.

You can say what you will about the 'left', but they are not nearly as easily 'led' or nearly as obedient to 'authority'.

yvonne,

You sure got that wrong, I have never been a member of or supported any political party. However you are into 'splitting' and if someone has a different opinion to you, s/he must be labelled by the tag you deem most offensive. For you that is 'Liberal'. Still, most normal people would believe there are far worse labels.

Didn't Kevin Rudd talk of 'Team Australia' or something very similar?

It is easy to see how Team Australia would be anathema to the leftists though. The lunar Gaia-worshiping Greens favour World Government. Bob Brown proposed himself as the first President. Is Bob still absent playing pirates on the high seas? The political 'Progressives' who have taken over Labor are, as they say themselves, International Socialists in disguise (aka Fabians). So the 'Progressives' aka Fabians aka International Socialists don't like Australia anyhow. As 'useful idiots' they serve another crew of course.

I had not read about it before so I went looking to find out what you were fussing about (re Team Australia). Here you go and what Abbott is talking about would be fair enough for Australians. Although culturally-cringing lefties might regard themselves as serving any country but Australia.

http://www.news.com.au/national/tony-abbott-says-new-migrants-must-be-on-team-australia-as-he-steps-up-war-on-homegrown-jihadists/story-fncynjr2-1227027870342

Yes, OnTheBeach.

Obama said much the same thing here:
<<There's not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America>>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19751-2004Jul27.html

And those on Yvonne's side of the room wet themselves with glee --or was that, whilst watching Glee?

Dear SPQR,

"...Wet themselves with glee?"

Really?

You mean like you do to us all the time.

Peeing on our legs and telling us it's raining.

Lol!

Foxy,

<<Peeing on our legs...>>

This many not be the right forum to discuss your sexual fantasies and fetishes...