cont'd ...

It has taken me a long time to be able to be
secure and unafraid of speaking my own mind.
Yes, there are moments when I feel that -
Gee, I shouldn't have said that, or maybe I
should have said it differently. Perhaps I
should work on my presentation - it is
important to be conscious and compassionate
and act with civility but that should not
mean to forsake your own wisdom.

What's more important losing face, or losing
your integrity?

Foxy,

Then someone else must be posting for you.

Shadow Minister,

Oh dear.

You can never see a belt without
hitting below it.

How to stick the knife in without leaving
a telling gash - do it with words.
The scar will be that much deeper.

:(

Foxy,

While I wish you a merry Xmas and happy new year, I feel I need to make myself clear:

Journalistic sites are those that assemble all the facts and draw conclusions based on those facts, such as Fairfax and Newscorp. The left leaning Fairfax might focus more on stories that interest the left, and Newscorp might focus more on stories that interest the right.

A propaganda site is one that has a preconceived set of values and opinions and writes articles that assemble facts from other sources to support their values and ignore those that don't and inevitably come to the same conclusions time after time. Good examples of such disreputable sites are Independent Australia and New Matilda.

There are plenty of right wing blogs with polemics that show the same lack of journalistic tendencies as NM and IA, but I never post from them or link to them, as I would then deserve the scorn of other OLO members, so don't be surprised when I call you out.

Shadow, do you think that pair of Coalition fools, Barnyard Joyce and Booby Alexander will ever repay the millions their stupidity cost the taxpayer for by-elections to get their jobs back. What do you think?

Paul,

Sure soon as Scott Dumdum and Pissy Waters Pay back their salaries staff costs and entitlements for the past decade for their moronic stupidity.