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Hawk Dork said:
It says something about the guys who did the recruiting for the last few decades.
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That's my theory on the problems in the US and Aus. Dog-whistling about immigration here was seen as smart politics by Howard, but it attracted a bunch of people to his party that were hearing those dog-whistles as being the real reason for the party. Then you have Abbott, who has no subtlety, barking about these things, because the moderating influence of Howard et al is gone.

Or in the US, you have the crap being spun by Fox News for years and years, and now that has bred the stupidity of Trump supporters. The story of Glenn Beck would probably be a very good insight into that period and how things developed.

On the other hand, UK politics has been fairly centre-right for a long while and they still voted for Brexit, which is why I think the influence of online is probably the biggest aspect. I think there is legitimate arguments against the fairly open immigration that the UK had embraced (they do have passport control, however, unlike the Schengen zone), but you didn't see Tory members talking about having greater control, without totally leaving the EU. Maybe they just gambled and lost.
 
pjcrows said:
That's the entire aim of this whole exercise.
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It's been interesting to watch the conservative co opt language in the last ten years, aided by the Dirty Digger, they paint themselves as the responsible, sensible, "grown up" style politicians yet their agenda is actually far more radical than anything their opponents could dish up.
 

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Ratts of Tobruk said:
That's my theory on the problems in the US and Aus. Dog-whistling about immigration here was seen as smart politics by Howard, but it attracted a bunch of people to his party that were hearing those dog-whistles as being the real reason for the party. Then you have Abbott, who has no subtlety, barking about these things, because the moderating influence of Howard et al is gone.

Or in the US, you have the crap being spun by Fox News for years and years, and now that has bred the stupidity of Trump supporters. The story of Glenn Beck would probably be a very good insight into that period and how things developed.

On the other hand, UK politics has been fairly centre-right for a long while and they still voted for Brexit, which is why I think the influence of online is probably the biggest aspect. I think there is legitimate arguments against the fairly open immigration that the UK had embraced (they do have passport control, however, unlike the Schengen zone), but you didn't see Tory members talking about having greater control, without totally leaving the EU. Maybe they just gambled and lost.
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I think Howard was the major part of the problem.
 
Hawk Dork said:
I think Howard was the major part of the problem.
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I agree, which is why I said his dog-whistling attracted those One Nation voters that had such a big impact in the 90s. They then thought the Libs represented them and when online came along with all it's Islamophobia, they decided to still be against the Liberals, despite there not being a lot of room to move further 'right' other than through persecution (banning Muslims, mosques, etc.). That is the end result of Howard's tactics, just as the current 'infrastructure deficit' is. He gave money out as cash hand-outs and tax cuts, while selling assets, and there wasn't the national capability building we should've had. I think it was a problem of relative short-term thinking, but could've been a failure of ideology too (free marketism and/or disliking change).

It's worth remembering, however, that the LNP is already a Coalition. Without the awkward cooperation between Nationals and Liberals, Labor would be beating them. That would make Liberals especially insecure and so the threat of One Nation and more right-wing parties would scare them.

Fear narrows perspective.
 
Corey vs tony what a showdown. Quite possibly two of the most intellectually sterile individuals in the country. I'm off to grab a XL bag of popcorn
 
Your Weekly Dose of Common Sense is back for 2017 - and what a year it promises to be!

Your Weekly Dose of Common Sense is back for 2017 - and what a year it promises to be!

Who would have thought one of the first battles for conservatives would be to defend Australia Day from the ravages of the perpetually disgruntled.

Like so many cultural and religious celebrations, it is under attack by historical revisionists, PC Social Justice Warriors and an assortment of other fringe dwellers.

Last year the message was that anyone who displayed the Australian Flag was racist. Before that, any demonstrated support for ANZAC Day meant you were a warmonger or that celebrating Christmas displayed an intolerance of minority cultural beliefs.

I know it is only a tiny section of our community who go on about these matters but left unchallenged these schisms from mainstream society sometimes gather momentum.

It starts on the fringe, then creeps through the PC police into our schools, our councils and the media. It’s time we stood firm and tomorrow is a great opportunity to display your patriotism for our wonderful country.

Be strong, be proud and fly the flag for Australia in whatever means you choose to. It doesn’t matter if you choose to eat a lamb chop or a bowl of couscous. Whether you have a beer, wine or water, tomorrow is a day to be grateful that we live in the best country in the world.

As conservatives, our task is to keep it that way!

Preserving our freedoms means sticking up for what matters. I’ll be doing that when I speak at a dinner in support of free speech in Melbourne on 10 February.

Some friends of mine are being sued by a halal certifier named Mohamed El-Mouelhy for discussing his questionable business practices. To know more about the character of this awful man you should read this speech.

Anyway, the dinner is part of an effort to raise the near million dollars necessary to fund the legal defence. If you’d like to attend, tickets can be purchased HERE.

Friends, the year ahead promises to be an exciting and challenging one.

The next chapter of our journey to strengthen our nation and defend our freedoms and way of life is just beginning.

I’ll be tackling that challenge head-on this year and hope you’ll be with me every step of the way.

Until next week.

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Cory Bernardi
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Rumblings from conservatives that they're starting to get a bit tired of Bernardi's self aggrandisment, and lack of substance. Easy to take potshots from the comfort of a number one of the Senate ticket.
 
Ok cory

Biggest controversy I see is unaustralian bosses wanking on about workers taking what seems to me to be a very much Aussie sickie on the Friday

Stand up for your culture Aussies !
 

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JackOutback said:
I think what I like most is his claim that Conservatives are having to fight historical revisionists to protect Australia Day when Australia Day was founded in a historical revision.
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Nah, man, it's crazy. Apparently these revisionists think that the brown people who were here before us were, um... y'know, they, um... hmmm... what is the other version of history that is being revised again...? Or are we just calling historians 'historical revisionists' now as a mad lolz trumpx trollz? HA HA. Yeh! Geddit? Because we're too cool/dumb to learn about history! Lolz!!!
 
JackOutback said:
I think what I like most is his claim that Conservatives are having to fight historical revisionists to protect Australia Day when Australia Day was founded in a historical revision.
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There are "alternative facts" and then there are "demented facts".
And then, heading further down the slope, there are "Bernardi facts".
 

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Hawk Dork said:
I think Howard was the major part of the problem.
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It's ****ing amazing how much Howard and his governments changed Australia - the bullshit millennial tears on Anzac Day, the "**** off we're full", bipartisan off shore processing, law and order, the tacit re-embrace of the monarchy - its not the Aussie I knew and loved.
 
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Parliament resumes next week for what will be a testing year for the government and opposition.

Media reports indicate our national debt will hit $500 billion in coming weeks with no sign of slowing. The irresponsible approach by the opposition and populist Senate crossbench to proposed spending cuts loads our children and grandchildren with an economic burden they do not deserve.

Just ten years ago, Australia had no national debt and was running budget surpluses. Now I know things have changed on the global economic front but the only things that have changed here have been a revolving door of Prime Ministers and a parliament that refuses to live within its means.

The political class are either too timid or lack the knowledge to make the public case about the need to fix the budget.

Instead we have seen Orwellian newspeak, redefining new or increased tax proposals as ‘savings’. This is nonsensical and can only happen in the Canberra beltway bubble. To put it bluntly, whenever you hear the word ‘savings’ uttered by most politicians it most likely means a hit to your savings.

This country doesn’t have a ‘revenue problem’ or an ‘income gap’; successive governments are addicted to spending your money on convoluted, unproven and unnecessary schemes so they can pretend they are helping you. They know they most likely won’t be around, or held to account, when the chickens of this latest meddling scheme come home to roost.

The help often creates more problems than it solves.

And yet, this hasn’t stopped a contagion of cries for the government to do something about almost everything.

That ‘something’ almost always entails spending money we don’t have to prop up schemes and ideas that aren’t working.

According to government the answer to skyrocketing energy prices is to subsidise more inefficient and expensive wind turbines.

Worried about house prices being too high, some in government think that subsidising deposits for first home buyers will make them more affordable. In some instances, these same ‘public advocates’ privately acknowledge that if the subsidy was withdrawn the prices would decrease by a greater amount.

The continuing disappointment of our education outcomes is also a case in point. Bleeding hearts will insist it is due to a lack of funds but the more likely cause is the lack of focus on getting the basics right.

Why distract our kids with dangerous propaganda like ‘Safe Schools’ when they struggle to read, write or do mental arithmetic?

The myriad examples of how the dead hand of government intervention often creates more problems than it solves is easy to see for those willing to open their eyes to the challenges ahead.

It’s time we confronted those challenges, not by crying for more government intervention, tariffs, protection or subsidies, but by applying proven economic principles and actions.

Unfortunately there are too few in our body politic willing to take the path less travelled – a trustworthy track that has fallen out of use. For the sake of our nation, we must get back on track.

Until next week.

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Contra Mundum said:
It's ******* amazing how much Howard and his governments changed Australia - the bullshit millennial tears on Anzac Day, the "**** off we're full", bipartisan off shore processing, law and order, the tacit re-embrace of the monarchy - its not the Aussie I knew and loved.
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Howard era education reforms.
 

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