Barnaby trumped
Imagine if you will the smug confidence of Barnaby Joyce yesterday as he strolled across the floor to vote against the VSU legislation. The whole nation watching as he prepares to exert his disproportionate power – offering his best profile and mentally basking in his soon-to-be place in Australia’s political history where he alone stopped the power of those most terrible of all beasts – the Conservatives.
The ALP/ACTU/nodding approvingly while student union representatives start budgeting more funds for printing Anti-Howard brochures and to pay for union junkets in a city of their choice where they can revell in an orgy of motions to the conference that fly in the face of almost everything that Australians hold dear.
Then, while Barnaby has everyones attention, picture Senator Fielding quietly voting for the legislation giving Howard, and Australia, another victory against unrepresentative power.
Priceless!
Maybe one of my readers could give me lessons on textualizing triumphant giggles.
Tee hee hee doesn’t seem to do the circumstances justice.
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Well you can go with the mocking laugh of BWA HA HA HA HA or the equally enjoyable evil laugh of MWA HA HA HA HA (done deeper and slower than the mocking laugh)
Either works for shoving it in the faces of all the leftist shitheads in this country.
Did you see Barnaby’s face? It looked like he’d just been hit by a brick. Serves the self-important mofo right!
Kev – having just paid my last ‘Student Fee’ as a part-time Masters
student I am still wondering what benefit I gained from the fees I
paid over the past 2 1/2 years. How Senator Joyce can rationalise
forcing students to pay a compulsory fee for which very few gain any
benefit with his political philosophy beats me. I think the good
senator is either out of his depth or in the wrong political party.
Kel – Wrong political party looks close right now – he’s acting like an independant at best. I’m sure he’s been told he was elected as a part of a party that has party policy but it hasn’t set in yet. The only saving grace is Howard has his measure so far.
Yeah, thanks ALP Right for giving us Mr 1.9% instead of an extra Green senator, which is what people actually voted for.*
*Technically they voted for Fielding by ticking “1” above the line for the ALP on the Victorian Senate ballot, but most ALP voters would have assumed that a left party like the Greens would have been listed ahead of a right-wing religious party like Family First. Lesson to ALP voters – check what the party has *actually* agreed to before ticking above the line. Lesson to ALP preference-deal committee: fuck off and die you shitheads.
Mr Lefty
I’m not sure we want Fielding either but there is a chance he might be responsible and vote for what is best for Australia. We know the Greens won’t.
Tell me Kev – When introducing legislation on IR reform to the Senate, 39 minutes before the committee stage the Government presented 337 amendments, in 98 pages to committee members. This gave non-government senators only seven seconds to read and digest each amendment before they had to begin debating them. Do you consider this to be “good government” ? Or are you of the opinion that the senate does not need to debate things and should simply pass legislation as presented by the house of reps. Do you advocate the dissolution of the senate ?
Mark Latham and the ALP, the gift that keeps on giving.
In your own time, sniggering and gloating may commence.
Kev, I’m sure the greens will vote for what’s best for australia, as they see it. That’s also the reason why the 2004 election was the first time I ever voted for a major party in the senate, the last thing I’d want is for that lot to have the balance of power. At least the democrats were capable of bouts of pragmatism (well back when Lees was in charge), unfortunately they had won over too much of the idealistic far left to survive it.
Dave,
And the same with the Geens. People fondly believe that they are about ecology…and I guess they are so long as it can be couched in an anti-capitalist manner. To me that’s dangerous for the country.
Barry, No I don’t advocate the dissolution of the Senate. It is working in the Conservatives favour at the moment and when it doesn’t I can live with it. I do note that when it is stacked the other way we never hear any questions about dissolving the Senate.