Conroy- Corrupt, Dangerous and Stupid
It appears that the older I get, the more amazed I am of the incompetence of our "authorities". Whether it is a Chief Commissioner's ignorant and stupid advice or childish calls from one side of Parliament to another for the resignation of another politician.
I won't suggest for a minute that I am becoming any wiser - quite the opposite in fact; I am becoming more ignorant with each passing day.
It's a sad fact that along with my ignorance, comes an expectation that our elected leaders are dumb and dodgey.
There used to be a perception that if you thought the Government were "on the sly", you were either:
a) Joking
or
b) Batshit insane and probably a member of the Greens.
Due to my increased frustration with the incompetency of our duely elected, I have tried to resist getting "caught up in it" and tried ignoring them, hence the lack of new articles on this website. Then the news broke that I was right -Steven Conroy is corrupt, dangerous and irrationally stupid.
After the smug satisfaction of being correct in my assessment of the Senator, a worrying thought entered my mind.
Why the hell is he still there?
It doesn't take a genius to connect the dots to read behind the lines of what happened here. The would be a number of unwritten "rules" for Senators. One would be "Don't accept gifts", another would be "If you DO accept gifts, DON'T get caught and DON'T give the gift giver $250 million a month after said gift."
The latter rule was rather specific, and he still broke it.
Going skiing with Kerry Stokes is not a crime. Allowing him to pay for your time on the mountain a month before giving him a massive financial windfall with no strings attached, should be.
Mr Conroy maintains that it was just a normal meeting. In Colorado. 13,641 kilometers away from your office. If the Senator was there on official business why did he pay his own way to get there? If there really was a legitimate official reason for him having to ge there, like he suggests, Why didn't the trip go on his expense account? Surely that is what it's there for?
The story just doesn't add up.
The more concerning thing is that although he has been caught pretty much red handed, and add to the fact that he is the biggest threat to Australia's freedom; one would think it would be the media's dream to crucify him until he either quits or emigrates to the UK.
But they aren't.
They are reporting on it, but where are the editorials? Where is the outrage?
Nobody likes Conroy, I doubt he even likes himself. Why isn't this a bigger deal?
Late last week, Conroy called out Tony Abbott for having a meeting with James Packer before opposing the $250 miliion dollar kickback - guess what? Tony Abbott was going to oppose it anyway because he is in OPPOSITION.
Ugh, I hope everyone realizes how hard it was for me to defend Tony Abbott. I feel dirty.
Apologies for this almost incoherent rant about a guy that nobody likes. I will now return to my hole where I am sticking my fingers in my ears whilst humming and rocking in place.
- db
ADDENDUM:
I haven't really been able to come up with a clever name for Conroy yet. I have Kevin Dudd, Barreness Julie, Brother Abbott the list goes on (but really stops there).
If anyone can think of a clever pun for Senator Conroy let me know!
Reaction to the Liberal Parties environment “Plan”
Who would have thought that money, of all things, would fix the environment?
That's what Tony Abbott says.
He says he'll also put 100,000 solar panels on Australian rooftops every year. If any Government were to do that, which they wont, it will only lead to "grid-fed" electricity prices will go through the roof.
Just like how thousands of homes got water tanks - *ahem* sorry, taxed water tanks- has seen the price of water skyrocket.
Mr Abbott also claims that this won't "cost" the public anything, which means one of two things:
1. $3.2 billion will be made out of nothing and put pressure on interest rates
or
2. The $3.2 billion will be created by making cuts to other sectors.
I think number two is more likely as our schools, hospitals, income tax rates are all at a perfect level.
If he takes a signle cent from anyother sector, the public ARE paying for it by proxy through the degeneration of another portfolio.
What is remarkable , however, is that the confessed skeptic would devise and plan to implement a great plan for the environment.
That last sentence would be true if his plan was actually good for the environment.
Here is some quick blink reactions to the announcement:
- He didn't mention changing our main source of electricity from coal to a renewable source
- He announced the EXACT same 5% cut in emmissions - the same laughable 5% target
I don't care if one is a "Greenie" or not; a 5% cut by 2020 is disgraceful and will not effect the Global environment, let alone our local environment one bit.
Both sides have set this target because it is easy to reach and doesn't ruffle too many feathers.
I only say it doesn't ruffle many feathers because the big polluters have kept unusually quiet about this.
They are quiet because they know they can do their part for this easy taget without having to change their major business model.
By sucking up to industry and the commercial sector both sides of Government have effectivly sold out our childrens future and ignored the desires of the electorate.
He also announced he would plant 20 million trees by 2020. I will let a quote from Ken Caldeira, of the global ecology department at the Carnegie Institution of Washington in Stanford, speak for me:
The idea that you can go out and plant a tree and help reverse global warming is an appealing, feel-good thing [...] To plant forests to mitigate climate change outside of the tropics is a waste of time.
Both of these plans (the ETS and whateverthehell Abbott calls this policy (which is the equivalent of a fingerpainting)) are reactionary plans, not thought out and while sound nice and make great headlines, don't even beging to scratch the potential this country has for making strides in the face of neo-environmantalism and carbon emission cuts.
That is all.
-db