Category Archives: Rant

Our New Government

I’ve been having trouble putting words around my thoughts about the election and its outcome. But this morning I was drifting through the Internets and found a couple of commentary/opinion articles that seem to express similar thoughts to mine…
Howard’s end - Guardian, UK

Divisive Leader who squandered Australia’s hopes - Sydney Morning Herald
As you can guess […]

Election Advertising Fun, Exhibit 1

This arrived in our postbox today:

Wow, that’s a lot of people coloured in red, the colour of danger! Better not vote for them…
But if you do the maths: 30 people, 6 not coloured in, 24 coloured in => 80% coloured in
The visual cue of ‘how many Labor people are dangerous unionists’ does not match that […]