I think I am (turning more right wing as I get older)

When I left uni, I used to think all these stupid things.

Now whenever Julia Gillard talks, I think she's just a twat and has no idea. Bob Brown's ok, but I'm not gay so I can't really relate to him, and some of his ideas.

I used to listen to Peter Garrat and do all those dumb dances to US forces and beds are burning - but now when I hear him - I think he's just a twatt too.

Australian politics has lost me over the years. I used to believe in a future - Is there any hope for us?

I don't think I could vote for Tony but I could for Malcolm.

My Liberal mates used to describe me as a "small L" and I didn't quite understand it until now - I think they are right.

adolf said...

I think I am (turning more right wing as I get older)

When I left uni, I used to think all these stupid things.

Now whenever Julia Gillard talks, I think she's just a twat and has no idea. Bob Brown's ok, but I'm not gay so I can't really relate to him, and some of his ideas.

I used to listen to Peter Garrat and do all those dumb dances to US forces and beds are burning - but now when I hear him - I think he's just a twatt too.

Australian politics has lost me over the years. I used to believe in a future - Is there any hope for us?

I don't think I could vote for Tony but I could for Malcolm.

Try not to get cynical. Its just that as you get older and mature your brain starts to realise that its hearing the same crap over and over and it subconsciously rejects it. Truth is a grey area in poltics and has been since humans lived in caves.
Modern comunications may make it more transparent but we'll probably just get politicians puting dirty pictures of themselves on twitter. (What a loser.)
Your probably realising the socialist ideals of your youth were and will always be fantasy. You have nothing to worry about, the country you live in has more going for it than any other. Our politics may seen inane, it is also very stable. Politicians talk and act the way they do to stay in business. by necessity they need to keep the majority happy to survive. It's a beautifull thing.
I feel sorry for Peter Garret. He is a man of deep conviction who gained the ear of the people through music. he entered politics and all he has achieved is finding out how very,very difficult it is.

I think it depends on how much you own and what your life was like.

I am guessing that you have a good job, some sort of financial assets, and good health. Screw the government, what have they ever given you!

Of course, if you have nothing, no assets, and good health. Viva la Revolution.

^& Gwendy,

I have gone from making Ghengis Khan looking like a liberal to someone who thinks

This has taken 40 years

I came to shortly after arriving in Aus. Private school in South Africa and smothered with propaganda, short transition through the UK where Margaret was king (but too soft) and then a shock fall into working class life in Aus.

I was classed as a wog, not pom, not coon, but not from here, but they said it with a smile and I exerted myself and I was accepted. Within two years I was put forward as a Union rep..

The backbone of this country is the people.

Our values have been distorted by debt but at the end of the day it is only people that matter.

If something is skewiff, question why. The average Joe Blow is more likely to help you out in times of dire need than ever any naffwit who works for government be it parliament or Centrelink.

Peter Garrat is going to have a very interesting story to tell when he eventually backs out or Canberra

Yup! Old Smokey, how did you guess

adolf said...

japie said...

Yup! Old Smokey, how did you guess

poor grammar and visions of grandeur.

see killer chilli for end result!!

adolf said...

japie said...

Yup! Old Smokey, how did you guess

poor grammar and visions of grandeur.

What the fark is with the grammar?

The visions of grandeur escape me completely I never took up the job of Union Rep.. I got promoted to management and it took a long time for the scars to heal

japie said...

What the fark is with the grammar?

1. Fark is not a word

I was classed as a wog, not pom, not coon, but not from here, but they said it with a smile and I exerted myself and I was accepted.

2. I don't think using the word "but" should be used twice in the one sentence.

It doesn't sound right - you sound pissed.

I think I have become more anarchist with age. Just find it hard to trust pollies because there is hardly a bugger amongst them that will give a straight answer to a straight question.

An interesting development is the formation of the "Australia Party" by Bob Katter. Let's hope THIS message gets through loud and clear:-

"For those people that have been out there in a comfortable cocoon of big-party endorsement, well, happy days are at an end my friends.

"You're going to have to stand up and represent your people or you're going to lose your seat," Mr Katter said.

Full article here:- www.news-mail.com.au/news/katter-doesnt-scare-us-mps/869523/

adolf said...

I think I am (turning more right wing as I get older)

When I left uni, I used to think all these stupid things.

Now whenever Julia Gillard talks, I think she's just a twat and has no idea. Bob Brown's ok, but I'm not gay so I can't really relate to him, and some of his ideas.

I used to listen to Peter Garrat and do all those dumb dances to US forces and beds are burning - but now when I hear him - I think he's just a twatt too.

Australian politics has lost me over the years. I used to believe in a future - Is there any hope for us?

I don't think I could vote for Tony but I could for Malcolm.

My Liberal mates used to describe me as a "small L" and I didn't quite understand it until now - I think they are right.

A man that is a rebel in his youth often becomes conservative in his latter years. He has been to the edge and seen what's there.

elbeau said...

adolf said...

I think I am (turning more right wing as I get older)

When I left uni, I used to think all these stupid things.

Now whenever Julia Gillard talks, I think she's just a twat and has no idea. Bob Brown's ok, but I'm not gay so I can't really relate to him, and some of his ideas.

I used to listen to Peter Garrat and do all those dumb dances to US forces and beds are burning - but now when I hear him - I think he's just a twatt too.

Australian politics has lost me over the years. I used to believe in a future - Is there any hope for us?

I don't think I could vote for Tony but I could for Malcolm.

My Liberal mates used to describe me as a "small L" and I didn't quite understand it until now - I think they are right.

A man that is a rebel in his youth often becomes conservative in his latter years. He has been to the edge and seen what's there.

cant agree more. Yet i have a son with big ears who listens to some old school times about questioning authority. Now everything starts with, with all due respect dad but you are. i do think we are a lackadaisical nation which loves to have a whinge but are too lazy to do anything about it.

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bjw said...

"if you are not left when you are young, then you have no heart
and if you are not right when you are older then you have no brain"

does that make the center "left right out"!
(yeah i know, can't resist an opportunity.....punishing!!)

doggie said...

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That's my right and your left, which leaves me happy but confused...

should we have a topic that reads "as women grow older they turn more like their mother" [}:)]I am not courageous enough to start that one. She could read it

theDoctor said...

elbeau said...


A man that is a rebel in his youth often becomes conservative in his latter years. He has been to the edge and seen what's there.

Exactly