Obsolete Men

In an article titled “Babies from Bone Marrow” appearing in Discover magazine, it was reported that “the North East England Stem Cell Institute just took a step toward rendering men obsolete”:

http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/babies-from-bone-marrow

One Trick Tony

Tony Abbott (aka One Trick Tony - for his relentless negativity), the ultra-conservative, rightist leader of the opposition in the Australian Parliament, is running out of puff.

Advice for Tony Abbott from Niccolò Machiavelli

“The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler

is to look at the men he has around him.”

- Niccolò Machiavelli

I rest my case!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/23/2499270.htm

Tony Abbott's Minions

Is it just me? Am I the only person in Australia who sees Tony Abbott for the truly dangerous, self-serving, Machiavellian manipulator that he is? His minions are all lining-up to kiss his a*se. I won’t be joining them!  #auspol

Machiavellian Tony Abbott

“Machiavellian” - synonyms listed at http://thesaurus.com/browse/machiavellian #auspol

Barry O'Farrell's Second Crossing

The construction of a second airport for Sydney has been a contentious issue for many years. The present airport has been at capacity and beyond for a considerable period of time and an additional airport is desperately required. Because of the potential loss of votes in an electorate where such a facility would be established, the politically conservative Premier of New South Wales, Barry O’Farrell, recently proposed that Sydney’s second airport be located in Canberra, the capital city of the Australian Capital Territory, to be linked to Sydney via a Very Fast Train (VFT) service. If approved, not only will the new airport not be in Sydney, it won’t even be in New South Wales. It will be hundreds of kilometers away, in Canberra! And the VFT will cost gazillions of dollars to construct – if it ever is. It’s yet another exercise in cynicism from the rightist O’Farrell government. All that concerns them is winning electoral seats in Sydney’s south-west and north-west, where the more sane proposals for construction of the second airport are located. Which brings me to this cartoon. I couldn’t help but wonder, when Premier O’Farrell recently proposed a new harbour crossing for Sydney, if he is intending that it too be located in Canberra!

Fred Nile's Legacy

He has also been called a bitter, twisted, hate-filled, homophobic bigot.

Tony Abbott Revealed

Tony Abbott, the ultra-conservative, rightist Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Federal Parliament has been quoted as saying of the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, “Julia Gillard won't lie down and die”. He has also been linked, through association, with similarly violent, thuggish comments about Julia Gillard such as, “Ditch the Witch” and “Juliar (sic) . . . Bob Brown’s B*tch” (see pic below). Such threatening, misogynistic pronouncements from this overtly intimidating bully-boy should not come as any great surprise to the Australian electorate. The man is an embarrassment. Go and sit on the naughty step, Tony! He has no policies of his own. His entire raison d’être would appear to be trashing the lawfully elected government of Australia, solely for his own political gain. The poodle’s comment in this cartoon, relative to disrupting parliament, relates to the Opposition’s farcical practice of constantly disrupting Parliament by bringing motions for the suspension of standing orders each day. Why do they do it, when they know full well they don’t have the numbers? Well, they do it so as to prevent the parliamentary press corps from hearing about the Gillard government’s excellent policies during question time. Oh, and also so they can sit on the Treasury benches for a few fleeting moments. Pathetic! How much are we, the Australian electorate, paying Abbott and his goons with our hard-earned tax-payer dollars, just so they can play these silly, time wasting games at our expense? #auspol

The REAL Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott's Politics

Google "Tony Abbot Slash and Burn" and you'll see what I mean.

Villainous Peter Jensen

The Most Reverend Peter Jensen is the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Australia. His restrictive, ultra-conservative brand of evangelical Christianity is what drove him to make reference to himself as a villain and an idiot, in terms of popular culture. He opposes the ordination of female priests, opposes the consecration of female bishops, opposes stem cell research, and opposes absolutely anything whatsoever to do with the equal rights of the law-abiding, tax-paying, gay and lesbian citizens of Australia:

http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s2701075.htm

Castro's Comment

Far be it from me to disagree:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/25/fidel-castro-idiocy-us-republicans

Tony Abbott's Dummy Spit

Tony Abbott and his not-so-merry band of rightist conservatives lost the last election and they're not happy about it. Well, get over it, guys! You lost! Julia won! Accept it! We're sick to death of hearing your interminable moaning and whinging. It's so unbecoming!

The Reverend Fred Nile

The Reverend Fred Nile is an Australian clergyman and politician within the New South Wales Legislative Council. He has clearly never heard of the separation of powers. He is vehemently opposed to homosexuality and is widely known for his spiteful, venomous, ongoing campaign against the law-abiding, tax-paying, gay and lesbian citizens of Australia. He contends that homosexuality is a “lifestyle choice” that is “immoral, unnatural and abnormal”. I wonder what Jesus - who never once mentioned homosexuality - would make of the bitterly misanthropic pronouncements of The Reverend Fred Nile and his ilk.