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Thursday, May 30, 2013

The Hubris of Tony Abbott


In ancient Greece, hubris (βρις) was an intentional act of wanton violence, shaming or humiliation inflicted on another person to degrade them, as well as the serious crime of spiritual defiance of the gods. In its modern use, hubris denotes overconfident pride and arrogance, often associated with a lack of humility. 

Friday, July 27, 2012

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.”


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-02-23/gillard-labels-pyne-mincing-poodle/305818


Thursday, May 31, 2012

Tony Abbott Revealed



Tony Abbott was the then Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Federal Parliament and was quoted as saying of the then Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, “Julia Gillard won't lie down and die”. He has also been linked with other comments about Julia Gillard such as, “Ditch the Witch” and “Juliar (sic) . . . Bob Brown’s B*tch” (see pic below). The poodle’s comment in this cartoon, relative to disrupting parliament, relate to the Opposition’s practice of constantly disrupting Parliament by bringing motions for the suspension of standing orders each day. Such motions were often made by Opposition frontbencher, Christopher Pyne, who Julia Gillard once referred to as a mincing poodle.


 Tony Abbott [R] with Microphone

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/gillard-wont-lie-down-and-die-says-abbott-20120529-1zfxj.html

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2015/jun/23/killing-season-gillard-ditch-the-witch-abbott-rudd-abc-video