Guffaws and loons

I had to re blog this 'prophetic' insight because it exemplifies the wrongheaded, wishful thinking of so many psuedo-socialist idealists in this country. It is so inaccurate it is hilarious and the comments at the end of the original blog are spectacular, definitely worth a read.

Steve Biddulph in the Sydney Morning Herald, 2007:

In a way that seems unthinkable to us now, 2007 may mark the end of the Liberal Party itself… Centrist governments cover all the bases, and conservative politics has begun to wither away…

Despite the widespread belief after years of cynical politics that politicians are all the same, Rudd and Gillard are not in power for power’s sake. I am willing to stake my 30 years as a psychologist on this, but I think many observers have also come to this conclusion. Kevin and Julia, as Australia already calls them, want to make this country a better place for the people in it. In the coming times of deprivation, they have the value systems that will be needed to care for the sudden rise in poverty, stress, and need. They also have the unity…
The Greens will emerge as the new opposition, though this will take probably two election cycles. By the 2010 election, 20 per cent will vote Green, simply because peak oil and climate catastrophe will have proven them right, and thinking people will see the need for austerity now for our children’s tomorrow. The Liberal Party will be lucky to attract 30 per cent, which is the habitual, rusted-on portion of the community that thinks greed is good.
By 2014, we will have a struggle between a new left and right - Labor and Green - and the issue will be simply how green…
The big lie of Liberal supremacy was economic management… A party based on self interest may evaporate along with our rivers and lakes, and have no role to play in a world where we co-operate or die.http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/i_hope_steve_biddulph_is_a_better_psychologist_than_political_analyst/

I particularly loved this commentary:

“By 2014, we will have a struggle between a new left and right - Labor and Green - and the issue will be who gets the front seat in the Tarago…” Fixed.

Konrad (Reply)

 

It gave me a hearty laugh to start the day.