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Turnbull, you goose…

Rowan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:42:22 +0000

“The case that Mr Rudd misled the house about the communication is not sustained,” he told ABC Radio on Tuesday.

An election before the end of the year is looking even more likely.

Andrew Bolt

Rowan — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:00:18 +0000

Calling him a serial skeptic would be too kind. In fact, calling him a skeptic at all would be wrong — he’s just a shit stirrer. Nothing more, nothing less. I wonder what he actually believes? I know what he writes, but if I were to hazard a guess, I’d say that he just writes what he writes to get attention.

“Whatever It Takes”

Rowan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:29:59 +0000

Andrew Sullivan on the financial crisis:

The truth is: we had this coming. We deserve it. And we deserve leaders who are able to tell us that.

Yeah, no. I’d like to see any leader in charge of a government try and tell the people that we deserve this and that we should just sit back and cop it. Good luck with that.

I’m no economist either, but I imagine if we had a total collapse of all the banks, businesses and people around the world who had done financially irresponsible things over the past couple of decades, then things would be beyond pretty bad. In fact, I imagine things would be so bad that any political leader who dared not try whatever it takes, wouldn’t have much of a future in front of him or her.

Sometimes Andrew lets a bit too much of his inner-Libertarian out of it’s cage.

Proof, Pudding, Eating

Rowan — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:00:15 +0000

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It’s easy to get carried away in the moment, to make gargantuan claims about the transformative qualities of a person, even before that person has had a chance to do anything other than get elected. Of course, being the humans, we can’t help ourselves — it seems only natural to get swept up in a moment. To believe in a cause, or a person, so strongly, that when we come across someone who has an opposing view, we shake our heads, look at them with a pitiful gaze and think: if only this person knew the truth.

It can get pretty polarizing without a little perspective. So maybe we should all play the cards a little closer to our chests; keep a lid on major assertions; and not forget that although the pudding has been baked, we need to let it cool down before we can find out what it tastes like.

KevinPM

Rowan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:18:25 +0000

KevinPM. Yep, that’s our PM — trying to be hip and cool, getting hooked up with Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, amongst other sites. One part great; one part cringingly awkward. I guess at least he is trying. I can’t imagine our last PM doing this. Of course, getting setup with all these newfangled social networking sites doesn’t mean that he’s down with the true spirit of the net: he is trying to implement Internet censorship in Australia after all.

Oh, and if I ever hear Mr. Rudd use the word epic – in a way that is not Macquarie Dictionary satisfying — then I’ll know that all hope is lost; that there isn’t anything our PM wouldn’t do to try and get the younger generation to like him.

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Rowan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:23:17 +0000

I can’t wait for the US Election to be over – regardless of who wins. It’s been an exciting ride, but it’s become a bit of an addiction. Following all the ups and downs of the campaigns on a daily basis is draining. I’ve stopped watching movies at night to relax; instead I read about the election, and as you can imagine: it’s not relaxing.

It’s a habit I can’t kick until November 4th, 2008.

Or maybe a few days after the 4th, you know, I’ve got to read the post-election analysis.