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A Cat at a Dog Show

Certain gay rights advocates are calling for what they call ‘marriage equality’, or same-sex marriage, writes Justin de Vere 

National governments in New Zealand and France, as well as certain other countries and states, have recently passed laws legalising this. In doing so, the governments of these places now consider a marriage of a man and a woman to be the equivalent of a similar ceremony ‘marrying’ two men or two women.

The desire for marriage equality, while superficially a call for justice and an idea whose time has come, is actually a hurtful, destructive, selfish desire which speciously defies logic, abuses ordinary people’s sense of justice, and will cause damage to an ancient social custom that predates government and civilisation and has nothing to do with homosexuality. The politicians who would effect this change would do so not in the best interests of the country they serve, but in the short-term interests of the party they serve.

Read More: http://justindevere.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/a-cat-at-a-dog-show/

Turnbull—square peg in round hole

Perhaps Malcolm Turnbull’s self-appraisal sets him distant, if not at odds with his Party colleagues? Maybe he views them as less sharp and less accomplished in commerce by comparison? Undeniable, however, is his unrelenting quest for success—Turnbull style.

Malcolm’s form has a repeating factor—what he wants and who he wants to be is variable. The goal posts are movable. Hardly the cohesiveness and consistency suited for political policy and the Me, before Us presents as a constant in the man’s character.

Where would Malcolm be today had Kerry Packer not leapfrogged his legal career to various boardrooms of mercantile moguls? Turnbull showed his appreciation by dumping on Packer over a business deal in 1991. Acrimony between the two was palpable.

Turnbull later told Sydney newspapers that, “He [Packer] did threaten to kill me. And I said to him: ‘Well, you'd better make sure that your assassin gets me first because if he misses, you better know I won't miss you.’ He could be a complete pig, you know. He could charm the birds out of the tree, but he could be a brute.”

Abbott's traitor within - sack him now!

Turnbull re-launches campaign for Australian Republic

It's been more than a decade since the Republican movement was defeated at a referendum, but now a revival is underway to put a Republic back on the national agenda.
This time around Australia's Republicans, including Senior Liberal Malcolm Turnbull, have vowed to engage with the public.

Read more: Via ABC News

GC.Ed.@L.

The Grubby NBN Debate

The NBN debate has reached a new low, with Malcolm Turncoat and Minister Conartist calling each other names. If you think about it, they're both right. About each other! TWH.AMEd.

Read More: http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/technology/pollies-nbn-feud-descends-into-name-calling/story-fn5kftjr-1226636060725

Death again, by a thousand fools!

Jim reminds us yet again about political ineptitude via knee-jeck reaction. This one by Malcolm Turnbull may be forgotten by many, but not those who curse and cuss when they have to buy a light bulb at triple cost, half the light and shorter life span. Another Turnbull flub! GC.Ed.

Compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs – twirly bulbs – can provide the same amount of light as incandescent light bulbs, using one quarter of the energy. A belief, as strong as any religious one, is that they will make a difference to dreaded carbon emissions, and perhaps to the household budget.

Under the grip of worldwide mania, a wild-eyed messianic Malcolm Turnbull persuaded his brain challenged mates in the Liberal Party to make their use compulsory.

There was not the slightest evidence that their use would have an effect on Global Warming, or Son of Global Warming, or Climate Change but there was just a chance that it might – and that was what did it.

The Precautionary Principle.

The Precautionary Principle?

Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.

 Put it another way – it means ‘just in case’.

The principle is applied everywhere now, but it started as a Green mantra to chant in debate as a substitute for thinking.

Which coat Malcolm Turncoat, or wastecoat?

Further to the Menzies House Post “ABC not biased—Turnbull” January 8, many are puzzled that Turnbull remains in the Liberal Party and why the Party allows him to continue, considering his regular undermining of leader Tony Abbott.

The reason Malcolm doggedly hangs in like a cloying fart might be explained in my synopsis predicated on a furtive imagination rather than facts. Mere musings, in fact. You decide.

Turnbull: Pro carbon tax and close friend to Goldman Sachs had already been mentioned as a political friend to GS as the then Leader of the Opposition and was expected to become Prime Minister.

The tip-off: Turnbull calls banker friends to tell them the good news. Banker friends are grateful for the inside track and buy up big in carbon schemes.

The glitch: Abbott rolls Turnbull for Liberal leadership and the news goes viral among the international banking clique. Lines to bankers and traders crash!

Turnbull’s mobile goes into melt-down as North American banker mates ignore 2am local time.

“What the god-damned hell happened down there Malcolm? You told us the prime minister job was in the bag! We’re in this big time because of you—billions. You better do something quick or your gonna be chopped liver on rye, and no dill pickle that you like—do you hear me?”

ABC not biased - Turnbull

Tony Abbott can ill afford Turnbull's undermining bleats in this election year. Something needs to be done. GC.Ed.

Abbott wants ABC to flush out bias but Turnbull does not see its stacked deck

In an exclusive interview with The Australian Financial Review shortly before Christmas, Abbott said that ''there is still this left-of-centre ethos in the ABC'' and expressed hope that the managing director of the ABC, Mark Scott, ''continues to address it''. Abbott commented that there is much about the public broadcaster that he likes and admires.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/abbott-wants-abc-to-flush-out-bias-but-turnbull-does-not-see-its-stacked-deck-20130107-2ccq2.html#ixzz2HK3h1UWy

Treacherous Turnbull Criticises Roskam’s Op-Ed Rather than the Menacing Finkelstein Media Review

The IPA’s John Roskam writes beautifully in today’s AFR about the menacing Finkelstein Media Review and points out Turnbull’s hedging on freedom of speech. An excerpt from Roskam’s article appears below.

Meanwhile Turnbull issued a meandering and mealy-mouthed statement that left open the possibility of the Coalition supporting some or all of Finkelstein’s recommendations.

Turnbull said the report “deserves careful study and community discussion”. No it does not.

The report is bad from beginning to end and should be completely and unambiguously rejected by the Coalition.

If you expected anyone to stand up for free speech and against censorship it would be Malcolm Turnbull. After all, he made his name fighting the British government’s censorship of the book Spycatcher, and he loudly defended the “artistic freedom” of Bill Henson.

Turnbull baulked at upholding a core liberal (and Liberal Party) value. While on the one hand he acknowledged the importance of free speech, he also said, “There is also a vital right, or interest, of the public to timely, accurate information on matters of public interest. It has to be said that the legal arrangements at present do not adequately advance that interest.”

It looks suspiciously like Turnbull is happy to contemplate the possibility of a News Media Council deciding what is “timely”, what is “accurate”, and what is in the “public interest”.

Turnbull’s equivocation on freedom of speech is not good enough. Why he is equivocating is a mystery. Freedom of speech is not something on which Turnbull and the Coalition can have a bob each way.

Below is Turnbull’s dummy spit response to Roskam on his twitter account: