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Life in The Land Down Under

Fair comment – “hate” was inappropriate so I’ve changed it.

I can assure you that I will not be posting any articles about Australia here.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 15, 2014 @ 12:47 am

The obvious conclusion anyone would come to is that only the wealthy can afford to live a decent life in Australia.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 14, 2014 @ 10:03 pm

I wouldn’t dream of it. This is your gig, your article, and you’ve delighted everyone here except cantankerous old me. Incidentally, since immigration is a hot issue in America right now, perhaps you could mention Australia’s attitude to immigrants and the government’s attitude to boat people, Australia’s illegal aliens.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 14, 2014 @ 7:33 pm

All very true of course. Perhaps you could write an article about Australia’s entertainment from your point of view (do please include the Minogue sisters) – I can assure you it will go down very well here. Also, please expand on Medicare as you see it since healthcare is an issue of considerable interest to Americans.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 14, 2014 @ 7:29 pm

No, I don’t think I will be doing that.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 14, 2014 @ 7:35 am

Sorry, but I saw no “love” for Australia in the article you wrote. My summary was taken directly from your article and comments written by yourself and Fergie1 who, I gather, is another Australian. If this is your expression of “love” for a country, then I have to wonder what you’d write about a country you didn’t like.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 14, 2014 @ 7:34 am

Well pinkpantheroz and Fergie1, sounds like Australia is a truly horrible place which no-one in their right mind would bother to visit let alone want to live there. Its attitude to its natives is inhumane, condescending and thoughtless. Most of the population can’t afford decent housing let alone decent food to eat. Everyone lives only for themselves, no-one would ever help anyone else out, the concept of “mateship” being nothing more than a myth. The government is deeply conservative and verging on the destructive. As pointed out, they can’t even get the names of their political parties right (the Liberal Party being conservatives and not liberal at all). Barry Humphries is summed up with “CRINGE!” and “PPO! AAAGGGHHH!! Shoot me!” The wildlife (including birds) is deadly and though “you normally don’t find them in the suburbs” that infers that you do find them there from time to time so it’s a very dangerous place to be. Presumably they are also culturally vacuous since the best programming they export is trite soap operas.

Of course everyone is entitled to their opinion but are all Australians so negative about the country? Certainly I wouldn’t want to go there after reading this.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 14, 2014 @ 2:16 am

Internal GOP Rift Widens With Cuccinelli’s Call To Defund The NRSC

Order in more popcorn, Miles – there’s more to come! I’m building a file for the follow-up story!

» Posted By Mopshell On July 10, 2014 @ 6:48 pm

Thank you, kesmarn, thank you very much. I can’t tell you how uplifting this encouragement is. (◕‿◕) One thing you guys can be sure of: I’ll always be honest!

There are already many Americans who are buying the snake-oil these salesmen are selling. If the Republican party implodes, at least the scales may fall from their eyes. They may be dismayed for a long time but they will be better off in the long run. I think then they’ll split into two reactions: some will disdain politics and not bother to vote while others will become critical thinkers who question. I think on the whole, that will be a win for these Americans.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 10, 2014 @ 6:47 pm

Thank you for the confidence boost; it’s really appreciated.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 10, 2014 @ 6:39 pm

It’s a good point, Brodie. There was no investigation first, no pause; the tea partiers just jumped straight in and blamed it on African Americans voting! Having never been to Mississippi, I wondered how they could latch onto that particularly demographic so damn quickly.

Then, in Sojourner’s Facebook message, she says:

“Where I’m from, in rural Mississippi, I grew up knowing lots a God-fearing, hard-working, independent conservative minded African-American family’s [sic]. On the McDaniel Campaign we had two young men from just such family’s [sic] on our staff.”

To me there are two messages in this: “our African Americans are better than your African Americans” with the usual racism denial as though that nullifies the accusation. It doesn’t at all; it just makes us wonder what jobs these two young men were given to do. Likely something in the not-seen-not-heard department.

Their quick and reflexive accusation against the Cochran camp was overt racism in all it’s swampy odium. I hope they get their court case. I hope it does irreparable damage to the whole GOP.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 10, 2014 @ 8:28 am

Thank you, Monica.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 10, 2014 @ 8:04 am

The article as written was a progression. I stumbled across Sojourner’s Facebook message first and thought that would make an interesting addition to the general mess down in Mississippi. I wrote up that part of the story then checked on the link she’d provided. I think I read it through three times before I took it all in. I couldn’t believe what I’d stumbled on – and with Cuccinelli’s name on it just to top it off.

Given all the talk about a rift in the GOP between the tea party and establishment factions (always denied by anyone who was asked about it directly with the exception of McDaniel whom no-one was really taking seriously), I thought “I’ve found it – I found the opening of that rift which can split the party nationwide”.

Very excited by the thought that I had a breaking story in my hot little hands, I stayed up all night to write it. Result? Pretty much a collective “meh”. LOL So much for that idea! Happily, I’ve finally caught up on the lost sleep!

» Posted By Mopshell On July 10, 2014 @ 2:27 am

McDenial!!! LOL! I have never seen this before and it is SO appropriate!

I just did a quick google search on ACORN because, although I’ve seen the acronym before, I didn’t know what it was about. What happened to O’Keefe and Giles? Who was the money behind them? What a despicable pair.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 10, 2014 @ 2:16 am

I’m wondering if it was the Koch brothers who guided the tea party people into the GOP. They wouldn’t have survived as a party on their own.

Their only chance was to beat out the establishment in the primaries (which they did in 2010) but it would have been a different story had they stood as a third party in the general. Having a two conservative candidates (one Republican and one Tea Party) against one Democrat would have just split the conservative vote and given more seats to Democrats. The Koch brothers would have seen that even if the tea party didn’t.

So the best chance they had to survive and grow was from within one of the two major parties. The Dems would have rejected them outright but the GOP welcomed them with open arms. However, the scenery from within the GOP is changing to a battleground so we may well see the tea party finally break away and try standing on their own in the not too distant future. Not because this would be a good idea tactically (it wouldn’t) but because tea party and establishment can’t stand each other.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 9, 2014 @ 2:56 pm

It’s fine with me too.

I just checked and they’re up to 9,026 pledges now – please proceed, conservatives!

» Posted By Mopshell On July 9, 2014 @ 2:40 pm

The latest in this ongoing story is that the Senate Conservatives Fund has given McDaniel $70,000 towards the cost of the lawsuit he’s mounting to challenge the results of the run-off. McDaniel’s lawyers say they believe the proper response should be to re-run the run-off. Meantime, the GOP have certified the results of the run-off and finalized their ballot. Hard to see how that can be changed whatever happens in the lawsuit. Oh and Sarah Palin is publicly backing McDaniel too.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 9, 2014 @ 1:22 pm

Why Democrats Lag Behind Despite Growing Population Advantages

Why not just get rid of Social Security altogether; after all it’s one of those evil “handouts” isn’t it.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 14, 2014 @ 7:23 pm

Why don’t we make it easy and just say “all those who earn less than $100,000 a year cannot have health insurance of any kind”. Perhaps even better, the insurers could ditch all their silver and bronze plans, leaving only gold and platinum plans. Without government subsidies, only the well-off will be able to afford them which seems to be the aim here.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 14, 2014 @ 7:21 pm

Right then, so no bailouts for companies, no bailouts for individuals – your solution then is to just let the country go down the drain. Sure, great plan.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 14, 2014 @ 7:39 am

Reading this just makes me want to hand every seat over to the Republicans. If the public is so disappointed with the Democrats, if the Democrats have failed so utterly, then let the Republicans rule the country. If that’s what the people want, then let them have the government they want.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 14, 2014 @ 4:28 am

So all is lost because healthcare was chosen over economy in 2009. We might as well hand the country over to the GOP and the Tea Party and let them fight it out between them.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 14, 2014 @ 4:22 am

Perhaps you’d be happier if there was no insurance industry at all and no government “handouts” of any description so everyone has to rely on their resources. If they don’t have it, bad luck.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 14, 2014 @ 4:11 am

How are they supposed to get this messaging out to the public when mainstream media effectively gags them by not carrying it? They’re corporate-owned so of course they are going to lean right.

Obama gave the speech of his life in Texas at the weekend but, as far as I’ve heard, the only place you can see and hear the full speech is on the internet. Mainstream media took great delight in editing it to make him sound hesitant and pushed the meme that he is weak. How can anyone win with that against them?

The only medium that is left-leaning is the film industry and they aren’t set up to carry effective messaging in a timely fashion.

Television, radio and press have become so anti-Democratic that they have successfully managed to paint every GOP failure, every lie, every hypocrisy, every obstruction as a gilded wonder. Without any thought at all, “government takeover” covers everything government tries to do and is depicted as the sin of the ages. Smaller government (so small it shrinks to a head office in DC) has suddenly become the aim, the shining light. Government is inept and wasteful; business is responsible and efficient. Up is down. In is out. How do reasonable people fight that?

» Posted By Mopshell On July 14, 2014 @ 4:00 am

So we give up, not even bother voting, because there’s nothing worth voting for. They’re both the same and what both are selling we don’t want. No hope, no point.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 14, 2014 @ 3:29 am

Corporations Are Religious Extremists Too!

There are now three different Australiana 101 diaries – parts 1,2 & 3. (◕‿◕)

» Posted By Mopshell On July 2, 2014 @ 2:11 am

This is what “going viral” looks like – YAY!!!

» Posted By Mopshell On July 2, 2014 @ 2:05 am

The wash in the wake of this ruling is no ripple – it’s building into a tidal wave of boycotts, protests and an online campaign that’s already in the process of going viral. I’d say no SCOTUS has ever seen anything like this in reaction to a ruling before and Hobby Lobby may well go under (with any luck). Not only that but it may also provide the impetus to get women to the ballot box this year – and that will translate into more votes for Democrats. (◕‿◕)

» Posted By Mopshell On July 1, 2014 @ 8:41 am

But who among us foresaw the backlash that this ruling is causing? Like no other decision the Five have ever foisted on this country, this one has energized people and Hobby Lobby is already feeling the heat. Ironically, it may be this ruling which impels people, particularly women, to the ballot box in November. The fiendish five never saw that coming!

» Posted By Mopshell On July 1, 2014 @ 8:30 am

Brilliant! And the perfect video for this conversation, Monicangela!

As for Ruth Bader Ginsberg saying SCOTUS has “ventured into a minefield” with this ruling, the five are about to find out that she’s not only right but that this particular minefield is not confined to the legal domain – it is being seeded by people power nationwide! Boycotts, protests, sidewalk counselling of their customers and an online campaign that is already in the process of going viral will have a huge impact within a matter of days! It may even spill over into getting liberals out to vote.

» Posted By Mopshell On July 1, 2014 @ 8:13 am