Wednesday, December 23, 2009

You said it, Ashley, you're no scholar.

Emissions tax scaring people

15 Dec, 2009 01:00 AM
I MUST be missing something.

Who is this Federal Government trying to kid.

Congratulations to Sophie Mirabella and Tony Abbott for saying it how it is.

I am convinced the entire country is being brainwashed into believing the world is going to collapse into some kind of fireball and doomed if Australia does not have a carbon-reducing scheme.

We have been scared into believing our blimp time on earth will cause a catastrophic calamity.

The poor kids over the past decade have been indoctrinated with this education fraud being lauded as a great saviour of the planet.

Indeed, people should be conservative where possible.

But in saying that, in line with our water reduction, you can be assured water prices will increase to maintain profitability.

Will water prices come down when the dams are full and there are no water restrictions? Doubtful. The ETS is a fraudulent tax which it will become a commodity on the markets.

Once it is in, God help us, it can’t and wouldn’t be removed.

Tree hugging in my opinion has gone way past its moral responsibilities and caused unprecedented fear.

I’m no scholar, but it is pretty clear to me, the federal Labor Government requires as much tax revenue as it can lay its claws on to repay the debt it has created.

Bring on a double dissolution, Kevin, or won’t that suit your agenda for a UN posting?

— ASHLEY COOPER,

Albury

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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Men's business bits? What exactly DID Marg buy from Homeart?

May Homeart’s staff be blessed
21 Dec, 2009 01:00 AM
SHOPPING in Centro Lavington recently, I noticed a six-piece outdoor setting on display.
I had no hope of Santa squeezing this down the chimney I don’t have, so I decided to purchase same to replace my ancient setting.
With visions of somehow having it delivered to my place of abode, I approached Homeart to make my purchase, but horror of horrors I discovered it was all packed up in a huge cardboard box, with all the screws and men’s business bits and pieces to assemble.
The staff girls noticed my look of horror and informed me, no worries, they would deliver and assemble the setting for me after work.
Have I been into the Christmas pudding brandy or maybe my hearing was failing?
No, it’s true, they arrived at arranged time, plus one of the girl’s husbands.
Twenty minutes later, all was assembled and off they went taking the king-size box and packaging with them.
Who needs Santa and his helpers when we have angels like this around?
May they be blessed and have a very happy Christmas and New Year.
— MARG McAULIFFE,
Lavington



Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Reader Poll and Top 5 mash up

Thursday's here and there's no trivia night - the bic pens have been packed away, John the trivia master is probably off having a few lagers somewhere and still trying to get his mouth around "Kandy T Skolsen", and I'm left with an unplanned Thursday night. What do do, what to do?!

I've made a short list of the things I could do tonight - feel free to vote or suggest your own.

  1. Stay at work late and Get Shit Done.
  2. Watch an entire series of Press Gang and reminisce about how I wanted to be Linda when I was a kid. And have popcorn for dinner.
  3. Start making boozy christmas cakes and sugar syrup for the Mojitos that will get my sister and I through the Family Christmas.
  4. Figure out how my new camera works. P does not just stand for Panic.
  5. Cover my entire body in paint and then roll around on a long sheet of large butchers paper, to make wrapping paper for all my family's Christmas presents.

(Why do I feel like #1 is the option that will end up happening, even if not by choice?!)