Category Archives: TULIP of the Week Award
Why no one’s interested in politics
“Stress, celebrity worship and rising complacency are fuelling a growing political ignorance.” The Fun-Herald on why no one’s interested in politics. I think it’s because it takes so long to digest. It’s much quicker to get to grips with the … Continue reading
Filed under Federal politics, NSW politics, TULIP of the Week Award
Kate Neill
I can’t believe a postgrad student – doing research in economics and business at USyd and living in Newtown – came out with such a country & western song-type of reason for blabbing. It doesn’t ring true – she seems … Continue reading
Filed under NSW politics, TULIP of the Week Award
Turning Point self-help course
Was on 60 Minutes. Will be interesting to see what the Coroner says. I had a friend who did the course and he loved it. He recommended I do it, but – running it by my Thoreausian benchmark – “Do … Continue reading
Filed under Lifestyles, TULIP of the Week Award
Robert McNamara – The Fog of War
Great doco on Robert McNamara, US Statesman, on lessons he’d learnt. Eg. Immoral if you lose, moral if you win: if you kill 100,000 civillians – as he did in Tokyo one night via ordering fire bombing – you’re a … Continue reading
Filed under Federal politics, Spin, TULIP of the Week Award, US politics
Ken Dyers ad in Sat SMH
Ooh! I’m surprised Kenja is still going. The outburst on Beyond Our Ken was hugely damaging. Kenja justifies it here. I felt his comments to one of his female assistants on the program was sleazy. Now he’s gone, maybe they … Continue reading
Filed under TULIP of the Week Award
Productivity Commission acts stupid to avoid scrutiny
David Marr writes re: the book publishing industry stoush: “One side issue to emerge: the strange lack of confidence in both scrutiny and competition shown by the Productivity Commission’s decision to sit tight on its 240-page report all day yesterday … Continue reading
Filed under Federal politics, Spin, TULIP of the Week Award
Malcolm’s debt truck
Touring around Perth just seems like an insult. Because it has been widely said by economists that we needed to go into debt and that debt will increase over the next few years. The Liberals would have had to put … Continue reading
Filed under Federal politics, TULIP of the Week Award
TULIP of the Week Award
Awarded to the person or entity that Treats Us Like Idiots, Piss-off.
Filed under Spin, TULIP of the Week Award
