WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?

This was a sign in Enmore, Sydney. (Photo by Amanda)

INDECISION

Well Australia is quickly becoming a global laughing stock as we continue to have no government. The independents wax and wane. There is drama as campaign promises are broken and new pacts signed between opposing parties, and as independents are abused by party members. Of course each side is claiming a morale victory when in reality neither side has achieved enough support from the Australian public.

The independents are now the key to which side will win. However they can't, or won't make up their minds. Goodness! We have politicians about to govern us who can't make up their minds on an important issue such as who will govern. What hope have we got in them providing sound government. Imagine what would happen now if we were invaded- the country could be lost before they decided how to defend it. I can't help recalling the movie about the Battle of Islandlwana where the quarter master won't issue ammunition because he hasn't got the proper paper work, even though the company is being overrun by Zulus.

THE NEW PRIME MINISTER

Well Australia went to an early election......and guess what.....at the moment its a draw. Of course there is jockeying and promises being made left, right and centre to enlist the support of the independents so that a government can be formed. Now one of the contenders had already said you can't rely on promises made in the heat of a campaign so are the independents going to believe him. Now the independents come from National Party backgrounds and so we might expect them to support the Liberal Party, BUT....they are ex-National Party so also have bones to pick with the coalition......even to the point where the papers today report that one of the independents threatened to kill the opposition member/candidate and called the party 'slimy'.......and so it goes on.

Then it did reach soap-opera proportions when it was realised that the Governor-General's daughter is married to a Labor member! Especially as the Governor-General is the one to swear in the new government.

Well I don't know why they don't just have a penalty shoot out, like the big boys. After all we are only playing for sheep stations.

BUDGIE SMUGGLERS

Picture of our would be Prime Minister as he appeared in the Daily Telegraph.

Below is a picture of a sign pointing to a shop Tony Abbott is rumoured to have used. I don't know. I think on his salary he could afford to buy new ones!

NEW PRIME MINISTER

Well its happened. Australia has a new Prime Minister. When I went to bed last night Kevin Rudd was our Prime Minister but when I woke up the next day Julia Gillard had replaced him. And there was a new 'special edition' Woman's Day magazine on the shelves. Yes, less than 24hours after it happened a new magazine had been written, printed and distributed. Those magazine people are so efficient they could nearly run the country!

I don't mind a woman Prime Minister at all (with four daughters am I going to say anything else!) I think a Prime Minister should be elected on their merits and sex shouldn't come into it at all. However I do resent a deputy Prime Minister who a week earlier on national television promises to support and be loyal to the current Prime Minister and then a week later replaces him. Doesn't this show a lack of principles? Is this fitting from a leader?

And I believe our first woman Prime Minister has passed her first law. Yep, from now on we have to put the toilet seat down.

Photo from: images.brisbanetimes.com.au/2010/06/231632026/rudd-gillard

A DOG IS BETTER THAN A WIFE!

Picture from: www.avenuek9.com/.../uploads/dog_look_alike.jpg

You never have to wait for a dog to get ready to go out, he's always ready.
Dogs just get more excited the later you are getting home.
Dogs like it when you leave things on the floor.
Dogs like to go fishing and hunting.
Dogs think you are funny when you are drunk.
If a dog smells another dog on you they just think it is interesting.
Dogs don't get angry if you call them by another dog's name.
Dogs never wake you up in the middle of the night and ask "If I die will you get another dog?"

Still not convinced. Try locking your dog and your wife in the boot of your car for three hours. Then open the boot and see which one of them is pleased to see you.

Picture from: www.pet-super-store.com/blog/victoria/dog-bed.jpg