The Liberal Party Terrorists

If I was in Barnaby Joyce’s shoes, I’d be tearing my hair out over what is going on within the Liberal Party. As a member of the coalition group, The Nationals fortunes to a large degree rely on a strong and united Liberal party.  Instead, the Liberal Party are beset with infighting, and accusations of disunity and divide. We have the ex-Prime Minister who takes every opportunity to stick in a barb despite stating he wouldn’t do that. We have a Prime Minister who appears to not be able to reign Abbott in. We have media who feed off this stuff and the willing leakers who are providing them with anything that will create a negative headline. I don’t mind admitting that as a member of the Liberal Party, I am tearing my hair out and I know for sure I’m not the only one. 

After years of relative stability and prosperity we plunged into the dark ages of six years of Labor. I won't rehash their failings they are well known. It was with a sense of overwhelming relief that the LNP coalition sweep into power in 2013. It wasn’t long before key election commitments were delivered. Boats, Carbon Tax, Mining Tax gone. Then came the budget and the ‘ship floundered’. We were paddling madly to stay afloat. 

Progress was stalling and every little glitch, stumbled word, fleeting glance was front page news. Relationships that were tenuous unravelled before out eyes. Internal power plays became the standard game. In February 2015 a message was delivered to Tony Abbott; take control of the bridge, get back on course or face the consequences. 

The next seven months were a low point in our Liberal history. The accusations and infighting continued. The get squares and removal or sidelining of anyone who posed a threat to positions of power was par for the course. “You leak and blame the other guy” strategy was in full swing. We continued to flounder. The parliamentary party said enough and in September we had a new leader. Once more there were signs of relief but this time we also had the insidious declarations of open warfare. It took no time and we were back where we started. The architects of the destabilisation were still there. Only their motivation had changed. This time their sights are set on bringing down the so called usurper Turnbull and with it, the  Liberal party. 

Had the ship had been in good shape in 2015 there wouldn’t have been a ‘mutiny’. But it wasn’t. While change was needed there is a group in the parliamentary party that did not, will not and cannot accept that. The same applies to the anti-Liberals within the community.

The upshot of that is we now have within our parliamentary ranks a destructive rogue gang. Some label them the Liberal Taliban. I think that's an accurate description. They are hell bent on wrecking the Turnbull Govt and along with it the country. 

Over the coming weeks there will be more and more destabilisation. We are hearing and seeing the commentary around the so called rift between Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison. Much has been made over Scott Morrison’s exclusion from the PM’s inner sanctum meeting on Sunday night. The Telegraph and Australian both ran stories today stating who and isn’t in the inner sanctum. The laugh is, they have different lists. I think the leakers need to liaise more before they feed this stuff to the press. 

We can expect to see an increase in contradictory statements made by the rouge group to those made by Malcolm Turnbull, Scott Morrison and the rest of the cabinet.  There is a deliberate strategy to distract the media and the public from the key message, to spook the electorate and fire up the disenchanted. 

Two of our female Ministers will be key targets. Don’t be surprised if there are more leaks relating to our subs contract. That's part of the get square. People within the rogue group will do everything within their power to thwart the DD strategy. They are still hanging onto the feigned hope of an Abbott resurrection. Winning government from a DD hurts their cause. 

The puerile campaign to let's make Malcolm look stupid is underway with the ridiculous stories, cartoons and media comment associated with his “Continuity and Change” comment. Claims it was stolen from Veep highlights the lack of intelligence of those pushing it. The study and adoption of Continuity and Change strategy has been around well before some cheap comedy. India and Russia have included “Continuity and Change” as a Foreign Policy foundation for years. It's frequently used in academic texts, including here. Religions use it as do businesses. A quick Google check proves it. For the record Veep used “Continuity With Change.” I think is a great vision statement but we do need to see what the plan is to achieve it. The budget and election policy plans should make that clear. If it doesn’t yet it needs to and it needs to. 

So folks batten down the hatches we are in for a rocky ride. It will get dirty. The true nature of the rogue gang will be evident. The usual line up of media bile pushers  will be out in force salivating over every bit of juicy gossip. 

In the meantime Bill Shorten and Labor are going about their business, largely unchallenged and just sticking their heads up from time to time to point the finger; hey look at that lot over there. 

That we have people within our own Liberal parliamentary ranks who’d rather destroy the party instead of our opposition I think is reprehensible. No wonder Labor are laughing at us. Let's just pray they don’t take the rest of us down with them. 

Our Anything Goes Society - We Reap What We Sow

The headline reads; "Online porn turns school-aged kids into sexual predators"...It’s a sobering read. (Source: The Australian March 5, 2016. Natasha Bita)  

The anything goes society was bound to blow up in our faces at some point. It wasn’t as though people weren’t warned about the likely outcomes of gratuitous violence and pornography being available to anyone who wants to access it. That now includes kids and teenagers. What a brilliant idea!!!! What did society expect would happen!!! 

The tax-funded website Minus 18, even included an article on covering your tracks!!! This article gave detailed instructions on erasing Internet search engines. I was 'gobsmacked' when I read that. Whilst Minus 18 provides sex information for gay teens do people seriously think information isn’t shared? Taxpayers funded resources used to teach teenagers how to be deceitful. How brain numbingly stupid is that. 

“Studies show that young men repeatedly exposed to pornography are more likely to objectify women, and young women who view pornography are more likely to self-objectify and tolerate sexual harassment from men.” You can imagine the future if increasing numbers of kids as young as six are gaining access to pornographic material. 

What we are witnessing today is just another example of caving into the agendas of some sections of the community to long term detriment of all. Political correct decisions based on the rights of minorities that result in the rights of others being violated. Adults preying on kids, kids preying on kids. Girls seeking treatment for violent sexual injuries. We should be keeping our kids safe not giving them access to material that motivates them and teaches them how to become abusers. 

We do indeed reap what we sow and we just keep making the same mistakes over and over again. It's depressing. 

Welcome to The World of Blob

I have pondered with the question of gender diversity and of social reengineering for a while.  The argument to be all encompassing. Encompassing ever desire is a compelling one to certain sections of the community. No caring person wants others to feel left out or ostracised. But let’s face it, millions are ostracised. The reasons are many and varied. But yet, we can’t address that problem for everyone. Nor would we want to in some instances. The questions that I struggle with? Where do we draw the boundary in this battle of competing social rights agendas and what comes next. 

The two hot topics in this arena currently are; same sex marriage and the Safe Schools program. One seems to morph into the other. If you attempt to be circumspect you are bound to be labelled a right-wing homophobe. Actually, I’ll rephrase that, not bound to be, you WILL be. The process is simply to shut down the debate and brand others as evil. 

The social reform agenda is an emotive debate. The two key points for me are.  What is the ultimate aim, the goal of social reengineering? What are we doing about teaching kids to deal with their differences. As opposed to demanding and bullying everyone else into changing? This post is about the goal of social reengineering. 

We never talk about the ‘what comes next’ should we go down the path of same sex marriage as an example. We're faced with never ending extremely emotive arguments. I want to be free to love and show my love. Anyone is free to love we don’t need to change the law to do that or  sanitise society to do that. But I digress as usual. 

It's what comes next and the impact of further change in society that concerns me the most. In 2005 Spain replaced "mother" and "father" on birth certificates. The new terms being “Progenitor A” and “Progenitor B”. Parent A and Parent B. The change was a direct result of legalising same sex marriage the following proves it. 

“Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Spanish Minister of Justice, excused the ministerial order by claiming since the government modified “the status of civil marriages, to allow the union of same-sex couples, it was necessary for a new format for the Family Book (Libro de Familia)."

To match up, it’s same-sex marriage legislation to the Civil Registry, the Spanish government deemed that Spaniards could no longer qualify themselves as either “Fathers” or “Mothers” of their children. I find that sad. 

That change in isolation might not sound like much. But link that with the global push to remove the reference ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ and the aim becomes clearer. Global Social Degendering. But goes even further than boy and girl. 

There are many examples of degendering if you take the time to look. Just a couple to prove my point. 

“Ontario banned “mother” and “father”. They also removed the terms “wife”, “husband”, “widow”, and “widower” from all statutes.” 

Scotland 2007. Nurses were instructed by (the National Health Service) that “mother” and “father” were homophobic. These were to be replaced with “carers” or “guardians.” The terms “husband”, “wife”, and “marriage” were replaced with “partners” and “close friend." This was at the Request of the homosexualist lobby group Stonewall. 

Having only recently become a widow, I shudder to think what I am now.  Being a wife never defined who I was. Becoming a widow won’t either, but it brings me comfort to refer to myself as such. Although I struggle with the word widow, it's nothing to do with the word but the circumstances. 

Almost every country who has legalised SSM has moved to change laws to remove references to gender and to modify marriage status. Example ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ replaced with ‘partner’ or ‘spouse’. In the US there is even a push from some quarters to remove biological parents from birth certificates. This opens up all sorts of issues down the track. 

I find this whole push to sanitise society and to remove all links with status offensive. I refuse to be browbeaten into feeling ashamed of what I am. We must not be made to feel ashamed of being boy or a girl. It's not a crime to be a  wife or a husband Likewise mother or a father, a widow or a widower is NOT shameful. I would argue none of those words are homophobic. 

We are not immune. The Safe Schools program here, takes a politically correct approach to sex education. Teachers are instructed it is “heterosexist” to refer to students as girls and boys. It's utter rubbish, but we roll over and it appears accept it. More fool us. 

Being inclusive of minorities has merit. But expecting the majority to change to accommodate does not. If same sex couples want to refer themselves as partners and parents fine. But they have no right to demand the rest of us do the same. Governments cannot change the rules to accommodate sociological, cultural reengineering agendas.  I am tired of this push from a Marxist perspective. It is the formal rights of minorities against real freedoms of the majority. 

Don’t kid yourself that legalising SSM won’t lead to more changes. Pushing the boundaries is human nature. If the majority wants that fine, but we better have a clear understanding of where this will lead. Then, we need to think, am I comfortable living in this new degendered sanitised world. When the polygamist demand equal rights to marry more than one partner, will we support that. I think we’ll be hard pressed to say no. BTW the push has already started where SSM has been legalised. 

Cultural Marxism is the ideological driver behind Political Correctness. It is the destructive criticism and undermining of all institutions of Western civilisation. It is an attack on the traditional values underpinning Western civilisation. It promotes tolerance and respect for so-called minority opinions and beliefs. But it completely ignores broader respect for human beings.

Now we have the rise of moralistic relativism. I read this recently, I’ve added a few embellishments in brackets.  I thought it summed it up extremely well. "Because all values are relative, you have no right to impose your value judgments on others; but if you are not a progressive in politics, you are a fascist (and a homophobe and bible-bashing, right-wing nut-job) and so cannot be allowed to express your vicious and hateful opinions in public discourse." These attitudes are rarely stated in such stark juxtaposition; but finding them actually held by the same persons, and voiced in separate contexts, is not difficult…hear, hear. 

Seriously, we shouldn’t be silenced. We need to know where we are heading so we can make informed decisions. We need to talk about the cause and effect because there is always one. Unless of course we are happy with the new world of Blob and the Blobette. No, wait a minute, that’s probably ‘racist’ and  ‘homophobic’. 

Welcome to the world of Blob.

What Is Our Vision, Where Are We Heading?

Oliver Cromwell said “no one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.” Then adding the Peter Principle “Every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.” We appear to have a combo of both as this relates to Canberra. 

This describes the last four Prime Ministers from Rudd to now. Turnbull is yet to be tested, but current indications are he is in the same camp. I am praying like mad Turnbull can pull a rabbit out of a hat and set a clear path to secure our future. It will be a bleak few years ahead if he can't. 

Yes, I am including Tony Abbott. He stopped the boats (with the help of an excellent Immigration Minister and Services support). He removed the carbon tax. He signed Trade Agreements (once again driven by the Minister responsible). But, then he lost his way and I for one had no idea where we were heading. After reading some of Tony's recent ramblings I can’t help thinking he suffers from an inflated opinion of his achievements.  This is particularly true when it comes to fiscal management. Add Tony to the delusional list. 

People voted for loopy Clive Palmer. In a media release on February 15 Clive claimed the credit for saving the country from austerity. He has also claimed he kept the North Queensland economy going. I'm sure the 200 plus who just lost their jobs wouldn't agree. Clive also stated "There has been little discussion or attack at any policies of our party.” Clive also mentioned there were no attacks what he’d achieved in Parliament. Correct and there are reasons for that. He doesn’t have any policies only grandiose plans and mission statements. None of which could ever be delivered. As for the positive achievement side, he hasn’t any. Based on recent reports Clive is trying to do deal with crossbenchers to form another party. Are we that stupid to vote for this again? Clive is another one for delusional list. 

I can’t muster the will to start on Labor, Greens and the rest other than to refer back to Cromwell’s quote. It describes just about every one of the useless lot we have in Canberra. There are  a couple of exceptions, but that is all. I'm fast forming the view we need to turf the whole lot out and start again. But then, I guess there is no guarantee we'll end up with anything better. After all, we the people voted them in. Senate wheeling and dealing being the exception. 

I could go on and on but to be frank, I am making myself more depressed thinking about the state of the nation. I wouldn’t mind betting I’ve depressed you as well. That said, we do deserve better than we are getting. 

We need a strong government as well as a strong opposition. Less of the personal power plays. Less of the fractional wreckers. Less of the negative media. More of the what, when, why and how. More things being delivered. Less of the politics for politics sake. We certainly need a whole lot less of the blackmail driven self interest. There has to be some acceptance that not everyone will get everything they want. Above all we need a clear vision of what we are doing, when we are doing it, why, how and very clear indicators that we are on track. At the risk of depressing myself even further,  I just don’t feel confident we have the people in place to do it. I hope to hell I’m wrong. 

Malcolm Turnbull Can't Afford To Fall Into The Tony Abbott Trap

When the Liberals changed leaders I breathed a sigh of relief. Despite getting off to a good start after winning the election, by early 2015 the cracks were forming. The consequences of that are common knowledge. The Government limped along until the challenge in September last year. 

When Malcolm Turnbull put his hand up for the top job he did it on the basis of the leadership failures of Tony Abbott. Such as Tony didn't listen to his caucus or consult with his cabinet. Tony’s arrogance and refusal to listen to ministers who, after all, are the ones in charge of their portfolio’s. Tony suspected the loyalty of his ministers and a lot of that drove his lack of trust issues. Tony’s inability to lead the team and to manage the recalcitrant backbenchers. Tony’s failure to deal with the heavy handed over controlling PMO. Ministers were frustrated, backbenchers were frustrated and the electorate was becoming increasingly disillusioned. This played right into the hands of our hound-dog left leaning media. 

Malcolm likewise got off to a great start. Whilst many Abbott disciples turned on Malcolm with a vengeance the electorate in good old Aussie fashion were prepared to give him a go. It was a baptism by fire with major security issues, TURC and bedding down a new team, etc., but he weathered the storm. I thought he did a pretty good job. 

However, in the last few weeks, Malcolm appears to be doing exactly what he accused Tony Abbott of doing, particularly when it comes to consultation and engagement, managing the trouble makers and making decisions. 

Despite what some people have said, the left wing media were never going to give Malcolm a free run. In particular, there is a well developed Fairfax/Labor partnership driving a ‘divide and conquer’ strategy that will run its course up to the election regardless of who is leading the Conservatives. They are using every crack, every stumble and every hint of discord to drive the wedge, spook the backbenchers and unsettle the electorate and it’s working. Again!!! 

Malcolm came to the chair on the basis that he was best placed to drive economic reform. He has credentials to do that, but he isn’t the Treasurer, Scott Morrison is. It appears blatantly obvious that Malcolm and Scott have not been on the same page. 

Malcolm made the fatal mistake of going to the public and talking up Tax Reform and not engaging effectively with the Treasurer. Malcolm in essence did a Tony he ‘jumped the shark’. The humiliating backdown and the resulting flip flopping is playing right into Labor’s hands. As a result the attacks on Labor’s budget plans are being derailed. We’re on the back foot, when it should be Labor. 

The Treasurer has been working for weeks with the department and other bodies to determine the best course of action to deliver a plan to bring our economic future into balance. That plan will be announced in the May budget. That’s no easy task when you consider the Treasurer has to manage Labor’s debt mine field and deliver on what conservatives hold dear; lower taxes, debt reduction, controlled spending, growth and jobs. He has to do this in the face of falling revenues, global uncertainty, an ever demanding electorate, a feral Senate who continue to block savings measures and a bunch of ‘jump at shadows’ backbenchers. 

Perhaps Malcolm feels that given the expectations the electorate had as a result of his financial background that he is one who should be engaging with the public on all financial matters. He shouldn’t. That’s Scott Morrison’s job. Malcolm should be managing behind the scenes. Given comments over the last couple of days it looks like Malcolm now realises that Scott Morrison is right when he talks about the importance of controlling spending and going after some minor reforms leading up to the election. The big Tax Reform can come later. Let's face it, you don’t have to eat the elephant in one go. Pacing yourself often gets a much better result and certainly creates less heartburn for both the Government and the voters. 

It takes an exceptional person to step into a new leadership role and not stumble a few times until they come to grips with all aspects of being the leader. Malcolm has been an extremely successful entrepreneur and businessman. That doesn’t automatically mean that he would instantly become a superb leader of the Government. I think he is trying to do too much himself. Good leaders manage from the middle, they understand their portfolio managers are grown-ups, they don’t need the boss holding their hand. If Ministers need consultation they know where the PMO office is.  This was something that Tony couldn’t grasp, but Malcolm can. His business success proves that. Now, he just needs to do it; for himself, his team and the many weary Liberal supporters out there who are losing the will to continue to support the party. 

The Prime Minister is a smart man and from what I am hearing, Malcolm will listen to the advice he is receiving and I’m strongly of the belief he will act upon it and then we can all get back to doing what we like best, focusing on wiping out Labor at the next election.