Just how much was that trash Parslow paid? He who pays the piper calls the tune.
ACA is indeed paying the pied piper, paying cash for someone to say what they want to hear.
Darlings.....am I as obnoxious as that pair? .....Inga where art thou? All this talk about the Western Suburbs and trailer trash is very distracting..... Inga Inga Inga...... Yum Cha at 12 ?
AKD I am busy currently eating a triple bacon, sausage, mushroom and egg toasted roll.
Sav's treatment from Prof Maku Dong Long has not been successful.
Garbage Andrew.
She was suspended for two weeks! What "legitimate" tackle???
And playing the gender card is a classic diversion. If she was black I don't doubt Irwin would be accusing the media of conducting an old fashion lynchin'.
The ALP knows better than anyone how to place race/gender politics.
Andrew, really hoping this is some kind of joke, or your usual playing the Devil's advocate? Take a look at Andrew Bolt's blog today and his coverage of Neal's pattern of behaviour.
I'm bloody confused Andrew - you seem to have the inside scoop but so does the BoltA. Is this woman someone you'd want to take home to meet the mother or not? Jesus, if you and the BoltA can't get it right who can? Does this mean I have to go back to the MSM for the "truth"? For pity's sake man throw me a lifeline that doesn't mean I have to fall back on the patriot's defence.
Charming Andrew.
Who was it again who was in such a huff about people attacking the appearances of women in lieu of actual criticism?
Oh that's right! It was you!
Calling someone 'white trash' is about as low as you can get. For all the charges of elitism that you throw around at others, it might pay to look at yourself in the mirror once in a while.
Find out about Ms Neal's performance when she was a Senator and that will put you straight Andy. She is an appalling person who is married to someone even worse. Just ask Kim who was acutely embarrased before the ALP 1998 Annual Conference because of comments by Della Bosca. Those two deserve each other but the ALP can well do without scumbags like them. Off with their heads!
PS the fact that Julie Irwin is the only pollie defending her speaks volumes
Andrew
You are blinded by something - like Right versus the Left of the ALP. Are you suggesting that all in the Right faction are good and all in the Left faction are bad?. No, Ms Personality has a personality and character problem.
So is there a Victorian equivalent for Rex 'The Moose' Mossop's old kiss of death?
-How is she going?
-She has Andrew Landeryou's full support
-Oh shit
And finally,
"Calling someone 'white trash' is about as low as you can get. - anon"
Anon, it may be more polite to say 'white Australian', but everyone knows it's the same thing.
LOL, I've such taken a thrashing on this I really feel like I've been kicked while on the ground.
Perhaps I'll call ACA or Max Markson and see whether I can sell my story for some alcopops.
The white trash comment is probably a bit harsh, but I got into trouble when I called someone a skank on the blog last time and that was the word that initially came to mind.
Anyway, good luck to the young soccer player skank as she banks her cheques from ACA et al, it's probably the most non-taxpayer loot she'll pull for some time.
As for the whole issue, I am conscious that this has played in NSW quite differently from down Mexico way but I think it's still been an almighty beat-up.
So what if Belinda Neal is feisty, some of the best MPs are. I'd much rather a Bronwyn Bishop, a Sophie Mirabella or a Belinda Neal than some of the dud shrinking violets that present themselves.
Be careful what you wish for comrades, do you really want political correctness to cleanse the parliament of all its characters and flamboyant big personalities?
Our system of democracy ought be big enough to include all sorts. I'm glad it has room for Ms Neal.
May she live long and prosper.
And f*ck you right back JFC
And I am asked:
You are blinded by something - like Right versus the Left of the ALP. Are you suggesting that all in the Right faction are good and all in the Left faction are bad?.
I am tempted to say yes although of course that's not correct. Life is complicated, we find patriots in even the most unlikely of places at times. But certainly you'll find more patriots in a Labor Right gathering than a Socialist Left one.
Hope that helps.
Another person above says I've been nasty about the single mum soccer skank's appearance. Not really. I observed she was white trash but that's more a racial commentary (and probably an unnecessary one).
I concede the Julia Irwin point. She is not my cup of tea as I have remarked repeatedly.
And Byron, a patriot indeed, asks whether I'm being Devil's Advocate. Certainly not consciously. It's probably fair to say that's Geoff Irwin's job.
Andrew, you're fighting a great fight on this one, making Rocky Balboa look like a milk-sop by comparison. Did Team Della Bosca donate a kidney to you or something?
White Trash? you racist twat Landeryou and why did you disfigure the child's face so? why not simply blur it?
There is a time and a place Andrew. One day when you get a bit older and a bit wiser you will understand.
I've no problem with feisty politicians, but when they resort to rage as a measure of first resort then I'd be wary of backing them. Sure Belinda might not be a shrinking violet, but don't they say that discretion is the better part of valour?
I prefer my representatives to have the virtue of judgement more than the virtue of assertiveness.
Here's a good explanation of Della Bosca/Neal syndrome:
For those who are not lawyers, let me explain what affirmative defenses are. A complaint contains allegations that the defendant committed myriad acts of wrongdoing. In response, the defendant does two things. First, he denies everything except his own name, and he’d deny that too, if he could. Next, he issues affirmative defenses, which concede the truth of the accusations, but deny that they have any legal or practical meaning.
As an example of how this plays out, imagine a complaint alleging that I smashed my car into a fence, destroying it. I’d start by saying, “No, I didn’t.” Then I’d begin the affirmative defenses: (1) “Okay, I did bring my car into contact with the fence, but I didn’t actually hurt the fence.” (2) “Okay, I hurt the fence, but I didn’t hurt it badly enough to entitle its owner to any damages.” (3) “Okay, I destroyed the fence, but it was falling down already, so it’s really the owner’s fault, so he gets no damages.” And on and on, in a reductio ad absurdum stream of admissions and excuses.
http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008...nd-lying-liars/
Barry, no kidney just don't like all these politically correct journo whiners with sh*t on their liver turning bad tempers into high treason.
Darrin, on a PC note my friend I find the use of the word "twat" to be quite demeaning and possibly misogynist. No soup for you. And I merely pixelated the image because it's not our practice to publish pics of kids in those circumstances.
Byron, love your work, as you know but I wonder whether you could list exactly the "wrongdoing" of which the Della working family is meant to be guilty?
Does any of it have anything to do with the exercise of their public duty?
Are any of the claims against them actually supported by independent witnesses who have no axe to grind or ACA cheques to collect?
This is a huge beat-up.
Kudos to the Tele for getting the story of Iguana Joe's in the first place but I don't think they checked it thoroughly enough. I also think they have massively overstated its significance.
Which I of course never do with my own stories. LOL.
But let's fast forward three months. Belinda Neal will still be an MP, doing her best. Della will still be an MP, as Minister for Education. And we'll all look back on this as the irrelevant distraction it surely is.
On a "PC" note?, you've called the same woman a "skank" and a "scragg" and you lecture me about PC? I withdraw the "twat" comment and replace it with something more relevant, like "knob-jockey".
"And I merely pixelated the image because it's not our practice to publish pics of kids in those circumstances."
No Andrew, you defaced the image of the child, not merely "pixelated" it, you could have just blurred it.
Andrew looks like you were wrong.
Della about to be sacked.
Andy as a great admirer of your talent, wit and energy I would never cross swords with you over this affair. And yes, the hysteria has reached absurd levels and News Ltd has a lot to answer for, in the way they've trashed these two.
But given all that, there are some serious questions to be asked.
1. why did the staff feel under so much threat that they made Stat Decs?
2. what threats did DB make to Iguana's that were so fear-inducing that he was able to fax through a list of points he wanted included in the former's written apology?
3. what threats did DB make in order to have the Stat Decs retracted?
4. is it true that Neal 'never uses bad language' (as she claimed) or was that a bald-faced lie- the facts being that she is a vituperative foul mouthed harridan, who demands to get her own way no matter what the circumstance?
Nonetheless in admiration of your doggedness and loyalty, Byron
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