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[derspatz]

Winchester knot ?

lol

marxist misandrist sexist fabian socialist julia gillard woz in pert this week and caught up with the terminator.

guess what colour tie he was wearing !



full article here: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/na...s-climate-change/story-fni0xqrb-1226662957541

regarDS

 

[eliza]

Inspirational but have the tissue nearby.

Matthew Ames adjusts to life without limbs after toxic shock
Kate Ames Qweekend
The Courier-Mail
June 14, 201311:30PM

I'M SITTING in the chapel at Brisbane's Mater Hospital. It's a cold, wet Friday evening in the middle of June, last year. It's not a place I would usually be found, but upstairs, my younger brother Matthew, 39, is dying. He was fine the last time I saw him a few weeks earlier, when he and his family came to visit me in Rockhampton to celebrate my son's birthday.

Matthew's here because he has streptococcal toxic shock, an infectious disease that occurs when streptococcal bacteria that cause a sore throat (Streptococcal A) penetrate the body's bloodstream. It's random, and can cause organ failure, and tissue and muscle death. The disease, when it gets to the stage we're seeing in Matthew, is generally fatal. Matthew's arms and legs are going black, dying as his system shuts down. It's all happening very quickly, and our family has been asked to gather. While I wait, the chapel seems the only place to find some peace.

Raised in Fiji, Sydney and Ingham in north Queensland, Matthew moved to Brisbane at age 13 with his family and attended school at Anglican Church Grammar (Churchie) in East Brisbane. A bright young man, he went on to study environmental engineering at the University of Queensland, where he met his wife, Diane. The only son and youngest child of Roy and Christine of Morningside, also in Brisbane's east, Matthew spent much of his early life being the mostly willing slave to two older sisters, Rachel and me. He had travelled extensively, and was passionate about trying new things. Sitting still wasn't something he did easily.

A week prior to this admission to hospital in June, Matthew had been working as an executive with Origin Energy. Married at 22, he and Diane spent their first ten years together travelling the world seeking adventure. They'd climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, walked to Machu Picchu in Peru, and white-water-rafted in New Zealand. They renovated an old Queenslander in eastside Camp Hill, doing much of the work themselves. Then came Luke, now 9, Ben, 8, Will, 7, and Emily, 3[/I][/I][/I][/I][/I]
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[Jam]

That's an inspiring article, Eliza. Having to make such a shattering decision on behalf of a loved one would be so very difficult and I'd be second-guessing myself forever. Matthew has such incredible mental strength, though, it was clearly the right decision. Good luck to them all. They are all amazing; amazing, inspiring and wonderful.

 

[SeanE]

lol

marxist misandrist sexist fabian socialist julia gillard woz in pert this week and caught up with the terminator.

guess what colour tie he was wearing !

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full article here: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/na...s-climate-change/story-fni0xqrb-1226662957541

regarDS

Does she realise that the terminator is a staunch republican...? People who are in favour of big business, minimal taxes and minimal government control?

Just about everything that labour is against....?

Or is she happy simply because she got her photo with a movie star...?

 

[eliza]

Does she realise that the terminator is a staunch republican...? People who are in favour of big business, minimal taxes and minimal government control?

Just about everything that labour is against....?

Or is she happy simply because she got her photo with a movie star...?

People can have differing political beliefs but still have similar beliefs on other issues, did you read the article?

So sick of the Julia bashing and I am not alone, even people I know who are hard core libs are disgusted at the personal attacks on her that are unrelated to her public position. Don't mean your post but it comes on the tail end of a week of sledging.

Far out, another one comes to light:

Young Liberal loses top post over tweet
By MICHELLE HARRIS June 13, 2013, 11 p.m
THE president of the Cessnock Hunter Young Liberals branch has been suspended from the party after saying on social media that the Socceroos coach's comment that "women should shut up in public" should apply to Julia Gillard.

NSW Liberal Party state director Mark Neeham suspended Jason Hickson from the party yesterday, after learning of his remark on Twitter about the Prime Minister.

"His views have no place in the Liberal Party," Mr Neeham said.

On Wednesday morning, Mr Hickson tweeted: "Fairly certain Socceroos coach was referring to [MENTION=32119]Julia[/MENTION]Gillard last night . . . not women in general. Heres [sic] to Holger if that's [sic] the case! #auspol."

Mr Hickson did not return the Newcastle Herald's call yesterday.

Socceroos coach Holger Osieck apologised this week for his sexist slur that "women should shut up in public", a comment he made ahead of the start of a press conference following his team's win.

He said the remark was meant as a joke off the record and was used at home when his wife was too talkative.

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1572074/poll-young-liberal-loses-top-post-over-tweet/?cs=305

I wonder how it is that a young man ends up with such a bad attitude about women.

And Holger Osieck should be sacked, he is no example to the thousands of kids who love their soccer.

 

[Mud Cake]

People can have differing political beliefs but still have similar beliefs on other issues, did you read the article?

So sick of the Julia bashing and I am not alone, even people I know who are hard core libs are disgusted at the personal attacks on her that are unrelated to her public position. Don't mean your post but it comes on the tail end of a week of sledging.

Far out, another one comes to light:



I wonder how it is that a young man ends up with such a bad attitude about women.

And Holger Osieck should be sacked, he is no example to the thousands of kids who love their soccer.

That's because most of the Libs are CONSERVATIVES and Christian..... Probably hardline fundies who believe women should be quiet in public and obey men.

 

[kxk]

Mrs (mousey) Howard would be their ideal, Liberals all have dull doormat partners.

In such contrast with Labor lovers, Labor ladies are feisty, talented and smart - and not afraid to leave.

Does that tell you something?

I am disappointed in Gillard, but she's lived through hell - and they should be ashamed of how they have treated her regardless of politics, it's been petty & pathetic, and so shameful. I just hope little girls don't lose heart - it's so damn important for little girls to see women doing everything.
Growing up - girls were expected to be a nurse or a teacher; and I had to fight to be taken seriously and become something else.

All you saw women doing was the weather or being a bikini girl.
I was utterly shocked when I first worked, how females were treated - coming from a family with lots of girls & a brilliant mother, women ruled at home.

 

[derspatz]

... she's lived through hell

Really ?

Was that while she was doing the serial homewrecking thing, or was it when the law firm she was with was obliged to fire her due to her alleged questionable dealings with certain union types and union funds (which is still being investigated by the police), or was it while she was busy unsecuring our borders to the undeserving and undesirable and luring people to their deaths while she was at it, or was it while she was busy wasting billions upon billions of our (and our children's) money on nothing worthwhile at all, or was it while she was lying to the collective face of Oz ... etc, etc, etc.

kxk I invite you to study up on "marxism" and "fabian socialism". Perhaps you might then realise that marxist fabian socialist misandrist sexist Julia Gillard has chosen to not only basically be the enemy of humanity but also the enemy of near all that is holy.

That to support her is a bit like turkeys supporting Christmas

If history is anything to go by, there can be no positive way forward for Australia while Gillard and her ilk are afforded any kind of authority or power.

History will not be kind to her and she only has herself to blame for that.

"Her life, her choice." ...

... a pity her life and choices have cost other people their lives on top of stupendous sums of money and that both politics and Oz have been demeaned and hurt because of her.

Anyhoo, enough about the likes of that one; I'd rather look for a more positive future, one without the likes of totalitarianisn minded marxist fabian socialist misandrist sexist emily-lister Julia Gillard, militant mafi-like unions, and malthusian greenazis holding Australia back.

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Yes, I am aware of the irony of using that song even you aren't ... but why should the devil have all the good music ?

regarDS

 

[eliza]

Mrs (mousey) Howard would be their ideal, Liberals all have dull doormat partners.

In such contrast with Labor lovers, Labor ladies are feisty, talented and smart - and not afraid to leave.

Does that tell you something?

I am disappointed in Gillard, but she's lived through hell - and they should be ashamed of how they have treated her regardless of politics, it's been petty & pathetic, and so shameful. I just hope little girls don't lose heart - it's so damn important for little girls to see women doing everything.
Growing up - girls were expected to be a nurse or a teacher; and I had to fight to be taken seriously and become something else.

All you saw women doing was the weather or being a bikini girl.
I was utterly shocked when I first worked, how females were treated - coming from a family with lots of girls & a brilliant mother, women ruled at home.

Yeah what annoys me the most is the kind of attacks she is being subjected to it's so personal, nothing to do with her job. I have no problem if people want to debate her policies and opinions but when they start attacking her on a personal level and use name calling it just infuriates me.

When I was in high school it was all about being a nurse or a teacher, thankfully these days girls are encouraged to choose whatever career they want. Men who bang on about the perceived unfair advantages afforded women today have no clue, they are not a woman so they will never understand how difficult life was. I can remember being turned down for a loan years ago, not because I couldn't afford it, I had a good job and a bit of money in the bank...I was turned down because the Bank Manager decided I'd soon leave work to have a baby.

 

[kxk]

Wasn't long ago - 1970s, women could only get a loan via a male, dad or hubbie had to sign off,isn't that outrageous?
Women lawyers in Tasmania only got the right to wear trousers in the mid 1990s when the first female magistrate was appointed there!

It was expected I would be a teacher, and both teachers and nurses are wonderful professions that have been undervalued for too long, but I was not suited to either when I graduated school, took me quite some time to find my feet and gain some life skills.

Derspatz do you just see red and go nuts when Julia is mentioned?
For you lost the entire point ...............................that Eliza picked up.

And you have no idea how sad it is for females to finally get a female leader and have her disappoint so, and I am heartily disappointed in her leadership and politics - not of course like you, rather that she isn't more like the rants you go on about, Aussie politics is deeply depressing right now.

Might piss off overseas for a bit

 

[derspatz]

And you have no idea how sad it is for females to finally get a female leader and have her disappoint so

"Female leader" ?

Oz doesn't have nor votes for a leader. We don't have "leaders". At most we vote for political parties that have leaders but those particular people, regardless of their gender, are certainly not OUR leaders, nor our boss, nor anyone to any of us are accountable to.

In fact, quite the reverse is true.

Pretty sad and disappointing (and more than a little bit scary) if there are folk in Oz who think the position and responsibility of Prime Minister = "being the leader of Oz".

Mind you, it would be even more sad, disappointing and scary if the current PM thinks she is our leader !

regarDS

 

[eliza]

"Female leader" ?

Oz doesn't have nor vote for a leader. We don't have "leaders". At most we vote for political parties that have leaders but those particular people, regardless of their gender, are certainly not OUR leaders, nor our boss, nor anyone to any of us are accountable to.

In fact, quite the reverse is true.

Pretty sad and disappointing (and more than a little bit scary) if there are folk in Oz who think the position and responsibility of Prime Minister = "being the leader of Oz".

Mind you, it would be even more sad, disappointing and scary if the current PM thinks she is our leader !

regarDS

For goodness sake, the work LEADER is used by both parties, Mr Abbott is the Opposition LEADER.

Please don't speak on behalf of the entire Australian population, just speak for yourself. Take your blinkers off and read posts properly you may learn something.

 

[derspatz]

Yeah what annoys me the most is the kind of attacks she is being subjected to it's so personal, nothing to do with her job. I have no problem if people want to debate her policies and opinions but when they start attacking her on a personal level and use name calling it just infuriates me.

I would suggest that what actually infuriates you is that virtually everything leveled at Mz Gillard is very much so "to do with her job" and that it is vitually all well justified ... and that you are revealed as somebody attempting to defend the indefensible.

I was turned down because the Bank Manager decided I'd soon leave work to have a baby

The rest of your "oh what poor little male controlled victims women once were" rant aside, wouldn't you agree it would be irresponsible for a bank personager to loan out other people's money to people likely to leave gainful employment for who-knows-how-long in relation to the expensive life changing and emotional hormone unsettling thang ala pregnancy & parenthood ?

A risk is a risk is a risk after all and the basic fact remain that although, as a woman, you were prolly less likely than a bloke to have a car accident, you were infinitely more likely than a bloke to "have a baby" and that, as a result, you presented a greater "default on loan" risk.

Anyhoo, when that bank personager offended you with a likely truth in such a way, I do hope you slowly re-crossed your legs then leaned forward to capture their gaze when they looked back up, gently moistened your lips, then cooed something like "Thank you for your flattering offer but I'd rather have the loan for the new kitchen (or whatever it was) for now" , then leaned back and re-adjusted the hem of your skirt then gave the fingernails on one of your hands a quick check as you shook your hair back over your shoulder as you waited for their mouth to stop making like wot a goldfish does.

Sure, you might not have got the loan from that bank but at least it wouldn't have been a total waste of time fun wise ...

regarDS

 

[derspatz]

For goodness sake, the work LEADER is used by both parties, Mr Abbott is the Opposition LEADER.

Please don't speak on behalf of the entire Australian population, just speak for yourself. Take your blinkers off and read posts properly you may learn something.

lol.

Clearly I'm not speaking on behalf of anyone; I'm delivering a basic fact of Oz democrazy and our constitution and all that.

In. Oz. We. Don't. Have. A. Leader.

Only fools and/or the mislead or ignorant would think otherwise ... oh, and those wanting to perpetuate a lie in order to gain power over others or as an excuse.

As for Ms Gillard, she isn't Oz's first political party leader for that "honour" goes to Janine Haines when she became the first woman to lead an Oz political party, namely the Oz Democrats back in 1986.

So, based upon that, when kxk to said "for females to finally get a female leader", it isn't unreasonable to think that kxk deems Gillard to be more than just the leader of a political party but in fact the "leader of females" (lol) if not leader of Oz ... and that kxk is quite mistaken with that view.

Thanks to Gillard's betrayal of KRudd and her blatant lies to the public including "there will be no carbon tax under a government I lead" and how certain so called independents betrayed their own electorates, Oz "finally got a female" prime minister (not a leader) ... and Oz has been suffering the disappointing results of that ever since.

Anyhoo, do you agree that Gillard is Oz's first female PM but she certainly isn't Oz's first female political party leader ?

Have you taken your blinkers off, read a post properly, and learned something ?

regarDS

 

[Tee]

Mrs (mousey) Howard would be their ideal, Liberals all have dull doormat partners.

In such contrast with Labor lovers, Labor ladies are feisty, talented and smart - and not afraid to leave.

Does that tell you something?

Yes it tells me that when it comes to generalisations and inaccuracies in sharing opinions and personal views, you are about as enlightened as your strange old Uncle Ders.

I voted for Julia Gillard in the last election, and I will be one of the 17 people in this country to vote for her again in the next election, I admire her as our Labor Leader. But unlike you, I certainly don't find the need to disrespect the many fine women who vote Liberal or are in relationships with Liberal members to demonstrate my point.

I am a huge fan of the sisterhood, and feel proud that in this country, as women we have equal rights to all educational opportunities, we have equality and freedom to grow, shine and the ability to research and choose what we believe in. Thankfully that doesn't mean as free thinking women we all need to fit this retarded cookie cutter Labor loving mould you appear to have mentally concocted. You need to realise, when celebrating one vagina, you don't need to kick another to validate your views.

 

[Tee]

....Anyhoo, when that bank personager offended you with a likely truth in such a way, I do hope you slowly re-crossed your legs then leaned forward to capture their gaze when they looked back up, gently moistened your lips, then cooed something like "Thank you for your flattering offer but I'd rather have the loan for the new kitchen (or whatever it was) for now" , then leaned back and re-adjusted the hem of your skirt then gave the fingernails on one of your hands a quick check as you shook your hair back over your shoulder as you waited for their mouth to stop making like wot a goldfish does....

regarDS

Ha!

Hahahahaha!

Oh my God! Can't you just imagine him? Trying to type quietly in the dead of the night, when normal people are sleeping, while surrounded by 15 glaring monitors, sound right down so he doesn't wake the dog or LSPAD or whatever he calls his mate, rotund stomach absolutely covered in Cheezel dust and cookie crumbs, medieval tin hat on, naked from the waist down, semi flaccid naked mole rat (google it for the mental image) in one hand, while he tries, but then fails to go all Fifty Shades of Ders..

Too funny, seriously!!!

Stick to the God talk brother, because when it comes to erotic fiction, you make about as much sense as Rev Fred Nile on a stripper pole.

 

[eliza]

The rest of your "oh what poor little male controlled victims women once were" rant aside, wouldn't you agree it would be irresponsible for a bank personager to loan out other people's money to people likely to leave gainful employment for who-knows-how-long in relation to the expensive life changing and emotional hormone unsettling thang ala pregnancy & parenthood ?

A risk is a risk is a risk after all and the basic fact remain that although, as a woman, you were prolly less likely than a bloke to have a car accident, you were infinitely more likely than a bloke to "have a baby" and that, as a result, you presented a greater "default on loan" risk.

Anyhoo, when that bank personager offended you with a likely truth in such a way, I do hope you slowly re-crossed your legs then leaned forward to capture their gaze when they looked back up, gently moistened your lips, then cooed something like "Thank you for your flattering offer but I'd rather have the loan for the new kitchen (or whatever it was) for now" , then leaned back and re-adjusted the hem of your skirt then gave the fingernails on one of your hands a quick check as you shook your hair back over your shoulder as you waited for their mouth to stop making like wot a goldfish does.

Sure, you might not have got the loan from that bank but at least it wouldn't have been a total waste of time fun wise ...

regarDS

A fat unhealthy middle aged man is at much bigger risk of losing his income than a 22 year old healthy eliza working full time in a secure government job regardless of her child rearing ability but not in a million years would the bank manager have declined fatty a loan. Your argument makes no sense whatsoever.

 

[eliza]

Yes it tells me that when it comes to generalisations and inaccuracies in sharing opinions and personal views, you are about as enlightened as your strange old Uncle Ders.

I voted for Julia Gillard in the last election, and I will be one of the 17 people in this country to vote for her again in the next election, I admire her as our Labor Leader. But unlike you, I certainly don't find the need to disrespect the many fine women who vote Liberal or are in relationships with Liberal members to demonstrate my point.

I am a huge fan of the sisterhood, and feel proud that in this country, as women we have equal rights to all educational opportunities, we have equality and freedom to grow, shine and the ability to research and choose what we believe in. Thankfully that doesn't mean as free thinking women we all need to fit this retarded cookie cutter Labor loving mould you appear to have mentally concocted. You need to realise, when celebrating one vagina, you don't need to kick another to validate your views.

Vote 18 here.

 

[kxk]

Could be a problem in SA Eliza, since her electorate is in Werribee, Vic - yeah I'm being literal and pedantic just like a forum pest.

People make such sweeping assumptions about political beliefs based on nothing - only Derspatz posts his personal election campaign.

Meanwhile that dickhead Sattler was highly amusing on the morning news, bleating poor me and I'm not the worst - just one of them.

You know that moment when you watch the TV person flip from tolerating and questioning to, dismissive- just go your a waste of time, a moron, and how you can have that same sensation on forums.

 

[Tee]

Vote 18 here.

Oh good for you!

I have never understood the vitriolic slander which follows Julia where ever she goes. She appears to be the most hated woman in politics and I believe the attacks on her are usually grossly unfair and border on some sort of harassment.

It is just sad we seem to have a culture which takes joy and great pleasure in measuring people by a handful of their worst moments rather than by a truckload of their best.

I respect Julia Gillard and I admire the way she had conducted herself throughout her difficult term and I feel proud to have her represent Team Ladygarden as our first female PM. In my opinion she is a perfect role model for our little girls. Despite the constant attacks, which go way beyond politics, she has conducted herself with strength, dignity and grace and I will, without hesitation, be voting for the next election.