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June 30, 2005
The Democracy Project
You might be wondering what Bleeding Edge has come up with in the 15 minutes we've been able to devote to considering the current political crisis in which, as indicated by its erstwhile leader, M. Latham, the ALP has become a train wreck, the Libs have run amok, the Nationals would run there too, if they had the collective intelligence to discover where it is, the Democrats have discovered how to become dishonest bastards, rather than keeping other bastards pure-minded, and the Greens ... umm, has anybody seen the Greens lately?
We'll be rolling out our humble suggestions over the next few weeks, but here's some rough details:
It's clear that we'll all feel a lot better if we become involved in some positive steps, rather than simply clutching our stomachs and moaning, as most of us have been doing increasingly over the past few years. What we propose is establishing a Democracy Project.
One of the first steps this movement might take is to set up a Registry of Politicians, and a cataloguing system. Our initial thoughts are to allocate each MP to the following categories:
- Dangerous Bastards (e.g. M. Latham, P. Keating)
- Useless Bastards (35 per cent of current MPs)
- Stupid Bastards (another 35 percent)
- Slimy Toads
- Almost Human (John Button)
Next, in order to make the system more transparent, we recommend a Nincompoops Registry, in which individuals involved in the pre-selection of each MP would be publicly identified, named and shamed, and possibly singled out for forcible re-education.
You might like to toss in your ideas and the odd thousand bucks to support research, food and wine and a decent art collection.
Posted by cw at June 30, 2005 07:43 AM
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Maybe you should add one more category called "Cunning Dangerous Bastards" and put John Howard at the top of the list.
Keating was dangerous but everyone was aware of it because Keating did not try to hide the fact. John Howard is also dangerous but he is good at disguising that so we should add cunning to the title.
Posted by: Aubrey at June 30, 2005 09:33 AM
Reckon you could dispense with all apart from the Nincompoops Registry. Maybe one called Pathological Mendacity for you know who.
Oh, and don't put Paul in the same basket as Malevolent Mark.
Notice a new fella on 774 the last couple of weeks. Have Peter and your goodself been warehoused?
Posted by: Justin at June 30, 2005 11:33 AM
Don't forget rodents
Posted by: tflip at June 30, 2005 01:06 PM
Lying Rodents!
Posted by: Paul at June 30, 2005 06:58 PM
Lets just assume anyone who is, or wants to be, a politician should be shot, no exceptions, none what so ever, nill, nada, zip. Those we might think are honest, have a cause or might do some good just haven't reached their full potential yet, and sometimes it better to catch these ones early.
Never attribute evil to what can be achieved through mis-management. It takes a lot of evil to equal what mis-management can do in one day.
Posted by: Luke at June 30, 2005 11:23 PM
Don't forget lawyers.
Posted by: jamrob at July 1, 2005 03:04 PM