OT- RIP Bob Hawke.

[Outlaw Pete]

RIP Bob. A great Australian. Bob and PK my fav Prime Ministers.

 

[merahputih]

Oh for the lazy, hazy conservative days of the fifties and sixties: I was there! White Australia Policy, life on the sheep's back, Holden Cars (company owned by Uncle Sam and heavily subsidized by the taxpayer, but hey, don't you dare say ' socialism! ) and old Bob Menzies sailing off into the sunset to watch the Ashes and fantasize about the Queen in his beloved Britain for a couple of months. It wasn't that bad, you had the Italians and Greeks who were sort of white (with a bit of a suntan) and they at least brightened the place up with a few good restaurants and coffee shops. A few Chinese around as I remember- buggers snuck in with the gold rush. I eventually developed a taste for their food-good hangover cure. A bloke could get as pissed as a fart up until 6pm and then go home with a few bottles of KB and do a few rounds with the missus and kids, none of that leftie domestic violence bullshit then! Of course it didn't destroy families, it brought them together!
Then Bob retired and Harold Holt took over before he also sort of sailed into the sunset (depending on which conspiracy theory you believe).
After that it all went downhill for the Libs. A succession of real doozies inherited the crown: Billy McMahon (the term 'Nancy Boy' hadn't been invented then luckily), randy old John Gorton (talk about family values!), culminating in the 1972 election when even Rupert Murdoch supported Gough Whitlam over the hapless McMahon.

As for Whitlam, he certainly made a lot of mistakes in his zeal for change and he had a few dubious ministers in his cabinet, but strangely enough if you see through the anti Whitlam hysteria whipped up by the Tories ever since, he had sorted out a lot of the problems by 1975 and the economy was on an upward track... and then along came Sir John Kerr and the rest is history.
History lesson over. I promise never to raise political issues again.

Vale Robert James Lee Hawke. His legacy speaks for itself.

 

[2010]

Isn’t it amazing that after Merahputib’s post we see an add for the United Australia Party.

 

[muzby]

Isn’t it amazing that after Merahputib’s post we see an add for the United Australia Party.

 

[St Georgio]

I love Tony Abbott!

 

[Gareth67]

Oh for the lazy, hazy conservative days of the fifties and sixties: I was there! White Australia Policy, life on the sheep's back, Holden Cars (company owned by Uncle Sam and heavily subsidized by the taxpayer, but hey, don't you dare say ' socialism! ) and old Bob Menzies sailing off into the sunset to watch the Ashes and fantasize about the Queen in his beloved Britain for a couple of months. It wasn't that bad, you had the Italians and Greeks who were sort of white (with a bit of a suntan) and they at least brightened the place up with a few good restaurants and coffee shops. A few Chinese around as I remember- buggers snuck in with the gold rush. I eventually developed a taste for their food-good hangover cure. A bloke could get as pissed as a fart up until 6pm and then go home with a few bottles of KB and do a few rounds with the missus and kids, none of that leftie domestic violence bullshit then! Of course it didn't destroy families, it brought them together!
Then Bob retired and Harold Holt took over before he also sort of sailed into the sunset (depending on which conspiracy theory you believe).
After that it all went downhill for the Libs. A succession of real doozies inherited the crown: Billy McMahon (the term 'Nancy Boy' hadn't been invented then luckily), randy old John Gorton (talk about family values!), culminating in the 1972 election when even Rupert Murdoch supported Gough Whitlam over the hapless McMahon.

As for Whitlam, he certainly made a lot of mistakes in his zeal for change and he had a few dubious ministers in his cabinet, but strangely enough if you see through the anti Whitlam hysteria whipped up by the Tories ever since, he had sorted out a lot of the problems by 1975 and the economy was on an upward track... and then along came Sir John Kerr and the rest is history.
History lesson over. I promise never to raise political issues again.

Vale Robert James Lee Hawke. His legacy speaks for itself.

Great post merahputih ! I can almost smell the cigs and the flowing grog at the 6’00 swill , not to mention the leftovers of the Chinese meal from the night before .

But you have written a very good biography of Bob Hawkes achievements in life , as I mentioned earlier - very well said .

 

[merahputih]

Isn’t it amazing that after Merahputib’s post we see an add for the United Australia Party.

$50m media budget.

 

[Brutalitops]

"what a disgusting post"

I have made this point before. This is a footie forum. It is NOT the right place to drag in politics. Surely the OP is aware that while some people may think politician X is a saint, others may regard him as the devil. Even a child would know that.

If you don't want to hear a political opinion here that hurts your sensitive leftie ears, don't post your own.

The passing of Bob Hawke is totally irrelevant to this site. Absolutely and totally. So stop posting politics here. It is entirely OFF TOPIC.

As for the recommendation that my post be deleted, isn't that perfectly par for the leftist course? Lefties are always very keen on censoring opinions they don't like (and ultimately imprisoning those who hold those opinions).

So we know where you stand on free speech at least. Free for you, but for no one else. No surprising at all.

Again, this is a FOOTIE forum! Let's keep it to football.

You have all the textbook clichés of a baby boomer who gets their political ideology from from 1950s and never grew out of it. I guarantee you have a Facebook account where you do nothing but share things from conservative pages. It'd It'd also clear like most alt-righters you have no idea what free speech actually means.

I mean no disrespect to the other boomers among us by the way. There are just those among you like our friend above who kick and scream at the world changing around them. Bet you voted no in the marriage plebiscite too. Luckily people like you are becoming old news, losing grip on power as we will see in today's election, and have nothing to offer aside from blaming all your problems on the "PC police" who apparently are the only reason you're an old grumpy sad sack growing frustrated that those more educated than you are changing the world for the better.

And the best part?

There is nothing you can do about it.

That really is the sweetest part for me.

 

[Lovemedragons]

A great Australian, RIP.

 

[Old Timer]

You have all the textbook clichés of a baby boomer who gets their political ideology from from 1950s and never grew out of it. I guarantee you have a Facebook account where you do nothing but share things from conservative pages. It'd It'd also clear like most alt-righters you have no idea what free speech actually means.

I mean no disrespect to the other boomers among us by the way. There are just those among you like our friend above who kick and scream at the world changing around them. Bet you voted no in the marriage plebiscite too. Luckily people like you are becoming old news, losing grip on power as we will see in today's election, and have nothing to offer aside from blaming all your problems on the "PC police" who apparently are the only reason you're an old grumpy sad sack growing frustrated that those more educated than you are changing the world for the better.

And the best part?

There is nothing you can do about it.

That really is the sweetest part for me.

I think he is a member of the young liberals and wasn't even a tadpole in his old man's ball bag when Gough and Bob were PM and he has
learned his hate from those rusted on Libs who had to compete for Uni spot on ability and not wealth.

 

[The Damo]

Hawke was nothing but drunken vermin.

He dragged us even further into the pit of leftist, anti-family, open borders, "free trade" globalist excrement that was first dug out by that fat Communist Whitlam, and was then after himself dug even deeper by that supercilious nancy-boy servant of international banking, Keating.

May be burn in torture forever in the fires of Hell.

Cry harder baby. Your tears are delicious.

 

[The Damo]

Rest In Power Bob.
Like any politician, he wasnt near perfect, but the list of genuinely great things he accomplished is pretty remarkable.
Taking real action against apartheid in South Africa, he was a huge part of making the boycotts and sanctions work.
Blocking the mining of Antarctica, imagine the damage that hAs avoided.
Saving the Franklin, Daintree, and Kakadu.
The amount of Australians finishing high school went from 30 percent to 70 percent through his policies.
The first Sex discrimination Act passed, so women could no longer be sacked for getting pregnant.
Handing Uluru back to its owners.
It's hard to imagine any of our current crop of politicians accomplishing half as much genuine good.
Vale Bob.

 

[merahputih]

I love Tony Abbott!

Tony needs all the love he can get at the moment!