When a party is in opposition, especially one that believes in its divinely ordained right to rule our nation by virtue of their mere existence, high profile players usually snipe at one another via the media when it becomes evident their policies won't wedge the government of the day - case and point of John Hewson telling Peter Costello to resign. That's all fine and dandy, but the fact that he attacks the man personally on his achievements baffles me to say the least. Not really out of character for the usual Tory ad hominem smear politics. (Remember! They made Latho cry! Actually fucking cry!)
Sure, he was never made leader of the parliamentary Liberal party, but he did deliver a GST and win a whole bunch of elections; something Hewson never achieved despite his ambitious aspirations, even suffering a defeat, losing the "unloseable" Fightback! campaign of 1993. (And he was in Opposition! He not only didn't win, he actually lost. Cue the sad trombone.)
On second thoughts, the squabble could be reduced to an Onion-esque headline: "Old loser tells hurt loser to quit."
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I feel bound to comment thanks to the tagging thing. Not sure why I was tagged, though. You're all standing up for Costello. Uncool, man. This stuff isn't really new - the Labor party took the opportunity to implode messily in opposition as well. I'm going to concede that it's vastly more satisfying (and less frustrating) when it's a Coalition opposition.
Insane in the membrane.
So Thomas, put this in your cookie jar and bake (the fuck out of) it:
I picked up the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection for the Xbox 360 earlier this week. Pre-ordered it from JB so I could get the limited edition (wanky) blue vinyl that came with it. It hosts a few allegedly classic tracks from those classic games. There's about six tracks, I think.
And yet, out of all the tracks, not one is from Sonic the Hedgehog.
Doesn't that just seem... a little strange? None of the music chosen seems to be the iconic music that people associate with their baby gaming years.
What's with that?
What's worse: I don't have an LP player. I can't even listen to it. =( What should I do?
That does sound weird. Sonic had some classic...nay, brilliant music. You could send the record to me and I could record it on to a tape :P
While I'm at it why don't I send you my DIGNITY, too?!
First you steal my women, then you steal my pride, now you try to steal my music! Now you're just making fun of the fact that I'm legally blind and I've got maybe another ten years of decent hearing before I am declared legally invalid.
Wow. That's pretty harsh, Thomas.
Also: I don't even have an Xbox 360. =(
Hey, if I sent you a copy of the Crooked Fiddle Band's latest album, would you contemplate reviewing it for awesomeness?
Yeah, I might as well. If I sent a review to a bunch of newspapers I'm sure someone would pick it up.
I have connections in (surprisingly) the New York Times.
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Oh sorry, Thomas... for a moment I thought she was talking to me. It is really my blog, afterall...
Now I feel terribly embarrassed... and left out. Thomas you can send me a copy too, right?
Did you know, I can insult people in Russian? I'm just that good.
Facts are undeniable. I am truth.
Yeah, I could review it. They can also contact me if they want to do something for Buzz bandwatch. Just give them my email :)
Stephen, if you ACTUALLY have contacts at the Times then you are as good as you purport.
Are you fucking calling me a liar? I have sacrificed so much for you! Actually, I don't have contacts there. But I do, believe it or not, have contacts in Hollywood!
Prove it. Seriously. I'm calling your bluff Stephen...
To name one: Chris Bailey, friend of Kevin Smith, animator/director, animation supervisor (X-Men 2 - Nightcrawler sequence; Garfield movies animation supervisor; Alvin and the Chipmunks... it goes on).
But you wouldn't believe me, as you'd consider him not "high class" enough.
I never bluff. I go in with both barrels smoking.
PLEASE SEND ME MUSIC.
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