Time for another gem from Truth Seeker, and this one is a real gem. After enjoying this piece you’ll probably agree with me that it’s his best yet.
Tony Abbott’s Australians for Honest Politics
Australians for honest politics
Is another Abbott lie
The slush fund that won’t go away
Despite how hard he’ll try
He’ll push the usual Abbott lines
Of spin and lies and slogans
But the truth won’t set the Abbott free
Just expose his bunch of bogans.
😯
Ms Hanson was the problem
That Tony felt he had to fix
By garnering some funding
From his mates, the right wing dicks
Terry Sharples, Abbott guaranteed
Would not be out of pocket
If the disaffected Hansonite
Made sure that she would cop it.
😛
So with Abbotts clear assurance
Sharples lodged his supreme court writ
But it soon came clear to Abbott
That the case had turned to shit,
He said, “Terry, you have perjured yourself,
So terminate your action now.
And costs will be ordered against you
But I’ll just milk the LNP cow”.
😀
Then the Abbott set up his slush fund
And called it Australians for Honest Politics
Then he sold it to his donors
A bunch of wealthy right wing dicks
But when the AEC asked who they were
The Abbott promptly lied
Saying he’d spoken to a lawyer
And those names, he’s right to hide.
🙄
So the AEC were fooled
Taking Abbott at his word
Which, with Abbott’s form on lies and spin
Seems totally absurd
Then his right wing lawyers said to Sharples
As he was holding out his hand
“Abbott’s not prepared to pay all your cost
But he’ll give you this ten grand”.
😉
Though Sharples lost, Hanson paid the cost
And to the gaol she went
While the questions asked of Abbott
Showed the man is really bent
And when questioned about lying to Tony Jones
He said, “misleading the ABC
Is not as bad as misleading parliament
As a political crime, you see”.
😉
Now all this happened from 1998
To the year 2003
But Hanson served less than three months gaol
And on appeal, she was set free
But there were questions that were never asked
Of Abbott and his donors
With their born to rule mentality
Who when winning, all get boners.
😳
So fast forward to, 2012
With Abbott’s plans all gone awry
And his schemes and machinations
To steal government, just won’t fly
So with typical right wing projection
He points the finger at our PM
Saying the AWU slush fund affair
Was illegal way back then.
🙄
So his mates in the MSM decided
To dig up all the dirt
And he gave the task to Bishop
To be executioner, in a skirt
But being morally deficient
She just couldn’t hit the spot
And her sidekick Pyne proved spitting dummies is fine
But it’s all the poodle’s got.
😯
Still they dug and dug, and accusations flew
But none of it could stick
Till the PM finally called the bluff
On the Misogynistic dick
And the best he had was an ambit claim
Of conduct unbecoming
For a lawyer with a shonky bloke
With whom, with hindsight, she was slumming.
😳
But corruption claims, they could not prove
Cos there were no points there to score
But in the process Abbott’s own slush fund
Started coming to the fore
And the people want some answers
To some questions never posed
Of the Abbotts slush fund and the investigation
That the AEC conveniently closed.
🙄
And the names of all the donors
That the Abbott would not disclose
With the whole thing, like a corrupted version
Of the Emperors New Clothes
With the Abbott in his budgies
Crying “Gillards still a crim”
While the spotlight slowly turns around
To focus right on him.
😳
So the moral for the LNP is just
Be careful, who you accuse
As with skeletons in your own closets
It could be you that starts to lose
And it’s at your own sad peril
When you start throwing your stones
Cos just like Abbotts slush fund skeletons
He’s rattled . . . the wrong bones
😯
Wow! To quote Maj. Dennis Bloodknock, “I don’t know who you are, but you’ve done me a power of good.”
Doc, glad to be of assistance 😀
Cheers 🙂 😀 😆
The similarities between this case & the more recent Ashby case can surely be no coincidence. Time for a Federal Police Investigation into whether this slush fund still exists, who currently runs it & who is donating into it-as its existence represents a massive threat to our democracy. Using our court systems to remove MP’s on trumped up charges is just plain *wrong*!
Just brilliant.
Marcus, yes it was a combination of all the levels of corruption taking place at the hands of the LNP that prompted the writing of this, The first of my poems for 2013, with many more to come 😀
Roswell, thanks for that! 😀 Glad you liked it 😀
Cheers 🙂 Grin: 😎
This has certainly hit the spot with me. It is always good to see other people with the same views putting it out there. Keep them coming Truth Seeker.
Patricia Ryan, thanks for your comment and support 😀
yes I will do my best to keep them coning, and we all need to keep these issues on the front burner, as the MSM are MIA, so it’s up to us of the fighting fifth! 😀
Cheers 🙂 😀
TS, love it. 😀 A hint to readers, read it out aloud..it sounds even better spoken aloud than read.
Once again, you hit the spot.
I am sure you will find much to write about this year.
He is the gift that just keeps on giving.
Waiting for the first question, he is asked for his efforts this weekend. Could be “where has the surplus gone?”
or maybe, how does one have unity and diversity within a culture at the same time.
Min, thanks so much for your support, it means a lot 😎 😀
Cheers 😀 😆
Cu, yes you are absolutely right, he is the gift that keeps on giving…. to the ALP 😀 and I am sure there will be an embarrassment of riches for all of us.
You keep up the good work too 😎 😀
Cheers 🙂 😀
Very well written, right on the mark, how about one on Tony’s use of taxpayer funded transport to promote his private book, “Battlelines” as espoused by Greg Milne?
cmskinner, thanks for your feedback, and I’ll have a think about your suggestion. 😀
There is just so much to work with, as cu said, and I have also made the point, Abbott is the gift that keeps on giving 😯
There is already a lot on my blog, written last year, if you are interested. 😀 😆
http://truthseekersmusings.wordpress.com/
Cheers 🙂 😀 😆
Not only that cmskinner but the unbelievably enormous office expenses that seem to be for running around engaging in stunts for party political purposes in campaigning and not for alternate policies or government policy enhancement and amendments as should be the case for a credible opposition.
It appears that Mr.Abbott made a comment at today’s outing, look how much hotter it would be without the carbon tax, Maybe he and his supporters can see a loke in that.
What is also true, is how much hotter it would been for over one million homes, if that wasteful insulation was not in the roofs.
Good point, Cu. Let’s give thanks to the alleged pink batts failed program.
Cmskinner, the use of taxpayer funds to promote his ridiculous book is something the media should be savaging.
Cu & Migs, yes a policy failure that has resulted in only shonky employers (probably LNP supporters) being charged! 😯
And the LNP still are carping on about it, ignoring the elephant in the room! 👿
Cheers 😀 😆 😀
A good break down of the rubbish that Michelle Grattan penned this morning. Worth a read.
Equally relevant to this post….honesty escapes gillard
Yes, tree, you are correct. The PM has taken on board, the actions that Tony demanded when it come to asylum seekers. She put in place what he wanted. It does not work.
Yes, you are right, it is a complete failure.
Yes, it is time that Tony comes to the party, and allow the whole of the Houston plan to be put in place.
It is now time to work on the Malaysian solution.
Yes, what the PM has said in that video is what is needed.
Yes, the only answer that might work, os a regional processing centre.
Yes, tree, the PM has a plan. It is time for Abbott to allow her to put it in place.
The Greens have a different agenda, therefore we cannot rely on them.
Why are we looking at floods that are reaching record heights, so soon after the last ones. We are sure having to endure extreme weather conditions.
Tree troll, you just don’t get it do you 😦 😛
Cu, exactly 😀
Cheers 🙂 😀
I cannot say that I like Labor’s current stance on asylum seekers. Tony Abbott swore on 100 bibles (with cherries on top), that Nauru was The Solution. It’s not and Labor knew that it wasn’t. Therefore I do NOT like this one little bit – it’s wasting time, money, resources and importantly subjecting genuine refugees to unnecessary suffering. And this is all in the name of politics; so as to diffuse Abbott’s accusation against Labor on the issue and hopefully take it off the agenda at the forthcoming election. I understand where Labor is coming from, but there are some things that one should not play politics with and this is people’s lives..but on the other hand when have the Liberals ever put the welfare of the common man above their own political gain.
It is obvious that Tree troll doesn’t want to come down from the trees. Doesn’t really want to acknowledge the truth.
Min, spot on 😦
Patricia Ryan, Tree troll doesn’t know the truth, he just practices right wing projection. 🙄
Cheers 😀 😀
Double cheers TS.. 🙂
“Catching up
JANUARY 27, 2013 @ 5:04 PM
Yes, tree, you are correct. The PM has taken on board, the actions that Tony demanded when it come to asylum seekers. She put in place what he wanted. It does not work.
Yes, you are right, it is a complete failure.
Patricia Ryan
JANUARY 27, 2013 @ 5:35 PM
It is obvious that Tree troll doesn’t want to come down from the trees. Doesn’t really want to acknowledge the truth.
Now that left wing consensus for you!
Catching up
JANUARY 27, 2013 @ 5:17 PM
Why are we looking at floods that are reaching record heights, so soon after the last ones. We are sure having to endure extreme weather conditions.
CU, careful now you’re out of your depth again. Records show clearly this has all happened before, and worse by a long shot
Want to point us to those records Treeman?
http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2011/01/27/an-overview-of-brisbane-river-floods/
No comment, tail chewer???
tree, your answer is pure stupidity. when one breaks a record. it suggests that this level has not been reached before.
Calling one names, does not change facts. It just suggests that you have no answer.
Not to an ad hominem scaper, and read what you posted and why it doesn’t actually portray what you think it does and how you like Treeman miss the mark.
Also scaper I respond in my own time like anyone else here and you do. You didn’t have a clue where I was and what I was doing in the stupidity of demanding I answer within 11 minutes.
Get off your high horse for once.
Mo, we’ll be waiting a while.
Get off my high horse…why? The view from here is much clearer than what you can see.
State politics will not have much bearing on the federal election. The partisans from either side are just noise as the swing voters decide who governs. They are not stupid and to suggest the media can somehow influence them is an insult to their intelligence.
scaper, the problem with a high horse, is that if it’s too high, as yours appears to be, then you can’t see shit cos your head’s in the clouds! 😦
And you last post clearly proves my point! 😯
My horse is not too hig as you say. As far as your understanding of the game goes…pram comes to mind.
Hey lizard, do you dispute my link or was Oxley and Lockyer evil Global Warming deniers too?? Your inference is a low (c***) act!
Looks like the flood will be half as high as 2011, around 2.2M I believe. North Qld has been smashed. On standby.
More like a hobby horse MO.
Mine was a typo, yours is shear ignorance or stupidity, take your pick 😦
I get your drift. If you are not with us you are against us. I stand alone because it is neither.
It is fucking tough in the middle.
On another note…glad I left my Ovation back over there. Crossing the plain would have cooked it. Was 48 degrees and my calculations were wrong, didn’t allow for evaporation of fuel. Limped into Norseman on what was left in my fuel line
Going to buy another guitar next week as so lonely, been a long time since I have considered a purchase. Got any advice?
TS, another pearler of a pome. You’re on fire!
We in the 5th estate have to keep the bastards honest, because the msm sure isn’t going to. Liealot has many, many questions to answer wrt his involvement in the Australians for (Dis)Honest politics slush fund, lying to the AEC, lying to the Parliament and his involvement in the Slipper/Ashby affair.
I’d bet the house that he’s up to his neck in the Slipper smear campaign, he’s got form and it’s got his sleazy fingerprints all over it. The same goes for those slime bags Prissy, Brough, Brandis, Hockey, Bishop and the entire cast of liars, spivs and shonks that make up the Parliamentary Liars Party.
The government should hold an inquiry into the Slipper/Ashby affair. It seems obvious that the Liars have tried to pervert the course of justice, have attempted to use the courts for political purposes and have lied constantly about their involvement.
I reckon that sprint to the doors of the House would look like amateur hour if the government does announce an inquiry. 😆 😆 😆
Your inference is a low (c***) act!
How so scaper?
They have revised the level to be around a couple of metres lower than 2011 when it peaks around midnight tonight.
Was 2011 the record or not?
Jane, was thinking..isn’t it amazing how nothing which the opposition tries ever quite works out the way that they plan it. It doesn’t matter what it is..policies which are almost immediately contradicted by their own people (Robb versus Hockey/Abbott versus the Nationals), and even when they attempt *a scandal* it comes to nought and is but an indication of their grubbiness.
Mayor of Lockyer Valley just on ABC Breakfast says flooding there 3 metres higher than 2011.
Other areas lower than 2011 whilst some are close to those levels.
That’s the point.
Yes Min, whilst trying to paint this government as the worst ever and only getting any traction on that because of the media, we actually have the worst opposition ever by any measure.
If the media had done even a part of their job, as they have for past oppositions, then this one would have collapsed ages ago.
Is it just me, or has Michelle Grattan become somewhat fawning…
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/but-seriously-get-ready-for-mr-positive-20130126-2ddf6.html#ixzz2JCxaqz97
Mobius, it would take nothing more than even a mild effort on the media’s behalf..nothing indepth, just a casual appraisal would do the trick.
Well the social media is certainly trying to hold Abbott to account, at least for his constant walk outs on the media.
How come he can demand that Gillard answer questions, which she does, but he can constantly walk away from the media even from mild questions asking to account for something?
Jane, thanks for your kind words 😀 , and yes I agree entirely, lets have an enquiry with terms of reference wide enough to cover all the areas of corruption that the LNP are involved/implicated in! 😆
scaper, depends what you want it for, if you want a nice instrument, I’de go for a Taylor Cedar Top small bodied Concert, but if you want something to lug around, I’ve got a Crafter Traveler which has got a big sound and a great pickup (best value Traveler INHO) otherwise there are lots of good middle of the road guitars; Crafter make some good value acoustic instruments, worth a look if you can find them. 😀
Cheers 😀
Another case where the media failed, reporting on Abbott’s Australia day speech and his attempt to rewrite history.
Abbott Attempts To Rewrite History Again
Mary River and Gympie higher than 2011 record, expected to break more than 20 metres in the next hour. Also the fastest rise of flood waters experienced.
Some areas of Gympie might not be as bad as 2011 but will be close.
“Bundaberg expecting biggest floods ever.” Ticker on TV news.
has Michelle Grattan become somewhat fawning…
‘become” ❓ She’s been fawning since he became loto. It’s really quite embarrassing. Mind you, it took me a couple of paragraphs to realise that the bold was yours. It confused my sleepy mind for a minute there 😉
Interestingly though, she is one of the few actually advertising this positively as the libs would have expected. Last night channel 7 (who have become massive liberal supporters here in SA since they lost the court case brought by Rann) was extremely derisive of it, and even showed their camera man following tabot down a hall after he refused to answer anything about the clown bernadi.
Another case where the media failed
That was an absolutely shameless speech by tabot ME. Reminiscent of his attitude last Australia Day when he started the whole tent embassy rubbish. Luckily for him, the media found a patsy for themselves.
But the speech also shows just how ignorant he is. Not only did he ignore the first Australians completely, he rabbitted on about convicts being the first Australians to a state that prides itself on never having accepted convicts at all.
And also the fact that, to my knowledge, was the only MP not in his electorate to perform his civic duties for the new citizens. Would rather be on a tax payer jaunt to ride his bike in front of the cameras.
“Bundaberg expecting biggest floods ever.”
Alone, that would probably mean little. But the rapidity and regularity of these extreme conditions is what is truly worrying
And if the record flooding wasn’t enough and the in places the unprecedented speed of it they are now expecting cyclone strength winds of 140kph this arvo or later.
The unusual speed of flooding could not have anything to do with water being released from all the dams.” Just a thought.
Seems a lot of flooding as a result of the first rain.
One would have thought the thirsty ground would have soaked up much of this rain up to now,
http://thedailyderp.net/2013/01/28/cory-bernardi-wrecks-abbotts-good-vibrations-tour/
I’ve wondered that Cu and discussed it. It might be that the releasing of the dam water early on Newman’s order may have made the flooding of the Brisbane river less than 2011 at the cost of other areas.
Newman ordered the opening of the gates and that the gates are to remain open without consulting the hydrologists from what I’m reading.
It seems that those in areas effected by the dam release will not be able to specify to their insurance companies what was natural storm flooding and what was dam release, so the insurance companies might not cough up and put those payouts onto the State government.
Abbott’s haste down a corridor the other day to avoid a Bernardi question was a classic Cu. This time though the reporter followed him and the whole scene reminded me of the current affairs shonks running away from the reporter to avoid answering questions on what they had stuffed up.
Wait on… it was a shonk running away from a reporter avoiding answering a question on a stuff up.
Does lying matter? Which side lies the most? What is a political lie?
It appears the right believe a lie to be when a politician fails to deliver, no matter the reason or change of circumstances. This meaning applies only to Labor. The likes of Abbott are allow to say whatever they like.
http://theaimn.com/2013/01/28/telling-lies-and-breaking-promisis/
MO. I believe this will be the norm for the coming year. Began this in London, when questioned about Brough. Walked off, but came back when the questioner promised not to ask more questions. Video of that effort does not appear to exist.
Imagine the outcry if the PM pulled the same stunt
The PM has been greatly criticised, when to some, she has had the hide to question the validity of the question being asked,
Yes, the number of videos are will grow to great heights.
Nah CU & Mö – the sheer volume of water coming out of the sky is the major difference. In the last month, family & friends north of Gympie and at Montville have had to buy water because their tanks were empty. In 2010, it started raining in October and didn’t stop till January 2011. (remember this from 2010? http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-10-06/opposition-questions-water-release-from-wivenhoe/2286932 )
In 2010-11, the rain was MUCH more widespread in the Stanley & Brisbane river catchment areas – these are the main inflows to Somerset & Wivenhoe dams.
This time, the major disaster areas are unaffected by these dams – Rockhampton, Gladstone, Bundaberg, Gympie & Maryborough. The problem here was that the remnants of cyclone Oswald was virtually static for several days, dropping up to 1000mm of rain on the area.
In Brisbane itself we have only received 268mm in all of January, compared to 354mm in 2011. Brisbane & Ipswich will only have “minor” flooding in comparison to 2011. Note: minor in this case is a relative term – many houses & businesses will still flood, but we’re talking 100’s, not thousands…