Ben Elton too clever for Australians?
Feb 14th 2011, 8:48 pm
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Re: Ben Elton too clever for Australians?
He's just not funny doing stand up, and all this 'we' and 'us Australians' bullplop makes me wanna punch him. He's done what most successful comics/musicians do when they lose their touch, come to Australia and proclaim it to be the best country in the world, nobs
Feb 14th 2011, 8:49 pm
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Wol's original premise, to which I was replying, was "There's more incompetence, corruption and misinformation here than the rest of the world put together!"
Berlusconi represents just a small part of the rest of the world but single-handedly blows that premise to pieces. That's what Berlusconi has got to do with it.
Feb 14th 2011, 8:50 pm
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I noticed that. It didn't sound natural coming from him.
Feb 14th 2011, 10:23 pm
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If you are grumbing about state or Federal politics then you are entitled to your grumbles. But some of these people in politics are as smart as you are.
Feb 15th 2011, 12:37 am
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Admittedly I don't know as much about the other states' politicians as those in NSW (and I suspect people in WA have little idea about the NSW lot) but the level of incompetence and malpractice in NSW is breathtaking. Nothing, BTW, to do with cleverness - quite often the clever people are the ones who milk the system - and get away with it.
Feb 15th 2011, 12:49 am
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Re: Ben Elton too clever for Australians?
Admittedly I don't know as much about the other states' politicians as those in NSW (and I suspect people in WA have little idea about the NSW lot) but the level of incompetence and malpractice in NSW is breathtaking. Nothing, BTW, to do with cleverness - quite often the clever people are the ones who milk the system - and get away with it.
Feb 15th 2011, 12:52 am
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Re: Ben Elton too clever for Australians?
Admittedly I don't know as much about the other states' politicians as those in NSW (and I suspect people in WA have little idea about the NSW lot) but the level of incompetence and malpractice in NSW is breathtaking. Nothing, BTW, to do with cleverness - quite often the clever people are the ones who milk the system - and get away with it.
Feb 15th 2011, 12:52 am
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Re: Ben Elton too clever for Australians?
Leo Sayer springs to mind!
Feb 15th 2011, 1:11 am
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My local council was sacked in 2008 as it was considered so dysfunctional that an administrator could only be an improvement. My next closest, Wollongong, was sacked because of systemic corruption. My State parliament, seems to be full of thieves, crooks and dodgy characters. I can only base my view of Aussie politics on what I've seen around me... and it's not good. !
Whether the "other lot" will be much better who knows?
Feb 15th 2011, 1:13 am
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My local council was sacked in 2008 as it was considered so dysfunctional that an administrator could only be an improvement. My next closest, Wollongong, was sacked because of systemic corruption. My State parliament, seems to be full of thieves, crooks and dodgy characters. I can only base my view of Aussie politics on what I've seen around me... and it's not good. !
Feb 15th 2011, 1:20 am
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And it doesn't sound good. But it's not the worst in the world. In other countries people are gunned down on a daily basis due to involvement in the machinations of their countries. (I'm talking corruption and stuff in general, not just politics) I don't think NSW is as quite as bad as that. It's the stuff of tittle-tattle tabloid.
In comparison with developed countries, not taking my previous comments literally, NSW stinks. No point in boring people here with page after page of the waste of money, incompetence etc etc - just ask almost anyone who lives here and has taken the slightest interest over the past few years.
Feb 15th 2011, 2:23 am
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Re: Ben Elton too clever for Australians?
But he has been married to an Aussie girl for a very long time and has spent a lot of time here so I guess he can claim to be an aussie too.
Feb 15th 2011, 3:52 am
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Re: Ben Elton too clever for Australians?
Admittedly I don't know as much about the other states' politicians as those in NSW (and I suspect people in WA have little idea about the NSW lot) but the level of incompetence and malpractice in NSW is breathtaking. Nothing, BTW, to do with cleverness - quite often the clever people are the ones who milk the system - and get away with it.
It's one of the reasons I oppose centralisation.
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Feb 15th 2011, 6:17 am
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Feb 15th 2011, 6:26 am
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