This is a solid blow to the AGW fraudsters, the carbon-taxers, and the Red-Green-Green axis in Australia:
Watts Up With That? Eco-rout down under: ‘A mini-van will have more seats than the Labour party in the new parliament.’
Australians come to their senses – March 24th will be remembered as the day they collectively said “we’re tired of this sh**”
Commenter “truthseeker” writes in comments:
Anthony,
You may want to refer to Jo Nova’s latest post about the results of a state election down under.
Now for all of you nice people from the USA who may not think state elections are that big a deal if you do not live in that state, please remember that we only have 6 states and 2 territories, not 50 like you guys. We just had an election in Queensland, one of our most economically important states, especially for mineral wealth representing about a quarter of the population. Before the election the Labour (think Democrat) held a small majority in the 89 seat Lower House (House of Representatives).
With over 70% of the vote counted, the results are;
Liberal / National Party coalition (think Republicans – sort of) – 78 seats
Labour (think Democrat) – 7 seats
KAP (new party – think TEA party with less logic and more strangeness) – 2 seats
Independents – 2 seats.A mini-van will have more seats than the previously incumbent Labour party in the new parliament.
I have one word for this … OUCH!
Jo Nova writes:
Those devastating Queensland Election Results: Voters hate lies and the Carbon Tax
UPDATE: Is this a record? Has there ever been a loss this bad in Australian history? Conservatives likely to win 74 seats of an 89 seat parliament.
Labor was reduced to only 11 seats in 1974, and on latest counting tonight appeared set to retain only nine seats. Some analysts put the figure even lower, at seven. This would mean Labor falling short of official party status and relying on the incoming LNP government to grant it party offices, staff and resources. The Queensland Greens failed to win a seat and suffered a fall in support. [The Australian]
This is thread for all those who want to comment on this election. According to Bolt, things are not just bad, they’re seriously awful for the Labor Party. Newspoll says LNP (conservatives) 55%, Labor 26%. Channel Nines polls says Labor could be left with less than 10 seats!
The ABC’s election predictor at 8:26 has LNP on 67 seats, Labor on four, others five, doubtful 15. Absolutely catastrophic for Labor. The current leader of the Labor Party in Queensland is Anna Bligh facing a 13% swing against her, and will need preferences just to stay in Parliament.
March 24, 2012, will be remembered as the day the electorate delivered a decisive, devastating blow to an incumbent Labor government. Courier Mail
For non-Australians, Australia has seven states (technically 5 states and 2 territories), and in 2007 all the States and the Federal Government were Labor. Currently Liberal (meaning conservative) governments have won NSW, WA, and Vic and now look like taking a landslide in Queensland. These are the four largest states.
JoNova: Those devastating Queensland Election Results: Voters hate lies and the Carbon Tax
Andrew Bolt: Queensland won’t be gentler on Queensland
The choice of words is unfortunate, but the analysis of Labor’s Queensland apocalypse seems right:
Former Hawke and Keating minister Graham Richardson said Queensland voters’ feelings towards the Prime Minister verged on “hatred” …
“I think people just wanted to get rid of Anna Bligh but I think they want to get rid of Julia Gillard as violently as possible,” Mr Richardson said.
A record:
The NLP achieved a massive 15.7 per cent swing to capture at least 76 seats… It is the largest recorded swing in Australian political history, eclipsing the 14.9 per cent surge against Victoria’s Labor government after the party’s 1955 split.
But keep denying the evidence, you believers:
ABC’s Insiders yesterday:
LAURA Tingle: I don’t think anyone can claim that this was about the carbon tax or any federal issues.
Courier-Mail online, Saturday:
SKY News exit polls show voters were most concerned about the cost of living (69 per cent), followed by delivery of state services (63 per cent), and carbon tax (44 per cent)
Nothing left to say:
Julia Gillard flew to a summit in South Korea yesterday without commenting publicly on the destruction of Anna Bligh’s government…
Watching and waiting:
Kevin Rudd … had planned to mount his leadership challenge after the state election. One of his old backers expressed frustration that Mr Rudd had not waited. The MP said the Queensland result would not reignite any meaningful leadership talk now but its enormity kept Mr Rudd’s prospects alive.
It was noted that of the five seats of which all or part fell within the boundaries of Mr Rudd’s seat of Griffith, the average swing was 9.7 per cent, whereas the statewide average against Labor was 16 per cent.
Greg Sheridan:
Labor’s Queensland election debacle means that the party may be forced, no matter how reluctantly, to turn once more to the former prime minister and foreign minister. This is the view of some of Rudd’s key backers, and it is correct. Tony Abbott could win the next federal election in Queensland alone.
Michelle Grattan can’t bring herself quite to mention the carbon tax as a colossal error and deceit, which actually is the basis of this analysis:
JULIA Gillard issued an extraordinary statement on Saturday night after Queensland Labor was decimated. She congratulated Campbell Newman, praised Anna Bligh and promised to deliver for Queenslanders. But she made no mention of the rout that flattened Labor and raised the spectre of Queenslanders — who don’t believe in half measures — wielding the axe federally next year.
Some Gillard government advisers want to think that because this election was fought overwhelmingly on state issues and involved the “it’s time” factor, the result does not have federal implications. This is delusional…
Queensland also highlights how important “trust” is for voters… Gillard is not likely to find it much easier to get back trust than Bligh did — trust is probably non-renewable capital for the PM.
Queensland is the warning. Politicians who cyncially break election promises get punished. Gillard cynically broke a promise not to introduce a carbon tax. Voters had being lied to about this tax, which many also fear. Gillard will be punished. All the rest is excuse-making, wishful thinking and we-know-best arrogance. Labor must drop a tax for which there is no mandate and from which there is no benefit – to the planet, the economy or Labor itself.
UPDATE
But a discreet silence from normally prolific tweeter Kevin Rudd.
Also see:
Tags: Julia Gillard, Queensland
SLAP!
Current theories of the causes and impact of global warming have been thrown into question by a new study which shows that during medieval times the whole of the planet heated up.
It then cooled down naturally and there was even a ‘mini ice age’.
We need similar momentum here come November. And if the Marxists win again I hoping the Mayans were right.
@ coldwarrior:
And…the sun is still burning.
@ coldwarrior:
i would so love to see someone from dod post this at lgf
it would be worth torching a sock just to see cj’s head assplode
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Nope, you are mistaken, that’s just a simulation being projected by the Koch Brothers…
@ doriangrey:
Or maybe it’s Bill Gates and Microsoft…
@ doriangrey:
Nope.
Half of everyday would be dark while the Sun downloaded and installed “important updates.”
Toulouse gunman’s father plans to sue France over son’s death
Can we put a fork in France yet? She ees done.
It’s going to be fun reading Tim Blair.
Or for that matter, David Burge. How are the results in Mullagangabanga?
@ Urban Infidel:
It should be a standing policy, in any civilized country, that there should be no civil burial for any criminal or any terrorist who dies in the course of his depredations, or at the hands of the police while fugitive from justice.
Haul the body, or the pieces of it, back to the morgue, do an autopsy, preserve some DNA for evidence’ sake, then cremate all the glorp and flush the ashes down the sanitary sewer.
This should apply to terrorists of any religion or political stripe, as well as to plain old nutbars.
Rigorous enforcement of this policy might actually deter some people from carrying out acts of terrorism.
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
Another thing I don’t get is why the French police keep the shooter’s brother’s face covered when they do a perp walk? Let’s see the face of evil? What are they protecting?
*peeking in*
Modern Day Witch Burners are trying to drive the Global Warming Hoax (GWH) ™ claiming that any severe weather that we see now is caused by GWH.
Check out the link above and peruse the headlines from the 1920′s and 1930′s when the weather was really extreme. The total human output of the deadly vapor CO2 would have been a third of, or less, than what it is today.
I’m currently reading Sen. James Inhofe’s book The Greatest Hoax and will do a thread on it when I’m finished.
@ NoThreat2U:
ICU-lol
I recall reading some where Drudge I think that India ordered it’s airlines not to pay the EU carbon tax…
@ Dolphin:
Hi Dolphin! *waving like a loon* lol
Bumr50 wrote:
News Flash…………………….. Half of every day is dark………..
NoThreat2U wrote:
Hmmm, NT2U is acting like her normal self again…. That has to be good…
@ NoThreat2U:
@ Dolphin:
Quasimoto says “howdy”…
@ doriangrey:
Be afraid, be very afraid
@ huckfunn:
And a hearty HELLO right back at him
NoThreat2U wrote:
Nope…. Even Bill Gates can’t afford the gas to drive you from Boonievile where you live to where I live….
doriangrey wrote:
depends on where you are… did you hear the one about the Eskimo girl who spent the night at her BFs and came home six months pregnant?
Rimshot!
brookly red wrote:
Whistle whistle whistle…. To quote Bart Simpson… You aint got photographs, video tape or witnesses, you got nothing….
doriangrey wrote:
that’s what John Edwards said…
@ doriangrey:
How sad is it that you are right?? lol lol
brookly red wrote:
Yea… but John Edwards was WRONG………..
NoThreat2U wrote:
Sweetheart, I’m always right, hell even when I’m wrong I’m right…
brookly red wrote:
Lufthansa claims Airbus rejection result of EU carbon tax
“China’s civil aviation authority has again denied a request by Lufthansa to operate an Airbus 380 to Shanghai, a move the Germany-based airline sees as a latest retaliatory measure against the European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), according to Lufthansa.”
@ doriangrey:
Oh my! S L O W L Y back away from the crack pipe……..
@ doriangrey:
Now if only I wasn’t so damned modest all the time…
NoThreat2U wrote:
Gimmie that back damn it… I wasn’t finished with it yet….
@ doriangrey:
@ doriangrey:
*big chuckle* lol lol lol lol
@ doriangrey:
The audacity of them thar Northern womenz….
doriangrey wrote:
I would love to do a reality show “Silky Pony Down By Law” the John Edwards in federal prison story brought to you by the folks at Preparation H.
@ doriangrey:
Very audacious
@ NoThreat2U:
hey ya’ll
dude
the actual bart simpson quote is “I didnt do it,nobody saw me do it
and you can’t prove anything!”
brookly red wrote:
Good god, do they actually make that much Preparation H????
NoThreat2U wrote:
as opposed to bodacious?
rain of lead wrote:
<——- What he said……..
@ rain of lead:
Hey!! Nice pictures of your vacation. I always wanted to touch a dolphin. Glad yinz had a good time!
@ brookly red:
Some are rather bodacious too
brookly red wrote:
Silly Northerner… It’s pronounced Bootie-li-ci-ous…
rain of lead wrote:
I thought that was Chucky Johnson?
@ doriangrey:
SOunds like you speak fluent ghetto. lol
doriangrey wrote:
silly northerner? is that the PC term for damn yankee?
@ NoThreat2U:
Glad to see you feeling better. Sorry for the delay. Had a phone call with important info.
Anyone else see this in Sunday’s paper? I usually don’t read the comics, but it was on the table when I was eating breakfast.
On-Topic
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/comics/king-comics.html?feature_id=Funky_Winkerbean&feature_date=2012-03-25
NoThreat2U wrote:
sheet no one be sayin bootylishous since Clinton be in da whitehouse…
brookly red wrote:
Ummm… did you say……………. Damn Yankees?????
@ NoThreat2U:
it was a blast
the girl had as great time and that was what it was about
@ Dolphin:
No problem. I feel much better but I also feel the fluid building up again. Since it was relatively painless I am gonna ask the doc to have me drained again.
@ brookly red:
I think Beyonce has a song Bootylicious. lol
@ rain of lead:
Glad yinz enjoyed yourselves!
@ NoThreat2U:
OK, now that just sounds kinky. LOL.
Yeah, I am in a similar mood
@ NoThreat2U:
@ Dolphin:
oh shit guys run!!!
the women are in a “mood”
NoThreat2U wrote:
yes but sales are sagging as of late…
rain of lead wrote:
rain of lead wrote:
I got chocolate, bourbon & cigarettes… bring it on.
Sarkozy bans imams from entering France in fundamentalist crackdown after Toulouse shootings
I don’t know this sarkozy fellow but I do like the cut of his jib
@ doriangrey:
brookly red wrote:
You’re either a very brave man, or damned reckless with your life…
@ brookly red:
Even though it is Monday -- I’m there!
@ NoThreat2U:
Whaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!
Glad to see you!
rain of lead wrote:
A fore-score late and a Trillion franc’s short if you ask me…
@ Dolphin:
LOL LOL It really does if you think about it. LOL
@ rain of lead:
We are gonna go jack Brookly for his bourbon and chocolate.
Yes we are.
rain of lead wrote:
il est là Reagan, mais ils sont français après tout
If only Australia had a second amendment….
@ Prebanned:
Nice to see you too! I haven’t been on much and when I do, I never see you. How’s tricks?
NoThreat2U wrote:
ROTFLMAO… Na… didn’t see that coming… Nope not me….
@ doriangrey:
hey, even a blind pig finds a truffle every now and again
rain of lead wrote:
BWAHAHAHAH…..
doriangrey wrote:
NoThreat2U wrote:
jack the man who made ice weasel cry? Muuhahahahaha!
@ NoThreat2U:
Much better, Work slowed way down, customer went bankrupt, almost taking me with them, digging my way out, better now.
@ brookly red:
Ha Ha, they will get you some day, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow……
@ Prebanned:
What a bummer. Hang tough, things will get better
Prebanned wrote:
Womenz, they are the devious…
@ brookly red:
Would love to hear the story some day!
doriangrey wrote:
and they never…..never ever…..forget.
Dolphin wrote:
It goes something like this….
Gonna go lay down. I still get very tired easily. Nice to see yinz all!
rain of lead wrote:
Nope….
@ doriangrey:
Not all of us -- unless you cross us
@ NoThreat2U:
Seems to be going good but it was a near thing, did you get fixed up?
doriangrey wrote:
Hell, they even remember things that didn’t even happen….
Prebanned wrote:
get me? nooo… I have plenty of chocolate and bourbon and I love to share. gangsta gurlz, shit this is Brooklyn we keep it real here.
@ NoThreat2U:
Night. Hope you get good rest.
@ doriangrey:
I have noticed that also
funny how that works huh?
Dolphin wrote:
talk to the boiler room guys…
rain of lead wrote:
Yup, which usually leads to this….
rain of lead wrote:
me.
@ brookly red:
?? Doesn’t really matter. Not a big gossip, just thought it was an interesting comment. I am out also. Nite all!
ahhh so much for global warming…
@ doriangrey:
Then you end up thinking to yourself…
my take on this is Obama admits fixed election and selling out America… but that is just my take.
http://freebeacon.com/turner-to-obama-what-flexibility/
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
AMEN!
Except I’d require that bacon grease be added to the glorp before cremation.