This morning I nearly choked on my weeties while listening to the radio - when that old crooner "Media Mike" told listeners that he was positioning South Australia to bid for the design and construction of the next generation submarine fleet.
I immediately thought - "My goodness what a mess that would turn into".
Setting aside for the moment the disaster that is the current submarine fleet - all built in South Australia and which have been largely inoperable since they were constructed.
What about those other examples of South Australian innovation, competence, quality and value?
* The metropolitan traffic management system is a relic from the 1950's. I hasn't worked effectively for decades and the state seems incapable of doing anything about it.
* The state water system is in a similar mess - successive state governments have ignored the problem while water quality is now at third world standards.
* A previous state government thought it could create silicon village in Adelaide and ended up destroying 300 small businesses - the majority of which have moved interstate and overseas - taking their intellectual property with them.
I could go on but you get the picture.
History shows us that the politicians who get to pull the levers in the place couldn't run a p*ss up in a brewery. It's a sad indictment of the political selection process down there if you ask me. What on earth causes all these dimwits to seek political leadership in the state?
And it might be politically expedient for "Media Mike" to make this announcement in the lead up to a state election but the reality is that based on his track record and those of his predecessors - he couldn't deliver - and that would be a major disaster for the nation.
Does that actually bother anyone?
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