Monday, June 4, 2012

Another Day another Bad Opinion Poll

Today we discover that our government and its leader are still enormously unpopular - and the opposition leader is also on the nose. I am really surprised and shocked ;-)

Apparently Australian's would like to replace both the government and opposition leaders with their respective rivals - Rudd and Turnbull.  It's fascinating that Coalition voters prefer Rudd and Labor voters prefer Turnbull in the opposite roles.

I suspect that Australian voters are not nearly as wedded to the partisan political party process as are their politicians.  The make-believe *blue-red* conflict may keep our politicians and media happy but it does nothing much for the people or the nation.

And it would probably only take a bit of a nudge for the whole house of cards to collapse in a big smelly pile.  Many of us think we should work on finding the catalyst for that nudge.

It's just staggering that the politico/media JV seems unable to comprehend that they are digging their own grave.

I have given up on politicians ever waking up - their perks ensure that they won't.

But I am interested to observe *actual* journalists - who seem unable to understand the role that they play in this circus.  It's a bit like watching a slow-motion train wreck to observe them write and talk either "absolute crap" or "fluff and bubble" - all designed to snag a few extra disinterested eyeballs for Uncle Rupert and friends.

As if that process is sustainable.  Did they imagine that it could go on forever?  I suppose many of them did - because old uncle Rupert and Co. have been paying too many of them too much for aeons.  How else did we end up with The Australian, Alan Jones, breakfast television, Insiders, QandA and FOX News?

The old "scam the customer" business model is broken folks - my advice is to start re-training last week.

It probably won't help to go *on-strike* either.  Much better to just stay in denial and see if uncle Rupert and friends can engineer a new scam to keep you employed for another couple of years.  Or cosy up to Gina in the hope that she will keep the old Ponzi scheme going for a little bit longer.

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