Tony – In His Own Words Or I Never Realised How Many Things I Agree With!
This morning I started looking for a quote from Tony Abbott for this piece. Surprisingly, I came across many, many statements from him with which […]
Articles by Rossleigh
Business As Usual From The Team That Brought You Team Australia!
“American conservatism used to have room for fairly sophisticated views about the role of government. Its economic patron saint used to be Milton Friedman, who […]
Why Tony Abbott left the priesthood – the Bible is pretty clear on this!
“16 The Lord said to Moses, 17 “Say to Aaron: ‘For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of […]
There Are Two Sorts Of People In The World, Those Who Divide People Into Categories And Those Who Don’t!
Now I seem to remember that one of the reasons that John Howard refused to apologise to the stolen generation was that “we” weren’t personally […]
Je Suis Larry? Quelle est la différence?
It’s rather strange that in a week, where free speech is such a hot topic that we’ve had the “I’m with Stupid” t-shirt incident, people arguing […]
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, and free speech is looking pretty dubious too
Now, I’d like to start by condemning violence as a solution to anything and also by supporting free speech. I thought about showing my support for […]
“1984” is dated, but “2084” is here for the reading … (apologies to George Orwell)
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort […]
“I’m with Stupid” man arrested; imagine if he’d been against Stupid!
Ok, for those of you who haven’t caught up with the Queensland man who was arrested for standing next to LNP supporters and waving while […]
As Investment Advisers, The Liberals Make Alan Bond Look Good!
Late last year, I wrote about the Liberals’ criticism of the ANU’s decision to divest itself of shares in fossil fuel companies. As I pointed out, […]
“Battlelines” by Tony Abbott; my computer thinks even the title is wrong!
As many of you are aware, before becoming Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott put his brain to work penning a manifesto which he published under the […]
Why the Adelaide Hills weren’t as relaxing as I’d planned!
Ok, the people I was staying with had only moved into the area in the past few months, so not all the names that were […]
Why I Wish I’d Voted For Tony Abbott!
There are times that I repeat myself. That’s right, I repeat myself. I suspect politicians do it, in order to give them time to think, […]
Can Catholics Still Use The Rhythm Method Or Would That Be Too Off-Beat For Centrelink?
There’s an article in The Australian – from a former Labor Minister so the Liberals can’t blamed for this (yet?) – which suggests that contraception […]
Believe Me, I Know The Difference Between Satire And Reality!
A number of people commented on yesterday’s This is How Tony Got Elected expressing the idea that the pictures were from a satiric site “Why […]
This Is How Tony Abbott Got Elected!
From time to time, certain people have expressed the view to me that they can’t work out how Tony Abbott was elected. Well, I recently […]