andrew boltThe Herald Sun 2/11/07 "THERE is a reason Iraq has almost disappeared as an election issue. Here it is: The battle is actually over. Iraq has been won." "I know this will seem to many of you an insane claim. Ridiculous! " BBI: Andrew, who doesn`t believe there is any environmental crisis, now says the Iraq war is over. Of course, George Bush announced that 4 years ago. Only 27 Americans dead in October, the lowest since March last year. Must be finished then. "Violence is falling fast. Al Qaida has been crippled. The Shiites, Kurds and Marsh Arabs no longer face genocide." "What's more, the country has stayed unified. The majority now rules. Despite that, minority Sunni leaders are co-operating in government with Shiite ones. There is no civil war. The Kurds have not broken away. Iran has not turned Iraq into its puppet. " "And the country's institutions are getting stronger. The Iraqi army is now at full strength, at least in numbers. The country has a vigorous media. A democratic constitution has been adopted and backed by a popular vote. Election after election has Iraqis turning up in their millions. " If you doubt my assessment of Iraq, ask Osama bin Laden. Al-Qaida's media arm last week released a video on the internet in which bin Laden -- or a man masquerading as him -- revealed how disastrously his war against democracy in Iraq was going. BBI: Andrew turns on any naysayers with.. "How angry so many are to hear good news from Iraq. And how suspicious is their reaction. Don't we all actually wish for Iraq to be democratic, safe and free from tyranny?" BBI: Yes Andrew, we do want a safe and free Iraq. Good news doesn`t make us angry, but bullshit is cheap. Then he asks questions and gives answers ( a la Kevin ). His question..We went to war on a lie? "Actually, we went to war to free Iraq from a tyrant who had used weapons of mass destruction, and would not guarantee he would not do so again. No lie. Job done." BBI: No, we went to war on the pretext of Saddam having weapons of mass destruction. He didn`t have `em. War not over. Job not done. "Was Iraq worth it? Yes. It stands, it stays, and the winning of Iraq was worth it, indeed." BBI: This man gets paid for this piece. Its unbelievable. Check out The Noise Makers in articles. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ The Herald Sun 26/10/07 BBI: Andrew is at it again. He takes on the Victorian Schoolteachers and the Climate change believers at the same time. But we notice that George Pell is the latest to question the validity of climate change. Andrew Bolt and George Pell. There`s a couple of blokes who maintain their beliefs against all scientific and logical thought. Bolt quotes Professor Roger Short, AIDS expert, but commenting on Global Warming... (Can) "Costello explain how he can possibly justify promoting an increase in Australia's population growth when we're facing critical problems of global warming and humans are the cause of it?" "On it went. Wild stuff, and more proof that reason is now in retreat even in our universities, where preachers have converted lecterns into pulpits, to convert students into soldiers for a fierce new faith." BBI: Wild stuff indeed. Linking population explosion with Global Warming. What will these lefties think of next. And as a footnote to Pell`s sudden climate epiphany there is a letter in SMH this date which says.. Rather amusing really that Dr Pell remains sceptical about evidence of climate change today but is absolutely sold on the idea that, in olden times, a big man in the sky made it rain so much that a bloke built a boat and put two of every animal inside it. Allen Young, Roseville ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... From The Herald Sun 19/10/07 BBI: Andrew thinks he is the voice of logic in a world that has gone mad. A world that believes in the Greenhouse effect. Andrew is sure we are wrong. "NOT a month goes by without even more crackpot schemes to save a planet that shows no sign of sickness - and we are the ones to suffer." "It's official: global warming zealots really do want humans to go rot to "save" the planet." BBI: The planet shows no sign of sickness? Even John Howard claims to be a believer, though its just possible he`s only saying that. Andrew is on about Robert Larkins` claim that cremations are producing more carbon dioxide. "We're told by the Greens to "use alternatives to air conditioner", by Greenpeace co-founder Paul Watson to fly not in jets but "solar power blimps", by Greens leader Bob Brown to scrap coal-fired power, by Rough Guides founder Mark Ellingham to "travel less", by the Brumby Government to shower shorter, and by the Howard Government to use only stark-light low-energy globes. " "You'll be sweaty, smelly and stuck at home lit like a toilet block with only a dole cheque to cover your soaring power bills. But that's OK -- it's to save the world, a cause so great that we must even sacrifice our children. " BBI: Its patently obvious that Andrew doesn`t get it. "Absolutely true. Britain's Optimum Population Trust this year said having a large family should be regarded as an "environmental misdemeanor". "Alarmist of the Year Tim Flannery has called for our population to be cut by up to a third, and ABC radio even ran a lecture by a green zealot suggesting we "put something in the water, a virus that would be specific to the human reproductive system and would make a substantial proportion of the population infertile." BBI: How can we explain to Andrew that the world is changing, the population`s behaviour is causing the change, and more people will bring about more detrimental changes. .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. From The Herald Sun 5/10/07 BBI: Wonders will never cease. For once we agree with Andrew Bolt. (On very odd times we have thought Miranda and Gerard were almost sensible, and once we thought Alan Jones made sense, but with a cup of tea and a lie-down we regained our equilibrium.) We did earlier agree with Andrew when he compared John Howard`s failure to resign in favour of Costello, with Gollum and the ring. "SETTLE down, take a deep breath. This country welcomes immigrants. They are better people than some would have us believe and so are we." "It's our big mouths, not our wicked hearts, that's doing the damage."... "Victoria has some 18,000 Sudanese in a population of five million and 327 of them were arrested last year by police, who picked up 155,439 other Victorians as well. " "That means more than 3 per cent of Victorians were arrested last year (assuming no one was arrested twice), but only 1.8 per cent of Sudanese."... "Andrews may well be right, but I doubt his comments helped anyone, least of all the Sudanese." BBI: Congratulations Andrew. You do have something of substance. Now if you could go back over your Climate Change thoughts and many of your blatant right wing tendencies we`d all be happier. .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... From The Herald Sun 19/09/07 BBI: We cannot even start a precis of this artcle without breaking down. Andrew Bolt does not believe in the global warming crisis. Read it and weep . "IT'S a toss-up as to who's making a bigger fool of themselves over climate change: our politicians or our Miss Earth contestants, Andrew Bolt writes." BBI: We think that it is Andrew who is making the biggest fool of himself. We can`t go on... The article is linked above should you wish to read it. ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... From The Herald Sun 14/09/07 "By god, that John Howard is tough. So tough that for a few hours on Wednesday I thought he might actually get away with it. Hand it to the bloke -- his are made of brass and clang when he walks." "The polls now show three in five voters want him gone. Yet he doesn't even blush. " "His ministers tell him he'd best be off. He refuses to budge. " BBI: Andrew talks of how tough Howard is, then starts his "golden ring" theme. "Leadership may have withered Malcolm Fraser, jellied Bob Hawke and eaten out Paul Keating, but that Ring of power has kept Howard eternally tough, his will unbending, even as his judgment melts away." BBI: We suspect he is withered a bit as Andrew later tells us of the famous 7.30 performance. "In an interview on The 7.30 Report he appeared almost to be begging for votes for a last turn in the job he so desperately craves, pleading: "If the Australian people are good enough and kind enough to re-elect me again, there are a lot of things I want to do." " "What did he want to do? Howard hasn't said, and probably can't. All he knows is he can't give up his power. " ""I would hope that (voters) might be kind enough to re-elect me because I want to serve them," he repeated. " BBI: He wants the voters to be kind to him? "And then came his final, cringing deal. He knows his ministers don't want him. He sees from the polls that the public doesn't, either. So he promised to go, but under one bizarre condition: We first vote him back in. " "It was a promise he could barely spit out, the words so stuck in his throat: "I would probably, certainly form the view well into my term, that it makes sense for me to retire." Probably, certainly, Gollum will give up the Ring. " BBI: Ah, that ring. "But at least you see Howard's great will again, pulsing so very fiercely. If that makes you admire the man afresh, he just got too lucky to believe." BBI: If Andrew keeps writing like this we may have to take him out of Stoogewatch. Not really, he is not a Kevin`07 man just yet, merely a disappointed ultra right wing journo who feels that Howard won`t keep his team in power. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... From The Australian 5/9/07 "THE question now for the Liberals isn't whether voters want John Howard." "It's why the Liberals insist on giving the voters a leader they clearly reject." "Even at this too-late time, wouldn't it make sense to switch to Treasurer Peter Costello instead?" BBI: Heresy! What has happened to you, Andrew? "Let me tell you how such figures would look on election night. Howard loses his seat. So does leadership contender Malcolm Turnbull. So do other ministers, including the fine Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Mal Brough. Even Costello is in strife, as is Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews." BBI: They couldn`t replace Kevin Andrews easily, could they? "A switch to Costello most likely won't save the Government and might even make things worse, although it's hard to imagine anything worse than the poll numbers today. " "But a prime minister Costello would at least tempt voters to check out the Liberals a last time, to consider each new promise as a policy, not a rabbit." BBI: What does that rabbit reference mean, Andrew? "...the ministers best placed to make Howard leave also seem to have got too complacent to get dirty and push. But if they won't push, they'd better pack." BBI: Its a bit sad to watch a grown man cry. |
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