All aboard the looney train

At least they pay their own way and don't require $1.2 billion in public money to spout their left-wing adolescent ramblings like the national broadcaster, but at times Channel Ten's Project gets my dander up in a way that never ceases to baffle me. 

 I believe they have now been forced to halt their insane and strangely deluded attempts at classing the atrocities by the muslim forces in northern Iraq and Syria, together with David Cameron and Barrack Obama's involvement in trying to deal with this clear and present threat as a ruse by prime minister Abbott to "distract from the Budget."

 And the knee-jerk standard jibes, trying to paint Abbott as some kind of bumbling fool seem to be failing to land as his international standing rises exponentially. After all, the world is a bit bigger than the People's Republic of Newtown and Marrickville. And I suppose for many, there is only one thing worse than a conservative leader and that's a conservative leader who gets things done.

 The other day, in a fine demonstration of this point, one of the 'funny' panel members frowned her most earnest frown and proceeded to speak profoundly on the speed with which recent government proposals to increase legal powers for the security forces had been processed. She said, in a worrying and conspiratorial tone that "I don't know... it all seems to be happening very fast." The poor thing was at a loss and seemed utterly non-plussed. Imagine that... a responsible adult government taking swift and decisive action in the face of an imminent, severe threat? Now, we're not used to that, are we?

 She must have yearned for the days when we had a prime minister who knew how to take selfies, bearing the signs of a mocked-up shaving cut incident. Or else, the time when we had a prime minister who so bravely fought the big bad monster called misogyny. I hear those ISIL guys have some right-on views on feminism and misogyny...

 And hasn't the Greens child-senator Hanson-Young been incredibly silent? Perhaps she's enjoying a well-earned break, sunning herself on a lovely palm-lined beach in..oh..Sri Lanka maybe?