''Sheridan’s latest piece today, “Aussies may sour on Trump but we still need him, warts and all,” is a masterclass in selective memory, false equivalencies, and geopolitical wish casting. His argument — Australia should tolerate Donald Trump’s erratic, dangerous behaviour because of Australia’s alliance with the US — not only misrepresents it’s strategic interests but excuses a style of politics that has no place in Australia''
Love it !
Sure we don't need Trump or his wannabee Dutton...however
''Australia’s alliance with the US is grounded in shared democratic values, not individual leaders.''
Shared democratic values? {like bombing for peace and throwing whistleblowers under the bus}
There's that word again which does not appear in either the US or the Australian constitution.
The US political arena has a very twisted view of what constitutes a Democracy.
The corporately run controlled and bribed US doesn't consider another nation to be a Democracy unless they privatize their state owned assets and then there are sovereignty shredding trade and offence agreements.
More about that by Robert Parry - How ‘Free Markets’ Defame ‘Democracy’ March 12, 2015
''.... If you’re good and accept this “free market” domination, you become, by the U.S. definition, a “democracy” even if doing so goes against the wishes of most of your citizens. In other words, it doesn’t matter what most voters want; they must accept the “magic of the market” to be deemed a “democracy.Thus, in today’s U.S. parlance, “democracy” has come to mean almost the opposite of what it classically meant. Rather than rule by a majority of the people, you have rule by “the market,” which usually translates into rule by local oligarchs, rich foreigners and global banks.” https://consortiumnews.com/2015/03/12/how-free-markets-defame-democracy/
The Australian is dedicated to producing a certain product that's designed to pull the wool over the eyes of it's readership in order to keep them permanently in the dark - it's requires masters of double speak to fulfill their obligations to their real masters - in the end they all know what to write and what not to write as if their next paycheck depended on it which it does and then there are the new hate speech laws in order to combat wrongthink.
''Sheridan’s latest piece today, “Aussies may sour on Trump but we still need him, warts and all,” is a masterclass in selective memory, false equivalencies, and geopolitical wish casting. His argument — Australia should tolerate Donald Trump’s erratic, dangerous behaviour because of Australia’s alliance with the US — not only misrepresents it’s strategic interests but excuses a style of politics that has no place in Australia''
Love it !
Sure we don't need Trump or his wannabee Dutton...however
''Australia’s alliance with the US is grounded in shared democratic values, not individual leaders.''
Shared democratic values? {like bombing for peace and throwing whistleblowers under the bus}
There's that word again which does not appear in either the US or the Australian constitution.
The US political arena has a very twisted view of what constitutes a Democracy.
The corporately run controlled and bribed US doesn't consider another nation to be a Democracy unless they privatize their state owned assets and then there are sovereignty shredding trade and offence agreements.
More about that by Robert Parry - How ‘Free Markets’ Defame ‘Democracy’ March 12, 2015
''.... If you’re good and accept this “free market” domination, you become, by the U.S. definition, a “democracy” even if doing so goes against the wishes of most of your citizens. In other words, it doesn’t matter what most voters want; they must accept the “magic of the market” to be deemed a “democracy.Thus, in today’s U.S. parlance, “democracy” has come to mean almost the opposite of what it classically meant. Rather than rule by a majority of the people, you have rule by “the market,” which usually translates into rule by local oligarchs, rich foreigners and global banks.” https://consortiumnews.com/2015/03/12/how-free-markets-defame-democracy/
If Trump was working in a real job he would have been fired long ago, as it is he behaves like a jerk ass school boy and gets away with it.
Well said.
I doubt Sheridan has uttered an intelligent assessment of anything, in his life
The Australian is dedicated to producing a certain product that's designed to pull the wool over the eyes of it's readership in order to keep them permanently in the dark - it's requires masters of double speak to fulfill their obligations to their real masters - in the end they all know what to write and what not to write as if their next paycheck depended on it which it does and then there are the new hate speech laws in order to combat wrongthink.
This is very well said. No one needs Trump. I am sorry we have him.