tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post7032476518105302586..comments2024-03-19T15:24:48.864-07:00Comments on Green Eagle: Moonbeam Delivers the GoodsGreen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-19951778378588884172013-01-11T13:23:41.053-08:002013-01-11T13:23:41.053-08:00I didn't know CA was getting a handle on it. ...I didn't know CA was getting a handle on it. My only input is my republican relatives out there, bitching about Brown every time I pick up the phone. Excellent, I will needle them next time we speak.the yellow fringehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00003652058436636394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-68287289576812862632013-01-11T13:18:48.886-08:002013-01-11T13:18:48.886-08:00One of my youthful adventures was working briefly ...One of my youthful adventures was working briefly in the Office of Appropriate Technology, which operated as part of the Governor's Office during Brown's first tenure. Even then, he really "got" all the stuff about building a sustainable future, and I've always regretted that he never won the presidency. Unfortunately, he had that eccentric mattress-on-the-floor bachelor image, which hardly fit Americans' expectations for a president. Too bad he hadn't already moved into the married-with-cute-dog phase of his life.johninoregonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-19847080521144689312013-01-11T05:00:48.730-08:002013-01-11T05:00:48.730-08:00There was a report from the IMF – not usually thou...There was a report from the IMF – not usually thought of as a great bastion of godless communism - about which of our two main political parties is the most profligate when in government... <br /> <br />For decades, our main conservative alliance has contended that their centre-Left opposition, the ALP, currently incumbent, spends public money recklessly and wastefully and that ‘only good honest conservatives’ can handle the economy properly....<br /> <br />However.. the IMF has handed down an interesting report that showed the reverse has been true all across that period and that in fact the most spendthrift government in Australian history was the last conservative one which, I might add, suckered us into the war in Iraq.<br /> <br />Moreover...<br />In order to find an non-conservative government who actually did spend big... They had to go back to the Curtin government of 1942. In other words... the people trying to keep the country free and alive during a World War. <br />Maybe there is a conservative ‘scandal’ in there somewhere...after all... defending the country WAS a rather brazen assault on ‘foreign investment’.<br />Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423673258718941141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-40979070010964919032013-01-10T23:01:07.314-08:002013-01-10T23:01:07.314-08:00Rub my tummy, says Sutter, and I'll rub yours....Rub my tummy, says Sutter, and I'll rub yours.Poll P.noreply@blogger.com