It is difficult to work out what John Salata (Tweed Coast Weekly Fri October 7 2011), is on about. He starts off about Kevin Rudd’s soft bum, I wonder where he obtained his information. I have never heard this amazing revelation before, he’s either been feeling his way around, or has obtained it from Tony “big ears” Abbott’s invaluable list of “intelligent” outpourings.
I would like to know what generation he emerged from, as I know a fair bit about scrap iron Bob, or pig iron Bob’s great achievements, depends on how well you know him, and I can assure you that there weren’t many.
I believe the man himself admitted to three, in a discussion with one of his colleagues. The man didn’t interest me much, as he was very sarcastic, and full of bulls–t.
I would also challenge Mr Salata re Menzies being PM of Australia for over 20 years, I always understood that he haunted the poor unfortunates of Australia for 18 years, before he handed over to the hopelessly unprepared, Harold Holt. (Where is he now?)
Do you know how he managed to remain in power for so long? If not, I’ll tell you. In those days communications throughout the world were not as good as they are now, and communist China, and some others in that area, did not trade or have much connection with the rest of the world, except USSR and possibly North Korea, I’m unsure when they started to flex their muscles. When an election came around, he would always instil fear into the Australian people, with stories about communism and how these people were growing in strength and would eventually invade Australia, especially if the Australian people voted for Labor, who were supposedly friends of the communists. He used to put fear in the people’s minds about the red and yellow hordes, making their way down south and the Labor Party would not stop them.
From my knowledge, he (Menzies) was the worst Prime Minister that we ever had. As far as achievements go, until little Johnny Howard came along (unwanted by his colleagues) for so long, and did things that Menzies was not game to do, just to mention one thing, the never ever GST, and also if I may add, the “children overboard”, ably assisted by his colleague, Peter Reith, who seemed to flee the country in a hurry not long after that.
Tony Abbott seems to think that he can outdo either of his predecessors, but this unfortunate person, who won’t be around to irritate the people for much longer, hasn’t got much substance between those BIG EARS. I realise that there is only so much that the Tweed Coast Weekly can fit into one publication, so I won’t mention Menzies’ ramblings about the Queen and the way the British Leaders made a fool of him over the Suez Canal crisis and his appointment to some insignificant position in England, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, or as people were calling it, “the stink pots”.
Don Norris
Tweed Heads
