http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/18/here-come-the-rentseekers/ now with extra source Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:52:08 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/18/here-come-the-rentseekers/#comment-376 Venise Alstergren Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-376 Many scientists believe LNG to be the 'great white hope' for the future. It's clean and IT'S OURS. At present we extract this valuable by -product of oil; and what do we do with priceless asset? We flog it off to China for 3c a litre. As soon as we discover anything in this country it's "hooray! Let's sell it to America, China, Lithuania, Albania, The Falklands, Barbados, and every other tin pot country you can think of. North Korea would be even better: since 'The Fatherly Leader' aka Kim Il-sung got into power, followed by his even more obnoxious son, Kim Jong-il, North Korea had a long and sordid history of defaulting on its debts. This is the country which our wise leaders would lurve to export our LNG to. By the time our mentally constipated governments and the equally mentally-disadvantaged CEOs of our major mineral exporting companies-if it's Australian it's inferior-seems to be their motto. By the time they realize just what an incalculably valuable resource it is. We will have run out. And we wonder why we are a patently fifth-rate, Catholic loving, forelock-tugging 'poor semi-white trash of Asia.' If it's second rate-she'll be sweet. Many scientists believe LNG to be the ‘great white hope’ for the future. It’s clean and IT’S OURS. At present we extract this valuable by -product of oil; and what do we do with priceless asset? We flog it off to China for 3c a litre. As soon as we discover anything in this country it’s “hooray! Let’s sell it to America, China, Lithuania, Albania, The Falklands, Barbados, and every other tin pot country you can think of. North Korea would be even better: since ‘The Fatherly Leader’ aka Kim Il-sung got into power, followed by his even more obnoxious son, Kim Jong-il, North Korea had a long and sordid history of defaulting on its debts. This is the country which our wise leaders would lurve to export our LNG to. By the time our mentally constipated governments and the equally mentally-disadvantaged CEOs of our major mineral exporting companies-if it’s Australian it’s inferior-seems to be their motto. By the time they realize just what an incalculably valuable resource it is. We will have run out. And we wonder why we are a patently fifth-rate, Catholic loving, forelock-tugging ‘poor semi-white trash of Asia.’ If it’s second rate-she’ll be sweet.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/18/here-come-the-rentseekers/#comment-377 Bernard Keane Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-377 Here "comes" the rentseekers? Oh dear... Apologies all. Here “comes” the rentseekers? Oh dear… Apologies all.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/18/here-come-the-rentseekers/#comment-378 JamesK Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-378 "Rudd’s embrace of the Coalition" is not quite how it would reasonably be categorised. Rudd is now attempting to wedge the Coalition. I must admit to have been puzzled by Rudd's disdainful attacks on the Coalition up until nowwhen it was perfectly obviousthat bipartisanship would be necessary for a "successful" result ion terms of stated objectives. Perhaps Rudd has another 'success' in mind which is far more important to him? “Rudd’s embrace of the Coalition” is not quite how it would reasonably be categorised. Rudd is now attempting to wedge the Coalition. I must admit to have been puzzled by Rudd’s disdainful attacks on the Coalition up until nowwhen it was perfectly obviousthat bipartisanship would be necessary for a “successful” result ion terms of stated objectives. Perhaps Rudd has another ‘success’ in mind which is far more important to him?

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