Reference:- Is the concept of hypocrisy useful in a debate ?

Reference :-   Sky News climate expert  , Rowan Dean does bang on quite a lot about " hypocrisy ". 

Dear Rowan , 

                        What with all the disturbing weather news of late , it sure is becoming difficult to discredit those folk ( including tens of thousands of so called scientists ) who have joined the climate change cult . 

We do appreciate your efforts to find a chilly day here and a dusting of snow there , while ignoring heatwaves and the like . But remember , it is important to preserve your credibility as a commentator , which brings me to this observation . 

You have taken pains to mock that climate conference ( COP 27 , I believe it is called ) they are running in Cairo , and that is well and good .  But you must avoid banging on about " hypocrisy " .   The delegates may be enjoying their air conditioning after flying to Cairo in private jets . They may be touring the desert in petrol engined SUVs to view ancient artifacts from the days of Ramesses . They may even be leaving their bathroom lights on all night after a 30 minute shower .  And indeed Rowan , that would reek of hypocrisy .  But to quote Ken junior .... " So what ? " 

A chap can be an appalling hypocrite without being wrong .  It smacks of desperation when you accuse somebody of hypocrisy , because even if you are correct , it means nothing .   In fact , even worse , it makes you look like you can offer nothing better by way of argument  , which I am sure you can .

Anyway Rowan , Ken junior is enjoying seeing Egypt on the tele.  It is a fascinating country with a glorious past that can only be imagined when exploring the various ruins .   I steered Ken junior in the direction of Percy Shelley's poem " Ozymandias " .   I wanted to illustrate that even the most splendid  civilizations eventually disappear , leaving us to ponder , like Mr Shelley , that  " round the decay of that colossal wreck , boundless and bare , the lone and level sands stretch far away  " . 

Of course , due to desertification  there are a lot more lone and level sands now than there were when Mr Shelley was an intrepid traveler .  I guess that's partly why we have millions of refugees . 

Makes you think , hey Rowan . 

Ken junior tells me he is resigned to the collapse of civilization as we know it , but remains somewhat upbeat .  He steered me in the direction of another poem he found in an antique book he bought at the Kooralya school fete years ago . 

             

             The jackals howl , the serpents hiss , 

              In what was once Persepolis  ,

             The fleets of Nineveh and Tyre , 

             Are down with Davey Jones esquire , 

            And all the oligarchs and potentates and kings , 

            Who ruled these things , 

             Are dead , 

            But cheer up , don't be sad . 

           Think what a lovely time they had . 

I guess it is consoling to think that when the likes of Jeff Bezos and Rupert Murdoch die , they will have had a lovely time . 

Ken junior agreed with me . 

" Yes , it is consoling to think that one day Jeff Bezos and Rupert Murdoch will die . ", Ken junior said .

 Your comrade , Ken . 

 

            

Reference :- Many folk fear for the security of the nation .

Reference :-    Isis fighters are returning to the country  , we are told .

 

This is most alarming .  Already 4 women and 13 children have arrived on our shores .  It is said that security agencies are keeping a close eye on them , but can we trust them to do their job ? 

Personally , I think that we must take individual responsibility when facing a threat of such magnitude .  And nobody should be fooled by the fact that some of the children are very young .  As a parent myself , I know what young children are capable of .  Besides , young children grow up . Far better that they stay overseas in a squalid refugee camp where they are unlikely to be radicalized .  I can hardly imagine the extremist views that they would develop if they grew up here in Australia . 

There is no time to waste , and the lads and I are preparing for the likelihood of future terrorist attacks .   Car bombings feature regularly on the tele , and we think that armor plating the ute is a priority .  Ken junior is pretty good with a welder , and since the railway closed there are plenty of abandoned tracks we can put to use .  Monte reckons the extra weight will slow the old ute down , but those Holden motors from the sixties can pull anything if you don't mind using a bit more petrol .   I reckon a few extra gallons of a petrol is a small price to pay for piece of mind . 

Your comrade , Ken 

P.S.  If any of our regular readers can tell us how to make unobtrusive body armor out of corrugated iron we would be most grateful .  We are keen to protect ourselves without looking too much like Ned Kelly .

 

Reference:- Sky News does not approve of political smear campaigns .

Reference :-  Sky News anchor and non-partisan  political analyst , Chris  Kenny , spoke out against political smear campaigns . 

Dear Chris , 

                      Here at the Sky Reply we agree that political smear campaigns are shabby indeed . We reckon that the smearer usually ends up losing more credibility than the smearee .  Smear campaigns reek of desperation .  One finds oneself asking of the smearer " Is that all you've got ? "    Like when that young Angus Taylor chap keeps banging on about Labor's undeliverable  275 quid cut to power bills .

Even Ken junior walked away from the tele in disgust when Angus mentioned the 275 quid for the tenth time in as many minutes, while saying  bugger all about his own policies .

" Is that all you've got Angus ? , "  Ken junior said . 

Like you Chris , we support respectful debate , and believe that people shouldn't base their political  decisions on cunningly constructed negative propaganda . 

Anyway Chris , how is Peta Credlin's new documentary " The Cult of Dan Andrews " coming along ?   We have been eagerly awaiting it's release , and with the Victorian election imminent it must be hitting the screens soon . Not much point in releasing it after the election , hey Chris . 

It's a shame her last documentary about Mr Andrews flopped so badly . I think it was the title " Deadly Decisions  " that killed it . Although the spooky music was good , and I see she is running with that again .

 Wish her luck for me . 

Your comrade , Ken

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Reference :- According to the matron of Sky News , Peta Credlin , there were " no footnotes " on the Labor Party's promise to cut power bills .

 Reference:-  According to Peta Credlin , a promise is a promise ...and it is that simple. 

Dear Peta , 

                      Indeed , a promise is a promise , and a promise should never be broken .  (Although , the previous federal government did break quite a few ...due to unforseen circumstances ..ahem ... but the less said about that the better .) 

This new socialist government has barely moved in . I daresay they haven't even had time to transfer the electricity and change the locks on the filing cabinets yet, but already they are casting a shadow of doubt over their promised 275 quid cut to power bills .  What a disgrace .   They keep telling us that when the economy was handed back to them it was in worse shape than they had been told . Well we all know what a tired old excuse that is . 

Anyway Peta , we need you and your comrades at Sky News to keep pressing the issue in the hope that us ordinary folk do get our power bills reduced as promised .  We are all finding the cost of living burdensome of late , myself especially,  now that the Ute has broken down .

Ken junior keeps banging on about my promise to lend him the Holden ute  .  He wants to take the barmaid from the Kooralya pub to the beach this weekend , for some reason or other.  I did promise last month that he could borrow it , but when the neighbor gave it back to me yesterday , after borrowing it to tow his horse float , the bloody clutch was burned out .   I told Ken junior this . 

" The bloody clutch is burned out . " , I said . 

" But you promised . ",  Ken junior said . 

" Well it's just too bad . " , I explained . 

" But you promised ! you promised ! you promised ! " , Ken junior wailed . 

Sigh . For a teenager , Ken junior can be very childish with his temper tantrums .  I guess in a few years time he will mature like you and me Peta. 

I did try to console Ken junior 

" Perhaps you and the barmaid could still do whatever you were going to do at the beach without leaving Kooralya ? " ,  I said . 

" Are you trying to have a go at me ? " , Ken junior said . 

Sometimes you just can't win .  

Your comrade , Ken

Reference:- Art loving columnist , Andy Bolt , was sickened at the sight of historic artwork and luxury cars being vandalised by climate activists .

Reference:-   Not everybody feels particularly outraged by the sight of great artwork and luxury cars being vandalised .  But that does not mean they are immune to feelings of outrage per se . 

Dear Andy , 

                           As so often happens , your cutting edge journalism has sparked controversy here at The Sky Reply .  It saddened me to see you become so upset while you watched climate activists deface a great painting by one of those French impresario artist chaps , as I believe they are called .    I mean honestly Andy , what did they expect to achieve ?  At least when we dynamite the world's most unique aboriginal art site into rubble we get a few tons of iron ore and some cash in shareholder's  pockets for the effort . And besides , there are thousands of paintings in museums all over the world , one less isn't going to matter a great deal , so what's the point ?   

We have destroyed uncountable irreplaceable art works in World Wars (just think of what was lost in Dresden alone ) and we still have plenty of antique stuff left ,  so I hardly think a Monet or two is a big deal .   These ridiculous activists won't make a dent in our supply of significant cultural artifacts . 

In fact , I have done some calculations , and if these so called climate activists destroy an artifact  every day it will take them a years just to empty out The Louvre .  The Amazon will be gone , and at the current extinction rate of 70 species per day ( that's the minimum they tell us ) thousands of species will have met their demise long before the last work of art is trashed .  So the activists  have no hope of winning with their childish strategy .  

Even if  (against all the odds ) the human race is among those thousands of species becoming  extinct , there will still be plenty of  paintings and statues and luxury cars around , just nobody to look at them or drive them .

But we will have proved our point  " He who dies with the most toys wins . " , as they say . 

I mentioned this to the lads . 

" He who dies with the most toys wins . " , I said . 

" Wins what ? . " , Gabbo said . 

" That is a stupid question  Gabbo , you idiot .  " , I explained .

Your comrade , Ken 

Reference:- Leader of the opposition , Mr Peter Dutton , warned us of a Labor election promise that is about to be broken .

 Reference :-  Although it has not happened  quite yet , Mr Dutton is probably right about Labor's plan to reduce power bills by 275 quid being scrapped . 

Dear Mr Dutton , 

                              Indeed , it is most likely that Labor will not be in a position to fund the cut in power bills they spruiked during the lead up to the recent election .  As leader of the coalition you are well qualified to comment on broken promises . 

Ken junior , just off the top of head .. like that , rattled off the following list of broken promises he can remember .  

1  .    A billion trees that were supposed to be planted . 

2.     47 commuter car parks that were never built . 

3.    1.3 million jobs that never appeared . 

4.     An integrity commission that was never introduced to Parliament  

5.     A religious discrimination bill that failed . 

6.  A budget surplus that was announced but didn't happen . 

7.   Privacy laws to protect folk on social media that never eventuated . 

8.    A promised five billion quid for disaster relief , most of which is in a bank account earning interest while disaster victims have been waiting  years for assistance . 

I told Ken junior I had heard enough. 

" I have heard enough . ",  I said . 

" I have only just started . ", Ken junior said . 

" Well that's more than enough to discredit the Labor Party . " , I said . 

" Those are promises that the Coalition broke . " , Ken junior said . 

Surely that can't be true ?   Nobody with a history like that would have the gall to castigate the Labor party over a 275 quid cut in electricity bills that may now be doubtful , would they Mr Dutton ? 

That's the trouble with kids , they aren't smart enough to see the big picture . 

Your comrade , Ken

 

Reference:- Last night the treasurer , Mr Chalmers , delivered his budget address.

Reference:-  The Sky News team expressed their disgust with last night's budget address .

Dear Sky News Team , 

                                        We could hardly wait to listen to your astute analysis of the latest budget , since we can always rely on you for a simplified but accurate summary of the key policies . 

For our readers  I have put together , in one short paragraph , the main points from each of the Sky News reporters , as follows :-

 " Chalmers  was out of his depth , and clearly " very nervous " as he arrogantly gave his address without so much as a stutter or a stumble because he cares nought for average Australians who are doing it tough . He showed no restraint at all in spending , which is key to reducing our huge deficit ,  and to make matters worse , he has cut back on spending for cost of living relief because he says excessive spending will make the deficit worse . Mostly his speech was " all smoke and mirrors " and he was " off with the fairies " as he tried to conceal our current economic challenges  . Furthermore  , he showed a complete lack of empathy when he bluntly explained the harsh reality of the current economic situation and warned us that there are hard times ahead ." 

Reading this will let people know where Sky News stands on the key issues  . 

One last thing .   Peta Credlin's demeanor is doing her no favours of late .  At the beginning of her latest segment her face looked like a death mask taken from the corpse of somebody who had died from a Botox overdose .  She needs to lighten up a bit . The socialists have only been in power for a few weeks , and if she remains this bitter ( especially on those occasions when the socialists happen to appear competent ) she will only damage her health . 

Your comrade , Ken .