I understand from an exerpt of his biography that he was teased a lot when he was younger for having to wear hearing aids.

Some children when bullied try then to suck up to the bully, become their best friend and use their favorable position to then bully other children. From here, throughout their life, they commonly seek positions of power over others in order to become the bully that they feared so much in the first place.

Sadly, this appears to be the path that JWH has taken for himself. Numerous reports of how he treats subordinates bears this out.

Now, I’m very disappointed to learn that Cooper’s gives political donations to the Liberal party, I may have to seriously reconsider my tastes. But did you know that Cooper’s is the only commercially-available beer in Australia that’s vegetarian-friendly? The rest use gelatine derived from beef skin for filtering.

Does anyone know the political donations of breweries such as Little Creatures, or Matilda Bay? I can’t go back to the bland, empty-tasting crap that CUB or Lion Nathan urinates into the market (apart from Squire, which I understand is Lion Nathan).

Has a nice ring to it and meets the truth in advertising requirements.

Bring back the stocks, I have a small whiny irritation what needs dealing with.

Don’t forget to mention that the voucher system that Howard and Bishop are attempting to bring in at the bequest of Dr Kev has been tryed (and shown as a faliure) overseas.

Howard is just making things up.

This is a man that has done his best to ensure or promote the primacy of the so called judeo Chrisitian Anglo culture at the expense of the value or worth of those not like it.

There’s a reason Lynton Crosby, former Liberal strategist wunderkind, went to the UK and convinced the Tories to run a campaign along the lines of “we know what you’re thinking” and putting up pics of gypos and travellers etc. Because they know it works with small minded bigots.

No bullies eh Howard? Then why has he created a workplace culture that fosters bullying. When you work for an employer that can effectively sack you whenever however with a minimal defence they can and do bully you.

This is a man who has done his best to remove the concept of fairness and equity and has promoted the individual over the community. He is a cause of bullying across society. How fucking dare he come out and piously claim the fault lies not with a cultural viewpoint he is promoting but somehow it’s the fault of overworked teachers who have ended up being defacto providers of morality because their greed obsessed parents do not give a flying monkeys.

Let’s see Johnny incorporate that maxim into defence. Our troops in Iraq will end up firing crossbows and trebuchets.

Education is very much about money. Teachers need to be paid; the best teachers need to be paid more. Schools need modern buildings to create good learning environments. Libraries need books, students need PCs and broadband, teachers need resources, photocopiers and stationery. Those things don’t grow on trees Howard, you dickhead.