Comments on: Brendan Nelson’s Big Truck Adventure

By: Hector

Hector — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:47:12 +0000

Phillip, you’re a well known troll, your posts aren’t funny, they are stupid irrelevant and boring, can you please just shut up.

By: David

David — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:27:05 +0000

My brother-in-law used to use weed and whiskey to take the edge off when he needed a bit of sleep, but Brendan “did-you-know-I’m-a-doctor” Nelson could have prescribed himself some mandrax.

By: Tobias Ziegler

Tobias Ziegler — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:54:59 +0000

Spacing. Paragraphs. Coherence.

Please.

By: John Surname

John Surname — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:54:12 +0000

I think Philip Travers stole Nelson’s speed.

By: philip travers

philip travers — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:27:16 +0000

Look!I think you are really wrong about Nelson on this,and getting a good night’s sleep just proves it!I think politicians lives are pretty crazy,where they are called to make serious decisions outside of any type of experience.They go home with over inflated self image and a over inflated sense of what they are achieving.To be able to sit therefore in a truck is almost therapy,a therapy that brings a new alertness to reality.A sort of grounding rather than melatonin flightiness.Just to be accepted by a complete stranger,as the truck driver did for Nelson,is both a sense of real bonding and a release from phoniness,for awhile.The photo shot is a reward,but the big reward for Nelson is he done it,and was accepted by strangers,without a real big red carpet waiting for him.Next he should try something that includes muscular stimuli,as a challenge say on ocean fishing or science based, rather than military.So you cannot do this for every lobby group ,but what if the truckies want desperately to be more accepted by strangers!?I have suggested ,more than once,exactly what Nelson has done!?Apart from the length of this input,have I offended you!?I think truckers should be long distance,ambos,prison transfer staff,worker transport,pensioner transport, work organisers and contacts for individuals outside their localities,and all round full potential citizens as men and women of Australia!They cart almost everything,from organic fertilisers to huge transformers.Both the truck and humans driving them do a lot of good for Australia,and can do even,more.That doesn’t mean I am without criticism,or wanting rail and sea routes used more effectively.Therefore 9 out of ten for Nelson’s effort,which is a longitudinal number,as people think about it more deeply.

By: notallright

notallright — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:58:25 +0000

they’re not putting everyone’s lives at risk if they use speed. what i don’t recommend is using lsd to keep driving for 40 hours. i found out what hendrix was talking bout in purple haze that night!!

By: michelle

michelle — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:26:59 +0000

Twelve hours in a truck is hardly experiencing the issues the drivers face. He needs to be up for 24 hours straight, putting lives at risk (including his own) for fear of losing his job if he doesn’t make the delivery on time.

Maybe then he can scratch the surface of understanding what the drivers deal with.

By: Ant Rogenous

Ant Rogenous — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:02:55 +0000

Didn’t the opposition dismiss Rudd’s order that MPs spend time in homeless shelters immediately after the election as a cynical and pointless exercise? How is that different to joyriding in a truck for 12 hours?