Right Pulse

Comments given by Howard at a Perth dinner. First on Rudd:

You sometimes get the impression that my successor is more interested in the process of government than the opportunity of leadership that government provides.

Spot on. Next the budget:

The absolutely dishonest and pathetic attempt by Mr (Wayne) Swan and Mr (Lindsay) Tanner and Mr Rudd to … demonstrate to the Australian people that they had inherited an economic mess from the former coalition, that they had inherited high inflation and runaway spending, they have no shame.

Not that Rudd and his dudds have done anything to address their own accusations, which are basically false. Readers should not confuse a natural movement in the business cycle with economic mismanagement. Carbon trading:

They (coalition) are right to ask of the present Government that it not adopt policies that by going too far ahead will place this nation’s great export industries at a competitive disadvantage around the world.

On no Mr. Howard, the time for debate is over, we must follow blindly never asking questions from the new gods who say they can change the climate. All hail Rudd and his dudds, the climate changers! And Howard on Rudd’s calls for bipartisan politics:

When we were in government whenever we proposed something, by definition, the Labor Party was against it. So that’s why I say with some passion never yield the national interest to the Labor Party.

The hypocrisy of Rudd is amazing. Remember Rudd is the chap who said that the introduction of the GST was a day of ‘fundamental injustice’, or words to that effect. I don’t see Rudd moving to rid us of this apparent great fundamental injustice now.

Not many sports can claim this type of intelligence from their best players:

THE top second-rower in international rugby Dan Vickerman is poised to walk away from the game he loves next year to undertake an economics degree at Cambridge University.

Dan Vickerman will be a big loss to the Wallabies and the Waratahs, but good luck to him on leaving rugby at the height of his rugby career to seek more long-term goals. Rugby players have always been an interesting bunch, because they have life aspirations outside of rugby. By contrast, from the AFL:

Hall was stood down indefinitely by the Swans after taking a wild swing at Collingwood’s Shane Wakelin on Saturday night. He also gave away several undisciplined free kicks, with the Swans confirming Hall was battling “personal issues”.

Earlier this season, Barry Hall received a seven-week suspension for punching West Coast opponent Brent Staker.

Hall’s latest brain snap earned him a one-match ban from the AFL match review panel, but Sydney’s decision to stand him down was unprecedented.

Apparently Hall has been checked into a psychologist.