Govt demands potential Qantas buyers to guarantee jobs

[Shannow]

ha fucking ha.

They won't ask Qantas to guarantee jobs (and Qantas CEO has stated that he won't and can't).

Why would they make it a requirement on a potential buyer ?

 

[Southy]

well, the sale shouldn't really be going onanyway

 

[Shannow]

Oh I agree.

But it seems funny that "conservatives" wouldn't allow a company it's due right to sack, strip, and sell...seems like an unfair restriction of corporate rights...in an election year no less.

Lucky Howard doesn't pander to polls as he's told us repeatedly (and now believes in greenhouse effect, nuclear power etc etc.)

 

[Goreripper]

Howard's backflipped on just about everything he's ever said, except Iraq. He never believed in global warming until four months ago, which is interesting considering his government commissioned this report in 2002. He also said there would be no GST once too. But he was only Opposition leader then. Oh yeah, and he promised Costello the leadership too, and lied about that also. Not that I could give a fuck about that.

Tampa, anyone?

 

[Sydo]

Fuck Qantas. Dirty monopolistic scum.

 

[Dän]

He never believed in global warming until four months ago,

Tampa, anyone?

Thats because it doesnt exist to the extent pinkos want it to

and I hope so, anything to keep the tards out of office

 

[Winmar]

Tell that to the melting ice in the polar regions.

 

[Goreripper]

Thats because it doesnt exist to the extent pinkos want it to

and I hope so, anything to keep the tards out of office

Did you read that article I linked to Dan? I hope you don't live on the coast.

 

[Goreripper]

Thats because it doesnt exist to the extent pinkos want it to

and I hope so, anything to keep the tards out of office

Did you read that article I linked to Dan? I hope you don't live on the coast.

 

[Southy]

double post wOOt

By the way, the sad thing is, the conservative scum set this ball rolling into an election, and knobs start to suck it in, so that by election time they have been sufficiently brainwashed into voting them in again, then half of em wanna stand on our side and complain, fuckwits...

 

[Dän]

Tell that to the melting ice in the polar regions.

I didnt deny global warming, I said it's not as bad as many make it out to be, tempratures have been far hotter in the past, we have had worse droughts in the past, to a degree it is natural, 20/30 years ago people were shit scared of global cooling. Of course its naive to belive that cars, industry etc... havent contributed to the detereoration of the enoviroment, they have

 

[Dän]

Did you read that article I linked to Dan? I hope you don't live on the coast.

Partly and No

 

[Dän]

double post wOOt

By the way, the sad thing is, the conservative scum set this ball rolling into an election, and knobs start to suck it in, so that by election time they have been sufficiently brainwashed into voting them in again, then half of em wanna stand on our side and complain, fuckwits...

Good, anything to keep the tards out of office.

Good economic managment doesnt appeal to some... got to get them to vote sensibly some how, feed them BS on climate change, most wouldnt have a clue whats really going on, and dont want to listen.

 

[Shannow]

I didnt deny global warming, I said it's not as bad as many make it out to be, tempratures have been far hotter in the past, we have had worse droughts in the past, to a degree it is natural, 20/30 years ago people were shit scared of global cooling. Of course its naive to belive that cars, industry etc... havent contributed to the detereoration of the enoviroment, they have

OK, simple question.

Are we producing CO2 at a rate greater than nature is currently able to cope with it ?

 

[phlogiston]

Are we producing CO2 at a rate greater than nature is currently able to cope with it ?

Nope. Nature deals with it by getting hotter and hotter and causing massive global change and wiping out those bastards that started this in the first case. Plus some other casualties along the way, as well.

We may be producing CO2 at a greater rate than *we* are currently able to cope with it though.

I love semantics.

 

[Shannow]

phlogiston,
I like your "ultimate solution", and do tend to agree that nature will still be here long after we've returned to a stable population of up to 50 million or so.

My original intent was that the CO2 concentration has increased by 50% since we started burning buried stuff. That increase in itself says that we are generating more than nature can absorb. Therefore we need to burn a hell of a lot less if we want to hold any status quo (and even less than that if we want to regain ground).

Next question is...why aren't conservatives interested in conserving resources ?

 

[phlogiston]

No money in it.

 

[Winmar]

Very good answer!

No money in the short term, of course, which is all they seem to be interested. In the long term, if the environment's fucked, so will be the economy.

 

[Shannow]

OkiDokey...
what do the "conservatives" plan to do when the cheap resources run out ?

How do you manage constant growth with finite resources ?

 

[Southy]

rip us off blind while it lasts