Author: fasgnadhfasgnadh Date: Jul 12, 2008 18:48
The Nerk wrote:
> On Jul 10, 4:16 pm, fasgnadh yahoo.com> wrote:
>> The Nerk wrote:
>>
>>> That Hollowmen series running on the ABC is a pretty good
>>> guide to how the place worked under Howard and probably still is.
>> Anyone who thinks that the party apparatchiki or
>> public service ran Howard's agenda has rocks in their head! B^D
>>
>> He had their nuts in his grubby little paw!
>>
>> Hollowmen is almost funny, but predictable, however there is no
>> doubt that Howard set the political agenda for a decade.
>>
>> The public service was emasculated and politicised,
>> full of yes men and forelock-tuggers, quite incapable
>> of giving 'frank and fearless' advice.
>>
>
> That's one of the things (maybe the most important thing) the ...
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