The glass house leaders are stale; indulging in predictable ways their own 30 year fanatisies on sex politics and religion ( views about as deep as they were when they were children) . The young girl on the program can read the script without half a brain - anti authority , big on sex . Dave is certainly an asset but i won't tell you why - time to give someone else a go .

All very well for the Treasurer to give the impreesion of Father Christmas . Are Sundays Insiders and the ABC commentators doing more than barking at his heels and drinking in his favourite recipes for growth . The exploitation machine is not obviuos to many of you who to trust that government is business. The confusion explains the complacency .

Compass special on FF .Considering most journos hardly know whats happening in churches I thought the producer and his team did a good job of reporting what they saw and heard. About time . after all there is more to Dibley than the reactionaries leftists playing some ineffective and discredited old political games.

the egalitarian spirit?

Thanks the ABCTV for reporting the situation in the Sudan on Lateline tonight .
It’s great when fellow Australians have the courage to report these incidents-
What great things could happen to Australia’s diminishing sense of the egalitarian spirit if we saw beyond this shallow fanatical nonsense that our wealth is created by “everyman for himself’”
What if we grabbed a bit of courage and faith, took the bull by the horns again and said true wealth - by “everyman for ever other man”. Keep up the good work.

Geraldine Brooks came as close as anyone I know in recent times to challenging the tired old reactionaries doctrines about good writing. While I enjoyed Andrew Denton's engagement with her, I feel , as a succesesful outsider, she still had much more to give to shock us out of our complacency over the doldrums in reality dramas.
Andrew is good, but he could be better at upsetting his audience . I won't bore you with more details, except to say that the ABC overpromotion of what was once popular reality TV ( The Bill) is a good example of some of its producers living in the past and focusing on the frame instead of the substance in such matters.

ABC are giving me back time I never thought I had . Time to not watch it anymore .Thames talkback need to be told - The Bill is supersoap and we don't want to get sucked in ,.Have you researched it ABC? - Us limpet like ABC fans must have been dropping off for years!

I'm not fascinated by grumpy old men but I do like the idea of women who learn to cope with them . By the way, the ABc in its attempt to onedimensionalize one elizabeth the first, ( the virgin queen )have left us all wonedring if the ABC is worthwatching.
Both women were wonderful, but you would not know it by watching the ABC .

Reality therapy with no therapy .

We have no need to dig deep into the many tragedies from "doing what you feel like " paradigms fixes that plague abcchurch "Feel better by seeing someone else in a worse mess" .Not therapy - maybe its voyerism? Arts are in a desperate mood with close look at the crash/entrails/outcomes as the objects of interest . bit late mate .
Your viewers will need more than the token dose of stephanie dowrick before they get something good to encourage families to work together. Cutting Edge,top end of town , marriage acts

Lateline Friday
Nick Minchin was no match for Julia and company.Well done girls
Minchin and his comfortable cows watching traffic on the highway better get back to governing before they get run off the road.

Nick's obvious fascination with the fast car drivers is not shared by many Australains who know the quickfiz's get often get their fuel from exploiting the energy of others. Traffic and tax needs governing and minchins careless babbling over the price of property emptied his whole talk of any credibility over the value of anything he was saying.

Wake up you sycophantic liberals and nationals -Govisnotbusiness .

Too many flashes in the pan- ideas that get blown away

Many Australians are great inventors (The New Inventors)but, to put the lack of momentum to capitalise on this in the last 30yrs, many others have a bad habit of gambling away the opportunities the quiet achievers gain. The ABC, by using a old format, are reflecting our lack of a sea change to help challenge our indifference the finance sectors easy picking mentality - we are prone to working the willing horse to death. Creative aussies need more than tokenism in the real world . There is no point in talking their jobs up when the finance sector STILL moves on a different plane and are encouraged to do so, by the lack of critiscsm of them within the ABC and the myopic "market knows best merchants". Read ellul on quickfix or quikfiz on the way we fail to recognise the nature of quick fix in the financial sector.
“ Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness …. Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it “. From George Santayana (1863-1952)

What's wrong with the BBC and ABC compulsion to use its half baked stuff?

take the the Bill ratings as an example of how aussies are cutting their umbilical cord to the old country and some of its great traditions.
-eg half baked revisionist piece on queen elizabeth recently

( as if we can't tell how they slot in junk in between good stuff esp on sunday nights where its so predictably an ABCchurch affair that's it guaranteed to be video night!

What's wrong with the BBC and ABC compulsion to use its half baked stuff?

take the the Bill ratings as an example of how aussies are cutting their umbilical cord to the old country and some of its great traditions.
-eg half baked revisionist piece on queen elizabeth recently

( as if we can't tell how they slot in junk in between good stuff esp on sunday nights where its so predictably an ABCchurch affair that's it guaranteed to be video night!

Why did the ABC miss the Scoop of the 2004 election -the lefts level of "out of touch with reality "?
The absolute facts are that too many at the ABC are completely behind the times too . They need an education and some inspiration to avoid the cynicsm that so easily envelops , prescribes and limits their worldview.
http;//users.gsat.net.au/tuf

I don't easily warm to self centred ignoramuses, but Andrew Denton can produce some great entertainment( last monday) , because. at least , he admits it . You can't ask for more than that . It's what the great master said was crucial Matt 5:3

Well done George . Great to get a sense of who Amanda was and in particular what actually happens behind the hype . A great contribution to sound politica debate from both of you . Maybe you would like to contribute to winners and losers on http://thiselection.blogspot.com .

Prophetic journalism -anybody home? what ever happened to a good dose of cynicsm in the media when the public really need it !
4 corners produced two absolutely great programs on the huge challenges of managing even localised issues in the Murray Darling. We met sensible capable people from lots of areas.
This week we seem have universal feigning to the wannabees over their discovery of a brilliant new strategy to " finally solve the problem " . Someone is playing innocent? Is it "closure" - the invisible clothes by any other name?

Angels in America .
Not worth five minutes .I bet most of Australia switched off, despite the sales pitch. Are you trying to lose your regulars ? -Such blatant navel gazing is indulgence, not art. What producer are you indulging at our expense ?

Dentons Discovery Channel
Whatever some media people say about their intent, their actions speak louder than words. Andrew and John spent their time talking about Alan ----how mature are they and do they as leaders cringe?

By the way parky was good - or lets just say parochial patter about things that really matter - we really know and experience- well shared .

Enoughrope . We met parky - thanks to andrew . a good night s entertainment with some real characters introduced. Parkys respect for competency and truth telling makes for a welcome reminder of a sustainable imperative in journalism.

Mondo drongo .

We are not watching ! Give someone else a try at comedy
Get real ABC! we are not watching the ABC and you are testing our patience three nights out is too much. Is there a pact to ruin our week and the ABC's fortunes? Friday 's effort over broken glass is unwelcome but maybe fair for some , half baked thursday is Ok ( kumars is fine ) but to risk a Wednesday night as well! the glass house is typical- had a good go and got lost- why do we get more and less sport!

I hope you get heaps from the Sportsmad ---for continuing to drum up same old same old for your/someone's idea of funny.
So comedy is in short supply
Go find someone who genuinely is or knows how to present it - do some lateral thinking on it -or leave it till later .