Rant #2

To try and stave off the worst of the global financial crisis the Australian government offered all private homeowners free roof insulation. By and large it was a success, but a number of cowboy operators took advantage of the scheme and some shoddy work was done. But instead of getting off their arses and checking the credentials of those installing the insulation, more than a few of the lazy, brain-dead, fuckwitted recipients instead blamed the government directly, and especially the minister - Peter Garrett.

There's an old maxim which states that the public gets the politicians that it deserves, and I think it was George Carlin who said that selfish, ignorant people get selfish, ignorant politicians. To me, the Australian politician that sums this up the most is John Winston Howard. And here's a typical Howard voter:

(Sydney) Daily Telegraph 3rd August 2010. "Stuart" of Kurri Kurri writes:

"I had insulation put in my roof courtesy of Peter Garrett.
Last week I had to change an energy saving globe in my downlight. To get at the globe I had to pull out the globe housing. On doing so, I noticed some of the insulation around the light area.
I know the installer put a barrier around the light but when I saw the insulation I decided to ring the hotline. I could not fault the gentleman at the hotline.
He was very helpful and informed me that someone would be ringing to assist me in getting my roof area checked. Imagine my surprise upon getting a phone call and the person said "Oh you live in a rural area, it's going to take a while to get someone there".
Thanks very much.
Should my house burn down in the meantime, I will be sure to let your readers know."

This, to me, sums up everything that's wrong with this society. The bloke has got his roof insulated for nothing as part of the Labor Government's response to the current global financial crisis and all he can do is whinge. I mean fuck me what more do you want? You get it for nothing and then you moan on when a bit of it covers an electrical fitting. GET UP IN THE ROOF AND FUCKING FIX IT YOURSELF IDIOT!! Here's a bloke that is apparently capable of pulling out a globe housing, but can't manage to move a bit of insulation. Not content with that particular whinge, he then starts griping because it's going to take someone a while to come out and fix it for him, again presumably for nothing. Of course it's going to take a while to get someone out to a rural area, Australia is a huge country and if you want rural living then that's one of the pitfalls. What does he suggest, a government office in every 3 person hamlet?
I'd give people like this FUCK ALL!!!