Author: bobmcgee

Out west …

Punter goes into a pub and to his surprise there’s a robot tending the bar.
The robot says, “What will you have?”
The guy says, “A beer, thanks.”
The robot brings back his drink and asks the man, “What’s your IQ?”
The guy says,” 168.” The robot then proceeds to talk about physics, space exploration and current medical technology.

The guy leaves, . . . but, he is curious . . . So he goes back into the bar.

The robot bartender says, “What will you have?”
The guy says, “A beer, thanks.”
Again, the robot brings the man his drink and says, “What’s your IQ?”
The guy says, “100.” The robot then starts to talk about the NRL, the AFL and Black Caviar.

The guy leaves, but finds it very interesting, so he decides to try it one more time.

He goes back into the bar. The robot says, “What will you have?”
The guy says, “beer” and the robot brings him his beer.
And of course the robot then says, “What’s your IQ?”
The guy says, “Er ………..’bout 50.”

The robot leans in real close and says, “Tell me, you people still happy with Gillard?”

More lies …

Ross Gittins in the Sydney Morning Herald, a Fairfax paper, starts …

I guess you’ve heard the news: the Gillard government has obtained new analysis of data from the Bureau of Statistics showing that Tony Abbott’s election commitments inflict brutal damage on working families, particularly those in western Sydney, increasing taxes and cutting support to families.

Then he does the maths …

Terrible, eh? There’s just one small problem. This stuff is so misleading as to be quite dishonest.

For a start, this is just politically inspired figuring, which doesn’t deserve the aura of authority the government has sought to give it by having it released by the Treasurer with a reference to ”new analysis of Bureau of Statistics data” and allowing the media to refer to it as ”modelling”.

He reveals the Fairfax pro-labor bias here by suggesting that a statement from the treasurer has an aura of authority, but let’s not dwell on that …
The headline … Lies, damned lies and Labor claims.