The PM does not like me...

And her dislike does not end with just me, but rather it extends to all of us. You know who you are; the disenfranchised complainer - whinger, even - who has the gall to question the Red Queen's policies and direction. You are the ones who dare to critically analyse what the government is doing and challenge its incompetence as opposed to blindly following Brown and Co. into the economic abyss. How dare you hold this government to account? Don't you know that you should just be following the liberal media's lead and giving the most embarrassing government we have ever had a free pass? You're just like Tony Abbott, opposing for oppositions sake... And now, because we have been so insolent as to question the all knowing and righteous Red Queen, we must be dealt with. After all, that is how the Prime Minister's version of democracy works...

I am of course referring to the article in The Australian in which the Prime Minister was critical of how easy it was for your average Tom, Dick, or John Citizen to jump on the web and have a right royal whinge about her and the government's performance. According to Gillard this is resulting in shallow debate, resulting in people "get[ting] consistently wrong information all of the time", pointing to climate change as a key example. The PM also referred to the debate as "shrill" where people are getting "harsher and harsher". Is it just me or does Julia Gillard sound like she doesn't really like other people having an opinion unless it is favourable to her government?

I'm becoming increasingly worried for our great democracy. Here we have a government that wants to filter and censor the Internet (possibly to weed out miscreant bloggers...), interfere with the free press and potentially force media outlets to breakup, and now, on top of this, we have a Prime Minister going around complaining about how she doesn't like how people can criticise her. "It's not just about what Matthew Franklin writes for the front page of The Australian, but it's what an anonymous person tweets or a blogger writing under a pseudonym writes." Not only is Gillard waging war on the aspiring classes in society or the mining companies, now she is going after anyone who doesn't agree with her!


"Get me my surplus, Wayne, or I'll mess you up! I've already knifed one colleague..."


Now, perhaps I'm just being a little nostalgic, longing after the good ol' days, but I cannot recall a single moment when the great John Howard complained about the frequent media savagings he was forced to endure from the left leaning media. With quiet dignity and an intelligent rebuke, he took it all in his stride and got on with the job of leading in the nation's best interest. Gillard, on the other hand, simply looks to blame others and then chucks a sad because no body likes her. If she took the time to listen to the electorate and take their concerns seriously, using this feedback to formulate decent policy, then there wouldn't be this backlash we are witnessing.

If people are complaining, it generally means you are doing something wrong. And if they are complaining REALLY LOUD then it means you are not listening to them and ignoring what they are saying. The Australian people are a smart bunch who do not suffer fools lightly; the government needs to realise this quickly or the ALP will be out in the wilderness for a very, very long time...