Glass
9th April 2014, 09:52 PM
A former Australian Foreign Affairs Ministers and former State Premier's memoirs reveal the influence of the Israeli Lobby in Australian politics. Of course they come out firing with the usual character assassinations etc. He has also been reminded that they expect loyalty from the politicians. Threats of course.
What is interesting is the opinions of people regarding this and the ongoing media attack against the man by calling him a prima donna, demanding of special privilege he is some how not entitled to. Apparently first class travel for this Diplomat is somehow cheating the Australian people. Just him of course. Ok for everyone else.
A tosser? A prima donna? A bigot? Bob Carr has laughed off a series of attacks over his controversial memoir, saying he’s having a lot of fun seeing his critics turn him into a bestseller.
Mr Carr’s Diary of a Foreign Minister gives a frank account of his 18 months in cabinet as Labor’s foreign minister.
The book is also littered with nuggets of details about his hatred of business class travel, from the terrible food to the lack of pyjamas.
Asked on Thursday morning in Sydney about criticism that he was a "snob" or "tosser" for complaining about airline food and not being upgraded to first class, Mr Carr said: "I was born in a working-class area, I grew up in a fibro cottage on the sand hills of Maroubra [in Sydney's eastern suburbs but I have never ceased, because of the kick-start my mum and dad gave me, to engage in life-long education. That is part of my personality and who I am.
''It is not snobbery - just a view that life is a learning experience."
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His view that Melbourne’s Israeli lobby held a grip over Julia Gillard’s term as prime minister triggered a Labor frontbencher to suggest he’s a bigot.
Other interviewees have openly asked if Mr Carr had been a diva on the world stage while a front page headline labelled him a ‘‘First Class Tosser’’.
But Mr Carr chuckled over the coverage, saying his publisher confirmed the front page headline alone guaranteed a third printing of his political memoir.
‘‘I’m having a lot of fun with the self parody and the jokes I’ve got in the book,’’ he told Fairfax Radio on Thursday.
‘‘If it’s got the effect of more people buying it, and reading the serious stuff, then I’m really happy.’’
Full story here (http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/i-am-not-a-snob-bob-carr-defends-his-diaries-20140410-zqsx5.html)
They are currently running a poll entitled: "Do you think it's justified for a foreign minister to fly first class on government trips?"
Since I first read the article and saw the comments, there has been some adjustment in what comments are first in line. None of the positive supporting ones are visible any more which was the whole of the first page. New comments go to the end of the list on all other web page where comments are allowed but in this case there seems to be a different order to them. The time stamps suggest the order is chronological. I've got a PDF of the page from earlier. I'll compare when I have time to see if I am seeing that correct.
What is interesting is the opinions of people regarding this and the ongoing media attack against the man by calling him a prima donna, demanding of special privilege he is some how not entitled to. Apparently first class travel for this Diplomat is somehow cheating the Australian people. Just him of course. Ok for everyone else.
A tosser? A prima donna? A bigot? Bob Carr has laughed off a series of attacks over his controversial memoir, saying he’s having a lot of fun seeing his critics turn him into a bestseller.
Mr Carr’s Diary of a Foreign Minister gives a frank account of his 18 months in cabinet as Labor’s foreign minister.
The book is also littered with nuggets of details about his hatred of business class travel, from the terrible food to the lack of pyjamas.
Asked on Thursday morning in Sydney about criticism that he was a "snob" or "tosser" for complaining about airline food and not being upgraded to first class, Mr Carr said: "I was born in a working-class area, I grew up in a fibro cottage on the sand hills of Maroubra [in Sydney's eastern suburbs but I have never ceased, because of the kick-start my mum and dad gave me, to engage in life-long education. That is part of my personality and who I am.
''It is not snobbery - just a view that life is a learning experience."
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His view that Melbourne’s Israeli lobby held a grip over Julia Gillard’s term as prime minister triggered a Labor frontbencher to suggest he’s a bigot.
Other interviewees have openly asked if Mr Carr had been a diva on the world stage while a front page headline labelled him a ‘‘First Class Tosser’’.
But Mr Carr chuckled over the coverage, saying his publisher confirmed the front page headline alone guaranteed a third printing of his political memoir.
‘‘I’m having a lot of fun with the self parody and the jokes I’ve got in the book,’’ he told Fairfax Radio on Thursday.
‘‘If it’s got the effect of more people buying it, and reading the serious stuff, then I’m really happy.’’
Full story here (http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/i-am-not-a-snob-bob-carr-defends-his-diaries-20140410-zqsx5.html)
They are currently running a poll entitled: "Do you think it's justified for a foreign minister to fly first class on government trips?"
Since I first read the article and saw the comments, there has been some adjustment in what comments are first in line. None of the positive supporting ones are visible any more which was the whole of the first page. New comments go to the end of the list on all other web page where comments are allowed but in this case there seems to be a different order to them. The time stamps suggest the order is chronological. I've got a PDF of the page from earlier. I'll compare when I have time to see if I am seeing that correct.