Bugging politicians phones

[Shedhand]

WB the only people who think they are above the law are politicians and bent coppers. But, they get it in the end.

On the other issue of categorisation of pollies v the rest of us. How about MP and voters. I intended no insult using the other term.
Cheers

PS: Another tidbit to enrage you. Did you know that when pollies sit down with publicists to map out a campaign strategy. The first question the spin doctors ask when any idea is put forward is; "but will a 12 year old understand it". The reason? Because some expert somewhere decreed that in order for voters to understand what a pollie is cr@pping on about, the wording has to be pitched at the comprehension of 12 year old." True.

[Wood Borer]

Clinton,

No problems for using me as an example.

We all deviate from the letter of the law occasionally.

My problem is when a group (in this case politicians) pretend they are perfect then it should be highlighted. Not because they are in the public purse or they are politicians but because they pretended to be perfect, acted as is if they a cut above the rest of us.

Their defence is that they are only human and just ordinary people who err from time to time. They forgot to mention that when they called me ordinary.

My intense dislike of most politicians is after years of dealing with them. Having to lure them to events by arranging press photographers etc just so they release our promised money for the intended purpose. Of course you have to rope off areas and introduce them ...... and then applaude them after arranging the event at a time convenient for some slimey politician.

Before we get off the topic, Sheddies comment about the 12 year olds makes sense. Many people (including myself) judge others by our own standards.

[Clinton1]

I'm hearing and agreeing with you WB.

The trouble is that most successful character traits (for a certain value of 'success') for a politician (or business leader) in OUR current systems of politics and business are the worst character traits that people can have, coupled with an ability to appear innocent!

Gotta love the traps we set ourselves!
Bloody stupid humans..... if I was running the country.... people wouldn't have the vote, and they'd bloody well know to do things my way..... mumble, mumble... up against the wall.... mumble

Newspapers use the 12 year old test as well....
here's a question... try the guess the 'average age' that the Herald Sun, the Australian and the Weekend Financial Review are written for.

I can't remember the Roman bloke that wrote the "letters to my son" books... lived in the time of Julius Ceaser.... used to take it bush to read cause it was so dense.... he whinged about the same problems in politics that we don't like!