29 April 2011

Happy Birthday Chief Minister. Stanhope turns 60!

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The Beast has been celebrating today as Jon Stanhope’s 60th birthday.

Apparently he’s feeling chipper and good for another 10 years.

Aside from millions in commonwealth funding for his arboretum what gifts are you hoping he gets today?

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creative_canberran10:42 am 09 May 11

“Apparently he’s feeling chipper and good for another 10 years.”

That’s what he said. Now, the question is was this the comment that sparked the party to move him along or were moves already underway and that was a desperate last stand on his part to assert dominance.

colourful sydney racing identity10:23 am 09 May 11

colourful sydney racing identity said :

early retirement?

Looks like he got my present 🙂

Gungahlin Al9:55 am 03 May 11

Pommy bastard said :

And I’ll throw in the compliment that he is in remarkable shape for a man of his age, he looks 10 yrs younger.

I was amazed to read that he is 60. I truly hope I’m in such good shape in another 13 years.

I have no doubt he’ll be hanging around, and there can also be no doubt that he is a passionate supporter of all things Canberran. And he will listen to reasoned face-to-face argument. That’s always a good foundation.

I hope he got the gift of perspective and self-awareness, as he appears to lack both in equal measure.

georgesgenitals5:46 am 30 Apr 11

I don’t like a lot of the stuff Stanhope has done, but I hope he had a happy birthday.

What gifts are you hoping he gets today?

Is “an incurable disease” too harsh?

what gifts are you hoping he gets today?

A positive comment.

Pommy bastard said :

Despite my misgivings about the man and his policies (esp public “art”) I’ll wish him a happy one, he deserves no less.

Ditto.

Sincerely,
A. Redneck

Holden Caulfield3:30 pm 29 Apr 11

More rednecks.

colourful sydney racing identity3:24 pm 29 Apr 11

Pommy bastard said :

Despite my misgivings about the man and his policies (esp public “art”) I’ll wish him a happy one, he deserves no less.

And I’ll throw in the compliment that he is in remarkable shape for a man of his age, he looks 10 yrs younger.

You ARE in a generous mood this afternoon – had a couple of pints ahead of the Stranglers have you 😉

bitzermaloney3:09 pm 29 Apr 11

colourful sydney racing identity said :

early retirement?

Unfortunately not… he said he’s feeling well and has no plans to stop working for another 4 years.

As his labor underlings are unlikely to oust him it looks like it up to the voters to determine when he will retire (though given the alternatives and the inabilty of most voters to look beyond the ALP, LP or the ALP far left faction… I mean the Greens, it looks like Hopeless is here for sometime still).

Pommy bastard2:42 pm 29 Apr 11

Despite my misgivings about the man and his policies (esp public “art”) I’ll wish him a happy one, he deserves no less.

And I’ll throw in the compliment that he is in remarkable shape for a man of his age, he looks 10 yrs younger.

colourful sydney racing identity2:24 pm 29 Apr 11

early retirement?

“what gifts are you hoping he gets today?”

A swift kick to the head from the common sense police.

JessP said :

Street art in his honour.

Oh sorry he already has one…. or two.

Yep. That thing on the roundabout at Woden for one. Someone stole the other one, with an angle grinder.

Street art in his honour.

Oh sorry he already has one…. or two.

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