Jan 26, 2012: FUN!!! Plunder creatively, Romans and leftists!

 

 

From: g87

Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:52 AM

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Subject: Plunder creatively, Romans and leftists

 

 

 

Plunder creatively, Romans and leftists!

Having no viable / original ideas Labor acolytes should take less well - known speeches and reconfigure it creatively. Yea - I recall the 'man on the moon' tearfull codswallop from Gillard; Bono forgave her.  Albanese unashamedly quoting Homer Simpson "'I stuffed up'' [plainly not even realizing the obscenity he thus espoused]   Now their chief  minister for Head - Kicking has typically abused a Hollywood movie script.   I recall how the leftist Albanese  attacked Julia Bishop vociferously for arguably  similarly using a Wall St article. Even herein - note it was a Wall St article vs a movie script!   Yet Labor justifies their actions implying much about their pacity of ideas.and internicine policy disasters.['stuff - ups galore!]   So I offer the below as a help to the moribund left: surely no one will pick the original! GS

Friends, leftists  and plaigerizers,

lend me your ears;
I come to humiliate Abbott, not to praise him;
The evil that men say lives after them,
The unoriginal is oft interréd with Labor's political bones,
So let it be with Julia... and the ignoble Kevin 
Who hath told you I was ambitious:
If it were so, I would have quoted the whole movie,
And grievously let Gillard answered it....  Geoff Seidner
13 Alston Grove
East St Kilda 3183
03 9525 9299

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears

 

 

 

1. Albanese accused of plagiarism in speech (latest news) | The Wall

   thewall.com.au/.../62715-albanese-accused-of-plagiarism-in-speech

   15 hours ago – Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese has been accused of plagiarising a Hollywood movie script to attack Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

2. Australian Politics Forum - Albanese Caught Plagiarizing Speech

   www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1327478113/1

   Albanese accused of plagiarising Hollywood speech. The Federal Opposition has ridiculed Government frontbencher Anthony Albanese for using lines from a ...

3. Don't steal an Aaron Sorkin speech to attack your political rival or ...

   www.avclub.com/.../dont-steal-an-aaron-sorkin-speech-to-attack-you...

   1 hour ago – Australian transport minister Anthony “Albo” Albanese is finding that out ...do was to plagiarize his attack lines directly from an American movie.

Geoff Seidner
13 Alston Grove
East St Kilda 3183
03 9525 9299

 

 

Albanese accused of plagiarising Hollywood speech


The Federal Opposition has ridiculed Government frontbencher Anthony Albanese for using lines from a Hollywood movie in a speech to the National Press Club.

In the romantic comedy The American President, actor Michael Douglas plays the role of US president Andrew Shepherd.

He tells the White House press corps regarding his Republican opponent: "We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem, I promise you, Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it.

"He is interested in two things and two things only: making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it."

Mr Albanese used lines almost identical to those spoken by Douglas while attacking Opposition Leader Tony Abbott in his press club address.

"In Australia we have serious challenges to solve and we need serious people to solve them," he said.

"Unfortunately, Tony Abbott is not the least bit interested in fixing anything.

"He is only interested in two things; making Australians afraid of it and telling them who's to blame for it."

Liberal Party federal director Brian Loughnane, who has made a YouTube video of the incident, said the plagiarism showed Labor was "unoriginal and devoid of ideas".

'Stuffed up'

Both Mr Albanese and Prime Minister Julia Gillard have laughed off the matter on Twitter.

Mr Albanese has quoted Homer Simpson, saying he "stuffed up".

"D'oh! Stuff up (for the record, that comes from another great American, Homer Simpson)," he tweeted.

Ms Gillard also joked that she loves Michael Douglas.

"And speaking of actors - I love Michael Douglas because he's married to a Welsh woman. @AlboMP's not bad either. JG," she tweeted.

Opposition frontbencher Christopher Pyne says that is not good enough.

"Far be it from to take some joy out of his embarrassment but a cabinet minister in the Federal Government should do a lot better," he said.

"I think Anthony Albanese should apologise to the Federal Parliament and the press club for not doing the homework he should be doing."

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears

by William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

Act 3, Scene 2

Mark Antony:

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him;
The evil that men do lives after them,
The good is oft interréd with their bones,
So let it be with Caesar.... The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answered it....
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest,
(For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all; all honourable men)
Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral....
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man....
He hath brought many captives home to Rome,
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And, sure, he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?
O judgement! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.... Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me.