Comments on: The national interest http://clubtroppo.com.au/2009/11/29/the-national-interest/ Fearlessly dispensing political, legal and economic analysis (and some whimsy) since 2002 Fri, 25 May 2012 13:31:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alphonse http://clubtroppo.com.au/2009/11/29/the-national-interest/#comment-361094 Alphonse Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:56:55 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2009/11/29/the-national-interest/#comment-361094 Is "<strong>no bill is better than the negotiated one</strong>" the unstated premise of this outburst? I would agree that the negotiated one is worse than the intoduced one, which in turn is worse than the Garnault papers led us to expect; but my view is that an act that can be amended is better than no act at all, and not just because it's good to ante-up with something before Copenhagen. Or do I have the unstated premise wrong? Is it "<strong>I'm a Minchkin</strong>"? Is “no bill is better than the negotiated one” the unstated premise of this outburst?

I would agree that the negotiated one is worse than the intoduced one, which in turn is worse than the Garnault papers led us to expect; but my view is that an act that can be amended is better than no act at all, and not just because it’s good to ante-up with something before Copenhagen.

Or do I have the unstated premise wrong? Is it “I’m a Minchkin“?

]]> By: TimT http://clubtroppo.com.au/2009/11/29/the-national-interest/#comment-361093 TimT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:49:06 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2009/11/29/the-national-interest/#comment-361093 Heh. Snippy. Though I must admit all those Rudd-ian claims about being above politics, pragmatic, bla bla bla, are looking rather hypocritical in light of the wedge delivered to the Opposition over the last week. Heh. Snippy. Though I must admit all those Rudd-ian claims about being above politics, pragmatic, bla bla bla, are looking rather hypocritical in light of the wedge delivered to the Opposition over the last week.

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