tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post6349812578080608626..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: Andrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-33128037208722092132011-05-29T14:54:19.866+10:002011-05-29T14:54:19.866+10:00I have just started reading your blog and trawling...I have just started reading your blog and trawling through the archives. I am enjoying it very much and reading bits out to my husband, who also appreciates your excellent writing!<br />I am yet another of the untrustworthy lefty green types (disclosure!), and I am very interested to read your perspectives and analysis...which are such a relief when msm is so freakin' dire.Rhiannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-88462809778015835382011-03-16T16:37:06.624+11:002011-03-16T16:37:06.624+11:00I visit from time to time and echo the above senti...I visit from time to time and echo the above sentiments. My politics are to the left of your moderate liberal position, but I value your thoughts, insight and articulation. It gives me a rare, rational Liberal perspective on issues!armchair opinionatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-31427345541841103792011-03-09T19:51:19.014+11:002011-03-09T19:51:19.014+11:00Such lovely comments, thank you all.Such lovely comments, thank you all.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-88994506997730439382011-03-09T14:07:15.707+11:002011-03-09T14:07:15.707+11:00Is it just me or is there some degree of homour in...Is it just me or is there some degree of homour in the following:<br /><br />Hanson to Muslims: assimilate or leave March 9, 2011 - 12:04PM<br /> .Ads by Google Do You Have An Idea?<br /><br /><br />Sourced from the online version of the Brisbane paper today 09/03.sam sunshinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-69151437013598261232011-03-08T23:28:56.618+11:002011-03-08T23:28:56.618+11:00Well done on 500, blogs like yours are the only th...Well done on 500, blogs like yours are the only thing keeping sensible folk sane nowadays. <br /><br />I don't always agree with what you write but it's always a hell of a lot better than the stuff I don't agree with anywhere in the mainstream media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-28748496555138549792011-03-08T22:45:56.301+11:002011-03-08T22:45:56.301+11:00Fiona, Seconded!
Andrew, you truly merit that won...Fiona, Seconded! <br />Andrew, you truly merit that wonderful description of Weary Dunlop by one of his fellow captives on the Thai-Burma Railway:<br />"a lighthouse of sanity in a world gone mad"<br />Thanks for your hospitality and best wishes,<br />PeterPeterFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-11907418868479708282011-03-08T21:40:37.714+11:002011-03-08T21:40:37.714+11:00Boutique indeed, Mr Elder, but I would go further ...Boutique indeed, Mr Elder, but I would go further and describe your blog as recherché (but never in the sense of pretentious or overblown). Your analyses, those of Greg Jericho, and the debates at Larvatus Prodeo, help to keep me sane while increasingly shrill and mendacious media “report” on increasingly shrill and mendacious politicians…Fionanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-80030439479695910882011-03-08T21:25:15.400+11:002011-03-08T21:25:15.400+11:00500 posts; wow, I'm just a babe, still in my 3...500 posts; wow, I'm just a babe, still in my 30s. Yet again I bow to your superiority :-)<br />But seriously, you've been a bit of a touchstone for me. There aren't too many conservatives online that I'm proud to know, but you are at the top of the list.<br />Thank you for your fierce thoughts and beautiful writing<br />DxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-91470216057664368712011-03-08T20:57:17.513+11:002011-03-08T20:57:17.513+11:00Thanks for keeping me entertained the last five ye...Thanks for keeping me entertained the last five years! I echo Lyn's sentiments, I'm always a little disappointed when a couple of days have gone by and you haven't posted. Looking forward to reading you for the next five.Seanhttp://onepointzerosixtwofive.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-56890964861074883792011-03-08T18:31:19.744+11:002011-03-08T18:31:19.744+11:00Great blog, Andrew.
You and Dorothy Parker over a...Great blog, Andrew.<br /><br />You and Dorothy Parker over at Loon Pond are my only two "must reads"..... maybe it's the occasional Molesworth references<br /><br />TRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-1562475871826401242011-03-08T18:13:29.886+11:002011-03-08T18:13:29.886+11:00Hi Andrew
I find your blog quite interesting and ...Hi Andrew<br /><br />I find your blog quite interesting and came across it by accident about one year ago.<br />I wish there were more small l liberals around, although I probably consider myself marginally left of centre.<br /><br />Regards,<br />DanielD-Rodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-30350973874156401792011-03-08T17:09:42.921+11:002011-03-08T17:09:42.921+11:00Hi Andrew
I love and thoroughly enjoy your writin...Hi Andrew<br /><br />I love and thoroughly enjoy your writing Andrew, I am always looking for your next post, it's like an addiction for me.<br /><br />Thankyou for this post, Andrew you are a credit to the blogosphere, I hope you continue to write<br />for a lot more years.<br /><br />Cheerslynhttp://www.thepoliticalsword.com/post/2011/03/07/Tony-Abbott’s-Great-Big-New-Tax.aspx#commentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-17514144627948485092011-03-08T15:26:14.969+11:002011-03-08T15:26:14.969+11:00Keep up the good work Andrew...I really enjoy your...Keep up the good work Andrew...I really enjoy your blog.MassiveSprayhttp://sprayoftheday.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-31476983349449322392011-03-08T12:46:47.168+11:002011-03-08T12:46:47.168+11:00Andrew I'm one of the greenie lefties who your...Andrew I'm one of the greenie lefties who your bio says you don't trust, and I really love your blog. Keep it up, this is a great read (even if I don't always agree). Not surprising at all the Paul Howes post came up trumps, it was great craic. Link to the food blog???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-16418603649655823702011-03-08T09:56:42.503+11:002011-03-08T09:56:42.503+11:00Hi Andrew, I came across your blog about a year ag...Hi Andrew, I came across your blog about a year ago and the way you reason/write resonates with me. Really enjoyable reading, well done and keep it up.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />CCMan versus Marketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16084201037481642363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-51803507862726847702011-03-08T09:13:52.317+11:002011-03-08T09:13:52.317+11:00And thank you for struggling with your demon in pu...And thank you for struggling with your demon in public Andrew. Your scorn is always worth reading.PeterHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-29903968098492217882011-03-08T06:26:51.683+11:002011-03-08T06:26:51.683+11:00Thank you for having us, Andrew. It's a real (...Thank you for having us, Andrew. It's a real (and rare) pleasure to read incisive commentary by an intelligent conservative, and I find myself agreeing with you more often than not even though my politics are well to the left of yours.David Irving (no relation)http://acornerofparadise.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com