Reform from the Centre and the Cabinet Platitude Generator

Just when you thought it was safe to read the news.

Following Jim Chalmers’ “values based capitalism” and Anthony Albanese’s “progressive patriotism”, yet another vacuous, meaningless, blancmange of words has been introduced into gas-bag-osphere.

“Reform from the Centre”. This is the latest from Treasurer Jim:

Jim Chalmers has vowed to ­“reform from the centre” to drive productivity growth and fix a budget he admits is not sustainable, as he lays the groundwork for a new economic agenda.

What does it mean? Nothing. Much like values based capitalism and progressive patriotism.

Running for the 2000 US Presidential election, Pete Buttigeig was know for generating such useless verbiage. So much so, that someone created an online Buttigeig meme generator. If only I could find it to post here. This is all I could find:

Its also in the delivery. The slow annunciation and the thoughtful look to the distance. You know, like this:

Reading about Jimbo’s speech also minded me to a movie I watch in my misspent you youth in the late 1999s - it was call Mystery Men. That was when Geoffrey Rush could get work before being cancelled.

There was a particular scene where these wannabe action heroes were practicing and they were being coached in attitude and rhetoric by the Sphinx.

Well, watch this short 3 min video and put Daniel Andrew’s face on the Sphinx and Jim Chalmers’ face on Mr Fury - the Ben Stiller character.

Labor Left imitating art.

He who questions training only trains himself at asking questions