rhodes scholar at it again

just how dopey is abbott?read and judge for yourself,how many times can this dope shoot himself in the foot,just seen his ads on tv t's a market, a so-called market, in the non-delivery of an invisible substance to no one," Tony Abbott said on Monday, answering his own rhetorical question about what a carbon trading scheme is.

Abbott's emission was received with glee on social media, where people pointed out that there are many "invisible substances" - natural gas, oxygen and bacteria spring to mind - that both have market value and are essential to life on Earth.

It's the latest in a long campaign to redefine the stuff that comes from burning coal as a "colourless, odourless gas", a harmless three-way cuddle between one carbon and two oxygen atoms that, happily, provides "plant food". But, while the "invisible substance" line is facile, it is worth examining a little more closely, because it contains a few hints about the opposition's strategy.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/a-socalled-market-in-invisible-stuff-the-meaning-of-tony-abbotts-carbon-rhetoric-20130715-2q00e.html#ixzz2Z6kJdsOZ
who is is that bloke on his right hand side,looks a bit rough.