Two bob's worth of idle speculation please.
Not sure if it's the politicians themselves, their 'advisors' or a combined effort which leaves the bad aftertaste. Abbott may well have believed that MH 370 would be a happy paddle through a shallow, publicity rich, image building puddle. Well, look before you leap is not a bad maxim, he is now in a deep, dark pit surrounded by unseen, voracious dangerous beasts. Can his support crew dig him out – high drama indeed. Before we watch the last scene and discover if it is to be a happy ending or a tear jerker; we need to work out how our hero landed in so perilous a state. Herewith my idle speculative twiddle:-
News – High drama, mysterious disappearance of a passenger jet. May have landed in the Australian SAR region. Big headlines – huge. Everyone assumed that this was a bog standard straightforward SAR event and just a matter of getting our resources into the right area. Bringing in the excellent AMSA, Houston and our peerless SAR teams was the right and proper thing to do; bonus, lots and lots of lovely international coverage and photo opportunities. So far – so good; and, apart from a couple of gaffs, Abbott made good mileage out of the event.
Real speculation from here; maybe the 'spooks' whispered to Abbott that all was not as it should be, nor was it what it seemed, Houston would be privy to that briefing. From here we need to use a little imagination. But let's assume the Murky Machiavellian Merde team were not privy to the spooks gabfest; but coincidentally needed to regain some kudos for their powerful department image which looked very shabby after being knocked in to a cocked hat by the Senators. Credit, points and ego all, at low water. Hmm, how to grab a share of the limelight?
A possible solution was through MH 370. But, the AMSA were doing a splendid job of an ocean search and as there was not an airframe in sight, the ATSB act was back stage, licking it's wounds, wallowing in shame and desperate to have it's ego stroked.
Serendipity came to the rescue – DoIT on a repair mission, Beaker in the dog house, Houston looking for a way out of the forecast pooh storm. The die was cast – Exeunt Houston, stage left to a standing ovation; enter Beaker, stage right to whispers of "WTF is the Muppet doing up there". Cue music, lights, camera: and; 'Action'.
The Malaysians are nowhere near dopey; a step to right out of the spotlight leaves the embarrassing Beaker centre stage, doing his Uriah Heep soliloquy. When the brickbats are thrown, with any luck at all, he'll get hit with everyone of them – hard and often.
Enough - All idle speculation on my part, a twiddle to amuse, while away the time, ward off boredom between first and second coffee. How about a time warp then, if not ET?
Bugger I'll be singing that all day now..
Toot toot.
Not sure if it's the politicians themselves, their 'advisors' or a combined effort which leaves the bad aftertaste. Abbott may well have believed that MH 370 would be a happy paddle through a shallow, publicity rich, image building puddle. Well, look before you leap is not a bad maxim, he is now in a deep, dark pit surrounded by unseen, voracious dangerous beasts. Can his support crew dig him out – high drama indeed. Before we watch the last scene and discover if it is to be a happy ending or a tear jerker; we need to work out how our hero landed in so perilous a state. Herewith my idle speculative twiddle:-
News – High drama, mysterious disappearance of a passenger jet. May have landed in the Australian SAR region. Big headlines – huge. Everyone assumed that this was a bog standard straightforward SAR event and just a matter of getting our resources into the right area. Bringing in the excellent AMSA, Houston and our peerless SAR teams was the right and proper thing to do; bonus, lots and lots of lovely international coverage and photo opportunities. So far – so good; and, apart from a couple of gaffs, Abbott made good mileage out of the event.
Real speculation from here; maybe the 'spooks' whispered to Abbott that all was not as it should be, nor was it what it seemed, Houston would be privy to that briefing. From here we need to use a little imagination. But let's assume the Murky Machiavellian Merde team were not privy to the spooks gabfest; but coincidentally needed to regain some kudos for their powerful department image which looked very shabby after being knocked in to a cocked hat by the Senators. Credit, points and ego all, at low water. Hmm, how to grab a share of the limelight?
A possible solution was through MH 370. But, the AMSA were doing a splendid job of an ocean search and as there was not an airframe in sight, the ATSB act was back stage, licking it's wounds, wallowing in shame and desperate to have it's ego stroked.
Serendipity came to the rescue – DoIT on a repair mission, Beaker in the dog house, Houston looking for a way out of the forecast pooh storm. The die was cast – Exeunt Houston, stage left to a standing ovation; enter Beaker, stage right to whispers of "WTF is the Muppet doing up there". Cue music, lights, camera: and; 'Action'.
The Malaysians are nowhere near dopey; a step to right out of the spotlight leaves the embarrassing Beaker centre stage, doing his Uriah Heep soliloquy. When the brickbats are thrown, with any luck at all, he'll get hit with everyone of them – hard and often.
Enough - All idle speculation on my part, a twiddle to amuse, while away the time, ward off boredom between first and second coffee. How about a time warp then, if not ET?
Bugger I'll be singing that all day now..
Toot toot.