Saturday 24 September 2011

Jules notes the Nationals conga line beginning to develop in Clarence by-election 2011

Jules Faber in The Daily Examiner on 21 September 2011

I'm drunk, angry and I can tweet!


This is the Twitter account of one Mark Davidson @markdavidson Orange County, CA at 7.30pm AEST on 23rd September 2011.

According to Mark he is an Internet sales & marketing professional. I write a lot of things to amuse myself and others. On occasion, I even have deep thoughts. p://gplus.to/markdavidso
The posts he woke to that morning show that he doesn’t know zip about IT security…………………..

markdavidsonMark Davidson
Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances, the previously scheduled blog post, "How To Tweet Like a Boss" will not be posted today.

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WANTED: Social Media Account Ghost Writer. We've recently had an opening at http://twitter.com/#!/markdavidson. (Serious inquiries only.)

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Oh. I am so not dealing with this **** today. My only responsibility on this account is to respond to *all* @replies and @mentions. I quit.

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Good morning, Twitter! What's happening?
5 hours ago

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And change your freakin' password!

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And yes, as @markdavidson's former Twitter ghostwriter of 4 years; I am drunk. Drunk and angry. (You should have changed your password!)

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So let me mow tell you the truth about @markdavidson. He can barely type social media much less know what it is.

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And all the funny stuff that @markdavidson wrote, that was all me. The other 2 ghostwriters are really boring. Good luck, bro...

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Foxconn pays its employees better than @markdavidson paid his ghostwriters on Twitter for the past 4 years.

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Right now @markdavidson is probably asleep... He isn't that nice and he is cheap. I regret not quitting. So now he has 2 ghostwriters.

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Well yesterday, @markdavidson fired 1 of his 3 ghostwriters of the last 4 years and forgot to change his Twitter password.

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Hi. I'm one of three people who have been ghostwriting @markdavidson's tweets for the last 4 years while he is out playing golf.

Friday 23 September 2011

'Will he' or 'Won't he' Williamson


It's been a big day for the Nats in Clarence.

Following hot on the heels of news about Stuart George and Chris Gulaptis,  The Daily Examiner reports:
Richie Williamson
Richie Williamson still hasn't confirmed that he will compete in next week's preselection ballot to become the National's local leader, despite news circulating in the party that he had done just that.
Information supplied on Friday morning to the Nationals Duty MLC Rick Colless, who is the stand-in representative for the Clarence electorate, seemed to confirm that Clarence Valley Mayor Richie Williamson had made the decision to run for preselection to represent the Nationals at the up coming by-election.
 But this apparent certainty was quashed by the man himself yesterday afternoon. Mr Williamson was adamant that no such commitment had been made. A decision would not be finalised until he had time to consider "all the pieces of information" over the weekend he said.
Mr Williamson met officials from the Nationals on Thursday to discuss the potential of him joining the party.
As of yesterday he still hadn't joined the Nationals. "I will make a decision on that sooner rather than later," he said.

Read the Examiner's report here.

It's now a Melbourne Cup field looking for Nats' preselection


After reporting on Stuart George's nomination for National Party pre-selection for the by-election in Clarence and thinking all's quiet on the local front, a ghost from the past has suddenly sprung up and lodged a nomination for Nats' pre-selection in Clarence.

Chris Gulaptis

Chris Gulaptis has returned to the local scene and announced he's going to do a big favour for locals in the Clarence valley and offer his services as a prospective local member.

To say that Gulaptis has form would be something of an understatement.

When another cousin, Tweedie Rivers, heard about Gulaptis's plans she asked, "Is Murray Lees part of Gulaptis's band of helpers?"

Who's Murray Lees?

Read The Daily Examiner's coverage of Gulaptis's nomination here.