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Old 11-24-2007, 07:07 AM
Phil153 Phil153 is offline
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What a terrible result. For those who don't know, the winners are the Labour Party, 70% of whose members are former trade union officials. They're basically communists who believe in increasingly socialized services, massive budget deficits and no respect for freedom of association. A labour victory basically means an end to economic conservatism and responsible economic reform which as kept Australia going strong for the last 11 years.

My small consolation is that my investment accounts are going to enjoy much higher returns as interest rates go through the roof, which basically means money flowing from dumbass redneck labor voters into my bank account. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 11-24-2007, 07:12 AM
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Latest news: The Prime Minister has telephoned the opposition leader to concede defeat. Wea re now waiting for the public statement in the next hour!


Great! If it is anything like the last Labor government, you will have half a decade or more of enlightenment, of cultural awareness, advantages for the disadvantaged etc...

Can't wait for the experience, and hoping we don't have patent liars in power again for a long time!
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Old 11-24-2007, 07:12 AM
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My small consolation is that my investment accounts are going to enjoy much higher returns as interest rates go through the roof, which basically means money flowing from dumbass redneck labor voters into my bank account.


[/ QUOTE ] Cheers to you and good luck on your shrewd investing acumen.
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Old 11-24-2007, 07:17 AM
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Great! If it is anything like the last Labor government, you will have half a decade or more of enlightenment, of cultural awareness, advantages for the disadvantaged etc...

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lol...enjoy your night.

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Can't wait for the experience, and hoping we don't have patent liars in power again for a long time!

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What lies? The only I can think of the GST many years ago, and everyone agrees that was good for the country, which is why the ALP isn't removing it.....
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Old 11-24-2007, 07:23 AM
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Children overboard,
WMD in Iraq,
etc...


Have you got a memory problem? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 11-24-2007, 07:35 AM
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The Prime Minister has publicly conceded electoral defeat.

He is out! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 11-24-2007, 07:41 AM
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Couldn't give a [censored] about the result, don't really care.
BUT, a mate of mine who really cares promised he'd eat his hat if Howard lost his seat
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Old 11-24-2007, 08:10 AM
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Thanks for the updates Midge. I'm in Australia but don't watch TV so havn't been following it much.

I understand the labour party has a strong trade union presence so thats great news. Will there be fireworks in Melbourne tonight?
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Old 11-24-2007, 08:18 AM
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Couldn't give a [censored] about the result, don't really care.
BUT, a mate of mine who really cares promised he'd eat his hat if Howard lost his seat

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I am not amzed you don't care. You probably don't know how much the Australian support counted in the Korean. Vietnam war and now in Iraq. I really wish we treated the US the same way... they were not very supportive when we would have been helped by their support in Timor, an area that was of great significance to us. But as you indicated, the US is only to be counted for demands and not for support, at least in the last half a century.. How things change!

How arrogant your position!
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Old 11-24-2007, 08:27 AM
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lol, get off your high horse. Australia support in Iraq doesn't make a lick of difference to any strategic or military outcomes. We add less than 1% of their troop number and even less in terms of technology. It's purely symbolic.

Should he care about the Georgian or Polish elections as well? They sent more troops than we did.
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