Elspethseeker
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OH YEAH MOONFAIR SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Elspethseeker on Oct 10, 2004 14:50:24 GMT 11
Ahh the poll has been locked but anyway i would like to say i am a democrat and for Kerry not the elfman bush.  |
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Oct 10, 2004 19:27:48 GMT 11
*very quietly* Well, i was really happy when John Howard got re-elected, Mark Latham is an utter idiot, and i don't agree with pretty much anything you just said Raineth, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion, afterall.
Cat
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Post by Dameon on Oct 10, 2004 19:31:32 GMT 11
Great. Probable senate majority
Prepare for virtual dicatatorship, people. Prepare for war. Prepare for a massive rise in Uni costs. Prepare for no more Medicare.
Yesterday was one of the worst of my life. I am immensely depresssed.
John Howard can now do WHATEVER he wants.
Am seriously, quite honestly, contemplating moving overseas.
KSL
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Oct 10, 2004 19:34:27 GMT 11
*gets VERY quiet*
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Post by Natally on Oct 10, 2004 19:37:41 GMT 11
I have to agree with cat-eyes. I can't say I love the liberals, but I can say Latham's, well... I'm not going to say what I think...  |
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Iris
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"may angels lead you in..."
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Post by Iris on Oct 10, 2004 19:44:53 GMT 11
I'm with you Kayt. I almost cried when John Howard won. And to make it worse i was already angry that I can't vote yet. Well Australia say goodbye. Kayt can i move overseas with you?
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Oct 10, 2004 19:47:20 GMT 11
I was SOOOO happy when John Howard won. I would have been the one crying if Latham had won. I mean, his policies sucked, in my opinion. He might have had one or two that were ok, but the majority were pathetic.
Cat
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Post by Raineth on Oct 10, 2004 21:06:34 GMT 11
Yeah we felt like leaving too. we feel like singing
"where have all the morals gone?"
But atleast we're all passionate about what we believe even if it is very different hey Cat-Eyes? which is much better than not givin' a toss.
Raineth
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Post by Miska on Oct 11, 2004 18:00:52 GMT 11
im still slucking and thats all ih ave to sy...i hate lathen too, but gosh anytin is better then howard...
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Lauren Hedgehog
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You can get more with a kind word and a 2 x 4, than you can with just a kind word :)
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Post by Lauren Hedgehog on Oct 11, 2004 18:54:42 GMT 11
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Post by avra on Oct 11, 2004 19:12:20 GMT 11
Although I would have preferred a Labour government, I'm not too fussed about that. The bit that's worrying is the Liberals getting a majority in the Senate too. As Kayt said, they can now do pretty much whatever they want without having to convince anyone else that it's a good idea...
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Elondriel
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Don't fret precious I'm here...
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Post by Elondriel on Oct 11, 2004 19:22:21 GMT 11
*Screams*
i hate liberal.
Great, here goes the further Americanisation of Australia
(no offence to american obernetters intended)
Where will we be in 3 years?
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Post by Miska on Oct 11, 2004 19:44:33 GMT 11
up poo creek without a paddle ...im not looking forward to the next 3 years at all! *sobs*
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Post by Blindmouse on Oct 11, 2004 19:57:58 GMT 11
Eghh. The commentators are saying it was such a comprehensive win, too, that they may well have won themselves another two terms. Gah.
blindmouse
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Elondriel
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Don't fret precious I'm here...
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Post by Elondriel on Oct 11, 2004 21:24:06 GMT 11
i highly doubt that, if howard hands leadership over to costello during this term. at least i hope that will be the case
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Post by Min on Oct 11, 2004 22:27:03 GMT 11
Time to leave the country then eh?
South Island of NZ is nice, and it's very LotR-ish and infested with gorgeous elves. Who's for a relocation?!
I tried to avoid everything to do with election propaganda. All I remember is what it was like when I was growing up...it was tough, but it seemed more fair. And now what it's been like since that stoopid little GNOME has been PM. Taxes, battling, it's a load of bullocks. I know that it's not going to get any easier with the government's 'keep everyone in their places' policies, if you know what I mean.
But it's really exchanging one idiot for another isn't it? I have an alignment to the democrats, purely because Natasha Scott-Despoya used to be on JJJ all the time, and I thought she would have been an awesome PM. But it doesn't matter. Johnnie-boy's gotten in for another few years of making fools of the Australian public by kissing up to George Dub-ah-yah and stuttering his speeches. Anyone would have been better than that ridiculous excuse for a public figure. Why why WHY did he get back in? Honestly, leaving Australia seems VERY feasable these days.
And seeing as voting is compulsory in Australia, I maintain that I have a right to complain about it ;D
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Iris
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"may angels lead you in..."
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Post by Iris on Oct 13, 2004 19:50:16 GMT 11
What scares me more than the fact that Howard won(if anything could, I know the impossible has happened), it is that Family First have got into the Senate. I mean what kind of a country is this??? How could people vote for them. We live in a country where the leadership gives power to crazy people who want to burn lesbians at the stake like witches. I mean come on.
Also it gets really scary when the people of a country begin to care more about money than humanity and the environment.
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Post by Raineth on Oct 14, 2004 15:59:43 GMT 11
Iris I feel your pain! I too can't believe that people care more about something like interest rates than the lives of people. It is so disheartening. But only 2% voted for FFP (which is alot anyway I know) But they mainly got their senate seats because of preference deals with certain other parties including the Democrats.
Min, I really liked Natasha too, but the Dems got rid of her and they sold out on the GST. I think that party is headed in a different direction now. Yeay for JJJ they are my station of choice too.
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