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    BOS Voting Intentions: 2013 Federal Election

    i don't quite understand how you can criticise the man for doing his job well. i think it's a testament to his good character.
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    Joseph Stiglitz on the Australian Economy

    stiglitz is a jewish new world order zionist propagandist participating in a coordinated and malicious assault by the left on the australian economy. the man is not to be trusted.
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    2013 Federal election

    you'll vote sex party if you know what's good for you
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    2013 Federal election

    i'm not really convinced it could change any outcome in the senate... shooters and fishers in nsw? family first in victoria? can't imagine it would effect the katter-palmer struggle for the 6th queensland senate spot.
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    2013 Federal election

    tony abbot just lost the HD-porn streaming paedophile vote
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    2013 Federal election

    the US is being remarkably transparent with the evidence it has that Assad used chemical weapons, and its intentions in regards to limited kinetic strikes in Syria. this briefing addresses quite a few of your concerns. i quote, if they're actually planning on significantly altering the...
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    2013 Federal election

    depends who you believe. the results of the UN investigation will be telling, but US sources seem certain it was Assad. still not talking about an invasion this is just conjecture. obama's has stated his aim as limited punishment for the use of chemical weapons, not to alter the balance...
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    BOS Voting Intentions: 2013 Federal Election

    i agree with what you've said, but what makes the auto industry unique is that that government assistance has been the lifeblood of the industry for some time. as a result, thousands of workers possess skills and experience that just aren't in demand - they have almost no labour market mobility...
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    2013 Federal election

    no one is talking about enforcing a no-fly zone. we're talking cruise missile strikes on chemical weapons deposits/manufacturing facilities. obama has specifically stated that the purpose of the strikes will not be to create any "tactical difference" or force a regime change, so it's unlikely...
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    2013 Federal election

    why would I be naive? the U.S./NATO now has an impressive resume of the limited use of aerial warfare. bosnia, kosovo, iraq, libya. yes, boots were on the ground in yugoslavia in a peacekeeping role, but the libyan experience can be directly transposed and is THE model for an air campaign in...
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    2013 Federal election

    maybe a little bit, but the ostensible purpose of the attacks were to enforce UNSC disarmament schedules. the bombing was surgical and, as far as any civilian can be aware, almost all the targets were directly related to WMD manufacture and storage. even if there were ulterior motives, even...
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    BOS Voting Intentions: 2013 Federal Election

    most meat packing jobs are most often rural, pay far less than automotive jobs do, and i guarantee the meat packing (and domestic manufacturing in general) industry can't soak up somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 autoworkers. literally not what i'm advocating at all. ford has been...
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    BOS Voting Intentions: 2013 Federal Election

    irrelevant and incomparable. by any measurement our automobile is puny in comparison to detroit, and is nowhere near too big to fail. it is well within the government's power to manage the decline of the industry. please, show me where i appealed to emotion. the example of a "37 year old...
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    2013 Federal election

    uhh.. the U.S. bombed iraq in 1998 to destroy a number of chemical weapons facilities
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    BOS Voting Intentions: 2013 Federal Election

    i agree that the auto industry needs to die - it's unproductive and inefficient. but so is idle labour, which is why cutting all subsidies is completely irresponsible. the high skilled labour (research and design) might fare well in the job market since australian high-tech manufacturing is...
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    BOS Voting Intentions: 2013 Federal Election

    you're right, why would there be any long term unemployment? thousands of new manufacturing jobs are going to magically appear for all the low-skilled assembly line workers that are now out of a job, and for the parts suppliers that rely wholly or substantially on the auto trade. are you...
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    BOS Voting Intentions: 2013 Federal Election

    hybrid cars don't cause more pollution. this myth about the environmental impact of the nickel-metal hyride batteries in hybrid cars (particularly, the toyota prius) derives from the erroneous assumption that such batteries wouldn't last longer than 160,000km, proven wrong on the evidence of the...
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    BOS Voting Intentions: 2013 Federal Election

    you still haven't answered the question or my challenge to actually substantiate your claims that they communists of any degree of soft or hardness. the coalition has historically had its fair share of disasters too, and tony abbott has committed himself to instituting a number of policies...
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