Post election thoughts (3 Viewers)

[steph@nie]

i really hope he doesnt win


a guy that has fought elections on family values and christianity goes off and fucks some 'exoctic' lawyer in canberra whiule his wife is at home with the kids...and what the hell is a christian doing working for the corporate arm of Blake Dawson Waldren (law firm) they are hardly nice to anyone

wife was at home pregnant with twins and the kids... don't forget that.

 

[cattlefat]

Maybe this is a 'global trend' like the economy

Uh -uh...I think bulk billing is when the government, not the patients, pay the doctors service fees. So the rate at which doctors bulk bill is determined by how much the government is willing to pay...I think.

 

[lengstar]

Its more then that...being a nursing student i should know what it is...but i'm lazy and i have a book of readings that argues the pros and cons of bulk-billing vs privatisation ( partially/completely ) and generally the trend states the overall costs of privatisation seem cheaper, but that it really isn't and full costing shows how all that money going to private hospitals would be better spent on public. these aren't a reflection of my views, its just what it says in my book of readings.

 

[omg_a]

re female labor supporters...i'm undecided between labor and the greens. (im 18 in 2 weeks-awfu timing with the hsc, and i missed the election) not that it matters-i live in a very safe liberal seat.
by the way, im struggling to figure out what exactly are the differences between the liberal party and the national party, if any. ??
as to the almost landslide victory...darn...another three years of those out of control eyebrows...

 

[shazzam]

I feel that it is particularly suspicious that Family First, an undeniably outrageous and neo-nazi(?) party that backs Liberal was coincidentally able to propel the child porn scandal to the forefront of their campaign.

Call me cynical but if Democrats, who back Labour, did lose their supporters to FF as Asquithian has said, then it may appear that Liberal's campaign was not so simple as to have only been the interest rate debacle.

Damn that sneaky weasel.

 

[mervvyn]

Well Xyama and cherryblossom, Howard would have had to increase spending in defense because of the involvement in Iraq...And how did my post suggest that I believed funds from the GST would be redistributed to the US?! All I said was that having a GST should mean better public services...and instead we've seen the opposite (ie. the decline in bulk billing "The percentage of Doctors bulk billing has dropped from 80.6% to 68.5%, as of the March 2003 quarter".

He wasn't saying the money was going to the United States, rather, all of the money collected from the GST is split between our various states. The issue is whether it's split fairly (NSW govt would say it's not) but that's another story.

 

[Sarah168]

i really hope he doesnt win


a guy that has fought elections on family values and christianity goes off and fucks some 'exoctic' lawyer in canberra whiule his wife is at home with the kids...and what the hell is a christian doing working for the corporate arm of Blake Dawson Waldren (law firm) they are hardly nice to anyone

He also admitted that his wife was pregnant with their twins at the time he had the affair...

 

[Ziff]

He also admitted that his wife was pregnant with their twins at the time he had the affair...

Well done Ross!

 

[Li0n]

i really hope he bends down

DO YOU HAVE SPONGY ASS?

 

[Xayma]

Well Xyama and cherryblossom, Howard would have had to increase spending in defense because of the involvement in Iraq...And how did my post suggest that I believed funds from the GST would be redistributed to the US?! All I said was that having a GST should mean better public services...and instead we've seen the opposite (ie. the decline in bulk billing "The percentage of Doctors bulk billing has dropped from 80.6% to 68.5%, as of the March 2003 quarter".

No you effectively said the GST is going to help fund the war in Iraq.

The GST is given back to the states you know NSW, QLD not the USA, they handle most public services so go whinge to your Labor government.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

No you effectively said the GST is going to help fund the war in Iraq.

The GST is given back to the states you know NSW, QLD not the USA, they handle most public services so go whinge to your Labor government.

- If you can find a member around your area

 

[cattlefat]

No you effectively said the GST is going to help fund the war in Iraq.

The GST is given back to the states you know NSW, QLD not the USA, they handle most public services so go whinge to your Labor government.

This is what forums are about whinging...ranting..saying what your angry about..Obviously if its given back to the states, then they're not getting enough. I doubt they would sqaunder funding that is so desperately needed.

And I said that instead of funding improved public services, funding must have gone elsewhere.

Stop blocking what I say and think about it, instead of being so staunchly liberal and narrowminded.

 

[Generator]

G'day,
At the moment I'm feeling like the typical Australian voter (lazy and apathetic), so could someone please summarise the last 100 posts for me? Has a Coalition supporter made note of the Senate issue? I know that Rorix and Devil did long, long ago, but the other regulars seem to have ignored it...
Thank you,
Gen.

 

[Generator]

If the story had included a harlem gospel church with U2 in the background then it may have been a decent telecast. Sadly, it's an Australian politician who may well be our only hope for the next three years... Shit.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

If the libs do things the australians hate... they will not forgive them and this will be reflected in the next election

 

[Generator]

Or they could not care and base their vote on fear, as always.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

Or they could not care and base their vote on fear, as always.

..that's a fair unbiased assessment how's bout I say
'THE LIBERALS ARE THE PERFECT PARTY, EVERYONE WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR LABOR WERE TRICKED BY LABORS SCARE TACTICS CALLING JOHN HOWARD A LIAR AND CLAIMING ABOUT COSTELLO'

 

[ogmzergrush]

the australian electorate seems to have a very short memory...the howard government knows this...he knows he can flaunt their trust...lie...do all kinds of things....

I was wondering at this today as well actually, I for one won't be forgetting, but it seems that lots of people really don't seem to mind that they've been misled time and time again.

Perhaps this is the case with all politicians, and I'm sure it probably is to an extent, but I'd still be inclined to remove the current offender and select a brand new person to lie to me, rather than reward the same one for doing it time and time again.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

If a poll was cast today saying was the war in iraq right or wrong.. the results would probably be around the same.

The fact is people don't care too much about this, people just care about how they're going... and if that's selfish and wrong is up to you, but that's how people voted.

 

[Generator]

As amusing as arguing politics on the Internet is, we'd probably all be far better served doing something constructive, like building bomb shelters in our back yards.

Hahaha I would rep you, ogmzergrush, but this pc seems to be playing silly buggers with runtime errors.

Not that Bright, it's a fair call given the widely accepted fact that the Australian population is largely apathetic to political issues.