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Well that pretty well summs you up mate, no suds.
Must add to that I would like to nominate Smurph for a sainthood, for indulging this guy for so long.
Sorry buddy but this is entirely uninteresting to me, and I fail to see your point (if indeed you have any).
Well that pretty well summs you up mate, no suds.
Must add to that I would like to nominate Smurph for a sainthood, for indulging this guy for so long.
herp derp nbn bad i didn't vote for it so it's not democratic y u no see this?? ignorant leftist extremist lololo
We had hundreds of thousands of people protest against Australia going to war with Iraq.
Which eventuated with us, going to war with Iraq. I dont recall John Howard ever receiving the 'mandate from the people' to take us to war 'democratically'.
We've had protests of a few thousand against a carbon tax. I find it hilarious that people are interpreting this as some sort of mass movement, when assesed in relation to the opposition to our involvement in Iraq.
Do people seriously think we are going to end up with anything but a carbon tax leading to an emmisions trading scheme ?
Especially that both major political parties have quite openly been supportive of such an initiative in the past.
We had hundreds of thousands of people protest against Australia going to war with Iraq.
Which eventuated with us, going to war with Iraq. I dont recall John Howard ever receiving the 'mandate from the people' to take us to war 'democratically'.
We've had protests of a few thousand against a carbon tax. I find it hilarious that people are interpreting this as some sort of mass movement, when assesed in relation to the opposition to our involvement in Iraq.
Do people seriously think we are going to end up with anything but a carbon tax leading to an emmisions trading scheme ?
Especially that both major political parties have quite openly been supportive of such an initiative in the past.
One of the issues I have with the carbon tax is that I believe it will, if applied globally in the form proposed in Australia and elsewhere, increase the chances of war.LOL for gods sake man get with the program war is no where as bad as a tax..........
One of the issues I have with the carbon tax is that I believe it will, if applied globally in the form proposed in Australia and elsewhere, increase the chances of war.
In short, coal is very well dispersed geographically with a huge number of countries having reserves of the stuff. Even within countries it tends to be resonably distributed - locally Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas, SA and WA all have operating coal mines. On the other hand, at the global level gas is largely concentrated in the Middle East and Russia.
A world heavily dependent on gas is a world heavily dependent on Russia, Iran and Qatar who hold two thirds of world reserves. Let's just say I have serious doubts as to the wisdom of such a move from a strategic perspective.
If it were a "fossil fuels tax" applied equally to coal, gas and oil then that would fix this problem. Gas industry lobbyists wouldn't like it however...
Andrew Wilkie is becoming quite unbelievably precious. It will be good to eventually see him put back in his insignificant little box.
That is precisely the sort of thing that really concerns me. The notion that the world should depend more heavily on gas is ludicrous when you realise what that means in geopolitical terms. Even within a country, even within Australia, it all goes pear shaped pretty quickly when it comes to cross border trade in energy during an actual shortage. Some gets through yes, we don't want to make things too obvious, but those who have it ultimately put themselves first.Is this the sort of issues you are alluding to Smurph.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...gy-crisis-Russia-cuts-gas-supply-Ukraine.html
Andrew Wilkie is becoming quite unbelievably precious. It will be good to eventually see him put back in his insignificant little box.
It's especially ridiculous when the issue is such a minor one to 99% of the population.I think Wilke got around 13,000 votes, rode to power on the back of LIBERAL preferences and then holds the entire other 22 million people to ransom with his 13,000 votes and with no apparent respect to the liberal voters who put him there due to our forced preferential system.
And we call this democracy?
Agree.I think something needs to be done with our preferential system so that does not put those with a small number of votes into power.
And I also think we need a recall option for minority governments which would force an early election. Minority governments are clearly not good for the people due to minorities holding the balance of power.
He had a failed attempt at getting into state politics previously and much of what he said during the campaign did make him seem reasoanbly intelligent at the time.I think Wilke got around 13,000 votes, rode to power on the back of LIBERAL preferences and then holds the entire other 22 million people to ransom with his 13,000 votes and with no apparent respect to the liberal voters who put him there due to our forced preferential system.
Call me a racist if you must, but I hope one day Austrlaia may take a leaf out of France's book and insist all immigrants speak english.
That and mandating that all businesses/other places must have English signs, etc. Nothing worse than seeing chinese shops where everything is in chinese.
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