Lexi my forebears came to this country with shackles on their legs for their political and religious beliefs, they did not have the Red Cross to help them through the journey, and when they got here there was nothing.....what has that statement or yours got to do with you qualifying the impact of the GFC on Australia, nothing. As I said I am happy to chat if you have no facts.

SOG,

That ship has sailed. Kindly go back and re-read your posts
to me and the names that you called me and what you said to me.
I merely attempted to
explain to you why I found it offensive. Anyway, I have
no further wish to ever interact with you again. Ever.
I would appreciate your directing your future comments to
someone else. I have no further interest in anything you may wish
to say.

Of course you do not want to further answer my posts Lexi, simply put the reason is because you are not capable of qualifying what you espouse, so you play the pathetic "I'm offended" card. Shattered you did I? I'm glad your parents were made of stronger stuff.

Dear SOG,

Nah. I'm over it.
And besides, I can't stay mad at you.
You'fe far too knowledgeable. ;-)

Son of a

Leave her alone she much too nice- a sorry i didnt mean to bring back bad memories might have been nicer- dont you think.

Lexi
I left those hugs back on the other thread for you but now seems like a really good time. Oh and there is a Friday night lets get the boys bash happening if your up for it with a few bundies too.:)

Ludwig

I agree with you on Rudd the boats, immigration, camping, fishing & many of your comments - but not this one -

*7. Gillard's unbelievable suspension of live cattle exports to Indonesia, with the enormous upheaval for Australian graziers and associated workers caught up in it.*

Ludwig,

The liberals suspended live exports on several occassions and for much longer.

Julia Gillard stopped it for 4 weeks to save the industry while they worked on getting some"" but not enough animal welfare standards
in place. She knew if they didnt do something the trade would be lost forever because the public demand was huge.
Who could blame the public after seeing footage on 4 corners.

Also Ludwig AU was informed in March 2010 by the Minister of trade for Indonesia they intend to stop importing live by 2014.

So we need to prepare for that. There is another market to replace it which involves many more thousand jobs being created than we would lose.

Apart from that how can you criticize anybody from insisting some type of humane treatment is put in place for Australian Animals.

The graziers have know for years half these cattle are flocked to death with chains and they do not care. Just like they have not cared for years as real farmers and plant owners have committed suicide because of how this trade has effected their business.

I dont agree with the PM on this issue either however nobody other than YOU has argued something had to be done.

Shame on you.

"THE empress has strutted forth in her new clothes, and the people have hissed and booed. Not only do the people think Julia Gillard's new green packaging is threadbare, it turns out they like the empress even less than the clothing."

I guess the carbon tax is about to be added to the list of Labor stuff ups and back flips, and Juliar to the scrap heap of history.

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/its-the-deal-she-cant-seal-20110717-1hkaj.html