spindoc,

"I guess two degree’s; a Masters and Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University provide some evidence of that?"

Nup.

As I've mentioned before, George W. Bush had a degree from Yale and an MBA from Harvard....

But he was still dumb as a brick.

Tony isn't quite in Georgie's dumb league, but he's definitely not the brightest spark.

Paranoid, You're the one sounding off about twitter - you know, ordinary people communicating without an interpretation via MSM

Who is intelligent and who is not is indeed subjective.

I agree with Poirot, degrees can mean little. After all, Rudd got one.

Yes traveloz, and you know the bit I find bizzar, is that they honestly think they have done a great job and, that we are in great shape.

As the old saying goes, if you tell yourself something often enough, you will eventually believe it, and nothing could be closer to the truth.

I just have to wonder how they will act in opposition, especially given they will have lost all credibility.

Here we go again, Australian navy going into Indonesian waters to bring the Economic invaders to Australia.

In the last few days at least 2 times we have gone into Indonesian waters to bring over 300 people here because they called Australia first.

BOTH parties need to tell Indonesia to stick the agreement Howard made that the country that gets the distress call has to pick them up.

According to AMSA over 2 years Australia has received more than 200 calls of those ONLY 8 were in danger.

If in Indonesian waters they should be returned to Indonesia.

My dilemma is to accept the fact that there are still citizens of this country supporting the gradual downfall of Australia.

One issue that has not been discussed is
the right to die. We have an aging population
and I know that this is a controversial topic
and we need to ensure that safeguards be put in
place to protect the vunerable elderly - but
people who are terminally ill and in great pain
and want to have a quiet peaceful, dignified
death - surely they should be allowed to make that
decision? And also people who have lost their
functional and mental independence and are in a
vegetative state - and the preservation of their
life serves no one - surely their doctors
should allow them to die in peace and serenity?

These are the sort of policies that I
would like to see discussed in an election
year. We have an aging population - why aren't
their needs getting more attention?