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» 8/11/2008 6:19:18 AM these three men are not much worried about dieing. one of the charms of religious fanatici.....
» 8/11/2008 6:04:34 AM so, what are you going to do about it? lie on the floor, kick your heels, hold your breat.....
» 6/11/2008 10:24:26 AM the government should... that's the beginning and end of chatterati participation in oz p.....
» 5/11/2008 4:52:59 PM a change of faces is no real change. i'm waiting to hear: "america will no longer d.....
» 5/11/2008 9:43:16 AM oz pollies don't have to be good speakers. so they aren't, save by accident. they do thei.....
» 5/11/2008 9:31:59 AM it's like this, mate: for graziers, more sheep means more fleece. so too with politicians.....
» 4/11/2008 12:36:14 PM america is afflicted with a high percentage of religious nutters. but that's not the proxi.....
» 3/11/2008 2:40:38 PM some of you have noticed that the writer is biased. no credit, he didn't try to hide it. h.....
» 3/11/2008 6:19:53 AM polycarp, it's quite simple: you and everyone not born in switzerland are living in a soci.....
» 3/11/2008 6:07:06 AM david, we live in a british society, with no tradition of democracy. parliamentarians are .....
» 31/10/2008 3:03:54 PM 'leaders' are not the answer, not in america. leaders have brought them to their present s.....
» 31/10/2008 6:26:20 AM politicians love censorship. they thrive on controlling knowledge. a device to censor sex .....
» 30/10/2008 6:58:36 AM a democracy can deal with problems by political means: discussion and referendum. an olig.....
» 28/10/2008 6:26:39 PM perhaps anti-americanism is merely the result of one time fans becoming aware of america's.....
» 26/10/2008 7:33:10 AM when you find out what democracy is, you can begin to talk effectively about politics. thi.....
» 24/10/2008 3:08:29 PM evolution? genetic engineering will make men superfluous within 10 years. actually getting.....
» 24/10/2008 6:59:56 AM don't concern yourself with these deep matters, uncle rudd will protect you......
» 24/10/2008 6:41:11 AM the marxists missed the boat, because they could not grasp the need for democracy as the p.....
» 23/10/2008 11:59:51 AM jolanda, you have a right to ask. well, a privilege, actually. they could take it away fro.....
» 23/10/2008 11:43:12 AM if you believe a word of this... no one can watch a secret agency. a democracy should not.....
» 23/10/2008 7:59:33 AM like all children of the british crown, the writer is afraid to ask the fundamental questi.....
» 22/10/2008 7:36:52 AM if oz were a democracy, public business would be carried out in public where the nation's .....
» 21/10/2008 3:47:20 PM cut and paste waffle. since the people who created the problem are those who are 'fixing'.....
» 30/09/2008 8:03:01 AM professional soldiers fight for their paymaster. they're at work in afghanistan now. they .....
» 29/09/2008 4:10:33 PM i can't think why you commoners are discussing matters of state. it is not your place. tug.....
» 27/09/2008 10:39:33 AM no one should pay tax, it is looting made tolerable by time. but everyone should support .....
» 26/09/2008 11:18:52 AM monarchies have established churches, because monarchs rule by the will of god. no establi.....
» 26/09/2008 7:48:43 AM because, ludwig, the republic is likely to appear soon, and it's character is vital to the.....
» 25/09/2008 2:48:42 PM it is important, ludwig. the transition to a republic is an opportunity to inject some fun.....
» 25/09/2008 2:36:18 PM plerdsus, if you enjoyed seeing the queen's man firing whitlam, imagine your pleasure at s.....
» 21/09/2008 7:50:41 PM did you just notice? it's been going on for many years... 1st: there's absolutely nothing.....
» 21/09/2008 9:57:19 AM foxy, it's quite simple, lefties can count money with left hand while shaking hands. natur.....
» 20/09/2008 1:05:13 PM whenever i see "should be", i am tempted to ask "how?" if you can't s.....
» 19/09/2008 4:31:04 PM the amusing activities on wall street are not an aberration, they are characteristic of ca.....
» 19/09/2008 12:06:25 PM i presume this article is designed to pump up the author's 'publication' stat. it has no o.....
» 19/09/2008 7:44:00 AM america is worried about foreign enemies. the government is constantly reminding you to l.....
» 18/09/2008 4:12:13 PM wobbles, you are wasting your time with polycarp et al. but you seem sensible and knowled.....
» 16/09/2008 10:44:58 AM in dealing with humans, don't start with intellect. 1st ask "who benefits, and how?&q.....
» 15/09/2008 10:31:12 AM there is this to be said for being a subject, rather than a citizen: it's not your fault.....
» 14/09/2008 9:48:56 PM the problem is, olly, you never get to vote for what you want: a green policy, a health po.....
» 12/09/2008 1:08:02 PM tell you what, you stop bombing pregnant women and then we can talk about providing educat.....
» 11/09/2008 2:16:12 PM there's going to be a new cottage industry among the intelligentsia: "where america w.....
» 11/09/2008 7:55:58 AM first, there is no democracy in the west. parliamentary governments depend on money to bu.....
» 11/09/2008 7:14:16 AM ideas can come from anywhere, but only ideas of use to politicians are developed in a parl.....
» 8/09/2008 6:46:12 PM more oz-speak: "the government must..." or you'll do what? the government list.....
» 8/09/2008 8:32:34 AM antonios, are you insane? parliament is the problem, not the solution. of course the mona.....
» 8/09/2008 8:12:32 AM after you get through explaining that parliamentary government doesn't work, why don't you.....
» 8/09/2008 7:28:35 AM the blind urge of 'progressives' to transfer all power to parliament may have some genetic.....
» 7/09/2008 8:39:18 AM what's the problem? indulge me by considering this simplification of english: a 'right' .....
» 7/09/2008 7:51:48 AM i'm for free speech too. in fact, i include pornographic pictures of children. we are free.....
» 6/09/2008 7:44:03 AM human society generates the customs it needs to survive. when we were arguing with lions a.....
» 5/09/2008 8:07:05 AM none of which matters. i don't have any power to direct oz government, much less an intern.....
» 4/09/2008 1:10:03 PM who is master of the australian state? the governor general. he hires, and fires the mini.....
» 4/09/2008 9:21:01 AM i love to read 'progressive' rants against the right. as though anybody cared about your o.....
» 4/09/2008 8:59:23 AM good for her, and the few other israelis who are beginning to understand their country's m.....
» 4/09/2008 8:02:04 AM do you ever notice that when ozzies talk about politics, they never inject a 'how we can f.....
» 2/09/2008 6:38:41 AM why worry? policy produced by politicians will be ineffectual, regardless of path taken. .....
» 28/08/2008 8:14:53 AM jolanda, you are getting a practical education on the value of democracy: when you don't h.....
» 26/08/2008 5:07:19 PM my goodness, ozzies noticing they don't live in a democracy! amazing! you're probably not.....
» 24/08/2008 8:17:06 AM haven't you noticed? you can talk all want, but you can do nothing. citizens of democracy.....
» 21/08/2008 12:19:28 PM in the week preceeding hiroshima, america rolled out another type of bomb: simple napalm. .....
» 21/08/2008 9:29:04 AM the actions of politicians are designed to help themselves, their internal and foreign pol.....
» 21/08/2008 9:05:20 AM some european cities use 'public use' bicycles to get around town, capital cities here cou.....
» 25/07/2008 11:20:07 AM 2. steel: the main problem is you think you have democracy. a nation without citizen init.....
» 25/07/2008 11:09:34 AM 1. ludwig: higher populations have benefits for politicians. that's why democracy is neces.....
» 25/07/2008 11:05:24 AM a rich man can support several women in comfort, a poor man can not support even one. if .....
» 11/07/2008 8:01:30 AM sorry, anna, but you're clueless. 1. no one 'must' do anything. the government will do wh.....
» 8/07/2008 1:51:19 PM who's this we, white man? are you writing from falujah? under fire? or are you another a.....
» 8/07/2008 1:38:06 PM as ludwig says, it is an economic question. everything is, really: this society is driven .....
» 7/07/2008 8:44:38 AM in order to sell oz, you have to own it. this discussion among the sheep about which buye.....
» 28/03/2008 6:53:46 AM i don't have much respect for greenies. they observe the system failing to provide a susta.....
» 27/03/2008 8:29:14 AM when did we agree to 'do it' the first time?.....
» 27/03/2008 8:05:32 AM do it again? mate, we didn't 'do it' in the first place. dubya did it, howard followed, o.....
» 26/03/2008 2:06:55 PM stop whinging. everyone does what he wants, under the constraints of society. there are da.....
» 21/03/2008 8:20:40 AM there are two management teams vying for power in oz, and both will chase votes by offerin.....
» 21/03/2008 7:55:14 AM reports from america about their medical care corporations should suggest you don't want t.....
» 20/03/2008 8:24:11 AM "why was the public service so ineffectual?" because "australian democracy&.....
» 20/03/2008 8:16:19 AM read your constitution, you'll be amazed that anything gets done. the australian people d.....
» 19/03/2008 7:02:58 PM in the end,it's just a ponzi game, innit? capitalism and oligarchy are driving the human .....
» 19/03/2008 3:30:04 PM find the headwaters of the yangtze, and yellow river on a map. china will turn loose of th.....
» 19/03/2008 7:48:02 AM kids should be raised in a barrel, with surgically implanted earphones, to make simple the.....
» 18/03/2008 12:19:04 PM the gg has a duty to the people: when the pollies are about to do something crooked or stu.....
» 17/03/2008 10:38:35 AM i've been saying similar things from time to time, but found that no one cares. bit too bl.....
» 17/03/2008 10:25:30 AM meeting targets set by scientists is going to take painful effort. it is useless to say to.....
» 15/03/2008 8:09:09 AM demothenes took a subsidy from alexander, to speak against xerxes. money has been driving .....
» 14/03/2008 8:08:29 AM law without force is pious blather. there is no real international law simply because ther.....
» 13/03/2008 7:35:53 AM that's an important point, sharkfin. the cure for military rule, is more military rule: in.....
» 12/03/2008 2:58:18 PM it's this simple: before you can cut down a tree, you've got to have a tool. before you ca.....
» 12/03/2008 2:41:29 PM why worry about kazahkstan? oz is not a democracy, by aristotle's definition. he'd call o.....
» 11/03/2008 2:50:16 PM it's fun to make 'wish lists', i guess. must be, otherwise, why do it? there's a few hund.....
» 9/03/2008 11:54:33 AM a rational post, stephen, somewhat surprising. quite right, it will be sufficient punishme.....
» 8/03/2008 11:07:45 AM if you want to understand human society, spend some time in the primate pavilion at the zo.....
» 7/03/2008 3:36:50 PM the only consolation for the brutal effects of american foreign policy is the resulting ec.....
» 7/03/2008 7:15:25 AM it's not a pity, rj, it's a consequence of people like you being willing to submit to parl.....
» 7/03/2008 7:01:47 AM i have watched the champions of the left in action with close attention for about 50 years.....
» 4/03/2008 12:53:30 PM the americans certainly changed christianity, with the 'later-day saints'. of course, it b.....
» 3/03/2008 7:42:47 PM 'stupid' is not the right word. the iraq war was started by some very bright people with s.....
» 3/03/2008 7:23:49 PM 124, there was a scifi novel, published in the 1930's called "ralph 124c41". di.....
» 2/03/2008 4:43:38 PM why should the law have any relation to reality? the constitution itself is a joke, how .....
» 2/03/2008 7:22:50 AM not labor, precisely. not even liberals, exactly. the problem is bigger than that. it's rj.....
» 1/03/2008 10:10:54 AM The wollongong scandals merely highlight the pervasive corruption throughout Australian go.....
» 29/02/2008 10:55:09 AM not since the tooth fairy stiffed me at age 8......
» 29/02/2008 6:47:49 AM guys, as i am long since tired of pointing out, the quality of national management is cons.....
» 28/02/2008 1:07:24 PM fortunately, we don't have to care what boaz thinks. we do have to care what the american .....
» 28/02/2008 11:01:50 AM i blame the schools. and the medja. and the pollies, of course. and parents. but the funda.....
» 28/02/2008 10:53:08 AM perhaps i should blame my parents, for an idea that putting oneself in danger was not mere.....
» 28/02/2008 6:58:51 AM i'll have something to say about 'how to get there' when my keyboard finger recovers. for .....
» 27/02/2008 7:23:41 AM belly, juries are one of the few ways that ordinary people can resist oppression by the el.....
» 27/02/2008 7:04:39 AM thanks for contributing, pel. as you point out 'democracy' is not a magic wand. part of th.....
» 26/02/2008 7:23:06 PM legitimacy is the label put on the acceptance of the forms of governance by the general co.....
» 25/02/2008 12:35:55 PM undo a young ladies bra? is that possible? or even desirable? and what does it have to do.....
» 25/02/2008 12:26:28 PM fortunately, there is a natural resolution to the twin crises of resource exhaustion and g.....
» 24/02/2008 8:29:52 AM no, belly, we are in need of some ordinary would-be citizens with sufficient brains, educa.....
» 23/02/2008 6:17:58 PM taxation is looting made customary, and sanctified by ignorance. you want social justice?.....
» 23/02/2008 7:09:25 AM you bet! this is real nostalgia, for the first ever smh i read was covering a crooked nsw.....
» 22/02/2008 3:21:57 PM jolanda, there is no oversight of government in oz, but the ombudsman office is supposed t.....
» 21/02/2008 7:01:45 PM perhaps you should ask yourself first, what is the use of talking about politics, when you.....
» 21/02/2008 6:55:51 PM nothing wrong with the government. they are pursuing re-election as well as they can. that.....
» 21/02/2008 12:55:37 PM there are a great many unhappy people in china, but it's difficult for them to organize, t.....
» 19/02/2008 12:25:14 PM similar information? how about the history of the human race, that should tell you what yo.....
» 18/02/2008 10:44:08 AM memo to: all cats memo from: frank mouse message: please be nice. insanity: the repetitio.....
» 15/02/2008 2:51:14 PM the u.s. political system is quite simple really: in the 1780's leading americans mapped t.....
» 15/02/2008 10:32:32 AM i kind of enjoy reading about mice imploring cats to wear heavy boots. i suppose there is .....
» 15/02/2008 7:59:14 AM it doesn't hurt to fire off an email 'tut-tuting'. but there are problems closer to home......
» 15/02/2008 7:55:29 AM you guys should get an editor, or write before drinking. kev will do what he can, as a po.....
» 15/02/2008 7:34:46 AM i wasn't greatly impressed by rudd's speech but no doubt lawyers had been at it. for what .....
» 15/02/2008 7:14:57 AM if marriage is a function of religion, that religion is entitled to say who may be married.....
» 15/02/2008 6:56:02 AM which planet is this guy writing about? the usa has been pursuing a policy of ruthless s.....
» 15/02/2008 6:33:52 AM "McCain Hands Obama a Weapon After discussing the campaign finance cudgel McCain cou.....
» 13/02/2008 7:30:34 AM bazz, aaaarrgh! is not constructive. and politicians are always politicians, you expected .....
» 13/02/2008 7:09:24 AM not really necessary, women can get along without any. but probably they would want to kee.....
» 12/02/2008 4:20:33 PM if the governor general does his job, as john kerr did, he acts as a circuit breaker when .....
» 12/02/2008 4:05:32 PM or you could look at how israel was formed, by terror and expropriation of moslem arab lan.....
» 12/02/2008 7:02:36 AM is now a good time to mention the utility of citizen initiative? (again) rudd is taking o.....
» 11/02/2008 3:12:25 PM vietnam was a temporary setback, soon rectified, think of the brilliantly successful campa.....
» 11/02/2008 7:16:32 AM trtl, there's a big difference between a bunch of blokes and a national militia. the swiss.....
» 9/02/2008 7:50:14 AM a citizen militia is the best prevention of war. it doesn't scare the neighbors, while mak.....
» 8/02/2008 3:37:23 PM the mechanics of parliamentary society make fragmentation easy. a ruling party facing a di.....
» 8/02/2008 3:17:15 PM no, ccat, you shouldn't. citizens would, but you're a subject. rudd may get some useful i.....
» 8/02/2008 7:38:31 AM hard to believe a person educated in law could be so profoundly ignorant of reality. i sup.....
» 7/02/2008 11:57:15 AM i do wish ozzies would not used the word democratic, when they mean fair, or progressive. .....
» 7/02/2008 7:11:05 AM there's no shortage of christian nutters. one of them is currently dealing out indiscrimin.....
» 6/02/2008 6:33:18 AM the prospect of amazing powers in the hands of hairless apes is going to lead to 'interest.....
» 5/02/2008 7:06:29 PM you can be sure nsa scans this site regularly. no big deal, they look everywhere. they won.....
» 5/02/2008 7:01:00 PM it is conveniently ignored that the nazis tried to solve the 'jewish problem' by exporting.....
» 5/02/2008 7:17:53 AM childish blather. the writer should stick to urging cloudless days and rainy nights. and e.....
» 5/02/2008 7:13:36 AM like every ozzie political discussion, this begins with dissatisfaction, and ends with &qu.....
» 3/02/2008 9:18:39 AM foxy, political parties only ensure the rights of their leaders. they're nothing but bandi.....
» 1/02/2008 7:27:30 PM same old parliament, same old politicians. and same mug ozzies wishing for a better result.....
» 1/02/2008 7:04:35 PM don't you think it's kind of strange, that politics in oz is talk about celebrities? not p.....
» 1/02/2008 6:54:38 PM or you could add your name to the citizen initiative protecting the bay. wait! there isn'.....
» 31/01/2008 8:19:10 PM canberra has an atmospheric problem, which drives residents crazy in various ways. it's ca.....
» 31/01/2008 8:40:32 AM there is another side to it, ludwig: if a private person accuses, they are subject to retr.....
» 31/01/2008 8:20:50 AM wobbles, i believe mussolini felt the same about hitler. sjf has taken the time to actual.....
» 31/01/2008 7:58:27 AM i lived on navajo land for three years. it wasn't paradise, but they were vastly better of.....
» 31/01/2008 7:38:23 AM "citizens...powerless", ludwig. quite right. but on the phone question: the onl.....
» 31/01/2008 7:19:28 AM if we're going to socialize agricuture, it seems fair to socialize other industries as wel.....
» 31/01/2008 7:00:10 AM who should decide, is the wrong question. who has the power, is the right one. the politi.....
» 30/01/2008 1:13:48 PM any fool can age, the art is in avoiding it. technology will soon allow the rich to avoid.....
» 30/01/2008 7:20:55 AM guys, guys, yer blaggarding the defender of the free world! i would be amazed that any no.....
» 30/01/2008 7:06:23 AM it's an imperfect world, innit? bumper stickers aren't quite useless, but a people withou.....
» 30/01/2008 6:49:03 AM "top gear" "top gear" is a rev heads program, brit based. recently sb.....
» 27/01/2008 10:05:51 AM just a thought, ludwig, maybe we're going at this from the wrong angle. let's concentrate.....
» 27/01/2008 7:33:16 AM there are various ways to organize a human society. oz is like many western societies in u.....
» 25/01/2008 2:48:35 PM this regulation is completely wrongheaded. there's way too many people, and way too many c.....
» 25/01/2008 2:42:03 PM yep, we're going to hell in a handcart. so what? as usual, cassandra doesn't have any ide.....
» 23/01/2008 1:37:34 PM his sanity is certainly in danger. the whole world knows what the cia does, if they want t.....
» 23/01/2008 1:26:52 PM don't despair, hh, the ruddster is on the case. he'll reason with them, and lead them to t.....
» 23/01/2008 6:52:29 AM get used to it, guys. this is the natural state of capitalism. people are atomised, into i.....
» 23/01/2008 6:38:30 AM sorry, you twits haven't been paying attention, have you? the pm "nominates" th.....
» 23/01/2008 6:23:00 AM so many words, so few ideas. i hope he wrote this in his "philosophy 101" class,.....
» 22/01/2008 7:29:26 PM the only thing that will bring america to international respect is sending the bush cabine.....
» 22/01/2008 7:01:35 PM bulldust leavened with pious platitudes......
» 22/01/2008 6:29:31 AM governments are in thrall to money. politicians are motivated to get elected, and stay ele.....
» 19/01/2008 6:58:02 AM if all of you are perfectly willing to submit to the pollies that create this situation, y.....
» 17/01/2008 11:35:24 AM and besides, this guy has no notion of what democracy is. one reason we're in deep trouble.....
» 16/01/2008 3:04:36 PM yes, wobbles, that's why it's important to get the grinder out of the hands of our masters.....
» 16/01/2008 11:03:11 AM quite right, guys. let's establish an 'international lottery organization', overseen by th.....
» 16/01/2008 10:52:09 AM instructive article. bonhoeffer was not a saint, it turns out, and i think we will discove.....
» 14/01/2008 12:53:06 PM sry, chrismac, the length of a lie is measured by the amount of money and guns behind it. .....
» 14/01/2008 12:43:37 PM there is never any shortage of prescriptions about what 'we' must do. i do wish writers wo.....
» 14/01/2008 7:13:13 AM so, who should dispense justice? aside from you and me, that is.. you seem to think judge.....
» 14/01/2008 7:00:23 AM what 'law' would that be? to have law, you first must have power. nowadays, the un and icc.....
» 14/01/2008 6:37:46 AM play together nicely, children. the press is free. if you've got one, you say what you wa.....
» 12/01/2008 6:03:06 PM over population is so inconvenient, that it doesn't exist. indeed, i find it hard to read .....
» 11/01/2008 7:39:01 AM shouldn't that be 'halal/kosher'? has anyone asked the cows?.....
» 10/01/2008 7:33:06 AM colin, you've got the point, from the engineer's perspective. but you missed it completely.....
» 10/01/2008 7:02:16 AM the problem isn't socialism-bad, capitalism-good. both are bad because power is concentrat.....
» 10/01/2008 6:48:03 AM perhaps your local high school has a debating club, that you can watch. if so, you'll see .....
» 9/01/2008 7:38:08 PM the sun shines everyday, cloud cover reduces energy but not eliminates. geothermal from ho.....
» 9/01/2008 7:20:19 PM whinging is what you do when you're to lazy to do what you should. it's very popular here,.....
» 9/01/2008 7:15:28 PM that's the trouble with voting for politicians. in the end, they are politicians. democrac.....
» 9/01/2008 1:00:02 PM if you leave the power of the monarch in the hands of a few hundred individuals who are no.....
» 9/01/2008 6:42:34 AM if you need a motivational speaker, you're in the wrong line of work......
» 7/01/2008 12:30:29 PM i am against islamic schools, they corrupt the youth. but since ozzies have put up with ca.....
» 6/01/2008 9:06:41 AM pal, you can have an opinion about female drummers, if you think members of society should.....
» 3/01/2008 7:04:36 AM you are going to be 'let down', belly. everyone who hopes that politicians will run the co.....
» 1/01/2008 4:12:02 PM not many votes in an inquiry, and the labor party has been passive at best about civil pri.....
» 31/12/2007 3:21:12 PM i'm with al gore, but author is right about social mechanics, sub-set: academia. i'm with .....
» 30/12/2007 6:41:53 PM the libertarians are down the hall, they'll smile and welcome you. 'the left' are a lot o.....
» 30/12/2007 11:08:26 AM dogs don't vote, but owner's do. "do we need them?" is a good start, now convin.....
» 26/12/2007 1:28:00 PM why stop there, demand hand-made tofu as well!.....
» 25/12/2007 5:47:11 AM people with no power have no rights. when oz has a constitution that says something like: .....
» 24/12/2007 3:13:02 PM i am always a little bemused when ozzies start referring to 'democracy' in oz, or any part.....
» 24/12/2007 2:55:59 PM i would, except i'm more beach oriented than skiing.....
» 23/12/2007 1:02:20 PM relax, guys. oz troops are professional killers, nobody in the sas went in to learn electr.....
» 22/12/2007 7:04:19 AM the author hasn't learned any critical lesson, much less added any new information. this i.....
» 21/12/2007 5:39:33 AM that's your fault, rj. you want to led by the hand to the promised land, no effort from yo.....
» 19/12/2007 12:02:32 PM just imagine, chris, that oz had a 'citizen initiative referendum' function: you wouldn't.....
» 19/12/2007 11:46:15 AM a modest proposal: disband universities. they are quite useless. almost all is make-work, .....
» 17/12/2007 1:38:53 PM this is pretty much saying what i've been saying for thirty five years. now there's two of.....
» 17/12/2007 10:31:28 AM hear, hear! but not much chance of action. stabilty of population is anathema to corporat.....
» 17/12/2007 7:02:48 AM stop complaining about the quality of parliamentary government. it is rather better than t.....
» 16/12/2007 6:58:56 PM me too. but if you click the 'enter salon' button,in upper right corner, voila......
» 16/12/2007 6:22:51 AM if every baby was born at the best end of the human spectrum, it would be a much better wo.....
» 16/12/2007 6:11:57 AM here's a link to a survey of american foreign policy that doesn't get enough publicity. h.....
» 12/12/2007 3:32:58 PM alfred, majority rule is the alternative to minority rule. you shouldn't blame democracy .....
» 12/12/2007 6:29:07 AM when you stop and think about it, clinton was impeached for lieing about his (not quite) s.....
» 12/12/2007 5:47:38 AM since it is very possible to find yourself unemployable in oz, those that were born here f.....
» 11/12/2007 6:34:07 PM so we are hoping kevvie is a philosopher king, are we? funny, every time i saw him, i thou.....
» 11/12/2007 2:47:44 PM how can there be any improvement? growing populations need more food. every time oz navy c.....
» 11/12/2007 2:37:53 PM the west doesn't have a mixed record in iran. it's simply evil, no redeeming features. th.....
» 11/12/2007 11:43:52 AM here's a link to al gore's nobel acceptance speech. believers don't need it, denialists do.....
» 10/12/2007 10:52:05 AM must be time for me to mention again, that sailing ships are going to make a come-back. it.....
» 10/12/2007 10:37:05 AM if only we were to get the democratic features of california politics... as you perhaps d.....
» 9/12/2007 9:20:53 AM in a parliamentary society, tax codes are often complex, and economists commonly claim tha.....
» 9/12/2007 5:26:56 AM dead. live ones wouldn't be happy on a ship. dead ones are happy in a freezer......
» 8/12/2007 6:31:16 AM actually fd, every democratic system gets around it. it's the undemocratic systems that do.....
» 7/12/2007 6:18:52 PM first, it looks like we could meet initial greenhouse targets by replacing cattle with 'ro.....
» 7/12/2007 4:04:22 PM welcome to the democracy club. now we are two, so don't expect much progress......
» 6/12/2007 6:30:20 PM why have a referendum on immigration, but not war, on public health but not public educati.....
» 6/12/2007 1:25:21 PM here's a quote from jfk's campaign, which seems like a good description of how a nation sh.....
» 6/12/2007 10:19:16 AM i almost feel sorry for this guy. he gives a good description of why simulated politics in.....
» 6/12/2007 7:44:23 AM this is another chat about belling the cat. ozzies talk endlessly about what pollies 'ough.....
» 5/12/2007 1:53:40 PM foxy, none of the things you would like to happen are going to happen without my peaceful .....
» 5/12/2007 1:28:46 PM the purpose of an army is attack, not defense. the australian government would feel less g.....
» 4/12/2007 6:41:41 PM yes and worse. but until you stop complaining and start doing something about it, are you .....
» 4/12/2007 5:41:45 AM foxy, i think marriage is obsolete,in it's traditional sense. in modern society, i think a.....
» 1/12/2007 9:25:02 AM ok. now that we have established that some of us don't like corporations, we can move on t.....
» 1/12/2007 9:14:08 AM nothing like beating the sh&t out of a kid , as a way to humanize him/her? considering th.....
» 1/12/2007 8:55:03 AM so very true, julie! i myself am in frequent conversation with our gracious queen, and sh.....
» 30/11/2007 6:52:17 PM and your point is?.....
» 30/11/2007 6:49:32 PM belly, you and every ozzie are truly free in just the same way a sheep in a paddock is fre.....
» 30/11/2007 6:44:09 PM you aren't doing anything wrong, foxy. but you don't make decisions for oz. you're a forel.....
» 30/11/2007 6:55:24 AM the structure of oz society makes homelessness inevitable. oz is not an inclusive society......
» 30/11/2007 6:40:57 AM brace yourselves: none of you has a clue about what democracy is. as all of us who took t.....
» 29/11/2007 8:09:17 AM graham, you are quite right, the media could take control of the campaign, in a sense. but.....
» 28/11/2007 6:35:38 PM ozzies who imagine the situation is better here are victims of a psychosis that your mothe.....
» 28/11/2007 7:57:00 AM i believe oz can profit greatly by getting involved in the '3rd world laptop' program deve.....
» 28/11/2007 5:41:14 AM do you ever wish you had citizen initiative power? too late to stop gm canola, but if you.....
» 27/11/2007 12:25:50 PM m2, you can have all those things, and more. but they aren't free. first you have to estab.....
» 27/11/2007 12:12:41 PM actually, xo, it's 1st class subjection......
» 26/11/2007 6:06:52 PM makes you wonder why anyone would want to be pm. i'm not sure the human race can cope with.....
» 26/11/2007 7:05:51 AM i think i see the problem belly: you cracked open a tin or two saturday night and are writ.....
» 26/11/2007 6:43:09 AM rj, this might be a good idea, but you don't need to be an economist to blow a hole in it......
» 26/11/2007 5:44:41 AM my editor function has been whinging about pay and conditions lately, maybe 'schoolchild c.....
» 26/11/2007 4:27:37 AM belly, clearly you are preparing for disillusionment already. very wise......
» 26/11/2007 4:24:20 AM 1. i'm not sure i know what you're talking about, but if you're saying you don't like what.....
» 25/11/2007 5:09:42 AM ..of things to do which, if labor accomplishes them, would allow me to hope for oz's futur.....
» 24/11/2007 6:30:24 AM deeper issue? only if you're relaxed and comfortable about the nation being in the hands o.....
» 23/11/2007 2:28:31 PM now that i think about it, probably the only way to force ozzies to become active citizens.....
» 23/11/2007 12:01:40 PM i've been worried the sky might fall for a long time, and have developed several disaster .....
» 23/11/2007 8:42:04 AM in a parliamentary society, you can not hold the pm accountable for anything. subjects onl.....
» 23/11/2007 8:04:09 AM this link leads to a story reporting evidence and calculations that human population may b.....
» 23/11/2007 7:07:26 AM thx for the inverted commas, rom. but i'm holding out for the second person to refer to oz.....
» 23/11/2007 5:13:59 AM yairss, an interesting idea, but ultimately not realistic. as long as everyone sleeps unde.....
» 22/11/2007 7:14:25 PM perhaps the deeper issue is the intelligence and character of politicians. you wouldn't da.....
» 22/11/2007 12:32:15 PM "how we belled the cat, chapter leventy-leven" the greens are children, the lib.....
» 22/11/2007 10:54:57 AM "australian families deserve..." no, they don't. what they've got is what they.....
» 22/11/2007 10:41:44 AM this might not be so bad. there are cheap, light laptops developed recently for 3rd world .....
» 22/11/2007 10:23:53 AM the best short term measure is to stop riding in cars. a lot of transportation could be wa.....
» 22/11/2007 7:40:40 AM actually, howard may just feel a great relief......
» 22/11/2007 7:18:43 AM folks, as a little warm-up exercise before reforming the u n, could we reform oz first? af.....
» 21/11/2007 11:23:28 AM foxy, the rights you have are those you can enforce. notice the 'force'. unlike most human.....
» 21/11/2007 11:00:50 AM in a way, a good article. but who reads it? does the reader contribute to the decision-mak.....
» 21/11/2007 8:02:46 AM so what else is new? the ruling class used to rule through religion, now they rule throug.....
» 21/11/2007 7:34:26 AM sjk: not a bad idea. but let's get our own house in order, before asking the rest of the w.....
» 20/11/2007 11:07:20 AM even if you agree with the writer about what should be done as a matter of moral obligatio.....
» 20/11/2007 8:23:15 AM mark coultan,in a smh op-ed today, mentioned that the labor premiers were on record as bei.....
» 19/11/2007 6:39:50 PM haven't been reading the newspapers, i take it. but the tendency to harass, arrest, impri.....
» 19/11/2007 12:07:58 PM rache, you are quite right, the major writers of the us federal constitution knew what dem.....
» 19/11/2007 11:47:19 AM nick, relax. put your head back down on the grass and get back to raising fleece. and don'.....
» 19/11/2007 11:40:34 AM or you could take the view that as grown-ups we are equally liable to law, equally liable .....
» 18/11/2007 8:07:31 PM rj, how about this: do away with all tariffs except one. and that is: every dollar that l.....
» 18/11/2007 3:22:32 PM no eventually about it, slm, within the lifetime of young people, babies will be born with.....
» 18/11/2007 3:10:32 PM this one is too hard for olo. needs philosphers and social workers, a lot of discussion an.....
» 18/11/2007 10:10:49 AM mine too. population control is the ultimate source of resource management, and deserves t.....
» 18/11/2007 8:09:11 AM during the 80's, two readers wrote to the sydney morning herald, congratulating oz, and th.....
» 17/11/2007 5:17:21 PM in the democrat debate in las vegas, all candidates but dennis kucinich agreed they would .....
» 17/11/2007 4:49:39 PM yep, there's way too much government in oz, derek. i'd do away with all of it, if i could .....
» 17/11/2007 1:58:32 PM simulated analysis by a simulated citizen. "i reject..." he says, but who cares......
» 17/11/2007 1:43:57 PM one of my favorite examples of media control is this: twice, smh published letters from r.....
» 17/11/2007 9:30:32 AM but do consider democracy, after you find out what it is......
» 17/11/2007 9:01:33 AM or you can try democracy: instead of voting for people or parties, you vote for laws and p.....
» 17/11/2007 6:46:45 AM i'm not too worried about terrorism. statistically, the danger is less than lightning stri.....
» 17/11/2007 6:14:49 AM nonsense. thousands of years of practical experience have demonstrated that a 'master-slav.....
» 16/11/2007 1:05:19 PM what a looney tune. the remaining socialist enterprises share only a few characteristics.....
» 16/11/2007 12:49:20 PM play together nicely, children.....
» 16/11/2007 12:46:19 PM it begins with the relation between ozzies. if the other people on this continent are st.....
» 15/11/2007 3:20:09 PM yes, j5, one of the few consolations of life in an oligarchy is watching the losers explai.....
» 15/11/2007 3:14:50 PM pondering: not all are left wing, i despise all pollies with an even-handed contempt. i e.....
» 15/11/2007 12:52:00 PM quite right, hrs. in fact teenage girls should be taught by mature men whose reliability a.....
» 14/11/2007 8:06:44 PM i'm still waiting for an ozzie to admit he doesn't live in a democracy. shows what can be .....
» 14/11/2007 7:58:51 PM oz is about as democratic as pakistan. this guy is right about national culture determin.....
» 14/11/2007 12:33:02 PM sancho, if you think politics is a 3 hanky soap-opera, then losing the dems is a tragedy. .....
» 14/11/2007 12:19:10 PM clearly i've been writing about the need for actual democracy in a foreign language. but .....
» 14/11/2007 7:57:50 AM there are other ways to run society, gianni, but it doesn't matter what you think, you're .....
» 14/11/2007 7:46:47 AM not to me robert. but no one asks me, or you. another reason for democracy......
» 14/11/2007 7:43:23 AM sry, fester, the joke is on you. you vote for pollies, and take what they are willing to g.....
» 13/11/2007 1:27:21 PM the unwillingness to even address population control is interesting. perhaps it'a a racial.....
» 13/11/2007 10:05:42 AM life expands where ever it can, trying to find a living.. law pays better than trades, so .....
» 12/11/2007 1:00:28 PM ludwig, i believe this guy is onto something: "we're producing less food than we're e.....
» 12/11/2007 12:51:36 PM a good thing this person is at a center for policy development, would be a danger to herse.....
» 12/11/2007 10:35:36 AM "there's nothing we can do". that sums up every discussion in oz. and it's preci.....
» 12/11/2007 6:44:00 AM makes you weep, dunnit? someone's tax money is supporting this precious jerk......
» 12/11/2007 6:24:30 AM i have long thought your posts were prejudiced and naive. it turns out you couldn't help i.....
» 11/11/2007 2:17:13 PM now, if we could just cull people........
» 10/11/2007 2:13:58 PM foxy, there is a psychological profile which they aim for. i'm not sure how successful the.....
» 10/11/2007 2:06:39 PM rj, run the compound interest equation on 800 x 1.025 (the target inflation rate). i suspe.....
» 9/11/2007 11:01:18 AM 1st: ozzies are not a democratic people. far from it, they have no experience of democracy.....
» 8/11/2007 11:08:32 AM "these measures must begin with the next government." i do so enjoy when ozzies .....
» 8/11/2007 5:50:05 AM actually, pelican, not. the social idealization of beauty is how homo sap maintains speci.....
» 7/11/2007 1:55:39 PM indi, i've been putting my solution on this site for months. it's summed up as 'democracy'.....
» 7/11/2007 1:41:18 PM i'm not sure how much use there is in searching out the people who ran institutions for re.....
» 7/11/2007 10:39:13 AM a good survey of oz today. but tim hasn't grasped that pollies are what they are, because .....
» 7/11/2007 10:08:39 AM the pollies will not be greatly troubled by your organization, david. i urge you to find .....
» 6/11/2007 1:25:10 PM it's not the fault of the central bank. they're trying to guide a 21st century commercial/.....
» 6/11/2007 1:02:13 PM james, i suspect a quality of politicians is a belief that a world wherein they are on top.....
» 6/11/2007 8:10:57 AM "how it works?" it works to assure labor or liberals control of reps, without th.....
» 6/11/2007 7:16:51 AM yes, stg, considering that oz is overpopulated already a better result would be knocking t.....
» 6/11/2007 7:02:56 AM since i have demonstrated contempt for the major parties, and believe the minor parties ar.....
» 6/11/2007 6:42:19 AM it's nice that the concept of 'citizen' participation in government is seeping into ozzie .....
» 5/11/2007 3:46:41 PM trtl, the purpose of parliament is to divvy up the nation's wealth among the supporters of.....
» 5/11/2007 11:00:14 AM otoh, the sooner we run out of oil, and then coal, the sooner we can, will or must reduce .....
» 5/11/2007 5:56:13 AM look at the crowd in an inner city bus shelter. australian identity? there isn't even an a.....
» 4/11/2007 9:22:29 AM there's no point in a carbon tax unless the money is spent providing alternatives. no aust.....
» 4/11/2007 9:11:07 AM it's like this, mate(pay close attention as i will only say this once): there are no righ.....
» 2/11/2007 2:53:10 PM not amazing at all, haygirl. why should it be otherwise? oz is basically a sheep staion. .....
» 2/11/2007 12:37:35 PM name a few you'd like to see, wiz. parties are in the 'ruling' business, not the service,.....
» 2/11/2007 12:22:11 PM yes, per, sea travel always cheaper than rail. plus, there is a good case for sail powered.....
» 2/11/2007 7:15:22 AM i would prefer a two-handed swing, myself. more reliable, one would think. no sympathy fo.....
» 2/11/2007 7:03:13 AM almost right, ludwig: write in "democracy"!.....
» 2/11/2007 6:59:25 AM childish nonsense. this person has the 'fairy godmother' disease common to ozzie chatterat.....
» 1/11/2007 10:56:00 AM me too, ludwig. i note with alarm that wiz is complacent about population growth, '8 or 9'.....
» 31/10/2007 1:29:52 PM this article precisely demonstrates why oz intelligentsia are well-named as "chattera.....
» 31/10/2007 1:08:56 PM don, it's easy: make the management of the nation responsive to the electorate by institut.....
» 31/10/2007 7:24:34 AM sharkey, they'll learn as soon as you learn, and not before. no sign of either one so far......
» 30/10/2007 2:52:01 PM google 'direct democracy' and you will discover oz is something else. considering the gen.....
» 30/10/2007 2:40:16 PM a certain percentage of ozzies are wrapped in the comforting arms of religion. they may be.....
» 30/10/2007 11:55:44 AM per, you're absolutely right that prime ministers seldom give away power. if you know of a.....
» 30/10/2007 11:36:33 AM why, jack? because they have the courts, cops, and sas on their side. pay up, or do time. .....
» 29/10/2007 2:27:25 PM of course, if party policy was presented to the electorate as separate referenda, the publ.....
» 29/10/2007 1:53:15 PM i'm astonished that your note didn't get results. but in the real world, good ideas are on.....
» 29/10/2007 1:46:55 PM paul, i never blamed soldiers who fought in vietnam, i was supporting them from the air. i.....
» 29/10/2007 10:53:24 AM this thread was started many years ago. not only before the web, but before printing, quit.....
» 29/10/2007 10:32:38 AM as i understand it, a professional soldier promises to go where he is told, and kill the p.....
» 28/10/2007 11:48:52 AM perhaps, garapet , you would be happier in a closed tech site. this one's is primarily abo.....
» 28/10/2007 8:09:31 AM once more, for the dummies: chernobyl didn't fail because of technology, it failed becaus.....
» 28/10/2007 7:43:20 AM garpet, are you referring to the establishment of a database for the management and contro.....
» 27/10/2007 7:49:59 AM rand was about as good a philosopher as hitler, about as readable as nietzsche. but she ha.....
» 27/10/2007 7:23:21 AM capitalism and humans don't mix well, and it's easy to imagine better ways of running huma.....
» 27/10/2007 7:09:40 AM would the share-holders in uranium mining stocks please identify themselves before re-ente.....
» 27/10/2007 6:45:48 AM there's nothing new about america's imperial proclivity: the iroquois, mexicans, phillipi.....
» 26/10/2007 7:56:31 AM instead of worrying about which leader is more corrupt, why not work for actual democracy?.....
» 25/10/2007 9:05:17 PM i have come to be a 'protectionist', because i think some things are more valuable than ch.....
» 25/10/2007 8:25:48 PM good solution keith- i am often inclined to just say the hell with it myself. you're one o.....
» 25/10/2007 12:13:34 PM this may be one better left to females, but as a recovering foot/shoe fetishist, i can't r.....
» 25/10/2007 11:17:48 AM why should oz lead? the pollies are conservative, the ordinary ozzies dim, ignorant and po.....
» 25/10/2007 11:05:41 AM from time to time, i mention that oz is drifting into fascism, that '1984' has only been d.....
» 25/10/2007 7:47:06 AM steel, shame on you! "my country, right or wrong" is the excuse of nazis, 'ethn.....
» 25/10/2007 7:22:42 AM unions are parasites, they only exist to steal employers wealth. employers are bandits, gr.....
» 25/10/2007 7:09:58 AM still waiting for godot, are you? find out how democracy works, create an australian demo.....
» 24/10/2007 2:39:33 PM there are no ethics of war. if you fight for survival, it's right to do what is necessary .....
» 24/10/2007 2:02:37 PM there is a simple cure for most of our problems, it's called democracy. ozzies don't want .....
» 24/10/2007 1:29:25 PM cg, i believe you can pickup the phone and get a japanese woodchipping mill on a plane wit.....
» 24/10/2007 9:06:44 AM the idea of communism keeps popping up, and won't go away completely. the early christians.....
» 24/10/2007 8:42:11 AM of course donations are bribery. but the system isn't broken. it works just like it was me.....
» 24/10/2007 8:26:04 AM yes, mcat, the 'rod' is citizen iniative referendum, and your not going to get it, or dire.....
» 23/10/2007 7:50:42 AM an easy question for me, as a would-be democratic citizen: if you have to watch the worm t.....
» 23/10/2007 7:37:51 AM this is an easy one bd, for those of us who subscribe to the golden rule: as confucius put.....
» 23/10/2007 7:21:04 AM actually, bd, i want your widgets protected too. but protection needs a plan, and an under.....
» 22/10/2007 8:46:17 AM i'm a great believer in protectionist policies. i wish oz were an extended family with a w.....
» 21/10/2007 8:42:39 AM old john is getting old. kevvie went from 15 to 50 in about 2 weeks, is only beginning to .....
» 20/10/2007 7:27:24 AM when you say that inexperienced people with a uni degree are no use to you, i wonder if in.....
» 19/10/2007 11:51:40 AM mate, they spend a lot of money to learn what we want. they know. and they give us what we.....
» 18/10/2007 4:33:23 PM the right to vote is trivial. the important thing is deciding what to do. in oz, you get o.....
» 18/10/2007 4:23:20 PM geez, pegasus, is there a second democrat in oz? at last? the society we should be aiming.....
» 16/10/2007 7:55:12 AM my only reservation about labor is that they are politicians. letting politicians run a co.....
» 15/10/2007 12:06:51 PM daggett, the choice is never between 'hitler' and 'prince charming'. it's always a choice.....
» 12/10/2007 2:55:06 PM chainsmoker, doesn't matter what they think, there's nothing they can do. good that people.....
» 12/10/2007 12:01:11 PM here in oz, ordinary ozzies can have no substantive input into national, or state, policy .....
» 11/10/2007 1:05:41 PM why talk about such things? your opinion doesn't really matter. you can't partipate in th.....
» 11/10/2007 12:44:15 PM do calm down, children. indonesia is no threat at all. the jakarta government can't even k.....
» 9/10/2007 7:18:17 AM israel deserves your support for precisely the same reasons that the boer regime in south .....
» 8/10/2007 7:58:39 AM guys, visit your library. there are books there that will give you the state of play in la.....
» 5/10/2007 7:48:05 AM the chinese have a saying: don't use good iron for nails, or good men for soldiers. soldi.....
» 4/10/2007 4:24:43 PM let's start with fundamentals: 1. what is a citizen? a. a resident of a country b. a re.....
» 4/10/2007 3:51:21 PM i think unions became the bad guys early on, when they tried to create a stable income for.....
» 13/09/2007 8:35:01 AM sarah 101: you are the real source of danger to oz, people who ask for benevolent dictator.....
» 12/09/2007 2:18:52 PM can't see why anyone is excited about replacing howard with rudd. no big difference- they .....
» 12/09/2007 7:27:05 AM get used to overzealous police, if you won't govern yourselves, you will be governed by ot.....
» 12/09/2007 7:18:19 AM or we could stabilize population at 10 million and not need desal at all. but i suppose co.....
» 12/09/2007 7:14:54 AM the world survived nixon, romney is no worse. probably no better, either. the problem is n.....
» 11/09/2007 3:18:03 PM punter, you got one thing right: no use protesting if your not on the evening news. fair .....
» 10/09/2007 12:56:17 PM if oz had cir, if oz had direct election, if oz had open government, all those problems wo.....
» 8/09/2007 3:18:11 PM red china? haven't been following the news, have you......
» 8/09/2007 8:59:48 AM the masters of the universe have got an advanced case of the 'ozymandias'syndrome, shown u.....
» 8/09/2007 7:47:14 AM it's your own fault, stf: you're afraid of democracy, and yet discontented with pollie rul.....
» 7/09/2007 8:32:06 PM mr murray hasn't grasped the concept of democracy. as he points out, a plebiscite is non-.....
» 7/09/2007 2:10:36 PM ..or you could try democracy......
» 7/09/2007 9:38:19 AM if the world can't notice iraq, palestine, darfur, or, well- it's an endless list. at leas.....
» 6/09/2007 10:59:59 AM sage, oz journalists, and oz politicians, work in oz society. they are as good as they nee.....
» 5/09/2007 2:01:42 PM how are you going to provide constitutional protection for local government? the people wh.....
» 5/09/2007 8:19:31 AM dresdener, democracy has nothing to do with it. the reason oz is sliding into over-popula.....
» 4/09/2007 12:29:59 PM he's trying to scare me, but it's not so easy- we have oz politicians standing between us .....
» 4/09/2007 7:23:33 AM james, the state of california is bigger than oz, richer, more creative, and- has citizen .....
» 3/09/2007 8:38:38 AM thx for participating, per. i believe in open government and open commerce. most secrets .....
» 3/09/2007 8:28:47 AM with luck, i could be dead by then. pollies figure, with luck i'll be dead by then too. l.....
» 3/09/2007 8:12:32 AM no, belly, not asleep. others have presented themselves, and obama or edwards might get up.....
» 3/09/2007 7:58:24 AM communication is part of politics, but much less important than many have imagined. the at.....
» 2/09/2007 8:22:36 AM sry, ginx, you're the root cause. you and every ozzie who lets parliament rule you by divi.....
» 1/09/2007 1:41:35 PM wouldn't the world be a better place? pollie corruption and incompetence exposed! commer.....
» 1/09/2007 1:29:28 PM foxy dude is a proto-democrat. i wish there were more. oz has never had civil liberties, .....
» 31/08/2007 7:09:54 AM if crops fail 5 years in a row, isn't that nature's way of saying "get off this land,.....
» 30/08/2007 2:07:06 PM a few good lines, tristan, on a very slippery subject. i can imagine ways to run the world.....
» 27/08/2007 8:28:56 AM to be fair to dubya, he's an equal opportunity employer: if you are willing to kill people.....
» 26/08/2007 7:42:19 AM you don't deserve better. politics for non-politicians is a spectator sport, much like foo.....
» 25/08/2007 7:12:21 AM nq, you'd think that ozzies would twig to the fact they don't live in a democracy, wouldn'.....
» 24/08/2007 1:16:05 PM there is no would-be about this, it's tragedy already. the un has watched the piecemeal su.....
» 24/08/2007 1:08:23 PM this religious nonsense plays a role, but the key element of the establishment of the zion.....
» 24/08/2007 12:57:50 PM we? you weren't there, much less laid the knot. the allies (chiefly usa) hung the losers,.....
» 23/08/2007 8:09:34 AM special interest group gets special deal from pollie! pollie gets support from special in.....
» 21/08/2007 8:28:23 AM gore vidal summed up american politics like this: "there is a right-wing party, and a.....
» 21/08/2007 8:16:19 AM isn't it interesting how ozzies expect someone else to 'do something'. i expect it comes f.....
» 19/08/2007 8:11:24 PM ccat, i keep telling you, our masters will do what they can get away with, i just wish a n.....
» 19/08/2007 8:06:37 PM mate, read how they do things in a democracy(google: direct democracy arizona), and learn .....
» 19/08/2007 3:25:04 PM you can laugh at mr downer, but he is foreign minister: either crooked or stupid. actually.....
» 19/08/2007 3:20:31 PM depends if you're a sheep, or a citizen. sheep live here, citizens participate in politica.....
» 19/08/2007 3:08:58 PM i think pauline will do us all a favor by measuring the 'would-be fascist' vote in oz. if .....
» 19/08/2007 3:04:06 PM be fair now, i'm the one that despises political parties, all of them. ozzies don't get t.....
» 17/08/2007 7:28:24 PM enjoy yourself, dres, they're also over-populating a dry continent......
» 17/08/2007 1:38:53 PM johnw, in this area and many others, there are good ideas put forward that have no real pr.....
» 17/08/2007 1:22:50 PM mr clark, a working family is one where dad is not beating mum, or drinking up his wages, .....
» 17/08/2007 7:52:20 AM lot's of opinions, but what are you going do do about it? nothing. that's what you can do.....
» 17/08/2007 7:47:00 AM you could do something about this,if you had cir and/or direct election of ministers. it's.....
» 16/08/2007 7:46:06 AM what is the point of this discussion? do we have any cabinet members asking for advice? .....
» 16/08/2007 7:25:07 AM google 'direct democracy arizona' and you will learn how citizens manage their affairs. yo.....
» 15/08/2007 7:28:08 AM i suppose democracy is out of the question?.....
» 15/08/2007 7:25:57 AM even if you knew the answers, ccat, there's nothing you can do about it. why not leave suc.....
» 15/08/2007 7:22:10 AM there is an alternative, called 'democracy'. but it needs citizens, subjects(or whingers i.....
» 15/08/2007 7:17:35 AM actually billie, it demonstrates how spineless and ignorant the oz electorate is. if you s.....
» 13/08/2007 11:17:03 AM this will at least lead to more tradesmen. the editor of the sunday herald, back in the 8.....
» 12/08/2007 1:36:09 PM you are too easily satisfied, belly.....
» 12/08/2007 8:46:08 AM how can you have 'proper oversight ' in a society wherein ordinary people have the politic.....
» 10/08/2007 3:56:00 PM i think the key phrase was about building policy- after election. that figures.. we don't.....
» 10/08/2007 3:39:10 PM i wonder if ozzies will wake up before we get to the 'gas chamber' level of dictatorship? .....
» 10/08/2007 7:46:08 AM or maybe they are using visual means to leave the question open. this is rather too much r.....
» 9/08/2007 12:57:43 PM nuclear weapons are just weapons. the danger is the people who control them. until people .....
» 9/08/2007 8:52:30 AM arizona is part of the real 'old west' and about as different from suburban oz as an engli.....
» 8/08/2007 7:19:36 PM the problem is that every society has a spectrum of humanity, bright, dim, and everything .....
» 8/08/2007 2:23:41 PM cgal, sit down and take notes: capitalism exteriorizes costs when possible. this results .....
» 8/08/2007 12:25:27 PM careful, james, there appears to be something like 'antigravity', in intergalactic space. .....
» 7/08/2007 8:22:09 PM 1. you don't live in a democracy. 2. a 1000+ page document is not a free trade agreement......
» 7/08/2007 8:14:06 PM let's just vote against politicians......
» 7/08/2007 12:06:09 PM yer right, guys, parliamentary society doesn't work for the bottom half, but it was design.....
» 6/08/2007 2:53:35 PM to save time, i'll content myself with the general field theory of political science: &qu.....
» 6/08/2007 12:27:31 PM aime, there's no prize for giving up, it's the only game in town. i think the way to resi.....
» 6/08/2007 11:04:09 AM hmm, i wonder how long it will take for company 'a' to set up a 'separate' company 'b' to .....
» 6/08/2007 10:58:48 AM it doesn't have to be like that. we can change oz. but it needs admitting that change is n.....
» 6/08/2007 8:39:34 AM you're right, pf. in fact, i'm against cruelty to any animal, so let's outlaw dogfights, c.....
» 6/08/2007 8:04:23 AM if you don't like the results this political system continually generates,and you are too .....
» 5/08/2007 8:11:29 AM i think private schools are a crime against children. but in a society that tolerates re.....
» 4/08/2007 2:48:10 PM better a moslem school than hillsong or exclusive brethren. and if bd is deceived by the a.....
» 4/08/2007 8:23:15 AM sharky, when oz military uniforms start patrolling iraqi streets, your children become end.....
» 4/08/2007 8:08:41 AM cgal, i guess the statement of advice has this benefit: it puts the advisor on public reco.....
» 4/08/2007 7:54:07 AM sorry, guys, islam is not the problem. stupidity, ignorance, parochialism, and exploitatio.....
» 3/08/2007 2:30:26 PM in the end ludwig, you and every other ozzie, says "when are those pollies going to d.....
» 3/08/2007 11:17:34 AM i've seen what terrorists can do, and i've seen what corrupt, violent, amoral politicians .....
» 2/08/2007 9:08:11 PM the facts of israel/palestine, as i understand them, are these: 1. from the end of ww1 to.....
» 2/08/2007 4:14:55 PM that last line got some sympathy. but i get depressed by the fact that ozzies are so helpl.....
» 2/08/2007 1:09:10 PM actually, napoleon said china would be the master of the world someday. shouldn't surprise.....
» 2/08/2007 12:57:03 PM generally, i like to read ozzies whinging about the results of letting pollies rule them. .....
» 2/08/2007 12:42:30 PM it's all about power. in oz, as long as cabinet can command the vote of caucus, the prime .....
» 2/08/2007 7:08:34 AM if you want to gamble, be prepared to lose. if you gamble in a casino known to be crooked,.....
» 1/08/2007 4:28:07 PM sowat, are you angry at someone? i bet you vote for politicians! step over to a mirror an.....
» 1/08/2007 3:57:39 PM of course it is. god gave us this land. best title you can have. arab/moslems must get out.....
» 1/08/2007 1:33:40 PM not true, aime- we can have the power, but first need the will. listening to you outline .....
» 1/08/2007 11:53:57 AM a (political) right is a freedom enjoyed by a member of the ruling class. other people hav.....
» 31/07/2007 8:18:20 PM cornflower, the beauty of the parliamentary oligarchy is that the common people have no, t.....
» 31/07/2007 3:43:20 PM thank you hasbeen. chris: like i said........
» 31/07/2007 12:30:51 PM as the writer said: if you put a pollie in front of a fork in the road, they choose 'power.....
» 31/07/2007 8:05:56 AM chris, the only body willing to decide for the good of the majority of the people, is the .....
» 31/07/2007 7:48:31 AM belly, smarter men than you can't make socialism work. we grow up in a selfish society, an.....
» 30/07/2007 2:25:19 PM dag, the problem of self reliance is easy: just needs a nation of people who want to be se.....
» 30/07/2007 2:12:39 PM aime, if refineries can lift shipping oil up to 'road transport' grade, it raises the pric.....
» 30/07/2007 2:03:24 PM chris, i find it a continual source of amusement that you think any special interest group.....
» 30/07/2007 1:54:48 PM aime, i believe the point about 'distillates' in shipping is that improved refining will a.....
» 30/07/2007 1:39:49 PM it's still: "we don't do it, so it can't be done. and shouldn't be done. and she'll b.....
» 30/07/2007 7:59:33 AM men of australia! don't hang around with women who are tougher than you, they will take a.....
» 30/07/2007 7:50:44 AM i once came across a translation of a japanese military policy document which said austral.....
» 29/07/2007 11:05:45 AM suppose each would-be minister put his/her plan before the electorate, in great detail: ac.....
» 28/07/2007 12:55:45 PM don't see a problem- they'll read what they want for fun, what they are assigned, as a tas.....
» 28/07/2007 8:20:31 AM ccat, the world changes, and very fast, lately. young people have to make their way in tod.....
» 28/07/2007 8:09:52 AM ludwig, i prefer to offer ideas, not argue. the notion that there is some 'group' of peop.....
» 27/07/2007 9:46:27 PM it's quite simple, really: i'm a pacifist, you're a militant, he's a terrorist. when i wa.....
» 27/07/2007 5:20:30 PM a genuine democracy would look like this: it has a constitution that describes the way th.....
» 27/07/2007 8:08:18 AM reduce population, houses get cheaper. the hard part is, no one wants to discover if the .....
» 26/07/2007 4:19:31 PM no, lud, you give it. if we all wrote democracy on our ballots, we'd get it. takes patien.....
» 26/07/2007 7:15:50 AM geez, marilyn, didn't you see the sign at the door: "terrorists bad! ozzies good!&quo.....
» 25/07/2007 7:54:51 PM belly, i'm almost happy for you, entering heaven beside saint kevin. well, not beside, mor.....
» 25/07/2007 7:47:41 PM be still my heart! aime. i have a simple plan: don't vote for politicians. they have no l.....
» 25/07/2007 7:24:52 PM i have on three occasions been involved in small newspaper stories with no political conte.....
» 25/07/2007 7:00:21 PM get tweedledee to tell the world why the alp took citizen initiative off the policy. too m.....
» 25/07/2007 5:05:26 PM ruawake, kerr did the oz people a great favor, and a small favor: the small favor was to i.....
» 25/07/2007 4:39:47 PM yes, aime, you're right: pollies are nasty. but you have just said that most ozzies are di.....
» 25/07/2007 4:29:57 PM 60,000 a year to keep someone in jail? a lot of the people in there would obey the law fo.....
» 25/07/2007 4:21:43 PM mps would be smarter, if ozzies weren't so dim. it's the wildebeest-hyena equation: if the.....
» 24/07/2007 2:48:32 PM actually, steven, there is a very high correlation between crime and poverty. very few mug.....
» 24/07/2007 2:40:04 PM since the selfstyled 'democracies' of the west are unable to achieve steady-state equilibr.....
» 24/07/2007 10:29:46 AM the writer is correct- this is an important matter, worthy of serious discussion. unfortun.....
» 23/07/2007 4:15:20 PM ah mei, it's not the words,it's the guns. the one with the most guns doesn't pay any atte.....
» 23/07/2007 3:59:25 PM if they pay you to talk like that, you're not stupid. deceptive, maybe. outside of ivory .....
» 23/07/2007 3:51:53 PM howard and co don't have the manpower to do a 'national socialist' makeover of oz. but the.....
» 23/07/2007 1:05:58 PM shall we let howard continue to mine the country, file down civil liberties, incite the fo.....
» 23/07/2007 12:48:41 PM "economically inefficient to profit from deception" which planet are you from? .....
» 23/07/2007 12:33:28 PM didn't these seats change hands because labor suggested logging should be curtailed? this .....
» 22/07/2007 11:56:35 AM are linked in this way: when you dispatch soldiers to a foreign country, to install a gov.....
» 22/07/2007 8:17:29 AM there is a charming simplicity about you, belly- your principle is: "gang rule is go.....
» 22/07/2007 8:05:00 AM as part of my educational outreach program, entitled "wisdom for taylor college stude.....
» 22/07/2007 7:55:22 AM clearly your life is living hell, spanky. if you can get along without the cooking, clea.....
» 21/07/2007 9:29:14 PM "people have a choice" about what? labor backs the terror/sedition laws, tweedle.....
» 21/07/2007 4:07:01 PM au contraire, mate. but joining a bandit gang is not the way to beat them. start a citiz.....
» 21/07/2007 1:02:34 PM from, or to? why go into politics when the brothels are crying out for limber bodies untr.....
» 20/07/2007 4:26:21 PM pericles, the problem is that while our masters may be smart enough to treat us well, mayb.....
» 20/07/2007 10:50:19 AM mia, does that mean the energy crash will prevent the ecological catastrophe? or can we h.....
» 20/07/2007 7:25:18 AM ccat, if you leave your society in the hands of the rich and well-connected, you shouldn't.....
» 19/07/2007 1:51:48 PM i'm sorry, folks, it's all my fault. when our master announced he was dispatching troops .....
» 19/07/2007 1:37:33 PM a charming, reasonable article, i will keep it in my file with "number of angels danc.....
» 19/07/2007 11:44:44 AM pal, you read it, at least. do you have any observations regarding the accuracy of my (thu.....
» 19/07/2007 9:09:02 AM subvert democracy. they all seek to limit the free expression of a citizen's participation.....
» 19/07/2007 8:15:22 AM thx, sylvia, always pleasant to hear a voice of reason......
» 18/07/2007 1:52:45 PM with bush/cheney still riding the range, any criminal or insane act appears possible, even.....
» 18/07/2007 11:00:42 AM only when the law is written by politicians, kalin. allowing judges to write law may be b.....
» 18/07/2007 10:53:11 AM what, exactly, is the 'left'? would it be the alp and it's 'me, too' response to police-st.....
» 18/07/2007 10:31:48 AM there are news sources, sage. but you have to change channels, and even surf around the ne.....
» 17/07/2007 7:52:46 PM if you stop long enough to think: who will decide? (not me. some pollie.) how will he de.....
» 16/07/2007 3:02:04 PM my only consolation is that, since we don't have any political control over our lives in t.....
» 16/07/2007 2:33:28 PM islam is the only transnational ideology resisting western imperialism. the commies have b.....
» 16/07/2007 8:26:01 AM bg, you are tolerable when you agree. steven, i didn't know che personnally, but cuba is .....
» 15/07/2007 9:10:21 AM because seriouly rich 'lords of the realm' can not conceive of the possibility of being fo.....
» 15/07/2007 9:02:50 AM miacat, there is such a method, it's called democracy. ozzies aren't up to it. i think the.....
» 14/07/2007 8:05:48 AM goddess, population control is not hard. it just needs educating women, that results in bi.....
» 13/07/2007 7:03:27 PM aime, if a few people like you refused to participate in the laboral charade,and if an ele.....
» 13/07/2007 2:30:25 PM or you could vote 'independent', and break the standover gangs that currently run oz......
» 13/07/2007 2:25:41 PM aime, a political party is not an association of saints. it's a group of people who want t.....
» 13/07/2007 2:09:36 PM every australian i've talked to is satisfied with oz culture. being a whistleblower in suc.....
» 13/07/2007 8:03:55 AM once you've grasped the fact that we are going to be totally dependent on renewables 'soon.....
» 12/07/2007 4:40:25 PM "in community hands?" is yours the party that had 'citizen initiative referendu.....
» 12/07/2007 8:25:03 AM watch my lips(so to speak): it doesn't matter. oil will be gone as a large scale fuel sou.....
» 11/07/2007 3:09:34 PM maybe we haven't heard the last of al gore. his work for the environment is creating a big.....
» 11/07/2007 1:04:34 PM actually, we should beg nz to let us enter oceania. right now they are the economic core, .....
» 11/07/2007 12:48:29 PM well written, belly, we are all here to astound others with our wisdom, or so we imagine. .....
» 11/07/2007 8:18:25 AM ginx, there is a choice. my master plan to bring democracy to oz goes like this: 1000's of.....
» 10/07/2007 7:26:05 PM i know a lot of ozzies would like to tow oz into the english channel, but sorry, we're her.....
» 10/07/2007 4:44:34 PM that's why everyone in london wears a burqa. bound to catch on here. but don't worry, be h.....
» 10/07/2007 12:14:00 PM if you go on voting for politicians, year after year, should you complain when you're rule.....
» 10/07/2007 12:10:49 PM chainsmoker, the gummint pays, so they call the tune. seems fair to me......
» 10/07/2007 8:15:34 AM btw, kurdish guy, one possible situation is that the yanks give up on holding all of iraq,.....
» 9/07/2007 4:20:30 PM vietnam was much worse than iraq in about anyway you would like to measure. but at least t.....
» 9/07/2007 4:04:21 PM those who are looking forward to rudd getting in, ought to go back and read animal farm, i.....
» 9/07/2007 9:03:38 AM the nips have a wonderful mass transit system- allows them to commute two hours each way. .....
» 8/07/2007 8:09:09 AM 1. to have a direct vote for each minister of state? so that you could 'cherrypick' the .....
» 7/07/2007 6:43:31 PM if you figure out what free speech means, let me know. my present understanding is: you c.....
» 6/07/2007 8:34:22 AM calm down, colin- there's nothing you can do, so relax and enjoy it. after you other gian.....
» 5/07/2007 8:26:54 PM the level of poltical evolution in oz is still medieval, most have no notion of what democ.....
» 5/07/2007 1:09:57 PM quite right, romany- and twice as right about australia. in fact, there is a wider range .....
» 5/07/2007 11:15:27 AM i think the answer is blinding evident: do we want to earn a living at a desk, or at the f.....
» 4/07/2007 3:34:00 PM perhaps i should never, ever say that men and women are animals. we've been looking each o.....
» 4/07/2007 3:07:39 PM it's all about power. parliament has inherited the power of the norman warlords, and this .....
» 4/07/2007 2:46:24 PM i would guess mr stilwell makes a good living by telling us what we can see by reading the.....
» 4/07/2007 8:15:58 AM i suppose actual democracy is out of the question?.....
» 4/07/2007 8:12:18 AM stf, stop moaning about the government- they are doing what's best for them. if oz were a .....
» 3/07/2007 12:21:11 PM if you're playing for money, all is fair- just like in business. come to think of it, why .....
» 3/07/2007 12:12:23 PM but i think benjamin against it. this is serious......
» 3/07/2007 9:06:00 AM kjim, there is no such thing as human rights. there are political rights, which are those .....
» 3/07/2007 8:52:22 AM let's look at this from a different angle: who should decide this question? (or any questi.....
» 3/07/2007 8:11:05 AM francis, the pollies tell you what to do, not vice versa. i can understand you thinking th.....
» 3/07/2007 8:02:04 AM the pollies have had about 100 years to sort out the aboriginal problem. did you ever thin.....
» 2/07/2007 11:08:38 AM francis, where and how did you form the opinion you were superior to a politician?.....
» 2/07/2007 8:36:53 AM it's worse than that spanky, he might get killed, or worse- mangled into uselessness. and.....
» 1/07/2007 4:30:15 PM try to play together nicely, children. when kaiser howard dispatched soldiers to iraq, i .....
» 1/07/2007 8:52:49 AM ludwig, instead of (plan a)hoping a practicing catholic might reduce population, let's (pl.....
» 30/06/2007 9:01:31 PM if you're young and queer, this might seem a pressing question. being straight and too ol.....
» 30/06/2007 8:39:25 PM for the benefit of those who came in late, che was a revolutionary, and might have called .....
» 30/06/2007 9:28:26 AM do you mind if i just call you 'trouble', for short? you convict yourself of ignorance whe.....
» 29/06/2007 10:05:26 AM what's more, the supply of yellowcake, unlike oil or coal, is inexhaustible. so never any .....
» 29/06/2007 9:53:05 AM and 'concerned activists' like chrism will go on shrugging her verbal shoulders and saying.....
» 28/06/2007 12:26:11 PM there's plenty of water, the problem is too many people......
» 28/06/2007 8:01:26 AM yes, i have some thoughts: capitalism forbids population control. unchecked population g.....
» 27/06/2007 1:14:25 PM in my visit to the serengeti, i had many deep political conversations with the wildebeest,.....
» 27/06/2007 1:02:23 PM so, what else is new? the most useful question to ask, in my view, is: how was the decisi.....
» 27/06/2007 8:34:29 AM first, academics in australia are already 'tamed', but federal control of their income mig.....
» 27/06/2007 8:26:13 AM i don't remember why gf done it, but figure blowing up parliament is always worthwhile......
» 26/06/2007 8:12:14 PM actually,aime, i do. but it requires persistent effort by tens of thousands of ozzies, to .....
» 26/06/2007 5:06:13 PM cgal, the solution is obvious: breed a long furred kangaroo that tastes good, and replace .....
» 26/06/2007 4:43:31 PM aime, i think i have grasped the sense of your post: you're angry at something. easy to be.....
» 25/06/2007 3:46:00 PM the cable network, glass or copper, is a physical monopoly. it is insane not to manage thi.....
» 25/06/2007 3:34:05 PM i wouldn't mind an outbreak of smallpox, except it would not get as far as parliament hous.....
» 25/06/2007 3:19:38 PM "where did howard miss his turn?" he didn't- he's had a lovely career, and not .....
» 25/06/2007 3:05:12 PM perhaps you're new here, 1340: oz is not a democracy. ozzians are not citizens, they are .....
» 25/06/2007 2:53:15 PM when prostitution is illegal, prostitutes have no legal protection unless they are paying .....
» 24/06/2007 2:25:14 PM the great contribution of tamerlane to sociology, was to demonstrate that it was not neces.....
» 24/06/2007 12:00:40 PM i'm not sure oz needs immigrants. importing people seems to mean that oz society is so dys.....
» 24/06/2007 11:44:53 AM steven, you have hit on the key feature of this thread: there's a good living to be made i.....
» 24/06/2007 8:13:02 AM your problem, stf, is the word: "our". this country is not yours, it's theirs. .....
» 23/06/2007 3:30:50 PM it's very frustrating when one juror won't convict, while the other 11, and the whole worl.....
» 23/06/2007 8:41:46 AM i'm sorry, ludwig, my tolerance is at an end. i just smiled and shook my head, when you su.....
» 23/06/2007 8:17:23 AM romany,the people don't rise up because most are comfortable. revolution takes more than a.....
» 23/06/2007 7:59:06 AM it comes from letting pollies run our lives, yabby. "give us water licenses, we vote .....
» 22/06/2007 1:20:34 PM by the way, ozbob, "x rated porn from canberra" kind of dates you. write "p.....
» 22/06/2007 12:17:32 PM this is not a national emergency. it's a national disgrace, of long standing. the only eme.....
» 22/06/2007 8:40:39 AM ludwig, your drive/ride plan is a very good one, and should be encouraged- get a gold star.....
» 22/06/2007 8:14:03 AM at last! the 'tampa' has come over the horizon......
» 21/06/2007 8:24:09 PM sry, ludwig, didn't see your query. i rather think an extensive discussion of what oz shou.....
» 21/06/2007 7:58:09 PM ludwig, if everyone who could use such a car did just that, it would knock about 10-29% of.....
» 21/06/2007 4:08:54 PM if i may make a modest proposal? i believe australia should have a population of 10 milli.....
» 21/06/2007 3:59:21 PM "let's not pay them any more". garpet, pay close attention as i may not get a ch.....
» 21/06/2007 3:40:59 PM you won't go far wrong by taking the other side of any argument, if the american governmen.....
» 21/06/2007 2:33:34 PM i have read automotive engineers saying that a light, simple, plastic and aluminum electri.....
» 21/06/2007 2:00:33 PM yes, aime, money rules, ok. but i regard politicians as the hyenas of human society, pluto.....
» 21/06/2007 9:59:17 AM let's hope that the coming 'superman' gets rid of the old prototype in a painless way. si.....
» 21/06/2007 9:40:20 AM it has become clear that political discussion is hampered on this site by the weak vocabul.....
» 21/06/2007 8:13:08 AM well, we're all agreed: australia needs citizen initiated referenda. we'll get them when a.....
» 21/06/2007 8:04:25 AM get 'em, steel. ludwig seems to mean well, but he did admit to tolerating nuclear power, .....
» 20/06/2007 3:17:39 PM my master plan for the pacification of the middle east is nearly ready for publication. wh.....
» 20/06/2007 2:50:25 PM tonyk, if only it were so. talk about 'cargo-cult' psychology, those pacific islanders at .....
» 20/06/2007 1:28:28 PM you're onto something, davo, don't listen to belly. we don't need parties, we need citize.....
» 20/06/2007 1:14:01 PM if history has any lessons for you, remember: hitler began tearing up the weimar constitut.....
» 20/06/2007 1:00:30 PM yes, of course. then the judge can explain why they came to the wrong conclusion, and unde.....
» 19/06/2007 1:20:35 PM you can't vote for a good transportation policy. you get one vote to 'choose' which policy.....
» 19/06/2007 1:14:36 PM you can't vote for a good transportation policy. you get one vote to 'choose' which policy.....
» 19/06/2007 12:48:58 PM bazz, if ozzies like you enjoyed the democratic powers i urge you to demand, you could sto.....
» 19/06/2007 9:12:18 AM sedition laws can not exist in a democracy, a society ruled by the people- which oz is not.....
» 18/06/2007 7:32:40 PM i just wish this talk would have some consequence. but it's just chatter. we won't be init.....
» 18/06/2007 7:00:45 PM i'm a little worried, rj- caught myself agreeing with you. if we were a rational and just.....
» 18/06/2007 4:15:10 PM goddess, yer warm and lovable as a group, but i'm having a little trouble accepting the no.....
» 18/06/2007 3:49:56 PM steven, you are singing my song. of course 'right' is just the other face of power. if zio.....
» 18/06/2007 3:21:17 PM hope you enjoyed your yunnan holiday, cgal, sounds interesting. i suspect treeplanting has.....
» 18/06/2007 1:08:17 PM as ludwig has pointed out, the real problem is population, not power. if we start solving .....
» 18/06/2007 12:38:02 PM can someone explain how an area of land that was 80% moslem came to be a jewish state? the.....
» 18/06/2007 8:35:58 AM well, it's quite simple, really: in the early 1900's, the british admiralty formed the opi.....
» 18/06/2007 8:04:47 AM spanky, rich people get to be rich by not wasting their money on public works. when they g.....
» 17/06/2007 8:09:04 PM ludwig, i envision jurors working from recordings and transcripts. the actual trial would .....
» 17/06/2007 11:02:35 AM we approve of others working, in any field. jurors get a daily fee from government, emplo.....
» 17/06/2007 9:57:12 AM ozzian are quite like other human beings. they accept the world they grow in to as 'the wa.....
» 17/06/2007 9:44:23 AM the balibo inquest brought up memories of the whitlam dismissal. i had been in oz for abou.....
» 16/06/2007 3:22:46 PM yes, participation in society is a problem. i keep a record of my efforts to educate peopl.....
» 16/06/2007 2:56:22 PM we all know there is money in law, but have you considered the moral risk? the short answ.....
» 15/06/2007 8:32:16 PM ccat, we may be murderers as a moral question, but a lot of moslems call us murderers 'cau.....
» 15/06/2007 6:51:25 PM as a matter of fact ludwig, athenian juries were paid, and many old men turned up early ev.....
» 15/06/2007 2:48:54 PM every once in a while i plow through some pieces, to make sure that the keyword still sign.....
» 15/06/2007 2:36:06 PM we could argue longer pericles, but you're right about war crimes: they're only committed .....
» 15/06/2007 12:39:13 PM "by the end of this century, biotech will be redesigning human beings." there a.....
» 15/06/2007 12:07:03 PM i feel the taylor's college students should have a whip-round, and post me the collection......
» 15/06/2007 11:48:53 AM pericles, i tried to reduce immediate emotional involvement by stripping away names and po.....
» 15/06/2007 9:01:13 AM every government has only one priority: staying in government. the rest of what they say i.....
» 14/06/2007 2:19:23 PM is there any chance that drugs policy is driven by campaign contributions? a radical sugge.....
» 14/06/2007 12:26:16 PM knowing that america's foreign policy is ultimately driven by the military industrial comp.....
» 14/06/2007 12:02:35 PM yes, they are discriminated against. note the 'against'- perhaps english is not your first.....
» 14/06/2007 11:55:48 AM steven, you naughty boy! pakistan are good ragheads, not bad ragheads like those monstrous.....
» 14/06/2007 11:37:43 AM what gets up my nose is the wanton misrepresentation of the usa as a 'democracy'. it ain't.....
» 14/06/2007 11:16:04 AM bless you, benjamin: it's good to be reminded how superior we are. or at least, how superi.....
» 13/06/2007 10:00:17 PM suppose you,a, hire another person,b, to kill a third, c. 1. b and c fight, c dies, are y.....
» 13/06/2007 8:45:45 PM energy depletion is a problem. pollution is a problem. over-population is a problem. an.....
» 13/06/2007 3:28:23 PM renee, this problem is at least as old as civilization. judges are human beings, not ethi.....
» 13/06/2007 11:50:39 AM danielle, seems like you got a good prize in the lottery of birth. don't let the interest.....
» 13/06/2007 11:35:40 AM the government is not pathetic, shonga- they make a good living, with an excellent early r.....
» 13/06/2007 8:06:27 AM commcat, the fed constitution is a defective document in many respects, but the legal prof.....
» 13/06/2007 7:51:42 AM adrian, it's impolite to inject reality into the discussion of weapon systems......
» 13/06/2007 7:45:44 AM on the point of labor driving business overseas, commcat: while watching "saved by th.....
» 12/06/2007 8:29:13 PM boaz, knowing i am in full agreement with you on anything is somewhat worrisome, but i wil.....
» 12/06/2007 3:02:26 PM if we don't fire missiles at other people, why will they fire missiles at us? we don't hav.....
» 12/06/2007 2:49:52 PM because no one has 'rights' in australia. rights come from power, and the ordinary ozzie h.....
» 12/06/2007 2:33:23 PM near universal contempt for malcolm and his mates, how charming! now if i could just get y.....
» 12/06/2007 2:10:02 PM better a good monarchy than a bad republic, it's true. but why not a democratic republic? .....
» 12/06/2007 12:08:34 PM rj, our new age blondes don't even want 'their man'. the ones i hear about are looking for.....
» 12/06/2007 12:00:52 PM stevenlm, and where would you be getting that better class of judge from, then? not gonna .....
» 12/06/2007 11:49:11 AM not responsible for your ancestors is certainly true, but that doesn't mean the problems t.....
» 12/06/2007 9:06:12 AM charger, when did you notice things weren't going well?.....
» 12/06/2007 9:02:42 AM ken, i mentioned in my response to your first inquiry that politics was about power, not a.....
» 12/06/2007 8:40:11 AM pericles, i commend to you a study of the word 'democracy', and the political ideal it rep.....
» 11/06/2007 8:35:17 PM i love to see religious arguments on public affairs. it reminds me, and all of us, that a .....
» 11/06/2007 8:01:02 PM pericles- why should the pollies give you good management? are they notable for any qualit.....
» 11/06/2007 7:46:46 PM bushbred, every society has rulership of the people. only democracy is rule by the peopl.....
» 11/06/2007 7:15:45 PM many australians think they are citizens, like other ozzies. but i think all ozzies are su.....
» 7/06/2007 3:35:40 PM surely half the problem is 'who decides'? a nation that entrusts a politician to select i.....
» 7/06/2007 1:40:18 PM cgal, i take the view that whenever money changes hands, the payor gets a 'good' from soci.....
» 7/06/2007 1:20:07 PM israel was established in the usual way of new nations: the previous owners were killed or.....
» 7/06/2007 1:01:55 PM why is it that self-styled 'lefties' have never caught on that all the lower class needs i.....
» 7/06/2007 8:50:11 AM cgal, are you sure arguing with youngdan can be productive? on a more constructive note, .....
» 7/06/2007 8:36:16 AM thx, ludwig- i'll make sure the burqas are impervious to sulpuric rain......
» 6/06/2007 3:47:48 PM plinio, you're from an island in the caribbean, not america. i can understand your confusi.....
» 6/06/2007 3:42:07 PM have you tried breathing sulphur dioxide? i seem to recall having to put it in the exhaust.....
» 6/06/2007 3:34:14 PM i think i'll continue to pay attention to the area where the bombs are going off. since so.....
» 6/06/2007 3:20:55 PM if you had democracy, maybe socialism would follow?.....
» 6/06/2007 11:42:26 AM welcome to reality, hohum. if it's any comfort, in recent years the native americans have .....
» 6/06/2007 8:53:22 AM dickie, isn't 'masses' rather unfashionable? i prefer 'people'. the reason we are ruled by.....
» 5/06/2007 1:00:43 PM oliver, you need an editor. you don't need vidal to tell you the usa wasn't designed to b.....
» 5/06/2007 12:39:42 PM michael, please don't use that dirty language in public. p*pulation g*owth makes all the d.....
» 5/06/2007 11:20:13 AM i have seen discussion of the danger of methane in the ocean and tundra being released by .....
» 5/06/2007 11:15:04 AM actually, rojo, i believe police now have the legal license to do so. a consequence of the.....
» 4/06/2007 5:40:41 PM peoplepower, old lad, it breaks my heart to tell you: we don't live in a democracy. most .....
» 4/06/2007 5:31:14 PM attaboy. a rational and just democracy would finance itself just as you describe. unfort.....
» 4/06/2007 11:43:58 AM sounds like that 'group of teachers' were graduates of one of the many 'christian' college.....
» 4/06/2007 8:21:34 AM the grownups argue over the dinner table, about who gets to carry the family credit card. .....
» 3/06/2007 11:53:29 AM i can't think of any reason why oz farmers feel they have a right to sell in america, if t.....
» 3/06/2007 8:17:07 AM french society just before the revolution had become a twisted shambles of laws and custom.....
» 3/06/2007 8:00:18 AM confucius says: "the high man talks about ideas. the ordinary man talks about things......
» 3/06/2007 7:50:45 AM ken, i believe you should always regard political theory with one eye on reality: it's abo.....
» 3/06/2007 7:24:35 AM the yanks didn't come to 'rescue' oz from nips. they didn't move a muscle until after they.....
» 1/06/2007 2:18:39 PM come to think of it, the hiroshima explosion is better than eve's headache. that was whe.....
» 1/06/2007 2:10:30 PM yes, wre, quite right, dee's as bad as dum. but for really dumb- the people who go on vot.....
» 1/06/2007 2:02:17 PM i used to laugh at the poor thais, having to enter the kings presence on their belly. but .....
» 1/06/2007 8:20:24 AM be careful, justaguy, you may find yourself on the soapbox next to me haranguing the crowd.....
» 31/05/2007 3:09:29 PM danf- if they live in towns, assimilated, speaking english, let them be treated as garden .....
» 31/05/2007 2:55:12 PM the french can be stupid on their own behalf, but they won't be putting their toes in the .....
» 31/05/2007 12:22:42 PM patriarchal oversight is better than brutal neglect, but self determination is generally b.....
» 31/05/2007 12:15:16 PM is it ok if i watch palestine as an example of media manipulation, or as an example of ame.....
» 31/05/2007 8:52:47 AM there are several good reasons no one has proposed this idea: vulnerability to attack, v.....
» 31/05/2007 8:33:31 AM politicians are crooked, and hyenas ain't vegetarian. if you complain about either, why no.....
» 30/05/2007 12:58:32 PM ludwig (and many others), there's no "we, the people" in the australian constitu.....
» 29/05/2007 2:50:37 PM betcha it's terrorism as defined by usa government. it's much harder to inform yourself a.....
» 29/05/2007 8:37:47 AM in other words, sowat, we need democracy, and soon......
» 28/05/2007 2:18:05 PM aime, parliamentary governments can't get elected if they anger large corporations. they a.....
» 28/05/2007 2:01:33 PM actually, we are in the era of homo sapiens dominance, which began about 150,000 years ago.....
» 28/05/2007 8:14:44 AM if the goal of australia's schools is to educate in english, and political theory, their c.....
» 28/05/2007 7:57:46 AM you left out motivation. bolt probably has fire insurance. but it pays him to decry glob.....
» 28/05/2007 7:48:02 AM no invention will solve the fundamental problem: total water, finite quantity. population,.....
» 27/05/2007 9:41:05 AM maybe it would be better to think of children as people, the 'citizens' of tomorrow, rathe.....
» 25/05/2007 7:44:51 PM yes, jj, i do. glad to see you noticed. now, if i could just see some evidence that you gr.....
» 25/05/2007 1:12:29 PM i wonder if one glassfibre connection is enough. if it is, there's a physical 'monopoly' w.....
» 25/05/2007 12:46:44 PM thinksthinks4self: i bet you voted for a politician. this is what happens. are you going t.....
» 25/05/2007 12:23:44 PM giv'em hell aime. that's one of the reasons i press for democracy- pollies lead us into t.....
» 25/05/2007 12:08:41 PM maybe so. but it may that the complexity of our current society is partly the result of th.....
» 25/05/2007 11:58:29 AM well, i'm inclined to admire any un body that manages to criticize israel. there should be.....
» 25/05/2007 11:34:37 AM alan, we only have one vote, so we choose the party that will give more money, or steal le.....
» 25/05/2007 7:56:36 AM very true, bugsy- we'd have to grow into it. but i think it's important that we get starte.....
» 24/05/2007 1:30:24 PM y, there are amusing ways to twist any discission with 'sex' in it, bugsy. but states wit.....
» 24/05/2007 8:54:00 AM i would guess the chamorros are better off as american serfs, simply because if they succe.....
» 24/05/2007 8:37:31 AM jar,in our nation, parliament decides everything, although they may listen to experts befo.....
» 24/05/2007 8:24:54 AM - it is done best by enthusiastic amateurs, not professionals. so how do we get a hand on .....
» 24/05/2007 8:02:16 AM fortunately, you can do a lot just by thinking: there's a fixed amount of oil in the groun.....
» 23/05/2007 4:07:08 PM another cat belling discussion. subjects will advance on local member, cap in hand, and &q.....
» 23/05/2007 12:23:28 PM yes, alzo, it's right there- day two , i think. genesis doesn't insist fossil fuels are i.....
» 23/05/2007 8:16:37 AM god stopped making coal and oil a long time ago. there's a fixed amount in the ground. hum.....
» 22/05/2007 8:38:13 PM micki, i don't know what hicks did, i wasn't there when he did 'it', whatever 'it' is. th.....
» 22/05/2007 8:21:58 PM i wonder why unions don't reorganize themselves into co-op labor companies. they would hav.....
» 22/05/2007 8:08:19 PM maybe the answer is to recognize that signing up to be a professional soldier can get you .....
» 22/05/2007 1:51:24 PM c gal, if howard always acted as a conduit of public opinion we would have a rough approxi.....
» 22/05/2007 1:45:39 PM same old story, should we vote for tweedledum, or dee? is dee a bigger thief, or dum? does.....
» 22/05/2007 1:28:22 PM national culture is generally not designed, it evolves. the evolution is slow, and frequen.....
» 22/05/2007 8:03:33 AM it's not your abc, it's the government's. australia isn't yours, either. english has a we.....
» 21/05/2007 2:15:39 PM no rob, as all are tired of seeing, and i'm tired of writing, we don't have a democracy. w.....
» 21/05/2007 8:13:59 AM banjo, you've got the australian disease: "the gummint shold do something!", or-.....
» 21/05/2007 7:49:57 AM the reason you're confused, micki, is that he spent more than 5 years in a box without tri.....
» 20/05/2007 2:59:46 PM sganot, it's not this particular land deal that is the problem, although howard's particip.....
» 20/05/2007 12:31:28 PM is mise, you may be suffering from severe cynicism. regular applications of alcohol to you.....
» 20/05/2007 8:37:33 AM it's depressing to hear that being rude to low level civil servants is called "buckin.....
» 20/05/2007 8:16:53 AM pericles, this site is pretty useless unless you keep the entertainment value in mind. bo.....
» 20/05/2007 8:06:47 AM that's characteristic of oligarchy, oligarch- the rulers do as they please without consult.....
» 20/05/2007 7:58:27 AM kj, you answer your own question: now the israelis have another foreign leader with an emo.....
» 18/05/2007 7:59:02 PM the consensus seems to be, one's bad, the other badder. shall we be ruled by bandit gang .....
» 17/05/2007 7:48:17 PM good for whom?.....
» 17/05/2007 11:05:09 AM maybe a society that aims to be around for a long time can run pine plantations with a 10 .....
» 17/05/2007 10:55:44 AM oli, if it were a cesspool i would disagree with you as usual. but it's not, until the ill.....
» 17/05/2007 10:25:29 AM anyone who imagines the inquisitorial system searches for the truth is also certain the to.....
» 17/05/2007 7:34:19 AM the 'common ground' being queensland. when the exercises are held around canberra, will th.....
» 17/05/2007 7:22:44 AM maybe the simple answer is, if you didn't plant it, it's not yours to cut down. plus, as .....
» 16/05/2007 1:21:21 PM perseus, the trees may grow back, but getting further enmeshed in american foreign/militar.....
» 16/05/2007 11:56:31 AM lesley, several countries use referenda quite often, but i believe only switzerland has ci.....
» 16/05/2007 9:51:21 AM banjo, that last sentence is the problem, alright. as far as i know the list of nations th.....
» 15/05/2007 1:28:44 PM i was breathless with anticipation when i saw "cir", at last ozzies are waking u.....
» 15/05/2007 1:09:53 PM i quite enjoy healthwatcher, with belly and runner together, i can form an opinion on what.....
» 15/05/2007 12:52:22 PM in california, they initiate referenda against greenhouse pollution, in oz- light a candle.....
» 14/05/2007 1:00:43 PM maybe the nuclear family is not such a good idea? from the point of view of maintaining th.....
» 14/05/2007 12:54:56 PM i guess voting for democracy is out of the question?.....
» 14/05/2007 11:04:08 AM having to play santa claus every few years dooms effective planning. costello has to suck .....
» 14/05/2007 10:42:00 AM so we're going to import skilled workers, or, no- we're going to import grunt labor that w.....
» 13/05/2007 3:16:44 PM brace yourself comcat: anu mandarins are not the wellspring of knowledge you imagine. when.....
» 12/05/2007 1:39:30 PM no need to sterilize teenagers, they got years a use in 'em. but i could see knocking bori.....
» 12/05/2007 10:49:32 AM i just wish the 'anti-abortion', anti-euthanasia' mob were equally 'anti-war'......
» 12/05/2007 7:50:13 AM do stop calling oz a 'democracy', it makes everything you say suspect. oz is an elective o.....
» 12/05/2007 7:37:28 AM seems obvious to me: buy a phone that puts the callers number into a computer screening ap.....
» 10/05/2007 11:26:47 AM y, alanpoi, maybe 1/2 the world will die sooner. but this disaster will happen anyway if a.....
» 10/05/2007 9:01:05 AM if we settled the major questions by referendum, and/or direct election of ministers, the .....
» 8/05/2007 6:49:57 PM (ludwig) hear! hear!.....
» 7/05/2007 12:22:18 PM christianity has been somewhat neutered and is probably less of a threat than militant isl.....
» 7/05/2007 12:09:06 PM same system, same inputs, same results. if you're surprised, keep it a secret as you don'.....
» 5/05/2007 2:02:18 PM 'building more/better roads' has been tried. the only benefit was to the road building com.....
» 5/05/2007 1:51:19 PM a remarkable thread- rational and appropriate discussion. a factor which was not given mu.....
» 4/05/2007 11:05:16 AM elena, maybe politicians can't do much, because of the structure of oz political society. .....
» 2/05/2007 11:37:14 AM a few years ago, the catch phrase du jour was: "expecting a different result from the.....
» 1/05/2007 2:37:01 PM fluff, go to wiki, see 'democracy'. the part about 'direct democracy' and 'swiss democracy.....
» 1/05/2007 2:30:44 PM quite right, perseus- that's why i push democracy as a cure-all, decentralization on the s.....
» 30/04/2007 11:42:27 AM no, tao, they are not war criminals. war criminals are people in front of a court with pow.....
» 30/04/2007 11:25:21 AM economic power and political power are not the same, but if you have more of one, you will.....
» 29/04/2007 2:52:11 PM actually, perseus, a fair number of very rich people are worried about climate change and .....
» 29/04/2007 10:21:36 AM so much hot air, so little light, tapp, if you wish to lead the people to new grasslands,.....
» 28/04/2007 3:55:23 PM sunpower and batteries are already capable of supplying australia's consumer electricity n.....
» 27/04/2007 3:47:59 PM alzo: would you accept pop control if it were backed by referendum? if yes, then we need d.....
» 27/04/2007 1:04:50 PM lets put it in really simple terms: we let population increase until everyone is living in.....
» 27/04/2007 12:47:18 PM isn't it time we started requiring licenses to procreate? we can test for bad genes, and w.....
» 27/04/2007 12:41:48 PM the common theme of chatterati discussion in australia is the use of the passive voice. x .....
» 27/04/2007 12:28:47 PM perseus, we should get in a lather because human generated co2 is being added to the envir.....
» 27/04/2007 12:13:52 PM humans are a commodity like any other, and when there are too many they have little value......
» 26/04/2007 4:07:32 PM anzac day would be more admirable if it celebrated the brave defense of bondi against the .....
» 26/04/2007 3:51:21 PM c gal, maybe we are in for a long spate of 'asymmetric warfare', where one side doesn't we.....
» 25/04/2007 3:41:10 PM if you're worried about the cia, billie, so you should be. they have been vastly more succ.....
» 25/04/2007 3:14:04 PM human population will be reduced, c gal, and famine, war,and disease will do it. but whil.....
» 25/04/2007 11:20:10 AM alanpoi, the german high command disagreed with you......
» 25/04/2007 8:13:02 AM ana h, well said! defense of the nation begins at cannon shot from shore. military advent.....
» 24/04/2007 10:00:33 PM ana h, there is an alternative to pollie-rule- aristotle called it 'democracy'. the swiss .....
» 24/04/2007 5:00:33 PM iran's shah was an american puppet, installed by the cia through murder and riots in the s.....
» 24/04/2007 4:22:33 PM perhaps workers should create labor companies, rather than labor unions? a labor co-op cou.....
» 24/04/2007 10:23:59 AM so, you read a paper from a politician and say, "it seems fatuous, fuzzy, and familia.....
» 24/04/2007 10:12:40 AM perhaps howard is as good as ever. the labor party has been unable to convince the elector.....
» 24/04/2007 9:42:07 AM why should we have a debate? who exactly is 'we'? debate's are meaningless charades unles.....
» 23/04/2007 4:04:10 PM arjay, the independent and honest political party is all around you: it's the electorate o.....
» 23/04/2007 11:56:14 AM i believe oz should have a population under 10,00,000. so we all have enough water to drin.....
» 23/04/2007 11:37:37 AM i believe cheney, rumsfeld, perle, and bush had, and still have, a clear purpose in initia.....
» 23/04/2007 11:03:26 AM the problem is not ecological, it's political. western society is commercial, not politica.....
» 23/04/2007 10:47:10 AM why is all this 'news' to oz agri-businessmen? perhaps the monoculture extraction of maxi.....
» 21/04/2007 6:55:16 PM sille, hicks will be a cheap date compared to what the awb fat cats will cost us. sending .....
» 21/04/2007 10:27:07 AM as usual, different varieties of twaddle. 'the meeja' is a commercial organism and respo.....
» 21/04/2007 9:57:36 AM ozzies, do pay attention: oz is not a democracy. it is nothing like a democracy. political.....
» 20/04/2007 12:22:31 PM when it comes to institutional blindness, mr cohen personifies the problem in his own word.....
» 20/04/2007 12:04:00 PM every plant and animal species on this planet expands to fill as much space as possible. h.....
» 20/04/2007 11:38:09 AM any fool can see what needs to be done. the hard part is getting it done by human beings. .....
» 19/04/2007 1:15:58 PM all of the responses assume that pollies should decide this question, and most others. the.....
» 19/04/2007 12:58:15 PM nearly every week there is some indication that australia is run by a few, against the wis.....
» 19/04/2007 12:39:11 PM much as i think democracy is the only hope of human survival, i must confess that watching.....
» 18/04/2007 12:24:09 PM where do the palestinians stand? the jews have taken most of their land, and seem intent o.....
» 18/04/2007 10:57:26 AM at virginia tech, a young male went into rage, and killed 2 people over some sort of emoti.....
» 18/04/2007 10:37:04 AM boaz, to paraphrase stalin: "how many divisions has god got?" there's no use ta.....
» 16/04/2007 1:37:22 PM belly, inform yourself about the history and political customs of switzerland. not only is.....
» 15/04/2007 11:52:22 AM lack of political power leads to lack of economic power. nothing will be done for people w.....
» 15/04/2007 8:56:37 AM dave clark: you seem to be a sensible and public spirited person. but like most ozzies, yo.....
» 15/04/2007 8:40:23 AM oligarch, you are too demanding. poor tapp is suffering from inadequate education and/or i.....
» 15/04/2007 8:27:32 AM yep, all true. for me, the only significant question is: when will ozzies figure out that.....
» 15/04/2007 8:09:39 AM carreyn, i hope the level of replies rises above yours. people who believe,as i do, that d.....
» 15/04/2007 7:54:17 AM bless you, tapp, you're arguing for real democracy. goeff, so are you, although you don'.....
» 14/04/2007 3:02:06 PM 1.what is a 'right'? it's a much used word, too often used as an unsubstantiated base for.....
» 14/04/2007 8:25:37 AM right on the money, ludwig. population control is the elephant in the ballroom. the failur.....
» 12/04/2007 10:18:41 AM people who write about history do not necessarily understand how it is made. i believe hum.....
» 6/04/2007 11:18:14 AM the concept of 'us prestige' escapes me. there would be very few people in the middle eas.....
» 29/03/2007 3:24:48 PM leaving your nation in the hands of politicians is about as sensible as leaving your child.....
» 29/03/2007 3:03:50 PM there are a great many people on this planet whose government is a brutal dictatorship cre.....
» 28/03/2007 2:39:41 PM does anyone in australia know that 'democracy' means 'the people rule'? instead of quibbl.....
» 28/03/2007 2:20:57 PM the apologists for the hicks case were very clear- they weren't going to treat the people .....
» 27/03/2007 7:42:46 AM another cat-belling discussion. before you get too deeply into "what should be done&q.....
» 19/03/2007 12:11:50 PM there is no public debate- just simulated discussions, with no visible consequence. citize.....
» 19/03/2007 11:45:43 AM irgun killed to take other people's land, hamas kills to reclaim it. a peaceful solution .....
» 27/02/2007 3:16:46 PM the laboral party is the oligarchy. they must juggle the requirements of their supporters,.....
» 25/02/2007 9:21:07 AM while the middle east reality is depressing, the 'discussions' are even worse. this is an .....
» 9/12/2006 7:16:07 AM the important point about eureka is that the miners lost. there is no "we, the people.....
» 8/12/2006 12:01:13 PM since the political press is writing about events outside the interest of the civilians, t.....
» 27/11/2006 2:38:13 PM i rather hope that ozzies will not vote for any political party, as a simple expression of.....
» 27/11/2006 2:24:22 PM americans like to describe themselves as the 'good guys' of international affairs. many ar.....
» 27/11/2006 1:51:51 PM btw, leigh, australian voters dont decide what we do- john howard does. when/if you grow .....
» 23/11/2006 11:20:26 AM it is the habit of australians, both educated, and those less so, to refer to their nation.....
» 21/11/2006 3:49:29 PM there is no obvious democrat candidate, perhaps because no one is sure they want to deal w.....
» 20/11/2006 7:28:40 AM i can't imagine trusting howard and downer to get anything right. leigh should be careful.....
» 20/11/2006 6:46:33 AM israel was established by jewish terrorists, european invaders supported by american money.....
» 8/11/2006 7:24:58 AM the structure of our political society precludes longterm planning. if environmental quest.....
» 1/11/2006 11:02:27 AM the problem i have with these discussions is that after marshalling those facts which supp.....
» 30/10/2006 10:32:00 AM as long as you leave direction of the nation in the hands of politicians, you will be byst.....
» 30/10/2006 6:33:46 AM a political party is a group which, if it acted in the commercial sphere, would be called .....
» 29/10/2006 8:52:14 AM i dont mind if he does. i don't care if he doesn't. which bandit has temporary charge of t.....
» 24/07/2006 12:01:08 PM for most people, politics is much the same as football- choose a side and back it, without.....
» 21/07/2006 2:11:39 PM i take the view that israel is a rogue state, founded by violent invasion of palestine, an.....
» 21/07/2006 1:46:14 PM the unified field theory of human social interaction is: "power tends to corrupt, an.....
» 17/07/2006 4:47:11 PM instability caused by north korea? who is paying this person? when g w bush says he doesn.....
» 17/07/2006 4:23:25 PM it's very easy to get public input to the direction of australia: just institute democracy.....
» 17/07/2006 4:10:35 PM in 1947,palestine was roughly 80% moslem, 15% jewish, 5% odds and ends. how is it that a .....
» 15/07/2006 11:08:09 AM 1. put commuters on electric mopeds, batteries charged by sunlight. 2. reduce population......
» 15/07/2006 10:55:07 AM talk of a bill of rights is a waste of time. only the citizens of a democracy can have a b.....
» 15/07/2006 10:26:15 AM when society has more people than jobs, parents give their children whatever edge they can.....
» 13/07/2006 11:36:22 AM if senator evans truly cared about 'accountable government',he and his colleagues would ha.....
» 13/07/2006 11:17:19 AM maybe political discussion would be more useful, if we began with some fundamental axioms:.....
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