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» 31/12/2012 8:11:25 PM This is my last post you bunch of arrogant tossers. Don't even bother to say good riddance.....
» 31/12/2012 8:01:30 PM Truth is Belly I sympathise with you regarding the plight of the Labor Party, because they.....
» 18/11/2012 3:31:34 PM Thats what I say to illogical religious nutters MotL, "I have no claim on understandi.....
» 17/11/2012 7:50:45 AM Too illustrate why (on one front alone) an LNP Gov't would be the last straw for Australia.....
» 16/11/2012 7:05:06 PM Hi Belly, I watched this program last night and it would be good if all climate change ske.....
» 14/11/2012 8:08:13 PM cont... Personally I can only judge based upon history at this point, and history determi.....
» 14/11/2012 7:41:37 PM I too welcome your contribution ManoftheLand and agree that our current PM is the worst La.....
» 13/11/2012 7:21:45 PM Thanks Banjo I appreciate and acknowledge your instance of the LNP's contribution but neit.....
» 12/11/2012 10:55:17 PM I notice you are stung by my comments about the LNP Belly, and if you had noticed, I am ac.....
» 10/11/2012 12:52:23 PM cont... Your wrong Belly and I suspect that you have never been a Labor voter , otherwise.....
» 10/11/2012 12:50:29 PM It is a lie Rehctub to say the Howard Gov't saved money. They sold important profit making.....
» 9/11/2012 7:12:14 PM Belly, hi I read the early posts and I read your outro, and (if I may contribute at this l.....
» 5/11/2012 6:23:13 PM Sad thing about the effect of Sandy on democracy is that the American electors could be af.....
» 1/11/2012 2:19:32 PM Bailleau in Victoria stole from Victoria's future fund (set up and resourced by Brumby) to.....
» 24/10/2012 6:45:54 PM Of course Rehctub your argument is based upon the false premise that the Australian econom.....
» 23/10/2012 6:58:22 PM Apologies should read "state of the art" telecommunications system. Freudian sli.....
» 23/10/2012 6:52:51 PM I agree DP it is a reason for rejoicing. Anything that could save us from the prospect the.....
» 17/10/2012 7:04:28 PM Hi, o sung wu and thank you for your post, and G R gets it, and Poirot I must say that I l.....
» 16/10/2012 9:24:05 PM I agree Houelle that there are many wonders and distractions for us all and I am a willing.....
» 16/10/2012 7:11:04 PM With the big issues now off the agenda, driven from the scene by the media, particularly i.....
» 3/09/2012 7:31:00 PM None of the climate sceptics on this post would dare mention their own scientist "Mul.....
» 28/08/2012 7:47:22 PM On the other hand Julia Gillard seems to be doing a serviceable job of building her own sl.....
» 28/08/2012 6:54:42 PM One trick pony 579 that is only the publicity. Clearly Abbott is a complex and dangerous .....
» 21/08/2012 7:35:39 PM Say no more Poirot, and you have let your link do the talking. Pauline Hansen aside can .....
» 20/08/2012 7:20:12 PM On the contrary Hasbeen, I think one problem that Julian Assange has, is that he is not a .....
» 19/08/2012 8:53:33 PM And that reader of the Age, hits the nail on the head with that comment Lexi......
» 18/08/2012 6:16:52 PM Thats all very well Agro but it ignores the fact that many of power and influence in US po.....
» 18/08/2012 2:35:49 PM I did read the Guardian link Poirot and found it a succinct description of the the "r.....
» 17/08/2012 7:03:13 PM I'd like to think that this interchange between davidf and SOG is now full of Australian t.....
» 16/08/2012 7:51:04 PM Yes you are right Poirot, the term un-Australian is a bit cringe worthy. This link presen.....
» 4/08/2012 1:26:11 PM Dear Poirot, I think the problem is, that adhering to a position like climate change skept.....
» 1/08/2012 4:07:27 PM I agree with you Anthonyve with regard to vested interests and their paid shills, particul.....
» 31/07/2012 7:34:19 PM It has been reported in the Age over the last few days that a climate report, commissioned.....
» 23/07/2012 9:31:31 PM If you could find one thing Ludwig that Howard got right, this was probably it. It may hav.....
» 18/07/2012 5:54:35 PM Yes Belly your correct, it is farcical that Rehctub should attempt to claim the middle gro.....
» 29/06/2012 6:37:37 PM EASY ANSWER, IT GETS TO RETAIN IT'S EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE.....
» 8/06/2012 7:14:36 PM The Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens, in a speech today (incidentally the boss of the R.....
» 7/06/2012 7:26:50 PM I think the question of whether or not Assange is a credited journalist is a furphy, and r.....
» 7/06/2012 7:01:35 PM Except that your post begins with a false premise Rehctub. "As for Howard, just reme.....
» 6/06/2012 7:21:36 PM Not all consumers think that way Rehctub and, in fact my wife downloaded an app on her pho.....
» 5/06/2012 7:40:47 PM cont.... Truth is, it is not clear, who's fault this is, but the deliberate dis-regulatio.....
» 5/06/2012 7:36:35 PM I agree Indi, it's time again for Gov'ts that take a real interest in the welfare of the p.....
» 3/06/2012 7:29:58 AM Your argument is rubbish SM, because the entitlements a person can receive by winning an u.....
» 2/06/2012 3:00:07 PM Other than your opening "you people" remark Hasbeen, I generally empathise with .....
» 1/06/2012 8:38:55 PM Says it all Rehctub, be blowed. In actual fact SM wantonly indulges in the opposite to t.....
» 30/05/2012 8:14:44 PM cont Big Mega Business is ignoring the Govt and brazenly intends to further campaign and .....
» 30/05/2012 8:12:35 PM Yes I have seen the doco "Gaslands" Paul1405. Should be compulsory viewing on .....
» 29/05/2012 8:38:39 PM Your description of democracy is handsome Lexi, and one we should aspire too. "The ri.....
» 28/05/2012 7:24:08 PM Your well researched and absolutely correct on all fronts Anthonyve, thank you for clearin.....
» 28/05/2012 7:12:29 PM Your right david f, Campbell Newman has already shown that he is a power crazed cowboy at .....
» 25/05/2012 8:30:58 PM Obviously your ignoring the fact SM, that the Independents found themselves in a position .....
» 24/05/2012 7:58:07 PM The question should have been "should we legalise drugs or criminalise people ?.".....
» 24/05/2012 5:26:40 PM I believe your right Lexi. We do need more independents. I would be very happy to have Ton.....
» 24/05/2012 12:30:54 AM Very succinctly put Anthonyve and correct as well. The type of associations you are making.....
» 22/05/2012 9:06:59 PM Thank you dear Lexi, cheers T2.....
» 22/05/2012 8:56:41 PM If I may recant a story in a shock jock radio show, featuring a talk back caller. A father.....
» 22/05/2012 7:49:22 PM Not at all SM and Banjo ,the Abbott opposition are clearly and openly playing the dirtiest.....
» 21/05/2012 7:31:14 PM I see parallels today Banjo with the Abbott opposition playing the dirtiest political game.....
» 21/05/2012 7:22:07 PM Electing Abbott would result in some plan to entrench himself on the Gov't benches. Democr.....
» 18/05/2012 12:23:40 PM Oh so we don't have a triple AAA credit rating Banjo, we don't have the lowest comparative.....
» 17/05/2012 7:55:52 PM It's most probably the case that Tony Abbott is an extremist at best, of some sort. It i.....
» 17/05/2012 6:53:45 PM I think being a bit hard on Belly there david f, I'm sure there are many who could underst.....
» 16/05/2012 8:03:00 PM I agree with the title. When Indi says "We've tried to saturation point to get you .....
» 16/05/2012 7:51:41 PM I'm hoping that the Coalition will drop a further 6 points, when people listen to the spin.....
» 15/05/2012 7:48:13 PM Thanks csteele I'll check it out......
» 15/05/2012 7:24:45 PM I'm sure policing is a difficult with consequences for than just marriages o sung wu. I'.....
» 14/05/2012 7:10:29 PM Interesting o sung wu, ironically I was about to mention that the other great achiever of .....
» 12/05/2012 10:32:22 AM Hi there back o sung wu, I'd like to think that Paul Keating himself (if he were reading t.....
» 11/05/2012 8:10:01 PM American politics is irrelevant to this discussion OSW because I don't think America's pol.....
» 11/05/2012 8:08:25 PM Thank you csteele for your comments and I also think your daughters would be enriched by a.....
» 10/05/2012 7:23:25 PM Hasbeen , could you actually identify something he did then, that we are suffering from no.....
» 10/05/2012 7:17:26 PM View the link Individual, you might get some. One of the most noticeable things in the d.....
» 9/05/2012 5:21:08 PM If only we had conviction politicians as we once had in Australia. After watching the Fo.....
» 8/05/2012 5:53:40 PM I hoping this link may put this subject in perspective SM. http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/.....
» 7/05/2012 6:54:12 PM Your wildly exaggerated figures don't help the discussion SM. Clearly from SPQR we can see.....
» 4/05/2012 7:11:06 PM Then you would have to hark back to the numbers Austin, and also realise that the numbers .....
» 3/05/2012 8:11:23 PM Apologies Austin for not addressing that. I do believe an Abbott Gov't would be worse. And.....
» 2/05/2012 7:13:00 PM As constant target of a double smear campaign, Swan and Gillard are entitled to a few disd.....
» 1/05/2012 7:40:45 PM Great rant Austin, but all based upon the myth perpetrated by all the LNP commentariat, th.....
» 30/04/2012 7:27:35 PM On the contrary Austin Powerless, the whole T/S episode, is a storm in a teacup. Abbott .....
» 27/04/2012 7:51:32 PM Correction acknowlegded in my last post, not admonished . Apologies T2.....
» 27/04/2012 7:48:29 PM After reading your accounts from the scene of this accident Belly, I have no doubt in the .....
» 20/04/2012 7:36:29 PM Thank you for your post Lexi on this critical issue. As concerned as I am about the plig.....
» 17/04/2012 7:30:23 PM I'm with Houllie on this , I miss Keating. Brains, balls and couldn't be bought, in that o.....
» 16/04/2012 6:52:05 PM Well done Bob Brown, for at least being principled. Is all I have to say......
» 2/04/2012 7:57:57 PM You stevenimeyer (metaphorically speaking) must have a death wish. And science I'm sure wo.....
» 19/03/2012 6:55:00 PM One more that is a classic of it's time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toHlMD50eYY&featur.....
» 19/03/2012 6:19:08 PM I think this is a great song with a bonus great vocal performance, if I may make a contrib.....
» 16/03/2012 6:55:50 PM Hi Ludwig, music becomes fundamental, (a staple of the diet) to those who make music as mu.....
» 15/03/2012 6:58:10 PM Belly I get your drift about 1975. There are parallels with now. The media is purposefully.....
» 14/03/2012 7:08:01 PM cont... The NBN will pay for itself because we will be in a position to sell our product .....
» 14/03/2012 7:06:40 PM How can you be so exactly wrong BROCK. Abbott himself professes the opposite to your pos.....
» 14/03/2012 6:08:33 PM It's a generalisation I know .but BROCK'S post is a prime example of the herd mentality th.....
» 10/03/2012 1:32:45 PM P.S. I would like to see some bi-partisansip for the greater good, for a change. Does th.....
» 10/03/2012 1:19:59 PM Individual, Costello did not put anything aside as you say , but in fact sold our assets t.....
» 10/03/2012 10:48:24 AM SM you know that it is not luck at all that the Govt resides over a mining boom, but in fa.....
» 9/03/2012 7:51:47 PM I wouldn't like this post to end with your party line mythology pitch SM. I feel the tide.....
» 8/03/2012 4:08:15 PM I suspect your actively encouraging others not to view the Age on the Ballieau matter, bec.....
» 8/03/2012 11:57:43 AM No mention of the Victorian Gov't I see Yabby. The Anti Federal Gov't front page of the H.....
» 7/03/2012 6:42:04 PM Coherent, succinct and balanced is they way I would describe Lexi's post SM. Referring to.....
» 5/03/2012 7:42:36 PM Howard invented the concept of "non core policies" to avoid keeping election pro.....
» 3/03/2012 5:57:52 PM Heres a link for your reading Yabby, enjoy. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/howard-wa.....
» 1/03/2012 6:37:07 PM I'll "here here" that Lexi. cheers T2.....
» 29/02/2012 6:20:11 PM I repeat, I am not confused for a minute Yabby. Economic conditions and indicators were sl.....
» 28/02/2012 10:18:39 PM I do respect your argument Yabby, and I do have some respect for Costello, but when you sa.....
» 28/02/2012 6:38:20 PM For once your correct Yabby. Economics is a long term thing. Which is precisely why it i.....
» 28/02/2012 12:34:15 PM Now you have put your foot right in it Yabby. Inflation was higher when Costello left Govt.....
» 27/02/2012 2:47:43 PM A very relevant comment you make Lexi, regarding Abbott. Does he deserve to be oppositio.....
» 27/02/2012 2:43:42 PM Yabby, you tout mythology, when you say "Lexi, I remind you that Costello was frugal&.....
» 23/02/2012 8:00:57 PM con't.... Even LNP voters would be alarmed by Julie Bishop as Foreign Minister as her rec.....
» 23/02/2012 7:58:53 PM I think that Kevin Rudd's behaviour at this point illustrates his credentials as a clever .....
» 21/02/2012 5:40:49 PM Why don't we start by cutting your pay Individual ?. Of course cutting anyones pay is not .....
» 17/02/2012 9:30:59 PM The process of propping up businesses with taxpayers money has been going for a long time .....
» 16/02/2012 7:38:19 PM This I have always known, "women often fall in love with men they see as flawed, men .....
» 16/02/2012 6:06:01 PM Dear 579 So thats how the Coalition intend to make up for $70 b hole in the budget figure.....
» 15/02/2012 6:47:35 PM Simply, I cannot believe that Australian Taxpayers were spending $1.2 b a year (this is wh.....
» 14/02/2012 8:51:39 PM Pericles has encapsulated the situation perfectly. The LNP likes to talk up the downside. .....
» 10/02/2012 7:14:27 PM Howard has already done that 579. As far as Abbott is concerned he "is" a faulty.....
» 3/02/2012 6:53:28 PM Clearly then Joe it is also rational to suggest, that these 2 species of which you speak a.....
» 2/02/2012 7:14:42 PM cont... Today we are told by our political leaders that we need to "turn back the bo.....
» 2/02/2012 6:58:35 PM The same WA authorities that bought us the "shoot the sharks solution" no doubt .....
» 30/01/2012 8:24:39 PM Bonmot is correct Indi, despite your shallow attempt to deflect the facts. The indigenou.....
» 29/01/2012 12:45:23 PM cont... The Howard years took us back about 50 yrs in our attitudes, but in the most dama.....
» 29/01/2012 12:39:55 PM In response I would simply re-assert the point I made in my original post, "Aborigin.....
» 28/01/2012 11:16:55 AM Getting away from flag waving ninny's was my goal this Australia day Andreas. Taking not.....
» 27/01/2012 7:56:20 PM The one thing I can't abide under any circumstances, is racism in it's purest form. I can.....
» 20/01/2012 1:14:37 PM As I commented earlier this week if Gillard had any prime ministerial qualities she would .....
» 18/01/2012 7:40:24 PM SM's story is spin Lexi, lets be clear on that . What did the opposition do with its polic.....
» 18/01/2012 7:16:47 PM Not wanting to stir this pot at all, I can't help but mention the item in todays news abou.....
» 17/01/2012 6:43:19 PM Bonmot for what it is worth, I found your first post well put and logical. Frankly I could.....
» 17/01/2012 1:06:21 PM Apologies Paul, I appears I have misinterpreted your previous post. It is however stagger.....
» 17/01/2012 8:52:36 AM I disagree Paul with your synopsis, because you infer that people whom choose to indulge i.....
» 16/01/2012 6:57:34 PM I agree with your point Paul1405 that attitude change to addiction must occur before progr.....
» 15/01/2012 8:51:41 PM Well summed up Pelican thank you, cheers T2.....
» 13/01/2012 5:31:49 PM What about the one where the female cheats here male companion over a chocolate bar Belly......
» 12/01/2012 7:33:33 PM If it were thought by the female concerned, that anyone would have acted on behalf of the .....
» 12/01/2012 6:10:16 PM It still appears we don't agree about the role of Gov't ,Yabby. "I presume it is al.....
» 12/01/2012 5:56:30 PM Thanks for responding to my queries Yabby, it seems we are in agreement for a change. And.....
» 12/01/2012 12:00:27 PM Actually I don't understand where you get off Yabby. So your saying it is necessary and .....
» 11/01/2012 8:55:21 PM Thank you for your links OUG, very informative......
» 11/01/2012 8:41:48 PM On another front, and in a brilliant example of Gov't colluding with business, Julia Gilla.....
» 11/01/2012 8:08:09 PM And this is where our freedom has gone. I repeat on subject......
» 11/01/2012 8:04:02 PM cont... The motor industry in principle is exactly the same, except on a larger scale of .....
» 11/01/2012 7:41:12 PM I acknowledge Yabby that your question is a valid one. The answer I believe lies in the r.....
» 10/01/2012 7:20:50 PM cont... I ask, why act, like child like reactionaries when it comes to substances that ca.....
» 10/01/2012 7:10:42 PM Rather than lecturing OUG about his use of pot or otherwise, I think his point is intertwi.....
» 10/01/2012 5:47:47 PM I'm not so sure I'm talking about the size of Gov't Arjay, so much as the function of Gov'.....
» 8/01/2012 10:36:42 AM Thank you dagget your right on the money. Combine this with the behaviour of corporations .....
» 6/01/2012 9:42:04 PM After having read every post on this topic word for word, (and thanks Andreas Berg), for a.....
» 6/01/2012 8:32:24 PM At this point, the argument for the "business without boundary's" case is, that .....
» 5/01/2012 9:42:24 PM Yabby I suppose I should mention that I was self employed for 30 yrs or more. I am very sa.....
» 5/01/2012 9:12:11 PM I totally agree with yours thoughts Lexi and your summation that freedom is an economic co.....
» 5/01/2012 8:11:21 PM Thanks for your input Pelican, I see this process happening through my ageing eyes, it's n.....
» 5/01/2012 7:55:25 PM Precisely Hasbeen, out of self interest you feel it appropriate to exploit (your words). .....
» 4/01/2012 8:17:28 PM My post (I hope) draws attention to the simple fact, that owning your stuff, is a good thi.....
» 4/01/2012 8:14:12 PM Apologies Garum Masala, my dodgy internet has been dropping out due too (I assume) higher .....
» 3/01/2012 9:40:16 AM The freedom of my youth no longer exists today. Unfortunately the young with no experience.....
» 29/12/2011 5:50:30 PM I meant to tell Luciferase, when you made a similar comment on another post, how much I ab.....
» 28/12/2011 1:08:23 PM When you say 'we' Hasbeen, you mean you. And for someone whom expresses "pull the o.....
» 27/12/2011 1:27:37 PM On the other hand spindoc, it's also possible that vested interests drive the denialist ca.....
» 24/12/2011 5:34:39 AM Your faith in humankind is touching Banjo, but frankly irrational. Making a sarcastic ass.....
» 23/12/2011 5:52:34 PM What evidence is that ? bridgejenny , against GW. Where is this evidence that proves that.....
» 22/12/2011 8:06:20 PM Apologies for missing the link I meant to add after "Tasmanian timber companies clai.....
» 22/12/2011 7:54:56 PM All newspaper circulations are down I expect Banjo. The one you would least expect to be d.....
» 22/12/2011 1:49:16 PM After listening to Abbott's responses on the morning news this morning re a bi-partisan ap.....
» 21/12/2011 8:37:18 PM I agree Arjay, "Here is a topic that is more important than political personalities.....
» 20/12/2011 7:04:51 PM I hope you weren't referring to me Belly, when you said, "This subject still attracts.....
» 20/12/2011 10:44:51 AM Poirot your often reasonable and mostly logical posts seems to invoke some testy responses.....
» 19/12/2011 8:39:59 PM It is truly obscene and absurd at the same time SM, that you should purport that the Coali.....
» 19/12/2011 7:35:04 PM It's like supporting your footy team because they are good at cheating. It's good in the s.....
» 19/12/2011 7:27:12 PM Cont... The absolute proof of the pudding in this synopsis is that Pine Gap's lease expir.....
» 19/12/2011 6:25:47 PM Although I have yet to read the article by Prof Petras to which you refer Arjay, I must co.....
» 16/12/2011 8:10:24 PM To get back on subject SM, the standard and type of debate in politics in Australia today .....
» 16/12/2011 11:09:55 AM The new Victorian Baillieu Govt has managed break practically every promise it has made si.....
» 14/12/2011 6:33:09 PM I agree SM that they haven't done enough yet. At least the Carbon Tax got up. I am in favo.....
» 14/12/2011 2:43:50 PM The biggest problem is people like yourself attempting to talk down or belittle anything a.....
» 13/12/2011 6:06:32 PM I too appreciate and take in your posts Belly. SM seems to have forgotten that my origin.....
» 13/12/2011 10:52:13 AM Perhaps you can get some liars, spivs or dodgy accountancy firms to verify that for for yo.....
» 12/12/2011 5:44:01 PM The NBN is to be built from the outside in ensuring that electors in the nether regions wi.....
» 11/12/2011 5:12:16 PM I recall that (the sale of the CBA) being done with bi-partisan support of the LNP, Hasbee.....
» 11/12/2011 9:37:29 AM In recent news we see the ethics body of accountancy in Australia, penalising two of its o.....
» 10/12/2011 8:13:30 AM Thanks for getting that right for me Joe cheers T2.....
» 9/12/2011 6:01:02 PM The Nuclear weapons capability of Israel first became known back in the 80's ?, when Israe.....
» 8/12/2011 6:41:50 PM I totally agree Arjay with the the content of your last. I have written many songs in my .....
» 6/12/2011 7:06:35 PM I certainly wasn't suggesting that the U.S. is the greatest threat Joe. On the contrary in.....
» 5/12/2011 7:36:41 PM Thanks Arjay for your post. I wasn't aware of the recent updates in US law, of which you s.....
» 1/12/2011 7:20:44 PM I'm not so much talking about the Greens and their status as radicals Belly, so much as La.....
» 30/11/2011 8:37:41 PM I too Lexi, have hopes and fingers crossed about Peter Slipper. cheers T2.....
» 30/11/2011 8:22:25 PM I agree with your assessment Anthonyve. And applaud free discussion. But I was wondering .....
» 29/11/2011 7:54:54 PM We discuss politics a lot on this opinion site. I guess it is inevitable that we do. But .....
» 29/11/2011 6:51:08 PM I agree, as I said Forrest Gumpp in a post earlier, the outcome of "the Slipper Exper.....
» 29/11/2011 6:22:02 PM The Australian is a disgrace to journalism. In fact the Greens are consolidating their su.....
» 26/11/2011 12:05:10 PM On this we agree Jay of Melbourne . And Bernardi and Pyne scare the pants off me in their .....
» 25/11/2011 8:32:55 PM Houelle's cricket analogy post, is a yorker on the stumps for mine. Runner, John Howard w.....
» 24/11/2011 7:21:50 PM I don't agree Jay, at all. It "is" about progress, not the maintenance of the st.....
» 24/11/2011 5:46:54 PM Thank you for clearing that up SM. That is all I was hoping for. cheers T2.....
» 24/11/2011 3:00:29 PM Where in the dictionary do you find Nimby SM. So once again whilst attempting to make you.....
» 23/11/2011 7:16:18 PM Thats very diplomatic Lexi considering SM referred to you as a specious nimby while you we.....
» 22/11/2011 7:35:25 PM Being alive a little longer than you have, may not be as disadvantageous as you might like.....
» 22/11/2011 6:51:50 PM I read your link also SM. I thought it interesting that the link you provided to add weigh.....
» 21/11/2011 7:06:41 PM I think, the thing understated here, about Nuclear Power, beyond incompetence through gree.....
» 18/11/2011 7:16:12 PM This link has a lot to do with the issues we may be facing today. About the pre-dinosaur P.....
» 18/11/2011 6:17:07 PM Yes Paul1405, I agree that the conservative Govt's we get in this country are particularly.....
» 16/11/2011 7:29:17 PM Can I offer some information on fracking Rehctub. http://ntn.org.au/wp-content/uploads/20.....
» 14/11/2011 6:33:24 PM I apologise for posting this link. This is one of the most graphic of examples of the ma.....
» 11/11/2011 7:18:27 PM Increase the pay of Police Officers ?. Sounds like it's a given Rehctub......
» 11/11/2011 7:00:31 PM Yes Rehctub , but "it is the Big Food Chains" that are presenting these cheap im.....
» 10/11/2011 10:02:06 PM I think you make the case for other possibilities well Bugsy, but the point I am trying to.....
» 10/11/2011 10:01:12 PM Bugsy after all these years, I can say, that I was hardly concerned about what type of ter.....
» 10/11/2011 9:00:54 PM One more link if I may because I'm trying to make the point that the dredging (unless it i.....
» 10/11/2011 8:18:07 PM I must tell you all of the time that my family was poisoned by pesticides. The first sympt.....
» 9/11/2011 7:16:52 PM I was shocked when I opened the contents of the link I provide: It the latest news on th.....
» 9/11/2011 6:45:24 PM Here is my example of a super profit. Just a few short years ago, Gold was around $400 an.....
» 9/11/2011 5:59:58 PM Simply Rehctub, the premise that competing with labour cost in third world sweatshops, and.....
» 8/11/2011 8:35:27 PM As Lexi literates, nothing good is born of hatred Rehctub. I'm sure you also agree with th.....
» 7/11/2011 7:37:16 PM Hope you saw Leigh Sales interview with Paul Keating on 7.30 Report tonight Lexi. He's s.....
» 7/11/2011 7:00:57 PM I think you make your points clearly and well Rehctub in your last post, I understand and .....
» 6/11/2011 8:27:29 PM Individual how is it, that you make this connection between internet shopping and the Govt.....
» 6/11/2011 8:09:02 PM Rehctub, somehow to me, your post about shutting up shop smacks of coincidence combined wi.....
» 6/11/2011 7:29:51 PM That post shows that you've got nothing left SPQR , other than your creativity. You have .....
» 6/11/2011 7:10:37 PM Your referring to the negative adversarial politics introduced to Australia by John Howard.....
» 6/11/2011 7:05:07 PM Tell Slarti-Bardfast of Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy fame that one Individual . If you.....
» 6/11/2011 11:12:10 AM Hi Anthonyve, yes man made carbon pollution is a threat and the skeptics are not helpful i.....
» 6/11/2011 10:53:01 AM Joh even attempted to do away with "the right to assemble" Indi. Recent events.....
» 5/11/2011 7:17:11 PM I don't think Abbotts policies are supported Hasbeen, it's not clear what they actually ar.....
» 5/11/2011 3:48:29 PM I suppose what I am really saying Indi, is in the absence of any other perceivable reason .....
» 5/11/2011 3:03:53 PM Hope I'm not badgering about this, but here is another link regarding carbon pollution and.....
» 5/11/2011 12:59:17 PM That is the thinnest reasoning for electing someone PM of Australia that I have ever heard.....
» 4/11/2011 7:39:56 PM As I said about News Breakfast (earlier in this post) on ABC 1 , I agree with NSB about Tr.....
» 4/11/2011 7:06:26 PM I think the facts speak for themselves in my assessment of the Whitlam era Individual. I d.....
» 3/11/2011 8:30:02 PM Comparing Kevin Rudd to paedophiles is a bit over the top Sonogloin , isn't it?.....
» 3/11/2011 8:23:26 PM I'll tell you Hasbeen, the other mob would lead us to oblivion in a bucket given their pol.....
» 3/11/2011 6:51:13 PM Thanks for taking your time Belly, I was thinking myself after watching that Ted link (whi.....
» 2/11/2011 5:15:19 PM The wording of the original post does mention global warming GrahamY, you are correct. Wi.....
» 1/11/2011 9:23:29 AM I don't think that the ABC isn't still the best we've got, there is no doubt about that Ki.....
» 1/11/2011 7:12:40 AM Actually Hasbeen I have been disappointed lately with several ABC news programs like News .....
» 31/10/2011 7:23:26 PM Especially the "I would far rather be fighting my fight than yours", bit......
» 31/10/2011 7:21:34 PM Succinctly put, Anthonyve......
» 31/10/2011 6:30:28 PM Endorsing this link is probably the only thing I am entitled to at this point in the the d.....
» 29/10/2011 2:34:58 PM At the end of the day , the Occupy protesters are attempting to continue their protest in .....
» 29/10/2011 1:59:51 PM Who's side are you really on Belly, politically I mean......
» 29/10/2011 1:52:34 PM Rather than downloading the audio from SPQR's link, just take the time to read the 21 comm.....
» 29/10/2011 1:44:06 PM SPQR , it is a fraud to portray the content of one side in a debate (as your link does) a .....
» 28/10/2011 8:55:04 PM Here you go Rehctub read this link about ice ages : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_age#.....
» 28/10/2011 6:23:38 PM Thank you Anthonyve for your informative post. I have come to the same conclusion as your.....
» 27/10/2011 8:58:44 PM On a serious note with regard to the relationship between the New Victorian Liberal Govt a.....
» 27/10/2011 8:42:07 PM Hi Lexi, I think there is some truth in the youth aspect, after all it is their world or f.....
» 27/10/2011 8:02:05 PM The premise of your argument false Rehctub. There has been greater world agreement about a.....
» 27/10/2011 7:25:39 PM Its dastardly clever Belly, but it scares the pants off me......
» 27/10/2011 7:24:09 PM Your probably right Lexi when it comes to media coverage. The right to assembly and how ef.....
» 26/10/2011 8:17:09 PM Touche Anthonyve in support of 579. Isn't rationality a great weapon in debate......
» 26/10/2011 7:41:08 PM Csteele is on the money Yabby, if you'll excuse my pun. To get back on topic it now appe.....
» 26/10/2011 11:39:51 AM This stat claimed by the author confirms that same sex preference is a educative process n.....
» 25/10/2011 7:29:42 PM Thanks for your kind remark 579. Your right, the rules of engagement don't seem to apply t.....
» 25/10/2011 2:24:13 PM I want what Csteele want's and I'm willing to bet that that is what most Australian's want.....
» 24/10/2011 7:28:38 PM Apologies, the last line of my last post should have read: "And if they did, what wo.....
» 24/10/2011 7:24:31 PM My apologies for my tone Lexi. I am expressing my frustration. Forever, you here this ram.....
» 24/10/2011 1:27:45 PM As usual the hoary old wives tales about demonstrations and there participants abound on t.....
» 23/10/2011 9:22:42 AM There is a modicum of colourful truth in what you say Stg, but in the case of Victoria the.....
» 20/10/2011 7:14:35 PM Whilst I think it improper that the integrity the ombudsman's has been compromised, and in.....
» 20/10/2011 6:51:04 PM Is Juliar the best denigrating remark you've got SM or the only policy statement you have .....
» 19/10/2011 4:23:31 PM http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-18/liberals-creating-uncertainty-over-carbon-pricing/35.....
» 19/10/2011 4:17:25 PM I also understand that Tony Abbott's carbon price reversal policy is a cause for concern f.....
» 19/10/2011 3:52:54 PM It's all very well to tout stats from unidentified sources as an argument SM, but it doesn.....
» 18/10/2011 7:34:23 PM The misinformation your espousing omits the countries already running very effective emiss.....
» 17/10/2011 7:02:19 PM It think that what is clear about this debate is that Abbott and equally other members of .....
» 16/10/2011 12:42:42 PM I don't think reasoned negotiation is possible now Belly. The companies/employers are over.....
» 14/10/2011 8:52:29 PM Substances (including anti-biotics and environmental contamination with poisons) and organ.....
» 14/10/2011 7:48:22 PM Alcohol included, but not an undeniable urge to enforce a belief system on the child 579, .....
» 14/10/2011 6:38:51 PM Unfortunately this matter will not be resolved unless the Gov't intervenes on behalf of th.....
» 14/10/2011 6:35:02 PM I think that sounds like a workplace in which I would be happy making a contribution Hasbe.....
» 12/10/2011 7:31:46 PM That would have to be one of the most black and white statements I have ever witnessed 579.....
» 12/10/2011 7:11:26 PM Sorry Anti , I stand corrected, of course the contamination of Gladstone Harbour is well d.....
» 11/10/2011 6:52:41 PM This is Qld specific in a Melbourne newspaper, you don't get this sort of news in Qld beca.....
» 11/10/2011 6:51:35 PM Yabby all these imported Quasi American ideologies and social /economic theorems have dist.....
» 10/10/2011 6:49:50 PM Unions today in Australia are existing in an anti-union industrial environment designed to.....
» 10/10/2011 6:48:06 PM Yabby your ignoring the fundamentals when you say workers wouldn't last when exposed to ma.....
» 9/10/2011 11:23:04 AM The crossing of Ken Henry over to the board of a major bank, shows you how much of a revol.....
» 9/10/2011 11:14:55 AM I too Belly am a student of history and am fully aware the world over of horrific examples.....
» 8/10/2011 6:57:29 PM And therefore unions become relevant again, but in todays politically and economically dis.....
» 8/10/2011 6:56:16 PM From my own experience lately , I am owed money by my previous employer, that I recently l.....
» 4/10/2011 7:07:35 PM Fact is TrashcanMan at the end of the Howard era, inflation, unemployment levels, interest.....
» 3/10/2011 7:14:22 PM I agree with you TCM about Howard Costello etc except the bit that said they "provide.....
» 1/10/2011 2:36:28 PM "In Bolt's case, he clearly vilified not only a race, but particular group of individ.....
» 30/09/2011 8:34:34 PM We digress now GY on this post when we discuss such concepts as percentages of aboriginali.....
» 29/09/2011 7:33:46 PM Speculation is one thing Jay of Melbourne, (about a persons racial identity). In Bolts cas.....
» 28/09/2011 8:03:40 PM cont ... Mainly GrahamY because, resentment based on race is exactly the sort of thing th.....
» 28/09/2011 8:01:42 PM I am in total agreement Lexi. Alarmingly I have received a couple of racially vilifying em.....
» 27/09/2011 9:08:47 PM Thank you stevenlmeyer for a fascinating link. An important subject as well......
» 26/09/2011 7:18:33 PM A taste of the Liberals in Gov't is what is what New South Welians are getting for their q.....
» 17/09/2011 12:20:47 PM No need to be sorry suzeonline and in the same way that people believe in the existence of.....
» 15/09/2011 8:59:49 PM A very sensible, lateral and reasonable argument thank you Blaise......
» 15/09/2011 8:50:47 PM I mean really King Hazza , John Howard sold Telstra, creating the obstacle we now see, of .....
» 15/09/2011 8:33:23 PM I must follow up to say also suzeonline, that your post also attempts to support major myt.....
» 15/09/2011 8:06:59 PM Dear suzeonline I am reminded of an anecdote from a father who was telling a shock jock on.....
» 14/09/2011 9:12:54 PM Hi Pelican , I have a high regard for your posts, particularly when your drilling down int.....
» 14/09/2011 2:08:40 PM Of course Ammonite this is not about whether gays are being discriminated against, it's ab.....
» 13/09/2011 8:41:33 PM I'm with Sonogloin and Philo on this post Lexi and we take political correctness too far w.....
» 12/09/2011 8:43:09 PM I'm not actually female Formersnag, and I sort of get what you mean. Are you saying that t.....
» 10/09/2011 7:56:06 PM Wow Formersnag, I'm a communist terrorist for simply disagreeing with you and referring to.....
» 9/09/2011 9:05:27 PM Such a distorted view of the truth Formersnag and history, doesn't help with the way you v.....
» 8/09/2011 9:43:20 PM Both are obviously fair questions SM. In the end the NSW Police have referred the matter t.....
» 8/09/2011 9:19:47 PM "It was plain when work choices was in play that too many employers can not be truste.....
» 7/09/2011 1:00:14 PM Rudd was most probably doing the things a real Labor Prime Minister would do, with things .....
» 5/09/2011 8:36:34 PM Of course Formersnag does and could not mean that, Peter Hume. But the question of child.....
» 2/09/2011 9:00:55 PM Your funny Hasbeen, and I mean that affectionately......
» 2/09/2011 8:57:07 PM Is it not true ? SM, that George Brandis, sent a letter to the NSW Police advocating the i.....
» 31/08/2011 9:48:12 PM No SM, that is in your assessment. What I am saying simply is that democracy works better,.....
» 30/08/2011 2:10:16 PM So much for the presumption of innocence SM and the separation of powers. I certainly wo.....
» 29/08/2011 8:14:02 PM Hardly true Sm. No one stoops as low as the Coalition. When it comes to exploiting parliam.....
» 26/08/2011 10:08:15 PM True diver dan. My question "Is it not the job of a good Gov't, to at least seek to.....
» 25/08/2011 9:03:07 PM International Mining Conglomerates produced the most gains in profits in today's market re.....
» 25/08/2011 8:35:01 PM As we spread out on party lines, I despair that the inaugural speech of the newly elected .....
» 24/08/2011 10:55:36 PM I've obviously struck a raw nerve RawMustard, but I insist that my comments have nothing w.....
» 24/08/2011 9:23:52 PM None the less Lexi makes a good case in point with Ruddock, if we are to call examples of .....
» 23/08/2011 9:05:32 PM How can you make a case Arjay, for the lesser of two evil's theory. The Govt we have pro.....
» 23/08/2011 8:34:01 PM Now you are blowing everything out of all proportion here Arjay, because if the complainan.....
» 23/08/2011 7:54:00 PM It is clear that Australian politics is terminal SM, and we can link the opposition to pol.....
» 15/08/2011 9:23:25 PM And thanks Lexi and of course your right......
» 15/08/2011 9:08:02 PM I share a view with your friend NSB, but I would go a little bit further and say that I am.....
» 15/08/2011 3:38:38 PM Attempting to divert from the serious questions I raise with flippancy, doesn't change the.....
» 13/08/2011 8:39:07 PM It was reported in today's news that New York's same sex lobby, fresh from victory over ga.....
» 3/08/2011 4:01:05 PM It's certainly true that we should look at whom it is that is trying to dismantle the ABC .....
» 25/07/2011 8:50:01 PM I too Morganzola feel represented by the Greens these days and am part of the drift from L.....
» 24/07/2011 6:26:22 PM I agree entirely Rob Canoe. Thank you again for your substantial contribution with this po.....
» 22/07/2011 8:56:55 PM As an addendum to illustrate where we are going with this so called free market economy Am.....
» 22/07/2011 8:42:43 PM It seems we approach the problem on this post and thank you Rob Canoe. Good Gov't is the .....
» 21/07/2011 11:45:12 AM Two things Diver Dan. It will be a least 2 yrs before we are able to find out if the Gov.....
» 20/07/2011 9:18:10 PM I agree Suzeonline, Windsor is a fine politician and person it seems. A person of princip.....
» 20/07/2011 9:10:30 PM Poirot, Lexi, Ammonite, and others , its important to remember that drifting down the ideo.....
» 18/07/2011 8:33:39 PM I thought it pertinent at this time to compare 2 former PM's. Howard and Keating. Keating.....
» 15/07/2011 8:24:29 PM In support of rstuart, and the subject. I also note SM, that your comment of nasty lying s.....
» 14/07/2011 1:57:34 PM With you all the way on this post rstuart. The truth most likely is Shadow Minister, tha.....
» 13/07/2011 8:27:50 PM Thanks OUG for your thought filled contributions; What is the right thing ? to do in you.....
» 12/07/2011 8:49:05 PM I now realise we don't have the courage to discuss real issues on this Forum. If we were t.....
» 8/07/2011 8:33:18 PM I heard it was un-watchable Arjay. Sounds like we should consider the needs of refugees .....
» 8/07/2011 8:28:20 PM No Lexi, is the short answer......
» 8/07/2011 8:19:20 PM I'm not a fan of the current Gov't Banjo, but Abbott is a disgrace followed by a conga lin.....
» 6/07/2011 9:21:20 PM SOG has touched on the point I was hoping to get across and that is, "that we have sh.....
» 6/07/2011 8:28:29 PM Page 1 cont... The Govt is increasingly powerless to do anything about it. If they try to.....
» 5/07/2011 7:05:37 PM In Australia at the end of the Keating Govt we had wage indexation. This fundamental right.....
» 29/06/2011 8:01:53 PM Your grammar is not to flash either Rehctub. (lol).....
» 27/06/2011 9:14:42 PM It's all horribly true and "what has happened to our media" ?. Country Gal, I s.....
» 25/06/2011 8:51:00 PM It is a tragedy Arjay. And thanks for your informative and relative post. Whilst the tra.....
» 4/06/2011 11:47:41 PM Frankly BrettH, "Maybe Wayne Swan is a smart man and complicated in thought, this pr.....
» 30/05/2011 8:39:06 PM Bugsy makes a good point about Gina Rinehardt," what sort of carbon footprint does sh.....
» 23/05/2011 8:51:58 PM Whilst I understand the distinction you make Stg, police are excellent manipulators of the.....
» 23/05/2011 12:40:33 PM This is the point I was alluding too, about monogamy. I am sure even someone like Peter H.....
» 21/05/2011 8:42:20 PM And without it ever having effected my sex life. (lol) These are questions expanding a li.....
» 21/05/2011 8:32:40 PM The real truth is, that people like me living in sin 35 yrs ago, didn't give a damn about,.....
» 20/05/2011 10:24:54 PM Wobbles nailed it on this post on page 2 for mine SM......
» 20/05/2011 9:44:27 PM Firstly Yab , I must protest about your comments about my glass. My bottle is still there .....
» 20/05/2011 4:41:10 PM Excuse me Yabby for going crook ,but I was talking about practices in the workplace that a.....
» 20/05/2011 2:30:28 PM Yabby I think your missing the point and the personal debasement contained in your attempt.....
» 19/05/2011 8:39:41 PM Thanks for answering that Yabby but it is not as simplistic as the hourly rate of pay, is .....
» 18/05/2011 10:46:25 PM He's on the piss Houellebecq. (lol).....
» 18/05/2011 10:42:45 PM Condolences on this post Lexi. I enjoy reading your perspectives on most subjects......
» 18/05/2011 10:27:53 PM "Not so, Thinker 2. It is far more expensive to pay cash, for then there are no wages.....
» 18/05/2011 5:57:03 PM So are you saying that welfare is to much or that work conditions other than cash are not .....
» 16/05/2011 8:31:30 PM I understand that Costello himself was not in favour of middle class welfare Yabby, which .....
» 16/05/2011 3:58:42 PM That we are Pelican, although I think you explain it better than I......
» 14/05/2011 7:21:35 PM Apologies for the typo in my opening post, that should read: "Living standards will .....
» 13/05/2011 9:32:07 PM Successive Govts have been the culprits of the financial woe that now betides Australian f.....
» 9/05/2011 9:01:44 PM Good anecdote Rehctub and I do of course agree with you. What I have been trying to do w.....
» 9/05/2011 8:49:16 PM You have touched on something there, weareunique. It is amazing how little we know about.....
» 6/05/2011 8:07:33 PM Absolutely Rehctub, and thanks for your acknowledgement. I must say, that in a workplace,.....
» 6/05/2011 1:23:14 PM Sorry Rehctub but you have my job and my wifes job mixed up in your haste to personally de.....
» 5/05/2011 8:42:07 PM Of course the thinly weighted leaders such as we have now, Abbott and Gillard are indulgin.....
» 4/05/2011 9:08:30 PM I agree with you Pelican first hand,(second hand actually) about "Many long-term unem.....
» 4/05/2011 8:41:31 PM Yes R0bert the changing nature of the U.S. story is interesting. As I recall yesterday th.....
» 4/05/2011 8:10:15 PM I guess we have to disagree on this Rehctub, but you would have to admit the my example do.....
» 4/05/2011 12:01:46 PM I'd answer your response with absolutely no fear or favour Rehctub. Thanks for your advice.....
» 2/05/2011 7:56:27 PM I note also Jewely, the burial at sea thing. It is most strange that the only evidence we .....
» 1/05/2011 8:24:47 AM I'm in the car trade Rehctub. I'm sure Belly would know as you say Rehctub, but I myself .....
» 30/04/2011 7:56:51 PM Thank you for your fascinating link stevenlmeyer. What a guy was Erastosthenes and a mus.....
» 30/04/2011 7:34:52 PM The balance has been destroyed and the consensus of productivity, between workers and empl.....
» 30/04/2011 5:25:16 PM Belly, my current boss is a nice bloke but the industry and its entrenched sanctified by t.....
» 30/04/2011 12:44:15 PM It is a complete myth that there are any parallels in nature to homo sexual lifestyle pref.....
» 29/04/2011 10:01:00 PM To extrapolate in the equal and opposite direction Rehctub the amount being, actually 30c .....
» 29/04/2011 7:57:45 PM If I may introduce the preposterous to this discussion. Apparently Katherine Middleton ha.....
» 28/04/2011 9:14:38 PM It seems this post for the most part is taking option (c) Endeavour to render the RW, unco.....
» 28/04/2011 8:29:41 PM My employers during the "fish out of water phase" in my own life that I now expe.....
» 28/04/2011 8:19:59 PM Of course the core of your argument is sound Rehctub and I very much appreciate both your,.....
» 28/04/2011 10:36:16 AM On the contrary Rehctub, I have let them know. But they would not act unless I vote with m.....
» 27/04/2011 9:38:32 PM With great interest I note," that it is now official that it is in-appropriate ".....
» 27/04/2011 8:19:51 PM I think the heading of this post testifies to the fact that the American media is far from.....
» 27/04/2011 7:57:53 PM I must apologise to all who posted to this post by pointing out that I was mistaken about .....
» 24/04/2011 7:13:04 PM No its not Morganzola, and thanks for picking up on that. Truth is, I am in an older age .....
» 24/04/2011 10:59:43 AM "...I work on an Easter Saturday for no pay..." Why would you do that? Because.....
» 23/04/2011 8:59:52 PM I think, it is definitely possible, that the threat of nuclear contamination is being unde.....
» 23/04/2011 11:16:27 AM My wife who works in the disability sector has had confirmed by her union that her emloyer.....
» 20/04/2011 8:10:15 PM I watched the Steele video link and was overjoyed at the sheer lateral ramifications of St.....
» 18/04/2011 8:52:24 PM I didn't know that Iran had any nuclear weapons Aaron1975. But I do know from the revelati.....
» 13/04/2011 5:36:10 PM This whole subject is just ludicrous. I'm a man and the last thing I would want to do to e.....
» 11/04/2011 9:48:23 PM Your example Crackup does show the gravitas, or the social ramifications of the notion tha.....
» 9/04/2011 9:10:06 PM Me too SOG, a social democrat by nature. And here,here, on the post before last Lexi. It .....
» 9/04/2011 8:33:20 PM Even more destructive is the Doomagee case in Qld, Pericles. If we are to consider the t.....
» 8/04/2011 8:31:44 PM You've nailed that one on Kennett Lexi. If your referring to ideological nutters' going of.....
» 8/04/2011 7:59:56 PM Is that an just endorsement SM. Or are you Pauline Hanson ?. I'm thinking it's a possibili.....
» 5/04/2011 2:36:00 PM I thought Rudd looked statesmanlike Lexi, in the snippets I saw. And very entertaining. De.....
» 4/04/2011 9:56:14 PM Heres a link about the uptake of the NBN super fast internet roll out in Tasmania SM http.....
» 4/04/2011 9:41:11 PM Hi Joe, I think before we turn jails in to schools, we would have to think about whom we i.....
» 4/04/2011 5:51:01 PM I don't think you can get anymore spot on OUG than with your last post. Thinker 2.....
» 3/04/2011 6:52:10 AM Ironically SM the only way I can post on OLO without internet dropouts is by plugging the .....
» 2/04/2011 7:51:24 PM Hi Lexi, thanks for your information regarding progress and the NBN in parliament. I also.....
» 1/04/2011 8:29:48 PM At the most basic level, establishing the routines of a working person, in an unemployed p.....
» 1/04/2011 7:12:17 PM Yes is true SM that the sale of our profitable communications monopoly to overseas owned p.....
» 1/04/2011 10:16:33 AM Wow Grim you've mentioned one of my favourite Science fiction writers in Clifford Simak. H.....
» 31/03/2011 7:45:58 PM A link I found http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/31/3178976.htm cheers thinker.....
» 31/03/2011 7:33:38 PM What is truly worrying about the welfare debate is that that the rabble of the radical rig.....
» 30/03/2011 8:56:05 PM I like Squeers earlier, haven't had time to contribute to this post, but have read with in.....
» 26/03/2011 6:35:17 PM I think I would have to acknowledge the probable truth in your wolf analogy david f, and p.....
» 25/03/2011 7:27:25 PM You are a stirrer Houellebecq, but you too have said something profound and most probably .....
» 24/03/2011 9:11:48 PM This is a sentiment I agree with Arjay......
» 24/03/2011 9:02:27 PM An interesting question Poirot. I think that modern life leaves little time for creativity.....
» 24/03/2011 8:42:35 PM Hate to digress Belly, but on page 3 of this post you mentioned something profound, regard.....
» 22/03/2011 11:45:04 AM I don't think Arjay is referring to a conspiracy here Pericles, but just making the simple.....
» 21/03/2011 9:00:33 PM Statistics show that alcohol causes much more social and actual damage to the social struc.....
» 20/03/2011 7:35:05 PM I'll watch it. It's got no commercials. The thing about Midsummer Murders is that it works.....
» 20/03/2011 7:10:15 PM Proof it is, Lexi, of Dr Bob Browns personal commitment to the environment. A case of prac.....
» 19/03/2011 6:59:38 PM On my way home tonight, I was listening to an ABC radio news report about the number of de.....
» 17/03/2011 8:08:47 PM Of interest to me recently Belly; the media has been pushing the line that green voters ar.....
» 16/03/2011 8:01:23 PM On Privatisation it is amazing how we all agree. "Soon there will be nothing to sell.....
» 16/03/2011 7:41:12 PM Point taken Bazz. But is it, (or more importantly), should it be true ?, that we not attem.....
» 15/03/2011 8:16:35 PM This discussion has now deteriorated to a being about whether there has been a meltdown or.....
» 15/03/2011 7:57:49 PM I must agree Pelican that the Labor Party has lost it's way on the environment. The Liber.....
» 14/03/2011 11:54:17 AM I think it is fair to say Pericles, that the projected outcomes of both sides of the nucle.....
» 14/03/2011 8:15:01 AM Agree bonmot, and I am not claiming that a meltdown has occurred, I'm just pointing out th.....
» 14/03/2011 7:59:37 AM The big polluters are always going to be against a tax on pollution SM. So what ?. Even if.....
» 14/03/2011 6:41:03 AM Yes and twice as many people die per year from bacterial infection acquired from a hospita.....
» 12/03/2011 7:10:15 PM I think your onto something there Grim. And now we are drilling down to the social fabri.....
» 12/03/2011 6:47:45 PM What is worse than earthquake and a tsunami ?. A Nuclear power plant meltdown. Which ma.....
» 11/03/2011 11:10:10 AM The cost of Rehab is miniscule compared to the economic and social cost of prohibition. Th.....
» 10/03/2011 7:37:34 PM Well said Austin, and more succinct that I can say it. It's a big country and the only wa.....
» 10/03/2011 7:12:53 PM Hasbeen, I sincerely feel good about having some consensus in our opinions. The race thin.....
» 9/03/2011 10:16:18 PM The solution is simple Otonoko. Just don't let people who abandon Australia for riches, li.....
» 9/03/2011 9:16:41 PM Should we just buy some nuclear weapons or technology OUG, and tell the Yanks to mind the.....
» 9/03/2011 8:52:58 PM Any Gov't that has the intestinal fortitude to reverse this damage, has my full undivided .....
» 9/03/2011 8:51:59 PM Hasbeen I have 2 matters before the TIO regarding Telstra. (1) They recently advised me i.....
» 9/03/2011 12:25:30 PM I think Sarnian's message was to spread the word and as usual Micheal Moore hits the nail .....
» 7/03/2011 9:41:15 PM P.S. Hope I didn't kill it......
» 7/03/2011 9:39:43 PM Arjay , this may well be one of the most important posts I've read on Forum. I am amazed .....
» 7/03/2011 9:37:01 PM That is a really unfortunate gloat SM. I don't think it matters to Windsor, whether he s.....
» 7/03/2011 9:22:34 PM Yes rehctub but, in order that employers demand respect, they should also be required to e.....
» 5/03/2011 7:18:49 PM I think the input of Tony Windsor has been a shining light in our new Alliance Govt. Rob .....
» 5/03/2011 6:50:06 PM UOG makes sense rehctub, and I think your "imagine if you were buying a home scenario.....
» 3/03/2011 8:43:27 PM thinker 2 and Divergence You face four categories of conceptual difficulties: Peter Hume.....
» 2/03/2011 7:45:38 PM I do agree Belly. We are in the midst of a war over the control of information. It is vita.....
» 2/03/2011 7:05:07 PM Is this simply the result you get from a tendering process Individual. The Sydney Firms si.....
» 1/03/2011 7:46:08 PM Thats all fine PH, but the recent GFC is stand alone evidence of market failure and the ne.....
» 28/02/2011 8:00:50 PM Well said Pelican......
» 28/02/2011 7:56:40 PM I too believe in civil liberty Peter Hume. The concept of voluntary society is of great in.....
» 27/02/2011 10:27:13 AM I'm not so much hoping for more Gov't Peter, but better Govt. If that is at all possible t.....
» 25/02/2011 7:50:22 PM This is not just about Julian Assange Stg, it's about world communication and the control .....
» 24/02/2011 8:28:31 PM Peter I fully understand the truth in your some of your views, but I don't understand the .....
» 24/02/2011 7:14:06 PM Arjay I agree with you on this one. And I wouldn't put it past American business interest.....
» 24/02/2011 7:00:07 PM Good point paul1405. Dont forget the coercion of the Democrats to introduce the GST, the .....
» 24/02/2011 8:57:45 AM I think it will be particularly bad for the right wing sycophants of the Coalition SM. I c.....
» 23/02/2011 9:09:54 PM Your link is truly astounding Pelican. And it shows where we are headed. I'm speechless......
» 23/02/2011 9:38:11 AM Sincerely Peter, I am not suggesting for a minute that socialism is the answer, but I am s.....
» 22/02/2011 9:35:00 AM Should be compulsory viewing Pelican. I hope Peter Hume was watching. The growth of corp.....
» 21/02/2011 9:13:19 PM I have just watched tonights 4 Corners program on coal seam gas extraction in Chinchilla i.....
» 20/02/2011 1:54:40 PM I was about to ask the same question as Loudmouth, Peter. This voluntary society you sugge.....
» 20/02/2011 12:06:21 PM I think I actually agree with you Peter Hume. "Slavery was common for years until a .....
» 20/02/2011 11:58:26 AM Perhaps capitalism has run it's race. The benefits so called, are short term anyway and do.....
» 19/02/2011 9:35:09 PM This is clearly not anti-social......
» 19/02/2011 9:34:13 PM Ok Peter, excessive profit is when, the profit owner decides to increase their margin when.....
» 19/02/2011 9:25:53 PM Agreed SM in future I will endeavoured to source and provide links for my propositions. Th.....
» 19/02/2011 9:16:55 PM I'm saying Stg there is an alternative, "Democracy without Capitalism". I think.....
» 19/02/2011 9:05:44 PM Nearby the national parks, America's successive Govt's, have allowed capitalist enterprise.....
» 19/02/2011 8:29:02 PM Thanks Stg for this post , a fascinating question. I think I would like to know in a nuts.....
» 17/02/2011 1:04:53 PM Your right Belly, It's just that I worry about people who drop the socialist word every se.....
» 16/02/2011 8:38:18 PM Julia Gillard has even begun to govern yet in a parliament with many considerations, inc a.....
» 16/02/2011 7:58:30 PM P.S OUG Im dumping all the cookies on my computer as we speak......
» 16/02/2011 7:37:37 PM Thanks OUG for your informative link, it just goes to show how many more ways business has.....
» 16/02/2011 1:04:06 PM Biased?. It's just plain guff expressed in emotive, negative and inflammatory language. St.....
» 14/02/2011 10:00:36 PM As for the proposition that the difference between Govt and a Retail store, is that the go.....
» 14/02/2011 9:51:07 PM Hi Peter, thanks for your response on this subject. Firstly, I don't make any economic as.....
» 13/02/2011 7:21:33 PM I am aware of Shorten and have been for some time Belly and I too like Flo see Combet as a.....
» 13/02/2011 11:48:03 AM What is certainly true, is that behind every good PM is a good treasurer/deputy/thinker if.....
» 13/02/2011 9:15:29 AM I have read and absorbed yours posts Yabby, Rehctub and pelican and appreciated them, Pete.....
» 12/02/2011 7:14:33 PM But Oakeshot is sort of wholesome as well. And the beards sort of an intellectual touch, d.....
» 12/02/2011 6:21:21 PM I don't think the Govt has had time to do anything, and as you say Belly, all Abbott has d.....
» 11/02/2011 7:45:37 PM Hi, and thanks for link Poirot. I also enjoyed it. The Abbott reaction was okay only bec.....
» 10/02/2011 11:44:38 AM The example you cite regarding the licence Rehctub, seems like a perfectly reasonable reas.....
» 9/02/2011 9:27:43 PM I stand corrected there Yabby. I definitely used the wrong example, but could even this .....
» 9/02/2011 9:16:38 PM Hey Rehctub, I must tell you I was an entertainer for 30 odd years and I held a restaurant.....
» 9/02/2011 9:07:23 PM Is that a rant ?......
» 9/02/2011 9:00:54 PM Hi Peter. Sorry for not replying earlier . Firstly the question I am posing, specifica.....
» 9/02/2011 7:56:12 PM The comment is one thing, the reaction is another Lexi. I would have too declare myself .....
» 9/02/2011 7:36:42 PM Of course Yabby the real reason for not squeezing farmers margins, is because there isn't .....
» 9/02/2011 4:24:30 PM Absolutely Hasbeen,Govt is part of the problem as well. But Corporations have much more po.....
» 9/02/2011 9:01:34 AM Yes Rehctub, it seems that a lot of us posters on OLO are concerned about the same things .....
» 8/02/2011 8:30:30 PM The excessive profit I'm referring too, Rehctub is margins such as 150-200% in retail esse.....
» 7/02/2011 7:43:39 PM Myer's today announced profit downgrades for their current period, claiming that their Jan.....
» 5/02/2011 6:55:58 PM The interest free programs to which you refer Yabby, are of course a fraud, because the in.....
» 4/02/2011 7:47:01 PM Regardless, SM your Pacific Solution was offensive in terms of international law, it rende.....
» 2/02/2011 10:38:12 PM The problem exists through changes into our trade and employment practices and legal pract.....
» 2/02/2011 10:06:50 PM And then theres just plain old carping and sledging Shadow Minister, just for the sake of .....
» 1/02/2011 7:12:25 PM I support neither side anymore SM, and there is no doubt that a distinct lack of talent ex.....
» 31/01/2011 7:05:22 PM Above all things Belly, I think of Abbott as having no credibility. The constant badgering.....
» 30/01/2011 11:22:05 AM You forgot Paul Keating Rehctub. But I agree , a bit of genuine leadership wouldn't go as.....
» 28/01/2011 8:07:16 PM Is Tony Abbott a symptom of the Liberals and Nats lack of talent in their own shadow Cabin.....
» 27/01/2011 7:35:40 PM I'm with Belly on this one. It would be a truly worrying thing if Tony Abbott were PM. .....
» 26/01/2011 6:03:10 PM Yes Blue and Belly it wasn't well said. I apologise for any offence. I too love our coun.....
» 25/01/2011 7:57:04 PM The Blue Cross has nailed this, in one. Whether you think a levy is appropriate or not, is.....
» 25/01/2011 6:52:05 PM Hope you have a great Australia Day Belly , but I do hope your not one of those people tot.....
» 24/01/2011 7:48:54 PM I think Yabby, that csteele's observation is not so much in isolation, but one of many suc.....
» 19/01/2011 7:35:31 PM P.S. thanks Blue for your kind remarks. I'm thinking that you might have been young and .....
» 18/01/2011 9:10:37 AM I agree TBC, there are snouts in the trough over this one, and the benefits dubious......
» 17/01/2011 8:06:34 PM Both sides of politics have harboured corrupt people. This true is Individual, but Joh's g.....
» 15/01/2011 8:00:57 PM I too would beg to differ Belly, simply by drawing on history and ask this question, ".....
» 15/01/2011 7:21:24 PM The low point of all this, is Gillard prattling on today about Obama offering American exp.....
» 13/01/2011 7:56:39 PM Are things that simplistic Belly?, are the majority of people in the Muslim world that sim.....
» 13/01/2011 7:06:06 PM I love the way you turn a phrase 579. Succinct, colourful and with a dash of humour. I so.....
» 12/01/2011 8:53:06 PM I too Otonoko learn things on this site, and sometimes also, feel the need to recant. TBC.....
» 11/01/2011 9:19:54 PM You make a compelling case Yabby, I must admit. I think my main concern however is the p.....
» 11/01/2011 8:45:13 PM It amazes me that you could commend the most corrupt State Govt in Australia's history jus.....
» 10/01/2011 7:47:30 PM Of course I know you were referring to history Belly it was just my poor attempt at a joke.....
» 9/01/2011 2:35:09 PM I don't think your old enough to reminded of the Spanish Inquisition Belly.(haha) About a.....
» 9/01/2011 10:32:29 AM Would not discount your experience/age Belly, I too have seen a lot of water under the bri.....
» 8/01/2011 6:28:49 PM Being a civil libertarian doesn't seem to have any fundamental flaws as a political philos.....
» 6/01/2011 8:34:52 PM Please excuse my stuttering everybody.(haha).....
» 6/01/2011 8:32:50 PM I concede, if the Japanese refused to surrender after the first one then the 2nd one may h.....
» 5/01/2011 8:09:43 PM P.S. wouldn't one atomic detonation have been sufficient deterrence for the Japanese?, at .....
» 5/01/2011 8:02:46 PM I think you have made a strong case csteele and thank you Poirot for your always incisive .....
» 4/01/2011 11:49:21 AM If your referring to my comments Belly, I don't think I was being Anti-American in stating.....
» 3/01/2011 7:56:23 PM I do agree entirely with your view on this, csteele. Senseless aggression is a better des.....
» 3/01/2011 7:40:21 PM I think it is time to demand more from our Government's, particularly and beginning with d.....
» 3/01/2011 7:38:51 PM Australia could have been a great place to live. Can it still be? I'm not sure we can go b.....
» 31/12/2010 5:08:24 PM A typical Shadow Minister post completely missing the point as usual in order that some pa.....
» 28/12/2010 7:13:51 PM Interesting that we are observing history and it's lessons. And the truth revealed see's.....
» 24/12/2010 3:48:28 PM Depends Jewely on whether this trillion dollar idea of the Chinese creates pollution for e.....
» 24/12/2010 3:27:32 PM Very interesting Jewely and it illustrates the danger of commercial control of the interne.....
» 22/12/2010 8:20:04 PM Is it possible for Australia to act in it's own interests for a change in terms of policy .....
» 22/12/2010 8:19:06 PM As to question of what does the U.S.have to defend about Australia?. e.g our borders etc, .....
» 20/12/2010 7:52:09 PM Thats funny Yabby.....
» 20/12/2010 7:45:28 PM And J.Parker Belly and Troposa for your links and understanding. It still shocks me to thi.....
» 20/12/2010 7:24:49 PM To update the situation since then,they,(my ex employer) has found more costs associated w.....
» 18/12/2010 7:14:26 AM If I may recount a current experience. At my place of employment over the last 6 yrs, bo.....
» 17/12/2010 4:36:16 PM Danielle it is true I agree that the facts and David Hicks are not clear. But I also ment.....
» 17/12/2010 4:16:53 PM True, Blue at the very least we are probably witnessing a pivotal moment in modern history.....
» 16/12/2010 7:48:05 PM Thanks for the links Deep Blue; they speak for themselves don't they. And Poirot couldn't .....
» 15/12/2010 5:45:17 PM Seems to me they are different questions Danielle and it appears the Wikileaks leaked clai.....
» 15/12/2010 4:41:12 PM Is that actually correct Danielle. Did Wikileaks reveal it's source to the Americans?. Is.....
» 15/12/2010 4:12:38 PM Couldn't have said it better myself Jewely, it seems the time has arrived......
» 15/12/2010 3:03:20 PM Lexi I must say about Ben Eltham's 2nd article, he makes an aspersion about Julian Assange.....
» 14/12/2010 8:59:13 AM Yes it is distressing, concerning the fate of Bradley Manning, and no doubt there will be .....
» 13/12/2010 4:34:38 PM Of course there is no comparison Yabby.....
» 13/12/2010 3:50:50 PM After looking at all the wonderful links and wonderful information you have all provided, .....
» 9/12/2010 1:19:38 PM I think that is a well put and balanced assessment and view Pelican. And Jewely your lin.....
» 8/12/2010 4:09:18 PM Thank you OUG, it's an inspiration to know that people are mobilising over this. I think i.....
» 8/12/2010 3:37:58 PM I sincerely hope your right Lexi.....
» 8/12/2010 3:35:57 PM Absolutely cssteele, Gillards response and our Attorney Generals Mclelland's are a disgra.....
» 8/12/2010 3:23:36 PM Thanks for your agreement nairbe and me too these days.!(about sex I mean). It is importan.....
» 7/12/2010 3:08:20 PM Yes Yabby, but these are the candid thoughts of our decision makers. Not something small, .....
» 6/12/2010 3:40:30 PM If we were to define the genuine australian hero, we would think of a hero that rises up .....
» 16/11/2010 7:28:54 PM I too heard that broadcast TPP and also, I could not find it.? The Microsoft boffin on th.....
» 16/11/2010 2:23:10 PM Over riding and underlying all American Free Trade agreements are the taxpayer funded pro.....
» 14/11/2010 3:28:35 AM Absolutely spot on Lexi. It is a disaster on the world stage that Australia could advocate.....
» 10/11/2010 4:19:35 PM A riveting post mikk, the range of views is exhilarating and thought provoking and ironica.....
» 8/11/2010 3:32:18 PM As you clearly demonstrate Richie10, even humour is misunderstood and has degenerated to r.....
» 6/11/2010 12:48:30 PM I have always understood the caveat emptor principal sonogloin. Obviously your right. But .....
» 6/11/2010 12:14:50 PM Spot on Pelican. Couldn't agree more. I share your political leanings. The ideological fa.....
» 6/11/2010 7:17:10 AM Ultimately I have to go to a pharmacist who can ask for a license number. On the last occa.....
» 6/11/2010 7:10:22 AM Yes Arjay this is the point I'm trying to make. Consumerism is now a philosophy and decept.....
» 4/11/2010 9:54:08 PM Lately I have noticed an alarming new trend in advertising. The promotion of deception as.....
» 27/10/2010 5:43:06 PM I was interested individual in what sort of public service misdeeds you mean. I would hav.....
» 27/10/2010 3:52:50 PM And as for Wikileaks, Wikileaks has enabled the disclosure of official American documents......
» 27/10/2010 3:49:04 PM Bazz I don't know what it is that you mean in referring to Mcmahon. Conscription was end.....
» 26/10/2010 11:16:25 AM Official secret American documents are not what you euphemistically call war chatter StG. .....
» 26/10/2010 10:55:38 AM The only time the rich are benevolent is when they think they can see Gods door and think .....
» 26/10/2010 10:54:01 AM Of course since changes were made to things like the Trade Practices Act, all Australian w.....
» 25/10/2010 4:35:14 PM And on that we absolutely agree pelican......
» 25/10/2010 4:06:23 PM Sadly in my own life experience, family friends whom were wonderful normal catholic parent.....
» 25/10/2010 3:49:16 PM This the question I would like my local member to ask the GOVT. As a committed civil libe.....
» 25/10/2010 3:14:23 PM My step grandson has been told from an early age that he is gay by his gay mother. He stil.....
» 20/10/2010 3:51:59 PM Thank you for acknowledging the probability of learn't of taught behaviour amongst the Gay.....
» 19/10/2010 7:58:49 PM Specifically Rudy I was referring to the toxic chemical in the link below http://www.smh......
» 19/10/2010 4:31:15 PM Rudy brings me to Gay Myth 3, that homosexuality is prevalent in the animal kingdom. I wo.....
» 19/10/2010 8:53:06 AM I'm glad Pelican that it is OK to pose the question. And their is no doubt that homosexual.....
» 18/10/2010 4:38:29 PM Discrimination of any kind is a bad thing. this is an indisputable fact. Having said that.....
» 14/10/2010 8:48:35 AM No ibbitt, Labor is in power because the opposition took Tony Abbott as their prime minist.....
» 13/10/2010 3:59:56 PM The whole point of course is that Treasury was available for costings anyway prior to the .....
» 13/10/2010 3:49:47 PM The disturbing thing about the ascension of Tony Abbott as Liberal Leader in Australia is.....
» 11/10/2010 4:58:55 PM A most extraordinary spin by Jennifer Marohasy and Ron Pike. They state that Sturt and Ox.....
» 11/10/2010 4:27:18 PM Spot on Antiseptic. And to add too that, excessive power breeds excess. Despite any perso.....
» 7/10/2010 11:31:56 AM The other factor in recreational drug supply is of course that the dealer himself, is also.....
» 7/10/2010 11:08:33 AM I should have also mentioned the caller to 3AW was also advocating the death penalty for d.....
» 6/10/2010 4:44:35 PM All you say is sound KH. I believe that society would be better served in every way by a .....
» 5/10/2010 9:43:08 AM Fair enough KH and I'm glad to know that you would support a more civilised world. It's t.....
» 4/10/2010 6:45:24 PM King Hazza, the only problem with your view is that is un-servicable and inaccurate. Like.....
» 4/10/2010 5:54:20 PM Excellent Post Arjay, and is it true that Israel generated this virus. That is the interes.....
» 30/09/2010 10:44:31 AM To pack this down to a simple concept, "two wrongs don't make right". The probl.....
» 29/09/2010 5:35:59 PM That poem was quoted to me by an old and good friend, known only to me as Oz. He would quo.....
» 29/09/2010 5:25:59 PM Interesting Post Belly but more than that, the question is really about "who we are&q.....
» 27/09/2010 4:03:41 PM Thank you Bugsy for your explanation and Foxy thanks as well for the link cheers.....
» 27/09/2010 3:53:36 PM After taking a poll of all colours of comments on your original post Sm, I have concluded .....
» 25/09/2010 10:20:58 PM Thank you UOG, Suze, ttm and Ludwig for all your interesting and balanced views. I hope yo.....
» 24/09/2010 5:45:51 PM There are so many ways that I wish to express my dismay regarding the type of Genetic Res.....
» 21/09/2010 1:25:56 PM The principal of a recognised "recommended retail price" could be restored......
» 21/09/2010 1:19:38 PM It seems we believe that a business operator can determine that, (the margin I mean) witho.....
» 20/09/2010 7:10:58 PM As a consumer, this outcome makes me feel as though my Gov't is not looking after me by en.....
» 20/09/2010 4:45:29 PM For once I would like to discuss a big issue. The effect of the ideology of political par.....
» 17/09/2010 5:26:41 PM Rob Oakeshott would make a good speaker. And Abbott would be concerned that an Oakeshott .....
» 16/09/2010 9:29:21 AM I do see the irony Sm thats why I posted in stronger terms than usual. And I do think tha.....
» 15/09/2010 4:39:23 PM SM your rhetoric is typical of the born to rule-ite type of thinking that proposes to the .....
» 9/09/2010 4:41:44 PM The Coalition in opposition would true to form by being negating, obstructive and critical.....
» 30/08/2010 5:20:06 PM An interesting and correct point you make Benq about Coalition support. And the Green vot.....
» 25/08/2010 4:37:33 PM In addition the large Green vote was drift from traditional Labor support. Naturally, pre.....
» 25/08/2010 4:21:51 PM This is politics and all participants are politicians regardless or of their party affilia.....
» 23/08/2010 5:20:08 PM The first thing that the ex National Party so called Independents have said is that they w.....
» 21/08/2010 9:54:44 AM Sorry SOG I mean't Hasbeen.....
» 21/08/2010 9:53:30 AM It is alarming that we all experience such cost differences in our bills for presumably s.....
» 20/08/2010 6:49:15 PM Thank you Sonogloin for this discussion. During the Howard years the push for privatisati.....
» 20/08/2010 5:47:12 PM Apologies to Ritchie 10 , I was being vernacular and somewhat flippant I guess by using su.....
» 19/08/2010 10:18:18 AM Still continuing on the international theme. Tony Abbott himself (in his book or during a.....
» 18/08/2010 4:57:52 PM We will require intervention from the great unknown should Tony Abbott and his cronies win.....
» 13/08/2010 4:17:11 PM Of course if we do have a state owned National Broadband Network, then the benefits and th.....
» 11/08/2010 7:57:00 PM Not white necessarily Stg, just Boer as portrayed on the recent A.B.C. program. I refer t.....
» 11/08/2010 4:43:51 PM Reading propaganda is not my strong point. My literacy I'd think, is above average SM. I.....
» 11/08/2010 4:20:02 PM If I may contribute to this discussion, I saw an aryan looking figure driving his car yes.....
» 9/08/2010 4:54:11 PM Regardless the whole thing is a disgrace, a new low in Australian TV election coverage. A.....
» 9/08/2010 4:21:04 PM Shadow Minister links to The Australian newspaper. A Murdoch pap sheet that I wouldn't eve.....
» 6/08/2010 3:25:25 PM Couldn't have said that any better myself Examinator.....
» 2/08/2010 4:50:19 PM If Australians are dumb enough to elect Tony Abbott as PM, frankly they deserve him. As .....
» 30/07/2010 5:15:08 PM I absolutely agree Mikk, manipulation of public opinion by the press/media is a major prob.....
» 29/07/2010 7:12:12 PM Thank you ForrestGumpp, I read your link with great interest. Ironically I discussed the.....
» 28/07/2010 4:53:51 PM Thanks for your kind advice Ludwig, Pelican and TBC. I had already suggested in another p.....
» 27/07/2010 6:58:51 PM The problem seems to be the parties themselves and whom they represent. It's not us !. I'.....
» 26/07/2010 4:33:17 PM Is it just me ?, or are there other political junkies like myself, whom have lost interest.....
» 16/07/2010 5:20:42 PM Thanks Bazz , I've checked your link. Would be great if it was possible to be powered by .....
» 16/07/2010 4:55:19 PM Perhaps the totalitarian era has already arrived in Australia Arjay, and its already too l.....
» 14/07/2010 11:13:12 AM A report was released today claiming that Australia could replace all it's power generati.....
» 12/07/2010 6:18:13 PM Foxy's apt description of patriotism historically, is spot on, but at least the Americans .....
» 7/07/2010 4:24:30 PM In an earlier post I mentioned 1975 and the Dismissal. I have now realised that (what we .....
» 6/07/2010 7:02:25 PM CJ refers to the issue for mine Ludwig. Why is a mere 5000 people per year arriving on b.....
» 5/07/2010 4:50:32 PM I would have said " lizard" Houellebecq, he also makes an audible clicking noise.....
» 4/07/2010 11:32:28 AM I wouldn't buy a used car of any of them, at the moment Foxy. The points of difference ar.....
» 29/06/2010 7:33:06 PM Julia's email will be full of attempts to convert her. Unfortunately, it's true to say th.....
» 29/06/2010 6:44:58 PM On my way home tonight I heard Twiggy Forest claim that he was 24 hrs from signing an agre.....
» 25/06/2010 3:55:48 PM I don't think its terribly clever at all to gloat about the people's will at this stage re.....
» 23/06/2010 4:29:23 PM I didn't want interject in this discussion again, but Foxy's riveting and depressingly ac.....
» 22/06/2010 7:11:06 PM Examinator " It seems of the Capitalist dominated political "right" that t.....
» 21/06/2010 6:30:28 PM Seems about right to me Cornflower and nairbe. It is a shame that such a positive thing t.....
» 18/06/2010 4:55:08 PM That's probably a fair shake overall SM, but the Building and Insulation industries are a.....
» 17/06/2010 7:32:28 PM The safety record of the insulation industry was already unacceptable before the scheme, .....
» 16/06/2010 7:09:59 PM You make a good point examinator. In light of the Gulf situation.You would have to be be.....
» 16/06/2010 6:51:00 PM It is amazing to me that the media has done nothing about reporting the prosecutions assoc.....
» 10/06/2010 9:50:13 PM In all sincerity Yabby, I haven't really looked into why Howard was such a bad treasurer. .....
» 10/06/2010 6:45:28 PM I thank you Yabby for your accurate remarks about Keating. Costello inherited a rock sol.....
» 9/06/2010 5:22:58 PM There is absolutely no doubt about character assassination of the PM, if your looking at t.....
» 8/06/2010 9:29:14 PM Pelican your right on the money for mine. And Custard. The only people talking down the .....
» 7/06/2010 4:54:27 PM I really think there is a degree of balance in what your saying Rehctub, but I don't thin.....
» 6/06/2010 7:05:54 PM I would have thought that being the sovereign owner of a resource, is a risk free occupati.....
» 6/06/2010 5:12:16 PM Would it be fair to say also Rehctub that your point your making when you say: "Wha.....
» 6/06/2010 4:41:05 PM I agree rehctub with your balanced view except the type of ownership that the Australian T.....
» 3/06/2010 7:38:57 PM On your Original post Shadow Minister, I think it's clear that the Rudd Govt was naive to .....
» 3/06/2010 7:19:17 PM It's pretty awful the way you deride UOG, Yabby. His posts are even more accurate than you.....
» 2/06/2010 5:18:09 PM The figures you researched re GDP Sonofgloin are definite indicators or the real situation.....
» 31/05/2010 4:33:24 PM Sounds logical Sonofgloin except figures you present are from growth itself inc population.....
» 28/05/2010 5:30:31 PM Regardless of all this then and now stuff, It's fair to say that subject of the day Is Big.....
» 28/05/2010 4:27:55 PM I agree with Examinator, C.J Morgan, boat people are not issue for Australia of sufficient.....
» 27/05/2010 6:38:02 PM Yabby these miners were not here to pay the tax for the benefit of Australia and were actu.....
» 26/05/2010 9:08:18 PM Spending money on your own requirements e.g. railways for iron ore transport etc is not th.....
» 26/05/2010 5:29:09 PM Thank you Prof-au for your interesting post and I totally agree that Mining Giants have ta.....
» 25/05/2010 8:51:44 PM I think Yabby , that China will pay what they needs to pay to meet it's demand in the end......
» 25/05/2010 8:17:29 PM Thank you for the http://www.adbusters.org/ link Ho Hum. I really enjoyed the video about .....
» 25/05/2010 6:55:35 PM At 6 AM when no one was listening, A.B.C Radio Monica Attard was aired interviewing a spok.....
» 24/05/2010 5:08:47 PM I agree entirely Cornflower, and you make 2 points I'm trying to make but more succinctly .....
» 23/05/2010 6:17:18 PM In light of research in Europe indicating the opposite results re pot and driving that you.....
» 22/05/2010 1:01:15 PM con't , I too, not unlike Antiseptic have been a long time observer of the effect's of var.....
» 22/05/2010 12:57:30 PM Before the demonisation of cannabis and other medicinal and recreational plant products oc.....
» 21/05/2010 6:24:17 PM It's about balance I think Belly, and what sort of society, would most of us like to live .....
» 20/05/2010 7:14:11 PM As riveting and vibrant as the discussion has been on this post, I propose to be the Jason.....
» 18/05/2010 4:31:59 PM Apologies The Missus, the terminology I used was offensive/in-appropriate. What I am sayin.....
» 17/05/2010 4:36:59 PM TheMissus contrives a most elaborate piece of scare mongering with ramifications for all. .....
» 14/05/2010 5:10:27 PM I am alarmed and somewhat convinced by your thoughts Pericles. re >>Liberal voters d.....
» 13/05/2010 6:51:39 PM Here Here Squeers and touche......
» 13/05/2010 6:09:32 PM What an excellent point The Blue Cross makes when he says "The churches eke out the.....
» 12/05/2010 4:32:43 PM Spot on I thought Foxy, especially the bit about Malcolm Turnbull. Do you think there is a.....
» 11/05/2010 7:52:02 PM It's clear now that the strategy of Big Money Spin will be massive over statement re the e.....
» 11/05/2010 7:23:50 PM Rehctub , I think your post is the closest thing to fascism i've read on this site. Worke.....
» 10/05/2010 12:21:44 PM I too have no particular party that represents my views anymore Belly. But I do agree tha.....
» 9/05/2010 11:10:25 AM Examinator points out deftly that there is a price to pay for someone, when mining your na.....
» 7/05/2010 5:01:26 PM Multinational Mining Giants threatening to leave Australia for greener pastures because of.....
» 6/05/2010 6:50:20 PM The poster of this thread thinks he's riding on the populist wave of Rudd-knocking. Chann.....
» 5/05/2010 4:42:27 PM The way we look at profit margins has changed. RRP's do not exist. It now okay to charge m.....
» 3/05/2010 11:04:05 PM My understanding was that the list of barred sites was to be kept secret in the Conroy Pla.....
» 3/05/2010 5:12:15 PM I'm not claiming that 37 hrs is the complete labour cost of building a motor car in isolat.....
» 30/04/2010 4:31:13 PM Hi ShadowMinister, I believe that it is economic myth #1 to label wages "the seed of .....
» 29/04/2010 7:31:35 PM Todays Herald Sun headline achieves a new low in journalistic integrity by proclaiming the.....
» 7/04/2010 6:37:48 PM I also believe that the benefits of privatisation are a myth. The point you make Foxy abo.....
» 1/04/2010 5:37:27 PM Sorry Houeliebecq but ranga's is the term for redheads used by the young people in my work.....
» 31/03/2010 3:34:15 PM An interesting and true observation you make Houilebecq, and it is interesting psychology .....
» 26/03/2010 3:38:42 PM Apologies to Hasbeen /others for being mistaken about the F-111 being French. Please consi.....
» 25/03/2010 6:56:21 PM During a visit to Washington Former PM John Howard signed billions of dollars in contracts.....
» 22/03/2010 5:32:14 PM Thank you again Shadow Minister for your view. I must admit to being a lay person but I ha.....
» 19/03/2010 3:45:58 PM Thank you for your view Shadow, and I agree as you point out all gum tree's are known to b.....
» 18/03/2010 6:19:40 PM Tasmania is about to elect a new Govt on Saturday. The subject of the GM plantation Gum T.....
» 24/02/2010 3:16:51 PM Thank you RobP. I was about to follow up my first post by referring to the Tasmanian situa.....
» 22/02/2010 6:24:43 PM Sorry geoffrey but I found Foxy's post entertaining as well and her follow up post a spot .....
» 22/02/2010 6:04:29 PM The social do-gooders that bleat about the cost of smoking on our health system ignore com.....
» 21/02/2010 8:44:17 PM Miacat agree's with my original proposition. Get over it rehctub. And you certainly have a.....
» 21/02/2010 8:46:25 AM geoffreykelley I don't think the Labor Party or the Liberal Party/National Party are inter.....
» 20/02/2010 10:26:37 AM Obviously geoffreykelly we seek the same outcomes. I'm not suggesting that all, or the ma.....
» 19/02/2010 4:04:20 PM geoffreykelly I'm wondering how many Australian small businesses today, were founded upon .....
» 18/02/2010 6:37:45 PM No I haven't been affected yet by the WC, as you say rehctub. But interestingly I worked i.....
» 17/02/2010 4:28:42 PM I thought the Howard Govt fell because it was tainted with doctrine, and was subsequently .....
» 11/02/2010 7:52:53 PM Very well put Jardine K Jardine. The science is one thing that we may be able express, d.....
» 4/02/2010 7:19:09 PM I agree Arjay (not about my thinking), but that the Govt's ETS goes nowhere near far enoug.....
» 3/02/2010 4:01:00 PM What a shameless climate skeptic you are Hasbeen, is there any pollution at all?. I do agr.....
» 2/02/2010 6:30:45 PM I quote someone from ABC radio talkback who remarked today "that if he wanted to dump.....
» 17/12/2009 6:16:20 PM Absolutely agree examinator and I do understand the science is valid and useful but as you.....
» 15/12/2009 6:53:06 PM In light of recent news events in Victoria it may be incorrect to consider DNA evidence as.....
» 9/12/2009 4:08:13 PM tomfromtacoma misconstrues my latest proposition/response to his earlier post as admission.....
» 7/12/2009 5:19:17 PM Now that tomfromtacoma has calmed down he correctly points out, that we don't really have .....
» 6/12/2009 6:33:22 PM Hi again all. If we started small and again indexed wages to match inflation, if we again .....
» 3/12/2009 8:15:07 PM Thank all for you thoughts. Originally I was informed of the stat I was quoting in a recen.....
» 3/12/2009 6:57:19 PM It's great to read all views and Pericles is right, I do have some specifics in mind. Them.....
» 2/12/2009 5:22:09 PM Thanks for discussion Pericles and Ludwig , I was remarking that profit for profit sake .....
» 2/12/2009 3:22:19 PM 45% of children living in the state of Louisiana today, live under the poverty line. These.....
» 2/12/2009 2:47:12 PM Welcome to an Australian Christmas of profiteering. Prepare to pay more for petrol/fuel, .....
» 26/11/2009 7:09:37 PM I am reminded (by climate skeptics) of the difficulty that Charles Darwin must have experi.....
» 20/11/2009 4:27:34 PM Caveat Emptor be damned examinator. Clearly we are under regulated in this area as well as.....
» 19/11/2009 8:29:54 PM Human progress depends upon the intrinsic difference/balance between Men and Women. Histor.....
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