The National Forum   Donate   Your Account   On Line Opinion   Forum   Blogs   Polling   About   
The Forum - On Line Opinion's article discussion area



Syndicate
RSS/XML


RSS 2.0

Comment History for wre

The Forum > User Index > wre > Comment History

» 8/11/2007 10:29:25 AM High interest rates!? You must be joking- 6.75% is pretty good compared to up to 19% durin.....
» 22/06/2007 11:56:08 AM Multicultualism, in an ideal world, is a noble and fantastic concept. Certainly a far bett.....
» 21/06/2007 11:14:17 AM Bravo Noel Pearson. There’s a man with pride, social conscience, and pragmatic leadership......
» 18/06/2007 7:40:04 AM Frank/ Rainier It’s been a pleasure as always- the ‘snake in the pit analogy’ gives me tha.....
» 15/06/2007 4:39:00 PM Frank I never attempted to blame the aboriginal people for their plight and current circu.....
» 13/06/2007 11:51:13 AM DAVO: John Howard must be a failure-he only became Prime Minister after all. For further r.....
» 12/06/2007 1:36:44 PM Frank Instead of being sarcastic, why not answer some of the questions people have about t.....
» 12/06/2007 11:49:08 AM Having a legal background, I am very interested to know exactly what the ramifications wou.....
» 5/06/2007 11:59:43 AM What a load of nonsense Maraccas. (a) If unions are so popular on the ‘shop floor’, why i.....
» 4/06/2007 8:22:31 AM Frank/ Chain Smoker… It seems to me that you failed to respond to any of the points I mad.....
» 1/06/2007 11:10:56 AM Frank Anybody with a little nouse knows that the unions will be running the country if the.....
» 1/06/2007 9:27:07 AM I don’t see the scrutiny of Therese Rein’s business as selective or unwarranted at all. Th.....
» 18/05/2007 4:17:10 PM Well said Ronnie. Daniel06 obviously vastly over estimates his own intellect given all he .....
» 17/05/2007 6:04:40 PM Wow Dave.Hit a nerve have I? ‘And you keep missing the larger point: not everyone takes .....
» 17/05/2007 7:59:13 AM QUT’s own ‘Academic Programme Report 2000’ has figures in it reflecting that a graduate wi.....
» 16/05/2007 5:58:47 PM Congratulations Daniel on your stroke of good luck most probably combined with a good work.....
» 11/05/2007 1:45:48 PM The issue is being clouded. Nobody should be (or is) suggesting that humanities be dispens.....
» 11/05/2007 10:26:32 AM Yvonne, I think you, and a couple of other posters (possibly Bushbred) have missed the poi.....
» 10/05/2007 12:11:01 PM Thanks HoHum I knew I could rely on a lefty, pseudo intellectual to patronise us ‘barbari.....
» 10/05/2007 10:24:28 AM I completed a Bachelor of Laws/ Bachelor of Arts (Hons) at a QLD University 4-5 years ago......
» 4/05/2007 11:17:13 AM TurnLeftThenRight I do acknowledge that there must be independent support for workers and.....
» 3/05/2007 10:13:11 AM TurnRightThenLeft Firstly, the only party to this debate that is ‘hysterical’ is the union.....
» 3/05/2007 8:55:51 AM Julia, What a load of nonsense. What is fair about a union movement that demands that peop.....
» 2/05/2007 7:31:30 AM rainier- I’m guessing your comment was more sarcastic than genuine. Either way I’ll take i.....
» 1/05/2007 4:43:11 PM The other thing that everyone is forgetting, is that this is Africa we’re talking about. W.....
» 27/04/2007 9:04:43 AM I agree with the author of this article. South Africa should lose its right to host the Wo.....
» 25/01/2007 8:46:25 AM Shonga- I refer you to my previous post and ask this question: If a large reserve of oil w.....
» 24/01/2007 2:20:42 PM I find the article an overly simplistic pacifist dialogue lacking any real justification. .....
» 22/01/2007 11:43:15 AM Fairgo?! now theres a contradiction in terms.....i suggest you get a new pseudonym! I for.....
» 19/01/2007 2:37:06 PM Crusader raises a very interesting point- ie is the right of free speech absolute? For in.....
» 19/01/2007 8:50:37 AM Following on from my previous post, I'm a little alarmed that this blog has turned into a .....
» 18/01/2007 2:25:13 PM So many of the responses to this article are completely misguided and fail to acknowledge .....
» 12/01/2007 11:14:39 AM good to see you back in form shonga as ive said in my previous post, ideology and politics.....
» 12/01/2007 8:51:03 AM Unfortunately, the United Nations is fundamentally flawed and until some very real reforma.....
» 10/01/2007 2:02:11 PM Audrey Apple The very point that you're missing (alluded to within my 'self inflated anec.....
» 9/01/2007 12:12:21 PM ah Audrey Apple Your response was so refreshingly predictable. Firstly I sat on a repres.....
» 9/01/2007 11:25:11 AM This debate should evolve into an attack on teachers- in my view the only reason that this.....
» 19/11/2006 1:08:42 PM While it is a truly admirable ideal, 'making poverty history' will remain a catch phrase a.....
» 17/11/2006 8:17:23 AM The high courts decision may be for the best- after long term ALP governments in all the s.....
» 16/11/2006 9:30:58 AM While I'm a 'Johnny man' and proud of it, I think that whenever the High Court interprets .....
» 15/11/2006 10:28:14 AM The argument regarding the senate and representation has been around since Federalism. Thi.....
» 20/10/2006 9:26:04 AM I agree very much with Matt. It has become so fashionable to 'American Bash' that many are.....
» 19/10/2006 2:21:31 PM Bush's foreign policy has undoubtedly contributed to the current crisis- it's not so much .....
» 19/10/2006 7:24:21 AM I think in general Generation Y, and In fact Generation X are 'results driven'. They'll wo.....
» 13/10/2006 9:31:16 AM I find it very difficult to reconcile how posters can compare the United States and North .....
» 12/10/2006 11:38:55 AM Wayne- you have got to be joking. What 'government' are you referring to? Is that the one.....
» 12/10/2006 8:56:30 AM 'The sun will still come up tomorrow'. Given the nuclear test by North Korea I'm not sure .....
» 4/09/2006 8:11:07 AM Kartiya The treaty of Waitangi was agreed to between the Maoris and England because the M.....
» 31/08/2006 8:03:50 AM Kartiya... I presume you're yet another Australian consumed by loathing and apologist dou.....
» 29/08/2006 1:03:51 PM Karooson and Co you are no better than Leigh. Dwelling on colonialism does nothing to add.....
» 26/08/2006 10:49:18 AM funguy- I dont watch lateline because it ceased to be objective sometime ago (like NewsLim.....
» 25/08/2006 2:00:43 PM is there any discussion thread on olo left where far left and far right extremists dont co.....
» 25/08/2006 9:07:51 AM Hmmm. Ok so Brough was not necessarily the best choice for this portfolio- let's get Abbot.....
» 24/08/2006 5:31:26 PM the pity of this discussion is that its turned into a primary school discussion on whether.....
» 24/08/2006 8:30:12 AM Having watched the discussion turn into somewhat of a grudge match i felt compelled to add.....
» 23/08/2006 9:48:45 AM I find it extremely hard to vote for the ALP- Beattie has controlled QLD for almost a deca.....
» 23/08/2006 9:11:54 AM It seems to me that the key issue is just what constitutes 'feminism' or being a 'feminist.....
» 3/08/2006 11:50:28 AM I thank the posts above for answering some of my simple questions about recycled water- fr.....
» 3/08/2006 7:59:46 AM With all due respect to the writer I think the 'Big Questions' are all of those that remai.....
» 2/08/2006 11:09:36 AM From a strategic point of view the most disappointing aspect of the Middle East at this ti.....
» 2/08/2006 9:10:25 AM I think from a strategic point of view the most disappointing aspect of the Middle East at.....
» 1/08/2006 2:13:41 PM Marilyn While I in no way condone Leigh's train of thought (I actually hoped he may have .....
» 1/08/2006 10:53:57 AM Firstly I want to make it clear that I neither support the Israeli nor the Arab cause. On .....
» 11/03/2006 12:28:22 PM 'When the going gets weird'...... Your name certainly is an apt description of your posts.....
» 10/03/2006 10:28:24 AM An absolutely superb post from Craig Blanch- it is precisely on the money (pardon the pun).....
» 9/03/2006 5:37:07 PM Scout: Explain to me how you could possibly deduce from my post that I advocate reducing .....
» 9/03/2006 10:03:19 AM Scout It is a complete fallacy that 'the poor support the wealthy via the GST'. Firstly, .....
» 8/03/2006 4:27:11 PM Exactly terje What are the real benefits of taxing 'high' income earners at 48%? It seems.....
» 8/03/2006 9:30:12 AM It's intersting that OLO has chosen to post two articles on tax reform in succession- i ca.....
» 2/03/2006 10:24:09 AM Not a single argument addressed- I guess that makes us more left than right then. I do thi.....
» 2/03/2006 9:56:05 AM Fair dinkum and stone the crows...is Lyn Allison finished throwing her tantrum? Once again.....
» 22/02/2006 10:33:50 AM It appears the larger Australian community is always accused of being ignorant of Muslims .....
» 21/02/2006 2:08:39 PM How utterly unsurprising- The usual suspects out bashing John Howard. Can I ask where they.....
» 17/02/2006 10:30:05 AM That's right guys. Economics is not the only measure of a country's success- welfare, educ.....
» 17/02/2006 9:45:59 AM The Cole enquiry isn't in itself doing all the damage-it is the ALP desperate to win back .....
» 16/02/2006 11:32:08 AM I've wondered why Spielberg decided to do a picture on 'Munich' at this point in time. The.....
» 16/02/2006 9:05:27 AM Ludwig the reality of the situation is that South East QLD will continue to experience mas.....
» 15/02/2006 3:06:14 PM Where do these 'water experts' get their hypothesis from? It seems the same irrational arg.....
» 15/02/2006 9:19:39 AM The real irony of the situation is that more than enough water falls, particularly in the .....
» 13/02/2006 12:05:33 PM Labour shortages IN AUSTRALIA have nothing to do with 'slave labour', globalisation or a l.....
» 10/02/2006 4:02:11 PM I am a critic of the UN solely because it has failed on numerous occasions to do what it w.....
» 10/02/2006 9:43:51 AM No Kipp. I believe the point the author was making is that the market and the community s.....
» 9/02/2006 3:12:08 PM The AWB scandal is overblown-not so pure but simple. The author makes the point that the .....
» 9/02/2006 9:09:55 AM With all due respect Mr Stephens 'the third way politicians' that you seem such an admirer.....
» 8/02/2006 9:40:05 AM Scout I sympathise with you, but as Kalweb pointed out Latham was never diagnosed with a m.....
» 8/02/2006 8:58:47 AM Redneck: I'm not rattled by you-just dumbfounded. Your simplistic argument is so easily .....
» 7/02/2006 10:56:45 AM G&T and Disgusted: As was intimated in 'Good Night & Good Luck' television is being used .....
» 7/02/2006 8:10:26 AM Redneck will blabber on until he's satisfied he's had the last word. He is defending the .....
» 7/02/2006 7:42:45 AM To the above post:'Puke'. A man of strength and character? When two hundred thousand peo.....
» 4/02/2006 3:49:48 PM Numbat. I do not concede Howard has lied......
» 4/02/2006 3:15:42 PM Redneck: You're way of the mark calling me a trendy 'left wing intellectual'. I've support.....
» 4/02/2006 1:13:39 PM J Kenno- your view is typical of the way the left attempts to belittle and patronise Austr.....
» 3/02/2006 10:57:09 AM Chek-whoever you are please shut up. Take it on the chin and get on with contributing inst.....
» 3/02/2006 10:52:46 AM I cannot believe the support for Latham so far in some of the above posts- Have some of yo.....
» 2/02/2006 4:17:25 PM What nonsense Mr Stephens. A politicians objective is not to battle his/ her constituency .....
» 2/02/2006 8:29:26 AM Redneck: Did you get your lines from Die Hard or Dirty Harry? I am from both a proud mil.....
» 1/02/2006 1:16:44 PM An extremely weak and obscure argument. How on earth can anybody assert with a staight fac.....
» 1/02/2006 11:33:52 AM I applaud Melleuish and his assertion that history should be enquiry based and that histor.....
» 1/02/2006 8:13:50 AM Mr Redneck: You'll probably find that the reason David Hicks has not been charged with tr.....
» 1/02/2006 7:55:44 AM Now there's a compliment leigh.....
» 31/01/2006 5:42:03 PM Nicole: I don't enjoy 'credentialising' but I figured it was the obligation of a passiona.....
» 31/01/2006 8:59:54 AM Redneck and Verdant: If David Hicks is a traitor and was an Al Qaeda sympathiser/ member .....
» 31/01/2006 8:10:31 AM Barney: I completely agree that history should be examined, half truths put under the mic.....
» 30/01/2006 4:42:16 PM There is absolutely no doubt that post modern, apologist nonsense has dominated history cl.....
» 30/01/2006 3:39:09 PM Even as a neo-con, Howard supporter, I cannot support the indefinite detainment of David H.....
» 29/01/2006 1:06:56 PM PTBI. Can you please respond to the questions posed by 'rlinday'.....
» 27/01/2006 12:10:58 PM Leigh: I agree with the others-You are irritating to debate with because you think you ar.....
» 27/01/2006 10:01:04 AM It's very interesting that 'Proud to be Indonesian' hasn't responded to the comments of 'r.....
» 25/01/2006 2:09:30 PM Leigh you made the following assumptions in your post: (a) That the 43 West Papuans aren'.....
» 25/01/2006 11:38:15 AM Leigh I really have to correct a few of the false assumptions you've made in your post. I'.....
» 24/01/2006 7:32:22 AM GT I understand your position. But where you and I differ in our thoughts is that universi.....
» 20/01/2006 11:52:45 AM Remote centreman needs to take a look at the whole thrust of what vinnie and myself have w.....
» 20/01/2006 8:56:19 AM This is perhaps the first objective article I've seen on the VSU issue. I have very little.....
» 19/01/2006 2:04:33 PM I could not help but feel watching the resignation of Gallop in WA that he was a significa.....
» 19/01/2006 9:50:30 AM Tubley. I agree with you that Europeans have alot to answer for but 'the very well travell.....
» 17/01/2006 3:36:08 PM Economically Jonson's article was sound. It is interesting that both Germany and Japan app.....
» 17/01/2006 8:48:58 AM la1985. I agree with the thrust of your post- what is popular is not always right and mino.....
» 16/01/2006 3:32:40 PM Greg made some very interesting and valid points which are not made redundant just because.....
» 16/01/2006 2:55:50 PM I refer to my previous posts and add the following. J kenno I see your point of view but I.....
» 14/01/2006 2:44:18 PM Slasher and Shonga you represent the epitomy of the tall poppy syndrome in this country an.....
» 14/01/2006 1:56:34 PM I refer to my first post on this article and would like to add the following. We all know .....
» 13/01/2006 11:00:26 AM Yes Europeans do owe Africa and did contribute greatly to many of the problems that exist .....
» 13/01/2006 9:20:43 AM Well said Craig. These systems are perpetuated by people like Slasher and Shonga who can.....
» 12/01/2006 4:46:06 PM Shonga patronising people in this forum isn't going to win you any friends and I suggest t.....
» 12/01/2006 8:10:33 AM Slasher and Shonga. I can't understand why your posts are always critical of the Howard Go.....
» 11/01/2006 4:18:33 PM Firstly let me say I come from a single parent family. My father died when I was nine and .....
» 9/01/2006 12:05:06 PM A very interesting and timely article. While consumer spending figures have inspired some .....
» 4/01/2006 9:16:18 AM With all due respect Steel I think comparing Kopassus to other 'special ops' is an insult......
» 22/12/2005 1:48:52 PM Ah Monika it was only a matter of time until you emerged to "Johnny bash" again......
» 22/12/2005 10:44:45 AM I never knew a person could get such obvious morbid pleasure from self loathing and degred.....
» 20/12/2005 10:22:34 AM Peter Kell joins the ranks of the 'leftist screaming minority' that has taken so much joy .....
» 17/12/2005 11:45:25 AM Are you serious Steel? "Mugabe can do what he likes in his own country/ why is he a b.....
» 16/12/2005 10:47:30 AM Sorry AMSADL but I disagree. Yes there is an issue of whether Amnesty took the best appro.....
» 16/12/2005 10:26:38 AM I'm sorry guys but I think this article really typifies why Amnesty International has lost.....
» 15/12/2005 12:04:00 PM Tanveer. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! Yours is an article that doesn't cloud the issue, t.....
» 15/12/2005 11:27:00 AM I don't agree entirely with alot of Flint's assertions-but he is spot on in one respect. .....
» 14/12/2005 12:21:11 PM Kenny as a lawyer I'm more than familiar with the rule of law- my grandfather fought for t.....
» 14/12/2005 10:37:07 AM You can't be serious Duncan! I cannot believe that the regular suspects have jumped on Joh.....
» 13/12/2005 3:10:56 PM Strayan you are kidding yourself-the only nationalism on show was that posed by the Lebane.....
» 13/12/2005 1:51:31 PM Hannibal and Leigh can I just say your comments are disgusting-they make you absolutely no.....
» 13/12/2005 12:24:41 PM Well said Bozzie. I was in Sydney over the weekend. On Saturday I chatted with a young vi.....
» 13/12/2005 12:08:53 PM In the words of one young rioter on Sunday 'we have had enough'. Surely this shows that wh.....
» 18/10/2005 3:55:34 PM Dare I say it-I think a few people have gone a little over the top in their condemnation o.....
» 6/10/2005 10:44:23 AM Thank God Mark Latham will never be the Prime Minister of this country. The most worrying .....
» 27/09/2005 1:39:29 PM While I can't comment on club rugby in Sydney, one has to ask what point there is to it in.....
» 23/09/2005 8:23:05 AM Bushbred I could almost hear the violins playing as i read your last comment. Gunboat dipl.....
» 22/09/2005 9:18:26 AM The UN is already neutralised Bushbred. In fact many words spring to mind regarding the UN.....
» 21/09/2005 8:23:30 AM Wrighta in your words: "I think a better way to decide what is and is not tax deduct.....
» 20/09/2005 8:32:16 AM Wrighta your comment above is obviously ill informed, and based on nothing but the notion .....
» 19/09/2005 2:40:36 PM As a conservative person who has followed various tax reform arguments for sometime, I hav.....
» 16/09/2005 1:34:40 PM I'm sure one of the posts above directed criticism at Justice Kirby. This while not entire.....
» 14/09/2005 5:32:05 PM All this talk of 'con jobs', and conspiracy theories!? At times I'm half expecting somebod.....
» 13/09/2005 4:55:12 PM It is great to see that Des Moore has drawn the obvious links between private enterprise, .....
» 13/09/2005 9:31:48 AM Mr Michaelsen you are kidding aren't you? Porous borders, symbolic targets, support for ex.....
» 13/09/2005 8:14:51 AM Di I see some of your points. However i'd like to draw a few distinctions. Firstly you sa.....
» 12/09/2005 3:23:48 PM Mr Cleary discusses the concept of 'if it ain't broken don't fix it'. What is the governme.....
» 7/09/2005 10:06:28 AM Hedgehog nobody is talking about huge wage reductions, or massive tax cuts. What must be a.....
» 2/09/2005 3:37:00 PM Finally something we all agree on. The world isn't fair, and caring about people isn't mon.....
» 2/09/2005 8:29:55 AM Well said JH. The left hates facts because their existence means the left has to take a po.....
» 1/09/2005 8:18:25 AM kalweb I totally agree with you. It is because Australias welfare system is so lax and giv.....
» 31/08/2005 5:01:18 PM Diver dan I thought I 'accidentified' (or whatever) into the realm of union denial when i .....
» 31/08/2005 3:24:35 PM On the whole a very prudent article. There is absolutely no doubt the education system in .....
» 30/08/2005 4:57:20 PM Fellow human i take your point. There is no gain in debating religious semantics from cent.....
» 29/08/2005 2:19:35 PM Wrighta with all due respect your argument is deteriorating into one of semantics. Nick is.....
» 29/08/2005 11:14:58 AM Monika. On a whole two very intelligent posts. But i do feel the need to pick you up on tw.....
» 26/08/2005 9:13:13 AM If the middle east is ever to be stabilised, and retain some semblance of order then the p.....
» 25/08/2005 3:31:17 PM I absolutely agree that Australian politics stinks at times. Just look at what has happene.....
» 24/08/2005 5:03:40 PM The Australian education system leaves alot to be desired.This is for a number of reasons......
» 24/08/2005 4:33:02 PM A very shallow article indeed which only papers over the very real problems the Muslim com.....
» 24/08/2005 12:50:20 PM I agree with Mr Devir that some of you have missed the point of his article. However I sti.....
» 3/08/2005 8:32:07 AM I completely sympathise with your points henrietta. Personally i find Professor Fraser's c.....
» 28/07/2005 4:02:03 PM Grey you must be kidding- illogical thinkers like you need to take a long hard look at the.....
» 28/07/2005 10:59:54 AM There were some interesting paradox arguments in your article too Mr. Barns. Most notably .....
» 27/07/2005 10:40:35 AM As Peter West highlights this incident poses serious, and in my opinion difficult question.....
» 26/07/2005 10:53:42 AM The best article i have read. Yes this man is trying to take a rational approach to common.....
» 26/07/2005 9:02:56 AM Deuc. I am almost certain that there is nothing I can write nor evidence I can produce tha.....
» 25/07/2005 2:14:33 PM Absolutely fantastic to see the general opposition in the comments to compulsory student u.....
» 22/07/2005 3:27:20 PM Deuc. When Sadam paid the families of men connected to Islamic Jihad, and The Martyrs Brig.....
» 22/07/2005 11:54:18 AM Africa will remain doomed until African leaders stop playing ploitics with the fundamental.....
» 22/07/2005 9:55:37 AM As usual the left continues to cloud, and misjudge what should be such a simple issue. Use.....

180 comments in total: 180 article comments, 0 general comments.

Return to wre's user info page

 

About Us :: Search :: Discuss :: Feedback :: Legals :: Privacy