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alan jones as policy maker??

I am really petrified to think that we are likely to replace the present PM with one that gets his policies from Alan Jones.  This may seem absurd but I recently watched a demonstration against the carbon tax outside the … Continue reading

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Howard the politician

Howard was an excellent politician because he could understand the electorate. This enabled him to manipulate the electorate regardless of whether or not the end result was good or bad for the country. Hitler had such qualities! When Howard was … Continue reading

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Back to the past??

We in NSW had a government that was Labor and should have been for the people but it lost its way and became more interested in internal wrangling and self promotion. Consequently, it was dismissed as is as it should … Continue reading

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State Premiers

Once again we have a petty state premier willing to damage this country because he doesn’t agree with the politics of the legally elected Federal Government. First we had Premier Joe in Queensland prepared to act against the then Government. … Continue reading

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Should the PM run the country?

I hear and read all this rubbish about the PM having said prior to her election that she would not sanction a carbon tax. At that time I would think that this attitude was easily explainable. The Australian electorate could … Continue reading

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Who will pay out more of our money?

I notice in the Telegraph of the last couple of days that they are making a big deal about money being given to the trade unions. That was Monday’s head line and today they continued this thrust by citing letters … Continue reading

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welfare for the rich

I can’t understand why the press and talk-back radio, talks about the hardship that will be incurred by the people on 150 grand that won’t get their welfare updated under the new budget. It seems obscene that these people on … Continue reading

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underage binge drinking

This seems to be a problem of modern times so I have been wondering why this has occurred over the years. When I was young, a great many years ago, we had drinking under age of course, but I can … Continue reading

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Abbott for Prime Minister, god forbid!

It must have been most inspiring for our troops in Afghanistan to be visited by the would be next Prime Minister of Australia and to see him posing with an assault weapon to impress our somewhat substandard press! When our … Continue reading

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Space time theory, (mine).

I have been reading a number of articles on the start of the universe which quote things like the ” big bang theory ” and how this is the beginning of time and the start of space. This, is to … Continue reading

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