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Reply to A 'Nastier' Australia? in International JoeUser Forums

If you haven't heard my views on the majority of people already, I'll spell them out to you. Time and research have proven that the majority of people are almost without question morons. They don't think for themselves and they rely on others to provide them with every scrap of information they know. If you ask them who was involved in the S11 attacks chances are they will say, "Iraqis". If you ask them what a GM crop is they probably won't underst

Reply to A 'Nastier' Australia? in International JoeUser Forums

I wonder what he's going to do now that there is nothing to stop him. At least over the last few years the senate was able to stop the more draconian laws. Without a hostile senate all it will take is another terror attack for whatever rights we currently have to be stripped away. I'm not too concerned about Howard actually winning the election, but I'm disappointed that the Australian people gave him a majority in the senate. That means that for t

Reply to Voting for the first time in Politics JoeUser Forums

I think despondent is too strong a word; mildly irritated is probably closer to the truth. I just tend to write more exaggerated than I actually feel. It's not so much that I should be courted, so much as that I can see that because I'm not my vote is worthless. If my vote did in fact have significance and meaning I would have been courted; as I'm not, the only logical assumption is that it's worthless. I've more or less wasted my time.</fon

Reply to What constitues 'poor'? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Personally I consider poor to be the level where you can afford the absolute basics - low quality food, low quality clothing (scavenged or homemade from scavenged materials), low quality shelter - but cannot afford to either save for the future or spend money on anything else. Anything below this is dying (lack of food - lack of water - lack of shelter will all lead to an early grave). Above this is: * struggling - can afford the basics an

Reply to Voting for the first time in Politics JoeUser Forums

I'm more lamenting the fact that people like me are never considered as worthy of political interest. If you live in a marginal seat it's almost certain that both major parties will go out of their way to bribe you into voting for them. If you have a mortgage and/or children then you are also likely to be courted. But if you're single, middle-class and young then the major parties have no interest in you or in your interests. I want a a p

Reply to A List of Reasons to Vote Howard Out in Politics JoeUser Forums

Just in case you missed it in school mate, "money is what makes the world go round!" My teachers always told me it was gravitational forces - just goes to show the wackiness of the Australian Catholic school system

Reply to "friday five" ... MY world, i saw it first ;) in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

1. Australia - all of it for my personal fief. 2. a spaceship. 3. a brand new porsche - and not the poxy boxster 4. a title - I've always liked the sound of 'Baron' or 'Duke'. 5. a tropical island somewhere with all the mod cons - maybe Fiji? That's a pretty cool place when it's not revolting against the oppressors. like with everyone else all this is subject to change wit

Voting for the first time in Politics JoeUser Forums

Today I voted for the first time in my country's elections. There were five names on the house of reps ballot and 13 on the senate one. And while I spent a few minutes thinking about who I would rather have in power, I knew all along that what I voted was irrelevent, that I knew before voting that even if there was a change in the elected officials it would have no

Reply to American Idiot in Politics JoeUser Forums

Draginol is the owner; it's only natural that he advertises his own work above others. And the conservative slant is not as pervasive as you might think. There are lots of liberals and libertarians on the site, and each of them tends to be reasonably vocal. It's just the conservatives, although probably equal in number to the liberals, tend to write more on political issues.

Reply to Caring Conservative Housewife in Politics JoeUser Forums

You're right, Draginol - of course the majority of poor people around these days are poor because they themselves are stupid and lazy. And of course the majority of middle class and rich people belong to their classes because they work hard and deserve it. Noone is born into money or a position, everyone has earnt it. It is a natural thing that James Murdoch, due to his hard work and brilliance, will inherit Newscorp while the poor man,

Reply to Religion of Peace (No Corpse-Cutting Allowed) in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Yeah, that Muslim Brotherhood organisation is pretty f**ked up. For once I've got nothing good to say about either the man or the group. The Muslim Brotherhood is as bad as the Aryan Brotherhood in most ways. In fact with a lot of these nut groups (even big ones like the Egyptian) if you replace the nouns (eg Muslim with Aryan with Jewish with African etc.) then they tend to read exactly the same. I don't understand why they seem to get so much sup

Reply to Who would use a title like this??? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

6- Gideon 7 - Little Whip Those are the only one's I can remember the writer for, but I think I've read all of them...

Reply to The Very Survival Of The USA Depends On Your Vote !! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Personally I remain questionable about how a nation can be considered "sovereign" if her ELECTED leaders must appeal to an APPOINTED council of international bozos for approval of her actions, as is increasingly becoming the case with the UN They don't have to; the US is sufficiently strong that it does

Reply to That's the Best Piece of Ash I EVER Saw! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I want to experience a hurricane, and earthquake, and a volcano. Earth is amazing. Earthquakes aren't worth it. I was in the car when an earthquake happened in Newcastle. There was a big jolt (like we'd driven over a speedbump), a booming noise and then so

Reply to The Very Survival Of The USA Depends On Your Vote !! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Cacto, I'd be pretty willing to take that bet, if I had the funds to back my end of it. Democrats have repeatedly conceded to the UN, to the point where US TROOPS WERE WEARING UN UNIFORMS in certain assignments during the Clinton years (there were personnel who faced courts martial for refusing to wear the UN uniform,

Reply to Palateable Republicans. in Politics JoeUser Forums

You'd really want Kissinger in the presidency? His freedom is forfeit in dozens of countries; for a national leader he'd be forced to spend a lot of time at home or risk arrest for war crimes (both real and imagined). He's probably also one of the few US government aparatchiks that I wouldn't trust to be honest at least half of the time. The guy is a realist of the very worst kind, and seems to view morals as nothing more than an annoyance.

Reply to Test in Stardock Game History JoeUser Forums

True. The problems faced by ethnic Chinese in Malaysia are no longer a "redistribution of wealth" problem (ie that the Chinese have the wealth and the Malays don't). Government intervention has done about as much as it can; it's now time for the playing field to be leveled for all participants, and if that means the end of pro-Malay discrimination then so be it. As you say being Malaysian should no longer be simply about being Malay. In a globalise

Reply to US Should Work With Others, Except in North Korea? in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Personally I don't see North Korea ever ending their nuclear weapons program. It's not in their best interests to do so. It would be a great step as an international citizen, but I seriously doubt Kim Jong-Il cares about being a good international citizen. The NK administration's only hope of maintaining independence is to have nuclear deterrence. Without it they are vulnerable to military intervention, so the chances of them ever bowing to either

Reply to The Very Survival Of The USA Depends On Your Vote !! in Politics JoeUser Forums

I'll bet you AUS$1000 that if John Kerry is elected the US will not cease to exist as a independent nation. And to be extra generous I'll give you four years - that's one term, right? If the US is still a sovereign state in four years time under John Kerry, then I win. If the Islamoterrorists have overthrown the government and instituted sharia, then you win.

Reply to The arrogance of the left in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Soros' money is reserved for social experiments, like legal drugs and testing to see if zombies can be elected President. Don't forget his constant attempts to undermine the Asian financial markets.

Reply to Did the United States unilaterally win World War II? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Kerry is a man that admits to burning down villages Would you rather he didn't admit committing war crimes? That's a weird stance for someone to have - if you do something bad, keep it quiet. What kind of lesson would that teach the kiddies? I think your point anyway Myrmander is a bit irre

Reply to "friday five" ... remember the days of the old schoolyard ? in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Remember the days of the old schoolyard ? ... 1/ Did you have a nickname ?. What was it, and how did it come about ?. Not really. It was a private Catholic school so I got called by my last name. 2/ Were you a student who ‘worked to the best of their ability’, or were you a serial-hider of report-cards ?. Like Chiprj and cita I was naturally talented. I got straight As in the humanities without doing more than about an h

Reply to The arrogance of the left in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Yesterday Bill Maher demonstrated the kind of attitude that is all too common with liberals: Intellectual arrogance. They believe that they have a monopoly on enlightened thinking. I don't think that this is unique to liberals. Nearly everyone is absolutely convinced that they are the only people who

Reply to My Two Cents on Socialism in Politics JoeUser Forums

Face it inventors just don't invent for the benefit of society. That is what I said... if we agree then I guess I've got nothing more to say about innovation and socialism.

Reply to A living Wage? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Most of us are hypocrites in one way or another, but I don't think it's fair to assert that none of those who would support a living wage are not in the position to, or willing to, behave in a manner that supports their beliefs. Too true. To answer your questions: 1: $20 (paying one