Australian Election - August 21

vedder_soup
vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
edited September 2010 in A Moving Train
Well the date has been announced for August 21, so now we have 5 weeks of listening to spin and promisies from both sides of politics... if the speaches of both the leaders today is anything to go by, we will either move forward with the current government, or ah um ar ummm ah well ar umm.. :lol::lol:
2003 - Sydney x3,
2006 - Reading Festival,
2007 - Katowice, London, Nijmegen, Rock Werchter,
2008 - MSG x2, Hartford, Mansfield x2, Beacon Theater,
2009 - Melbourne, Sydney,
2010 - I watched it go to fire!
2011 - EV Brisbane x3, Newcastle, Sydney x3,
2012 - Manchester x 2, Amsterdam x2, Prague, Berlin x2, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
2014 - Sydney, EV Sydney x3

I wave to all my Friends... Yeah!
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  • TriumphantAngel
    TriumphantAngel Posts: 1,760
    has julia gillard played full forward for the dogs yet?
  • matt.orme
    matt.orme Posts: 11
    Vote for the Greens,,,,keep those Bi-Partisan manipulators accountable.. :?:
  • TriumphantAngel
    TriumphantAngel Posts: 1,760
    i'm not a huge fan of Gillard, especially the way the whole Rudd fiasco played out. i mean she made out initially that she was all sugar and spice and all things nice and wasn't interested in the leadership and that her loyalties lay with Kevin Rudd. well, we know now how that all panned out don't we.

    whilst not a huge fan of some of labors policies, i do think that Kevin Rudd did not deserve to go out like that. he did some good things that Aussies should be proud of that no one else had the balls to do (withdrawal of troops from iraq and his real, meaningful and heartfelt apology to the stolen generations). i think the whole thing could have been handled better. he at least deserved that.
  • vedder_soup
    vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    how is the whole Rudd/Gillard thing any different to Trunbull ousting Nelson, and then Abbott ousting Turnbull?
    no different in my mind
    2003 - Sydney x3,
    2006 - Reading Festival,
    2007 - Katowice, London, Nijmegen, Rock Werchter,
    2008 - MSG x2, Hartford, Mansfield x2, Beacon Theater,
    2009 - Melbourne, Sydney,
    2010 - I watched it go to fire!
    2011 - EV Brisbane x3, Newcastle, Sydney x3,
    2012 - Manchester x 2, Amsterdam x2, Prague, Berlin x2, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
    2014 - Sydney, EV Sydney x3

    I wave to all my Friends... Yeah!
  • TriumphantAngel
    TriumphantAngel Posts: 1,760
    how is the whole Rudd/Gillard thing any different to Trunbull ousting Nelson, and then Abbott ousting Turnbull?
    no different in my mind
    who said it was any different? i'm just making an observation that this might affect the way some people vote, especially with the legacy that Rudd left behind.
  • TroubledSoul
    TroubledSoul Posts: 1,374
    matt.orme wrote:
    Vote for the Greens,,,,keep those Bi-Partisan manipulators accountable.. :?:

    not really. basically just a more complicated vote for labor.
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • jamingjamers
    jamingjamers Posts: 383
    please dont vote for the mad monk.........he scares me
  • TroubledSoul
    TroubledSoul Posts: 1,374
    please dont vote for the mad monk.........he scares me

    please dont vote for the left wing whiny BER scheme loser. she scares me.

    see how silly it sounds? vote for a party, not a spokesperson.
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • jamingjamers
    jamingjamers Posts: 383
    please dont vote for the mad monk.........he scares me

    please dont vote for the left wing whiny BER scheme loser. she scares me.

    see how silly it sounds? vote for a party, not a spokesperson.

    Abbotts got a pretty big ego and he pushes it on to the public
    i dont like hes view on woman and what they do with there bodies, work choices and religion
  • illegal pants
    illegal pants Posts: 13,471
    i feel as if paying the $110 avoidance fine is almost justifiable.. is it 110?
    wah
  • jamingjamers
    jamingjamers Posts: 383
    i feel as if paying the $110 avoidance fine is almost justifiable.. is it 110?


    just do a donkey vote
  • illegal pants
    illegal pants Posts: 13,471
    haha i could write it's Stone's fault on the voting form

    just started noticing the ads on tv, Gillard's more annoying thus far
    wah
  • TroubledSoul
    TroubledSoul Posts: 1,374
    i feel as if paying the $110 avoidance fine is almost justifiable.. is it 110?

    a donkey absentee vote is the easiest non invasive "non saturday ruining" way out!
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    Hey mike don't worry in my country we have an expensive election every 10 minutes so the current leader can try again and again to get a majority government. "Didn't get the majority this time, Steve" "HOLD ANOTHER ELECTION!" :roll:
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • JK109224
    JK109224 Posts: 644
    Going to be a dull campaign led by two equally dull leaders.

    For me it's going to be a matter of voting to keep someone out, rather than get someone in.
    Come to send, not condescend...
  • TroubledSoul
    TroubledSoul Posts: 1,374
    JK109224 wrote:
    it's going to be a matter of voting to keep someone out, rather than get someone in.

    same as 07. if my dog was the labor leader, she still wouldve beaten johnny. its all very uninspiring!
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    dont forget fellow aussies... julia is trying to move us forward. im thinking that means well end up somewhere around new zealand.

    i would vote for the libs if tony promises never ever again to wear speedos or lycra.

    i wont vote green cause as someone else pointed out thats just like voting labor but in a roundabout way.
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    i was reading that the economy is actually doing quite well in australia ... is that true? ... if so, wouldn't that have something to do with ex-pm rudd's work? ...
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    Australia has elections???? :o I thought they just had a drinking contest and it was the last man standing.

    Vote for this guy!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnkUTqNY ... re=related
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    polaris_x wrote:
    i was reading that the economy is actually doing quite well in australia ... is that true? ... if so, wouldn't that have something to do with ex-pm rudd's work? ...

    yes its true.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say