Election problems
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Election problems
You may have heard about our upcoming mid-May Election.
The retiring party paid $80,000,000 for access to floodwater running off a property. The recipient of the cash may not be an actual farmer, but an offshore tax haven company which trades in water rights.
They also paid $55,000,000 to Cambodia, to re-settle boat people. A total of three refugees went to Cambodia under this plan, and I think that one or two of them did not stay. There are other disturbing details, which you may or may not care to look up.
They want us to re-elect them on the basis of their economic performance.
The other major party is promising all sorts of goodies, which their opponents say are not costed.
Both parties seem to be doing little else than accusing each other of wrong-doing.
They decided to honour Anzac Day by pausing campaigns, which was nice but for TV and radio filling in with news of the pause, followed by rehashes of the past week of campaigning.
An independent candidate who has reputedly spent over $35,000,000 promoting his cause, is associated with a defunct nickel processing company, which owes millions to ex-employees, goodness knows how much to creditors, and, we hear, $75,000,000 to the Federal Government. This latter may be to do with the environmental time bomb donated by the company to the people of Australia, when it abandoned waste ponds.
Oh, nearly forgot the candidate who resigned from his party after video of him groping strippers surfaced. Apparently he was drunk, so it was out of character. He was also drunk when he was mouthing off to the NRA whilst trying to get financial support for his party. Maybe just being drunk is "in character" for him? Though he resigned, apparently his name is still on the ballot papers.
Anyway, of course I'm giving you this background so that you can offer suggestions as to how I should vote.
Thankfully, there is no State election, because there is a fight on to stop a big ship from being permanently anchored in Westernport Bay, (Victoria). The ship is to take on imported LPG and turn it into gas for local use (40Km inshore). I thought that LPG turned into gas when pressure was released, but this ship needs to suck up clean water and pump out chlorinated water.
The retiring party paid $80,000,000 for access to floodwater running off a property. The recipient of the cash may not be an actual farmer, but an offshore tax haven company which trades in water rights.
They also paid $55,000,000 to Cambodia, to re-settle boat people. A total of three refugees went to Cambodia under this plan, and I think that one or two of them did not stay. There are other disturbing details, which you may or may not care to look up.
They want us to re-elect them on the basis of their economic performance.
The other major party is promising all sorts of goodies, which their opponents say are not costed.
Both parties seem to be doing little else than accusing each other of wrong-doing.
They decided to honour Anzac Day by pausing campaigns, which was nice but for TV and radio filling in with news of the pause, followed by rehashes of the past week of campaigning.
An independent candidate who has reputedly spent over $35,000,000 promoting his cause, is associated with a defunct nickel processing company, which owes millions to ex-employees, goodness knows how much to creditors, and, we hear, $75,000,000 to the Federal Government. This latter may be to do with the environmental time bomb donated by the company to the people of Australia, when it abandoned waste ponds.
Oh, nearly forgot the candidate who resigned from his party after video of him groping strippers surfaced. Apparently he was drunk, so it was out of character. He was also drunk when he was mouthing off to the NRA whilst trying to get financial support for his party. Maybe just being drunk is "in character" for him? Though he resigned, apparently his name is still on the ballot papers.
Anyway, of course I'm giving you this background so that you can offer suggestions as to how I should vote.
Thankfully, there is no State election, because there is a fight on to stop a big ship from being permanently anchored in Westernport Bay, (Victoria). The ship is to take on imported LPG and turn it into gas for local use (40Km inshore). I thought that LPG turned into gas when pressure was released, but this ship needs to suck up clean water and pump out chlorinated water.
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Hi Mike. And here’s me thinking it’s only our politicians who are a bunch of ar*eholes!. I think you should carry out your civic duty and vote rather than abstain but you could deliberately spoil your paper by putting a line through all the candidates and writing ‘None Of the above’ Space permitting, you could write briefly to express your opinion but be careful not to libel anyone. At least your ballot paper might amuse whoever is doing the counting.
If time allows we could export a few of our idiots to give you greater choice. EricT
If time allows we could export a few of our idiots to give you greater choice. EricT
Now at the age where I know I like girls but can't remember why!
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Only solution to election ploblems is Chinese viagra!
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I wondered why it hadn't come up before! Might get some.
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I would vote as too many people have died in this world getting people like us the right to have a free vote. Of course that gives us over here the right not to vote, a poor excuse in my opinion, although I have been led to understand you have to vote. My Dad always said vote for who you think will do the least damage to the country. However you can always spoil your vote.
I noticed yesterday the BBC showed spoilt votes on the news. I have always been an advocate they should have a box to tick saying you believe none of the candidates are worth voting for.
Tomliner as to exporting our idiots over there for them to vote for we already have.
I noticed yesterday the BBC showed spoilt votes on the news. I have always been an advocate they should have a box to tick saying you believe none of the candidates are worth voting for.
Tomliner as to exporting our idiots over there for them to vote for we already have.
Simon
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Correct, Paul, I'm not Chinese, it just hadn't come up.
I wouldn't deliberately spoil my vote. There are Independents, I have to look at their offerings.
Voting is compulsory once you're registered, and you get fined unless you have good reasons.
I don't think that actually registering to vote is compulsory. Why? ...but they do know that only something like 98% of us are registered.
I wouldn't deliberately spoil my vote. There are Independents, I have to look at their offerings.
Voting is compulsory once you're registered, and you get fined unless you have good reasons.
I don't think that actually registering to vote is compulsory. Why? ...but they do know that only something like 98% of us are registered.
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