[retired_chinioti22]

Originally posted by RedefiningForm:
What's the general perception of Howard's 11 years in power?

Thankful for his handling of the economy, but resentful over his handling of the environment. He has lost a lot of trust and political credibility.

Essentially; thanks, but it's time to leave.

[retired_rolal]

I'd say we're not going too badly as a nation, but mixed in with a few lies and un-necessary butt kissing of one Mr President.

In saying that though, I didn't realise the extent that my former employer not only stuck rigidly to the AWA, but worded a few things quite cleverly in there too...

Like, if I went to a trade night for let's say sony, and as part of a raffle or competition at said trade night, I won an MP3 player, I wasn't allowed to keep this item without the store owners, very rare approval...

[retired_sera]

Being surrounded by uni politics types, whose only conversational topic seems to be how bad John Howard is, I am so well and truly over this election that I'm hoping on election day the world is destroyed and myself and everyone else are wiped out.

There's nothing more obnoxious than a 19 year old arguing with a 20 year old over IR legislation while listening to Midnight Oil in the Adelaide unibar.

Throw them all on the fire.

[retired_chinioti22]

Howard's first official election policy: tax cuts.

Transcript

Reports; ABC, The Australian

Basically, the idea is for tax rates to be reduced to 15, 30, 35 and 40% by 2012-13 with an effective no tax income of $20,000 (from 15, 30, 40 and 45%, effective no tax income of $11,000).

[retired_suzannechua]

Liberal ftw please.

[retired_chinioti22]

Originally posted by Squijee:
Being surrounded by uni politics types, whose only conversational topic seems to be how bad John Howard is, I am so well and truly over this election that I'm hoping on election day the world is destroyed and myself and everyone else are wiped out.

There's nothing more obnoxious than a 19 year old arguing with a 20 year old over IR legislation while listening to Midnight Oil in the Adelaide unibar.

Throw them all on the fire.

I prefer Augie March

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">We will adjust to this new condition of living like a man with his entrails now out him not in,after certain techniques of torture accustoms himself to a new condition of living...train.Thoughtful godless men find god in them at the age of twenty-fivebut in a year death gains favor and they think themselves the more alive,You'll find them in the loose caboose where the pills are kept and the stupid juice,This one has a sleeping wheel, this one has a willing noose- Onward and on to the ends of love, *****ed vanity, habit and ruse.Onward and on to a premature silence where death finds too much use.Fifteen year old whores in training, eyes a'batting, arms a'flailing, skin aflame, this fire-fanning express,If you're on board amazement follows fear and rounded by dismayit takes the corner into the day after today which is a father's sorrow- Onward and on to the ends of meanness where kindness is the means of the earth.Onward and on, awakening finds us too sensual beings from birth -("I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry lady, I am sorry, I'm sorry lady...I'm sorry")...train.Pods of wealthy blonde gobbets with red-rind eyesgetting pecked at by the heroin sparrows of the western skies,It may be married to the tracks but this train flies and it's taking no passengers."We'll stand on his hand, that's how you pin your man, we'll smash him from Preston to Epworth!"Onward and on to the ends of reason where malice is the means of the earth.Onward and on, this strange-wrought bird, onwards and over the black coffee earth,Onward and on, this laughing train to the ends of its low, low mirth...Where the media make it with the media whores,Lady Time minces man-meat with her contract clawsfor a barbecue with the veterans of the talkback warsin the outback palace...of one John Laws.O we will adjust to this new condition of livinglike a sailor with his hands tied behind his backimprisoned after sailing into foreign waters, unawares,accustoms himself to a new condition of living.But a shadow falls between this hurtling intent and its realisationfor its government is rotten and therefore its civilisationwhich is certainly taking no passengers...train... </pre>

[Stings]

Well that's just baffling more than anything.

[retired_chinioti22]

Burned by the most inane poster on the board

[retired_ashlia80]

I... don't think I can muster the necessary moral outrage at this time of night. I'll chip in somewhere closer to the actual poll. 6 weeks out is too far.

...though if you're Howard, you seem to think the debate should take place now, before anyone's had a chance to look through any policies. Proposing one debate 5 weeks out is just a shambles. I'd say he's running scared, but with this little bugger I always think he's got a plan. And knowing him it'll work, too.

I do love how he's already attacked Rudd for "not taking responsibility for what his shadow-ministers do". Please, when was the last time you heard Howard accept responsibility for anything other than the faux-noble "I'm responsible for sending men to war" crap when someone dies? His legacy will be that ministers and prime-ministers can get away with saying "yes I received the email, but I didn't read it, so I didn't know". Cnut.

Oops, guess I could raise some outrage.

[retired_el_chanclas]

Originally posted by Scott AM:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by davidbowie:
I can't stand rudd. Slimly little troll of a man. His part is a bunch of incompetent union puppets who spent the last 6 years fighting over who should be leader.

Do I want them running the country? No Thanks.

I see the Liberal smear campaign has left you refreshingly unbiased. </BLOCKQUOTE>

k.

Nice to know the Labor union propaganda has left you brilliantly unbiased.