Zesty
Not A Dude
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His smile is also seriously creepy.... :hides under desk:
Yeah, I just noticed this.
Yeah, I just noticed this.
His smile is also seriously creepy.... :hides under desk:
Yeah, I just noticed this.
Why does it need to be done as soon as possible? As much as I'd love fast internet we've got other issues that take priority
Because a high speed internet isn't just about how quickly some retard can download a movie, but rather the services attached to it which are already pushing the capacity of the current networks. Credit card transcations, international trade, information network/communications between hospitals, government data records, they're all networked and as demand for these services continues to increase there needs to be something to meet that need. The current system is ancient, and continually delaying what should've been done a long time ago isn't going to make it any cheaper in the long run.
And I still want to punch Julia Gillard in the face. Quiet a number of people I've spoken to are saying they'll vote liberal....
Having said that, I am strangely attracted to Julia Gillard. As far as I know, she is our first unmarried Prime Minister and she has no children. I'm sick of political parties pushing the "families first" barrow. Shoving buckets of money at people for nothing more than pushing out sprog. What about single people and those couples who don't want to put further stress on overburdened education and juvenile justice systems? Maybe, in Julia, we have a Prime Minister who will rein in mum and dad policies?
Doesn't her partner have a daughter?
Because a high speed internet isn't just about how quickly some retard can download a movie, but rather the services attached to it which are already pushing the capacity of the current networks. Credit card transcations, international trade, information network/communications between hospitals, government data records, they're all networked and as demand for these services continues to increase there needs to be something to meet that need. The current system is ancient, and continually delaying what should've been done a long time ago isn't going to make it any cheaper in the long run.
And I still want to punch Julia Gillard in the face. Quiet a number of people I've spoken to are saying they'll vote liberal....
And I've actually found the opposite with quite a lot of people I know. We had an economic debate in our macroeconomics tutorial yesterday about Labor's handling of the economy over the past 3 years (and specifically the stimulus packages). Nobody in the tutorial stood up for Abbott's criticism of Labor's handling and his plans for the economy in the future. Everybody also said they plan to vote Labor because they agree with how the economy was handled and with how Gillard and Swan plan to bring it back to surplus (mining tax as opposed to spending cuts and big business tax, which will hurt the "average Aussie" more than a tax on the miner's profits will as we all agreed).
No offense, but you go to university in Newcastle which comprises of three of the safest labor held seats so I wouldn't really call that a balanced view
That doesn't necessarily invalidate the discussion. Living in a safe Labor-, Liberal- or National-held electorate doesn't mean that you won't disagree with the policies of that party. True, it may not be perfectly balanced but it would be nearly impossible to find an electorate that is.
I think if anything this campaign has shown that if you're in a safe seat no parties give a shit
I think if anything this campaign has shown that if you're in a safe seat no parties give a shit
It's really basic economics to go into defecit during a recession anyway, I don't get why people are so freaked out about it. And our debt is much lower than many other OECD countries as well- only projected to be 8% of our real GDP for 2010-2011. We are going pretty well economically as a nation, IMO. Don't see any reaso for the drasitc panic and calls for change.
No offense, but you go to university in Newcastle which comprises of three of the safest labor held seats so I wouldn't really call that a balanced view