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gezzam
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Australia
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 Posted - 05/31/2003 : 10:03:13
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U.S. to Realign Troops in Asia
So, now with Australia slowly but surely replacing Alaska as your biggest state, we have the possibility of U.S. troops in our country. I was against Australia's (and the rest of the "Coalition of the Coerced") military involvement in Iraq, but this now takes the cake. If our involvement in Iraq hasn't already made us a bigger terror target, 15,000 odd U.S. soldiers ain't gunna help much either.
Plus I'd feel sorry for any poor soldier that would have to put up with endless calls of "G'Day mate" and really bad Australian movies.
Then, after our (minimal) help in Iraq, your goverment sends us a bill for helping out....US bills Australia for bombs
Thanks for nuthin' Dubya.....we help you out when no one else wants a bar of it, then you charge us for the priveledge.
Every day this bulshit stinks more and more, just don't get me started on the WMD issue.
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the_ignored
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 Posted - 05/31/2003 : 21:59:33 [Permalink]
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Hmm, Humor. Gotta love it...
(ah, hell) I really don't know what else to say... |
>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 06/01/2003 : 03:26:48 [Permalink]
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| The rest of the world is the 51st state now dude. No, wait a minute, each state has representatives in Washington. That would make you a conquered territory, I think, not a state. |
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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gezzam
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Australia
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Posted - 06/01/2003 : 07:28:46 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Gorgo
The rest of the world is the 51st state now dude. No, wait a minute, each state has representatives in Washington. That would make you a conquered territory, I think, not a state.
Cool, I'll meet the troops in the street with flowers and waving my American flag......
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Cold in here
New Member
Canada
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Posted - 06/04/2003 : 22:40:14 [Permalink]
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| I wouldn't spend too much time blaming Bush for the Australians decision to aide the Americans in their war. If you don't like being Americanised, perhaps it's time to vote for another party. |
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gezzam
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Australia
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Posted - 06/05/2003 : 08:57:36 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Cold in here
I wouldn't spend too much time blaming Bush for the Australians decision to aide the Americans in their war. If you don't like being Americanised, perhaps it's time to vote for another party.
I didn't vote for our current Prime Minister in the first place. I think with the current furore over the lies perpetuated by the Bush administration, I will blame Bush and his cronies for cajoling us into an unnecessary war.
John Howard has sold his soul to the devil. We went to war against the wishes of the Australian publc. 75% of us didn't want the war to begin with, but here, as with in America, an increasingly apathetic public will listen to a media totally prepared to tow the party line. |
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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Cold in here
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Canada
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Posted - 06/05/2003 : 19:18:04 [Permalink]
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| Well, all I'm saying is that the Australian government is as much to blame for the Australian presence in the war as Bush. Whether or not it was a move supported by your people is another story altogether, but I stand by saying that the present government was brought into power via perfectly legal system, the same as ours in Canada. Only our government respected the idiosity of the war and decided against military action. |
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Tim
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USA
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Posted - 06/06/2003 : 03:39:23 [Permalink]
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| Gez, man, you're in deep sh't. You're turning into one of us, but paying twice the taxes to do so! You have my sympathy.... |
"We got an issue in America. Too many good docs are gettin' out of business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their -- their love with women all across this country." Dubya in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 9/6/2004
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gezzam
SFN Regular
Australia
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Posted - 06/06/2003 : 08:06:46 [Permalink]
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Our government has a history of telling outrageous lies to the public. In the last election, they were swept into power using the Children Overboard affair. Harnessing the xenophobic views of our country, they got the economy, Medicare and the botched implementation of the GST off the front pages.
Using the case that they were tough on border patrol and they would look after the “Aussie Battler” they managed to win an almost unwinnable election. As with the States, selective reporting by the Murdoch and Packer press pumped the electorate full of fear over the immanent arrival of thousands of Asylum Seekers, so the Howard government tough treatment of refugee's became the main platform to win the election.
Only after the election did the truth come out, but by then it was too late.
What is ironic is that we are now in bed with America due to the lies told by Bush and co. They lied to the American public, the British and Australian governments and we are now paying the price. However, as with our last election, the horse has bolted and it is too late to shut the gate.
My point is that over the next few years we may have a stronger than ever U.S. presence in Australia, not because of the fact that we want it, but because we may be bullied into it. The article I posted above states that the Pentagon has been talking about relocating troops without even putting a plan on the table to we minnows down here. Everything seems to have built on a platform of lies (ours and America's) but now we are getting bitten in the arse.
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Cold in here
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Canada
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Posted - 06/09/2003 : 20:11:11 [Permalink]
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WARNING! ACHTUNG! ATTENTION!
DO NOT BREATHE UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY THE PENTAGON.
UNAUTHORIZED BREATHING IS PUNISHABLE BY DEATH.
THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD G.I. JOE |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 06/09/2003 : 21:04:38 [Permalink]
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We should start the Stoned, World-wide Revolution and Luau without further delay.
I am still shocked and appaled at what's happened to this country and the world since the fuckwit Bush was appointed by what used to be our Supreme Court.
If I were a praying man, I'd pray for an impeachment, soonist. As info comes out, the grounds for it become more solid, as the grounds for attacking a nation that could in no way have harmed us, become more tenous. I am delighted that Saddam is history (assuming...), but I am not so happy about the way he went -- taking 160+ soldiers, and some 8000 Iraqis, mostly non-combatants, with him. And Iraq, like another country some years ago, appears to be becomming a quagmire.
We'll hang Smirky in effergy (hopefully, the real Bush will be in the slam and we won't be able to hang, nor even spit at, the real thing) at the Stoned, Revolutionary Luau.
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WindupAtheist
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Posted - 06/09/2003 : 22:04:50 [Permalink]
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| I'm sorry, did the US conquer Australia and I just missed it? Or is our friendly neighborhood Aussie just pissy that his own government hasn't bothered to actually say no to the US? Come on, Canada blew us off on the war thing and we haven't exactly nuked them. Your gov't could have said no, but it didn't. Not our fault. |
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gezzam
SFN Regular
Australia
751 Posts |
Posted - 06/09/2003 : 23:38:20 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by WindupAtheist
I'm sorry, did the US conquer Australia and I just missed it? Or is our friendly neighborhood Aussie just pissy that his own government hasn't bothered to actually say no to the US? Come on, Canada blew us off on the war thing and we haven't exactly nuked them. Your gov't could have said no, but it didn't. Not our fault.
You bet I'm fuckin' pissed off at our government. Still doesn't give the Adminstration the right to boss us around. Christ, before the war even started we had the US ambassador sticking his nose in our affairs and criticising the Labor Party for having the audacity to oppose the war. Mind your own business ya knob.
Because our government is so pissweak, we Aussies better better get the lube, bend over and prepare to be arsefucked by Bush and Co.
Shit, one Hillary Clinton would be better than the dickhead there now. |
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
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Posted - 06/10/2003 : 07:22:02 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by gezzam
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Originally posted by WindupAtheist
I'm sorry, did the US conquer Australia and I just missed it? Or is our friendly neighborhood Aussie just pissy that his own government hasn't bothered to actually say no to the US? Come on, Canada blew us off on the war thing and we haven't exactly nuked them. Your gov't could have said no, but it didn't. Not our fault.
You bet I'm fuckin' pissed off at our government. Still doesn't give the Adminstration the right to boss us around. Christ, before the war even started we had the US ambassador sticking his nose in our affairs and criticising the Labor Party for having the audacity to oppose the war. Mind your own business ya knob.
Because our government is so pissweak, we Aussies better better get the lube, bend over and prepare to be arsefucked by Bush and Co.
Shit, one Hillary Clinton would be better than the dickhead there now.
OK. A few things. Captian Cowboy and the rest of the Hitler Youth have a penchant for making remarks and issuing statements which is supposed to curry favor with US policies. It's called foreign policy. It's up to the sovreign nation to tell Captian Cowboy to go fuck himself.
If the government isn't helping you. You don't get lube. It's sandpaper condom time without a kiss and dinner. Not even the courtesy of a reach around.
My suggestion is to fire the fuck ups and put legislators with a backbone. Heck, seems like you've got ideas. Why not run for office? Be part of the solution. |
Cthulhu/Asmodeus when you're tired of voting for the lesser of two evils
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Cold in here
New Member
Canada
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Posted - 06/10/2003 : 10:28:22 [Permalink]
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Damn right Valiant, a lot of people need to tell Bush to fist himself. Hey, Canada did it, in more than one way.
You're wrong windup if you think we aren't remanded for it constantly. Every chance the US gets to fuck us they do, softwood lumber trade, Beef trade (Beef declared safe yet still the US has stopped trade), declaring Toronto unsafe to travel to (it also is safe), and generally making shitty remarks about our OWN laws. Yep, they sure don't bear a grudge do they? |
Toronto is the capital of Canada, and I live in a giant igloo. Blubber anyone? |
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gezzam
SFN Regular
Australia
751 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2003 : 18:20:22 [Permalink]
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My suggestion is to fire the fuck ups and put legislators with a backbone. Heck, seems like you've got ideas. Why not run for office? Be part of the solution.
That's what my other half says, she tells me to stop bitching and get into parliament.
However, the mainstream media seems to be lapping up what our government feeds them. How do you get people to realise that things are rapidly going downhill? No point talking about it if your comments get buried on page 37 of the daily news and don't rate a mention on the television.
Conversations with most people at work just reinforce the fact that they are ignorant of what is happening in the world. Everyone actually believes the war in Iraq is over, simply because it barely rates a mention anymore.
With countries that opposed the war, the US might not actually be nuking them, but they are not exactly forthcoming with trade ideas (New Zealand and Canada are getting shafted in trade).
The "if you are not with us, you are against us" rhetoric is so true. As I have said before, we were with them, but I reckon we will still be shafted in the long run.
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