Aussie Election

[Reaves]

And on that day Dame Edna will be queen!

[Reece]

She's allready a Queen, isn't she!:rotfl:

[Venatore]

Defence is screwed

[Dan D]

“Mdnight Oil” singer Peter Garrett* becomes Minister for Climate Change, Environment & Heritage, Arts!

*“Beds are burning”


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Another old classic, from England this time, dedicated to our subsim homie "Steed":
The Stranglers: “Gordon Brown”
http://collect.myspace.com/music/pop...sbbClkZQ11gaLY bsZd6w1/Mhh/ThPWhN4Gwo4KalFJ0CLw==d=MTg3MzgxNDI4XjExOTYzMDQwMj c=

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by Venatore

Defence is screwed

LOL so are the Libs with Brendan in charge!

[bookworm_020]

I could see a geat cartoon of howard looking for a new home and saying that he has empathy for those who are in the housing market.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[bookworm_020]

Maybe this sums it up

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...199,19,00.html

[Venatore]

Originally Posted by TarJak

LOL so are the Libs with Brendan in charge!

I join The Australian Infantry in 1988 and for 8 long boring years we sat on our bums conducting exercises within Australia the good old LABOR policy of "Home-Defence", same exercises year after year, same concept, defend Australia, dig defensives positions year after year, outdated warfare and the infantry were getting stale.

When the Liberal Party got in during the 1996 elections, my boring stale career changed, we are now deploying all over the world East-Timor, Iraq, Afghanistan, Solomon Islands, Kuwait, soldiers doing what we joined to do, now I think we (the soldier) are in for a our own dry drought and deployment will soon dry up.

The writing is on the wall, and its all in the history; compare what the Liberal PM does with his defense force from 1966 to now and where they have deployed in the world and then compare what the Labor PM does and where the infantry have deployed during that same time.

You can't deny history. I prey for Rudd's sake that he doesn't lower the morale of the infantry.

I am trying to keep an open mind with this new leadership government, I hope they prove me wrong.

The people of Australia have spoken, and thats why I love this country, you never see a soldier waving a sign, or going on strike, or getting on the news to gob off, we just take what ever pineapple come our way and soldier on.

[TarJak]

I hear you Ven! I agree that Labour is likely to make the soldiers life boring again. But think of the polishing and marchin practise your's get in. :rotfl:

My comment was aimed at the fact that I don't see B Nelson as PM material and neither does anyone else I've spoken to. IMHO he is not the man the Coalition need to lead them back to government.

[Venatore]

Originally Posted by TarJak

I hear you Ven! I agree that Labour is likely to make the soldiers life boring again. But think of the polishing and marchin practise your's get in. :rotfl:

My comment was aimed at the fact that I don't see B Nelson as PM material and neither does anyone else I've spoken to. IMHO he is not the man the Coalition need to lead them back to government.

LOL you got me a beauty with the marching :rotfl:I tend to agree with you on Mr Nelson, I reckon he has no personality (which seems to be a key factor theses days), its funny to know that he was once a LABOR man & a union rep, he walked across the floor to the Libs. Its also funny to see the Libs mirroring the Lab in that they have elected a man the same age as Rudd (so that cant be used as an attacking tool as they did towards Howard) and the Libs have a female in the same position as Lab.

I reckon we sack them all and put Mr Bean in charge

[baggygreen]

I just got notice i was deemed class 1 last week, so I'm just waiting to sign on the dotted line for ARES, I'm just hoping they dont cut defence spending by too much, if at all.

and Ven matey, you just needa change forces if you want to head away - I hear the navy's always got a ship in the Gulf which isnt coming home...

As for nelson being the opposition leader, well I dont know a single person under the age of 25 who voted Liberal. Most of them I asked why they voted for Labor, the response was invariably that Rudd is different and/or Rudd is cool. Nelson rides a triumph, doesnt mind gettin his hands dirty.... my guess is they might try and play him as a 'cool uncle' to appeal to young voters who wouldnt know the first thing about policy. He's got a brain too, so that will no doubt help.

[Venatore]

Originally Posted by baggygreen

I just got notice i was deemed class 1 last week, so I'm just waiting to sign on the dotted line for ARES, I'm just hoping they dont cut defence spending by too much, if at all.

and Ven matey, you just needa change forces if you want to head away - I hear the navy's always got a ship in the Gulf which isnt coming home...

Baggygreen,

Congradulations on moving closer to joining.

As for the Navy, yea its funny that I'm in the infantry and yet I love German U-boat warefare