Howard completely capitalized on the 'war on terror'. That is how he got elected (and along with his racist anti-immigration policy). Disgusting.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Texidor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 10:30 PM Subject: Re: Ashamed > I didn't!!!!!! In fact I only know two people that voted for Howard.. I'm > amazed that he was reelected. > > Picture this.... I run a small business, but have had to bring in an > accountant once a month to do our new mountain of paperwork. I was a first > home owner, but I wasn't allowed to claim the grant, because my new partner > of just a few months was previously married, and was on her ex-husbands > mortgage... and the government considered us a de-facto couple... and > because she had a child from her previous marriage, we won't even get the > first baby grant!! Don't even get me started on the state of education and > health!!!!! Put all the money into private schools and hospitals... way to > go you smug little prick!! > > And the thing that really pisses me off.... he lives in Sydney!!! Using our > money to continually travel to Canberra. Yet the elected prime minister is > supposed to live down there. Bloody politicians!!! > > Anyone else wondering why petrol dropped just before the election? And are > you all just waiting to receive the letters the ATO are about to send out to > about 185,000 people about taxes that are owed?? Oh, and what about GST on > food that Costello is talking of. I wonder how many of them voted for > Howard... thing is if anything goes wrong, the hypocrites will be whinging > about him and his party... guess what... too EFFING late!!! > > grrrrrrrrr... sorry. very disappointed today. why do we all live in the > past?? You know, so many australians simply didn't vote labour because of > the high interest rates we had many years ago? When are we going to get > past it and work for our future?? > > > > > > > On Sunday 11 November 2001 19:14, you wrote: > > Yes - a terrible black day > > > > And guess what - very few people will now admit that they voted for Howard > > (our Prime Miniscule.) > > > > Seamus > > > > At 06:35 pm 11/11/01 , you wrote: > > >Agreed > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Stephen Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 5:27 PM > > >Subject: Ashamed > > > > > > > Today, for the first time ever, I live in a country I no longer want to > > > > > >call home. For the first time, I am ashamed to call > > > > > > > myself an Australian. I am ashamed to look people in the eye and know > > > > > >that greater than half of them were sucked in by evil, > > > > > > > untruthful, obfuscating political rhetoric spewed forth from the maw of > > > > a > > > > > >nasty little man we have to call Prime Minister. > > > > > > > Yesterday, this man, John Howard, was re-elected to the top political > > > > job > > > > > >in the nation on the back of a policy platform that > > > > > > > returns Australia to the 1950's. This policy platform includes a > > > > patently > > > > > >racist agenda purposely designed to appeal to the > > > > > > > xenophobic lowest common denominator in Australian society (using our > > > > Navy > > > > > >to turn away boatloads of asylum seekers and farming > > > > > > > them off to smaller Pacific nations for processing when our asylum > > > > seeker > > > > > >intake is miniscule in relation to comparable nations > > > > > > > worldwide), it includes a tax regime that cripples small business by > > > > > >making the running of those businesses infinitely more > > > > > > > difficult. His platform is anti-women (taxes on sanitary products and > > > > a > > > > > >refusal to consider appropriate maternity leave > > > > > > > entitlements) and anti-environment (the Australian government refuses > > > > to > > > > > >sign the Kyoto Agreement). > > > > > > > If I could renounce my citizenship now and live and work somewhere else > > > > I > > > > > >would. Anybody interested in an experienced (10 > > > > > > > years) IT consultant with extensive government and corporate projects > > > > in > > > > > >developer, lead developer and project manager roles? > > > > > > > I'll live and work ANYWHERE EXCEPT AUSTRALIA (and I'm NOT joking). > > > > > > > > Today is a dark, dark day in Australia's history. > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > ======================================================== > > > > Stephen Collins, Technical Consultant - ACIS (Australia) > > > > Allaire Certified ColdFusion 5 Developer > > > > > > > > Work : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ICQ UIN : 56321783 Yahoo! : trib > > > > > > > > "Before I got into triathlon, I was a normal person." > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
