We can't even keep our own currency up these days...the USD has steadily gone down. We're living on borrowed time (and money).
What I can't understand is why a lot of the Commonwealth countries follow along by electing the pols the do - Oz, Canada and I don't know as much about the Kiwis - but when I meet Aussies and Kiwis and (Brits for that matter) here and abroad they seem so much more sensible than their leaders. There was a time when the US, (now sadly long past), DID provide good ideas and had many institutions worth emulating. Now I don't see why ANY developed country would march in our shadow. Weaver Doug Foskey wrote: >I think the influence is more evil than ANZAS. I think the US has a >stranglehold over our pollies. There was a rumour that the last time >Australia stood up to the US, our $A nosedived. The rumour was that unless we >behaved, it would keep going down. Look too at the rollercoaster ride of the >$NZ. It has taken NZ years to recover. > >regards Doug > >On Thursday 15 June 2006 7:51, leo bunyan wrote: > > >>Hi Doug >>It's not a matter of if the EPA laws will be introduced in Oz but When. >>I saw a journalist on the telly the other night that said "what happens in >>the US follows on to Aust." We now have fire ants in Oz that came from 2nd >>hand Agriculture equipment imported from the States because when we >>complained that the quarantine standards from the States might be a bit >>slack the States accussed us of being difficult to get a long with now we >>didn't want to offend our ANZAS treaty partner so we just deciced best we >>let them in. The same is going to happen with GM >>Pity >>Leo >> >>Doug Foskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We have a local shrub also >>(little man trying to be like (& liked) by George...) >> There is some GM in Aust, but it seems not to have a toe-hold. >> >> I was wondering, with our govt signing the US FTA (Free (as in not...) >>Trade Agreement) if the EPA laws that have been watered in the US will be >>introduced to Australia?? >> >>regards Doug >> >>On Wednesday 14 June 2006 11:20, Chris Lloyd wrote: >> >> >>>>But for the contamination: they are fed on genetically modified >>>>protein: would you trust it??) < >>>> >>>> >>>No, I do my best never to eat any GM products but it's not easy with the >>>US pushing GM products and out stupid PM acting as Bushes puppet. Luckily >>>there is a large proportion of the population that is anti GM and most >>>supermarkets don't want to loose trade. One brewer even started using GM >>>Soya in its beer, funnily enough consumption crashed. Chris. >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Biofuel mailing list >>>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >>> >>>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >>> >>>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 >>>messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Biofuel mailing list >>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >> >>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 >>messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >> >> >> >> Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
