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Title: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TimTam on August 10, 2010, 07:09:44 AM
Election in Australia this month.
Who are ya voting for???
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Master KChief on August 10, 2010, 07:36:38 AM
pedro.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TheJaylor on August 10, 2010, 09:12:10 AM
who's running?
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Post by: Minister Polarius on August 10, 2010, 10:35:04 AM
pedro.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TimTam on August 11, 2010, 08:50:57 AM
Are any of you guys from Australia because if you were you wouldn't be making stupid answers.

Labor-Julia 'RedHead' Gillard
Libral-Tony 'BudgieSmugglers' Abbot
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: drb1200 on August 11, 2010, 08:52:38 AM
Sorry, I don't think anyone here lives in Australia.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TimTam on August 11, 2010, 08:56:07 AM
Well, I do!
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Post by: Master KChief on August 11, 2010, 08:58:42 AM
a woman running for office? absurd.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TimTam on August 11, 2010, 09:02:38 AM
She's the Prime Minister at the moment.
First woman Prime Minister in the history of Australia :o
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Post by: SomeKittens on August 11, 2010, 09:14:28 PM
Ben Crowshaw.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: JSB23 on August 11, 2010, 09:45:19 PM
Ben Crowshaw.
Wyn
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TheJaylor on August 11, 2010, 10:35:20 PM
i wish i was from Australia. it's a great place to live except for all the poisonous creatures that haunt that continent. i'll vote for Tony Abbot because you know...females...
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: SomeKittens on August 11, 2010, 11:33:32 PM
And the accent is pretty sweet.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TimTam on August 12, 2010, 04:14:26 AM
Australia doesn't really have that many problems with poisonous creatures.
And you think that the aussie accent is sweet and i reckon the american accent is just weird (no offence).
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: drb1200 on August 12, 2010, 08:46:46 AM
Krikey! She's a fiesty sheeluh!
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Red on August 12, 2010, 11:33:04 AM
Australia doesn't really have that many problems with poisonous creatures.
And you think that the aussie accent is sweet and i reckon the american accent is just weird (no offence).
There's 2 american accents man. North and South.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: drb1200 on August 12, 2010, 12:22:48 PM
Australia doesn't really have that many problems with poisonous creatures.
And you think that the aussie accent is sweet and i reckon the american accent is just weird (no offence).
There's 2 american accents man. North and South.
Only 2 huh?
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: SomeKittens on August 13, 2010, 08:10:40 PM
There's actually 13-17, depending on who you ask.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: LadyNobody on August 14, 2010, 12:44:09 AM
Minnesota has it's own accent, and we're proud of it. :D

~Britta
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Rawrlolsauce! on August 14, 2010, 12:50:14 AM
There are tons of accents. The first ones that come to my mind are:

Minnesota
Boston
New York
Chicago
'South'
'Western'
Philly
and Michigan
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TimTam on August 14, 2010, 07:28:00 AM
um... who cares about accents as long as we can communicate with each other
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: The Warrior on August 14, 2010, 01:29:04 PM
um... who cares about accents as long as we can communicate with each other
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Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on August 14, 2010, 03:09:28 PM
um... who cares about accents as long as we can communicate with each other
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Thats language not accents.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Rawrlolsauce! on August 14, 2010, 03:13:29 PM
ye an' wuddaya thenk yer doen tha diffent langagees fer?

Mahattahear
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Professoralstad on August 15, 2010, 11:09:08 AM
So who won the election?
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: drb1200 on August 15, 2010, 02:01:39 PM
So who won the election?
Pedro, thanks to Napoleon.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: cg097 on August 15, 2010, 03:04:00 PM
Were there any conservatives running, because if there were I would have voted for them.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Professoralstad on August 15, 2010, 07:40:29 PM
So who won the election?
Pedro, thanks to Napoleon.

Yeah, I was never able to finish watching that movie. Both times I tried, I fell asleep twenty minutes in. And I wasn't even tired either time. It was just a sleep-inducing movie.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: LadyNobody on August 15, 2010, 08:21:15 PM
So who won the election?
Pedro, thanks to Napoleon.

Yeah, I was never able to finish watching that movie. Both times I tried, I fell asleep twenty minutes in. And I wasn't even tired either time. It was just a sleep-inducing movie.

I had the opposite problem. I fell asleep prior to starting it, and woke up just in time for his dumb dance at the end. I have no desire to watch the rest of that movie.

~Britta
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Prof Underwood on August 15, 2010, 10:05:10 PM
It was just a sleep-inducing movie.
Says the guy with mono :)
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Post by: SomeKittens on August 15, 2010, 11:36:17 PM
Bah.  I hate the dumb humor in that.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TimTam on August 20, 2010, 10:07:28 AM
So who won the election?

No one yet.

Voting tommorrow.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: SomeKittens on August 20, 2010, 10:41:51 AM
Isn't this your first female PM?
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Alex_Olijar on August 20, 2010, 10:43:54 AM
She's the Prime Minister at the moment.
First woman Prime Minister in the history of Australia :o
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: uthminister [BR] on August 20, 2010, 11:53:38 AM
FYI...

http://www.youtube.com/v/cDR522d83fw?fs=1&hl=en_US (http://www.youtube.com/v/cDR522d83fw?fs=1&hl=en_US)
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: SomeKittens on August 20, 2010, 01:55:49 PM
So this is your first, and she's running for reelection?
...and she wasn't even elected the first time?  (Hey, we did that too!)
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: The M on August 20, 2010, 02:15:45 PM
the crocodile hunter!!!
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Smokey on August 20, 2010, 02:39:56 PM
the crocodile hunter!!!

Wrong on so many levels.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: goldencomet on August 20, 2010, 02:47:33 PM
How did you even find out about Redemption all the way in Australia
It's wonderful, i'm just curious
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TimTam on August 22, 2010, 08:44:44 AM
How did you even find out about Redemption all the way in Australia
It's wonderful, i'm just curious

My brother got it for christmas a few years ago and I played a game against him and it was awesome!!!
Since then I've really liked it.
Too bad you can't really get it that much here in Australia.

So this is your first, and she's running for reelection?
...and she wasn't even elected the first time?  (Hey, we did that too!)

We had Kevin Rudd as prime minister in 2007 and then a month ago his deputy kicked him out and put herself in with the rest of her supporters so this is really her first election as prime minister.

You guys get that???
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Smokey on August 22, 2010, 08:46:50 AM
We had Kevin Rudd as prime minister in 2007 and then a month ago his deputy kicked him out and put herself in with the rest of her supporters so this is really her first election as prime minister.

You guys get that???

She formed a Ku to overthrow your current prime minister and no one stopped her?
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: SomeKittens on August 22, 2010, 04:32:18 PM
We had Kevin Rudd as prime minister in 2007 and then a month ago his deputy kicked him out and put herself in with the rest of her supporters so this is really her first election as prime minister.

You guys get that???
We're much more efficient here in the US of A.  We rig it all up before the election even happens.

Also: it's spelled Coup, but pronounced Ku.  Thanks a lot, Babel-builders.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: cg097 on August 22, 2010, 06:22:37 PM
So who won the election?
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: COUNTER_SNIPER on August 22, 2010, 10:14:23 PM
Hmm, are either of the candidates worth voting for?  THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION: I didn't see a reason to vote in the last American election because I thought both candidates were dirt bags...  Well, you might call one an "Old, Wind Bag" but neither seemed quite prepared to truly lead our country.  So this makes me leery of voting for politicians because most of them seem crooked IMHO.  Good luck on getting a good winner/ I hope Australia has some "better" quality politicians.

-C_S
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: SomeKittens on August 22, 2010, 10:27:57 PM
Hmm, are either of the candidates worth voting for?  THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION: I didn't see a reason to vote in the last American election because I thought both candidates were dirt bags...  Well, you might call one an "Old, Wind Bag" but neither seemed quite prepared to truly lead our country.  So this makes me leery of voting for politicians because most of them seem crooked IMHO.  Good luck on getting a good winner/ I hope Australia has some "better" quality politicians.

-C_S
I've heard a great theory that those most likely to run for office are least likely to be suited for it.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Rawrlolsauce! on August 22, 2010, 10:30:18 PM
I'm going to vote JFK as a write-in for the 2012 election.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: SomeKittens on August 22, 2010, 10:36:48 PM
Don't waste your vote, vote for Jon Stewart!  He'll only bow to the late night comedian lobby.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: COUNTER_SNIPER on August 22, 2010, 10:43:13 PM

I've heard a great theory that those most likely to run for office are least likely to be suited for it.

I like that theory...  My vote for the Australian election would be for the woman if she hasn't made any major mistakes while being the PM, after all, you at least have an idea of what she may/may not do :)
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TimTam on August 24, 2010, 07:44:26 AM
So who won the election?

Ok. Voting was on Saturday and is classified the closest election in Australian history.
They are still counting the votes because we have a preferential voting system.
So far Labour (Julia Gillard) with 73 seats won and Liberal (Tony Abbot) also with 73 seats won.
Other parties together have only one 4 (Independents with 3 and Greens with 1)
There are 5 seats still in doubt.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: SomeKittens on August 24, 2010, 03:35:40 PM
Geez, this is so 2000.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TimTam on August 27, 2010, 04:14:48 AM
what you mean???

(P.S. STILL no outcome)
 :)
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: uthminister [BR] on August 27, 2010, 10:42:55 AM
The 2000 election here in the US was not decided until about a month after the fact. The first time someone ever won without winning the popular vote I believe...

(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Famericangrandjury.org%2Farticle_photos%2Fmiss_me_yet.jpg&hash=5622c82744926190acf236f510d673e80cb18652)
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Alex_Olijar on August 27, 2010, 10:44:24 AM
It was actually the 4th time someone won without gaining the poular vote IIRC.
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Post by: uthminister [BR] on August 27, 2010, 10:44:55 AM
Ahhh...good information. Who were the other three if you don't mind me asking?
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Alex_Olijar on August 27, 2010, 10:50:09 AM
1824 John Quincy Adams
1876 Rutherford B Hayes
1892 Benjamin Harrison
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Rawrlolsauce! on August 27, 2010, 01:56:35 PM
"Its possible to get out voted 3 to 1 and still win the election. That is mostly because California stinks."
-My American Government and Politics teacher
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Post by: SomeKittens on August 27, 2010, 05:10:07 PM
(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Famericangrandjury.org%2Farticle_photos%2Fmiss_me_yet.jpg&hash=5622c82744926190acf236f510d673e80cb18652)
No.

I was referring rather to the issue at the polls, rather than date of completion.  Anyone looking for a thought-provoking movie should check out Hacking Democracy (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7926958774822130737#)
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TimTam on August 28, 2010, 01:56:19 AM
geez.

I know nothing about America and you don't know anything about Australia! :

Don't know what to think.
 :) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) ??? ::) :P :-[ :-X :-\ :-* :'( :laugh: :police: :angel:
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Post by: SomeKittens on August 28, 2010, 09:40:42 AM
What I know about Australia:
1.) (https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3107%2F2895348996_ac78929614_o.jpg&hash=4beb4f6a1fa2ae4862da2b2e6d0792616056da4b)
2.) You have Ben Crowshaw.
3.) Fosters is brewed in Canada.
4.) er...
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Rawrlolsauce! on August 28, 2010, 12:11:32 PM
(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F_jd6LlMpeSXQ%2FS7G28JQmA7I%2FAAAAAAAAAJE%2FqDte-eJc1-Y%2FS780%2Fmeanwhile-in-australia.jpg&hash=1bc5fc69aafbb5ab6185b2400b6d0959d927472a)
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: Nameless on August 28, 2010, 12:19:32 PM
 ???   ???   ???   ???   ???
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: uthminister [BR] on August 28, 2010, 02:50:24 PM
So tell us about your country and we will try to tell you about ours...  :laugh:
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TimTam on August 31, 2010, 06:48:29 AM
ok.

um...

what do you want to know???
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: uthminister [BR] on August 31, 2010, 10:16:09 AM
I can find out raw statistics and facts here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia)

Things I am curious about are strange things like what's on the menu at McDonalds in Australia (if there are McDonalds there)?
What do Ausies think about Crocodile Dundee or Steve Irwin?
Is there really a dislike between Australians and New Zelanders?
How often do you see a Kangaroo?
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TheJaylor on August 31, 2010, 10:20:12 AM
who cares about kangaroos when koalas and  wombats and blue tongued skinks and the deadly animals like Funnel Web spiders and Death Adders and Opera Singers
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: SomeKittens on August 31, 2010, 12:12:40 PM
Why do you have a giant building with sails when it can't move?
Do you guys eat kangaroo, and if so, what does it taste like?
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TimTam on September 04, 2010, 02:15:09 AM
who cares about kangaroos when koalas and  wombats and blue tongued skinks and the deadly animals like Funnel Web spiders and Death Adders and Opera Singers

well obviously you like koalas...
I can find out raw statistics and facts here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia)

Things I am curious about are strange things like what's on the menu at McDonalds in Australia (if there are McDonalds there)?
What do Ausies think about Crocodile Dundee or Steve Irwin?
Is there really a dislike between Australians and New Zelanders?
How often do you see a Kangaroo?

of course there are McDonalds in Australia. There everywhere. But they I think are really bad.
never watched croc dundee and Steve's dead.
You see kanga's in the zoo or just about all the time in the bush/outback.

Why do you have a giant building with sails when it can't move?
Do you guys eat kangaroo, and if so, what does it taste like?

The giant building as you probably know is the Sydney Opera House and the sails are only its designs.
You can eat kangaroo and it tastes like dry beef to me. (Not that dry really.)
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: cg097 on September 08, 2010, 05:14:46 PM
of course there are McDonalds in Australia. There everywhere. But they I think are really bad.
never watched croc dundee
Wait, it tastes like salt but we all eat it anyway.
FIXED. Art thou happy?
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: SomeKittens on September 08, 2010, 08:47:56 PM
of course there are McDonalds in Australia. There everywhere. But they I think are really bad.
never watched croc dundee
Wait, it tastes like s*** but we all eat it anyway.
Please refrain from swearing and all semblances of it on these forums.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: uthminister [BR] on September 09, 2010, 12:18:55 PM
of course there are McDonalds in Australia. There everywhere. But they I think are really bad.
never watched croc dundee
Wait, it tastes like salt but we all eat it anyway.

Corrected...
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: TimTam on October 26, 2010, 05:36:46 AM
sorry been away so long

Julia Gillard won and is now the first woman to be ELECTED Prime Minister of Australia
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: cg097 on October 26, 2010, 04:14:30 PM
I saw something about that on Wikipedia, but thanks anyway.
Title: Re: Election in Australia-Who are ya Voting for??
Post by: The M on October 26, 2010, 04:55:48 PM
What is it with important female political figures all of a sudden?
Not that that is a bad thing (which it isn't)
But how & why?
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