The Greens achieved some astonishing results in the federal election. Below are just a few;

* Over 1.7 million people voted 1 for the Greens in the Senate
* Over 1.5 million people voted 1 for the Greens in the House of Representatives
* The largest vote swing in this election was to the Greens - 3.7% nationally. This was much larger than ( Read more... )

Because our politicians represent we, the people and not some giant faceless political party:Barton led the push to scuttle the bill, which passed the Senate on Monday night after lawmakers in that chamber struck a bipartisan compromise. Senate Democrats won over Republican support by allowing broadcast stations to make the switch from analog to ( Read more... )

Not in any real order, and I promise there's no wit or deep intellectual thought here -- I just want to get it all down before I forget ( Read more... )

US PRESIDENT George Bush today will tell a meeting of world leaders, including Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, not to abandon principles of free-market capitalism as they seek a way out of the global financial crisis.

On the eve of this weekend's Group of 20 nations summit in Washington, Mr Bush will urge the leaders to "fix the problems we have rather ( Read more... )

Or so says the Australian: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24537824-25072,00.html

The widespread denial of the viability of the Greens reminds me of religion. No, I'm serious. Despite all evidence to the contrary, people continue to cling to erroneous notions with no basis in fact, either because they were brought up that way, ( Read more... )

So Ronan Lee's gone and 'defected' to the Greens*, and isn't this a travesty, he should resign and a by-election should be held, people elected him based purely on party status, this is so wrong, rah rah rah.

In Australia, we have a complicated voting system that differs from state to state and election to election (and to further confuse things, ( Read more... )

Reprinted verbatim because it's the best thing I've ever read (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23907723-421,00.html):

ONE in ten Australians want more sex and nudity in magazines and films, while big business is now seen to be more dangerous than unions, according to new data.

A new snapshot of voter opinions has also found Australians ( Read more... )

From http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/06/04/politics/horserace/entry4151484.shtml:


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(in other news, the sky is black, buses appear on time, and George Bush is a competent leader.)

So Mr Wilkie has decided that the Greens aren't very good, and he's tired of party politics, and he's leaving. So take that, Aus Greens!

Normally, this would pass without concern, indeed, no one would even know (or care). But Mr Wilkie has determined, ( Read more... )

So I just spent Memorial Day weekend honouring our fallen soldiers* vacationing in a chalet-type house in West Virginia with some friends and friends of friends, etc. At some point, conversation got onto political persuasion. Although I had already worked out that I was with a bunch of crazy people Republicans, it was a little frightening to ( Read more... )