Totally Muso

...and totally right (sorry to say).

freediver wrote on Jul 6^th, 2010 at 7:33pm:

Name the common models you could live with.

A form of direct democracy... OK.... So.... Long live the Republic, then!

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Should that be 'representativeness', rather than freedom? I don't see any direct link to freedom.

Well firstly I would laugh (ok, I'm   now) at the idea of the 'hereditary' factor - of the passage of power through, especially 'male'... a blood-line.

How #%@*ing PRIMATIVE. ("we will be ruled by William the Monkey Boy"  in his military garb in a Europe that is embracing the Medical Industry more than the Military Industry as a way to the future ...led by those military losers - the Germans )

Considering the 'modern' facts that the Male contribution to the act of procreation is to choose the 'sex' of the child (Thats right Abraham and King Henry 8th - it was your fault allllllll along), incorporate a minority of genetic make-up (taking into account the ever mixing and thoroughbreeding of the Regressive and Dominant genes in this day and age. Thats right, the Red-Heads are becoming even more distinctive and two yellow parents can have a black child.) and the majority of children look akin to the mother rather than the father. The immense populations of India and China are due more to the women procreating 'more' than the men for starters.
I think the Buddhists have a good philosophy of an 'heir apparent', they choose someone 'beyond' the bloodline (the mind is not tainted by the body). Just a shame that 500,000 applications have come forth stating that their child is the next Dalai Lama.  

At the most, its the Grandson that does the Father proud, not the Son.

The CuttleFish are one of the most intelligent animals going around. This is due possibly to the Cross-Dressing smaller males having a higher success rate with breeding than the larger bull males. Cross-Dressing expresses superior colouring skills and cunning - essential qualities towards the freakish intelligence of the CuttleFish evolution.

...so please, please, please. If we are going to have an Individual presence represent a large population of people in regards to all things Political. Can that person be voted in upon merit by either the people or the Political Industry itself votes in a person from outside the Industry ...that aussie battler, joe-blow (who suddenly finds himself carrying the burden of the Ring of Power   )

I like the idea of a Republic and all we really need to do is just transfer the duties of the GG to a President who will just be just a respected figurehead elected by two thirds of the Federal Parliament.
Our first President should be Tim Fisher 

adelcrow wrote on Jul 11^th, 2010 at 9:31am:


All you need to do is convince the Australian people, who already rejected that constitutional model.

I've yet to hear a good argument from advocates of this model as to why Australia shouldn't adopt a simliar model to that used in Ireland.  In that model, nominations come from parliament and the people get to elect their president directly, from those nominations.

The Irish President is also a figure head with the same basic powers that our president would have if s/he were to take on the roles currently occupied by the Queen and Governor General.

Going back the polls with the same constitutional model as we had before is not going to get us our republic.  I think the Irish model is a good comprimise between those who want an American style directly elected president, and those who favour our elected representativees voting on our behalf.