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Reply #16 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 5:54am

The whole length of the presidential campagne is incredible. It really is amazing that after all sh1t flinging and venomous attitudes that anyone would vote for any of them never mind give a sh1t after the campagne ended. We are tired of what has been a non stop campagne by Abbott since the last election but the Uass seems to be eternally in an election cycle.

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Reply #17 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 6:43am

____ wrote on Jan 17^th, 2012 at 10:55am:

chicken_lipsforme wrote on Jan 17^th, 2012 at 9:39am:

Weaker nations make alliances with the powerful for very good reasons Green, and have always done so which history supports.
Unfortunately your left wing utopian mind is without any historical reference whatsoever, and is yet to comprehend this.
If the US wasn't in the Pacific during WW2, we could well be still speaking Japanese by now, and people like yourself would have been used as bayonet practice by rampaging Japanese soldiers.

People like myself, 300,000 of them where able to defend my land from Brits, Australians and South Africans. So size is second to not having a defeatist attitude, where one hides behind another's flag in the corner of it's own, a treaty worth nothing and a sycophantic attitude to towing every line told to tow, the a US dictator.

Time for Australians to shirk their cowardice and stand up for ourselves. If we don't believe in ourselves, then no one will.

NZ has and is part of an alliance still today just as Australia is.
Nothings changed.
Weaker nations will always make alliances with the powerful.
It is the natural order of things.

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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Who's Sick Of The US Election Coverage Reply #18 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 6:47am Or smaller sized fish school together against big bad fish. This way the smaller fish don't sell out their principles
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perceptions_now Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11694 Perth WA Gender:	Re: Who's Sick Of The US Election Coverage Reply #19 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 8:17am My wife & I were on holiday in the US during May 2008 and the election coverage in the US is certainly much more extensive than it is here. In terms of whether the election coverage is too much, I would simply observe that in all elections, Policy & real Political content are 1% and Political spin is 99%!
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Reply #20 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 11:01am

nairbe wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 5:54am:

The whole length of the presidential campagne is incredible. It really is amazing that after all sh1t flinging and venomous attitudes that anyone would vote for any of them never mind give a sh1t after the campagne ended. We are tired of what has been a non stop campagne by Abbott since the last election but the Uass seems to be eternally in an election cycle.

One good reason for Australia not to go down that line... Sad

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Dnarever Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 62430 Here Gender:	Re: Who's Sick Of The US Election Coverage Reply #21 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 1:04pm Who's Sick Of The US Election Coverage What election?
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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: Who's Sick Of The US Election Coverage Reply #22 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 1:18pm Us election coverage in my newspaper takes up 1 page - a similar amount of coverage to what gay marriage gets. Who will lead one of the worlds most powerful nations vs a few homos playing house. Hmm...what's getting too much coverage?
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Reply #23 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 2:18pm

... wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 1:18pm:

Us election coverage in my newspaper takes up 1 page - a similar amount of coverage to what gay marriage gets.
Who will lead one of the worlds most powerful nations vs a few homos playing house.
Hmm...what's getting too much coverage?

Its been over a decade since I regularly read a news paper. I found they were not willing to give me much news or actual data they only wanted to pre analyse information mostly get it wrong and then try to tell me what to think based on their obviously erroneous or dishonest conclusions

Using the Australian media is probably the best way to ensure that you don't know what you are talking about.

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Reply #24 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 2:25pm

Dnarever wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 2:18pm:

... wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 1:18pm:

Us election coverage in my newspaper takes up 1 page - a similar amount of coverage to what gay marriage gets.
Who will lead one of the worlds most powerful nations vs a few homos playing house.
Hmm...what's getting too much coverage?

Its been over a decade since I regularly read a news paper. I found they were not willing to give me much news or actual data they only wanted to pre analyse information mostly get it wrong and then try to tell me what to think based on their obviously erroneous or dishonest conclusions

Using the Australian media is probably the best way to ensure that you don't know what you are talking about.

Ok but where does your 'news' come from now?

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Life_goes_on Gold Member Offline Posts: 4772 400kms south of Yobsville, Qld Gender:	Re: Who's Sick Of The US Election Coverage Reply #25 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 2:32pm Quote: Using the Australian media is probably the best way to ensure that you don't know what you are talking about. But it's still light years ahead of the net as a reliable news source.
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Reply #26 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 2:59pm

Ok I just flicked through almost 80+ channels on the TV.

The election coverage or discussion of it is on 2 stations right now - C-Span and MSNBC.

2.

In contrast there are 6 games of basketball, both college and NBA, 4 games of ice hockey, about 4 different versions of Judge Judy and even Die Hard 2.

Given its electing the most important and most powerful person in the world, the coverage is about right.

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Reply #27 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 3:07pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 2:59pm:

Ok I just flicked through almost 80+ channels on the TV.

The election coverage or discussion of it is on 2 stations right now - C-Span and MSNBC.

2.

In contrast there are 6 games of basketball, both college and NBA, 4 games of ice hockey, about 4 different versions of Judge Judy and even Die Hard 2.

Given its electing the most important and most powerful person in the world, the coverage is about right.

That's for the the US ... how about for Australia?

Oh thats right, your a conservative pom in the US.

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Reply #28 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 3:10pm

____ wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 3:07pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 2:59pm:

Ok I just flicked through almost 80+ channels on the TV.

The election coverage or discussion of it is on 2 stations right now - C-Span and MSNBC.

2.

In contrast there are 6 games of basketball, both college and NBA, 4 games of ice hockey, about 4 different versions of Judge Judy and even Die Hard 2.

Given its electing the most important and most powerful person in the world, the coverage is about right.

That's for the the US ... how about for Australia?

Oh thats right, your a conservative pom in the US.

Tell me then - you have how many stations dedicated to US election coverage?

None I bet.
So what's your problem.

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Reply #29 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 3:20pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 3:10pm:

____ wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 3:07pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 2:59pm:

Ok I just flicked through almost 80+ channels on the TV.

The election coverage or discussion of it is on 2 stations right now - C-Span and MSNBC.

2.

In contrast there are 6 games of basketball, both college and NBA, 4 games of ice hockey, about 4 different versions of Judge Judy and even Die Hard 2.

Given its electing the most important and most powerful person in the world, the coverage is about right.

That's for the the US ... how about for Australia?

Oh thats right, your a conservative pom in the US.

Tell me then - you have how many stations dedicated to US election coverage?

None I bet.
So what's your problem.

he's got too many to list here.

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