Julia Gillard is giving Kevin a Rip

[Eclair]

The PM - Kevin Rudd is now making an announcement, that Julia Gillard has asked for a ballot with caucus to take on leadership of Australia.

[Phlexor]

The PM - Kevin Rudd is now making an announcement, that Julia Gillard has asked for a ballot with caucus to take on leadership of Australia.

She has no chance. Even if she does win, no one will vote her back in.

[Eclair]

The PM - Kevin Rudd is now making an announcement, that Julia Gillard has asked for a ballot with caucus to take on leadership of Australia.

She has no chance. Even if she does win, no one will vote her back in.

Yeah, I think she's been too premature and committed political suicide. She should have watched him flip and flop around for this term, and built her own credibility more.

She probably got sick of wearing the pants though.

[earthboundmisfit]

I'm sick of wearing pants too. It ends now.


aahhhh... much better.

["couldbecousin"]

I'm sick of wearing pants too. It ends now.


aahhhh... much better.

 

[renaeden]

Julia Gillard is PM now. Be better if she was voted in by the people instead of in this way.. 

[Phlexor]

Julia Gillard is PM now. Be better if she was voted in by the people instead of in this way.. 

Agreed. We will see how it goes at the next election.

[ProfessorFarnsworth]

If she dumps the Internet Filter plan, and gets rid of Conroy in the process, I'll consider voting for her come election day.

[Lemon Aguilera]

you aussies are screwed. it seems you have a police state. it's even illegal to post on suicide boards.

a revolution might be necessary.

[Alex179]

you aussies are screwed. it seems you have a police state. it's even illegal to post on suicide boards.

a revolution might be necessary.

The internet filter thing is disturbing imo.   If the US had a firewall that blocked certain content, I would be even more paranoid.   I think it is foolish to fully trust any government.

[Lemon Aguilera]

yeah foolish. people should be more revolutionary.

[Phlexor]

you aussies are screwed. it seems you have a police state. it's even illegal to post on suicide boards.

a revolution might be necessary.

The internet filter thing is disturbing imo.   If the US had a firewall that blocked certain content, I would be even more paranoid.   I think it is foolish to fully trust any government.

Yeah, but an internet filter in the US would go nowhere pretty fast.

The one here has been but in the too hard basket until after the election (in other words they think it will lose votes). But who knows, now that we have a new leader there might be a cabinet reshuffle and refocus and it might be dropped.

[Lemon Aguilera]

never assume. the US is pretty fucked up. all the conservatives are backpedalling progress. that whole prop 8 fiasco.

[Alex179]

never assume. the US is pretty fucked up. all the conservatives are backpedalling progress. that whole prop 8 fiasco.

The conservatives would not pay for a national firewall.  If it did occur, it would be bypassable and have Christian/religious types of filters for parents and children.   It would not be any worse than the V chip is for TV sets.   The average US citizen can already get free software that does those things though.   I don't see people allowing the government that much control over what they read.   Especially not the conservatives.   I can see the Democrats doing that shit, as they are the ones that are all over censoring videogames (Hilary Clinton).    Al Gore would want an internet filter than blocked any access to documentation that global warming is a hoax.   Conservatives are about private industry doing the censoring (firewall programs), while liberals seem to be more into making the state larger and more powerful here.    That would just be giving big brother more power than it already has, in addition to the already present monitoring that goes on.   I don't trust either side, to be honest.

[Lemon Aguilera]

sigh. your paragraph is too long. can anyone condense it?