FormulaNova said..

Cassa said..

As I said, what does the rest of the world think ?

So, what does the rest of the world think? Nothing. They do not care at all, and they don't even notice.

Australia could sink into the ocean, and it would make next to no difference to the world at large at all.
There are more cities in the world with a greater population of our entire country than we have cities. A lot more.

That said, there are only four (?) cities in the U.S. with a population > 2m.

evlPanda said..



Australia could sink into the ocean, and it would make next to no difference to the world at large at all.
There are more cities in the world with a greater population of our entire country than we have cities. A lot more.

I think you are dead wrong evlone...

I think we still are a hidden gem and I for one want to stay that way till I die

I am just glad I don't have to listen to her horrible voice anymore.

Mark _australia said..

dusta said..

log man said..





Umm! the Orgill report! have a look at it and see if the money was well spent. And while your at have a look at the unemployment rate and the general state of our economy in comparison to lets say.......any other country in the world!! and then say the BER wasn't worth it.



I mean you do realize that the crap you've swallowed is..... well, crap, don't you.

ok so seeing wasted BER money at schools around western australia with my own eyes and talking to staff at the schools counts for nothing compared to one report ?

And you're telling me to stop swallowing crap ?

just wait . We haven't even gotten close to having a recession yet . We will though .

Careful Dusta I have also fallen into the trap of speaking from experience but you won't win when it about idealism and P.C and notional benefits to society

Mark and Carantoc, it's a report By ex banker/ financial bloke Brad Orgill. It's an in depth study.....not some bloke saying he knows a guy who knows a principle in a school who didn't like the colour of the new library block.
Here's a quick debunking of the Liberal parties bull****. www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/16/the-ber-outcome-time-to-correct-the-record/

Loggy, you can present facts, reports, in-depth studies etc etc etc, but it makes little difference... your relentless ranting and inability to see beyond your own nose has impacted your credibility.

[beige]you are fun to bait though :-)[/beige] <---- Ohhh, Loz stole secret beige :o(

Craig66 said..

PS, we dont rate a thought from the rest of the world....................

PPS, its Julia

Actually within 30 mins of the announcement last night there were tweets on the BBC, National Public Radio, The Guardian, Channel 4 and The Huffington Post.

I just wish there was a box on the ballot papers that said 'None of the Above' then if enough people ticked it the parties would have to go back to square 1 and try again

Pugwash said..

Loggy, you can present facts, reports, in-depth studies etc etc etc, but it makes little difference... your relentless ranting and inability to see beyond your own nose has impacted your credibility.

[beige]you are fun to bait though :-)[/beige] <---- Ohhh, Loz stole secret beige :o(

Yeah, baiting sure mate......I reckon what you've got there is a bad case of "losers limp"

FormulaNova said..

Who is the prime minister of Canada right now?

I don't know

Carantoc said..

Maybe if the BER was around when I went to school I wouldn't have studied Keynes, Marx and Von Heyk, but I could have had my lunch outside, but in the shade.

It's Friedrich von Hayek. Maybe if the BER was around when you went to school...

Sorry, couldn't resist.

FormulaNova said..

TristanF said..

Craig66 said..

PS, we dont rate a thought from the rest of the world....................

PPS, its Julia

Actually within 30 mins of the announcement last night there were tweets on the BBC, National Public Radio, The Guardian, Channel 4 and The Huffington Post.

Sure, there might have been tweets about it, but who actually cares? Really? No one cares. They would pay as much attention to a change in a prime minister as we do to their country. There are tweets for all sorts of things all the time, and its just a news service trying to be modern.

I don't know who the prime minister of the UK is at the moment. I could probably narrow it down from a list because I would have heard it somewhere, but I don't care enough to remember. If they changed tomorrow, unless I saw it in a headline, I wouldn't care.

Who is the prime minister of Canada right now?

I'd agree people overseas probably don't care that much. Same as, as you said, most of us not really caring about who the PM of the UK and Canada are.

But Craig66 said we "don't rate a thought" which is patently not true. Look at the hits the misogyny speech got. I'm not saying it's much more of thought that, "Look at those nutty Aussie politicians at it again." People I know OS are to a person bemused at the combination we have of great economic performance (relative to the rest of the world) and a woeful political situation. That, and we're a pack of wingers complaining about our situation. (This from pommies can you belief?)

The PMs are David Cameron and Stephen Harper btw - both conservatives so that should tell you which way the political wind is blowing in Westminster countries. Generalising from your own lack of knowledge is a pretty unconvincing way of making an argument.

FormulaNova said..

Wow, so what you are saying appears to be:

'You can provide facts and studies, but it makes no difference to me because I am closed minded and I can't follow your discussions.'

I am surprised that you admitted it. I would never admit to being a bonehead and ridiculously stubborn.

You've almost got it FN... Let me clarify for you:

'Log man can provide his cherry-picked facts and studies, but it makes no difference to many of us, as the discussion is always the same and so closed minded.'

I am surprised that you struggle with that. I guess you are being a bonehead and ridiculously stubborn.

TristanF said..

FormulaNova said..

TristanF said..

Craig66 said..

PS, we dont rate a thought from the rest of the world....................

PPS, its Julia

Actually within 30 mins of the announcement last night there were tweets on the BBC, National Public Radio, The Guardian, Channel 4 and The Huffington Post.

Sure, there might have been tweets about it, but who actually cares? Really? No one cares. They would pay as much attention to a change in a prime minister as we do to their country. There are tweets for all sorts of things all the time, and its just a news service trying to be modern.

I don't know who the prime minister of the UK is at the moment. I could probably narrow it down from a list because I would have heard it somewhere, but I don't care enough to remember. If they changed tomorrow, unless I saw it in a headline, I wouldn't care.

Who is the prime minister of Canada right now?

I'd agree people overseas probably don't care that much. Same as, as you said, most of us not really caring about who the PM of the UK and Canada are.

But Craig66 said we "don't rate a thought" which is patently not true. Look at the hits the misogyny speech got. I'm not saying it's much more of thought that, "Look at those nutty Aussie politicians at it again." People I know OS are to a person bemused at the combination we have of great economic performance (relative to the rest of the world) and a woeful political situation. That, and we're a pack of wingers complaining about our situation. (This from pommies can you belief?)

The PMs are David Cameron and Stephen Harper btw - both conservatives so that should tell you which way the political wind is blowing in Westminster countries. Generalising from your own lack of knowledge is a pretty unconvincing way of making an argument.

I was trying to make the point that the people I have met recently have next to no knowledge of our political system. The people from Canada at least understand the system a bit better than those from the USA. Admittedly, the people I am talking about are the younger generation, but still, I think a lot of them wouldn't be surprised if we had a King as our head of state.

I generalized, because I think most people will also not know about the politics of another country.

Maybe those pommies have a point... good economic performance, a political party that appears to be scared of the media, and everyone else whining about 'how bad things are'.