The 10,000 Post thread V3

[astronelson 339]

601.

 

So, Australia will soon have a new Prime Minister (it's not official until the Governor General signs off on it). Come the election I think it's likely we'll have another one again.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

602

 

I feel like the conversations from the previous page are wiped clean and we will start with a new slate right here.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

603: It's official.

Why does this keep happening? I swear the government is controlled by the media, who has been excarberating the situation for the last month.

[Cpt Johnny 57]

604

601.

 

So, Australia will soon have a new Prime Minister (it's not official until the Governor General signs off on it). Come the election I think it's likely we'll have another one again.

  

What? Kevin Rudd again? Oh my goodness... do most Aussies like him more than Ms. Gillard?

[timmie 988]

605

 

If I were an Australian voter, I doubt this would give me more confidence in Labour. On the contrary, I would probably see this more as a desperate try to do better in the polls. Shouldn't they cast their arrows at Tony Abbott instead?

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

606: I don't care who the driver of the cart is, I'm still not jumping on the Liberal bandwagon. I intend to make my vote count.

[Duke87 1,070]

(607)

 

Okay, guys, a favor I have to ask for tidyness' sake. If you are going to quote a post, please:

1) remove the number from the quote

2) put your number at the top of your post, before the quote.

 

OK?

[Cpt Johnny 57]

608

 

(607)

 

Okay, guys, a favor I have to ask for tidyness' sake. If you are going to quote a post, please:

1) remove the number from the quote

2) put your number at the top of your post, before the quote.

 

OK?

Yes sir!

[Vahr 341]

609

 

Okay, guys, a favor I have to ask for tidyness' sake. If you are going to quote a post, please:

1) remove the number from the quote

2) put your number at the top of your post, before the quote.

 

OK?

 

Got it!

[astronelson 339]

610

 

Multi-quote powers activate!

 

I feel like the conversations from the previous page are wiped clean and we will start with a new slate right here.

 

They generally are when we start a new page. I had nothing to add to the previous conversation anyway.

 

It's official.

Why does this keep happening? I swear the government is controlled by the media, who has been excarberating the situation for the last month.

 

Because reasons. Those reasons being that no-one remembers what Kevin Rudd was like to work with last time he had power, and the opinion polls say more people would vote for Labor if he was running it.

 

 

So, Australia will soon have a new Prime Minister (it's not official until the Governor General signs off on it). Come the election I think it's likely we'll have another one again.

  
What? Kevin Rudd again? Oh my goodness... do most Aussies like him more than Ms. Gillard?

 

That's what the opinion polls would have us believe.

 

If I were an Australian voter, I doubt this would give me more confidence in Labour. On the contrary, I would probably see this more as a desperate try to do better in the polls. Shouldn't they cast their arrows at Tony Abbott instead?

 

They should indeed, but Labor can never seem to keep their act together.

 

Okay, guys, a favor I have to ask for tidyness' sake. If you are going to quote a post, please:

1) remove the number from the quote

2) put your number at the top of your post, before the quote.

 

OK?

 

I always do (and *tidiness).

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

611: I can try.

If you don't mind me asking Astro, who will you put your vote for? Mine will probably go something like Greens and working down across the spectrum.

[Larks2242 251]

612.

 

 

(595)

 

I always find it interesting when someone is a fan of a team from an area they've never lived in. Usually that doesn't happen, it tends to require some special dissatisfaction with the local team.

 

 

To me it is a unique situation how I came about to be a die hard Braves fan.

 

First off I'm older then the Marlins (1993) and the Rays (1998) so there isn't much history there.

 

Second, the Braves games use to always be broadcasted on TBS superstation in the 90s/early 2000s, the time when I was most influenced by sports.

 

And 3, Bobby, Glavine, Smoltz, Maddux and Chipper played for the team my entire life,  and Chipper is from Florida

 

I may not live in Georgia, but I feel a connection to the team more then the ones in my backyard.

[Mr Saturn64 742]

613

None of that goes on in Philly. You root for 'dem Phils no matter what.

[Duke87 1,070]

(614)

I remember when the Rockies and the Marlins were added. But I was barely old enough to be paying any attention to MLB, and I do believe I'm older than you, Larks, so no excuses.

[astronelson 339]

615.

If you don't mind me asking Astro, who will you put your vote for? Mine will probably go something like Greens and working down across the spectrum.

Depends on who's running, probably Greens as first preference as well, although I'll have to check what minor parties there are. The seat I'm in has gone Labor every year of its existence.

[timmie 988]

616

 

Would you (or someone else) mind explaining how the Australian electoral system works? I have never quite understood it.

[Duke87 1,070]

(617)

Yeah, the Australian politics talk has me all "huh?" too.

[Larks2242 251]

618.

 

I Burt my hand on a flare today, bandaged up so I have to write left handed for the time being, Good thing I am so good with both.

(614)

I remember when the Rockies and the Marlins were added. But I was barely old enough to be paying any attention to MLB, and I do believe I'm older than you, Larks, so no excuses.

 

 

If 87 is indeed your birthdate, then yes, you are quite a bit older then me, Marlins are only a few months younger.

[Muck308 55]

619

 

I was in Denver the day they announced the new teams. My dad has a paper with a little kid wearing a Rockies hat that was way too big for him. So, Larks, Ted Turner turned you too, huh? That weirdo tried to make the entire country Braves fans by broadcasting their games nationally. The only Braves I've ever been partial to are John Smoltz and Tom Glavine.

 

I have no input regarding Australian politics. I don't even speak to my friends in Australia anymore. Lost touch over the years.

[Duke87 1,070]

(620)

 

I found out about the Rockies and the Marlins the same way I found out about the Diamondbacks and the devil Rays: Topps had cards with them in their set from that year.

[Mr Saturn64 742]

621 (or 622 623)

Never really collected baseball cards. The only notorious thing I did was when the Phillies and the Mets were big rivals in 2007 (Phillies won division) my brother and I burned a Jose Reyes card.

[Larks2242 251]

622.

 

 

619

 

I was in Denver the day they announced the new teams. My dad has a paper with a little kid wearing a Rockies hat that was way too big for him. So, Larks, Ted Turner turned you too, huh? That weirdo tried to make the entire country Braves fans by broadcasting their games nationally. The only Braves I've ever been partial to are John Smoltz and Tom Glavine.

 

I have no input regarding Australian politics. I don't even speak to my friends in Australia anymore. Lost touch over the years.

 

 

He may of turned me in sports, but he sure as hell didn't turn me politically, him or Hanoi Jane.

[The Pennsylvania Turnpike 252]

(623) Not a big baseball fan. But i know that today is Derrick Jeter's birthday today.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

624:

Would you (or someone else) mind explaining how the Australian electoral system works? I have never quite understood it.

 

Yeah, the Australian politics talk has me all "huh?" too.

Well I'll start on the federal level, the states follow a similar pattern.

It's divided into two chambers, the House Of Representatives and the Senate, the former is where all the fuss is.

Australia is divided into 150 electorates, each containing roughly 90,000 people. Each electorate has a single seat in the house, of which we elect a representative. Most of these representatives are partisan for one of the two main parties, but there are currently a few members of other parties/independents.

Basically if a party wins 76 seats, they become the ruling government. However as of the 2010 election, there were 72 of each, and 6 independents/Greens. Since neither party could form an absolute majority, they had to get the independents to "support" them by guaranteeing they would pass their bills. Hence we now have a hung parliament with 76-74 majority.

[Larks2242 251]

625.

 

Yeah, Jeter had his birthday, There is no man who has defined pro sports in the US more then Jeter in the past 20 years, him, Tiger Woods and Jimmy Johnson are the most recognizable faces in recent history.

[Cpt Johnny 57]

626

625.

 

Yeah, Jeter had his birthday, There is no man who has defined pro sports in the US more then Jeter in the past 20 years, him, Tiger Woods and Jimmy Johnson are the most recognizable faces in recent history.

Being a non-U.S. resident, I can only recognize the face of the second person that you mentioned.

[astronelson 339]

627

 

Would you (or someone else) mind explaining how the Australian electoral system works? I have never quite understood it.

 

ROFLyoshi's explained how the houses of parliament work, I'll explain the voting system. We use instant runoff preferential voting.

 

You get a ballot, on which is a list of candidates arranged by party. You write a "1" next to the candidate you like most, a "2" next to the candidate you like second-most, and so on and so forth through all the candidates. This is the preferential voting part - you vote in order of preference.

 

Counting the votes goes like this: the ballots are sorted by first preference (the "1" vote). Whoever got the least "1" votes is eliminated. You take this pile and look at who was the "2" preference on these ballots, and give the ballots to those candidates. Whoever has the smallest number of votes in this phase is eliminated, and their ballots distributed to whoever has the next preference, repeat until one candidate has a majority of the votes. This is the instant runoff part - instead of eliminating one candidate and holding a runoff election, we take care of that in the one election.

 

Yeah, the Australian politics talk has me all "huh?" too.

 

Now you know how we feel when there's US talk.

[Larks2242 251]

628.

 

Yeah, the Australian politics talk has me all "huh?" too.

 

Now you know how we feel when there's US talk.

 

Aussie politics fails to excite me much, but If I had a choice Tony Abbott would most likely appeal to me.

[Durfsurn 539]

629

 

(WARNING: Very strong OPINION is shown below. Do NOT take offense.)

 

I'll just enter here. I don't like anyone in politics really. They're all idiots. If it was up to me I would make Bob Katter PM just to see what he would do. Kevin "07" Rudd is a megalomaniac and Julia is just not popular.  I personally think the whole idea of democracy is stupid. Not saying that Communism is better but we haven't invented a working form of government in 30,000 years! The problem with democracy is that you end up with idiots voting for Tony Abbot. 

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

630: Thanks for covering that Astro.
 

The problem with democracy is that you end up with idiots voting for Tony Abbot.

The problem actually is, that there are a hell of a lot of people like Larks who think the exact same thing about us, that voting for Labor is stupid and against our best interests. It's just the way things are. Some of Abbott's policies appeal to some.

And ultimately, that's democracy. You have to accept what you perceive as bad with the good. The "you're allowed to have your own opinion, but only if it conforms to mine" never works.