Pete/Attila, whatever name you'd like, no flame from me mate.
I remember the days (seems so long ago) when a certain highly vocal and well known Tasmanian federal pollie would insert the word "socialist" in front of "labour" for effect at any and every opportunity so I admit to having a nostalgic giggle when reading your post.
Flatchat, pretty much I reckon. Being so far south and merely a club racer I hope I'm worthy to agree. I doubt it somehow but I will anyway. ;p
This is what I wrote on Paolo's thread - "Best thing to do with politics is to keep changing the bastards around, and to mix up the various levels, that way they can't become too extreme". Don't forget BTW, Qld played a large part in this change so we can be important together hey!
To this Australian the dark clouds are parting and the snakes are scattering, I hope the same happens elsewhere. Happy days are here again, at least on the horizon, for a while anyway.
FWIW I think Australia was finally fed up with the lies and dodging of the "extreme" right wing (just for you Pete
) liberals who took Australia IMO to a very dark place.
Lets not forget health and education, my and my families experience of the Howard years has been disgusting.
Can't say any more than that as I promised myself I wouldn't discuss Australia's er foreign policy etc on this forum anymore.
Tim.