Friday, October 08, 2004

Randomnity #x: politics, princesses and...Jason Mraz 

Alliteration is for assholes.

#1: Marginal seat, still undecided voter. Gotta do some serious research tomorrow (ie. one sleep away). I'm leaning towards ALP for Reps, Greens/Demmies for Senate. Definitely voting for a minority party for the Senate. Doing my bit to keep the powers separated.
But I need to come up with some decent reasons WHY I'm voting for the above. Don't want to become one of those people who vote on instinct/along familial lines/cos party X gave them the "how to vote" flier first (admittedly, that's how I voted for the USyd SRC- helped by the saturation advertising of the party in question).

#2: Speaking of the election, I snorted in a One Nation flier-pusher's face yesterday, and tore up his flier and binned it. Unfortunately the latter two actions occured out of his sight, but self-righteousness is so delicious. Incidentally, the dude (the candidate, I think) was Greek. What next, blacks in the KKK? Oh look at the "Policy" link on that page...under construction! Hahahaha.

#3: A decent selection of live mp3s from Jason Mraz can be found at his official site. I like "Sleep all day" for the mini-cover of "At last" at the start.

#4: Princess Diaries II was a bit disappointing but one word: HOOOOOOONK

#5: Bits of One Nation's policy on their national page:
>Immigration & Refugees
Position Statement:  It is widely acknowledged that One Nation is responsible for the Coalition's current policies on immigration and refugees*. Coming to Australia is a privilege which must not be undervalued. Australia reserves the right to ensure  our legal system, social norms, cultural heritage and practices are accepted by all citizens.
*Definitely not voting Coalition.

>Native Title
Position Statement: One Nation will  repeal native title legislation.  Native title has been divisive  since the day that it was introduced. Its formation was improper and  totally excluded mining interests during the negotiations.  Native title has subsequently  proven to make lawyers very rich at the expense of delivering outcomes for aboriginal people

Crackpots. And they have a Senator. Representing all of Queensland (well, like 1/12th). Crikey.

#6: You know the Democrats have a preference deal with Fred Nile of the Christian Democrats? Ban-the-veil-cos-they-could-hide-weapons Fred Nile. Heh. Actually I wrote a latter about that and it GOT PUBLISHED in The Age WITH A CARTOON, go me. Something along the lines of "Perhaps Rev. Nile would feel safer if we were all nude", but like, with more wit. Can I also note PM Howard's equivocal response to this nonsense (Nile's, not mine)?

"Mr Howard says while Australia respects people's religious beliefs, that can be overridden in the public interest, but he has told Southern Cross radio he is not sure whether that is appropriate in this case.

'I don't have a clear response to what Fred's put - I mean I like Fred, I don't always agree with him, but Fred speaks for the views of a lot of people,' Mr Howard said." Emphasis added.

Sigh.

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