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This is a characteristic of politics in general, on both left and right. Party politicians are the ultimate partisans, and it suits their purpose to claim that the other side is dangerous. History suggests they don't actually think it. After Keating won the 1994 election, he called Hewson and...

I should add that Whitlam, despite his good ideas, was fabulously inept at actually running the country. If you really think he's t3h b3st pr1m3 m1n1star evar!!!1, you're ignorant.

Would anyone like to explain why Howard is "evil"? And dhj, do you really think that sort of hysteria makes you look like anything but an idiot? As for the original question, I would have to hand it to Hawke and Keating, on the grounds of their far-sighted economic reforms.

SAM: 99.3 UAI: 99.4 I'm super happy!

I'm officially rejected.

Well, they haven't explicitly rejected me yet, but I'm pretty sure my application is dead.

I'm not entirely alone: http://seanyz.blogspot.com/ This guy's theory is that the computer was floored by the brilliance of his answers, which I must admit seems pretty plausible for me too.

I don't think I answered inconsistently at all, so the dramatic answer shifting looks most likely. Either that or they randomly select applicants to mistreat. I'd really like to hear from someone else who encountered this Kafkaesque turn whether or not it spelled the end for their application.

This was in my Feedback Report: Did anyone else get this?

Last reply before I'm gone: No, the deaths were not "collateral damage" but can rather be explained by the fact that Hezbollah was firing their missiles at Israel from densely populated areas. When Israel fires a shell back to disable the missile launcher, it predictably kills Lebanese...

OK, it wasn't my intention to post here again, but is not a common definition of a nation. It is the definition of a nation-state, i.e., the thing a nation becomes once its goal of national self-determination is realized. The Poles, for example, were a nation even while they had no land or...

Re: 2007 Federal Election - Coalition or Labor/Howard or Beazley? The Liberal Party. But I probably would have voted for Keating over Howard in 1996. The problem is, Labor has fashioned itself into the party of irresponsible demagogy when it used to be a party of reform. Elections aren't won on...

JaredR, I'm not quite sure what the point of this thread is. We all know that anti-Semitism, like all racial hatred, is repugnant. And the better educated among us know that ascribing hatred of the Jews to the "offensiveness" of Israel is confusing cause and effect. But what do you hope to...

Where can I get this "Nintendo Wii" and do I have to feed her?

Mine are better.

I have more. - Making fun of France together - Objecting to the international legitimacy afforded brutal totalitarian regimes -- case in point, China -- together - Chuckling at the fecklessness of international institutions together - Shaking our heads at the attempts of extremists who...

A willingness to pursue violent jihad against the infidel. Also, a nice bum.

Re: when did you lose your virginity? I was 49. It was with a camel.

I, for one, am bursting with ideas: - Unreal Tournament 2004 together - Counter-Strike together - Unreal Tournament 2004 again together - Mario Kart DS together - Super Smash Brothers Melee together And if you get bored of that, you can watch each other play single-player games.