State election 06

Posted: **16 Jan 2006, 3:33pm**

oli wrote:

Nah. The soap box is here for a reason... We're allowed to make use of it. If people want mindless blabber then they will be in the Chill Room.

Y'ouch!!!

*goes back to making mindless blabber*

Posted: **16 Jan 2006, 3:41pm**

hayley wrote:

oli wrote:

Nah. The soap box is here for a reason... We're allowed to make use of it. If people want mindless blabber then they will be in the Chill Room.

Y'ouch!!!

*goes back to making mindless blabber*

Don't take that the wrong way, I don't have a problem with people in either part of the forum, as long as they keep stuff in the right area all's good as far as I am concerned. Big Grin

Posted: **18 Jan 2006, 7:12pm**

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Posted: **18 Jan 2006, 7:20pm**

Sounds reasonable... Independants first, major parties last. Good on him.

Posted: **18 Jan 2006, 9:34pm**

Quote:

The man with the plan to fix this town ( kerin )

*wipes tears from eyes*

kerin and the libs have made no secret of the fact that they are very anti club/rave culture, having said theyd do their best to shut it down. wow, how progressive, watch the young people continue to leave in droves...

kerins whole fucking platform at the last election consisted of telling everyone that he was a 'good bloke'. he sounds like he still has zero 'plan' for this town.

Posted: **19 Jan 2006, 7:50pm**

jayar wrote:

Quote:

The man with the plan to fix this town ( kerin )

*wipes tears from eyes*

kerin and the libs have made no secret of the fact that they are very anti club/rave culture, having said theyd do their best to shut it down. wow, how progressive, watch the young people continue to leave in droves...

kerins whole fucking platform at the last election consisted of telling everyone that he was a 'good bloke'. he sounds like he still has zero 'plan' for this town.

who stood there in parliment againts the SAPOL wish's and used parliamentary privilege to rattle of the names of clubs he didnt like in 2004 ....

Kerin is no worse than rann when it comes to that shit but the advantage kerin has is he knows that adelaide infrastructure is rat shit ..your a architect dont try and tell us were a modern and progressive town

Posted: **20 Jan 2006, 12:10pm**

CATASTROPHIC wrote:

Kerin is no worse than rann when it comes to that shit but the advantage kerin has is he knows that adelaide infrastructure is rat shit ..your a architect dont try and tell us were a modern and progressive town

ha, no chance of me thinking adelaides modern and progressive!

though the thinker in residence thing was a cool idea

aside, rann IS actually trying to boost adelaides infastructure, the tram extension is a ballsey one in such a car based city (instead of just selling/privatising everything as the libs were so fond of) by encouraging wind and solar power (SA has the most wind generation and more grid-connected solar power than all the other states combined) to offset our power issues.

still, im far from kissing rann arse, just he's preferable over that other guy... erm whats his name?

Posted: **20 Jan 2006, 12:18pm**

jayar wrote:

CATASTROPHIC wrote:

Kerin is no worse than rann when it comes to that shit but the advantage kerin has is he knows that adelaide infrastructure is rat shit ..your a architect dont try and tell us were a modern and progressive town

aside, rann IS actually trying to boost adelaides infastructure, the tram extension is a ballsey one in such a car based city (instead of just selling/privatising everything as the libs were so fond of)

he only got those trams because he had no other choice the old trams were to unreliable and he new it would look steller in a election year

that and the extension of the line is 10 years over due like most projects ( like the south rd underpass )

Posted: **24 Jan 2006, 12:55am**

Be fair to say that some of you peoples would be great polticians...you seems to know alot about whats going on...what the world/ country/ state need to sustain itself beyond a 10years lease...and how to go about it...i wouldnt give up on your thoughts so easily....it would be well possible to liase...petition... collaborate...intergrate and better formulate a solutiion that is applicable to all "classes" (related to money etc etc)....cultures and communities....the big problem is...there's not enough people to support all the various runnings that need to be documented and audited...as you know there is no environmental government regulations that are strict enough for all major mogul companies to adhere to...its cheaper for alot of thier policy making trouts in the offices, to sweep stuff under the carpet...the more the do that...the bigger the problems get...so THIS time...it would be wise for all parties to move forward with a list of things they all agree on ...but hey...if that happens...i wouldntt be here typing this....dont be a hater...just make sure they know what is important for all the people now...and all the people to come...

Posted: **1 Feb 2006, 11:28pm**

by the way
for all the smokers out there

the liberals have promised to make the RE-CRIMINALISATION of weed an election issue

yep, smart guys wanna take away one of the few things that adelaide has going for it

Posted: **2 Feb 2006, 5:37pm**

If you ever worked in physc you would know drugs are bad

Posted: **2 Feb 2006, 7:23pm**

CATASTROPHIC wrote:

If you ever worked in physc you would know drugs are bad

i have 2 close friends who are psychiatrists and a friend who's a psych.
drugs arent bad for everyone.
ive been smoking for 15 years and never had any side effects, so why should some snotty nosed prick who's never been anywhere a joint to know what theyre like tell me what i can and cant enjoy?!

alcohol is the cause of far more of society's ills than ganja!

Posted: **2 Feb 2006, 7:41pm**

jayar wrote:

CATASTROPHIC wrote:

If you ever worked in physc you would know drugs are bad

i have 2 close friends who are psychiatrists and a friend who's a psych.
drugs arent bad for everyone.
ive been smoking for 15 years and never had any side effects, so why should some snotty nosed prick who's never been anywhere a joint to know what theyre like tell me what i can and cant enjoy?!

alcohol is the cause of far more of society's ills than ganja!

You say you haven't had any side effects, but you can't honestly believe that your organs are in as good a condition as what they would be if you had not been smoking for the past 15 years.

I agree about your comment regarding alcohol, but that's a drug too...

Posted: **3 Feb 2006, 12:04am**

oli wrote:

You say you haven't had any side effects, but you can't honestly believe that your organs are in as good a condition as what they would be if you had not been smoking for the past 15 years.

I agree about your comment regarding alcohol, but that's a drug too...

my point exactly re alcohol...
nah, im not stupid, my lung might be marginally better had i never touched the stuff, though i'd say its opened my eyes to seeing things from a different perspective.

helps when youre not a habitual or heavy smoker though too. moderations a wonderful thing.

Posted: **3 Feb 2006, 12:12pm**

jayar wrote:

oli wrote:

You say you haven't had any side effects, but you can't honestly believe that your organs are in as good a condition as what they would be if you had not been smoking for the past 15 years.

I agree about your comment regarding alcohol, but that's a drug too...

my point exactly re alcohol...
nah, im not stupid, my lung might be marginally better had i never touched the stuff, though i'd say its opened my eyes to seeing things from a different perspective.

helps when youre not a habitual or heavy smoker though too. moderations a wonderful thing.

Goverment makes way to much money from alcohol to try and slow our daily intake

Posted: **3 Feb 2006, 12:34pm**

CATASTROPHIC wrote:

Goverment makes way to much money from alcohol to try and slow our daily intake

Maybe they should try the same tactic with weed...

Posted: **3 Feb 2006, 12:52pm**

Bushwick Bill wrote:

Communism is the only way forward and we should use Cuba as a model for success.

Don't they get free education in Cuba?

Anyhoo... back on topic...

When do we vote and who do I vote for?

Everyone seems to suck.

Posted: **3 Feb 2006, 6:38pm**

lexy wrote:

Bushwick Bill wrote:

Communism is the only way forward and we should use Cuba as a model for success.

Don't they get free education in Cuba?

Anyhoo... back on topic...

When do we vote and who do I vote for?

Everyone seems to suck.

march sometime and vote for anyone other than rann

Dont even get me started on TAFE funding

in the news today

THE Rann Government's "Mr Fix-it" - Transport, Infrastructure and Energy Minister Patrick Conlon - has another problem on his hands in $2 million worth of faulty red light and speed cameras.

Nineteen cameras, costing $100,000 each, have given up the ghost at a time when the Transport, Infrastructure and Energy Minister desperately needs some good news.

Mr Conlon has endured a rocky start to 2006. There has been a long and embarrassing delay in opening Adelaide's new $260 million airport terminal, with SA becoming the butt of widespread eastern-states ridicule.

Then there was the controversial failure of air-conditioning units on our new $60 million Glenelg trams on a day of 40C-plus heat.

And power blackouts hit an estimated 63,000 households and businesses, with the Opposition again highlighting Labor's 2002 pre-election pledge to fix our electricity supply problems.

http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,18022928 %255E2682,00.html

Posted: **5 Feb 2006, 9:49pm**

CATASTROPHIC wrote:

And power blackouts hit an estimated 63,000 households and businesses, with the Opposition again highlighting Labor's 2002 pre-election pledge to fix our electricity supply problems.

though the liberals would hate to be reminded that it was them who privatised our power supply and joined us to the national grid resulting in the poorer and more expensive power!

and hey, as for TAFE, we can thank the federal libs for a lot of their woes, but who's keeping count?

in the 10-odd years the liberals were in power in SA, can anyone remember anything they actually did apart from sell everything and run the health & education systems, the utilities and public transport into the ground?
i dont give much of a fuck for rann, but kerins a mere caretaker opposition leader after olsen quit in disgrace, and no one has seemed to realise that. but apparently the fact that he considers himself "a good bloke" was good enough for his campaign last time... loser

Posted: **5 Feb 2006, 10:13pm**

VOTE FOR PEDRO

This year, I'm campaining AGAINST the election.

I think they're wrong, and agree with Tony, we should model ourselves on Cuba.

To that end, I say we all vote for Pedro, because he's Cuban.

Posted: **6 Feb 2006, 11:29am**

jayar wrote:

CATASTROPHIC wrote:

Kerin is no worse than rann when it comes to that shit but the advantage kerin has is he knows that adelaide infrastructure is rat shit ..your a architect dont try and tell us were a modern and progressive town

ha, no chance of me thinking adelaides modern and progressive!

though the thinker in residence thing was a cool idea

aside, rann IS actually trying to boost adelaides infastructure, the tram extension is a ballsey one in such a car based city (instead of just selling/privatising everything as the libs were so fond of) by encouraging wind and solar power (SA has the most wind generation and more grid-connected solar power than all the other states combined) to offset our power issues.

still, im far from kissing rann arse, just he's preferable over that other guy... erm whats his name?

funny how politically uneducated most people on this board are.

it was actually the opposition (liberals) who intiated the new tram idea to parliament, it just so happen that when it was passed the new government (labour) took over the old bill.

how about labours wonderful (ahem) proposal to SPEND TWENTY ONE MILLION on extending the tram line to king william street, whats that got to do with improving our public education and public health system? after spending 82 MILLION on new trams don't you think we concentrated on helping the poor or sick or uneducated? mind you the air-conditioning doesn't work either-pity.... such a disapointment that even though the idea wasn't their's they still couldn't improve the inital bill. Hmm...

But then again, you'd know that if you bothered to look through parliamentary records

oh and if labour is so fantastic at supplying power to us South Australian's then why are we getting BLACKOUTS!!!!!! etsa wasn't supplyed with enough funding to employ enough people (by the labour govt.) to engage in repair activitys to stop the summer blackouts..

pfft and so much for propert prices!

i work as a trainee part time for Dr Duncan McFetridge the member for morphett (in glenleg) AND I CAN TELL YOU ALL RIGHT NOW>
who ever thinks that politicans do sweek f-all all day and don't work for their money, they've got it all wrong.

Duncan starts his day at 5AM And it ends at 11pm. most of the time when pariament is sitting they don't leave the green room until 2am and then have to work in their electorate offices 4hours later.

i can say with all honesty the labour govt. is doing a bad job and needs to thoughally reasess it's election stratagies to win the public over!

Posted: **6 Feb 2006, 12:07pm**

Ms K wrote:

funny how politically uneducated most people on this board are.

Oh dear...

Quote:

it was actually the opposition (liberals) who intiated the new tram idea to parliament, it just so happen that when it was passed the new government (labour) took over the old bill.

how about labours wonderful (ahem) proposal to SPEND TWENTY ONE MILLION on extending the tram line to king william street, whats that got to do with improving our public education and public health system? after spending 82 MILLION on new trams don't you think we concentrated on helping the poor or sick or uneducated? mind you the air-conditioning doesn't work either-pity.... such a disapointment that even though the idea wasn't their's they still couldn't improve the inital bill. Hmm...

Erm, 100 million is NOT a lot of money, considering the amount of money in tax breaks, interest free loans, and bonuses to keep Mitsubishi in buisness... and that sunk faster than the titanic...

Or what about Holdens? Or what about <insert industry here>?

Before attacking ANYBODY on the basis of them implementing a PUBLIC transport system, that is using PUBLIC FUNDS to HELP the PUBLIC, we should look at where public funds go to help private comapanies, and criticise that.

And which government bails out more private companies than any other??? well surprise, surprise, it's the Liberals...

And FYI it was Dean Brown, LIBERAL, who privatised the public transport system in 1994 in the first place, taking it from one of the best in the world to one of the worst in Australia.

More public money has been poured into the Public transport system to offset the cost than if they kept the damn thing totally public.

It's only now, after 10 years, that Adelaide has a public transport system that is akin to the way it used to be.

Posted: **6 Feb 2006, 12:45pm**

Quote:

i work as a trainee part time for Dr Duncan McFetridge the member for morphett (in glenleg) AND I CAN TELL YOU ALL RIGHT NOW>
who ever thinks that politicans do sweek f-all all day and don't work for their money, they've got it all wrong.

Who cares? He chose to do the job. Doesn't mean we have to respect them because they pull ridiculous hours.

Ms K wrote:

i can say with all honesty the labour govt. is doing a bad job and needs to thoughally reasess it's election stratagies to win the public over!

They don't need to reaccess anything. They just need to let the Liberals continue on the way they have been since Kerin has been leading them and they'll probably win. That's what the polls are indicating.

Politics isn't about doing a good job, it's about doing a less bad job than the other side.

I agree with FunkyJ. A few million on shitty trams is nothing when you consider the quasi-socialist mindset evident on both side of the political spectrum which props up unsustainable and unsuitable industries state wide with hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies and 'rescues' every year.

Oh dear indeed.

Posted: **7 Feb 2006, 1:37pm**

http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,18065059 %255E910,00.html

Opposition on front foot
to prevent a Rannslide

COMMENT
By PAUL STARICK
07feb06

THROWING caution to the wind, Rob Kerin has decided to go hard and go early.

Launching the Liberal campaign 40 days out from the March 18 election seems risky but has some strategic advantages.

For a change, the Liberals are on the front foot, forcing Premier Mike Rann to respond. A 40-day campaign might sound like a long time but it is "only" six weeks - the same length as the 2004 federal election campaign.

The Liberals have scant financial resources, so obviously have decided to go for a media-driven campaign.

Mr Kerin is promising juicy news stories during the next six weeks, vowing he will "expose the Government's attempt to con South Australians".

Stereotyped as a good bloke who lacks ticker, Mr Kerin might hold up the Liberal vote with a good strategy and prevent a Rannslide. Like Prime Minister John Howard at the start of the 2004 campaign, Mr Kerin has tried to "frame" debate on his terms.

He has declared the Liberals will fight on three principles: honesty; the economy and "making sure the services people want are there when they need them".

This tactic smacks of the influence of one of Mr Howard's most respected election strategists - federal Finance Minister Nick Minchin, who is on the Liberals' campaign committee.

Mr Kerin also is borrowing from federal Labor and painting the Rann government as being high-taxing, dishonest, arrogant and lacking substance behind the spin.

The Liberals have taken the obvious free kick of attacking Labor for closing down State Parliament two months ago and not subjecting itself "to any kind of scrutiny".

The Liberals' three themes of honesty, the economy and services carry major risks.

Firstly, people expect politicians to be dishonest and tend not to punish them unless there is rank corruption or major financial blunders. Secondly, voters know in their bones that the state and national economies are travelling comfortably.

Thirdly, neither political party can promise to magically solve problems with government services and expect voters to believe them. Finally, and most importantly, Labor is streets ahead in the polls and there is no apparent mood for change.

However, with a clever move, Mr Kerin has bought himself some time to try to convince the public it is time for change.

Posted: **7 Feb 2006, 2:02pm**

CATASTROPHIC wrote:

COMMENT
By PAUL STARICK
07feb06

Firstly, people expect politicians to be dishonest and tend not to punish them unless there is rank corruption or major financial blunders. Secondly, voters know in their bones that the state and national economies are travelling comfortably.

Thirdly, neither political party can promise to magically solve problems with government services and expect voters to believe them. Finally, and most importantly, Labor is streets ahead in the polls and there is no apparent mood for change.

This man knows the score.

Posted: **7 Feb 2006, 2:50pm**

like J says

Posted: **7 Feb 2006, 4:32pm**

trashy_chica wrote:

like J says

ITS JAYAR

Posted: **7 Feb 2006, 4:41pm**

unles u are calling JAYAR a Napoleon Dynamite lookalike Shocked then i meant, 'like FunkyJ says"...

Posted: **10 Feb 2006, 9:46pm**

Ms K wrote:

funny how politically uneducated most people on this board are.

it was actually the opposition (liberals) who intiated the new tram idea to parliament, it just so happen that when it was passed the new government (labour) took over the old bill.

how about labours wonderful (ahem) proposal to SPEND TWENTY ONE MILLION on extending the tram line to king william street, whats that got to do with improving our public education and public health system? after spending 82 MILLION on new trams don't you think we concentrated on helping the poor or sick or uneducated? mind you the air-conditioning doesn't work either-pity.... such a disapointment that even though the idea wasn't their's they still couldn't improve the inital bill. Hmm...

But then again, you'd know that if you bothered to look through parliamentary records

oh and if labour is so fantastic at supplying power to us South Australian's then why are we getting BLACKOUTS!!!!!! etsa wasn't supplyed with enough funding to employ enough people (by the labour govt.) to engage in repair activitys to stop the summer blackouts..

pfft and so much for propert prices!

what have property prices got to do with the labour government?
answer: nothing! however, if you wish to look at the federal liberal party policy on negative gearing for investment properties and its effect on pushing the price of all housing through the roof (across the entire country), you might learn something.

ETSA is now a private company, sold by the liberals. when it was a state owned utility, the outages were far fewer. though whether labour wouldnt have sold it is arguable, but still, the liberals did, and here we are!

SA thanks to the labour government is also the biggest generator of renewable energy (wind farms, domestic solar etc) in the coutry by far. id say thats a pretty serious investment in infastructure also.

Quote:

i can say with all honesty the labour govt. is doing a bad job and needs to thoughally reasess it's election stratagies to win the public over!

you might want to actually know something about me before you try and call me politically uneducated. i was old enough to vote when the liberals first got in power back in the early 90s, so i'd say i have a more reliable memory of 'before' and 'after'. fuck, we even have the liberals to thank for fucking up the pub scene here by introducing the wonderful pokies.
we've all got our own view point, that you mightnt agree with... hey, i thought that having a federal liberal government that lied about why we went to war with iraq, lied about children overboard, demonised asylum seekers, lied about interest rates, refusing to ratify kyoto and subsidising the coal industry, turning education more and more into something that only the privelaged can afford etc etc etc *might* be enough to make people kick them out of office at the last election... but ho hum, people believed the mortgage scaremongering...
such is life...

Posted: **10 Feb 2006, 9:48pm**

jayar wrote:

you might want to actually know something about me before you try and call me politically uneducated. i was old enough to vote when the liberals first got in power back in the early 90s

dude you have been voting for about as long as she has been in school

Posted: **19 Feb 2006, 12:26pm**

I heard a rumor last night that mike rann plans to have a major Adelaide night club shut down 1 week out from the election because he don't like ravers / junglist

Posted: **19 Feb 2006, 12:54pm**

VOTE 1 FOR JAYAR

If you don't vote in the State elections, can they fine you? I was apparently fined $200 for not voting in the state elections about four years ago, however I was never notified and only found out when I went to renew my licence... I was told I had been fined and my licence could not be renewed until the fine was paid. I told them to stick it up their arse and still don't have a licence.

I feel like I'm damned if I do, damned if I don't...

Posted: **19 Feb 2006, 12:54pm**

i think its already been shut down dude, but rise will go

Posted: **19 Feb 2006, 1:39pm**

lexy wrote:

VOTE 1 FOR JAYAR

If you don't vote in the State elections, can they fine you? I was apparently fined $200 for not voting in the state elections about four years ago, however I was never notified and only found out when I went to renew my licence... I was told I had been fined and my licence could not be renewed until the fine was paid. I told them to stick it up their arse and still don't have a licence.

I feel like I'm damned if I do, damned if I don't...

Uh WTF?

Sounds like someone is trying to screw around with you. As far as I know voting is only compulsory in Federal elections, and even then it's only compulsory if you are on the electoral role.

Posted: **19 Feb 2006, 3:27pm**

You have to vote by law

it is also illegal to deface a ballet form however that is impossible / illegal to police so if you choose not to exercise your right to vote you simply need to take a form in to a booth then place it in the box

OR you could stop ranns dictatorship of this town and vote for kerin

Posted: **19 Feb 2006, 9:50pm**

CATASTROPHIC wrote:

I heard a rumor last night that mike rann plans to have a major Adelaide night club shut down 1 week out from the election because he don't like ravers / junglist

Cant believe that would be the biggest concern in the whole scheme of things!!!!

Oh my god, a nightclub gets shut down, aren't there more important issues?

Posted: **19 Feb 2006, 9:56pm**

i seen a poster today advertisin Nigel Smart as a politics person

so can i vote for him as the premier or is that just to vote for his local area?

big up to a crow in parliament

Posted: **20 Feb 2006, 5:34pm**

Miss Sarah wrote:

CATASTROPHIC wrote:

I heard a rumor last night that mike rann plans to have a major Adelaide night club shut down 1 week out from the election because he don't like ravers / junglist

Cant believe that would be the biggest concern in the whole scheme of things!!!!

Oh my god, a nightclub gets shut down, aren't there more important issues?

i dare say if the rumor is true rann would claim this venue had "bikie links" and is pure evil

Posted: **20 Feb 2006, 9:40pm**

Sound Of The Underground wrote:

i seen a poster today advertisin Nigel Smart as a politics person

so can i vote for him as the premier or is that just to vote for his local area?

big up to a crow in parliament

he is running for the electorate of norwood, he came doorknocking and left a note under my door cos i wasnt home.

Posted: **20 Feb 2006, 9:55pm**

Khem wrote:

Sound Of The Underground wrote:

i seen a poster today advertisin Nigel Smart as a politics person

so can i vote for him as the premier or is that just to vote for his local area?

big up to a crow in parliament

he is running for the electorate of norwood, he came doorknocking and left a note under my door cos i wasnt home.

well the question i put to u khem r u gunna vote 1 nigel smart??

i rekon its a smart move

Posted: **20 Feb 2006, 10:02pm**

i dunno. he is a bit anti weed. apparently he has been saying the fine for smoking weed is less than it is for smoking ciggies somewhere you shouldnt and he wants to do something about that. not that i smoke anything at all anymore, but... its the principle of the thing...

Posted: **21 Feb 2006, 2:09pm**

Got my 'Rann Gets Results' propaganda in the mail yesterday...says sweet fa as usual with these things Sleeping

Posted: **22 Feb 2006, 5:50pm**

dr jane lomax smith can to my house yesterday, shes a bit of a hotty!

Posted: **22 Feb 2006, 5:54pm**

you're a bit of a freak!

sends shivers down my spine just lookin at....that Hurl!

Posted: **23 Feb 2006, 11:44pm**

Khem wrote:

i dunno. he is a bit anti weed. apparently he has been saying the fine for smoking weed is less than it is for smoking ciggies somewhere you shouldnt and he wants to do something about that. not that i smoke anything at all anymore, but... its the principle of the thing...

yeah, he's not the sharpest tool in the box. im getting more than my fair share of nigel smart spam now, and he's completely against weed as youve said.

guy should stick to football or selling used cars, you need to know what the f**k your talking about to be a politician, and he's just a dumb arse ex-footballer searching for a new career. im waiting for him to knowck on my door so i can rip him to pieces like i did harbo a few years ago... hehe

Posted: **24 Feb 2006, 12:13am**

Glock wrote:

Got my 'Rann Gets Results' propaganda in the mail yesterday...Sleeping

SA's Problem: Airport sucks big fat donkey dick...
Rann's Result: Chuck a shitload of money into a badly planned, badly executed facelift and structural addition. Great idea, we need it.. But, really!!!

SA's Problem: Mike Rann isn't all that happy with a court result involving a man being shot "drive by style" (as SA's youth would say!) by a pellet gun.
Rann's Result: I know, I'll use the media to rally the masses to back my plan of overturning the decision of the judicial system because (say it with me) WE DON'T LIKE IT.

SA's Problem: Our premier is a wanker.
Rann's Result: Umm...

Posted: **24 Feb 2006, 12:39am**

Fuck Liberals

Posted: **24 Feb 2006, 6:57pm**

Kerin said today he will return some 50kmh zones back to 60 because 50 was only ever a money making exercise on behalf of our current fuck tard goverment

also spoke to a venue owner today who said she is being shut down in april because of her connections with bikies that she is not connected to

get the point kids mike rann wont stop untill every nightclub in adelaide has been shut down

Posted: **24 Feb 2006, 7:13pm**

I am fucked off that they put that shit up in front of my face and they don't call it vandalism... those political posters are a fucken eyesore... and have shitty faces that you wanna throw axes at (or throwing knives, darts, ninja stars or the like) fuckem - who wants to be like them?? Not one fucken person in this whole state! Exception maybe being Nigel Smart but he's bold anyway and a prick!!

They need to show some understanding, and realise that making drugs illegal is completely fucked. Anyway fuck Rann he is a spineless c*nt who just poses and cops it up the arse.

I have no idea who I'm gonna vote for they are all a bunch of pricks.

List them from bad to worse and you have a list. Pick the one whom you think is not too bad...

Posted: **25 Feb 2006, 6:17pm**

CATASTROPHIC wrote:

Kerin said today he will return some 50kmh zones back to 60 because 50 was only ever a money making exercise on behalf of our current fuck tard goverment

the results of this change (and getting in line with the rest of the country) has already seen the amount of injuries from road accidents drop. the amount of head trauma (as an example) goes down dramatically with just that 10km/h reduction, whereas the 10km reduction hasnt made much of an impact on peoples travel times.
some facts and figures relating to injuries, fatalities etc at various speed impact:
http://www.ecovoice.com.au/issues/issue%201/EV01p35snippets.pdf

and besides, i love speed cameras. if youre retarded enough to speed, im happy for your money to end up in state coffers - less money that i then have to pay in taxes
Big Grin

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also spoke to a venue owner today who said she is being shut down in april because of her connections with bikies that she is not connected to

i doubt it would be that simple. kerin has stated previously he would shut down the rave culture of adelaide altogether if he could. id rather a couple of dodgy clubs with bikie connections got shafted and maybe that was we wouldnt get a repeat of what happened at the DMAs last year.

rann is a dork, kerin is just plain stupid.

Posted: **26 Feb 2006, 12:18am**

did you know there are far more effective ways to curb the road toll than treating drivers like a wallet on wheels

IE my big point ...the government says "drive safe" well how bout teaching people how to drive not making them fear for there life every time you wana do a servo run

FFS L plate drivers are not required to do ONE SINGLE EMERGENCY STOP in a controlled environment

do you know how many people ive met that have no idea how to recover from a over steer or even know what one is

don't try and tell us the answer to the road toll is to make everyone drive around at a snails pace and im not the only one saying this either

here is some names you will know because there the best drivers in Australia if not the world that agrees with better practical know how

Mark skaife ( how many V8's supercar champs has he won )
Mark Webber ( F1 driver )
Peter Brock ( living legend )
Ian luff ( advance driving instructor and V8 brutes driver )

Posted: **26 Feb 2006, 9:54am**

jayar wrote:

if youre retarded enough to speed, im happy for your money to end up in state coffers - less money that i then have to pay in taxes
Big Grin

You're the retard mate! I'm not saying that i'm endorsing speeding but do you honestly think that, that money goes back into your pocket!

It wouldn't even be so bad if that money was going back into our roads, or improving our health, or education system but all it seems to do is pay for our already incredibly wealthy politicians to take more free holidays and drive nicer cars.

I agree with catasrophic that the solution is actually education on how to drive not fineing people (Unless of course you're gonna offer me a brand spankin' new holden statesman for $7000 like our pollies get!)

btw, you've got to be pretty stupid to believe the governments manufactured figures, they will say anything to support what they're doing. God forbid they should make a stupid decision! Not our government!

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Posted: **26 Feb 2006, 1:57pm**

DnB Monkey wrote:

(Unless of course you're gonna offer me a brand spankin' new holden statesman for $7000 like our pollies get!)

add to that most people think ABS brakes are dick head proof but of course no one ever teach's people what that clunking noise is when use using them - then they panic - think they broke something - then test the air bag system

Posted: **26 Feb 2006, 8:40pm**

can someone please change the poll options to un-biased titles
eg. -kerrin
-Rann
etc
Im sure this has influenced some peoples votes because there is no other reason why kerrin would be ahead.

Posted: **26 Feb 2006, 9:48pm**

ive made my decision

im voting mike rann cause he rolls with the rollerz crew

Posted: **26 Feb 2006, 9:52pm**

Brass Monkey 1983 wrote:

can someone please change the poll options to un-biased titles
eg. -kerrin
-Rann
etc
Im sure this has influenced some peoples votes because there is no other reason why kerrin would be ahead.

I agree. Most people are dumb.

Posted: **26 Feb 2006, 10:40pm**

no the polls can not be changed i made them that way for a reason..cause... im always right ..... everyone else is always wrong ...that simple ...and we should all get tax payer funded beer

Posted: **27 Feb 2006, 12:53am**

Sound Of The Underground wrote:

ive made my decision

im voting mike rann cause he rolls with the rollerz crew

he requests a pendulum tune and now u wanna have his kid ?

Posted: **27 Feb 2006, 7:51am**

mylesnoise wrote:

Sound Of The Underground wrote:

ive made my decision

im voting mike rann cause he rolls with the rollerz crew

he requests a pendulum tune and now u wanna have his kid ?

if its blood sugar ill marry the bloke

Posted: **27 Feb 2006, 9:18am**

CATASTROPHIC wrote:

Kerin said today he will return some 50kmh zones back to 60 because 50 was only ever a money making exercise on behalf of our current fuck tard goverment

also spoke to a venue owner today who said she is being shut down in april because of her connections with bikies that she is not connected to

get the point kids mike rann wont stop untill every nightclub in adelaide has been shut down

Man, seriously what the hell are you smoking???

Accidents are down by 30% in many 50 km/h zones, it's a very good thing

Bikies are evil, end of story... No politician wants to shut down every club in Adelaide, that's just idiotic, and shutting down some of their main sources of incomes is a very good way to hit them where it really hurts...

*End of rant*

image not archived: funkyj.gif · Posted: **27 Feb 2006, 9:59am**

If you really think Kerin will roll back the speedlimits you're a fucking moron.

He's saying that because he knows he has no chance of getting in.

No politician will risk driving the state into the red by cutting sources of income.

And for the record, I agree, education and training is more important to reducing the road rules...

I think there should be manditory license tests every 3 years, I think P Platers should remain on Ps until they're 21, and I think drink/drug driving should disqualify you from driving for life.

but it is rediculous to claim that faster driving is somehow safer.

Ask those kids who got hit in Mildura how they feel about speeding cars... oh that's right, you can't because MOST OF THEM ARE DEAD!!!