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Hehe, very clever!

I'm not a big fan of a number Howard's policies, but he won and it's something I have to handle. Good luck to him.

Though, I had to laugh at (and feel sorry for) Costello. During Howard's victory speech he thanked Costello and you could hear someone shout "SIX MORE YEARS! SIX MORE YEARS!"

EDIT:

Good news: The Greens are going to get 1,000,000 votes! (Even though they may lose their power in the senate)

Bad news: Family First might secure a seat in the senate, giving the Coalition an advantage. I can handle a Coalition in power in the House of Reps, but in the Senate too?? With power like that they can do whatever they want now.

Sad news: Poor Democrats!

Fucking great news: Peter Garrett is now an MP!

There are people who get married in a drive through in Vegas.

This made me think: we've reached a sad state in humanity when gay people aren't allowed to get married, but Britney Spears is. Twice. And in the same year.

Dig it! Jessi Klein's blog on CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/blog/10/08/klein.blog/

I like this part:

"Why are both Kerry and Bush strutting around the stage and yelling? I would say this looks more like a scene from "8 Mile" than a presidential debate, except for the fact that "8 Mile" was far more entertaining than this."

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Also, check out Bob Novak's blog, which is also funny, but mainly for his very curt entries:

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/blog/10/08/novak.blog/

Like this one:

"Bush is not smirking."

["What Bush was going to say?"]

I like this little fuck-up from Bush:

"I made a decision not to join the International Criminal Court in The Hague, which is where our troops could be brought to (oops) -- brought in front of a judge, an unaccounted judge.

Now let's play "What Bush was going to say?"

Can you guess what Bush was going to say after "brought to --"? Was it:

a) Justice
b) Kathmandu
c) Delicious cupcakes
d) John Stamos

A lot of older games cause problems with NT, 2000, or XP. The easiest way to overcome this is to use a DOS emulator. I recommend DOSBox.

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/

There are other options that are fiddly, like partioning your hard disk to a dual DOS/Win2000 system, but that's a very time-consuming process just to play a couple of old games.

Another attack the Liberals always place on Labor is the relationship with unions. Howard has trumpeted this attack a couple of times over the last few weeks, which is ironic since his last major policy decision (Forestry) won support from the Tasmanian CFMEU.

Your new around here, first thing never to do is piss off DG.

I'm not an angry person. I'm just misunderstood.Ã,  :'(


"I just wish I could go
someplace where nobody
knows me."

Sorry, DG but the humor contest wasnt officially approved yet. One of the mods said it would be a nice them for Mags one month, to have a humor game. Even if it isnt a contest, there arent enough funny games. It would be great if you finished your game and posted it anyway. You might even get a headstart on an upcoming MAGS.

oh darn my game was going to be so funny that your balls would explode on fire. All my beta testers laughed so hard that they suffered from nad combustion after they played it. THAT'S HOW FUNNY IT WAS GOING TO BE! and now I can't release it for the competition cause some moderater has flip-floped just like that evil hippy john kerry!

PS. Sorry for calling Kerry a retard, but I live in the states and i no whats going on. John Kerry always chanmges his opinin, hes a hippy, and he raises taxes. My parents already put 52% of their income to taxes. You see, people making  alot of money really do hav higher taxes already

I hate when those damn hippys raise taxes. they always do it. Just the other day I was going to catch the bus to subway to grab a meatball sub but I didn't have enough money to catch the bus because there was a transport tax. And i said to the bus driver "wtf??? why the transport tax??" and the bus driver said "those damn hippys raised it!!" and i said "ooo those damn hippys! if they're not filling their crack pipes they're raising taxes!! i'd like to give them a pice of my mind" and I shook my fist. so i couldn't get my meatbal sub cause it was all john kerry's fault.

It's like the old saying goes...

"It doesn't matter whether you win or lose... cause Bob Brown's got a million votes and he's partying already!!!"

I'll pass this one back to Darth.

Party's over everyone! Go home! I'm hauling ass to Mexico!

Smells like a lawsuit. I hope not though.

Poop, I'm glad you opened my eyes to Kerry's hush-hush plans to tax the rich.Ã,  I think those poor people have had it way too easy for far too long. In fact, taxes for anyone who does not wear a top hat and a monocle.

Also, I'm glad you've proven Kerry is a retard with the simple statement: "He is a retard". And one that hangs around in bookstores too!! Ooo, those damn retards! They should look around and act happy in the loony bins, and not our bookstores and other retail outlets.

But there are some people I know who don't believe he's a retard. Do you have any records from mental institutions to prove so? If so, just send them to me and don't give them to Dan Rather cause he's biased left-wing media.

By the way, when does your Halloween Humour Competition finish. I need more time to finish my entry.

Love DG (when I say 'love' I don't mean i'm gay cause Bush says that Jesus says gay people are sinners)

bspeers, yeah, I did only say "Threat??" and just show a map of N. Korea. But I think it was pretty obvious that I was trying to say the threat in Iraq was rather minor rather than "Why aren't we bombing N. Korea?". Especially if you look at the context of the threat and the quote I was replying to.

Anyway, I've elaborated now, so I hope that satisfies.

I'm front!

When I mentioned Bush's lying and deceit into going into war with Iraq, he basically, in a nutshell, said that the U.N. only wanted more resolutions, more resolutions, and Bush took action when no one else would and took care of a threat.

Threat??

Has your Dad heard of a country called North Korea by any chance?

Here's a map I found on Google, just in case he doesn't know where it is:


I hope this helps him.

Bspeers: Aye, I acknowledged in one of my previous posts that not everyone was influenced. Though, after re-reading my original post on agenda-setting, I should mention I didn't actualy say the entire audience is influenced. I just said there's a potential to influence more people in terms of biases. That's not to say they watch a FOX News broadcast and immediately become biased, as if it were something like magic. It does take time.

There's an old adage in politics: If you repeat the message over and over, people will start to agree with it. (Case in point: "John Kerry flip-flops!")

However, I would argue with a minor point:

Recent studies show that viewership is reflexive--it's critical of what they watch, even sarcastic.

I've read studies that show the contrary in regards to conservative viewing i.e. the viewship is mostly complacent. The reason? A lot of people consider conservative viewing as "safe" viewing and thus they feel little need to criticise it. Basically, they just want to sit in front of the TV and not be hassled or challenged in anyway, especially after a hard day at the office.


After reading your post and Anarcho's, it seems all our studies have crossed very similar paths. Hurrah for politcal media studies!

It's ironic. More Democrats and liberals can acknowedge more substantial aspects against Kerry than Republicans can.

No. Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Wolfowitz's doing.

As for congress, a large majority (if not all) didn't even read the Patriot act. And they've been faulted for that. But that's not the point.

In fact, I'm lost as to what you're trying to argue here. What is your point?

It sounds like you're trying to say people should vote for Bush because congress does a lousy job. If so, you can't be serious.

[Assistant attorney general Viet D. Dinh]

Anarcho:
Hehe, I only pointed out the Roots thing so I could brag again about my Aunt being nominated for an Emmy.

And aye, I agree that not every sinlge person becomes wholely influenced by one particular network. I guess the trick is to just be well-informed -- read, watch, and listen to a variety of different sources.


LT:
What Anarcho said.

Or better yet, wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act

Note the line: "Assistant attorney general Viet D. Dinh, was the chief architect of the act."