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Political Bruhaha!
Feb. 23rd, 2012 11:20 pm10:55pm: Yes indeed, about two years ago the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, or as I like to call him K-Rudd got the axe because apparently people didn't get on with him and the polls were bad. So he was sent to the Foreign Ministry and the old Deputy Julia Gillard took the reigns and became our first female Prime Minister.
Unfortunately for her, the polls got even worse! A lot of people felt the whole process was very undemocratic because even though Australia votes for parties not individual leaders this was the first time a sitting Prime Minister had been axed and replaced and it was like "Hey we voted for this dude! You can't just stick in someone else!"
So after that happened the new Prime Minister called an election which ended up tied, so some independants and the Greens joined with Labor and created a miniority government. Which the Opposition got all butthurt about and has been carping on about ever since. And like I said the polls have been bad and recently there's been lots of newspaper reports about K-Rudd making a comeback. Now personally I'm not too sure about the veracity of all these reports - it's claimed K-Rudd has been plotting against his own party since they rolled him. So things have got pretty nasty, and now there's going to be a vote on Monday to see who's going to be the leader.
This is srs bsns because on the one hand a lot of people seem to like K-Rudd, but it seems people who work with him don't like him, which would make running the Government rather hard if no-one's going to get along. And in the face of all this is the hedious possibility that the Liberal party (who are decidely unliberal think Republican Party) might get back into power! We all aready had to put up with them for 11 years, taking money out of public services and fucking over the less advantaged as much as possible, not to mention a completely lax attitude to climate change.
So basically this is a bad time for such sheninigans, althoug personally I wouldn't vote Liberal unless the alternative was something REALLY awful like the White Supremeist or the Extreme Gun Party or something, but apparently other people will vote based on the person leading the party so...
And this is perhaps the most I've ever written on politics before! Shocking, just shocking. Actually I wrote about it a bit yesterday but then my entry didn't post, so yeah.
In other news, I went to that appointment only to discover it was actually an old appointment for the other Unemployment place I'd been going to. Fortunately they were able to see me and I've got a standing fornightly appointment to do job searching on site, I suppose so they can make sure I'm doing it right. Which might be very helpful for me.
However! I have exciting news, Manly Library has called me in for an interview! It's a weekend job not a full time one, but if I manage to get it I could get my foot in the door! Which would be very exciting indeed! I'm hoping my Professional Placement from last year - in a library that is party of the network will score my big points. The interview is next Wednesday at noon, wish me luck!
And now, Meme time!
Booking Through Thursday
Blogs
What do you look for when reading a book blog? Does the blogger have to read the same genre? Do you like reviews? Personal posts? Memes? Giveaways? What attracts you to a book blog?
To be honest I've never read a book blog, though I did recently join goodreads.com and I might start reading some reviews there, but in general I don't really read reviews all that much, because taste is such a personal thing. I'd rather borrow or browse the book at a library and if I don't like it, I won't read it.
Although! I am a member of a Sweet Valley Snark comm and a Baby Sitter's Club Snark comm, those book reviews are damn hilarious. :O, so I guess I like a good sense of humour when it comes to book blogs. :O)
And oh! I don't know if I've mentioned that I've been playing Scrabble through a site called http://wabble.org, when I can get friends to join in, and today I had a major coup with a set of words worth 62 points! 'Quip' on a triple word score and 'hop'! Go me :OD
And I was going to say something else, but I've forgotten what it was. Hmmm...well, hopefully I'll remember it later.
For now though, I'm going to turn in!
Goodnight all!
Unfortunately for her, the polls got even worse! A lot of people felt the whole process was very undemocratic because even though Australia votes for parties not individual leaders this was the first time a sitting Prime Minister had been axed and replaced and it was like "Hey we voted for this dude! You can't just stick in someone else!"
So after that happened the new Prime Minister called an election which ended up tied, so some independants and the Greens joined with Labor and created a miniority government. Which the Opposition got all butthurt about and has been carping on about ever since. And like I said the polls have been bad and recently there's been lots of newspaper reports about K-Rudd making a comeback. Now personally I'm not too sure about the veracity of all these reports - it's claimed K-Rudd has been plotting against his own party since they rolled him. So things have got pretty nasty, and now there's going to be a vote on Monday to see who's going to be the leader.
This is srs bsns because on the one hand a lot of people seem to like K-Rudd, but it seems people who work with him don't like him, which would make running the Government rather hard if no-one's going to get along. And in the face of all this is the hedious possibility that the Liberal party (who are decidely unliberal think Republican Party) might get back into power! We all aready had to put up with them for 11 years, taking money out of public services and fucking over the less advantaged as much as possible, not to mention a completely lax attitude to climate change.
So basically this is a bad time for such sheninigans, althoug personally I wouldn't vote Liberal unless the alternative was something REALLY awful like the White Supremeist or the Extreme Gun Party or something, but apparently other people will vote based on the person leading the party so...
And this is perhaps the most I've ever written on politics before! Shocking, just shocking. Actually I wrote about it a bit yesterday but then my entry didn't post, so yeah.
In other news, I went to that appointment only to discover it was actually an old appointment for the other Unemployment place I'd been going to. Fortunately they were able to see me and I've got a standing fornightly appointment to do job searching on site, I suppose so they can make sure I'm doing it right. Which might be very helpful for me.
However! I have exciting news, Manly Library has called me in for an interview! It's a weekend job not a full time one, but if I manage to get it I could get my foot in the door! Which would be very exciting indeed! I'm hoping my Professional Placement from last year - in a library that is party of the network will score my big points. The interview is next Wednesday at noon, wish me luck!
And now, Meme time!
Booking Through Thursday
Blogs
What do you look for when reading a book blog? Does the blogger have to read the same genre? Do you like reviews? Personal posts? Memes? Giveaways? What attracts you to a book blog?
To be honest I've never read a book blog, though I did recently join goodreads.com and I might start reading some reviews there, but in general I don't really read reviews all that much, because taste is such a personal thing. I'd rather borrow or browse the book at a library and if I don't like it, I won't read it.
Although! I am a member of a Sweet Valley Snark comm and a Baby Sitter's Club Snark comm, those book reviews are damn hilarious. :O, so I guess I like a good sense of humour when it comes to book blogs. :O)
And oh! I don't know if I've mentioned that I've been playing Scrabble through a site called http://wabble.org, when I can get friends to join in, and today I had a major coup with a set of words worth 62 points! 'Quip' on a triple word score and 'hop'! Go me :OD
And I was going to say something else, but I've forgotten what it was. Hmmm...well, hopefully I'll remember it later.
For now though, I'm going to turn in!
Goodnight all!
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