tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post7363904195071739461..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: President Anne Johnson's First State of the Union AddressAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-77471566944656831912018-02-02T07:53:30.094-05:002018-02-02T07:53:30.094-05:00http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-25/physics-prof...http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-25/physics-professor-michelle-yvonne-simmons-australian-of-the-year/9363410Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-32034917035725476062018-02-02T06:20:00.670-05:002018-02-02T06:20:00.670-05:00or this .. and have not the slightest idea whether...or this .. and have not the slightest idea whether you are 'allowed' to see it in your sort of ersatz 'dictatorsheep'.<br /><br />http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/shaun-micallefs-mad-as-hell/LE1714V001S00Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-24600354033963892872018-02-02T06:14:06.604-05:002018-02-02T06:14:06.604-05:00O, Anne .. i don't normally put 'links'...O, Anne .. i don't normally put 'links' in comments ..buuut ..<br />http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/planet-america/NC1814H001S00Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-23465833507875153172018-02-01T23:09:22.828-05:002018-02-01T23:09:22.828-05:00o, apologies for bothering you again .. But have r...o, apologies for bothering you again .. But have recently watched a dvd from the local library - "the Day after Tomorrow" ... made somewhere near the year 2000 - which - apart from the extreme CGI almost predicted the extreme, recent, "cold dump" on North America.<br />One of the ironic joys in that movie -- is that Mexico had to cope with millions of North American 'climate change' refugees. Even your 'President" had to re-locate ... heh heh heh... Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-1589221095169335002018-02-01T22:44:26.598-05:002018-02-01T22:44:26.598-05:00o, perhaps a bit more detail. When i refer to the ...o, perhaps a bit more detail. When i refer to the "leader" in the 'lower house' ... i mean the 'leader' of the 'party' that holds the most seats in the 'peoples parliament'. Yep, we also have a 'senate' - house of review. (which seems to consist, here, with a random bunch of elected ratbags .... but who, eventually, allow sensible 'laws' through).Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-41546763123081457122018-02-01T22:21:11.778-05:002018-02-01T22:21:11.778-05:00Yer, Anne we are also familiar with the word "...Yer, Anne we are also familiar with the word "gerrymander" .. meh.<br />I do try to keep up with what's happening over on your side of this planet. Mostly through PBS Newshour ... and a rather raucous larrikin TV program here called "Planet America" .. which looks very deeply into some of the pertinent 'facts' about the "untied states of America" ... no bullshit, no 'spin' ... heh.<br /><br />On another note ... self wonders what the USA would be like if - as in Australia - the "leader" in your 'lower house'(?) of congress was, actually, the most powerful politician ???<br />No erstatz, part-time (4-8 years) kingships ... meh.<br /><br />Seriously, our Federal Prime Ministers ARE vulnerable, accountable to the electorate. They stay there as long as we, the people, want them to be.<br />Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-54674315160325180022018-02-01T14:36:19.503-05:002018-02-01T14:36:19.503-05:00Davoh, our earliest leaders were afraid that major...Davoh, our earliest leaders were afraid that majorities living in cities would always elect the politicians (standard majority rule), so they set up a system called the electoral college, where you vote for the candidate but someone from your state ... sort of ... representing you gets to cast the actual vote. It seemed sensible and fair at the time. Now, not so much.Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-10398009842669919522018-02-01T07:50:45.140-05:002018-02-01T07:50:45.140-05:00Seriously ... from my peculiar 'southern hemis...Seriously ... from my peculiar 'southern hemisphere' point of view (Australia has 'mandatory' voting - for every citizen) Doesn't mean that each and EVERY citizen casts a vote - but 90% of us do.<br /><br />Bit different when i look at the 'numbers' in the so-called American "democracy". Forgetting that 60% of the population actually voted -<br />31% of 60% is not exactly a 'majority' ... but how come (from what have been told) ... Hillary Clinton gained - what? 3 million MORE of your so called "popular" votes ---<br />and yet Donald Trump ended up as your President???<br /><br />Probably paraphrasing Shakespeare ... ' but something is rotten in the State of .... " .... meh.Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-80990729497387639372018-02-01T07:36:55.492-05:002018-02-01T07:36:55.492-05:00No voting base to please???
Sheesh ... you really...No voting base to please??? <br />Sheesh ... you really do have to learn that Goergle, Farcebook, and Wonderingdows .. have to be 'on yer side'.<br /><br />Ferget about traditional, sensible bureaucracy. <br /><br />O, and it also helps to live in a country (Nation?) where voting is "optional". Who really knows what "Media Star" will be your next 'popular' 'President' - especially if the poor and downtrodden are so depressed that they cannot be bothered to vote.Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-35540403195085134752018-01-31T17:53:52.167-05:002018-01-31T17:53:52.167-05:00you make more sense than the orange shitball!you make more sense than the orange shitball!anne marie in phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765140782182605141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-53202805084545452772018-01-31T12:42:37.467-05:002018-01-31T12:42:37.467-05:00You mean Joey the Trump-Slayer? He's my new cr...You mean Joey the Trump-Slayer? He's my new crush.Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-46824150065369744272018-01-31T12:36:26.407-05:002018-01-31T12:36:26.407-05:00I bet Joe Kennedy III came up and gave you a hug a...I bet Joe Kennedy III came up and gave you a hug afterwards!Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.com