I'd like to agree with you on the notion of trying to vote in the Greens, but that just wouldn't happen.

I'd be more inclined to vote Liberal on the grounds that they've historically been far more concerned with staying in power and they've done that by keeping the people happy enough. Labor went in with some good ideas and a far superior approach to the election... they've just made some really awful decisions.

Best outcome I could see would be Labor getting the House of Representatives majority, then Labor and the Coalition around tied for reps in the Senate so the Greens and other independent reps would have a more important say. Labor's ideaology is generally more progressive, but the Libs have a rather useful tendency to sit back and wait for what the Nation has to say about it instead of acting like bullheaded idiots and pushing seriously bad legislation.

I just knew this article would include some comparison of Chihuahuas to some breed of large dog (in this case, Mastiffs). So I'm going to go ahead and make a similar comparison of a 600-pound caucasian female to a 110-pound asian male. The male may have just as much trouble with the process as does the Chihuahua, but we'll still call the result be a human. Similarly, we'll call the spawn of a Chihuahua and a Mastiff a dog. Because it looks like a dog and it barks.

Examiners can take away your calculator, though. Besides, you could text message your friends during an exam and have their answers show up on your hands.

I actually think this is brilliant. $43bn on infrastructure over 8 years, coming direct from the government. 47, 000 jobs at peak means more money which filters back to the government while people get good work across the country. It's a whole lot more effective than tax cuts or stimulus packages like a $900 cheque and it means that when it's all over, the government can make back the expenditure with privatisation, which will help pay back the public debt we're looking at down the road. It's good for businesses, good for nerds, good for employment and great for the economy in the short and longer term.

Screw the filter concerns. Conroy's got egg on his face and he's not popular with anyone lately. The internet filter's already being no-dealed by big ISP's, too; and ditching the filter is an ace-in-the-hole as far as election promises go if it ever gets to that.

God sues people for breathing His air.