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Personally, I find it very interesting that the decision was made by a tiny group of people who weren't bound to represent those who elected them to power but were free to exercise their own "conscience".

So this is democracy eh?

Mind you, it's probably not that much worse than having those same 120 people forced to toe the party line is it?

I figured that this event was as good a time as any to push my own little anarchistic political trolley into public spotlight again...

Why, in these days of cellphones, SMS texting, internet, interactive telephone systems, ATMs and EFTPOS terminals; can't we offer the voters of this country a *real* democratic system?

I won't repeat stuff I've stated before, I'll simply provide a link to the draft paper I published quite a few years ago on the matter.

Don't hold your breath waiting for the powers that be to embrace such a system of *true* democracy -- but do ask yourself why they are obviously so averse to such a system.

Is it really unreasonable to ask just whose interests are our politicians really serving?

How do you think our politicians could be using new technology to improve the democratic process. Is simply giving them an email address and a secretary that doesn't know that you can send emails without MS Word attachments really enough?

Lighten Up
Time for the sillier, more frivolous, fun-filled and frightening part of the week. Yes, it's time to "lighten up!"

Have you ever thought of replacing the tired old motor in your car with something just a little more powerful?

Or maybe you'd like a few more knots out of your little fibreglass run-about.

Boy, have these people got the new engine for you -- and it's a diesel to boot!

If you're going to be busy on Monday night when TV One screens its "Test The Nation" IQ test, here's another way of establishing your baseline IQ. Test yourself now.

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