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[mayoraasei]

Of all the narrow-minded, paranoid, ill-informed proclamations to make in public.

I don't think there was ever any suggestion that stem cell research would be panacea to all our current medical problems, but it's always been an essential step for understanding a lot of genetic and developmental problems, as well as becoming potential solutions to organ transplants, healing of superficial wounds, better population-targeted drugs.......etc.

Can we please vote this government out?!?! Participation in Iraq, rising petrol prices, rising interests, getting rid of student unions (and other unions), selling of uranium to China, AWA, the abortion drug debate, stem cell research debate....

And these are just the most recent controversial decisions of the last decade of Liberal reign, and leaves out ongoing debate on euthanasia, non-traditional marriage, and plenty of funding problems (while the PM smartly gives himself a payrise).

It just sucks that the alternative isn't even an alternative. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's far far away.

No wonder Australians so damn apathetic about everything.



Edit: On the other hand, I'm highly amused that they would translate photophobia as "dislike of bright lights". HAHAHAHA. I guess light sensitivity just doesn't sound cool enough. The rash is supposedly indicative of meningococcal, by the way (and usually indicative of "you're just about too late to be saved", which sucks).

God, I'm not sure why they even had to dumb down the symptoms. Don't you guys all watch House? =P They even changed fatigue to tiredness =_______=;;;;;;; I suppose I should be glad they kept the "nausea" instead of changing it to "feeling dizzy".

 

Comments

[siu.livejournal.com]

yeah... they are scared of technology XD

[beliael.livejournal.com]

I WATCH HOUSE!!! OMG *LOVE* THAT SHOW!!! <3<3<3

Yes let us vote out this crappy government! However, what other better government could we have? The internal conflict in the Labour party does not make them seem like they can lead a country at all. Sigh, it's choose between something really bad and something worse. :(

Er... Labour??

[nunuunuuu.livejournal.com]

Nah, no ultimatum of voting for the lesser evil (Liberal or Labor) for me thanks. Thankfully, with our electoral system we're not reduced to voting for the lesser evil like the unfortunate Americans are, so I'd encourage taking advantage of that added freedom and looking at other options like the smaller/independent parties.

[nunuunuuu.livejournal.com]

I've just watched My Boss, My Hero Episode 1!! LOL IT'S HILARIOUS!!!!! And Sakuranantoka is so cute XD.

[bludger1985.livejournal.com]

I actually am quite supportive of the new work relations changes :O

Its quite bold and naturally very exposed to criticism but I commend the government for taking that step. It improves the competitiveness of Australia because, "generous" bosses arent competitive ones, its the sad truth of the way businesses work nowadays. Thousands of people lose their job daily due to their own incompetence anyway. The much more scattered cases of where workers are illigitmately sacked are not the case in point. Its merely people that seek to profiteer from any given opportunities that may come across their path.

I once said in my blog that the new changes should be good for skilled labour, which is the focus of the howard approach to the development of Australian Economy.

Create more riches -> Please the rich -> Make Australians rich -> win elections. Note how rich people does not equate to educated/humanitarian/healthy citizens as shown by all the issues you listed. But IMHO, a focused government that is for SOME kind of progress is better than labour, which has yet to forget any sort of direction and heading, other than disagree with pretty much everything Liberals do.

Rising oil prices are a pain but for non-oil producing countries like Australia, there are indeed very limited ways to solve this kind of problems. Not saying there is nothing wrong with the nonchalant stance of the government but a majority of the blame should be placed on overseas conflict, and the inefficiency/politically influenced National oil companies like those in Russia and Arabian oilfields. Here is a bit of fact, 90% of the worlds current oil reserves are owned by national oil companies, and their current reserves alone could power the world for many decades to come. They are just trying to gain political influence/power using these massive reserves.