bickering premiers
24 May 2007 10:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mayoraaseiThis is like so sad.
PFFFT. "Brisbane is the place to be, Sydney knows that. We won the State of Origin and I think that Brisbane is the capital."
Ummmmmm yeah, okay. A bunch of sweaty, dumb, violent men rushing at each other for a few hours until one team scores enough points (or occupies enough stretchers) qualifies a city for the capital. Riiiiiiiiiight. Let's set up a gladiator ring while we're at it.
I think Iemma has the crux of it: "Sydney is the capital of Australia in the sense it's Australia's only global city and it's the best city in the country. The administrative capital of Australia is Canberra; that's where Parliament is. It would be terrific if we could pull it off, but I can't see that happening."
Sorry dude, Brisbane is like the biggest hole ever. It's an even bigger hole than Canberra because with Canberra you at least expect that to be a hole.
I have to say, Washington D.C. is about the thing I like about America. It's the culture capital of the states (okay, NY has some pretty good places as well, but D.C. is pristine and people there are much more cultured). While it sounds like fun moving the capital to Sydney, I'd rather do without that stress, thank you. If every time a dignitary shows up, we're going to have another roadblack...no thank you. If every time a dignitary shows up, someone's going to gas the train station or bomb the city tower...no, thank you.
And why move the national capital to, well, I presume, the crime capital of Australia?
PFFFT. "Brisbane is the place to be, Sydney knows that. We won the State of Origin and I think that Brisbane is the capital."
Ummmmmm yeah, okay. A bunch of sweaty, dumb, violent men rushing at each other for a few hours until one team scores enough points (or occupies enough stretchers) qualifies a city for the capital. Riiiiiiiiiight. Let's set up a gladiator ring while we're at it.
I think Iemma has the crux of it: "Sydney is the capital of Australia in the sense it's Australia's only global city and it's the best city in the country. The administrative capital of Australia is Canberra; that's where Parliament is. It would be terrific if we could pull it off, but I can't see that happening."
Sorry dude, Brisbane is like the biggest hole ever. It's an even bigger hole than Canberra because with Canberra you at least expect that to be a hole.
I have to say, Washington D.C. is about the thing I like about America. It's the culture capital of the states (okay, NY has some pretty good places as well, but D.C. is pristine and people there are much more cultured). While it sounds like fun moving the capital to Sydney, I'd rather do without that stress, thank you. If every time a dignitary shows up, we're going to have another roadblack...no thank you. If every time a dignitary shows up, someone's going to gas the train station or bomb the city tower...no, thank you.
And why move the national capital to, well, I presume, the crime capital of Australia?
