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mandysbitch- apparently there's still time to stuff ballot boxes

I can't believe how well Family First is polling in Queensland. I know that it's Mango Season, but seriously, WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE ON!

I have beer in the fridge.

In the meantime, take my poll!

[Poll #363769]

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Ha! John Cherry is going down! At the moment there's a 6.3% swing against the Australian Democrats.

That's what he gets for not getting my name right *g*

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They just said that this was the election where the 'committed Christians' would make themselves heard in Parliament.

Is this the Lesbian burning Christians? Or the Adultery is okay when your wife is pregnant Christians?

Political Blog

I promised myself that I would begin a political blog of my own if Howard won a fourth election.

Very Busy and Important

I'm still playing with it at the moment, but hopefully I can get it looking good.

The morning after

1. I just can't believe it.

2. If you could vote and didn't, I'm disgusted. It's the only real price we pay to be Australian citizens.

3. A lot of people are trying to make themselves feel better by saying that it won't affect them directly. That's fine. But I can't do that.

When I decided on teaching, I knew that teacher's lives were affected by Governments, especially in the State School system. I didn't realise, though, just how much of a political football we would be.

In order to get funding for a school, teachers will now have to enforce patriotism. In order to keep our jobs, we have to get children through standardised tests every year from grade 2. We will move away from marking where we can tell parents what their children are really doing, to marking where we use A, B, C, D and E - because that's all parents can understand.

And once we get the funding, the way it's used will be decided by a minority of parents on the Parents and Citizens committees. Because they obviously know more about the best way to teach than teachers.

4. There are other things to say, but I'm depressed now

5. You can look at my new blog on your friends list - busynimportant