Recent content by hipower22

I agree with you Cosmoline, but that "convict island" crap gets right up my nose. It is historical fact that before the British sent their convicts here, they transported them to America.

As opposed to the power mad idiots we have here now, no doubt. And that opposition is now in power in Queensland with Teflon Pete, whose nickname says it all, in charge. I'll take Joh ahead of the current crop any day of the week.

Yes, and just about the last state premier in Australia to stand up to the federal government. He will be sadly missed by all who value liberty in this unfortunate country. Read this article, "The hero with a gun or the one with a donkey", in The Age for an insight into what happens when a...

Anyone out there heard of "Global Dimming"? We had a show on TV here recently which postulated that global dimming is reducing the amount of sunlight reaching the planet so that global warming is not increasing at the rate previously predicted. This is bad, according to the show's...

Hillbilly, you are missing the point here. A national referendum is needed to do so. That means, where the Australian Constitution is concerned, a majority of voters in a majority of states must approve a change whereas the US Constitution, if memory serves, requires agreement by two thirds of...

fallingblock's got it pretty much right. The Australian states fell over themselves in the rush to do Howard's bidding, especially when he threatened to withhold tax reimbursements to the states. Under the Australian federal system the states are supposedly sovereign and self governing but...

Careful cuchulainn, this is far too logical for a politician to comprehend. Actually, I think the downward trend may have commenced before 1979 but cannot verify that right now. In any case the homicide rate has remained substancially unaltered, at about 1.9/100,000, since 1915 regardless of...

Where have you been hiding, Route666? You obviously haven't been listening to all the crap about "getting guns off the streets" spouted by various Australian politicians How about, "..it was all about draining the suburbs of Melbourne and Sydney of firearms." Tim Fischer - Deputy Prime...

Reasonably certain that transportation to America commenced in 1617. I know it ceased in 1775 and commenced to New South Wales, in 1788, when the First Fleet arrived, not 1778 as I wrote in my last post. It should be borne in mind that the theft of goods to the value of one shilling was a...

Yes, but the reason it began was because the English were no longer able to send their convicts to the American Colonies. What is not generally known, and is certainly never admitted, is that convicts were transported to the American Colonies from 1617-1775 and to Australia from 1778-1850...

Australia: There is no hope for this country! The lunatics are running the asylum! Is Police Minister Haermeyer studying to be an idiot, or has he already qualified? On second thoughts, he probably couldn't pass the exams! It seems to me that the entire government of Victoria is...

So, my old friend, have you got that #1 yet? Maybe we can have a longrange target match.

Given the present Australian government and Prime Minister John Howard's hostility towards guns and gun owners, and the fact that the NRA is an organisation he abhors, paying the NRA 50% over the value of the property strikes me as being somewhat ironic. In Australia, in spite of the...

Mike Irwin wrote in an earlier post: Please Mike tell me more, which Australians? Was it an Australian Government agency? Please, puhlease say it was a government agency. The irony would be monumental.

Why would anyone want to copyright this :cuss: drivel?