GWiz

Naaa, guess you have to have lived there or know somebody that does... If I happen to come across one though I'll let you know.. - Before polling day the Electoral Commission of South Australia places advertisements in the print media, television, radio and the Internet - www.ecsa.sa.gov.au - to provide the public with information relating to enrolment, close of the roll, pre-poll voting locations, postal voting, polling booth locations, candidate information, electoral district information and how to cast a valid vote. A telephone inquiry service for the public operates during the election period. Briefing sessions are conducted for candidates and the media, while Returning Officers employed by the Electoral Commission of South Australia to organise the election in an electoral district, attend a series of training sessions and are issued with comprehensive instruction and procedural manuals. Training sessions are also provided for appointed polling booth managers and booth staff. The electoral roll is a list of South Australian people who have filled out an electoral enrolment form and as a consequence become eligible to vote at all elections held in South Australia. The roll must close 10 days after the writ has been issued and any new enrolments or address changes after that date take effect after the election. - Anyway, if you have to vote it only makes sense that you'd know who and why you're voting for that person... I know Aussies do... There's no reason for them to be uninformed, is there?

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." - Abraham Lincoln

Hey you old troll quit making out like Bushy baby invented the idea of Democracy... NPR? Comeon! Page Not Found - Sorry! We can't seem to find the page you were looking for. Please visit the NPR Help Center to report this page as missing, or use the links below to continue your search. - Nice try though...

I'm well seasoned in dealing with nutjobs like Shady... Actually he's a rank amateur when it comes to that... People with single digit IQs like Shady don't really interest me all that much beyond giving me the odd laugh...

Will this do? "Them"... "We need to go over and kill them all now while they're disorganized." ALL of that post was racist in my opinion...

Ahhh, thanks, definitely not worth my TIME then...

Sad but oh so true... Beats the hell out of the alternatives...

Definitely a GOOD thing since it leads the way to a constitution that the people of Egypt can live under... The one Egypt had gave the people no rights and had to be done away with...

Maybe... All I'm saying is that it's pretty impressive to see people laying their lives on the line in Egypt just to get the right to vote... All while living in a great country like Canada (I'm a very proud Canadian BTW) and seeing people totally uninterested in something like their Government and voting, something that greatly affects their daily lives... I think that's kinda sad... Ultimately one ends up getting bad governments running ones country and it's no ones fault but their own... In over 40 years of voting in every election (Fed., Prov., Mun.,) I've only voted for the winning candidate 5 times, the last one being in the last municipal election... But at least I've tried to put the best person running in my riding into office to represent me and what I believe in... I'm kinda proud of that...

Wrong, has to be informed, you are asked about the candidates running...

Resident troll? Or ordinary racist?

Yep, and during that time the Soviet Union (Russia) suppied the military, not the U.S... The U.S. came into play post '91 with the fall of the Soviets and a lot changed in that the Military isn't the regime but only serve the regime... Plus it's a conscript Military not one that is populated by the regime's henchmen as in most ME Militaries... That's why it's the "police" and "security forces" that the public hates and not their brothers and fathers serving in the Egyptian Military... As for the Saudis, you do know that there's no love lost between Saudi Arabia and Egypt? The only way the Saudis would be involved is as a "funnel" for U.S. aid to prevent an entity like Iran stepping in... As long as the Egyptian Military "plays nice" it won't be a problem... Well, I think different, I watched what happened in eastern Europe, and it's not that easy to put the toothpaste back in the tube... I think you are basing your conclusion on what you see in the U.S. and Canada where most people can be bought with a couple of hundred dollar tax cut... Well, I don't know if you know any muslim families, but I do, and I can tell you their "upbringing" isn't all that different than ours... What "disadvantages" are you referring to? Mubarak didn't accumulate over 40 BILLION dollars by sharing it with his police and security... Nor did he pay his beaurocracy all that well either... More than the $2 a day the average labourer makes for sure but even $10 a day, which is probably what a "government employee" made, would be good pay but it doesn't buy a whole lot of loyalty for the regime... The police and "officials" made their money through bribes and corruption and not from Mubarak and his regime... Once that's gone those people will go into survival mode and nothing more... As for the Military they were probably well paid if for no other reason than Mubarak's survival to prevent them from overthrowing him but there again the Military isn't the regime and except for MAYBE a few of the top officers they have little incentive to be loyal to Mubarak when they KNOW it's the U.S. and not Mubarak that's going to keep paying the freight... Egypts Military is only as good as their equipment and that's 100% U.S.... If we're talking FACTS you'll also know that the $1.3 Billion a year is a small fraction of what the U.S. and others, including Canada, gives to Egypt annually, then there's "trade", mostly with "the west" and western tourism, and the Suez Canal, yup, I'd say it's in Egypts best interest to stay very close to "the west", wouldn't you? What does the x Mubarak regime offer the Military OR to Egypt as a whole? No doubt corruption is a big problem that will need to be addressed, that's where "the west" might come into play by ensuring a "livable wage" is forthcoming for Egyptians... I think that may come about... Watching the network news stations I heard a number of people of all ages talking about changing that very thing, corruption, as part of what they want to eliminate in a new government... At this point hope is all one can do...

I pretty much agree except that it's not gonna change here ("western" civilizations) as long as there are gutless wonders in our countries that don't even vote nevermind take a stand like the people of Egypt and other countries in that region of the world... Maybe we need to follow Australia's example and make informed voting mandatory...

I already told you, I don't answer snipits of my posts... Address the whole post or don't bother, your choice... You have some kind of comprehension difficulty? By this post it sure seems that way...

Interesting that you think Harper and the CONS are all "lefties"... And of course by your "standards" ALL Americans, in particular it's founders, are ALL "lefties" too... That doesn't seem to leave many "righties" around... I can see why you would be disconcerted... You are in a very lonely place...

"Man's inhumanity to man" isn't restricted to any region...

Does Harper know about this?

You're an idiot if you think Reaganomics was just tax cuts...

You have trouble reading complete posts or just copying them? I don't answer out of context "snipets"...

Hey Scotty, you missed one, or is it you've got no answer? http://www.mapleleafweb.com/forums//index.php?showtopic=17889&view=findpost&p=625486

This one could get very ugly fast...

What people tend to forget is this was a protest over economic conditions that turned into a revolution and not something "orchestrated" by an entity with a specific agenda to take power... That makes all the difference in the world... The very fact that Egyptians did it without any real "organization" AND kept it peaceful is truly amazing and the best reason to believe in a good outcome for everyone including "the west" and even Israel... Except of course for certain other middle eastern countries, for them maybe not so much... We'll have to wait and see... This could even end up as a major turning point in human history... What better place than Egypt where much of civilized human (and maybe non human) history began?

You must be watching some other event... Sulieman isn't calling the shots, he's out and was unacceptable to the people, he's toast and he better know it... The Military is in charge and their bread is buttered by the U.S. AND the general population of Egypt who brought this about and NOT any current remnants of the Mubarak regime... Those police and security forces you talk about tried to put the toothpaste back in the tube and couldn't and still can't... They too will either join their people or stay in hiding if they want to keep their heads... We're talking 300 dead and many more injured and all it did is make the people stronger and more willing to stand up against the regime... You think they did all that for nothing and will now meekly go back to same old same old? If you do you know nothing about human nature... One other thing you seem to have missed is that this wasn't an "orchestrated" revolution it was the real thing, a grass roots revolution much like the relatively peaceful overthrow of the Marcos regime in the Philippines back in 1986... I expect a simular and perhaps even better outcome... Like I said, Egyptians aren't stupid, they're well educated for the most part, and they are VERY aware of the rest of the world and the advantages a "western style" democracy offers them... Does anyone believe that the Mubarak regime was the sort to "share the benefits of power" outside his family and maybe a SMALL cadre of friends and associates? When you have a well equiped Military that's dependent on it's support (equipment and paycheques) from the U.S. it's unlikely to go against or act against its own interests... The same goes for the Egyptian beaurocracy, a significant number of which ended up on the side of the protesters turned revolutionaries... They too KNOW which side to be on and it isn't the remnants of the Mubarak regime... They also know, now, that Mubarak wasn't into sharing and I'm pretty sure they want to keep their jobs and to do that it's best to be on or join the winning side... Yep, we'll see, and let's see what happens in September and who steps out and/or up as the leadership of a new and improved Egypt... It won't be perfect, nothing is, but I don't think it'll be all that bad either...

Ummm, did I miss the attacks on Embassies, the violence, etc., etc.? Or are you maybe trying to make a comparison that doesn't exist to inflame things on here much like the media is doing to up their ratings...

I think you are totally wrong and that you, and pretty much all of the media, are greatly underestimating the Egyptian people... I said from the beginning that the Military would call the shots in the outcome... However Egypt's Military isn't like many other Militaries in the region, thanks mostly to the US of A... For the Egyptian Military to benefit from this revolution it will support the wishes of the Egyptian people, which is NOT any form of autocratic rule... Yes it'll take some TIME, but it will come about, because Egyptians are NOT as stupid as you seem to think...