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Australia has a new and female Prime Minister

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Australia has a new and female Prime Minister
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RE: Australia has a new and female Prime Minister
July 1, 2010 at 9:19 am
Can you believe she is an Atheist as well. She was on the radio the other day and was asked about her beliefs. She stated that she is not going to say she is religious when she isn't. Great work Julia!!!!!
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RE: Australia has a new and female Prime Minister
July 2, 2010 at 5:53 am
Not only is she an atheist, she is also a single women living with her boyfriend and pro-choice(abortion)

Pretty much everything the church hates.


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RE: Australia has a new and female Prime Minister
July 2, 2010 at 8:54 am
Well. All I can say is...

Go Australia!
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RE: Australia has a new and female Prime Minister
July 2, 2010 at 3:12 pm (This post was last modified: July 2, 2010 at 3:12 pm by chasm.)
(June 23, 2010 at 9:29 pm)padraic Wrote: The Australian Prime Minister,Kevin Rudd, has been removed by his Party. The new Prime Minsiter is Julia Gillard, the first woman to hold that position.

Unlike the US. We do not vote directly for the national leader. He is elected a member of parliament by his electorate. He is elected party leader by his party leaders. If his party wins government,he is Prime Minister. He may be removed as PM at any time by his party. In this case it was the Labor Party caucus.

Althoug Gillard is a member of the Labor left,it was the support of the right faction ( to which Rudd belonged) which ensured Gillard would win her leadershiip challenge.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/...935500.htm

I don't know if you know this, but the U.S. does not vote directly either.
(July 2, 2010 at 5:53 am)Zen Badger Wrote: Not only is she an atheist, she is also a single women living with her boyfriend and pro-choice(abortion)

Pretty much everything the church hates.


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RE: Australia has a new and female Prime Minister
July 2, 2010 at 3:25 pm
We here in England had a lady PM once.

Didn't go too well !!!!!



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RE: Australia has a new and female Prime Minister
July 2, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Well, not everything can be as good as it seems.


"We believe the marriage act is appropriate in its current form, that is recognising that marriage is between a man and a woman, but we have as a government taken steps to equalise treatment for gay couples," Ms. Gillard said.


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RE: Australia has a new and female Prime Minister
July 2, 2010 at 7:00 pm
(July 2, 2010 at 3:25 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: We here in England had a lady PM once.

Didn't go too well !!!!!

So we did...but it wasn't her gender that was the problem.
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RE: Australia has a new and female Prime Minister
July 2, 2010 at 7:24 pm
(July 2, 2010 at 7:00 pm)bozo Wrote:
(July 2, 2010 at 3:25 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: We here in England had a lady PM once.

Didn't go too well !!!!!

So we did...but it wasn't her gender that was the problem.

If England's and Australia's track record were to be believed, I think that any lady PM who attains power has got to be corrupted irreparably like her male counterparts.
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RE: Australia has a new and female Prime Minister
July 2, 2010 at 7:59 pm (This post was last modified: July 2, 2010 at 8:02 pm by bozo.)
(July 2, 2010 at 7:24 pm)Synackaon Wrote:
(July 2, 2010 at 7:00 pm)bozo Wrote:
(July 2, 2010 at 3:25 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: We here in England had a lady PM once.

Didn't go too well !!!!!

So we did...but it wasn't her gender that was the problem.

If England's and Australia's track record were to be believed, I think that any lady PM who attains power has got to be corrupted irreparably like her male counterparts.

Not so. You assume the woman gets corrupted, ignoring the possibility that she was already corrupt...or in Margaret Thatcher's case, pure evil.
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RE: Australia has a new and female Prime Minister
July 6, 2010 at 6:07 am
(July 2, 2010 at 7:59 pm)bozo Wrote:
Synackaon Wrote:If England's and Australia's track record were to be believed, I think that any lady PM who attains power has got to be corrupted irreparably like her male counterparts.

Not so. You assume the woman gets corrupted, ignoring the possibility that she was already corrupt...or in Margaret Thatcher's case, pure evil.

Reread that sentence bozo - Any lady PM who attains (gets) power has got to be (is already) corrupted irreparably like her male counterparts.

It is implied she is already corrupt. Margaret Thatcher too.
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