Australia siezes guns, now taxes CO2

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THAT is absolute freeking GOLD! Just a few years too late. Sucks to be them. :hurry:
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sjfcontrol wrote:
THAT is absolute freeking GOLD! Just a few years too late. Sucks to be them. :hurry:
Good luck getting your guns back. Let us know how it works out for you, Australia.

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They have suddenly found out they don't live in a rainbows butterflies and fluffy bunny world. Evil exists and you can't defeat it by saying pretty please with sugar on top. Really stinks to be them.
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Perhaps, the Australian government will be pressured into changing their gun laws in favor of the law abiding.
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You guy are looking at this from the wrong angle, had the terrorist been successful then they could scream for guns back, but since big brother saved them, well see how well it worked out no innocents killed from a reckless gunmen trying to shoot alleged terrorists.
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After reading this thread, am convinced that we should have a CO2 tax here.........for politicians. I am guessing that your average senator produces about 5x as much CO2 per year as your average semi tractor rig.
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TAM,

You're being overly generous...
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suthdj wrote:You guy are looking at this from the wrong angle, had the terrorist been successful then they could scream for guns back, but since big brother saved them, well see how well it worked out no innocents killed from a reckless gunmen trying to shoot alleged terrorists.
:iagree:

Public beheadings in the UK and nothing has changed there.
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The Annoyed Man wrote:After reading this thread, am convinced that we should have a CO2 tax here.........for politicians. I am guessing that your average senator produces about 5x as much CO2 per year as your average semi tractor rig.
I thought politicians put out methane. It sure smells like it, most of the time. :lol:
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Pawpaw wrote:
The Annoyed Man wrote:After reading this thread, am convinced that we should have a CO2 tax here.........for politicians. I am guessing that your average senator produces about 5x as much CO2 per year as your average semi tractor rig.
I thought politicians put out methane. It sure smells like it, most of the time. :lol:
Depends which end they are speakng from.

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It doesn't matter which end - if a politician is speaking, it's still methane...
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This is probably polly-Anna type thinking. Australia like the US was founded by the non conformists of England. We
Both have a history of being the misfits from England. Maybe just maybe that independent streak will rise again in our funny Aussie cousins.
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mamabearCali wrote:This is probably polly-Anna type thinking. Australia like the US was founded by the non conformists of England. We
Both have a history of being the misfits from England. Maybe just maybe that independent streak will rise again in our funny Aussie cousins.
I see where you are coming from, but Australia was originally a penal colony.

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Yep....we were both the rejects. Our ancestors ran away the Aussies ancestor were tossed out. Well see. I keep hoping they'll have some spunk.
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philip964 wrote:Not to be one sided about Australia, a new law has been proposed in New South Wales (state that includes Sydney)

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/07/10 ... latestnews" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

But only requires a lady to lift her veil, if arrested or stopped by police, presumably so she can be identified.

Civil libertarians in Australia are outraged, and probably a lot more than when they confiscated everyone's guns.
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