[KangarooJacqui]

Oh ya Johnny!! YOu'll get my vote at the next election!!

Mine too.

(But look at the alternative... a Sydney westie who bashes taxi drivers? Ew.)

Right now though, I'm concentrating on kicking that smug fellow Beattie out of power up here in Australia's Sunshine State... (where oddly enough, right now it's raining!)

[sadimgnik]

(But look at the alternative... a Sydney westie who bashes taxi drivers? Ew.)

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Oh, so you would have let the taxi-driver rob you, and meekly step aside saying "I'm not man (or woman) enough to defend my property"?

For those unfamiliar with the story, Australia's current Opposition Leader Mark Latham, once broke a taxi driver's arm in an altercation. However, what's not often referred to by cheap-shot opponents is HOW it happened.

Latham was taken by a taxi-driver on a trip which took _far_ longer, and cost _far_ more, than it should.

He refused to pay the excessive fee so the cab-driver stole his briefcase and ran.

In the ensuing chase, Latham crash-tackled the cab-driver, who sustained a broken arm.

Latham has a number of faults ... both political and personal ... but defending himself and his property should not be listed amongst them.

Sadim
(who will not, BTW, be voting for Latham - but who finds Howard's zero-tolerance drugs policy a turn-off)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Right now though, I'm concentrating on kicking that smug fellow Beattie out of power up here in Australia's Sunshine State... (where oddly enough, right now it's raining!)

It rains in Australia? Just joking!