It’s time! (they started handing out ‘why to vote’ cards!)

Written on November 25, 2014   By admin   in gigs

…Or maybe ‘ways to vote’ cards? Presently, the triennial choice seems to be Tweedledee or Tweedle D minus. In what other arena would we tolerate such a blatant duopoly? But if you vote for a non-mainstream party, aren’t you just throwing away your vote? NO! That’s America!* Though it may *seem* like we are the 51st State^ (underlined by the fact that their cultural imperialism is so insidiously comprehensive that in dire emergencies we now routinely call 911#), we got this cutey called preferential – far preferable, as far as I’m concerned. For things of great import, my first preference is to have them explained by cartoon. This is the best of its kind. http://www.chickennation.com/2013/08/18/you-cant-waste-your-vote/ In the upper house, if you number 1 above the line, we may be subjected to the *preference-whisperer’s* dark arts that produced the Fed Rep who’s been described recently as a plant. I can’t guarantee she’s not part vegetable, but I’m pretty sure any good that comes of her will be fairly random. You have to turn up, so do a li’l reading**, get intentional & fill in a few numbers below the line, eh? At least 1 to 5 for the state election (not 1, 2, 5). If you lose count, they will give you a new tablecloth to fill in – I had to get two replacemats a cupla years ago – but it added up in the end! The main Q to ask yourself, I think, is this: are we up to the fat end of the wedge yet? You decide. THIS THURSDY FIRE&THEFT 9:30 FAD GALLERY CITY THIS SATDY PRAYERBABIES 9:30 LOMOND, E BRUNS & hey, anyone need a NYE band? Our gig just fell thru… xxxe’en *& other countries with the quaint first-past-the-post system. ^Canada & the Philipines prolly have worse odds wrestling for the lowest number in that queue. # Which has had to be linked to *our* oh-oh-oh! number – makes more sense when you look at the direction the health system’s headed. **http://vec.vic.gov.au/Candidates/State2014CandidatesSummary.html