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Joe3113
12-07-2007, 01:56 PM
I want to know how many Australians are here...

Aus4RP
12-07-2007, 02:28 PM
;)


New South Welshman here.

I've seen plenty of aussies on these boards, maybe attaching a poll is a good idea? I guess it's too late though.

graystar
12-07-2007, 04:52 PM
aussie in london here.

carn the swannies!!

jordie
12-07-2007, 09:36 PM
From Sydney here...

Matt Collins
12-07-2007, 09:51 PM
Aussie chicks are hot. Their accents are sexy as hell!

Ozwest
12-07-2007, 09:54 PM
West Australian sandgroper here.

LBT
12-07-2007, 10:48 PM
Victorian here:

btw. We had a Ron Paul meet up meeting Dec.3 near Flinders St. Station. About 14 showed up.

Join up if you're in the region. (Search: Melbourne Ron Paul Meetup) We might organize a BBQ or something for the New Hampshire primary or something like that.

Scott Wilson
12-08-2007, 12:07 AM
I'm a born and bred Canberran living here in Middle Tennessee.

They love aussie accents here. ;)

Conza88
12-08-2007, 12:12 AM
Qld here.! :D

DirtMcGirt
12-08-2007, 12:13 AM
any of you know adam morrisey the baseball player? cool dude I met him in the states

Joe3113
12-08-2007, 03:38 AM
I reckon we need an aussie RP website specifically to explain to Australians why it is important for them, and the rest of the world, that RP become US pres

graystar
12-08-2007, 05:48 AM
Why we need RP, so no more of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPFjToKuZQM

CJLauderdale4
12-08-2007, 06:20 AM
From the States, but Love the Aussies!!!

Thanks for supporting Liberty!!!

Joe3113
12-08-2007, 07:32 AM
Why we need RP, so no more of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPFjToKuZQM

That is awful. Try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSoGJQkKDYk

Aus4RP
12-08-2007, 09:19 AM
Victorian here:

We had a Ron Paul meet up meeting Dec.3 near Flinders St. Station. About 14 showed up.

Wow Good work guys.

I'm still hoping someone near me will take an interest in Ron Paul, i'm sick of getting the same email from meetup.com :o

"No one new near you expressed interest in Ron Paul 2008, Anti-Globalization or Fight Big Media this week. Why not check out nearby Meetups in these other recommended interests?"

kimosabi
12-08-2007, 12:06 PM
West Aussie here, I started the Perth Meetup....

Hook
12-09-2007, 11:52 PM
Amazing. Didn't you guys just kick out Howard to the curb? Is the new guy gonna get the Aussie soldiers out of Iraq?

Australia4Paul
12-10-2007, 01:07 AM
Aussie, from Adelaide, SA. Rudd is a socialist, but he's getting the troops out.

Conza88
12-10-2007, 08:53 AM
Aussie, from Adelaide, SA. Rudd is a socialist, but he's getting the troops out.

He's moving them to Afghanistan. Kind of like an Obama imo.

As for a socialist - John Howard (given more welfare than any other PM in Australian History) yea thats right. Good way to buy votes. Give Rudd a chance, he ain't screwed up yet. I voted LDP if anyone is wondering. (Labor how to vote put them last) Then independents, tried to get the most balanced vote; so it wldn't count. lol

LeahNew
12-10-2007, 05:39 PM
I'm a born and bred Canberran living here in Middle Tennessee.

They love aussie accents here. ;)

That's true, Scott, we certainly do ... even those of us who think it's British! ;)

dukker
12-12-2007, 02:33 AM
i'm australian. My God, there must be what? 6 of us that know who ron paul is! I joined the Sydney meetup group. Too bad nothing has been organised yet.

I voted LDP too. It's going to be a long time before that sort of politics is even going to be mentioned in this country, let alone something like Austrian economics and the gold standard. Look at our constitution and look at how the courts have interpreted federal powers - us Aussies love our government.

Next year I'm hoping to go to the US (first time), and also apply for a Cato internship. I love America, I don't know why. I love American culture like a fetish. Everything is just more kickass over there. If Ron wins the primary by the time I get there I will definately be getting into some of the gen election campaigning for him.
I also want to do every cliched American cultural experience I can think of.

Conza88
12-12-2007, 02:47 AM
He's moving them to Afghanistan. Kind of like an Obama imo.

As for a socialist - John Howard (given more welfare than any other PM in Australian History) yea thats right. Good way to buy votes. Give Rudd a chance, he ain't screwed up yet. I voted LDP if anyone is wondering. (Labor how to vote put them last) Then independents, tried to get the most balanced vote; so it wldn't count. lol

WOW, I spoke too soon! It took him a day for me to hate him.

Rudd just introduced NWO POLICY! (Tax baby's!) its a life long tax on parents who have more than 2 children, 3rd kid + its $800 each yr for life.

It's POPULATION CONTROL, and a tax on LIFE! - unbelievable.. unfrickenbelievable.
AJones had a few things to say about it on his monday program - check podcats if you have itunes.

unbeliebevable..

Joe3113
12-12-2007, 05:04 AM
Look at our constitution and look at how the courts have interpreted federal powers - us Aussies love our government.


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Joe3113
12-12-2007, 05:19 AM
WOW, I spoke too soon! It took him a day for me to hate him.

Rudd just introduced NWO POLICY! (Tax baby's!) its a life long tax on parents who have more than 2 children, 3rd kid + its $800 each yr for life.

It's POPULATION CONTROL, and a tax on LIFE! - unbelievable.. unfrickenbelievable.
AJones had a few things to say about it on his monday program - check podcats if you have itunes.

unbeliebevable..

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dukker
12-12-2007, 08:36 AM
That's because Australia is not the focus of tyrannical globalists and corporations using our government to create wars to achieve their demented philosophical beliefs and consolidate power.

Big government is a legitimate alternate to libertarianism if the government is actually focused on doing the best for the people. Personally I prefer libertarianism but big government can work when it is controlled by caring people rather than corporations and international bankers.

The US is attractive to these tyrants because of the military strength and economic power which they infiltrate and use to achieve their ends.

I don't doubt that there is a greater sense of honesty and integrity in Australian politics than other countries, possibly because of our culture, history and small population.

It's not so much, escape from a tyrianical government intent on keeping power in the upper echolons for greed and personal benefit, but a nanny state dominated by welfare groups, trade unions and a tall poppy syndrome/egalitarian culture that beleives in the use of government to acheive such well intentioned objectives, whether or not you like them or not.

Australia4Paul
12-13-2007, 08:01 PM
Australia had a great libertarian system during the colonial period -- before Labour parties and federation. We had free banking, after all...!

The_Ruffneck
12-24-2007, 02:48 AM
WOW, I spoke too soon! It took him a day for me to hate him.

Rudd just introduced NWO POLICY! (Tax baby's!) its a life long tax on parents who have more than 2 children, 3rd kid + its $800 each yr for life.

It's POPULATION CONTROL, and a tax on LIFE! - unbelievable.. unfrickenbelievable.
AJones had a few things to say about it on his monday program - check podcats if you have itunes.

unbeliebevable..
what the hell
so give them $5000 each baby they pop out but charge 800 every year for the 3rd and subsequent?
insanity

kimosabi
12-24-2007, 04:39 AM
The ATO IS NOT A LEGAL ENTITY BY THEIR OWN ADMISSION

Australia isn't much different to the United States

Below was out of the Aussie Daily Reckoning last week


The average Aussie has no idea that our Constitution is invalid and our Taxation Act has never been gazetted, and thus all commissioners etc are acting illegally.

http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/solar-energy-dependent-on-cheap-oil/2007/12/20/


After doing some research it turns out the the ATO is not a legal entity and the Deputy Commisioner of Taxation has admitted this in court, see below:

http://www.brumbywatchaustralia.com/Gorshkov01.gif

http://www.brumbywatchaustralia.com/Gorshkov02.gif

Source plus more ==> http://www.brumbywatchaustralia.com/Principality12.htm

ATO confirms that they know they aren't a legal entity ==> http://www.brumbywatchaustralia.com/Principality40.htm

Local Governments and Rates are illegal ==> http://www.brumbywatchaustralia.com/Principality03.htm

gang
12-24-2007, 05:23 AM
Big government is a legitimate alternate to libertarianism if the government is actually focused on doing the best for the people.

No, it is not. Big government always and everywhere provokes infringements of inividual right.
And never ever such leaders will be "focused on doing the best for the people", besides their rhetorics.

As David Friedman once said:

In the ideal socialist state, power will not attract power freaks. People who make decision will show no slightest bias towards their own interests. There will be no way for a clever man to bend the institutions to serve his own ends. And the rivers will run uphill.

OzLibertyLover
12-24-2007, 05:29 PM
West Aussie here :-)

Joe3113
12-24-2007, 09:56 PM
No, it is not. Big government always and everywhere provokes infringements of inividual right.
And never ever such leaders will be "focused on doing the best for the people", besides their rhetorics.

As David Friedman once said:

In the ideal socialist state, power will not attract power freaks. People who make decision will show no slightest bias towards their own interests. There will be no way for a clever man to bend the institutions to serve his own ends. And the rivers will run uphill.

I love that quote and I realize it would be unlikely a completely trustworthy big socialist government would exist. The other point is that a centralized government cannot make sound decisions for the entire nation. So I guess saying it was a legitimate alternative was giving it too much. I meant it was a legitimate alternative in a perfect world, based purely on the fact that it would be sustainable for some period of time, but the people would not have their freedom and liberty, and so, as far as the individual is concerned, it is not an alternative.

lurker
12-27-2007, 07:10 AM
Hi, I'm from Sydney, Australia. I voted LDP (http://www.ldp.org.au) for the first time in the last federal election. I had heard about Ron Paul before that. I actually live in John Howard's electorate of Bennelong - I was surprised to see him ousted.

If you check the results for Bennelong though (here: http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-13745-105.htm) you can see that LDP only got 89 votes out of 92700 :( . You can also see that the next most popular parties are the Greens, and Democrats, who are even more rabid socialists than the Labor Party, and the Christian Democratic Party, who want to enforce how they think people should behave. (I'm Christian, but I think using government power to enforce behaviour is pretty wrong, the same as what Ron Paul thinks).

I think Australia is heading towards what the UK is - more socialist, more welfare, constantly higher taxes, even with the Liberal Party (Australia's so-called right-wing conservative party). Our Labor Party is the left-wing party and is even worse. The State governments are part of the problem too (they are all Labor Governments), for example, with the introduction of the GST (Goods and Services Tax) many years ago, the State governments promised to remove several taxes which haven't been done, and likely won't be.

It's sickening to see all the billions in dollars of vote-buying every election season. A better policy would be to lower taxes across-the-board for everyone and be done with it, but no, instead they give money to targeted focus groups.

They dangle offers of income tax reductions to the voters every election season, but neglect to mention that with CPI increases, the effect of the income tax reform is negated. Wonder why they never tie the income tax brackets to CPI increases?


What do you guys think of this article?

http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/universal-suffrage/2007/11/23/

I liked the quote in the article: "The way voting works today is a fraud. It’s just people voting themselves money."

Conza88
12-27-2007, 09:22 AM
Watch the ____ out. Labor is going to have the house of reps, senate and ALL states as labor in power. God help us all.

coblin
01-25-2008, 04:53 AM
I'm from Victoria, and I'm turning 18 this year, so I could not get a chance to vote for the LDP.

Conza88
01-25-2008, 05:38 AM
Well.. the LDP's party's position is pro-Iraq! >:|
man.. we need Ron Paul.

Uprising
01-25-2008, 06:06 PM
Well.. the LDP's party's position is pro-Iraq! >:|
man.. we need Ron Paul.

Yes maybe if America don't elect Ron Paul for president we could borrow him :D

rp08orbust
01-25-2008, 06:20 PM
+1

(As in, add one to your total.)

Permanent resident here, but US citizen.

Red Dingo
01-25-2008, 07:17 PM
Another Aussie fanatical Ron Paul supporter here - from the glorious Sutherland Shire here in Sydney!!!!
I can not stop watching Ron Paul and related videos (youtube and google). I visit these forums so many times a day too!!!
I wish we had some kind of constitution as good as the U.S.s' - though, the U.S. can keep there gun laws (2nd ammendment?). We'll be fine without them!!!!

Ron Paul is the hope for the world; the greatest chance at getting some kind of world peace - at least relative to the last horrendous 100 years

I want to stand up a little for John Howard here - and Tony Blaire. I feel sorry for them both because we were and are in a situation where we are hamstrung by the U.S.s' foreign policy (although I could call it alien policy cause it sure is from another world - and not a good one at that).

I felt Howard and Blair HAD to tag along with Bush - like U.S. has been the world bully and if you don't comply or appease the bully, you will suffer consequences e.g. less trade, and in the worst case (with Middle Eastern countries), get bombed and killed over lies for oil and money and power.

Ron Paul is a world patriot. He is what a human being ought to be.

This is what Bush and Dems and the so called Christian people in those parties have forgotten: LOVE YOUR ENEMIES and treat them as you would want to be treated. I mean, Ron Paul acknowledges and speaks respectfully of all the other candidates where they mock and jeer and laugh. Just imagine how they would view other countries that they consider to be enemies.
I wish damn Anne Coulter would be shaken in her boots to love here enemies. I was shocked when she said she was a Christian and then I heard all this vomit come out of her mouth which she was hurling up all over the democrats. No love for her enemies there. Just hate and ridicule.
Sorry to ramble.

I wish we could do some here in Australia to alert the media to Ron Paul because he is unknown here due to the media blackout on him over there.

Red Dingo
01-25-2008, 07:19 PM
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Red Dingo
01-25-2008, 07:22 PM
Triple post!

I also want to say that I love the Ron Paul supporters. I am sorry that you are being smeared and grouped with fringe elements within the supporters.

We know you guys are so smart and caring and prepared to stand up for something that is truly and deeply good - at a cost too.

You are heroes too. You are true patriots. Not the journalists yelling at American audiences that we need to go and do more war and kill more Americans and lose more civil liberties. You are heroes RP supporters.

Wish I could socialize with you guys!

coblin
01-26-2008, 01:06 AM
Actually the LDP don't have any foreign policy on their website, LOL.

Conza88
01-28-2008, 06:31 AM
Haha, probably for that reason?
I had joined their facebook group & some of the high leadership is in there speakin of policies.
They said it wldn't be an election issue, and it really wasn't.. People in Aus, really don't care about it imo. ;s

Anyway, Labor Foriegn minister now says to US troops comin home from iraq.. march - no negotiations.. I guess they're all going to Afghanistan ... (they're actually needed more there) :S

phoenixrising
01-28-2008, 11:52 PM
That is awful. Try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSoGJQkKDYk
aloha to our aussie friends!!!

WOW -- loved the song!!! i hope i'm not insulting anyone...yet if we *borrowed* the word *australian* & replaced it w/ *ONE*...does this not portray the entire RP community-- globally!!!

wow-- i got chicken skin....& in no way did i mean to offend your beautious song....in my comment.

we ARE all connected ...& RP has done what NO OTHER presidential candidate has EVER done!

UNITE US ALL GLOBALLY!!!

australia rocks!!!!

terlinguatx
01-30-2008, 10:26 AM
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Conza88
02-06-2008, 05:02 AM
Guys, www.ronpaul.com.au -> FORUMS aswell.
Our new base, all get signed up.

It just started, so get amongst it. :) Ronpaul2008.com.au there aswell, yet to be updated with forums link.

down-under
02-08-2008, 12:55 PM
Another West Australian and LDP voter here.

great aussie libertarian blog: http://alsblog.wordpress.com/

dan new zealand
02-08-2008, 01:40 PM
Aussie living in New Zealand here...bucking the trend!

Here's a video we made in support of the Dec 16 Tea Party:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GINIZ_ho24

Dan

raiha
02-08-2008, 03:05 PM
I was born in Melbourne. My Mama was an Aussie. Does that count?

tomveil
02-09-2008, 01:31 PM
When things hit the fan here in the states, I'll be looking for a nice Aussie girl to "relocate" with :D

s burgess
02-24-2009, 01:31 AM
ill be in melb from nz let me know if u have any more bbqs godisdeadas@hotmail.com

Conza88
02-24-2009, 02:15 AM
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/7895/surprisedzf9.gif

New home base:

Liberty Australia (http://www.la.org.au) - Make sure to join the launch list. :)

IamVoting4RonPaul
12-20-2009, 06:07 AM
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=221835357840&ref=mf

Hospitaller
08-05-2011, 05:02 AM
Aussie reporting in.

rp08orbust
08-05-2011, 05:10 AM
Aussie reporting in.

What city?

Conza88
08-15-2011, 10:08 PM
Guys - a massive FYI:

I will be attending... :D - The Mises Seminar - Australia (http://www.mises.org.au/)

heavenlyboy34
08-15-2011, 10:46 PM
My US history prof in college was Australian. Not surprisingly, she knows more about US history and civics than typical Americans. ;)

Aus4RP
08-18-2011, 06:39 PM
<<< This aussie is back again for the new campaign.

Conza88
08-18-2011, 10:08 PM
<<< This aussie is back again for the new campaign.

There seems to be a ton of Ron Paul supporters heading to Sydney later in the year.

Where are you atm? WB :)

Aus4RP
08-20-2011, 06:50 AM
There seems to be a ton of Ron Paul supporters heading to Sydney later in the year.

Where are you atm? WB :)

G'day Conza!. I'm in the Riverina atm, would love to meet up oneday with other supporters. Do you know what they're meeting up for?

Conza88
08-20-2011, 08:33 AM
G'day Conza!. I'm in the Riverina atm, would love to meet up oneday with other supporters. Do you know what they're meeting up for?

Hey, oh cool. Yes, 25-26th November, Sydney. Mises Seminar event... Austrian Economics and Libertarians from all around Oz.

Hans-Hermann Hoppe is speaking... lot of big names who publish on LvMI and elsewhere. :) Mises Seminar Australia (http://www.mises.org.au)

raiha
08-20-2011, 04:33 PM
Hi Conza. Welcome back. Didn't realize you were an ocker.

Conza88
10-04-2011, 01:30 AM
Thanks Raiha, :). That I am :D. Been to the US a few times though; hoping to make it back asap for a massive road trip.

Hope the US is treating you well :p.