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Well, the year long adventure has officially begun. We're on our first five hour stop over after an eight hour flight into Taipei. It was awesome to discover the free1 availability of internet, now all I need is power and I've got these five hours totally covered.
So...back to the waiting.
Update: 5:07 PM 29 December 2007 GMT
Frankfurt wasn't as free flowing as Taipei with the Wi-Fi so it's had to wait until now. We finally made it to London a mere 36 hours after we left Brisbane. I am oh, so tired and Laura has already crashed. She ... more
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Although I wouldn't have once, I now consider myself a swinging voter. I believe strongly that in today's political climate where it seems only a highly centrist political party will ever be elected to government, it simply doesn't make sense to have strong party allegiances. Being a swinging voter allows you to support the good deeds of a government, but reprimand them when they take things too far or forget that they should be accountable.
John Quiggin1 posted "John Howard: a political political obituary" which sums up my feelings about the Howard Government very well2.
In the end, it was ... more
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