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Assange Stands 'Real Chance' of Election In Australia
Okian Warrior writes "Various new sources are reporting the results of a recent Labor Party poll, indicating that Julian Assange would be elected to the Australian senate, should he choose to run. From the Sun Daily article: 'Controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stands a real chance of winning an upper house seat in his native Australia if he presses ahead with plans to stand for election, a poll showed Saturday. A survey conducted by the ruling Labor party's internal pollsters UMR Research and published in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper showed 25 percent of those polled would vote for the whistleblowing website chief.'"
OTOH, if it treats its citizens like it treats the koalas (q.v. recent PBS Nature episode) and aborigines and rainforest, maybe it's not that great. Only 15 million people and all that real estate, and still they manage to screw up the best parts.
I hope Assange is smart enough (and not vein enough) to fall for that fucking Acme trap.
CORRECTION:
I meant:
I hope Assange is smart enough NOT to fall for that fucking Acme trap and doesn't let his vanity (which is what Wile E Obummer and the Keystone Cops are counting on) cloud his judgement.
He would never release anything meaningful from Russia or China. Russia and China would have no problems just killing him if he released anything they considered state secrets. As it stands now the US has not did anything to him. If the US wanted him dead or in US custody he would be. The man has an agenda and frankly is just a plain weirdo based on his behavior when he was negotiating with other news outlets like the BBC or New York Times. His tries to stage manage the release of data to support his own agenda. He also claims to "own" the data and requested payment from others before he would give them access. Wiki leaks and similar companies serve as a place where people can submit information while preserving their identities. Any data they get their hands on should be released in whole without any commentary or political manipulation. Release the data and let the general public draw their own conclusions. There is a reason a majority of key people quit working for him because of his behavior and policies.
Assholes who haven't learned how to be impartial have once again modded unfairly. Another Aussie expressed the same skepticism, claiming that they are being good shepherds of the remaining koalas and rainforest, but watching the program demonstrates CLEARLY that neither are being managed sustainably. Probably the single most shocking fact was a comparison of Queensland to the Amazon:
the Queensland rainforest is being destroyed at the same rate as the Amazon rainforest.
Does that sound like sustainable natural resource management to you?
Jeez, you people need to get a handle on what your own government and industries are doing. For fuck's sake, just go stream this program from pbs.org if you don't believe my recollection.