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Today is the NSW State Election day and I am still to find a compelling reason to vote either way. Both parties seem as much of a muchness in a lot of ways in terms of promises. For example, the Liberals will recycle Sydneys water effluent, whilst Labour offer to build a desalinization plant, the common goal is to guarantee Sydneys water. Overall, neither side has convinced me they deserve to serve the NSW people.

I think I may lodge a protest vote and cast a vote for an Independent. Independents are largely useless parliamentarians. However, they send a message to the major parties that they are failing the electorate that puts the Independent in the seat.

Who do I think will win? I agree with the polls that Labour will be returned to power. It will be a case of better the devil you know, than the one in the budgie smugglers. That was an electioneering clanger, and I implore the Liberal party to ensure campaigning leaders never be photographed in them again. Also, a great majority of people do not distinguish between Federal and State, and with the recent Howard government woes it will have a negative impact on the NSW campaign.

Update Get all the election results from 19:30 on iServ which is providing informed commentary on the 2007 NSW State Election.

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Last night I dined at Rheindorf restaurant in Beverley Hills. The food is excellent quality and the quantity is second to none. Pictured is the pork knuckle on a full sized dinner plate. That is literally as much meat as a standard chicken. The cost of the dish though is $20.50.
The size of the veal knuckle is about half the average 5 year old. It is a monster and has a price tag is just $21.50.
Entrees are equally large, but never fear the 1/2 litre steins help wash all that rich meat down.

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A puppet is any controlled character. It may be formed by a shadow, strings, by using a glove, by direct mechanical contrivance or electronic guidance. The last method is also termed as animatronics. Digital animated figures may also be hailed as puppets. Because they are often supplanted by physical puppets for closeups. Puppets moved by strings are also known as marionettes. – Encyclocentral http://www.encyclocentral.com/4294-Puppets_Marionettes.html

Of late I have observed several instances of people with inferior intellect being manipulated like marionettes via inciteful and intelligent comments on the web.
In most, if not all, instances it is a definate case of the primary school yard argument based along the lines that they did this so I will do that. However, in these instances the arguments of one side are continually strong and well aimed, whilst the other is pitifully weak and poorly aimed with its intent consistently lost. An example of this is creationism or evolution, where one side is based on an ideological belief versus scientific fact. Others are far more localised to the individuals involved.
However, in all cases like this it is clear to see who are the puppets and the puppeteers in these arguments. The real irony is that the puppet often is the instigator of the war and are so self delusional they claim to be the puppeteer. The truth of the matter is that their inferior intellect leads them to continue the argument and take the argument in a juvenile direction to the point of personal abuse, often based on such insignificant factors as a typographical mistake.
These puppets also then turn to juvenile tactics such as altering posts of dissenters and further corrupting the opposing sides viewpoint. Sadly though these marionettes often have hand puppets as hangers on. They chime in with equally unresearched views, and because of the marionettes unethical behaviour in censoring dissenters input the finger puppets are left with no balance and are drones.
There are are proliferation of these battles across the web and are easy to find. It is indeed a laugh when you don’t really have a view point on the arguments at hand, but to see the manipulation of an individual marrionette, or a puppet troupe, by text on a page is hilarious.

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