On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:39:37 -0800, sf wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:33:41 +0000 (UTC), PeterLucas
> > wrote:
>
>>sf > wrote in news:ht54n4pisljjg1c0u7ocjshoa07ra2rg57@
>>4ax.com:
>>
>>> On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:30:34 +0000 (UTC), PeterLucas
>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I can only hope that he has a *VERY* good staff backing him.
>>>>
>>> I'm sure the White House cooks can handle it.
>>>>
>>>>(ie, the ones that tell him what decisions to make.)
>>>
>>> We elected someone who can think for himself this time.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>ROFLMAO!!!!!!
>>
>>
>>Yeah, right!!
>
> I don't care what you think about us.
>
> I didn't even know what you called your Australian "leader" without
> looking it up. He's a Prime Minister, which makes it sound like you're
> in church a lot.

It also makes him the leader of the Government, rather than the
"Australian leader" as he's not a Head of State.

> I don't know his name, but I do know that he's of no
> importance on the international scene...

He'd like to be

> and I've heard he's in a lot of
> trouble over there in Australia.

Actually, and somewhat inexplicably, he's very popular.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=649813

"Mr Rudd's personal approval rating has shot up 10 percentage points to
71 per cent, making it the highest rating he has received.

"It puts him second only to Bob Hawke as the nation's most popular prime
minister in the 36-year history of the poll."

> Deal with your own shit before you
> sling it at us.

I doubt Lucas could tell you the number of Members of the United States
Senate without first looking it up. And I doubt his knowledge of U.S.
politics in general extends much further than the names of the major
figures.