Foreign Aid For Australia

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Blue Heeler

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I have a complaint. Australia gets no foreign aid from anyone. This is just dammned unfair! We fork out to every bludger country in the World. Our Army and Police are sent everywhere to help and rebuild etc (mainly Asia/Pacific.)

What do we get? Diddley. You'd think, being such good mates with America, who does more handouts than anyone else, at least we might get something, maybe free ammo vouchers - that would be good.

To make matters even worse we give Aid to America! Yes - we do.
Firefighters for major bushfires, Police to New York and even Govt. cash donations to New Orleans.

So Guys, next time you are talking to your Congressman, you might like to mention that your good mates Downunder are being left off the gravytrain and some sort of gesture is called for - free beer would be good too.

I mean it's not as if we don't support America 100% - every War , fight, battle since WW1 we've been there to show you how to do it right.

Nobody cares about us! Sniff! We just want to be accepted.
 
I dont know about foreign aid to your great land. I have been urging my pen pal in perth to get the ball rolling to get you all added as our newest state for these here united states.take care.
 
Thanks Cliff - I'd love to have your US Constitution.
Wildalaska - It's an idea, I suppose. It wouldn't last long tho. Especially since the USS Ronald Reagan has just arrived in Brisbane. It is the biggest warship I have ever seen! 6000 crew, a nuclear powered Behemoth! Like a small state on it's own. Perhaps we could steal it and sell it to China? Should be able to rake in a few dollars for it. Enough for beer money anyhow. We couldn't put up much of a fight against it - all our army, Navy and Airforce are overseas, so we'd have to steal it at night whlle everyone was out on the town boozing.
 
Immigration? I will sponsor you. Enfields, Webleys and Alice White would be gratefully accepted in return for the favour. LOL
 
Blue Heeler - Why dont we distract the USSRR crew by "letting" them
nail all the local babes while they drink themselves sensless
It wouldnt be that hard.:rolleyes:
SB

and WA I love that group buy.......if only we could take part
 
What do you mean we don't get anything from the US??? We get all their old F111's, Blackhawks and a batch of Abraham tanks!!!
When the US has upgraded their technology and weaponry, we get all their 'hand-me-downs".

Their restuarants and culture invade our society every day!

But yes I do agree to some extent. Not specifically the US, but some other nations get a lot more than they deserve at times....

I guess that is one thing in our favour that we will always be known as a generous nation who is willing to help.

Chris Cullen
 
I'm all for the free ammo vouchers. But if I understand your gun laws correctly, you'll wind up throwing the ammo at people rather than shooting it.:D
Went to Cairns while I was in the navy. It was awesome. You see when a navy ship pulls into port. More often than not, it goes to a bravo pier, (refueling pier) before it pulls into the liberty pier, (vacation time pier:D).

We had hot girls stripping on the road that ran past the bravo pier before we even got into port.

AND I GOT A VIDEO OF IT!!!
Australia kicks @$$!:D :D :D
 
I would be proud of the fact that you don't take hand outs. Foreign aid is just another welfare system that needs to be done away with. And don't think the american people aren't grateful for your support in times of war because we are. Well the ones that don't have their heads up their back side are.
p.s i would love to visit your country but i've watched to many discovery channel programs. I would be too paranoid to leave my hotel room.:D
 
So Guys, next time you are talking to your Congressman, you might like to mention that your good mates Downunder are being left off the gravytrain and some sort of gesture is called for - free beer would be good too.
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Blue, to keep you Aussies in beer would bankrupt the Federal Reserve! :D

Drank with a a few of your guys overseas a while back. Tried to keep up and slid under the table while you guys were just getting warmed up! :D
 
Chris C, I was in New Zealand some yrs ago for a wedding. No pennies, everything is rounded up to dollars, Copenhagen (chew tobacco) is totally banned, cigarettes were $8/pack, and they drive on the wrong side of the road. (This might have changed though). And it seems to me that Australia might have been the same as New Zealand.
 
Blue heeler you have my support but i'm afraid our policy only allows us to send aid to our enemys.
You see you Aussies have just been far too helpful and friendly over the years.
 
I think you are 100% right. Here's the problem....our brothers down under are not screwed up enough. We supply aid to countries that are on the verge of war so they will settle down and play nice. Case in point...the palestinians. We give them over 200 million dollars a year! Is it because of the good work they do? No it's so they won't kick off a war with israel.

Now then the Aussies are minding their own business, going to work, making a living and just being good neighbors. I say now that Hamas is probably going to start a war...lets give the Aussies their money!!! Hell I would even throw in what we give to france in a heartbeat..ha ha.
 
Blue, I hate to disappoint you but we do give you foreign aid. Pardon my harshness here.

Our aid is in the form of dollars to support your wine and beer industry.

If it weren't for us nobody in the world would drink your Shiraz. It is better than our California reds but miserably inadequate as compared to anything out of Chile, France, Spain, Greece or Italy. Without us you'd have thousands of hectares of vinyards fit only to produce vinegar. I guess you could sell it to the Brits to put on their fish.

Beer is the same. Only American beer is worse (I thought to mention a particular beer which claims to be the national beer of that tiny state between Arkansas and New Mexico but I'll refrain) than Australian. Even light Canadian style Pilsner is better. Seriously, who other than Americans are stupid enough to pay premium price for something in an aluminum can?

Free beer? You really would be in trouble then. :D
 
My in-laws just returned from 3 weeks in Austrailia and 1 in New Zealand. My fater-in-law is a 75 year old active cattle rancher. He is trading some bull semen with a cattleman he met there. Who says the US isn't a good trading partner.

He is an avid hunter and the highlight of his trip was when a rancher let him shoot a Roo (whos hide is now on its way to a custom boot maker).

My in-laws travel the world. They both agree this was the best trip they had been on. I think one of the ranchers is now planning a trip to Kansas.
 
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