How it all got started... September 20, 2004
O.K. - So here's how it all got started. I sent Stephen an email through one of those online dating websites. (The funny part about this whole story is that the website we met through is singlerepublican.com...That usually cracks up folks who hear the story. But then again, I do work in the environmental field, so it's pretty much out of right field, so to speak...) Anyway, I sent Stephen a message that basically said that he sounded like an interesting guy, and it might be fun to share some email banter across the big blue water. Little did either of us know that email banter would turn into finding the love of our lives... As you can see from the text below, we were both on that website for a reason... How we got from this email to being completely in love is quite a fun ride... Below is his first email to me:
" Hi CajunCoulter!
Very pleased to hear from you. Forgive me if my response now is a bit rushed – juggling a few things and in a bit of a hurry. Anyway – yep, I’d enjoy some e-mail banter as well. If only because both you and us are going through close elections at the moment and I’d enjoy having someone to talk to about it! Umm, where to begin? Well, yeah, we have much the same problem with liberal media over here. Believe me, some of them really do loathe conservative belief – and American conservative belief – as much as you might have heard (a case in point: The "Age" newspaper, an ultra-liberal journal in Melbourne,. Cheerfully prints letters like – and I quote – "Anyone who can persuade an American to think is a bloody genius there is precious little evidence that they can do so unaided"). On the other hand, there’s a sizeable whack of opinion that DOESN’T view the world that way: We elected a conservative gov’t in 1996 and have had it ever since (and, God willing, we’ll have it for another 3 years). Umm, what else? Well, there is an election on here. To sum up how it works (quickly, as I assume you weren’t actually after a dissertation on comparative constitutional law), the election is for the House of Representatives and the Senate the party holding the most seats in the House of Reps is able to form government. The conservative government here is a coalition of the (confusingly named) Liberal Party and National Party (yay to the last of these!!!) the challengers are the Australian Labour Party (essentially, socialists and left-wing liberals their leader, Mark Latham, is on record as describing President Bush as "the most incompetent and dangerous president in living memory". [Don’t blame me, I’m trying to prevent this clown from being elected]). The government is going into this election with a 12 seat majority, but the polls aren’t entirely comforting.
OK, I hope this email made sense – sorry if it’s a bit random I’m not usually this rushed! Anyway, great to hear from you – look forward to hearing from you again!
AussiePatriot"
O.K. - So here's how it all got started. I sent Stephen an email through one of those online dating websites. (The funny part about this whole story is that the website we met through is singlerepublican.com...That usually cracks up folks who hear the story. But then again, I do work in the environmental field, so it's pretty much out of right field, so to speak...) Anyway, I sent Stephen a message that basically said that he sounded like an interesting guy, and it might be fun to share some email banter across the big blue water. Little did either of us know that email banter would turn into finding the love of our lives... As you can see from the text below, we were both on that website for a reason... How we got from this email to being completely in love is quite a fun ride... Below is his first email to me:
" Hi CajunCoulter!
Very pleased to hear from you. Forgive me if my response now is a bit rushed – juggling a few things and in a bit of a hurry. Anyway – yep, I’d enjoy some e-mail banter as well. If only because both you and us are going through close elections at the moment and I’d enjoy having someone to talk to about it! Umm, where to begin? Well, yeah, we have much the same problem with liberal media over here. Believe me, some of them really do loathe conservative belief – and American conservative belief – as much as you might have heard (a case in point: The "Age" newspaper, an ultra-liberal journal in Melbourne,. Cheerfully prints letters like – and I quote – "Anyone who can persuade an American to think is a bloody genius there is precious little evidence that they can do so unaided"). On the other hand, there’s a sizeable whack of opinion that DOESN’T view the world that way: We elected a conservative gov’t in 1996 and have had it ever since (and, God willing, we’ll have it for another 3 years). Umm, what else? Well, there is an election on here. To sum up how it works (quickly, as I assume you weren’t actually after a dissertation on comparative constitutional law), the election is for the House of Representatives and the Senate the party holding the most seats in the House of Reps is able to form government. The conservative government here is a coalition of the (confusingly named) Liberal Party and National Party (yay to the last of these!!!) the challengers are the Australian Labour Party (essentially, socialists and left-wing liberals their leader, Mark Latham, is on record as describing President Bush as "the most incompetent and dangerous president in living memory". [Don’t blame me, I’m trying to prevent this clown from being elected]). The government is going into this election with a 12 seat majority, but the polls aren’t entirely comforting.
OK, I hope this email made sense – sorry if it’s a bit random I’m not usually this rushed! Anyway, great to hear from you – look forward to hearing from you again!
AussiePatriot"
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