Comments on: Ambitious leadership

By: lprent

lprent — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:09:18 +0000

Generally I am as well. But trying to maintain even a semblance of civility around here tends to reduce the humour levels a bit.

Of course in my BOFH role I am both uncivil and wield a BIG stick. Argghhhhhh I’m starting to sound like Sir Rob(ert).

captcha: Governments Union
freaky to even think of it – the UN perhaps.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:47:36 +0000

No Lynn, I am an equal opportunity offender when it comes to making fun of politicians and the innane things that come from their mouths and brains.

I was hoping that someone would pick up on the tangential humour (Steve didn’t) comparing gov’t waste trimming to most peoples equally futile attems at their own weight loss, but when you have to expailn a joke…

By: lprent

lprent — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:04:18 +0000

NZP: It is very cool, quite accurate, and must be painful for people like Phil to look at.

By: NZ Pundit

NZ Pundit — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:02:18 +0000

Nice to see my billboard being used!

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:42:13 +0000

Steve. Humourless.

By: Nevermind » Johnny’s Jandals

Nevermind » Johnny’s Jandals — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:35:01 +0000

[...] And this from The Standard: [...]

By: Steve Pierson

Steve Pierson — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:46:57 +0000

Phil. moronic. National has not identified any signifcant waste it would trim, it has pledged to maintain nearly all present government spending and increase the big tickets like Super, Health, Benefits on the inflaiton paths that labour has set.

I know you want to believe that National is going to trim down the Government (what exactly you want trimmed I’m willing to bet you don’t know yourself) but National is not going to do that, wishing they would will not make it so.

By: gobsmacked

gobsmacked — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:22:32 +0000

Winston Peters voted against the Section 59 bill. John Key voted for it.

Of course Key was right and Peters was wrong, but wouldn’t it be funny to see Peters campaigning against National on the issue?

PS great billboard

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:22:37 +0000

I think it’s more the perception of corruption, arrogance, raising taxes through bracket creep, big bureaucracy etc that’ll work for National than many of the big policies that Labour has gotten through (with the possible exception of Section 50-something, although I do wonder if that is fading away a bit, but I doubt it).

By: r0b

r0b — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:13:45 +0000

New Zealand hates it.

Uh huh. They hate it so much that your man JK wants to keep everything just the same.

The piece linked by Stephen is great btw!

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:12:34 +0000

“Why vote for Labour Lite when you can have the real thing?”

The same reason anyone buys the “lite” option in a supermarket – the original is full of fat that we want to trim.

By: infused

infused — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:10:59 +0000

Because we’ve had the ‘real thing’ for the last 9 years, and New Zealand hates it.

By: r0b

r0b — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:01:13 +0000

At least the guy on the right has some similarities to John Key.

At least the leader on the left has some policies of their own.

Why vote for Labour Lite when you can have the real thing?

By: higherstandard

higherstandard — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:52:31 +0000

he he excellent piece Stephen the full article is brilliant.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:44:49 +0000

John Key has announced the adoption of yet another flagship Labour policy having a female leader. In a one-page policy briefing released today he stated that under a National government he would undergo gender realignment to have what it takes to lead the Country.

http://publicaddress.net/5189