Comments on: Bully Brownlee forces SOE CEO to withdraw critical blog

By: Sally Wu

Sally Wu — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:52:55 +0000

Word on the street is Brownlee’s friend Shipley( who is chair of Genesis) has connections to the factory farmers who would love to get their hands on the water from the Waitaki chain to pump into the factory……..Mr Brownlee is this asset swap really about increasing competition or increasing milk production………. New Zealanders should be worried.

By: Bright Red

Bright Red — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:34:53 +0000

Good God, Paul. Shareholding ministers do not have the right to direct operational matters of a company. They do not have personal ownershp of the companies, the shareholding goes with the office, a minister in the New Zealand Government, governing on behalf of the people of New Zelaand and under New Zealand law, most specifically the SOE Act.

What the hell is wrong with you, you think you’re some smart-arse economist and you don’t even know how SOEs work?

Get informed.

By: gitmo

gitmo — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:16:52 +0000

Is this pseudonym channeling D4J ?

[lprent: This IP range was on a watch list because of someone with a very similar address getting moderated the other day. I've removed the auto-moderate.... ]

By: the pinkpostman

the pinkpostman — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:03:51 +0000

What does one expect from Right -Wing governments. ? They are “The Nasty Party”completely anti- worker .Their whole purpose in life is to have money and power . History proves it . So i’ts no suprise that the National Party spawns a number of bullies among its members. they even had a Leader called Muldoon who was nothing but a vicious drunk. Remember Brownlee has a conviction for assaulting an old age pensioner. By making him a minister the Nats are showing they have learnt nothing from the Muldoon years .

By: dcnbwz

dcnbwz — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:21:54 +0000

no the government does not own the S.O.E.s. The government is an elected body supposedly acting on behalf of the will of the people. The citizens of New Zealand are the stakeholders, not any elected body.

It’s been proven time over and around the western world that all privatisation does is at best maintain status quo with services provided whilst providing massive profits for (usually) overseas corporations. New Zealand’s experience with a number of privatised S.O.E’s is also that little or no maintenance is carried out during this ownership and assets are stripped. Assets that were provided by the previous owners i.e. the nz public.

If the press actually did what is expected (which I know will never happen) i.e. provide neutral coverage with a decent amount of research we would not even be discussing this. It would be black and white that privatisation is NEVER in the interests of citizens and almost always in the interests of a very rich minority.

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By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:09:11 +0000

RT @MachiattoNZ: RT @farmgeek: Brownlee calls out @powershop? Useless git should be begging Ari to advise him http://bit.ly/531rmO

By: Brett Cooper

Brett Cooper — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:46:27 +0000

RT @whitlocksauce: RT @farmgeek: Brownlee calls out @powershop? Useless git should be begging Ari to advise him /fuming http://bit.ly/531rmO

By: Michael Ciuchini

Michael Ciuchini — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:31:37 +0000

RT @dylanbland: Filthy Gerry Brownlee bullys @powershop to censor their blog http://bit.ly/7mXDa3 wtf? Who is the government representin …

By: Anthea Whitlock

Anthea Whitlock — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:07:31 +0000

RT @farmgeek: Brownlee calls out @powershop? Useless git should be begging Ari to advise him /fuming http://bit.ly/531rmO

By: Eddie Henrard

Eddie Henrard — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:54:13 +0000

RT @farmgeek: Brownlee calls out @powershop? Useless git should be begging Ari to advise him /fuming http://bit.ly/531rmO

By: Hans van der Stelt

Hans van der Stelt — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:06:20 +0000

RT @ksuyin: RT @farmgeek: Brownlee calls out @powershop? Useless git should be begging Ari to advise him /fuming http://bit.ly/531rmO

By: Su Yin Khoo

Su Yin Khoo — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:56:44 +0000

RT @farmgeek: Brownlee calls out @powershop? Useless git should be begging Ari to advise him /fuming http://bit.ly/531rmO

By: John Hart

John Hart — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:51:46 +0000

Brownlee calls out @powershop? Useless git should be begging Ari to advise him /fuming http://bit.ly/531rmO

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uberVU - social comments — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:14:53 +0000

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