Comments on: Open mike 08/12/2009

By: the pinkpostman

the pinkpostman — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:52:21 +0000

with the recent news regarding the so called smacking bill perhaps the religious nutters will now return to their howling and wailing and leave the running of the country to the elected parliament.
Surely even fanatics like the Family Fist will now see the light.;
What is so sad about the whole protest is the enormous amounts of money these people have spent to justify bashing their kids could have housed and cared for a great many underpriviledged children.

By: roger nome

roger nome — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:41:04 +0000

we definitely need a post on michael laws’ latest trip to crazy town. Just when you thought he couldn’t get any nuttier. does anyone know if he has a degenerative mental illness?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3012655/Sterilise-underclass-to-stop-child-abuse-Michael-Laws

By: felix

felix — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:24:20 +0000

Why do you find that unbelievable? He’s been doing it all year.

By: gobsmacked

gobsmacked — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:55:25 +0000

Unbelievable.

Pete Hodgson has a Question for John Key about Bill English … and so Key runs out of the House, leaving Gerry Brownlee to flounder on his behalf.

By: gobsmacked

gobsmacked — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:21:11 +0000

John Key has just lied to – oops sorry, “inadvertently” misled – Parliament. He denied that his office leaked the Brash report to the media.

So naturally he will be challenged on this and held to account by the media … no, just kidding.

By: r0b

r0b — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:20:28 +0000

I’m gonna try it – ta!

By: grumpy

grumpy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:07:02 +0000

Seriously though, where have all the Kiwi dairy farmers gone?

You wouldn’t get them within a million miles of a battery cow farm.

It must be embarrasing for Federated Farmers to have to defend these guys – they aren’t really farmers – just factory operators.

By: Tim Ellis

Tim Ellis — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:49:08 +0000

LP I think you’re on dangerous ground suggesting the Police should target people who take legitimately held political positions.

On the smacking debate I didn’t think the initial legislation was necessary, but I don’t think changing the law back to where it was is necessary either. Personally I think the whole debate is quite pointless and well wide of the important issues that politicians should be concerned about. It concerns me that the debate has been hijacked by people on the fringe on both sides and it has been a distraction.

By: lprent

lprent — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:11:48 +0000

TE: A point on which we absolutely agree. However I think that the police should also keep an eye on some of the people who have gotten prominent on the ‘anti-smacking’ side during the s59a debate. Some of them scare me. They managed to shift my position from not supporting the repeal (on the basis that it wasn’t required) to supporting it (because some peoples attitudes indicated that we needed to remove that defense).

By: bill brown

bill brown — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:44:13 +0000

I don’t know – why do I hear you with a pommie accent?

By: Pascal's bookie

Pascal's bookie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:35:49 +0000

If you add cocoa and dried cranberries to the edmonds cookbook carrot cake recipe, it makes an excellent xmas cake for people that don’t like heavy fruit cakes, marzipan and royal icing. (putting some orange zest in the cream cheese icing doesn’t suck either).

By: prism

prism — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:24:20 +0000

Good tip, need tea and scones etc. comfort food.

By: Draco T Bastard

Draco T Bastard — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:23:52 +0000

Pretty much. Research has shown that those people most likely to cheat, steal and lie if it benefits them are business people and economists.

By: prism

prism — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:20:56 +0000

Thanks for the tip I need tea and scones after the rice bran item.

By: prism

prism — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:18:35 +0000

Troubled Tim – the problem is you take up so much space with your comments that you say I shouldn’t read and that I don’t want to read actually.