Hilarious. The blue colour and arrow effect on the billboard on the stage is very like the blue colour and fast forward arrows National used this year. Spooky.
Excellent shit. So we are safe in assuming C&T was another point where Key mislead the NZ public? That he actually got his policy announcements from old Fry and Laurie reruns?
(An example of the reason I support the principle of unions and collective bargaining but loathe many of the people who run them). Slightly OT I know, sorry.
Rex, any organisation has people who abuse positions of trust. Choosing to break the thread by linking to a story like that from a completely different country makes me wonder what your motivations are.
Just highlighting hypocrisy and cant, Tane. My motivation is to gauge the reaction of primarily left-leaning people to overt corruption, particularly given the all the excusing of Winston that went on (not from you, I know, but from much of the left). I think some people acquitted themselves appalling during that whole affair simply because they allowed expediency to triumph over principle.
So I thought I might try a bit of litmus. And there’s a point about stereotypes in there somewhere, too…
But it’s somewhat off topic, for which I’ve already apologised and do so again.
Just highlighting hypocrisy and cant, Tane. My motivation is to gauge the reaction of primarily right-leaning people to overt corruption, particularly given the all the excusing of Hide that went on (not from you, I know, but from much of the right). I think some people acquitted themselves appalling during that whole affair simply because they allowed expediency to triumph purple monkey dishwasher.
So I thought I might try a bit of acid. And there’s a point about pink elephants in there somewhere, too
But it’s somewhat off topic, for which I’ve already apologised and do so again. Terry terry lou and shoes…
Felix, you’ve clearly missed Rex’s point.
An Australian union official acted badly, ‘therefore’ the entire social democratic programme is corrupt. Note of course that this is to be contrasted with a vast majority of neo-liberal governments being war-mongering mass murderers for private financial gain, which in no way reflects on the purity of neo-liberalism.
Is G still around? He never told me he’d been on TV.
Hey G, have you read Nature lately? There’s another guy there who disagrees with you about climate change. Course, his methods were different to yours – he did, like, research and stuff. F*cking hippy.
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Also, as I believe this is my first post since the election, so now would be the time for me to congratulate the National party.
Dear National.
Congratulations on deceiving the electorate, convincing people to vote for something which is bad for them, and putting yourself in a position to shaft the majority of NZ in the manner only you can. Your progressive, forward thinking, ambitious abandonment of initiatives such as the R&D tax rebate are truly visionary.
That Nothing Else Matters vid 08 wire did made me feel a long way from home. To all of NZ, even the 50% dumb enough to vote National – don’t forget what kind of country we want to become as you move forward through the next 3 years of stupidity and regressive policy. It won’t last. Key, enjoy your moment in the spotlight, and for f*cks sake try and rack up ONE thing in your life you can be proud of. ONE thing you can bring up with pride at a dinner party other than “Oh and by the way, did I mention I’m a family man and rather loaded?”.
Here’s some ideas:
1. I increased the average level of education in an entire country.
2. I improved access to healthcare for an entire country.
3. I reduced the Gini coefficient in a 1st world country.
4. I increased net wealth of an entire country.
5. I furthered New Zealands reputation as a country with a moral code that meant sometime.
6. I made people on the left of the political spectrum slightly less disgusted that I came to power.
Why do I even read these threads. Labour lost the election. Kick the cat, slam the door , have a cry.
National didn’t win this election – Labour lost it.
Labour have lost any hold they ever had on the word ‘Liberty”.
This word is now only used by the likes of Rodney Hide and Lindsay Perigo who in my view are complete Nazis.
Sue Bradford should be given a big blue ribbon for the private members bill that she introduced that managed to sway more of the electorate to voting National than any amount of money or campaigning could manage.
Labour don’t really look ready to govern again in a hurry.
I thought it showed Labour’s ranks to be thin when One News asked David Cunliffe if he had any ambitions for leadership. T Rex accuses Key of being a rich twat in a suit with no ideas or purpose, for me that sounds like Mr Cunliffe. What a sad indictment of the party I voted for – asking David Cunliffe if he wanted to be leader.
I don’t think I could vote Labour again.
And all the leftist, reactionary, ad hominem bullshit only confirms my mistake.
Fuck me, word on the street from National supporters around the place is they don’t care that John Key isn’t going to undo any of Labours “social engineering”, they just don’t like being told what to do in the first place.
Yes Killing – I heard a very well-educated, intelligent and experienced academic and businessman mention recently that he chose to vote National because Labour would make him use lightbulbs of inferior brightness. Meanwhile the world could be (is?) going to hell in a handbasket, and the majority of the population – prior to or subsequent to the election – do not care about debating the core issues.
Richard Hollingsworth, Vinsin? It’s probably because it’s late and I’m tired, but I haven’t a bleedin’ clue what you’re on about 8-/
the sprout… by missing the point yourself, you’ve gone some way toward proving mine. So thanks to you, too. And if you think I’m a neo liberal, you clearly haven’t been paying attention.
Calling Key a rich twat is a statement of fact not an accusation.
However that is not what T-rex said.
He merely encouraged JK to work on some more substance rather that the bland;” I’m a family man and loaded” mantra on which he has been sold to the Kiwi’s. Not quite the same.
Speaking of Young Tories, I saw Simon Bridges running along the waterfront yesterday morning so I checked out his candidate profile – why do so many Tory men pose in pictures with their wives?
Just sent the above Tory clip to a relative who is very active in National Party, and changed the sender to appear as from “John Key”.
Subject line: National Party Strategic Review.
As a counter to young Tory of the Year we have the “union negotiations” from Not the Nine O’Clock News (you have to go through Belgian eating manners first)
Tigger, they want us to be assured of their masculine and oh so virile hetero sexuality. U know “see I am not a poof ! so there!” Enjoy your day gentlemen.
I believe you live in Australia. Perhaps this makes Aussie union officials shagging hookers (or whatever that link referred to) interesting to you.
Not to me. I live in NZ and I’m not a union person. I don’t really know how they work or what the hookers do.
I also believe you carry a bit of a grudge for your old mate Winston Peters.
A word in your ear: Just because you really, really, really don’t like him doesn’t mean I have to care one way or the other. I wouldn’t ever vote for him, I’d like to see him get his own TV show where he can interview journalists, and that’s as far as my interest in him goes.
Why you think this proves any point you might have been trying to make (which seems to have been completely lost on everyone but you) or answers any question you imagine you asked is beyond me but Vinsin is absolutely right, you’re behaving like a juvenile Richard Hollingsworth.
You’re going to have to move on, pal. Winston is gone. Have yourself a wee drink to celebrate and get on with your life.
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Hilarious, what show is this taken from?
Brilliant!!! I seem to recognize those wise (dogwhistles, oops) words. Heard them recently. Ummmmm. Now where did……
I think the show was just called “Fry & Laurie”.
Very funny indeed.
Hilarious. The blue colour and arrow effect on the billboard on the stage is very like the blue colour and fast forward arrows National used this year. Spooky.
hahahaha that was some really funny stuff
it’s made my day
Great, I miss comedies like that from the 80s, nice crowd shot of Geoffrey Archer clapping away before he got banged up in jail.
Excellent shit. So we are safe in assuming C&T was another point where Key mislead the NZ public? That he actually got his policy announcements from old Fry and Laurie reruns?
oh, bill stop acting like a David Bennington and have a laugh for crying out loud.
Trade Unionist of the Year.
(An example of the reason I support the principle of unions and collective bargaining but loathe many of the people who run them). Slightly OT I know, sorry.
Rex, any organisation has people who abuse positions of trust. Choosing to break the thread by linking to a story like that from a completely different country makes me wonder what your motivations are.
Just highlighting hypocrisy and cant, Tane. My motivation is to gauge the reaction of primarily left-leaning people to overt corruption, particularly given the all the excusing of Winston that went on (not from you, I know, but from much of the left). I think some people acquitted themselves appalling during that whole affair simply because they allowed expediency to triumph over principle.
So I thought I might try a bit of litmus. And there’s a point about stereotypes in there somewhere, too…
But it’s somewhat off topic, for which I’ve already apologised and do so again.
Just highlighting hypocrisy and cant, Tane. My motivation is to gauge the reaction of primarily right-leaning people to overt corruption, particularly given the all the excusing of Hide that went on (not from you, I know, but from much of the right). I think some people acquitted themselves appalling during that whole affair simply because they allowed expediency to triumph purple monkey dishwasher.
So I thought I might try a bit of acid. And there’s a point about pink elephants in there somewhere, too
But it’s somewhat off topic, for which I’ve already apologised and do so again. Terry terry lou and shoes…
Hey I like this:Stephen Fry in The New Statesman (clips)
Brilliant
Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston.
Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston!
Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston Winston.
Rex has it ever occurred to you that most of us just don’t care?
(Oh and what? A union official from Australia did something what? Jesus you need to take a break)
Rex stop acting like a Richard Hollingsworth and come back to us man, we’re over here son.
Felix, you’ve clearly missed Rex’s point.
An Australian union official acted badly, ‘therefore’ the entire social democratic programme is corrupt. Note of course that this is to be contrasted with a vast majority of neo-liberal governments being war-mongering mass murderers for private financial gain, which in no way reflects on the purity of neo-liberalism.
Brilliant.
Is G still around? He never told me he’d been on TV.
Hey G, have you read Nature lately? There’s another guy there who disagrees with you about climate change. Course, his methods were different to yours – he did, like, research and stuff. F*cking hippy.
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Also, as I believe this is my first post since the election, so now would be the time for me to congratulate the National party.
Dear National.
Congratulations on deceiving the electorate, convincing people to vote for something which is bad for them, and putting yourself in a position to shaft the majority of NZ in the manner only you can. Your progressive, forward thinking, ambitious abandonment of initiatives such as the R&D tax rebate are truly visionary.
That Nothing Else Matters vid 08 wire did made me feel a long way from home. To all of NZ, even the 50% dumb enough to vote National – don’t forget what kind of country we want to become as you move forward through the next 3 years of stupidity and regressive policy. It won’t last. Key, enjoy your moment in the spotlight, and for f*cks sake try and rack up ONE thing in your life you can be proud of. ONE thing you can bring up with pride at a dinner party other than “Oh and by the way, did I mention I’m a family man and rather loaded?”.
Here’s some ideas:
1. I increased the average level of education in an entire country.
2. I improved access to healthcare for an entire country.
3. I reduced the Gini coefficient in a 1st world country.
4. I increased net wealth of an entire country.
5. I furthered New Zealands reputation as a country with a moral code that meant sometime.
6. I made people on the left of the political spectrum slightly less disgusted that I came to power.
Good luck there champ.
go T-rex, welcome back. lolnui
Night all.
Why do I even read these threads. Labour lost the election. Kick the cat, slam the door , have a cry.
National didn’t win this election – Labour lost it.
Labour have lost any hold they ever had on the word ‘Liberty”.
This word is now only used by the likes of Rodney Hide and Lindsay Perigo who in my view are complete Nazis.
Sue Bradford should be given a big blue ribbon for the private members bill that she introduced that managed to sway more of the electorate to voting National than any amount of money or campaigning could manage.
Labour don’t really look ready to govern again in a hurry.
I thought it showed Labour’s ranks to be thin when One News asked David Cunliffe if he had any ambitions for leadership. T Rex accuses Key of being a rich twat in a suit with no ideas or purpose, for me that sounds like Mr Cunliffe. What a sad indictment of the party I voted for – asking David Cunliffe if he wanted to be leader.
I don’t think I could vote Labour again.
And all the leftist, reactionary, ad hominem bullshit only confirms my mistake.
Fuck me, word on the street from National supporters around the place is they don’t care that John Key isn’t going to undo any of Labours “social engineering”, they just don’t like being told what to do in the first place.
Yes Killing – I heard a very well-educated, intelligent and experienced academic and businessman mention recently that he chose to vote National because Labour would make him use lightbulbs of inferior brightness. Meanwhile the world could be (is?) going to hell in a handbasket, and the majority of the population – prior to or subsequent to the election – do not care about debating the core issues.
Tane,
Keeping in the spirit of your post:
A Bit of Fry and Laurie – Privatization of the Police Force
Thanks, Felix, for answering my question.
Richard Hollingsworth, Vinsin? It’s probably because it’s late and I’m tired, but I haven’t a bleedin’ clue what you’re on about 8-/
the sprout… by missing the point yourself, you’ve gone some way toward proving mine. So thanks to you, too. And if you think I’m a neo liberal, you clearly haven’t been paying attention.
F*&cking hell T-rex, LOL
I was just wondering why we hadn’t heard from you.
You must have been stewing on this one for awhile. LOLOLOL.
Way to go and good to have you back.
Savage,
Calling Key a rich twat is a statement of fact not an accusation.
However that is not what T-rex said.
He merely encouraged JK to work on some more substance rather that the bland;” I’m a family man and loaded” mantra on which he has been sold to the Kiwi’s. Not quite the same.
Calling Key a rich twat is a statement of fact not an accusation
Part of that statement is true, the other is debatable, just like me calling you a useless immigrant that is determined to run down her new homeland.
Speaking of Young Tories, I saw Simon Bridges running along the waterfront yesterday morning so I checked out his candidate profile – why do so many Tory men pose in pictures with their wives?
Just sent the above Tory clip to a relative who is very active in National Party, and changed the sender to appear as from “John Key”.
Subject line: National Party Strategic Review.
Tigger – are you trying to make some point ?
As a counter to young Tory of the Year we have the “union negotiations” from Not the Nine O’Clock News (you have to go through Belgian eating manners first)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFLhDMw6d_Q
jtuckey – I asked a question – usually that’s an invitation for people to posit their answers. If you don’t want to answer it then just ignore it.
Tigger, they want us to be assured of their masculine and oh so virile hetero sexuality. U know “see I am not a poof ! so there!” Enjoy your day gentlemen.
Rex perhaps I could be more clear:
I believe you live in Australia. Perhaps this makes Aussie union officials shagging hookers (or whatever that link referred to) interesting to you.
Not to me. I live in NZ and I’m not a union person. I don’t really know how they work or what the hookers do.
I also believe you carry a bit of a grudge for your old mate Winston Peters.
A word in your ear: Just because you really, really, really don’t like him doesn’t mean I have to care one way or the other. I wouldn’t ever vote for him, I’d like to see him get his own TV show where he can interview journalists, and that’s as far as my interest in him goes.
Why you think this proves any point you might have been trying to make (which seems to have been completely lost on everyone but you) or answers any question you imagine you asked is beyond me but Vinsin is absolutely right, you’re behaving like a juvenile Richard Hollingsworth.
You’re going to have to move on, pal. Winston is gone. Have yourself a wee drink to celebrate and get on with your life.
Lucas,
Wow that’s so pathetic. Did you have to wait all that time before you could come up with that one? LOLOLOL
Ianmac,
Hilarious