Mr Guyton: (If in fact that's your name, which is highly unlikely given where we are) Please do tell me what a "proto fascist" is...I suppose I could Google, but I really can't be bothered...I am however prepared to bet (I am a betting man) that without ...
Well, if I knew what a "proto fascist" is I might be able to comment! Am I are one? (I have received many online threats, both subtle and not so...my response is always : "I live in Kanohi Road Kaukapakapa...do come out and see me for a discussion, any ...
te reo: You've got me there Sir/Madam...but at least in some quarters I am best remembered for the three strikes law - of which I am very proud - much more than some insensitive stupidity 36 years ago when I was 25. But I am straying off topic...(as did ...
Not coming here often I am not sure of the commenting format...but if I read arright, you Mr Guyton are sarcastically suggesting that I see myself as some sort of paragon. Please find and cite reference to ANY such claim by me - either during my brief time...
Denis: You can't have been listening old boy. She spelled out clearly what he did wrong: he bonked a person who had virtually no power compared with him, and to make it worse, he did it while he was the Minister Responsible for workplace relations or ...
Some regulars here will be surprised to read me saying that Ms Ardern nailed it this morning...even if the principled stand was also the convenient one. A staffer - even for an MP let alone a Minister - is in a terribly vulnerable position with regard to ...
Red: That's a very measured and thoughtful comment. Roger and I have often talked about the 80's revolution. His position - unchanged today - was that radical change had to happen, and the route which would cause the least pain was to do it FAST. I have ...
AB: I have no idea how old you are, but I wonder if you were old enough in 1984 to understand what was going on? Please accept that I am not intending to be rude, but as someone who was in his mid twenties in 1984, I think the "Polish shipyard" comparison ...
...What not even my being "a traitor to my class" for going off and getting an education? Surely you'd agree with Little's assessment? No doubt you see Mike as also being a "class traitor" by heading up the WTO - with great success most would say - or ...
Done.
My bad as they (used to) say...On checking my soft copy, I see the Green support level is 48% - still a huge surprise. The 55% was a preliminary result. My apologies.
Incognito: I don't have a link but I do have a copy...e-mail me at [Deleted] and I will send you copy.
(I can't seem to work the edit function) That 55% of Green voters supporting 3S is NOT a typo. When I first saw the provisional results I assumed it was a typo, and the real number would be more like 15%. The survey company assured me 55% was correct, Huge...
Yes, it was at that same meeting I was asked if I had skeletons in my closet. I replied "Yes, a big rattling one", and then detailed exactly what I had done 25 years earlier. Roger, Heather Roy and John Boscawen were the MP's present at that meeting, along...
God what a vicious sour lot the lefties are! Like me (Andrew Little told me so) Moore was apparently "a traitor to his class" because he recognised that the old left wing solutions from the 30's weren't working any more. Ironically, I was a Labour activist...
Marty: Well, if that was aimed at me, at least I identify myself with my comments...but if your name really IS "Marty Mars" then I stand corrected... But I'm very proud of my legacy...a law that currently has 215 second strikers - all by definition ...
Robert G: So you read Kiwiblog...Good on you...I wouldn't advertise that fact over here too much though chum, not if I were you...
Well, if I could understand what the hell you are saying I might be able to respond... but as it happens, I think the Electoral Act is rather important, and any breaches of it pretty serious...but hey, I'm just a broken arse lawyer from Kaukapakapa...
Ah...except for one thing Rosemary: It WASN'T her story..even the unctuous John Campbell didn't entirely buy that after the revelations from the Hartley family...[deleted]. But watch this space as they say, my complaint to the BSA about Campbell's ...
Gristle: You obviously don't know him well...he hates SST and McVicar personally...besides which all of us who work for SST do it for free...Cosgrove would have a hugely inflated view of his worth...
Good Lord! I find myself in agreement for the first and possibly the last time with more than one commenter here...A thoroughly odious little man...only knows ad hominen arguments and personal attack...Also awfully unlucky with his luggage while travelling...
Nah...Like most of us, I grew up Mr Presland...(Oh dear, I hope using your real name - which everyone knows - is not a banning offence on here....there appear to be so many of them..) And of course, now cue "witty" references to my 30 year offence, and "...
Wasn't your female Leader in Waiting 23 when she was elected? Marilyn Waring's early politics seem to have been completely forgiven by the left..I believe she was 23 or 24 when first elected
McFlock: thanks very much...Lots of interesting comments there.
Adele: And malo e lelei to you...My "machinations"? Not sure what you refer to...If Trotter's view has already been discussed here I am unable to find it...but I guess it's being discussed now! "not finished just slightly cyanotic"...Nicely put....
Why have I suddenly been labeled "undefined"?? I pride myself on always identifying myself..seems more honest... Ah...it's corrected itself...As you were chaps... pigman: Help me out here if you'd be so kind...where in my comment do I assert any kind of ...
Gosh! Such nastiness...Isnt there an exhortation to "Be nice to each other" somewhere at the head of this column? vto: I genuinely don't know...As you will know (I never use a pseud) I very rarely come here, so I'm not up with the play... te reo: I take it...
I understand this is The Standard's equivalent of "General Debate" (one of your many moderators will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong...wouldnt want to break any rules) wherein one may discuss any topic.... I was most interested in a post over at my usual ...
Ah that brings back memories Frank! (I think you have the year wrong though; it was 2005) I will never forget two clean cut chaps in Hallensteins suits - recognizable immediately as policemen - arriving at my office one morning, giving me a formal caution,...
McFlock: Please do explain how a 31 year old bogey passport offence makes me a hypocrite...without getting all dictionary on it, a hypocrite is a person who says or advocates one thing, but does another... Now if I had robbed a bank 31 years ago, you may ...
... comments on a post containing David Shearer's statement about Thatcher. Almost... the early comments were about David Shearer. Some comments at the...
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