Phil in 53BC a small army of Parthians deliver a stinging blow to a behemoth Roman army, led by a commander who made woeful choices and strategicly bizzare moves. The result is a significant factor in the decline and fall of a once great empire The Roman ...
"Because if I'm not wrong, it was an official in the DPMC a couple of years ago who leaked Telecom's split, to Telecom. Not only did the government not fall as a result of it, the minister did not resign, and nor did the CE of DPMC." Tim, you are a ...
RMA Survey of Local Authorities: 2005/2006 survey: http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/rma/annual-survey/2005-2006/index.html
http://www.windenergy.org.nz/FAQ/proj_dom.htm is the deeper link
The best source of data is the wind energy association website www.windenergy.org.nz They have stats on the amount of wind projects currently going through the consent process or merely just announced. I think local govt NZ or someone has stats on the ...
"Cullen threatened APN with a tax hike because of the NZ Herald's coverage, do you consider that vindictive?" That is bullshit: "APN will not be liable for goods and services tax related to the masthead sale and leaseback arrangement it established when it...
HS, perhaps you can fill in some gaps for me: I think Key may make an interesting and successful Prime Minister for the following reasons. 1. He believes in _________, which is something I respect. 2. He says he will pass legislation to _______ and I ...
I read this this morning and it sounded like another wind-up to me. I think Winston just likes seeing National & its cheerleaders twist in the wind. Santi, Winston has been written off before every election since 1993. Every time he has ended the election ...
Cheers Mike, I won't go on cos I think we're just dancing around a fundamental disagreement. I know that we both have the best interests of the country at heart, we just want to achieve the best in different ways and we would probably disagree on what "...
"Just to clarify, the solution I support in education is not an extreme market solution." Mike, therein lies our disagreement. To my way of thinking, the mixture of collectivism and market forces is (not perfect but) about right. Your para earlier does ...
Hilary, I should have been more clear. I wasn't talking about my specific circumstances, but in the general sense. My point was that if the local school isn't up to scratch, I have two options, not the clayton's choice of sending the kids to a private ...
No Mike, you are running around in circles trying to justify the ridiculous idea that taxes pay for specific services and that you should be able to pick & choose what services you pay for and which you don't. We don't believe that education should be free...
"Another way to look at this is to say that those who send their children to private schools are taxed twice" Bullshit argument. You can't point to the portion of your taxes that specifically pays for your children's education, any more than you can point ...
"our current position is that .' "...however our position next week might be different. I believe my right side is the more flattering. Especially in this light"
They seem to have forgotten the maxim that something that sounds hilarious when you're rat arsed is actually the opposite when you are sober. If HC looked pained, I'd have to agree with her. Embarrassing isn't the half of it.
HS Those are good policies, but they have already been implemented or begun implementation. Taxes already dropped and dropping (tick) Improving infrastructure investment (tick) Education supporting our growth goals (well, I think we are, but you might beg ...
That's an excellent post Steve, cheers Key is merely playing realpolitik the way that Clark has had to do. He can't slag off the FTA if he will be PM in 8 months, so he is playing the game in the only way open to him. Interesting about him conceding that ...
Sean. Get fucked.
"Any further comments on "fuckwits' Steve?" Just look in the fucking mirror Sean, you'll see one right there
As a recent "victim" of tagging*, I was fucking ropeable about the act. However, as a sensible person, I understand that death, whether judicial or otherwise, is hardly a reasonable penalty. I was/am utterly fucked off by the James Blunts (rhymning slang) ...
Sorry Jim, I haven't been wowed to vote Progressive, but I think that your seat at the Cabinet table is determined by ensuring Labour wins enough votes to form a government. I thought this bit was absolutely spot on. Someone needs to suggest it to the Nats...
"Don't get ahead of yourself there Johnny." He wasn't necessarily referring to forming a government this year. National will, probably, form a government at some stage in the next 20 years.
"Wayne Mapp was an intelligence office in the territorials." Now that is the funniest thing I have heard all week. Talk about being sent into battle without the proper equipment.
Labour is playing a smart game, isn't it. Introduce legislation that increases worker rights, let the Nats oppose, hey presto, National is once again the anti-worker party. I won't say "fomenting class war", but someone will.
Phil, perhaps you could refrain from commenting when you don't know shit? The Greens were established in 1990, and gained nearly 7% of the vote at that year's election. The Alliance (there's a clue in the name), was formed in 1991 out of New Labour, Green,...
Steve, Mike is clearly too dumb to get the point: Comparisons to Obama are supposed to be flattering to Key, however they don't wash. Comparisons to Mugabe are supposed to be insulting to Clark, however they too don't wash.
I love when you quote Key verbatim like that. it makes George Bush sound like JFK.
Dave Your analysis isn't particularly enlightening Dave, you seem to be confusing patterns with causes and you even get a couple of dates wrong. Clark became an MP in 1981, the same year as Cullen. The closest parallel between past elections I can think of...
Comparing victory to Triumph of the Will. Talk about a tasteless comment. Act have to balance their attack finely indeed. Like Gobsmacked says, Act can't be too Rightish, cos they don't want to scare away those centrists who might be attracted to Key's ...
Can I recommend the following: "In this document, the Swedish Commission on Oil Independence propose a number of far-reaching, concrete measures that can end our dependence on oil by the year 2020 and tangibly reduce our use of oil products." http://www....
How about the remuneration board sets salaries for the whole three year term. Any wage rises are confirmed before the election and come into effect after it. cf the 27th amendment to the US Constitution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-seventh_...
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