Impressed by Cathy Casey's argument. Gambling policy is covered by the Auckland Plan thus a legitimate issue for Council. As for Len. Despair. He seems intimidated/scared of standing up to Nact bullying. Sure he was bruised by them over RWC opening night ...
I wouldn't use it. No way. Be an insult to my shit!
On $1.2m Brantley lives in a rarified world where he probably takes advantage of 'specials' at Huka Lodge which is offering a bargain dinner/bed/breakie for two at $9,000. Be in quick!
As with the POA dispute, Helen Kelly, well articulates the struggle between Capital and Workers. 'Social contract' harks back to Hobbes and Locke and all those political reformers who came after them and fought so hard for the rights of Workers. Kelly's ...
While Key Corporation continues to be a whore to business (SkyCity, the Hobbit) and keep taxes low, I reckon their base support, say 40%, will continue. Come 2014 election that wont be enough if the other parties can form a coalition, but it's gonna be a ...
Racism isn't about thuggery. It's about symbols and stereo-typing. And you've just displayed your ignorance which is the core of all prejudice.
Racial stereo-typing fixes in some people's heads and they can't get over it. Brown skin - must be dirty and lazy and can go primitive on you - never mind the PhD and top job. I'm not surprised by this poll, and agree with shorts, that the racism in NZ is ...
As this dispute was always about POAL busting the union, all politicians who expect the support of workers should have come out clearly on the side of MUNZ. For fuck's sake. There's a battle going on here. Casualisation of labour reduces workers to a ...
Well said. Huge lack of ethic of Len's part. It was obvious from the start this dispute was about union busting. Len should have seen that. Organised labour is the only way to protect workers from exploitation. Free market place of workers must be resisted...
Wow. That's come fast. Brilliant. And there's so much more. There's Bill helping out brother Conner with South Canterbury Finance: there's Murray and his NZAid 'jobs for the boys,' same as Gerry in Chch. Foss has lied to the house. Avariceness and ...
Pearson is typical of the born-to-rule, pale, stale, males on massive salaries who are the real inhibitors to productivity. And he doesn't seem very bright compared to the likes of Helen Kelly who is so on to it: articulate, informed and determined. For ...
McCully's cronyism in favouring his mates for NZAid projects in the Pacific is hot topic for investigation. Many long time NGO's have been shafted in favour of newcomers linked to McCully.
Remember Nick Smith's melt down in 2005? when Key rolled Brash. He took time off and still looks as if he's on medication of some sort. He's unstable and fragile and I wouldn't be surprised if he imploded again - all the more reason to sock it to him. He ...
dear, dear, this poor woman suffers a brain injury from an accident 10 years ago. She gets her friend the Minister for ACC to write a letter saying she was A-okay before the accident, but ACC decide she was brain injured way before the accident. Why? ...
The Minister for ACC uses Ministerial letterhead to plead on behalf of a friend. If that's not a conflict of interest and cronyism what the fuck is. Totally unethical. He should resign. The part of the story I like is that Pullar's request was denied; that...
'Labour will extend the right to organise and collectively bargain to contractors who are primarily selling their labour' Am I missing something here? Contracting is the creation of a 'market-place' for employers to pick and choose labour on demand - ...
POA dispute. You show me where Labour is defending the workers against 'contracting out' which breaks the power of collective bargaining; a fundamental tool in securing better working conditions, hard fought for by early Labour Governments. Workers rights ...
I'm with Macro and others on this - Labour no longer champions the working class as evidenced by its silence in the POA dispute. This is an issue of capitalist destruction of workers. But the polls probably show support for management. I wish they'd stop ...
'Better to be a dictator than gay.' Classic. Will it come to war?
Interesting - Evil Saddam v's the Liberators, Evil Gaddafi v's Democracy warriors, Evil Mubarak v's People Power .. now .. Evil Assad v's the Freedom Army. It reads like advertising (and comics) which is what you're saying it is really. And I get your ...
Thanks for links. But shocking, eh. I just can't get my head around how this is allowed to happen.
A link to The Independent and Robert Fisk - thanks to NoRightTurn - gives a broader point of view http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-the-fearful-realities-keeping-the-assad-regime-in-power-7534769.html Sickening to read the ...
'Sir' should loose his knighthood when he goes to prison with the rest of these crooks. These guys are typical of the pale, stale, lazy males who infest NZ boardrooms because of the status or gravitas they're perceived to contribute. It's elitist crap. ...
I like the way Shearer is travelling around the country talking, listening, watching .. and waiting. Smart man to stand back awhile. I don't see the urgency of him to be media focused right now. I think Shearer may posses a quality rare in politics - ...
Nah, you're right. I'm just talking it up to appeal to Dunne's narcissism and how it might read in Wikipedia for him, legacy and all.
If vanity is Dunne's 'only perceptible characteristic' then maybe he will go for the legacy of being remembered as the hero who crossed the floor and stopped the sale of our power generation.
Someone must be channelling Robert Muldoon. He was brilliant at accumulating debt that left the country bankrupt leaving the Lange Govt with no choice but to sell assets. History never repeats - Yeah Right.
Shearer's a bit bumbling at times but he's coming across as sincere. He has gravitas as opposed to Key's banality, and over time this'll become very obvious, and appealing to people. Key's gloss is wearing thin and most of his Ministers have become smug ...
Here's the Holding Company, now passed by Council http://www.hbrc.govt.nz/WhoWeAre/InvestmentCompanySummaryofProposal/tabid/1178/Default.aspx#investment Foss pushed this with the CEO and Nact Councillors. And he's pushing the water storage scheme - $150m ...
What's the goss with Foss? He's our MP. Saw him recently and he's very pleased with himself - puffed up like a peacock. In his past life he was a trader with M/Lynch in Singapore same time Key was in N/York. He's championed Napier Port being included in a ...
He can apply to Whanau Ora - duh!
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