No problem. Nitpicking aside, we appear to share the same core values.
I am late to the discussion and have not read all the way through the thread, but on the subject of plausible deniability and Key's statements, consider this: all it would take for Key to put distance between himself and official surveillance of Dotcom (...
Indeed Debbie, that is he first step. But what is the common ground?
I think that Sue is the real deal. However, the circumstances of her AUT Ph.D. are dependent on one person, not the scholarship in her Ph.D. field. Interpretation: Sue good, AUT permissive enrollment bad.
Yep, it was all going well until you wrote "Soviet."
Thanks Karol, for the considered response. We live in a world capitalist system, with local cultural, political and socio-economic conditions backdropped and structured by collective military and political histories of conquest and defeat. I am acutely ...
My pleasure. I appreciate the civilized tone on this thread.
Actually, I like your re-write better because it makes my point more strongly.
The issue is not about money but about class orientation. One would think that a Labour Party and its leadership would be working class focused above all other things, adding other "progressive" policy approaches and engaging inn tactical alliances with ...
In the post I include myself amongst the inconsequential commentariat. But I do know this: fragmentation and agent/principal problems that prevent across-the-board unity amongst Left factions offers no hope for a coherent platform for change.
With regards to the accomplishments you mention. The face of the new lefty blog you extol tried to sell his services and candidacy to Dotcom (although the power behind TDB is the genuine article). The Leader of the Opposition is a corporate lawyer married ...
You are right on one thing. The NZ rightwing bloggers much enjoyed the post. They likely will not enjoy so much my follow up on the NZ Right. The post was written as a polemic in order to stir debate on why the NZ political Left has not secured the support...
I suggest you click on the "About" header on the Kiwipolitico web page (that's right, there is one, at the top of the page) to get an idea of what we are "about." As for the rest of your remarks--well, you clearly do not know what we are about.
In the imposition of market-driven ideology as the dominant organising principle for NZ society and the emasculation of the NZ union movement as an effective leader of the NZ working class, I think so. I am surprised you did not pick up on the reference to...
Felicitaciones Comandante Roger y Teniente John! Mision Cumplida! capcha: plot
Bored: On that charge we completely agree. They were (and many still are) unreconstructed authoritarian supporters who lined their own pockets as they engineered the sell-off of state assets and privatised the education, health and welfare systems. ...
Bored: I disagree with you. Although monetarists were involved in the unsuccessful 1970 presidential campaign of the Christian Democratic Frei (who lost to Allende on a plurality after the Right split into 3 contending factions), they were not actively ...
Gossman: You are correct that the Chicago Boys did not have anything to do with the coup itself, although the US government certainly did. What the Chicago economists were able to do as of 1975 was to dominate economic policy-making and use Chile as a test...
Robert Winter has correctly noted that I misspelled Pinera's name ( I still have not figured how to do the "~" sign on my Mac). My apologies for that. For those who may not realise it, "Pepe" was his nickname, and was what he was commonly called by those ...
I lived in Chile during the dictatorship and went to grad school alongside Chileans (many of whom were military officers) who were studying economics under Friedman and Arnold Harberger (Friedman's lieutenant and the person with direct connections to the ...
Thanks Bill, for linking to the post. Readers are welcome to follow the discussion in the comments thread over at KP. In it I elaborate on why employers do not "own" a workplace as they would a car or house, and make the point on why freedom of association...
Ianmac: I believe that your figures might be incorrect. SG$30/hour (roughly equivalent to NZ$ 31-32) would only apply to supervisory and managerial staff. The vast majority of those doing the labour would be foreign nationals paid far, far less. Realist: ...
As Anita notes, there is no attempt to disguise who we are. I felt that it simply would distinguish my blog writing from my academic and editorial work. Moreover, given where I live and the subjects I tend to write about, the thin veil of the monicker ...
Daveski, what Bassett fails to note is that Clark was a member of Cabinet & bound by collective cabinet responsibility, we don't know her personal view on those matters except from the likes of Lange's autobiography, which details Cullen's opposition to ...
I still can't work out why farmer's vote National religiously.. Cos in the olden days the National Party used to be a conservative party, not a neo-con party. Global warming is likely real. Yes I happen to be a bit of a denier. Ginge, can you explain the ...
Cheers Lynn
[lprent: Basically the NZLP doesn't throw seats for anyone. The nearest I can ever remember was last election in Epsom where the NZLP candidate made an ill-advised comment. Helen was (to put it mildly) 'annoyed' along with the rest of the party. Actually, ...
Heh, Scribe. To be fair, I think Feild winning Mangere would be a bigger upset than Rodders winning Epsom in 05. You're right, it'd be interesting to see any polling in the area. I'm a bit nervous because I didn't see anything of Labour in the area before ...
One factor not being considered much is Mangere. Anyone seen any polling? Surely Taito wouldn't go with Labour if he won. Might that be another seat for the Right? And might it create another overhang seat? A good point Scribe. I no longer live there, but ...
Hi Steve looking deeper into the numbers I see that Labour has been at about that level since August, so no changes there. That's a substantial fall for the Nats, though, which is encouraging. Like you, I'd be amazed if the Nats pull more than 45% of the ...
That's gotta be a rogue. I assume it was taken before the Nats tax policy was released anyway, so let's wait for the good news and not jump on the first sniff of it! (captcha: but examine) wise words
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