"The historic mission of Labour is to be on the side of wage earners so that they get their fair share of national wealth, and the child of a cleaner gets the same chance to succeed as the child of a company director. " That's the problem right there. It's...
Say what you like about conservatives, they can certainly organise an election. Sorry .... a selection.
Hell, I'm a Rob. Pretty sure I wasn't named after Muldoon though.
I must say, they are distinctly twitchy over at whale oil. Chris Trotter is moderated but tends to rule with a light hand. In fact some of his posters get a damn sight more upset than he does. But then there are a number of right wing nutters who come and ...
What is this, my dicks bigger than yours? :) I'm sure I could get a lifetime ban if I could be fucked to going back there which I can't.
Shit, you can get booted from whale oil for saying something like "Well actually the science shows that.....". I know because it's happened to me twice.
It's Significant that Key said he wished he could have done more for poor children in New Zealand, but that his greatest regret was the flag debacle. I suspect that's the measure of the man really.
Is that that smug bastard Matthew Hooton on the left? Christ he looks like the 'fat owl of the remove'. :)
I was actually commenting on his T-shirt.
Yeah well there's Porirua and Porirua if you get my meaning. A number of reasonably wealthy enclaves around that area. So I'd love to know exactly where he was born/made.
Not very often I agree with John Key, but treasuries predictions have been so far off over the years that I think they're probably about as much use as teats on a bull. I've often suggested that they be disbanded – simply as revenge for their suggestions ...
You can call it bottom pinching, or you can call it sexual assault. I notice that most of the media are calling it bottom pinching, which tends to minimise it. I suppose she should be grateful he didn't "grab her by the pussy".
Why should small businesses get subsidies? According to neoliberal theory which I assume they support, they should have taken out insurance.
You seem to think that Trump is in charge. He may well be I guess, but he's in charge of an incoherent bunch of nongs and lunatics. What they will actually let him do is another thing maybe. Already Paul Ryan wants to gut Obama care and privatise it. I ...
Fine. Where is the intellectual right these days? In the US it's basically been destroyed. The days of William F Buckley are over. Even though he was a racist prick, he did have some intellectual depth. Fox news and Breitbart have taken over and dumbed ...
The problem is, all these people expect Trump to fix things. That ain't gonna happen. And if that woman think she's going to get cheaper medical care from the latest administration she should have another think coming. She quite possibly won't be able to ...
Legitimise the racism, legitimise the arrogance, legitimise the lies and the brutalities. FTFY. 'Face yourselves, see yourselves, and then maybe, maybe, things will change…' People aren't very good at facing themselves. So nothing will change until they ...
"Natz have nothing! Nothing! But not sure Labour and Greens have put together a clear vision yet." Not sure? You sound like someone who couldn't make up their mind between Trump and Clinton. Of course they haven't put together a clear vision. If they had ...
Fascinating. Of course that's what the Second Amendment is for – guarding against a radical government?
I don't trust at all. If they do mention the truth – if it turns out he's telling the truth because politicians can't be trusted with the truth on the whole – then it will be reported in a tiny, tiny section miles away from the front page. Because not ...
Given that Trump is probably more corrupt than most congressmen, it certainly will be hard work. And given his dislike of hard work, he probably won't do it.
To be fair, as far as domestic policy went he was hampered by the fact that the Republicans had gerrymandered their way into control of the Senate and the House and were determined to block every initiative he ever made.
I'm late to this, and no doubt someone's said it already – but the thought of Michelle Boag singing fills me with horror. Actually the thought of Michelle Boag fills me with horror.
Since when have cabinet ministers in New Zealand ever resigned, even after the most egregious "mistakes". You can pretty much count them on the fingers of one hand. So McCully is staying – no surprise there.
I suspect that looking outside to see what the weather is doing is just a little different to trying to figure out the way people are going to vote – unless you want to do it after the election. There is no "reality" inside people's minds. Something which ...
Yes I am, because they are. You can't "look at what's happening in the real world" in politics without conducting polls. Everything else is by guess and by God. And polls can be pretty much that, but they're more accurate than "looking". Whatever that ...
Because they want to stir up fear and uncertainty, because fear and uncertainty creates right-wing voters.
Yes, fine. But this is looking at reality through polls. As far as finding out what's happening in the political world goes, there is really no substitute for polls right? Smoothed or not.
"The changes are dramatic and very difficult to reconcile with what is happening in reality." And how do you tell what is "reality" without polls? Gut feelings don't count.
That picture would go well on 7 Days. "Yes, that is the size of my penis."
Tu quoque is not an argument, it's a fallacy.
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