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On a side note... the ex-Nat MP who tried to censor the Internet is about to serve time. And his wife is a handbagger to boot.
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Basically a clone of what was foisted on the Aussies with AUS-USA-FTA.
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Hard News: Libya, in reply to BenWilson,
Somalia was quite a different situation, because there was no clear fight - it was a bunch of warlords going at it. In Libya, everyone knows who the source of their misery is.
Ah yes, the old adage that it's much easier to fight a war if the enemy is a proper noun.
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
I think Steve B was alluding more to the stereotype of 3rd World dictators and their cronies who live happy and fat while their populace starves.
@Rex W: McVicar has always waged war with Eastasia.
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Yeah, but if you're important you can afford that kind of life.
So if razor wires and burly guards are confined to the overclasses, then what of the middle & upper middle classes? Type 'E' licences, methinks? So that probably leaves sticks & stones for the proles.
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Steve Barnes,
And Cunliffe could do worse than to mount an 'it's the economy, stupid' platform. What it would need though, as with any other platform, is to give people something to think about, instead of pontificating to them.
Also, grassroots movements need to get their arses into gear, as the EPMU seem to have announced.
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to dc_red,
Although for some reason a little timid and uncertain of himself at times, as RB alluded to in his original post. Strangely, none of those qualities were evident when he was Minister.
Maybe top-rate captains don't always make for top-rate generals?
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Sacha,
In a way that's a microcosm of Labour's problem: not grasping their real task, and blaming the audience for not listening properly.
In other words, preaching to the choir? The Business Roundtable has always been holier-than-thou and thinks anyone who disagrees with them has a picture of Stalin hanging on their wall - and Labour do need to steer clear of stooping to their level.
For their sake, Labour should also get some real PR people - a Brian Edwards or someone else of that calibre.
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To cut a long story short, the differences between Goff and Key seem to parallel that of Al Gore and Dubya. Goff and Gore have/had policy and intellect on their side, but little matching charisma. Conversely, Key and Dubya are/were highly charismatic irrespective of actual policy quality.
@Lew: parallels could also be drawn with Howard Dean in the 2004 US primaries. He started out strongly with an innovative Internet-based campaign, but eventually faltered after attempting to pander to the 'Dixie-waving pickup truck' vote. Maybe Goff perceives 'political correctness' as a key reason why Labour lost 2008, and is over-correcting in the other direction?
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Rik,
more like "fuck any lazy bastard who think the world owes them a living" which is not such a bad thing.
Have you seen Inside Job yet?
"In the spasm of moral recrimination that followed the collapse, some blamed the bright kids who passed up careers in science or medicine to make millions on Wall Street and charged millions more on their expense accounts for cocaine and prostitutes."