Posts by Raymond A Francis

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  • Hard News: A thing that rarely ends well,

    Tom S
    "I'm pretty sure the reason Owen Glenn is so loathed by the Kiwiblog right is that they see him as a class traitor."

    I'm pretty sure the reason John Key is so loathed by the left is that they see him as a class traitor.

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  • Hard News: A thing that rarely ends well,

    Russell
    It is not clear to me what point you are making here
    "Swanky restaurant" is a bar, so
    And surely any job in Monarco that could get you on "a " list could be considered glamrous, if you like that sort of thing

    Personally I think the whole thing puts New Zealand in a poor light and gives the impression that honours can be bought by "rich pricks" if they stump up!!

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  • Legal Beagle: On the Force of Arms,

    Interesting
    Surely a well written Bill of Rights Act would give us, the citizens basic rights that the parliment would infringe at its own risk
    And that will include a chance to kick the bugers out ever three years
    During the war did the coalition government try to extend the period between elections
    And what would it take to make me attempt to overturn the Government
    Worth thinking about in some depth

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  • Hard News: Monster Weekend,

    Tane
    How about this comment from one who claims he is a moderator on "The Standard"

    ” you are a Short fat ugly Tory
    unfortunately you can only change two of the above ”


    He was banned from KB but it is amazing how often his claims of what the right were doing was exactly what he was doing
    A complete nutter of the D4J type

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  • Hard News: The Daily Embarrassment,

    I guess you do have a point on Owen Glenn, he did give $7.5 Million to Auck Unni
    But I wonder on what position you would have taken (or did) if some rich prick gave mega bucks to the National party and recieved a knighthood in his christmas stocking
    Especially when the F F A seemed to be specifially changed to allow the afore mentioned Labour rich prick to keep on giving
    It really does look like a Government out of touch with the people it is meant to represent

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  • Speaker: Insert Token Here,

    Well RB, that is Craig but what about the rest of us getting a word in sideways
    Nice post Emma, I have always liked your comments so bring it on

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  • Hard News: What to make of the spray,

    I just wish they had used plain H2O and counted the complaints
    There just are some people who love to complain/whine

    And in the interests of fairness/natural justice I have to tell you there were people in the south who thought we should just nuke the whole dam place.........not my opinion just what people said
    Anyway job well done Jim S and Jim A

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  • OnPoint: Back! (And on the Crusading Herald),

    If it is all about money

    And there is transparency ie we know where it comes from
    Something Labour talk up but as yet refuse to demand

    What is the difference between using your own money or using the money you removed (somewhat in surplus to their real needs) from the tax payer

    That is supposing money/advertising will change their vote

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  • Hard News: Dopamine psychosis and other…,

    Agree 100% Russell
    God this blogging adiction is turning my personal politics as well as wasting time
    Anyway
    Gambling will always be with us and the poor are often driven by circumstances to gamble
    Not sure what the answer is but pokies should be made really hard to access, not next door to the local easy credit shop
    There was a time when the TAB was the only legal way of betting and it was required to be very low profile, bring it back

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  • Speaker: Not quite everything you ever…,

    An excellent distilation of the bail laws Graeme
    As someone who occasionaly has to apply them you have captured the flavour exactly
    When it comes to supression it is easier to keep Pandora's box closed because quite simply once opened it is too late to do anything
    Hence the conservative approach to suppession

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