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Hard News: Not actually satire

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  • Jeremy Eade,

    'We were told there's a pot of money for more dirt on Peters and NZ First.';

    what kind of money are we talking? i could make some shit up.
    Everyone knows winston sells bad acid right. Rodney Hides still coming down from his last purchase. $10,000 and you'll get the whole story

    auckland • Since Mar 2008 • 1112 posts Report Reply

  • Shep Cheyenne,

    I did have hope Rodney had changed his ways, but he's taking up the old tricks of barking at anything that moves.

    Is he still living with Mum & Dad?

    Since Oct 2007 • 927 posts Report Reply

  • andrew llewellyn,

    Is he still living with Mum & Dad?

    Rodney Hide lives with your mum & dad?

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply

  • Shep Cheyenne,

    Is he still living with Mum & Dad?

    Rodney Hide lives with your mum & dad?


    Wrodney lives with your mum & dad, so there.

    Yes it should have been HIS Mum & Dad.

    Since Oct 2007 • 927 posts Report Reply

  • Shep Cheyenne,

    Mum's a true believer in the Power of Helen so having Rodney live with Mum could be interesting thing.

    Since Oct 2007 • 927 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    These guys hardly post anymore . It's like they've lost interest.

    Thanks, Jeremy, that's the perfect antidote to those bloody billboards purportedly communicating from above.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • andrew llewellyn,

    so having Rodney live with Mum could be interesting thing.

    Might do wonders for her foxtrot though :)

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply

  • Craig Ranapia,

    Thanks, Jeremy, that's the perfect antidote to those bloody billboards purportedly communicating from above.

    When you're desperate enough -- and trying to get sense out of Turia or Peters is desperate -- I'll call for divine intervention, and cover all my bases while doing do. :) A well-aimed thunderbolt, psychic truth serum, hobgoblins dragging them into the pits of heck -- any assistance gratefully received.

    North Shore, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 12370 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

    Just because Rodney goes on a forced weight loss programme to prove his agility on the dance floor,does not make a "new " politician.The Maori Party formed to "represent" specific maori interest (foreshore seabed) and thus have a very narrow focus. The Greens have always been considered radical to an average conservative voter no matter how I feel. Sooo why the expectation that Winnie the Poo should be any different.I don't see much change (if any) with all of the veteran politicians which is why I don't jump hoops for the mark 4,5 or 6 version of National. If one MP walks away with a bill passed under their watch, they will probably feel they are doing their job well, and if you watch the process it is obvious that time is not of the essence. It is politics. A word often used describe bullshit.

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    Immigration is a legitimate topic, and Tze Ming did some excellent thinking about how Maori and migrants might profitably relate. Part of the solution, not the "problem".

    Thinking of migrants as a threat is rooted deeply in irrational fear, so it is not susceptible to rational arguments. That fear is a valid perspective, but I'm with others that it is not a useful one if it is whipped up by opportunistic cynical parasites who don't even believe it themselves. It's the easiest base in this country just like in Amerika and elsewhere.

    Seniors deserve better, and organisations like Age Concern are doing a far more useful job than Winnie ever will. I agree with Stephen that thankfully most voters of all ages see through the oily hypocrite.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    John Armstrong: The Great Survivor goes hunting for brainless meerkats
    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10524511

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    Fresh controversy and more answers
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/4637454a6160.html

    Q You've campaigned against secret trusts.

    A No, I haven't. What I've campaigned against are those massive donations that are there to buy policy and buy favours.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    Another NZ First donation questioned
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/4637456a6160.html

    Contacted for comment yesterday, the party leader, Winston Peters, said: "Phil, I told you I'm not talking to a lying wanker like you. See you." He then hung up.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    A lesson in how to believe the impossible -
    a transcript of Winston Peters' address to Parliament

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/4637455a6160.html

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Mikaere Curtis,

    Thinking of migrants as a threat is rooted deeply in irrational fear, so it is not susceptible to rational arguments.

    Are you saying that the land confiscations of the 19th century are entirely unrelated to immigration ? Many Maori feel that immigration led directly to marginalisation, ergo, immigration puts Maori aspirations at risk.

    It took circa 150 years to start addressing the historical wrongs. We have had a long conversation in this country about the relationship between Maori and Pakeha, and I can understand how some feel that endlessly importing people with no knowledge of the background to the conversation (or indeed, that it even exists - we have a rare thing going on here), is a risky proposition.

    I'm with Craig, I don't like racism of any stripe. But I don't think fear of being marginalised by sheer numbers is the same as bigoted fears based around someone's race.

    One thing we need to really start discussing is population growth. How many people is too many ? Is Auckland full ? IMO, a lot of the value of living here derives from the comparatively low population density. Uncrowded beaches and all that.

    Tamaki Makaurau • Since Nov 2006 • 528 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    Actually, that's a great point - thanks, Mikaere.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    Another NZ First donation questioned
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/4637456a6160.html .

    The Standard has unpicked that one: the deposit of $19,998 is almost certainly not for one cheque (which would have to have been declared under the old rules) but two (which wouldn't).

    So no actual lawbreaking: just more great steaming piles of hypocrisy.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Sam F,

    Garth George sticks his oar in, in the context of a column so typically Georgian in its cranky idiocy that it's almost self parody, from the title onwards.

    I'm sick of nanny state and MMP

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    It is hilarious that Mr George thinks of himself as "reasonable".

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Craig Ranapia,

    I'm with Craig, I don't like racism of any stripe. But I don't think fear of being marginalised by sheer numbers is the same as bigoted fears based around someone's race.

    One thing we need to really start discussing is population growth. How many people is too many ? Is Auckland full ? IMO, a lot of the value of living here derives from the comparatively low population density. Uncrowded beaches and all that.

    Fair enough, Mikaere, but if the Maori Party (and the Greens) are going to be over in Oz pitching for the hearts and votes of 'Ngati Bondi', I hope Tariana goes and listens to the kind of shit whanau of mine are still getting after thirty years about Kiwi bludgers whose only stop on the way to the beach is to sign up for welfare, public housing etc. And if they do work, then they're just another bloody immigrant clogging the roads, crowding schools, pushing up house prices and blah blah blah. None of that's actually true, and it's sure doing nothing to address the serious infrastructure and demographic challenges Australia is facing.

    North Shore, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 12370 posts Report Reply

  • Mikaere Curtis,

    after thirty years about Kiwi bludgers whose only stop on the way to the beach is to sign up for welfare

    Especially when there was that report that came out a couple of years ago that said the kiwis are the highest performing demographic in Australia, and that we totally outperform the Aussies.

    Is it me, or do Australians have strong penchant for engaging in cognitive heuristics ? I always amazes me how simplistic (and racist) many Aussies are about the complex issues relevant to Aboriginal marginalisation. "They're just rock apes" is the depth of analysis I received on one occasion.

    Lots of my kiwi mates who live in Oz say that they just can't discuss Aboriginal issues with their Aussie friends because of the torrent of racism that follows.

    I suspect it's because that instead of having a national conversation about race relations, the Aussies have done their best to maintain Denial Mode.

    Tamaki Makaurau • Since Nov 2006 • 528 posts Report Reply

  • andrew llewellyn,

    One thing we need to really start discussing is population growth. How many people is too many ? Is Auckland full ? IMO, a lot of the value of living here derives from the comparatively low population density. Uncrowded beaches and all that.

    I was wondering this just this morning - more people means more infrastructure & I think we're clearly pants at building infrastructure, be it roads, water or power generation. Maybe we need to encourage another million defaulting dads to Oz.

    Oh hey - there'd be more women to go around then!

    ;)

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply

  • Mike Graham,

    re Garth George...
    if you manage to read to the end of the article you get the clincher:

    However, of all the valid reasons given by Mr Key for us to elect a National government, this was the clincher: "The only time we've won the rugby World Cup we had a male Prime Minister."

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 206 posts Report Reply

  • Idiot Savant,

    I think our seniors deserve a better champion than that pompous lazy fool.

    Indeed they do - but he's the one they voted for, so we have to put up with him. Just like we have to put up with Bob the Builder.

    Palmerston North • Since Nov 2006 • 1717 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    I/S, but most of them didn't vote for him. I agree that the ones who did deserve what they got.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

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