Posts by Rich of Observationz
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Speaker: Naked Inside the Off-Ramp, in reply to Russell Brown,
But did any actual bad things happen to NZ as a result of US displeasure at our nuclear stance?
We obviously didn't get invaded. If our exports to the US suffered, it didn't impact the economy much (compared with the simultaneous effect of Roger Douglas). McDonalds, Coca Cola and IBM didn't shut up shop (some may think sadly), And the Law of the Sea convention which gave us our EEZ was passed in 1994 in the midst of US distaste.
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Speaker: Naked Inside the Off-Ramp, in reply to Matthew Poole,
pulling out of Echelon means shitting on the rest of the Anglophonic world
Ireland is not in Five Eyes, nor is (at least partly Anglophonic) South Africa. Neither of these countries have suffered any dire consequences as a result.
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one saying the GCSB couldn't spy on New Zealanders, and one saying they could spy on behalf of other agencies
So, if a taxi driver is not allowed to break the speed limit, and they are allowed to carry passengers, they can break the speed limit when they're carrying passengers?
Interesting logic.
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For more evidence of Dunne's integrity, and the reasons behind his anti-party pill crusade, this page might inform.
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Speaker: Naked Inside the Off-Ramp, in reply to Russell Brown,
Pete George, is, of course, a pompous old windbag with no clue.
I'll let this stand, but continuing in this vein would be unhelpful.
Presumably because it's impolite rather than untrue.
Maybe since he's chosen to engage here, he could justify his man Dunne selling his vote and tell us what he got for it? Ambassadorship? Ministerial seat back? Clear run at the next election? Or just hard cash from some US-backed 'trust'?
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Speaker: Naked Inside the Off-Ramp, in reply to Russell Brown,
I would be astonished if the inquiry recommended the abolition of the GCSB and SIS
Could you justify why not, in particular:
- why IT security coordination is best conducted by a secret, unaccountable organisation rather than an open public body?
- why we need parallel policing bodies outside the normal oversight and accountability frameworks such as the IPCA?
- why we should persist with a framework that has never apprehended and convicted anyone and conspicuously failed to detect both the Rainbow Warrior bombings and, more recently, the Mossad passport fraud attempt?
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Hard News: The GCSB Bill: eleventh-hour arguments, in reply to Alastair Thompson,
Not gonna happen. I've heard the deal is that, after a suitable interval, he gets his limo back. That means more to someone like Dunne than all that liberty and integrity crap.
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small-goverment conservatives
An oxymoron. Conservatives need big government to keep the disenfranchised in check. Even propertarians want to replace government by corporates in fulfilling this function.
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Hard News: Fluency, ease of manner - and…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
the other day he completely restructured the Ammonium based industries in the US*
All that is subordinate legislation. The NZ government could do any of that if it felt the need - look at the CERA Act with its Henry VIII powers to change almost any law. That would be unconstitutional in the US.
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Hard News: Fluency, ease of manner - and…, in reply to Martin Connelly,
Thank you repeating that talking point. I hadn't heard it before, and am always keen to hear what lines NACTNSA are running for us.
