Posts by merc
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Speaker: Damien Hirst: the dollars and sense?, in reply to 81stcolumn,
I recommend going to Gordon Harris, buying a not too cheap canvas, M grade are good, selecting a size that meets your approval, buy a single brush that you like the feel of, and a student basic acrylic paint colour set that includes white. All up probably round 100.00.
Prop the canvas up on a table or bench, have some water nearby and go at it.
Really, I mean it, answers will appear...then more questions ;-) -
Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to Sacha,
Good point, I cannot seem to exactly recall the instance, perhaps it was that they didn't need to adhere to the lack of cost benefit for RONS. Same logic perhaps applied to asset sales and the dubious return...HEY! We have a mandate.
Sad things is I don't even have to make this stuff up. -
Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to Hebe,
Key weaseled that it was cleaning up the tax code, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10808483, yeah John cutting the top rate was that too? Fiscally neutral, may it haunt him.
It's blatantly obvious that National are kicking the guts out of everyone except the very top. How much tax you pay last year John? -
Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to Hebe,
It appears to me that National are banking on the money for the rebuild as some sort of way of magic-ing away their contemptible mismanagement of our finances.
Born to rule, fail to serve.
It also appears to me that there is nothing on this planet that we, the people, can do about their brazen, craven /raps/ ineptitude. Nothing, refer to Bill openly lying to Parliament, admission of guesswork, inflation of forecasts, intimidating Treasury, mocking our democracy, mocking our right to protest.
My workmate said that every three years we get to vote a have a dictatorship for a further three years. He was not joking.
Really, there is nothing we can do, and wait before you say there is, I shall refer you to the reason given as to why they didn't need to run RONS through cost benefit analysis... because we have a mandate.
Can't argue with that logic. -
Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to Jeremy Eade,
It's Bill's way of showing Gerry (ex woodwork teacher?) who is boss. I can never forget that tv shot of Bill leaving the building having been ousted, it was degrading. I can also remember Bill saying to some Southland cohorts..."that's OK it's only 200 million dollars..."
/cursed with retentive memory/
So yeah Bill has a few axes to grind and I seem to recall education rejig was his way back into cabinet many years ago. Double plus good Bill because I reckon you have given them pesky teacher unions good reason to strike.
Also, and I don't wish this on Christchurch, but Bill, as you divie up the EQ spoils, erm monies, have you factored in the possibility of another large quake?
Because your John Fromm, rain follows the plough-like optimism as to how you are going to fund NatActMPHair guy ideology would be double plus screwed if you don't get much money for our assets, and there is another series of large tremors.
Ass meet wind naked. -
Oh Bill is balancing the books alright, http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/budget-2012/6987657/Budget-brings-national-disaster-for-schools
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Hard News: The Editorial Image, in reply to chris,
Yes, I think however that Double Dipton was telling them students to get a haircut and a real job, like what he did...pppffffftttttttttttt
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Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to Richard Aston,
Welcome to Old Feudal Land, like New Zealand, but with cleaner serfs and happier ex-leaders.
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Ripe,
"It gets reported, mainly because it blocked the traffic, [but] who's listening? Most people actually think the students got a pretty fair go and they should count themselves lucky that they've still got interest free loans and get on with it because, you know, get your training finished and get a job and start contributing."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/budget-2012/6985706/English-taunts-student-protesters
...and pretty cocky for a public servant. -