Posts by Steve Barnes
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Well we don't have to worry about the cost. Greek shipping Millionaires, as they were known in the seventies, have plenty of dosh, don't they?
Oh, hang on... Greek. Don't they kinda have a bit of a cashflow problem at the moment?. -
Now here's a good tune to welcome strangers to your neck of the swamp...
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Hard News: Dropping the Bomber, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
…it could just be about an unwieldy ship of state heading right instead of left, hitting interference and the panels taking a beating….
Panel Beaters to the Rescue
Meanwhile, after shooting the rapids down Pike River and laying Christchurch to rest, Sub-Prime Minister John pours oil onto troubled waters to calm the Country down before applying bog to fill the holes in his promises before a bent election. -
Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to Sacha,
He’s just spinning prepared lines about needing “experts” from overseas
Which is where they went
"An indication of the disillusion within the organisation is revealed by the departure of two key staff members and National Response Team leaders, the MPRS Group Manager and the Principal Environmental Advisor to the New Zealand National Response Team who left to take up positions in Australia in 2010," Fenton
h/t Sacha.
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"Where's my Nanny? I've pooped on my Foreshore and Seabed."
"Now now John Boy, you know we had to "Let her go" after what you did" -
Hard News: Dropping the Bomber, in reply to Sacha,
If a new thread is not started as news develops, old ones get re-purposed. Or something.
You mean we shouldn't wait for a report or have an enquiry or something before we do anything?. What a radical idea.
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Hard News: Dropping the Bomber, in reply to Kyle Matthews,
Man, those are some good drugs you’re on.
Why thank you. ;-)
My point was that Key is not a seasoned Politician and it shows, the gaffes, the playground phraseology and the rejection of facts does not look good in my book. Goff may be "Old Fashioned" but he is still a far better statesman than Key. -
Despite claims to the contrary equipment could have been in Tauranga in about 6 hours, the bulk of spill equipment is stored at TeAtatu less than 200Km from Tauranga by road and around 250Km by sea (about 10 hours @ 25 knots)
It would have been a start, at least on the oil spill side, container shifting equipment has the difficulty of having to operate in shallow water but hey 4 days? -
Hard News: The Politics of Absence, in reply to DexterX,
If it goes badly for the Nats it is not as if Labour, in its current form, would be able to govern competently. They just don’t appear as a government in waiting IMHO.
Because, whether you can believe it or not, Crosby Textor told you so.
Breaking Bad News...
John says ship might sink
Considering that the ship is sitting on a reef this is impossible, goes to show that John is clueless. -
Hard News: Dropping the Bomber, in reply to Rich Lock,
Should someone with 42 years experience have learned how to outmanoeuvre CT by now? Discuss.
I suppose you could say that Goff is too old school for that sort of carry on, guess you have to have had years of experience in rorting people to acquire that Teflon® coating that repels shit and responsibility alike. Having wallowed in the mire that is finance for years, the smiling assassin has the upper hand on that.
Ooh look, the Emporers clothes are made of Teflon®