Posts by Steve Barnes
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Clint Fern,
BTW: I have a windows machine and I don’t see any ‘edit’ thingy when you hover next to the reply button.It only appears for a limited period (5 minutes?).
15 minutes. Works on Linux too. Also in Opera and it doesn't care how much you weigh or what size you are, because computers don't care, unlike people who have freedom of choice whether other people allow it or not, it's just logic.
Oh, Craig and Jackie. You both know me so why do you think the worse when you read between my lines, do I now have to explain everything and write twice as many lines?. bugger that.
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Dude, if I’ve got to explain the sexism of using a woman’s appearance and/or weight to denigrate, then you’re just not going to get it.
Craig, you don't need to explain anything to me. Regardless of the gender of our esteemed Ministers I will give them the same lashing for their apparent excesses. You, Sir, are not up to your usual cutting form. I would have thought obnoxiousness would be seen as an admirable trait in your book.
You may have missed "Gerry Brownlee is ready to sink his teeth into what’s left of Christchurch.". or did you think that acceptable?
Now who's sexist.
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ETA. Thank you DeepRed, that was my exact point. -
Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Please, be a little more sexist and obnoxious because I’m bored with PAS being one of the more XX-safe corners of the blogosphere.
? How the fuck is that sexist? the woman has become obese since she has been in the house, as she is minister of welfare and forcing others to do with less, I find it abhorrent.
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Nick Kearney,
Yes, which is why I commented (sarcastically) on the absurd suggestion David paid for his list position.
Oh, I though you were confirming it, you know money tree ism an all that.
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I still believe Labour has a good chance of winning the next election, why?. Well, what have National actually done? The majority of those that voted for them last time because they wanted that tax cut have discovered they are actually worse off after the GST hike and rising fuel costs. We only need Bollard to up the interest rate and most of the swinging National voters will be going backwards. They will be praising Labour for installing WFF and start seeing this do nothing Government for what it is, a bunch of self entitled, nasty, mean bastards. John Key has already said he is off if he loses and that makes him look like a sore loser. Tolley looks more and more like she wants to eat children and Paula Benefit looks like she's already eaten the entire nations food. Bill English seems to be drifting on regardless of the crisis approaching and Gerry Brownlee is ready to sink his teeth into what's left of Christchurch. All Goff has to do now is smile and wave and he's ahead.
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to giovanni tiso,
I think I’m trying to point out that the voter has some responsibility here.
And people should take the responsibility to vote. I am sick and tired of people telling me they don't vote because they don't like politicians, ignorance I tell you.
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Nick Kearney,
Oops, you need an edit function.
We have one, right next to the reply tag (you have to hover the cursor over it for some unknown reason) ETA (edited to add ;-)) You have only 15 mins to act.
Are you the ex ACT Nick Kearney? -
Indeed, I saw a lot of EPMU tee shirts at the fishing tournament yesterday and the grass roots are strong up here. (Northland)
I bumped into John Carter today, he said "Hi, how are you" I said "Still voting Labour" He was accompanied by a Girl* barely 20 years out of school and her arms, legs and upper chest were naked. Scandal I tell you.*well she was years ago.
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Hard News: Limping Onwards, in reply to Russell Brown,
It's the curse of modern politics that so much time has to be spent wooing a bunch of people who can't decide how they want to vote.
One thing that many forget is that an awful lot of kids turn 18 between elections and kids tend to be idealistic and gullible. The number of ACT on Campus types that have lectured me on the wonders of the free market with absolutely no life experience astounded me. They seem to think that if you vote for money grubbing thugs you will get rich. Go figure. Young Nats are no different and sadly Young Labour supporters, like Labours present leaders, are on the back foot against such self interested people. "We should help others? the others are there to help us or they are Bludgers"
Unfortunately Labour is not as cunning and greedy for power as those that oppose them, their greatest hurdle is their own honesty and compassion. They don't have the animal hunger needed to beat the vicious, nasty resentful crowd that was ambitious for New Zealand.
Six months out from the election is not too shorter time for Labour to put together a populist challeng, unfortunately Goff, in my opinion, is not the animal we need. I think we need "Biffer" Mallard to deliver Mr Wacky Wavy Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man a sound thrashing.
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Legal Beagle: STV Q&A, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
Tactical voting is possible under all democratic voting systems. Situations like this are unlikely in real life.
But isn't this exactly what happened in Epsom?
The people of Epsom tend to be rather conservative and, to me anyway, would not have voted, en mass, for Rodney Hide. But they are smart enough though to understand that, if Rodney won, National would have more support in the house than if they had voted National in the first instance.
Yes?