Posts by Steve Barnes
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I am stunned by the short sighted attitude of this Government… Actually I’m not.
This bunch of TwatCocks are by far and large the most heartless and stupid pile of dog doos we have had to put up with in years, you remember those Nine Long Years of sensible, sustainable policies that were delivered by Labour that left us in a position to survive the “Global Economic Downturn”.
With the decision to dump all the hard work by Kordia (an SOE that could have been the backbone of a reliable communications structure) we are seeing the last death throws of an infrastructure which the rest of the world regards as essential. After kicking Kordia and Woosh in the guts to hand Telecom and Vodafone the lions share of rural broadband (considering that Telecom already had the biggest slice of the urban fibre roll out handing then the RBI was the dumbest thing they could have done) we now hear that all the money that came from the public purse in setting up a national digital platform is to be tossed away to give Rupert Murdoch an almost total monopoly over this nations viewing. As if that were not bad enough, those that went out and bought Freeview boxes will soon have no use for the things other than watching the increasingly competitive, commercial driven TVNZ dumbing down our country with more and more “Reality TV” crap and more and more biased “News” coverage.
Let us hope that come November the people of New Zealand will give this bunch of money grabbing morons the kick in the balls they so certainly deserve. -
Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Bart Janssen,
I tried to make that once with my slot car set but just didn’t have enough bits :(
Yeah, I tried it too, out of Meccano but I couldn't find a hard enough heart... OH, you meant the road...
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OK Steve you finally made me laugh.
Mission accomplished
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to nzlemming,
It’s called Brøndby Municipality, it seems.
Well spotted Sir..
So here's some visions for a new Christchurch...
Vision of...
Bill English
Gerry Brownlee
Paula Bennet
Judith Collins
Fletcher Building
And last but by no means least, for a City of National importance...
Steven Joyce
Happy Friday... -
OTT Town planning?
Image of Suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark -
Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Well, of course there’s bloody frustration –
Can't get a bloody Latte anywhere, it's tough being a journalist...
getting coat now...
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Sacha,
I was looking for business activity data.
Jeez Sach, will you make up your mind? ;-)
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Found this little gem on Red Alert Posted by Brendon Burns
Shirley is another hard-hit part of my electorate. Power is mostly back on but water and sewerage is a problem and unlike September 4’s impact here, there’s considerable house damage. With others like the City Mission, I’ve been ferrying in what supplies can be mustered from CD HQ – nappies are a particular need. My caravan is in Shirley at 4pm today – day three – handing out emergency grant forms, face masks, hand sanitiser and hugs.
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Sacha,
How do you respond to the objections we've been raising above about what relocating its people would to to Christchurch's local economy?
At this point in time Sacha, there is no local "Economy".
This is a national disaster. The private sector will not be expected to support those in need, that is the job of our Government. Getting people to a stable and supportive environment is far more important than supporting what is left of the Christchurch business community. What is needed for the economy of Christchurch is a functioning infrastructure so that business can return to a rebuilt city. At the moment the Government is pouring money into businesses to help them pay their workers, a good gesture but not as productive as assisting those businesses to relocate and be productive in a functioning area.
Difficult times require difficult decisions and courage.
Shoot me down if you like, I'm used to it.. -
Just listening to John Key... All the passion of someone reading a Cake recipe.
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