Posts by Steve Barnes
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I'm almost looking forward to coming back to Auckland for a rest, we shall catch up then. So many tales...
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I think it comes down to the fact that there is no longer three degrees of separation, there is only personal media, forget the term social media, it is pointless and inaccurate. It is a new way of saying "it's not what you know it's who you know". We are at the point where we can all know each other and that is the new dynamic. Wikileaks, no more secrets. Twitter, no more secrets, No more secrets means no more lies?
Beautopia?
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to BenWilson,
Well put, Steve.
Why thank you Ben, I think I actually impressed myself there... :-)
Did you check out the Blog I think I impressed me there too ;-)
Shameless boasting I know but I linked to this blog too.....
And yes, University seems to have become an expensive way of narrowing your mind rather than expanding it. -
OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Or they have a delusional eye to the speculation industry on Wall St or The City. Or should that be what’s left of it?
John Key BCON Hons...?
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Kumara Republic,
The speaker is multimillionaire property tycoon and author Bob Jones,
Bob the Bludger?
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Yuan ring to rule them all?
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Hard News: Only what we would expect a…, in reply to recordari,
Mubarak will be looking for work.
Well we will be needing a new Prime Minister, perhaps he has more respect for women. Is he HOT?
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Part of the problem, in fact a very large part of the problem, is the number of students studying Business degrees and the sad lack of those studying what you could use that business for. Having a commerce degree is useless if we have nothing to sell.
ETA (apparently they make potato chips and other useless snack foods)
The emphasis on "Business" from the likes of the Round table (boogie Knights?) and the lack of real ideas that go with that short sighted vision has twisted the argument about productivity, I would suggest that this fact alone is enough to place the blame on the "dole bludgers" rather than where it really lays, with those that value money over those that want to work and produce something. When you buy a company and strip it of its value you are destroying the fabric of real production, I'm looking at you Graham Hart and your ilk, the National Party financiers... -
OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to nzlemming,
“But what about…?”
It’s ok, it’s only 15 mins to the Taipa pub. And “But what about…" is what it’s all about ;-)
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Cooperative ownership of SOEs is the answer I prefer.
I totally agree but failing that the super-fund is better than Johnny foreigner, scuse the implied xenophobia but we are talking about security of supply here.
If any of you have been wondering what I've been up to and why the occasional absence from these discussions, check out the blog link. I have been a busy puppy building my escape from the madness. ;-)