Posts by Ian Dalziel
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Speaker: An Open Letter To David Cunliffe, in reply to simon g,
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Speaker: An Open Letter To David Cunliffe, in reply to simon g,
National loses one seat!
we need to accept that (almost) half the country voted National.
No longer
- final vote count gives:
- one more Green MP added
- one fewer National MPsThey can no longer govern alone – but can (and have ) made a gov’t as ‘dog walkers’ with the poodles – Seymour and Dunne, lapping up any affection sent their way…
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Speaker: An Open Letter To David Cunliffe, in reply to Joe Wylie,
rising dump...
...'royal flush'
Fluush Tooilet?
Luuxury Lad!
Luuxury...
I were there,
in the cold,
crumpling old sewing patterns
waiting, listening, straining
in the dark,
there were I...</scattered scatological impressions>
Here's the 'David Cunliffe and the long drop from the top' thread back...:- )
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Speaker: An Open Letter To David Cunliffe, in reply to william blake,
Cameron Conference Rap
Ice flows, man!
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Speaker: An Open Letter To David Cunliffe, in reply to mark taslov,
All the young Turks...
The problem is that I’m too young to remember, I don’t know how ‘Meet the People’ really went down or worked logistically, so I hoped it would jog someone’s memory.
I don't jog through there that often...
but the '60s and '70s were a very different proposition from the ever unwrapping present, we embrace.
Only a few major entertainment& information sources;
Radio, Reading and Other People...Dance Halls, shows (including 'fillums'), meetings - all good options.
Distracting attractions.
Lotsa workers, everywhere, working, hard.
Everyone pretty much knew their place...
and didn't get around much.
Simple times.things begin to change, faster...
- Te Ara does a much better job than me
Here's a 'show me the money' shot from Muldoon's 1975 well organised rabble rousing 'Rob's Mob' town hall tour.Here's another shot a popular entertainment of the times:
Watching the money changes in the temple...from the Muldoon story
National's own site has some history:
National barnstorms the nation in 1975
Kirk died in office and was replaced by Bill Rowling. Rowling lived in the shadow of Kirk. Muldoon barnstormed the country in 1975 his most famous meeting of that campaign was at the Wiri Woolstore where he spoke to a crowd of 6500. Muldoon, the master debater, was highly successful on television, which had come of age as a primary campaigning medium. A highly successful advertising campaign put National into power with a massive majority.Here is PDF of an a very interesting article by Barry Gustafson on Muldoon's biograhy, biography in general and public personas.
Austin Mitchell's The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise might help throw some light on the times...
enjoy, don't get lost back there
in the time-stack...:- )
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Speaker: An Open Letter To David Cunliffe, in reply to WH,
the Association of Free Associaters...
....you’ve posted more than two dozen marginally relevant or completely off topic comments
Shucks, I do that all the time - I didna realise it was illegal - I always figure people are nimble of mind and wit...
...and ya have to say some of these threads end up in some very interesting places with equally fascinating side-trips...Homogeneity can be overrated!
:- )
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Speaker: An Open Letter To David Cunliffe, in reply to simon g,
Leaving it to the caucus alone is the exception these days.
Especially when its turning
into a three-ring caucus,
being held in a big top... -
Speaker: An Open Letter To David Cunliffe, in reply to Keir Leslie,
canvasing support...
It is a big big tent.
and all those guy ropes...
...and the flapping
in the wind.:- )
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Speaker: An Open Letter To David Cunliffe, in reply to mark taslov,
the Prime Minister “earns $428,000 from his PM’s salary along with this year’s $5,000,000 increase in his wealth (according to NBR’s rich list) which gives him a total income of $5,428,000. On this total income he pays just $132,160 in income tax and approximately $21,400 in GST giving a total tax of $153,560 or 2.8% of income”
Probably not the best example - Key claims he gives his salary and any rises to Charity, so his accountant probably claims the rebate on that. too...
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Speaker: An Open Letter To David Cunliffe, in reply to BenWilson,
Public servants...
Key would either tell Slater to pull his head in, or he would distance himself from Slater as much as possible. And that might be very hard to pull off, because I don’t think Slater would take kindly to being shoved away. Key is actually stuck with the guy now...
... he'll be sanguine about that, and lower profile...
He needs folk like Slater, and further along the food chain Peter Dunne and the new 'poodle', David Seymour, they can be propped up as the face of the stuff National might like at a small remove - like Charter Schools, but if the money starts to flow....
Yer either of the beholden,
or off the beholden...
No passenger rides for free!