Posts by Steve Barnes
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I was being ironic as in how the HOS would have described it.
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Why isn't the EQC funded out of a rate surcharge instead of an insurance levy?
We would have to change the way rates are calculated. At the moment rates are calculated on the total value of the property, not just the buildings. The EQC is really just there to counter the possibility of mass homelessness rather than replacement of your previous holdings, that is what insurance is for. If you choose not to have insurance then there will be provision, hopefully, of shelter through Government and Community. This is not about "Getting back to Normality" it is about surviving and alleviating suffering in a natural disaster.
I don't think it takes much imagination to see how local authorities could not cope with a major disaster and that's before we start asking questions about the security of such funds under local government control. The fact that EQC came out of the War Damages Commission places this sort of thing in the National category rather than local Govt. -
I'm sorry but I couldn't help myself...
Our mate Snail oil, otherwise known as the Internet warrior really should do something about his public image..."I'm one of the few bloggers that's branded," Slater explained to the Sunday Star-Times. "I'm in the process of trademarking it; it's tattooed on my fricking shoulder. I've gone from being Cameron Slater to being Whale Oil. Walking around parliament the other day, no one was calling me Cameron. It was Whale, Whale Oil, the Whale."
And I'm sure we can think of a few other things.
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the mailbox had actually been done in by hoons the night before
Surely you mean Looters?
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And how on earth is the same afternoon "too late" for the PM to get to Christchurch on a military flight?
If he'd been properly prepared he would have been there early.
Yeah, like the night before.
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Canterbury talkback host Mike Yardley yesterday told the Herald that Mr Parker had proven himself to be an effective leader in a time of crisis
Quite. Taking a leaf out of Rudolph Giuliani's big book of photo ops was all that was needed, make sure you have at least one high ranking member of the Police and/or fire Department standing behind you when speaking to the Media. What could he have done to screw up his image? run around screaming "What the fuck am I supposed to do about it, it's not my fault"
I'm not entirely sure what to make of this piece by Chris de Freitas
Perhaps someone should slap him with a copy of John Ripley Freeman's "Earthquake Damage and Earthquake Insurance:
Studies of A Rational Basis for Earthquake Insurance, also studies of Engineering Data for Earth-quake-Resisting Construction" ( New York: McGraw-Hill 1932).
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Hey Joe, any news on Ian?
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Hey - I'm Italian. About 80% of my brain is wired to think about sex and the remaining 20%, insurance scams.
Whereas me, being English, is 80% insurance scams and 20% about sex, other people's of course.
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The fact that Gio and I have similar thoughts is a worry.
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The grass growing in the cracks says this didn't happen yesterday.
That won't stop them trying to claim, I bet.