Posts by Ian Dalziel
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Torchbearer...
I'm never comfortable with the idea of a 'Leader', per se, with an intelligent, engaged and cooperating caucus, what's needed is a believable 'lightning rod' to stand up to the flash of public storms and still conduct her/him-self positively, graciously and efficiently...
Why tie up a policy wonk with excessive public engagement or paragon status? -
David is dead long live the new David...
David Shearer has resigned as Labour Party leader apparently!!
on the heels of his Chief of Staff resigning the other day... -
Speaker: Naked Inside the Off-Ramp, in reply to
The Oh Zone...
It would be nice if our political journalists would stop being so bloody lazy and dream up a more appropriate metaphor.
The Thorndon Sinkhole
has a certain ring to it....
Dunning the Dunne...And what’s with all the hating on Peter Dunne?
He put his head above the parapet, and tried to sell himself as someone who cared, someone who might take a stand, and then just sold himself...
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to
John Key sold us out to the highest bidder.
We can be 'airway spies'....
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Speaker: Naked Inside the Off-Ramp, in reply to
Yon Dunne has a lean and hungry look…
…his man Dunne selling his vote…
Here is our man Dunne back in Canta in July, 1974, selling his ‘Presidential’ qualities to the proles …
(ps: feel free to grab this image and use where and how you like, or contact me for a higher res version of Mr Cheekbones in his leather jacket, jersey and precursor-quiff longhair)
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Hard News: Market Wisdom, in reply to
very apped...
“this is witch magic"
Switchcraft, innit?
you're soaking in it...they appear to be toy sized no matter...
It's like the Viewmaster© effect
or as if it's been 'Supermarionated',
I'd tender... -
Speaker: Naked Inside the Off-Ramp, in reply to
...a framework that has never apprehended and convicted anyone and conspicuously failed to detect both the Rainbow Warrior bombings and, more recently, the Mossad passport fraud attempt?
On the face of it, we obviously need someone to be watching our 'friends' more closely ...
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Speaker: Naked Inside the Off-Ramp, in reply to
What a complete Cnut...
Far from actually claiming omnipotence,
Canute was demonstrating to his supporters
that he wasn’t all-powerful.oops, I forgot that, when I used the analogy elsewhere.
but it still makes a mockery of Key's 'I can foretell
what future decision makers will do' stance
because he can't - perception is everything...
... and wilful blindness can strike politicians!:- )
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Hard News: Fluency, ease of manner - and…, in reply to
Fuck I get sick of low-applied-intellect voters.
I propose a WOF for voting, coupled with
mandatory spot intellect-tread-depth tests... -
I’m sure they think that we have too much freedom as it is and that we all need to be kept an eye on for our own good
and as our MPs debate The Inquiries Bill,
Greens Fear Consequences Of Inquiries Bill
fair enough too, when our 'good buddies' over in 'the land of the free'© are heading down the path of forcing journalists to reveal sources...