Posts by Steve Barnes
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Speaker: Christchurch: how did it come…, in reply to Hebe,
so much being decided and undecided that it is easy to not know about huge chunks of the city
This seems to be the Modus operandi for Right Wing powermongers, keep 'em guessing, keep contradicting yourself, keep 'em confused.
It is a shame the tragedy of Christchurch is but another opportunity for these scumbags to grab more for themselves. -
Speaker: Christchurch: how did it come…, in reply to Joe Wylie,
which you can “read all about” here.
Page not found
The page you requested cannot be foundAnd that is from their own link on their own site. Hmmmm. Let me know when CCC have organized a pissup in a brewery and I will arrange venue and refreshments.
I did think at first that the bog roll was the official emblem for the project for a while there.... "and now wash your hands of all responsibility". -
Let’s put this project budget into perspective. $284 million is not a small amount of money. It is more than twice as much as Ngai Tahu was paid for centuries of historical grievances.
This $284 million is being spent on a dubious project while at the same time:
· Christchurch City Council is being forced to sell off money-making assets in order to stay afloat,
· Damaged playgrounds won’t be repaired,
· The city’s roads will take 30 years to fix,
· Sewerage will leak into the city’s rivers for another 20 years,
· The $10 million Arts Trail project was pulled,
· $10 million from the Margaret Mahy Playground was cut,
· The Metro Sports Facility is stalled,
· The Residential Demonstration project won’t go ahead,
· The new Library has been scaled back to save money,
· The Arts Precinct is stalled,
· The City Gallery has had its purchasing budget slashed.
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So what about the jolly old jolly roger?
Alan Gibbs used to fly one on his gin palace, Laissez-faire . He also carried a cannon on the fore deck. As far as I can tell, both of those things were illegal but then he was Allan Gibbs and has lots a dosh so I guess a blind eye was turned in that direction, after all, he only represented a very small percentage of New Zealand. -
Meanwhile, back on Planet Key...
This from a cuppla years back..
Money trail leads home to New Zealand
NICKY HAGER
The comments are interesting, as is the article. -
a recent assurance from Association (sic) Health Minister Peter Dunne that police had told him there was only a "comparatively small" underground market, trading in products stockpiled from the old legal regime.
I think the whole point of an "Underground Market" is that it is "Underground" so the Police don't know about it. What is it with these people that they can't understand a simple concept.
Yrs, perturbed of Peria. -
Hard News: Will the grown-ups ever…, in reply to Ben Austin,
What is the point of a flag, these days,
Which was kind of my point. As our esteemed PM says "At the end of the day we live in a global world". However mangled and tautological that statement maybe it does make his stand on the flag rather hypocritical and makes his motives more obvious...
"Sir John Key, the man that gave us our flag"
Sad, shallow and meaningless. -
Yes Rich, we need a flag to fight for, we need a flag that is recognisably different to Australia in case we get mistaken for Aussies.
Joking aside.
Canada had this flag until 1965.
Now, of course, it is the Maple leaf, celebrating Maple Syrup for the pancakes of the land.
Reminds me of a Zappa track about child abuse.
Perhaps we could have a ponytail on a pink background. -
Anyhoo, I thought I'd raise the Flag here...
I just put a post up here (What I stand for) voicing my displeasure at the ponytail pulling plonker rushing to spend our money on changing the flag so he can claim some sort of legacy to his mismanagement.
My post was removed.
I checked the terms and conditions to see how I had "Sinned".
I had done nothing against said terms, apart from...For protection of users we will remove your content from the Site if it breaches the following protocol or is otherwise considered by DPMC to be inappropriate:
DPMC? Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Pfffft!
I won't stand for it, I can tell you that for nothing. So you can put that wallet away right now. -
Hard News: Will the grown-ups ever…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
3: ‘whatever’
4: ‘Pfffftt’Trust you to come out with the fart joke Ian.
