Posts by Kumara Republic
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Some reasoned commentary from Vince Heeringa on the Kyoto issue (KiwiFM, 11 Nov 2008).
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Now, remind me, isn't it supposed to be the foreign multinational corporate-owned broadcasters dumbing us down with foreign trash?
You have a point there, Craig. TVNZ is almost unique in being neither fish nor fowl - it's too commercial to be the BBC or ABC (in Oz), and not commercial enough to be FOX or SKY. Then again, TVNZ 6 & 7 seem to be the torch bearers of the pre-1988 TVNZ, all they need now is the critical mass.
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Tim Groser would have been a much better choice for Foreign Minister, given he's got the Trade portfolio.
Caleb D'A:
If this gets anywhere near being passed into law here, we need to be out on the streets trying to bring this lot down. Seriously.
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First he's all swagger, bluff and confidence, then suppine and conciliatory and finally just outright nuts suggesting we not pay our Kyoto committments.
Maybe privately Rodney is wary of a carbon trade war with the G20?
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The sound of a shark jumping...
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NZHerald:
"The incoming National government will completely review the emissions trading scheme (ETS) - possibly including the science that "
HenryB:
It may not be "nice" but I can see that the fun has already begun. I am really looking forward to JK managing this.
It'll be even more interesting to see how Rodney, Roger and FedFarm would react if the EU/NAFTA/ASEAN/APEC/G7 were to declare a carbon trade war on us.
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Labour has a number of very capable young people who've done their apprenticeship in unwinnable seats and would give everything as candidates in a seat like that.
Phil Twyford would be one possibility, but he may be the candidate for Mt Albert in three years' time.
But wonder if the word will go out to the affiliated trade unions about the humdrum candidates they've offered up -- and supported to little avail.Chris Yoo could be another shoo-in for AKL Central. Plus, he could also garner a lot of the emerging Pansy Wong vote.
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Irrespective of the merits of Goff's comments re: the MāP, I'd say he was taking a leaf out of Bob Tizard's book and calling a spade "a b---dy shovel".
4 or 5-headed monsters? Sounds a little like the Camera dei Deputati to me.
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Following on from a previous post, here's an update of the Wellington poll booth map for 2008.
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The issue isn't about how much money was donated by whom to which party, but about how transparent or not the donations were. Could it be that fear of consumer vigilantism is a major factor for certain donors remaining anonymous?