Posts by Idiot Savant
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Personally, I find the idea that no idea should be discussed if there is a possibility it might whip up well-organised moral hysteria pretty depressing.
The joy of political parties: they can't stand for anything in case someone doesn't like it.
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When you reveal who leaked the emails to Nicky Hager, I shall show you the papers to Gotcha! Deal?"
Because obviously, Keith knows who the ninjas are.
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For Labour Weekend I will be going to Feilding.
That's "friendly" Feilding, where they're always happy to see their "townie cousins".
Whoever designed their current cinema advertising campaign (which I was tortured with before seeign District 9 last night) should be sacked.
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I'd love to live on any planet where Obama is the most evil person alive. Sounds sweet...
But haven't you heard? He'd kill your grandmother and Stephen Hawking in the name of socialist healthcare. Just like they do in the UK.
(Context here).
And jokes aside, I agree. If Obama was the worst person alive, then things would be pretty damn good (and I would have a lot less to blog about).
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So what we want to do is write a book about crockpot conspiracy theories.
What, throw a bunch of conspiacy ingrediants - Templars, Masons, the Illuminati, UFOs, Bermuda Triangle and the Goldfish Fanciers - in and let them simmer for a while?
I'm not sure that that's any different from any ordinary conspiracy theory. And as Umberto Eco pointed out, it always tastes the same: like holy blood in a holy grail.
(ObFnord)
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DeepRed:
And how would they deal with a worst-case scenario of the American Clean Energy & Security Act - throw eggs at the US Embassy?
Teabags, surely?
Russell:
I don't mind that he favours technological solutions over emission-reduction
That's a false dichotomy. Technological solutions (e.g. replacing coal-fired power plants with wind-turbines, or shifting to biofuels, or building more efficient cars, or even using more efficient lightbulbs) are emissions reduction. The problem is that those on the right use technology as a delaying tactic (we'll just wait for CCS) while refusing to recognise or implement the real technologies we have which could reduce emissions right now.
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At the least, as PA reader Dave Nicholas suggested by email, the Charities Commission could usefully do the following:
Sounds like a member's bill right there.
Alternatively, the register is publicly searchable, and so it could be done privately. But it shouldn't have to be.
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How is a mass movement by the people a coup?
More importantly, how can overthrowing an illegitimate government be a coup?
Sorry, but unless you're elected in free, fair and frequent elections, you have no claim to power, and no-one should shed any tears when you are overthrown in turn.
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And most importantly, it looks at where you actually live, rather than where you happen to be registered for electoral purposes.
Why wasn't a similar fact-based regime used for Bill English?
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I always find it amusing that when justifying their pay MPs say but of course we would earn more if we were out in the workplace
Yeah, right.
Yes, there are a limited number of high-flying lawyers and corporate whores (John Key and Richard Worth among them) who take a pay cut in their pursuit of political power and an unbeatable business card. But its certainly not the case for most of them. Paula Bennett was an electorate secretary. Trevor Mallard was a teacher. My local MP was until recently a student association president. None of these people were earning $131K a year plus $14K expenses plus accomodation and travel before they entered politics.
It's about pissing contests, nothing more.