Posts by Peter Darlington
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I can only hope I never work out how to 'press P on the internet' so I can avoid getting punched in the face by bingo-porn.
Maybe the guy was pressing the 'pee' button?
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You doubt someone like John McCain has a chance of securing the GOP nomination? Interesting.
That was pretty much my point. McCain had to change, turn up the old time religion and associated bullshit to pander to the party base to be taken seriously as a candidate.
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And she believes in teaching creationism!
Yeh, this is what does me in (not that I needed much encouragement). And sadly, it seems you have to be of the high-5'ing fundamentalist variety to get a look in with the GOP nowadays. Could a fiscally conservative, socially less conservative agnostic get the nod nowadays? I doubt it.
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ah of course Palin has to be perfect.
Nah, self proclaimed anti corruption crusaders up for the top jobs at the land of the free always get a free pass.
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Despite a short time in office Palin made the right decisions.
She looks like she'd hit the button on Russia if the Todd was 10 minutes late with the moose steaks on the table. Hell, she'd sell the button on Ebay.
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There's a bit of a double edged sword involved here as well. If the NZRU didn't run our clubs then they would be free to manage themselves better (including the introduction of new clubs). But then we would be in a similar situation to rugby (and football) in the UK where the clubs have the say over who is made available to play (or not) for the national team.
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Do the fans get stabby? No? Didn't think so.
Wouldn't be too hard to convert some of the Cantab fans into Lazio-style Ultras!
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How's this:
1. Stop treating us fans like fools
2. Change the perception by us fans that the ABs are mainly there to be squeezed and squeezed until the last drop of gold has been extracted.
3. Set up a competition where real teams (not franchises) play in a competition where they can reach the pinnacle of the game, or drop through the trapdoor.
4. Create a competition where Heartland, National and Super comp's are all linked in a hierachy.
5. Demand the Aussies sort their crap out regarding a domestic comp, that is what is killing the domestic comps here and in SAf, because it's only about what SANZAR wants nowadays.
6. Have a salary cap or other limits on the big 4 poaching.
7. Have a Nth vs. Sth Isle of Origin 3 game mid-week series each year that would double as an AB trial.Imagine a competition as per the following:
- National div's 1 & 2, played July to Sept each year with promotion and relegation.
- The top 4 teams in Div 1 go on to play Super Rugby comp following year
- Super rugby comp with 12 teams (4 teams x 3 countries) plays March to May each year.
- Tri N goes back to home and away tests only. Is played every 2 years, not every year, in the middle year between World Cups.
- In between, we get a proper Winter tour by one of the test playing nations (including Aus and SAf)
Imagine Taranaki or Southland getting 4th in Div 1 one year and making it into the Super comp, magic stuff. Also, it would force the Aucks and Cantabs to use their best players in the national comp because a Super comp would depend on it. With those players included, some of the spark would return.
Of course, we'll have to dynamite NZRU headquarters in Wellie first.
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Wouldn't 'Bristol Palin's babydaddy' roll off the tongue a little more easily? I think they should go with that.
Yup. And 'Levi's babymama' sounds like an Erykah Badu lyric.
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But would it make any difference if you knew that Levi is now going to be presented onstage at the Republican convention?
"Sarah Palin's daughter's baby's father..."
Heh.