Posts by BenWilson
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My Waitangi day was spent enjoying the foreshore and seabed and not thinking about politics at all. Which actually felt like a holiday.
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Kyle, cleaning shit up for four years could very well land them another 4 years, if they succeed in doing it.
I don't buy that the monetary cost of pulling out of Iraq is a blocker, since it has to happen at some point. It's the political cost of the US basically having to admit they cocked up. Which would only really happen if Iraq got worse afterwards. Given how totally fucked the place is right now, it's hard to imagine it getting much worse. If the US paid reparations (ho ho), it might even begin to recover.
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Craig, I think increasing numbers of Americans both know people affected by the war AND see that it's never been in their economic self interest. But I agree that the majority of the human cost, borne by the Iraqis, is a matter of only minor concern to the US voter.
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Don't underestimate how much it's going cost to withdraw from Iraq!
Has to happen sometime. Until then it's just a bottomless pit of cost.
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It leaves heaps for the Democrats. Item one, cut ridiculous military costs by ending enormous pointless military engagement in Iraq.
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Mac vs PC candidates. Republicans would surely be the AS400 Who is the Linux candidate?
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In his view offering something more than energy efficiency is the way to drive the brand and ultimately open up other choices as the community of interest changes.
I'm surprised it's taken so long for people to work it out. Sci-fi lovers like me have always dreamed of a future where cars are better in every way, not just cheaper on gas. It would bum me out to be explaining to my son in 20 years that cars used to be a lot choicer, but now it's just not allowed to have a good car.
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That Wrightspeed X1 is awesome. Could be awesomely dangerous too! I remember several times in Melbourne seeing pedestrians and cars almost get hit by trams (and one car get cleanly sliced in half - brrr) which are similarly quiet in their movement and acceleration. A car that can get to 100kmh in 30m making about as much noise as an air conditioning unit would catch a lot of people by surprise. OTOH, a tram is extremely heavy and has crap traction and no ability to turn, and has to be in the middle of the road.
Love it. Hope I have a spare 100k when it hits the market. I was a bit disappointed to be described as a null set - a petrol head who cares about global warming. I really don't see the contradiction.
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LOL, glad to hear Auckland accents are considered posh down the line.
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In Ozzie, I applied for ben@isp.com.au for my email and got bin@isp.com.au....chairs ozzie ISP phone chuck.
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