Legal Beagle: He is Henry the Eighth, he is
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Still, nice to see Labour (in the person of the former Minister for 'Clean Venues') really has its priorities straight:
The Labour Party is concerned a bill to facilitate Rugby World Cup activities will give Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully too much power.
The Government Administration Committee has reported back to Parliament on the Rugby World Cup 2011 Empowering Bill.
The bill establishes the Rugby World Cup Authority as an agency for approval of related activities and facilities such as liquor licenses and accommodation.
Labour's Rugby World Cup spokesperson Trevor Mallard says the party is generally happy with the bill, but is concerned it enables Mr McCully to override decisions made by the authority.
Sow, reap, fuck off until you're ready to be a serious opposition.
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Oh FFS. So Labour (and Green) MPs justified voting for the earthquake bill in order to support the people of Christchurch. Hasn't Mallard just opened Labour up to the charge doesn't support New Zealand rugby? After all, Labour's just established the proposition that any crap legislation deserves a vote as long as it sends a message of support...
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I* was really serious when I said upthread that I would no longer give my party vote to the Greens - I relied on stated principles, and, as said, "They shit in their philosophical nest." And there they sit-
*'I' includes 12 like-thinking whanau members. I rather think this scenario will be replicated throught the motu-
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I hope that you consider re-engaging with the party. The only corrective that I see to the hollowing out of our parties that Edwards identifies is for people with an ideological backbone to join them and get them back on course from within.
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Stephen Judd - we'll think about it - but not with the current lot.
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I'm moving more and more to the position of a pox on all of their houses.
Order of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_Fire_DecreeCanterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Bill
The major difference is that the earlier is a presidential decree & the latter was unanimously voted for.
Where will it end?
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Could someone please explain why the Cops are Marching?
No mention of any outside involvment from the Mayor or Council, no clergy that I'm aware of. Not a word of any outside sanction.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch/4181301/Return-to-work-soon-for-officerOr was this the Running of the Goats?
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I think it's an annual memorial. Normally only at the police college?
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That's as it should be.
How many cops have been killed in Christchurch?
None to my knowledge.So why march to a war memorial?
The right of marching is given by the Mayor to military units as a ceremonial remeberance.
It all seems a little displaced emotion. I'm all for ritual & ceremonies, but this is mainly the function of the church or at least some civic oversight.
To have the Police march to a war memorial, seems missdirected.
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What does it matter?
Seriously, police officers take the risks of their job quite seriously, so do their families. My mother used to sit up late watching old movies waiting for my dad to finish night shift. The worst thing would have been a knock on the door rather than the key turning.
If the police want to take an hour to remember comrades fallen in service, and they want to march to a war memorial, what's the problem?
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Just (Not?) Thinking, I'm not aware of any legal restriction on marching in any public place, provided that you're not disruptive or obstructive.
The Police are entitled to march in any public place they so choose, at any time, without getting anyone's permission, so long as they meet the conditions above. Given the shit of a year for the cops in general, and for Christchurch right now, if they want to match in memory of fallen comrades then that's their absolute bloody right and who the fuck are you to question it?
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if they want to match in memory of fallen comrades then that's their absolute bloody right and who the fuck are you to question it?
Just as they have a right,and you have a right, I think JT has a right also.
I also thinkThe right of marching is given by the Mayor to military units as a ceremonial remeberance.
It all seems a little displaced emotion. I'm all for ritual & ceremonies, but this is mainly the function of the church or at least some civic oversight.
To have the Police march to a war memorial, seems missdirected.isn't too harsh to have that sorta response but I ain't a moderator,so it's none of my business, I know.
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No mention of any outside involvment from the Mayor or Council, no clergy that I'm aware of. Not a word of any outside sanction . . . Or was this the Running of the Goats?
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they always get their goat...
Police Parade Goat As Robbery Suspect
Goats are known for their lively and frisky behaviour, one just has to remember Billy the Kid...
"while one of them escaped, the other was about to be apprehended by the team when he turned his back on the wall and turned to this goat. They quickly grabbed the goat and here it is.’’
aka the Escape Goat, a cunning plan to avoid the minions of the Nanny State!
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Sofie, it wasn't that one post it was a long history of JT digging at the police. There's more context than just questioning the CHC officers daring to march in public.
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the PH factor - I'll get my goat then...
acid redux - from Paul "Cheeky Whitey II" Henry.
I am failing to see the humour in his latest gaffe,
this morning where Henry asked Mr Key...whether Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand was a New Zealander or not.
When assured by Mr Key that he was, Henry asked if he was going to pick someone who looked more like a New Zealander next time.
Sir Anand is New Zealand's first Governor-General of Indian and Pacific ancestry. He had a lengthy career as a lawyer, judge and ombudsman before taking up the job in August 2006.
He was born and raised in Auckland, attending Richmond Road School in Ponsonby, and Sacred Heart College in Glen Innes. His parents were born in Fiji and migrated to New Zealand, his grandparents were born in India and had migrated to Fiji.
this is from the man who said:
Henry, as a father, distanced himself from Maori Party MP Hone Harawira when it came to his daughters dating.
"Hone is indeed more racist than I. It's not enough that they're nice, not enough that they're kind, they also have to be brown ... Whereas I haven't set a colour restriction for my girls."Perhaps Henry (who was also born in NZ) should head back to Bristol where he "allegedly" grew up, and have another go at evolving properly into an adult of the species...
</hrumph!>
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I saw that this morning and I was dismayed but not surprised at the stupidity on show... (because it is Paul Henry, after-all)
What really surprised me was when he was talking to Key about polling of the supercity mayoralty suggesting Brown was clearly ahead of Banks..... and his questions were clearly of the "what can we do to get the correct candidate, our blue boy, back in the lead of that nasty left leaning oik" variety.
Mr Key did at least make "well, it's up to the people of Auckland to decide" type noises... but I thought he could have made a slightly stronger statement like "You might think you know who I'd prefer to win, but as Prime-minister I cant be seen to take sides"
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Ian, you're assuming that Henry is actually human; I'm not entirely convinced. I certainly agree that it's charitable in the extreme to call him "grown up".
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Matthew,
Ritual & ceremony serve a valueble purpose but these things are not generally done in isolation. Weddings have priests or celebrants, so do funerals.
It was a war memorial they marched to. Like the 9/11 memorial on the cnr of Oxford, Kilmore & Madras St, it seems a very displaced emotion.
It would have seemed more appropriate to have a religious service, saving confusion on symbolism.
Are the Police at War? If so, who with?
This was after all on St Michael, the Archangels day, patron Saint for cops. To choose this day and have no religious service is an odd use of symbolism.
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Are the Police at War? If so, who with?
I'll mention that to the RSA next ANZAC Day.
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Ian, you're assuming that Henry is actually human; I'm not entirely convinced.
And Paul Henry wasn't convinced that the Governor-General is a New Zealander - you two are made for each other!
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Any theories on the emergency powers given to the CCC CEO, why he's on holiday, and passed them onto the Acting CEO, who passed them onto the Councilors?
Could it be Bobs lying again (he does say some clangers) & they don't want to be called on in insurance fraud cases?
But of course the laws nolonger apply thanks to Mr Brownlee.
Except maybe if you're a bank or insurance company paying out millions & threaten to reneg on all NZ insurance if these frauds about damaged heritage buildings persists.
Must look for more conspiracies, the bigger they are the more likely they're true. WMDs anyone?
I need my taxi licence.
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JT, got some linky love for us to look at?
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Like this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_Theory_(film)or this?
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/quake-s-worst-hit-still-waiting-answers-3798620
Parker needs to be seen as a man of power and in charge, that means having knowledge. So he always has an answer and many of them are bold faced lies.
CTV have the Director of the Arts Centre choking as Mike Yardley relays one of Bobs guarentees. But I can't find it.
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