Category Archives: op-ed

“..Meanwhile, Key indicated the government did not want to target the rental investment sector much more – - saying if they went too far in changing the dynamics of the sector – rents would rise…” (ed:..awww!!!..isn’t it so touching how … Continue reading →

he was on breakfast television.. and his vision/plan is the asset-sales… ..and his pogrom on the poor… ..(is that it..?..i hear you ask….) ..yep..!..that’s about it.. ..hey..!..i didn’t vote for him.. ..did you..? key was getting his final kneck-rub of … Continue reading →

“..Asked what measure the committee would adopt for poverty, Mr English said measuring poverty was not a big issue. “We are not looking at the possibility of large-scale cash injections that are going to move whole groups of people over … Continue reading →

that ad for the mad-butcher… “..you can’t beat the mad butchers’ meat’.. ..has a very high ew!/yuck!-factor.. ..(and unfortunate-imagery..) ..and that’s not just because i am a vegan…eh..?

i reckon the combination most likely to appeal to new zealanders.. ..and therefor most likely to do well at the next election.. .would be shearer as front-man/leader… (a man who has seemed unwilling to date to tout his impressive credentials..) … Continue reading →

i think a strong case could be made that goff could/should have stayed..(but that’s another story..) ..so we have the three daves to choose from.. cunnliffe..parker..and shearer… cunnliffe:..he performs well in parliament…and performed well on television during the election… ..and … Continue reading →

much as the votes ralph nader took from the democrats when he stood for the green party bought us george w. bush.. ..and all that entailed.. ..so the green party have given/handed key a second term… ..the unbelievable stupidity of … Continue reading →

no matter what your political persuasion.. ..today is that one day that comes around every three years… ..the day when we actually have some power.. ..so make sure you exercise it..eh..?

give mana yr party-vote.. ..eh..? ..that’s all you really need to do.. ..oh..!..and vote for mmp…eh..? (we’ll talk matters politic again tomorrow evening.. ..after the polls close…)

“..Of course the polls could be wrong. In 1993, Jim Bolger uttered the famous words “bugger the polls” when the election delivered a cliffhanger – - despite polls showing National was cruising for a comfortable win. But the polls had … Continue reading →

it is when you start exacting a financial transaction tax.. ..on the banksters.. ..that you can truly get excited about revenue for good works… ..a 1% f.t.c. would enable us to get rid of that regressive tax that hurts the … Continue reading →

key claims to have a plan.. (is this his version of where’s waldo..?…where’s the plan…?) goff is riffing on the ‘economic-nonsense’ of asset-sales.. ..(key kinda has his answer ready before the question is finished.. ..he has a suite of answers/talking-points-spin… … Continue reading →

key speaks first… (and he has an unfortunate hair-do…his forehead seems to have grown larger.. ..and he has a mildly disconcerting off-centre small quiff.. key gave an aspirational waffle start.. ..goff went straight for the jugular..reminding voters they only have … Continue reading →

(these are comments i left over at the green party blog..frogblog..) (comment one..) ..it just keeps getting better and better.. ..someone has obviously told peters of what is on the tape.. ..and he is saying that it is something said … Continue reading →

radio new zealand are reporting a spokesperson for the herald on sunday as saying the contents of said recording… … being ‘a game-changer’… (ed:..whoar..!..eh..?..) ..and given the tight/thin-lipped refusal by key to allow the contents to be released… ..this is … Continue reading →

(ed:..for this..and other reasons…i am predicting that peters will get to 5%…and will be back in parliament…) “…Peters has been out of Parliament for the past three years after failing to win back from National his Tauranga stronghold of 21 … Continue reading →

i have linked you to the thread where i got banned… ..it is me arguing against the national pogrom on the poor.. ..(it gets a bit ugly..eh..?..) ..and as you will see..in a thread where i am called a drug-dealer…accused … Continue reading →

new code-name for the local 1%ers.. ..(those lining up rubbing their hands in preparation/anticipation for their promised commonly-owned asset carve-up.. ..and decades into the future of screwing the rest of us blind over energy costs/charges..) …them/their political/media-spokes-people/acolytes are calling themselves/them … Continue reading →

“…How about this for an election night scenario? National eases back to its self-proclaimed target of 48%. The Greens muster up 12%;- – Labour’s gambles pay modest dividends and it scores 36% of the vote. The centre-left bloc is deadlocked … Continue reading →

hone harawira just won the debate on marae investigates by a country-mile… ..the maori party guy was particularly dire…(gold miami-vice-suit/medallion and all..).. ..he was all over the place…obviously unable to hold/transmit a coherent thought.. ..and kelvin davis looked uncomfortably aware … Continue reading →

“…After a little more than a month of explosive growth, there’s a growing sense that Occupy Wall Street is at a crossroads. “The first phase of this movement has peaked. And now it gets interesting,” says Kalle Lasn, editor of … Continue reading →