General Debate 12 January 2007

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ghostwhowalks

Good to see another millionaire not liking the EFA
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10486283

Auckland millionaire and former Herald publisher Michael Horton has applied to register as a “third party” so he can campaign against new electoral laws that he says leave free speech in an election year to be decided by a “Soviet Union-style commissar”.

As usual, hes a former? national donor.

Of course when his family ran the NZ Herald, having policy to choose who would be the government in their hands of the local ogliarchs didnt bother him.
The ruling class allways like to make the rules, that is what he doesnt like the new laws. he wasnt asked

Funny though, election billbords have allways had to have name / address, so the soviet style rules are not new, just the timing, and even then National was happy with a 3month period.

So soviet style only means 11 months instead of 3 months
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January 11, 2008 11:32am
Peter Bickle

Sir Edmund Hillary is dead.
Long live the memory of Sir Ed.
A true world pioneer.
Peter
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January 11, 2008 11:35am
ghostwhowalks

Now we will find out if John Key really is still in NZ for the holidays.

Whats the guess , he will have to ‘return’ for Sir Eds funeral
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January 11, 2008 11:37am
Sushi Goblin

Ummm, whats your problem now Ghostie?

He’s complying with your beloved law. Are law-followers persona non-grata these days?

Poor Ghostie, a grumpy old man who doesn’t like it when people follow the law.
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January 11, 2008 11:37am
Sushi Goblin

Ghostie, you really are a miserable sod. NZ’s greatest man is reported to be dead and you see this as an opportunity to try and smear a politician. A class act. Stalked your ex-wife by any chance? Maybe a peeping tom on your days off?
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January 11, 2008 11:39am
gd

As I predicted it didnt take long for the Socialist frothers to start raving on Well GWW the boot may be on the other foot sunshine. Remember if the Nats win and DONT change the EFA its going to be your lot thats caught out in 11 and wont we hear the squeals of the stuck piggies then when they cant get their messages out to the citizens.

This is about democracy damn it Freedom It aint about sides.Its about Gumints taking away our freedoms little by little its about the frogs on the pot like you who dont feel the water heating up until its too late

History is littered with both left and right regimes that have been bad Throughly bad, For God s sake GWW wake up and smell the coffee.

You and I cant guarantee whose gonna win 08.
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January 11, 2008 11:43am
3-coil

GhostWhoDribbles – you are one sick puppy.
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January 11, 2008 11:43am
BeShakey

Sushi – given that it was reported after his post, it’s hardly fair to criticise him for not knowing in advance that Hillary was going to die, and then tailoring his posts to that foreknowledge.
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January 11, 2008 11:52am
big bruv

Why did Klark announce the death of Sir Ed?, does she see it as part of her role as “dear leader” to announce the death of one of our famous comrades?

The woman makes me sick, it is obvious that she will use anybody and any opportunity to score political points.
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January 11, 2008 11:53am
Redbaiter

“The ruling class allways like to make the rules”

That’s you dumbarse.
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January 11, 2008 11:55am
Pascal

BeShakey: Sushi – given that it was reported after his post, it’s hardly fair to criticise him for not knowing in advance that Hillary was going to die, and then tailoring his posts to that foreknowledge.

Wait. What? I see Peter Bickle posting the announcement in the second comment. In the third comment I see ghostwhowalks using Sir Edmund Hilllary’s death to score political points.

What – are you accusing Sushi of? Editing ghostwhowalks’ comments here?
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January 11, 2008 11:58am
Peter Bickle

GWW, JK is in NZ.
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January 11, 2008 12:04pm
BeShakey

His first comment was before, his second was slightly after, but if he was writing his comment when the announcement was made he wouldn’t have seen it (the same thing would presumably apply to sushi who also started slagging off GWW after the announcement and then got all self-righteous.
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January 11, 2008 12:06pm
BeShakey

Sorry Pascal, I see the comment you were referring to now. It seems odd to me, but plain that it was made knowing about Hillary.
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January 11, 2008 12:08pm
Sushi Goblin

BeShakey – Behappy.

Even if Ghostie didn’t see Peter Bickle’s first comment, he was still engaging in a pathetic smear.

No doubt Ghostie will have to take a drive up to Omaha and peer over Key’s fence to make sure Key is in NZ.
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January 11, 2008 12:09pm
Short Shriveled and Slightly to the Left

Big Bruv
Sir Ed was an internationally known citizen
this was big news
like it or not Clark is the Prime Minister
if any Prime Minister of New Zealand announced my death then it would mean I must have been very important
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January 11, 2008 12:11pm
ghostwhowalks

Key was reported as at Omaha beach ‘for Christmas’, that was 3 weeks ago. On one has reported any one seen sniffing the vegetables since .
Im just saying its a good bet that hes been out of the country since around New years day, but wants it kept quiet.

Look for Bill English to be the first from national to make a statement. It being nightime at the otherside of the world so Key has hit the sack for about 8 hours.
Wait for developments.

Look at all the free speech commisars telling people what to say in the previous posts.
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January 11, 2008 12:15pm
Sushi Goblin

Ghostie is more concerned with where politicians holiday than paying his respects to Sir Ed. Says it all really.
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January 11, 2008 12:23pm
Pascal

ghostwhowalks: Look at all the free speech commisars telling people what to say in the previous posts.

Far from it. I’m simply commenting on your disrespectful, unpleasant attitude. You can say what you like. Just as I’m free to think you’re a total dickhead.
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January 11, 2008 12:23pm
david

Looks like GWW has a COD and hasn’t taken his meds today. Take a deep breath Ghostie, and hold it for a couple of hours please.
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January 11, 2008 12:26pm
ghostwhowalks

I think Im being exceedingly clever and making my target key, and whether hes in the country or not right now.
Sir Ed was just a hook to get it going, but could be any major event.

We shall see if Im right or not, its one of those definite yes or no things.
But I would wonder if national is delaying its statement so as to include some sort words from Key, while disguising the fact hes not in NZ
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January 11, 2008 12:33pm
Buggerlugs

GWW – you’re not exceedingly clever. You are a trolling cunt. Fuck off and spout your bilious shit stirring somewhere else.
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January 11, 2008 12:36pm
Pascal

I’m curious though. Why the big focus on if John Key is in the country or not? Helen Clark had a skiing holiday in Europe, remember she returned from there for the unveiling of McKinnon’s portrait in London. So who gives a shit if a politician goes overseas?
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January 11, 2008 12:42pm
Sushi Goblin

As I’ve said before, Ghostie exhibits all the hallmarks of being a lonely old man trapped in the attic of his home in front of his PC, feeling proud of himself attacking people behind a nom-de-plume. He needs a new hobby like gardening.
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January 11, 2008 12:45pm
BeShakey

Particularly at this time of year I don’t think the public really care if politicians are on holiday. If Key was PM and never took a holiday in NZ, maybe (maybe) it would be worthy of note. But I personally can’t see a problem if he’s on holiday at the moment (wherever that might be).
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January 11, 2008 12:46pm
hinamanu

I must say GWW’s ideas are bizzarre to the extreme, but at least he’s not an offensive dad.
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January 11, 2008 12:47pm
Pascal

Back to baiting again hinamanu?
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January 11, 2008 12:50pm
hinamanu

If you noticed yesterday Pascal I took yesterdays shocking and completely liablious attack on myself in utter silence and will continue to do so.

GWW is a moron but at least he’s a gentleman moron.
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January 11, 2008 12:56pm
ghostwhowalks

Helen has allways said where she is for her holidays and it is mostly overseas as she doesnt need the level of police protection there as she is mostly unrecognised.
Key can also say where he is , but doesnt, indeed some dont even remember he has been in hawaii allready mid year.

Its the level of deviousness that I object to , typical of of the man, who cant give a straight forward answer to anything!!
Just read the transcripts to Agenda for that , when he deigns to appear
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January 11, 2008 1:01pm
Pascal

I guess I don’t understand why adults find it amusing to tease and bait people. It seems a bit playgroundish to me, Hinamanu. But whatever. If you feel it’s necessary to make comparisons looking for some kind of response then by all means, have at it. This is after all the Internet, the home of lolwut, Rick Rolls and whatnot.
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January 11, 2008 1:04pm
BeShakey

Agenda (and other interviews) fair enough. But I really don’t see why he should have to declare where he went. I know he went to Hawaii, but I don’t think many people care, and I can’t see any reason why they should. I’m much more of a political junkie than most, and I don’t know where Clark is at the moment. Nor do I care, I assume that if needed she will return to NZ, and that there are other people in NZ who will take care of Labour and Government things. Ditto for Key (as far as his responsibilities go).
I’m still struggling to see how he has attempted to hide his whereabouts (rather than simply not telling everyone, because they don’t care), and why his whereabouts are that important.
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January 11, 2008 1:05pm
Pascal

ghostwhowalks: Key can also say where he is , but doesnt, indeed some dont even remember he has been in hawaii allready mid year.

I don’t tell you where I go for my holidays either. Because I’m a private person. As long as it does not affect his job, what the fuck does it matter where he goes for his holiday?

Oh yes. You’re just digging.

It seems a tad pathetic when the best you can come up with:

“John Key is possibly having a holiday overseas and didn’t tell me! The snake!”
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January 11, 2008 1:05pm
Rex Widerstrom

Nothing happening in NZ today then, folks? Judging by the level of irrelevance here, I’d guess not.

Oh, this is posted from overseas, by the way. Just in case lack of full disclosure causes GWW to call… whoever it is you call when you have nothing whatsoever to say.
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January 11, 2008 1:21pm
Sushi Goblin

Since Ghostie thinks its deplorable John Key doesn’t tell us where he holidays, (even when he was in the paper saying he was in Omaha), then perhaps Ghostie would like to lead by example, tell us his real name, and where he lives.

or does Ghostie deserve a right to privacy that John Key does not?
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January 11, 2008 1:22pm
gd

Crazy went to Norway to do a bit of cross country skiing and no doubt catch with her socialist buddies that govern that country. She then returned home via UK too see some rellies and to unveil the painting of Don McKinnon at the Commonwealth Secretariat.

All info available if you ask the questions. Whilst she quite reasonably doesnt reveal her travel in advance she as all NZ PMs have been are probably the most open and freely approachable of any in the world.

In fact as I sure DPF would agree getting to speak to an MP is easier than anywhere else in the wrold.

Mind you ours are no so likely to be gunned down by their constituents either.
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January 11, 2008 1:35pm
hinamanu

Roger gnome/phillip mason,

Did you go to school in ChCh during the sixties ?
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January 11, 2008 1:37pm
pdm

I heard a comment by John Key on Sir Ed’s death on Newstalk ZB earlier – probably between 12 and 1 – may even have been in the midday or 1pm news bulletins.

BTW GWW I doubt Mr. & Mrs Peter Davis would go to Hawaii these days and I will bet they are not travelling home from the UK through the States.
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January 11, 2008 1:39pm
pdm

ps I meant to add if they are away together as I see on Cactus Kates Blog that she thinks he may be in Howick.
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January 11, 2008 1:55pm
infused

What an idiot, seriously.
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January 11, 2008 2:01pm
dime

PDM – hahahaha too true

ghost – ya sound like a bitter guy.. never been overseas? or is that what “rich” people do haha
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January 11, 2008 2:13pm
david@tokyo

I read in the media that National is suggesting New Zealand use it’s Orions to locate the Japanese whaling fleet and provide the coordinates to Sea Shepherd.

Is this true? If so, tell me that they are just joking and mocking the quality of Australia politics?
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January 11, 2008 6:53pm
hinamanu

Lucky China doesn’t whale, our foreshore wouldn’t be safe
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January 11, 2008 6:59pm
dad4justice

China, Japan , Russia conducting joint military exercises and you worry about our fish stocks rangi mongo ? Will you put your arse in the air when they land ashore ?
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January 11, 2008 7:02pm
dad4justice

Suck on that tokyo Joe .
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January 11, 2008 7:03pm
hinamanu

fyi, China is in war games with India

get it right.
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January 11, 2008 7:07pm
dad4justice

Thought that might shut all you anti yanks creep up for once . Want proof go ask Helen .
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January 11, 2008 7:07pm
Steve

Come on Dad, knock off the insults before you blow a gasket.
Don’t give the morons shit and they won’t give it back ……
Unless they are here to insult and not discuss things in an adult manor.
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January 11, 2008 7:12pm
dad4justice

What do you think of Putin putting 9 operational bombers in the air 24/7 ? I mean to say he launched them Christmas day .

Its does make hip science global warming shit seem trivial ?
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January 11, 2008 7:22pm
hinamanu

Putins utterly suspicious of Bush. How many months till November when he has to stand down. he wants to take some one down with him and Putin is making damn sure he’s ready when it happens.

I actually agree with Putins move. Bush is a whining kid and if he can’t have what he wants he’ll break something. The moment Bush is gone is the moment those planes come down.
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January 11, 2008 7:28pm
dad4justice

Rangi Carroll – you are the sickest dude on this blog . By far .
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January 11, 2008 7:30pm
hinamanu

Thats what you said about my Iowa prediction.
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January 11, 2008 7:32pm
dad4justice

Rangi Carroll if you think Putin is not going to cause shit then God help you .
I have asked around many in the tribe down here about you, being a Carroll and all that, from Canterbury but NO ONE knows who you are ?
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January 11, 2008 7:34pm
PaulL

Steve: an adult manor. Is that a country house where “adult” type things go on? Sounds a bit….dodgy. I certainly wouldn’t be going there for “discussion.”
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January 11, 2008 7:36pm
dad4justice

A couple in the tribe want to met up with you hiny matey !!
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January 11, 2008 7:37pm
hinamanu

Could it be because I’m not Ngai tahu,

Don’t go into things you don’t understand.

and thats the last I’m going to say to you tonight.

You’ve had your allowable quota.
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January 11, 2008 7:42pm
dad4justice

But you said you were ? Look Rick Tau reads this blog and he is a friend of mine and I can tell you rangi carroll if that is your name you hinamanu creep that you have been deliberately created to cause me grief . If I find out your true identity I will exact revenge and gladly do prison time .

Are we very clear on that hinamanu ?

[DPF: And that is 50 demerit points for making threats of implied violence. That’s makes it your third suspension]
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January 11, 2008 7:48pm
dad4justice

I mean every word of that and if it means I am banned then so be it . You called me a kid f##ker and last night you dishonoured my recently deceased mother . A lot of people are upset with you Rangi Carroll or hinamongo creep .If you think you can do this without consequences them you are wrong ?

I live in the real world hinamongo coward !!!
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January 11, 2008 7:55pm
Steve

PaulL,
I just realised that I can”t speel.
Adult manner is correct???
You new that, so did everyone else, why act like a moron?
The glass is always half emty huh?
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January 11, 2008 7:56pm
Steve

For fucks sake “empty”. The glass is always half empty
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January 11, 2008 7:59pm
hinamanu

Nothing you’re saying is true.

and I was not created to harrass you

But you win, after this Irealise what you are.

From this moment on I am retiring from this site.
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January 11, 2008 8:05pm
dad4justice

Good riddance .
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January 11, 2008 8:06pm
Steve

Bet you don’t retire hinamanu, from this moment?
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January 11, 2008 8:13pm
dad4justice

My lady friend’s mother is being looked after by caregivers who have walked off the job cause they only get $ 12 an hour – another protest by under paid workers , and she is 84 and my friend must look after her while I house sit for her .

What has New Zealand become ? Do we feel proud ? How long must pathetic politicians feed us shit ?
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January 11, 2008 8:15pm
dad4justice

This Labour Government are a disgrace and a sham but kiwi’s go bah , bah , bah and the sheep farmer can only get $15 a lamb. National are no better .

What a country of retards .
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January 11, 2008 8:20pm
PaulL

Nah Steve, just making a small joke on a light news day. Not much else happening on this blog unless you like watching Hinamu and d4j duke it out. Didn’t mean to cause any offense. I thought it was kind of funny really, the way the words came together to mean something entirely different.
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January 11, 2008 8:30pm
dad4justice

PaulL my cousin clever trevor has a mob of nice hoggets and lambs and he is real pissed off about the fact they worth nothing, and he wants too know if he can deliver them to your place through the windows ?
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January 11, 2008 8:35pm
dad4justice

And my other cousin fisherman Bruce O’ Malley, wants know if the Ministry of Agriculture bastards on $150K a year would like their fishings boats in their lounges ?
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January 11, 2008 8:40pm
Steve

PaulL,
No offense taken, I got 29% in english back in 1967.
Hinamanu and D4J have a power trip problem. It’s like a chat room, each insulting whilst hiding behind a fictitious name … childish adults
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January 11, 2008 8:40pm
dad4justice

Steve and PaulL’
Serious now , one question please . Are you proud of New Zealand at present ?
Simple question or is it ?
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January 11, 2008 8:43pm
Steve

D4J,
I am proud of where I am in life. I am not proud of the current direction NZ is heading. I have all I need, all I want, I just don’t want it destroyed for my future generation.
Is it too much to ask? work hard and get it all taken away when I pass?
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January 11, 2008 8:52pm
vto

hina and manu, don’t go!

don’t let d4j get to you
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January 11, 2008 8:56pm
dad4justice

“I am not proud of the current direction NZ is heading.’

Thank you Steve for your honesty ? Now any other takers ? PaulL perhaps ?
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January 11, 2008 8:56pm
Peak Oil Conspiracy

Dad4Justice:

There are so many Pauls on Kiwiblog it’s hard to keep up. Is it PaulL or PaulW who’s currently living la vida loca in Vancouver, and returning to New Zealand later this year?

More seriously, D4J, can I respectfully suggest you tone down your rhetoric? “If I find out your true identity I will exact revenge and gladly do prison time . Are we very clear on that hinamanu ?” isn’t one of your finest moments.
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January 11, 2008 9:01pm
dad4justice

peak oil,

look mate rangi carroll or hinamanu has made serious false allegations about me in the past and I DON’T want to go there again . Look POC I got people saying I am you and John . Hinamanu with his traditional ,, disgraced my departed mother with a comment made regarding a post about the death of Ann Coulters dad last night . I am not like sonic and I don’t use kiwiblog to promote my blog . And, I got Mason sending me pinko photos and links .

who said blogging was fun needs a lobotomy !!
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January 11, 2008 9:08pm
Steve

D4J,
Married and divorced, defacto partner of some 25 years, 2 kids and 3 grandkids from the marriage.
Same job for 35 years.
Yeah I have been through the mill and it costs heaps. I do remember a second mortgage at 22%.
But I now own my house and cars and boats. I owe nothing and never ever collected any benefit other than one ACC claim for a minor accident.
There are some who believe the taxpayer owes them a living, I am not welfare dependant.
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January 11, 2008 9:14pm
pdm

Well said POC – I sometimes wonder why I bother to catch up with some of the drivel and nastiness as per above. While I have spent my share of time in public bars there are times when the gratuitous foul language is off putting as well.

Being an optimist I always think the next contributor may be more interesting – usually I am disappointed.

Steve 29% in SC English sounds disappointing in 1962 when I sat you needed 30% for a pass and total marks of 200 for four subjects to pass. Did you have to re sit – no stigma in that in my day apart from disappointed parents if it happened.
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January 11, 2008 9:17pm
dad4justice

Steve ;Meatworker for 30 seasons then I become a client of the de family court.
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January 11, 2008 9:18pm
Steve

Correction “We own our own house and cars and boats”*
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January 11, 2008 9:21pm
Steve

pdm,
Back then I didn’t give a shit about poetry and speeling.
Maths, Science and Engineering put me on the path
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January 11, 2008 9:27pm
Peak Oil Conspiracy

Dad4Justice:

look mate rangi carroll or hinamanu has made serious false allegations about me in the past and I DON’T want to go there again

Yes, I agree there was a lot of shit-slinging last year, some quite over-the-top. But we’re not even midway through January – surely you can make a clean break from 2007 and give 2008 a chance?

Look mate, it’s DPF’s blog, and I think he moderates comments evenhandedly, but I’m sure he’d like more focused discussion on issues – not personalities. Like PDM, I’m slightly weary of trawling through flame-war dross, on seemingly every thread, for rare nuggets of insightful comment. As far as I can see, others are just taking the piss and winding you up – just don’t give them time of day.

By the way, DPF has confirmed you are not John (and just the other day I pointed Stan/RebelHeart/JesusCrux to DPF’s confirmatory comment – when he asked).
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January 11, 2008 9:31pm
dad4justice

Look Peak Oil I respect the owner of this blog, whom I have had the pleasure of meeting with in Wellington . If I didn’t get attacked all the time then I wouldn’t react with extraordinarily measures . I don’t like having to put David F on the spot . Do you really think I enjoy the attacks ? Go back to November 2006 and you’ll get my drift .Since day one mate . I like this blog but I won’t take crap from anybody . Look POC maybe I should just say bugger it all and leave as quite frankly I don’t need the drama and stress mate .
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January 11, 2008 9:39pm
Pascal

d4j: Look POC I got people saying I am you and John . Hinamanu with his traditional

This is the Internet. It’s filled with creeps. And they can be anonymous. If you’re going to let every single one of them get to you, you’ll have a heart attack. That’s not good. Just ignore them, man.

You make good points from time to time when you’re not being wound up. Ignore them and keep on making the points.
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January 11, 2008 9:42pm
vto

do you get in strife like this in real life d4j?

if no, then i guess you could rightly complain. if yes, then …
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January 11, 2008 9:43pm
PaulL

I got 47% in UE English. Only subject I failed. Not because I can’t spell mind, but largely because I didn’t like analysing what Shakespeare was thought to have been thinking about lesbianism. Or whatever the trendy insight was at the time.

No, not gay (unlike what RedBaiter might think on another thread), and not in Vancouver, but currently in Canberra. Not particularly proud of where NZ is. Kevin Rudd in Australia is well to the right (however you might define that term) of Helen, and potentially of John as well. NZ politics needs to move back to the centre, but that takes a few years. Arguably Australian politics needs the same – plenty of things that Howard made a hash of that Kevin might fix.

I continue to be surprised at the way NZ has moved from a can-do country with a reputation for number eight wire, she’ll be right mate, into a country that is closer to the US dream of litigation and somebody else’s fault for everything.

No idea why our government likes to spend its time regulating things that were hurting nobody in place of doing something useful about real problems that we have. Where was the evidence that unpasteurized orange juice caused anybody any problems? I used to love the fact that you could get high quality fresh squeezed juice all over Wellington. Now you mostly get either the ground up stuff (cheaper to buy a blender type machine than a juicer), or the preserved stuff. Real squeezed orange juice is a simple pleasure, and I didn’t need some bunny in the MOH to decide that it might one day be a problem for someone despite it never having been so in the past.

And my partner (female and who loves cooking before RedBaiter comes over here and asks his question again) would dearly love to have D4J’s hoggets and lambs through our front window. She had one on the bench a few weeks back for butchering, first time we’ve had proper lamb fillets in Australia – the bastards apparently put the things into the stir fry because they are too small to be worth selling – and sell backstraps as fillets instead. At least that’s what they claim, I suspect they actually sell them to restaurants or overseas. We had to get home kill from a friend (sure, an Australian, but a friend nonetheless) in order to get decent lamb.

And then we can go onto kangaroo, since we’re talking cooking. I have another friend (American this time) who is determine to smoke a whole kangaroo before he goes back home. We’re trying to get the Aussie friend with the farm to let us go shoot one (my partner does the shooting – not much good with a rifle myself), and see if we can rent a decent size smoker to see how it comes out.

So, some more meaningless drivel to fill up the general debate thread.

I too am saddened by Hilary’s death (my partner knows his son, although it’s been a few years), but he had a very good innings. No reason to mourn his passing – shit if I achieved a quarter of what he did I’d die happy. Other than that, DPF needs to post something new for us all to have a go at. Been very slim pickings today.
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January 11, 2008 9:43pm
dad4justice

Thank you pascal . I do not mean to offend , however I will not be attacked as a person who cannot contribute to a better New Zealand in the future .

I love this country and we all deserve better from government . Honesty , integrity, kindness and justice . Dreams are free or are they…? Quick before Caustic Kullen finds a way to tax them as well !!
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January 11, 2008 9:47pm
Peak Oil Conspiracy

Dad4Justice:

Look POC maybe I should just say bugger it all and leave as quite frankly I don’t need the drama and stress mate .

Mate, all of us comment here at DPF’s pleasure. If that turns into displeasure, then we get sent packing – the list of banished commentators include “Sam Dixon”, “Robert Owen” and “Robinsod”. Ban aside, you’ve got just as much right to comment here as anyone else, and so far DPF hasn’t told you otherwise.

Speaking for myself, I don’t come here to sit in an echo-chamber of right-wing philosophy. I come here to (hopefully) inform, and be informed, in the spirit of intelligent debate. Entertained even (but not by pointless flame-wars).

D4J, I agree with Pascal that you’ve got much to offer (particularly personal experiences), but often let yourself down. All I’m saying (and others too) is stick to the issues and don’t let yourself get wound-up so easily.
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January 11, 2008 10:14pm
Andrew W

I’ve defended D4J in the past, but after another attack from the cretin on another thread I wish he would keep his repeated promises to fuck off.
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January 12, 2008 12:06am
dad4justice

Oh Andy Pandy didims that hurt me so much I am rolling on the floor with laughter , and as far as you having defended me in the past I say codswapple .

What lawyer were you again ?
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January 12, 2008 6:52am
Andrew W

I would have loved to have had the opportunity to defend you in court D4J, but I was talking about on kiwiblog.
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January 12, 2008 7:40am
dad4justice

Andrew I wouldn’t let you defend me in court as the stench of your urine soaked nappies would make judge dread rather irate .

Look randy Andy pandy – take a chill pill and go bonk your blow up doll 🙂
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January 12, 2008 7:46am
Andrew W

“Look randy Andy pandy – take a chill pill and go bonk your blow up doll”

While you were slagging me last nite I took 2 lovely ladies to see ‘I Am Legend’ no blow up dolls around here.

What’s all this about nappies D4J, incontinence another one of your problems? I hear it’s common amongst people with your condition.
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January 12, 2008 7:58am
WebWrat

From Gooner over at No Minister:

http://nominister.blogspot.com/2008/01/scientists-break-rank-over-climate.html

Leads to this:
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=f80a6386-802a-23ad-40c8-3c63dc2d02cb

And this:
http://www.climatescience.org.nz/

Funny how the LameStreamMedia never show us the other side of the GAF (Glabal Alarm Fest) argument.
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January 12, 2008 10:47am
Tauhei Notts

Who will get castigated in the Tax Department’s Head Office for using David Farrar’s Blog as an advertising medium?

Actually, to be frank, it was a rather good choice of medium, because young people on this blog will be more likely to escape Helengrad.
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