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Falafulu Fisi

An interesting story about a producer of an 80s hit song, which I have lifted it from here.

Songfacts:

This was written by Rupert Holmes, who is known for his hit “Escape (The Pina Colada Song),” but has also written many other songs and had tremendous success writing plays, including The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, which won 5 Tony awards. He has also written a novel called Where The Truth Lies.

Holmes: “I was busy on Broadway with The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, that just won all the Tony awards. My manager knew a fellow who had this act, this family group from the isle of Tonga. I said, ‘Is there really an isle of Tonga? I thought that was a made up thing from King Kong movies.’ He said ‘There really is a place called Tonga, and they’re from there. They do this sweet act, they sing and do Hawaiian fire dances, things like that, and they’re really nice kids.’ I said, ‘Kids? How Old?’ He said, ‘Oh, 14, 15, 16.’ He said, ‘You’ve been Mr. Theater for the last year, would you do me a favor and write them a song? They’ve got some good dance stuff, but they need a ballad, a love song.’ I said, ‘Who’s going to sing it?’ and he said, ‘The one with the nicest voice is the girl singer, she’s 14.’ I thought writing a love song for a 14-year-old girl would be tough because some of my lyrics used to be about some pretty strange characters. I thought it would be a challenge to see if I can write a love song that sounds appropriate sung by a 14-year-old girl. This was before we had all the Britneys, Mandy Moores, and all these teen stars. I purposely tried to write a very clear, simple, unaffected lyric that would have a little lilt to it, that would be a positive song for a young girl getting over her first heartbreak. Letting her know that this boy she just lost, or who didn’t treat her appreciatively, was not going to be the only boy she’d ever have as a boyfriend. I also wrote it thinking of my daughter who was at that time 10 years old. I thought maybe it would be a song she would enjoy and be fun to hear with her friends and say ‘My father wrote that.'”

The Jets first single was “Crush On You,” which hit #3 in the US. This was released as their second single.

Britney Spears recorded this in 1998. It was released as part of her CD single “Baby One More Time.” This gives Rupert Holmes the distinction of writing songs that have been recorded by Barbra Streisand and Britney Spears. As Rupert points out, that’s a lot of B.S.

This went to #3 on the Pop chart, #2 on the R&B chart and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Holmes: “The sad part of the story is that I don’t remember anything about it being a hit because before the record came out, my 10 year old daughter died. It was very painful for me because when it was a hit record, I realized she would have loved to have gone to see the group sing the song and gone backstage, and that never happened. I don’t really recall anything that happened around the time it was a hit because it took me about 2 years to come out of shock and be able do things like work. I did things that I had to do, like supervise the London production of The Mystery Of Edwin Drood and things that I knew how to do almost on autopilot. They asked me to write more songs for them, and I wrote a couple later on, but it was just really hard. It was wonderful to have a hit, but it was at a terrible time in my life. It was heartbreak for me because it’s the song that my daughter never got to hear as a hit record. I think she would have really liked it because she could have heard herself in the song. Maybe there were other 10 year old girls that heard it and liked it.” (Thanks to Rupert Holmes for speaking with us about this song. To learn more about Rupert, check out http://www.rupertholmes.com.)

The Youtube music video is here: You Got It All

I am going to see the re-union concert of this group next week. They can still dance but not as good as they were young.
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April 1, 2010 8:08am
Inventory2

Apparently Andrew Williams thought the Hide/Hitler picture was funny. The man is an absolute disgrace

http://keepingstock.blogspot.com/2010/04/he-thought-it-was-funny.html
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April 1, 2010 8:28am
Murray

Yeah well Andy Williams – as we are all aware by now – isn’t really a particularly bight individual.

The people of the North Shore clearly deserve him if they are stupid enough to elect him.
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April 1, 2010 8:47am
Falafulu Fisi

Oops, the correct link for You Got It All video on youtube.
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April 1, 2010 8:50am
Murray

Anyone else concerned that one of his friends on facebook is our race relations conciliator?

Little concerned about the company you’re keeping Boris.
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April 1, 2010 8:50am
Inventory2

Birds of a feather Murray, and all that …
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April 1, 2010 8:58am
Ryan Sproull

Yeah well Andy Williams – as we are all aware by now – isn’t really a particularly bight individual.

Brian, you see that? Sproull’s Law strikes again!
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April 1, 2010 9:01am
Doug

I feel sorry for the people of the North Shore their Mayor thought comparing Rodney to Hitler was funny.

“It was a joke emailed to me the other day as a new logo for Auckland Super City,” said the Mayor, who is doggedly trying to force the Government to triple its contribution to the national leaky homes repair bill. “It’s funny. I thought a few of my friends would want to see it, so I put it on.
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April 1, 2010 9:03am
Ryan Sproull

Yes, someone needs to explain to Andrew Williams why political correctness is another term for having respect for people.
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April 1, 2010 9:11am
Murray

You have your very own law, how cute.

I’m deadly serious, Williams simply is not very smart. A smart politican doesn’t share Nazi imagry in a public medium.

Or are you saying that Williams is a covert freaken genius?
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April 1, 2010 9:14am
Ryan Sproull

You have your very own law, how cute.

It’s really more of a syndrome.

I’m deadly serious, Williams simply is not very smart. A smart politican doesn’t share Nazi imagry in a public medium.

Or are you saying that Williams is a covert freaken genius?

Oh, I was just commenting on the typo. Brian’s the only person who particularly cares, and even that’s probably just his relief that I post a comment about something other than religion occasionally.

I’ve never met Williams. But if I was a politician, I would not post politically incorrect humour in a public space, unless I was hoping to land a job on talkback radio after my term in office ended.
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April 1, 2010 9:18am
Murray

You don’t need to meet someone to get an idea of their mental capacity Ryan.

Williams is an outright buffoon.
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April 1, 2010 9:27am
bearhunter

How odd. The Stranded is down for “maintenance” apparently, but I notice Red Alert is also down. Separated at birth?
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April 1, 2010 9:28am
dime

hehe

WASHINGTON (AP) – Reversing a ban on oil drilling off most U.S. shores, President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced an expansive new policy that could put oil and natural gas platforms in waters along the southern Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and part of Alaska.

Speaking at Andrews air base outside Washington, Obama said, “This is not a decision that I’ve made lightly.” He addressed the expected outcry from disappointed environmentalists by saying he had studied the issue for more than a year and concluded it was the right call given the nation’s voracious thirst for energy and the need to produce jobs and keep American businesses competitive.

“We’re announcing the expansion of offshore oil and gas exploration but in ways that balance the need to harness domestic energy resources and the need to protect America’s natural resources,” Obama said, according to his prepared remarks released in advance by the White House. “This announcement is part of a broader strategy that will move us from an economy that runs on fossil fuels and foreign oil to one that relies more on homegrown fuels and clean energy. And the only way this transition will succeed is if it strengthens our economy in the short term and long term.”

He added: “To fail to recognize this reality would be a mistake.”
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April 1, 2010 9:41am
Murray

Staff meeting bear.
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April 1, 2010 9:42am
Rachael Rich

“Separated at birth?”

No, just sharing the same server – and all paid for by you and me!
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April 1, 2010 9:43am
Adolf Fiinkensein

bh, they are giving each other blood transfusions. Yours and mine.
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April 1, 2010 9:46am
RRM

http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/national/3537255/
Judith “gonna crush cars yo” Collins was on Radio Pravda trying to deflect this this morning.

[Paraphrasing Judith Collins]: “Yes crime’s up, but we have a violent society. It’s mainly because of inter-generational welfare dependency.”

I can’t believe it. Why acknowledge a problem and promise to have a rethink, when you can just pin it on welfareism, like National does with everything else?

Clearly Judith Collins thinks we are all basically just Pavlov’s dogs, and the merest mention of beneficiaries will be enough to get us all slathering, and let her off the hook.

Judith Collins, you talk a lot of big talk, but then you fail. STFU and GTFO.
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April 1, 2010 9:47am
Ryan Sproull

RRM,

If you consider “welfare dependency” to be a euphemism for poverty, is Collins really so incorrect?
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April 1, 2010 9:55am
DRHILL

Dear God I hate April 1st!.
Not only do we have lame April Fools Day Jokes, because of the time difference we get them for 2 days!!! (both Nationally and Internationally)
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April 1, 2010 9:56am
voice of reason

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3538610/MPs-children-could-benefit-from-travel-perk

Speaker Lockwood Smith is considering changes that would allow MPs’ children to use a travel perk to go on holiday with their parents.

Surely this is also an April 1st joke
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April 1, 2010 9:58am
niggly

Dime @ 9.41am, that is rather interesting.

Meanwhile in the Solomon Islands, now that the country is alot more stable, they wish to re-open a goldmine and there is another new major goldmine on the cards (with a 50/50 profit sharing agreement with the locals).

Meanwhile in NZ …. hysterical politiking on mining issues etc is becoming the norm …
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April 1, 2010 10:02am
philu

(this is written about america..but it is most definitely relevant to where new zealand is/is going..)

“..So, even though we currently find ourselves “basking in our faded glory,” Kao believes “America has the potential to become the first [Innovation Nation], a blend of enlightened self-interest and outward-reaching altruism.”

But first we have to embrace that sense that great things are still possible and that our best days still lie ahead.

That mindset is a prerequisite for innovation and getting things done.

Without it, the seeds of innovation wither in a soil that is an arid mix of negativism and defeatism.

With it, America can put a commitment to innovation front and center, the way countries as diverse as China, Australia, Finland, Singapore, Canada, and India are doing.

This commitment has to come from both the top down and the bottom up.

There are so many amazing things happening at the local level ..

.. with citizens and not-for-profits making an unprecedented commitment to the idea of giving back.

And we need to do all we can to encourage these initiatives because government alone can never fully address all our social needs.

David Brooks makes a very compelling case for this approach in his column on our “broken society.”

Brooks focuses on the “communitarian” approach being advocated by conservative British writer Phillip Blond, author of the upcoming book Red Tory.

Brooks details how revolutions on both the left and the right have led to “an atomized, segmented society” —

– one that needs to be replaced by a society “oriented around relationships and associations.”

Blond’s communitarian approach meshes with Kao’s emphasis on altruism and innovation ..

.. that is not solely informed by a desire to invent something that will make you rich ..

.. but to invent something that will enhance the overall good of society.

Kao points out that innovation, despite a widely held perception, is not only about science and high tech creations.

He cites the rise of micro-lending as a powerful example of a social innovation that works at the grassroots level.

A great illustration of this is the work being done by Vittana, a micro-lending site for higher education.

The process is incredibly simple: you find and select a student in need; you make a loan for his or her education (you can commit as little as $25); ..

.. then, after the student graduates, your loan is repaid.

It’s a shining example of how innovative non-profits can lead the way —

– especially now that so many governments are struggling .. and cannot be depended on to meet every need.

At the same time, the problems our society — and, indeed, much of the world — is facing are too monumental to be solved solely by the for-profit and the not-for-profit private sectors.

We still need, in some ways more than ever, the raw power that only big government initiatives — and big government appropriations — can deliver.

In my previous post, I outlined three big innovation ideas (increasing broadband access, spurring green jobs ..

.. loosening immigration policies that restrict the entry of talented foreigners) .. our government should focus on.

President Obama clearly understands the importance of an innovation agenda.

In announcing the kick off of his Educate to Innovate campaign — a nationwide effort to move American students back to the top in science and math education —

– he made the point that “this nation wasn’t built on greed.

It wasn’t built on reckless risk.

It wasn’t built on short-term gains and shortsighted policies.

It was forged on stronger stuff .. by bold men and women who dared invent something new or improve something old —

– who took big chances on big ideas ..

..who believed that in America all things are possible..”

(i think we could do with a dose of that down here..eh..?..that big-picture-innovation..)

http://whoar.co.nz/2010/the-imperative-need-to-become-an-innovation-nation/

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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April 1, 2010 10:06am
RRM

I don’t know what to think about that Ryan, the people making the big calls seem to be able to show a connection that is as clear as night and day, or show that they have nothing at all to do with one another, depending on what suits their programme.

But in any case, I don’t want to hear the minister responsible deflecting and saying “It’s not my fault – poor people are doing it, the previous government is doubtless responsible in some way, this wouldn’t be happening if it wasn’t for the beneficiaries, our society is terribly, terribly violent and it’s to be expected…” etc.

I want something like “Yes I am very concerned by these figures. My staff and I are going to give them our immediate attention and decide what we need to do to redress this.”

Deflecting criticism is for five-year-olds. I expect Ministers of the crown to put a plan of action in place, and then make it happen. Go Jude, use all those amazing qualities of yours that you no doubt campaigned on, to make stuff happen. Or GTFO.
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April 1, 2010 10:07am
Inventory2

Ah, that’s it. Andrew Williams’s line that “Hide is Hitler” was a joke was his little April Fools’ Day wheeze….

Oh, you mean he WASN’T joking?
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April 1, 2010 10:09am
Ryan Sproull

RRM,

She’s the Police Minister saying there’s a non-police-related cause of crime. What do you expect her and her staff to do about it? Drop her portfolio and get a job in the Ministry for Social Development?
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April 1, 2010 10:14am
Michaels

# Murray (4881) Says:
April 1st, 2010 at 8:47 am

Yeah well Andy Williams – as we are all aware by now – isn’t really a particularly bight individual.

The people of the North Shore clearly deserve him if they are stupid enough to elect him.

He was elected soley because of his opposition to the airport, something that I believe most “Aucklanders” wanted.
It would have made a huge difference for travellers without the noise etc crap that so many said.
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April 1, 2010 10:15am
RRM

Like I said…. show some interest in sorting it out (whatever “it” is.) Not just wash her hands of an unfavourable report card.
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April 1, 2010 10:15am
Lazybum

Michaels – I agree re Williams. I voted for him based on the Airport issue, even though I knew he was a Richard Cranium. However, I was on the flight path and noise & pollution would have been issues. Especially as most flights would have been over the Shore not Waitakere. Wood was an arogant prick on this issue & it cost him dearly. I know his wife & she said they needed his salary to pay off their hefty mortgage.

We are happy that the Airforce base will stay though.
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April 1, 2010 10:41am
Lazybum

Has someone nicked The Standards www?
Get ACTiveCRM website on http://www.thestandard.org.nz/
Wonder if a 1 April joke?
Contact details are:

t: +64 9 366 1992
m: 021 222 6308
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April 1, 2010 10:48am
Michaels

Lazyarse…… A friend of mine lives in Sth Ak, she is directly below the flight path in Manurewa. When you first visit her place, you think, holy fuck, that plane is going to take off the roof. However, after this happens a dozen times over a few hours and a few wines later, it doesn’t bother you in the slightest. The airport also regulary change their flight path of incoming and outgoing planes, so you can go a week without them coming over.
Surely to goodness the flight plan for Whenuapai would have been far less disruptive there than to the masses in Sth Ak.
Or do the residents of Sth Ak not matter?? Obviously they didn’t when the airport was moved there in the first place.
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April 1, 2010 10:56am
Michaels

Anyway, I guess the whole arguement is irrelivent now.
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April 1, 2010 10:56am
Fletch

What happened to the ability to edit comments?
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April 1, 2010 11:02am
Brian Smaller

Yeah well Andy Williams – as we are all aware by now – isn’t really a particularly bight individual.

Brian, you see that? Sproull’s Law strikes again!

Yes – I noticed.
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April 1, 2010 11:16am
Kris K

Just a heads-up to all you fellow Kiwibloggers:

As of midnight I have switched to a new ISP. It’s fairly new and only came on line just recently – it’s called rapturo.co.nz – and for those of you interested I suggest you check it out. It has very competitive rates and unlimited downloads for broadband users on their gold plan.

I also, coincidentally, have just moved from my physical address in Wellington. My new residence is located in ‘The Sides of the North’ – a newly developed suburb north of Wellington. Brochures detailing this new suburb can be obtained from Northside Borough Council – ask for brochures PS/48-2 and IS/14-13. You are also able to download these documents as PDF files at northsidebc.co.nz – just go to their information page.

Otherwise my contributions here will likely continue relatively unchanged. But please note that due to a weird phenomena, which places Northside Borough in a different timezone to the rest of the country, that my responses to comments may be seriously delayed, or perhaps even anticipatory. I ask for your patience in this regard.

Best wishes & remember the true meaning of Easter,
Kris K
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April 1, 2010 11:39am
philu

“..In February, first lady Michelle Obama introduced an initiative called Let’s Move! .. to do something about the situation.

She even laid it on the line when she spoke to the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association last week..

.. “We need you … to entirely rethink the products that you’re offering ..

.. the information that you provide about these products ..

.. and how you market those products to our children.”

The Grocery Manufacturer’s Association says it’s on its way to compliance..”

(you go..!..super-michelle..!..eh..?

now..who will do that here..?..eh..?..

who here will tell these bastards..who peddle unhealthy muck disguised as ‘food’..

..that the game is over..?

..we know our rulers wont..eh..?..

‘minister of health’..eh..?..

..that’s a kinda sick joke really..eh..?

and yes..labour are/were as inept in the execution of this basic responsibility..

..as the current bunch of clowns are..

..a pox on both their houses really..eh..?..)

http://whoar.co.nz/2010/michelle-obama-gives-a-wake-up-callwarning-to-the-food-manufacturing-industriesthe-grocery-manufacturers-association-says-its-on-its-way-to-compliance/

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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April 1, 2010 11:44am
Kris K

Ryan Sproull 9:01 am,

Yeah well Andy Williams – as we are all aware by now – isn’t really a particularly bight individual.

Brian, you see that? Sproull’s Law strikes again!

I always thouhgt that it was actaully ”Sprout’s Law”, but no duobt Rian and Bryan are bighter than I is, and so, no duobt, thay is write.
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April 1, 2010 11:52am
jag

I just tried to visit The Standard (for what reason – I don’t know!)

Anyway – I was greeted by the best message I have ever seen on that site:

“(202.36.181.18) The site is offline”

Finally. Fantastic.
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April 1, 2010 12:53pm
Le Grande Fromage

That lady Lynn Prentice is the self proclaimed king of the IT gurus yet cant keep a crappy website alive.
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April 1, 2010 1:12pm
Short Shriveled and Slightly to the Left

From Stuff.co.nz on the Rodney/Hitler pic………
….
“Prominent blogger Cameron Slater said on his Whale Oil site: “Portraying someone as a mass-murdering dictator responsible for the deaths of millions is disgusting. To display that person on top of the most hated flag in the world is just filthy.” ”

the Mayor’s a douche but moral guidance from Whaleoil? you’ve got to be kidding
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April 1, 2010 1:29pm
philu

being the autuer of those clark/nazi cut and paste jobs..

..was slater able to keep a straight face..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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April 1, 2010 1:34pm
graham

Hmmm … The Standard isn’t having much luck. Last night, I got some CRM website, this morning at around 7:30 it was “down for 30 minutes”, now it’s completely borked.

Oh and my excuse is, I have dangerously low blood pressure and need something to raise it 🙂
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April 1, 2010 1:56pm
Banana Llama

I also live under the glide path for Whenuapai and would not have voted for anyone that wanted to turn Whenuapai into a commercial Airport, not that i want it turned into housing either what is really needed is more funding for the airforce.
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April 1, 2010 2:04pm
david@tokyo

McCully and Palmer on the whaling issue:

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1004/S00003.htm

Palmer: “the raw facts are what matters – and the raw facts are how many whales are being killed and by whom, and how many whales will be killed in the future and by whom.”

And, “McCully said he could understand the symbolism of opposing all commercial whaling”

These two men get it. I’m impressed.

Anyway… sustainable whaling managed by the IWC wouldn’t effect many (if any) New Zealanders. Either way, who cares? As such, if push comes to shove I expect maintaining opposition to all whaling (a relatively new part of New Zealanders’ cultural identity) will be the predominant view.

The question then is what the government will do. It seems that the National government sees taking it’s responsibility at the IWC more seriously than Chris Carter does. But then is it worth the possible expenditure of political capital on this issue? I tend to suspect that the National led government too will ultimately determine that it is politically easier to just stick to the anti-whaling policy (and become irrelevant to international whaling affairs), than it would be to do the responsible thing by the International Whaling Commission at political cost domestically.

The end of the IWC as we know it may suit both sides well enough. The anti-whaling nations would get to continue to be anti-whaling (important to guys like Chris Carter), and complain about it each year. Meanwhile the whaling nations would get to organize their whaling activities in another forum without the interference of anti-whaling nations that they have been struggling with for the past 2 decades. Who doesn’t get what they really want?
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April 1, 2010 3:02pm
Fletch

The judge in the original case against Fr Murphy sets the record straight about the sloppy reporting by NY Times and AP of quotes that were attributed to himself (but weren’t by him) and which were never fact-checked (he was never contacted)..
He also gives the backstory re: Fr Murphy.

To set the record straight with regards to the efforts made by the church to heal the wounds caused by clergy sexual misconduct. The Catholic Church is probably the safest place for children at this point in history

With regard to the inaccurate reporting on behalf of the New York Times, the Associated Press, and those that utilized these resources, first of all, I was never contacted by any of these news agencies but they felt free to quote me. Almost all of my quotes are from a document that can be found online with the correspondence between the Holy See and the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. In an October 31, 1997 handwritten document, I am quoted as saying ‘odds are that this situation may very well be the most horrendous, number wise, and especially because these are physically challenged , vulnerable people. “ Also quoted is this: “Children were approached within the confessional where the question of circumcision began the solicitation.”

The problem with these statements attributed to me is that they were handwritten. The documents were not written by me and do not resemble my handwriting. The syntax is similar to what I might have said but I have no idea who wrote these statements, yet I am credited as stating them. As a college freshman at the Marquette University School of Journalism, we were told to check, recheck, and triple check our quotes if necessary. I was never contacted by anyone on this document, written by an unknown source to me. Discerning truth takes time and it is apparent that the New York Times, the Associated Press and others did not take the time to get the facts correct.

Additionally, in the documentation in a letter from Archbishop Weakland to then-secretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone on August 19, 1998, Archbishop Weakland stated that he had instructed me to abate the proceedings against Father Murphy. Father Murphy, however, died two days later and the fact is that on the day that Father Murphy died, he was still the defendant in a church criminal trial. No one seems to be aware of this. Had I been asked to abate this trial, I most certainly would have insisted that an appeal be made to the supreme court of the church, or Pope John Paul II if necessary. That process would have taken months if not longer.

Second, with regard to the role of then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI), in this matter, I have no reason to believe that he was involved at all. Placing this matter at his doorstep is a huge leap of logic and information.

MORE
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April 1, 2010 3:16pm
RRM

I THINK MY ARGUMENT IS SO POWERFUL THAT IT’S NOT NECESSARY TO TALK ABOUT IT

Here’s everything you need to view about ACT on Campus leader Rick Giles, in one handy location…

Strike 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B9MqNzQuuk

Strike 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkF7oKKJtsw&feature=related

Strike 3:
http://www.3news.co.nz/Rick-Giles-unjammed-reply—and-Phil-Goffs-response/tabid/572/articleID/149072/Default.aspx

Facebook “fan” club:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-think-my-argument-is-so-powerful-that-its-not-necessary-to-talk-about-it/110023352357827?ref=nf&v=wall#!/pages/I-think-my-argument-is-so-powerful-that-its-not-necessary-to-talk-about-it/110023352357827?v=wall&ref=nf

Downfall’d:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TawyKDWMbh4&feature=related

What a disaster 😀
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April 1, 2010 3:19pm
Captain Neurotic

Riles Giles is an absolute fuckwit and does not/should not represent Act supporters
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April 1, 2010 4:32pm
grumpyoldhori

Are the tea baggers a terrorist organisation ?
Some idiot GOP supporter put out the names of democrat politicians out on the radio, typical GOP type got the address wrong.
Luckily the owner of the house heard the address being read out and shot home to find some terrorist had cut the propane line to a barbecue in a covered porch.
It is amusing to read some teabaggers arguing that propane/air mixture is not an explosive.
Maybe they should pump the basements full of the mixture into teabaggers homes to see the result.
If some sod cuts a propane line knowing propane is heavier than air and will form a fuel/air explosive that person is a terrorist.
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April 1, 2010 4:35pm
philu

i know someone has already commented on this..

the act-on-campus-person making a total dick of himself..live on telly..

but it bears repeating/emphasising..

brilliant television..!

http://whoar.co.nz/2010/i-think-my-argument-is-so-powerfulthat-its-not-necessary-to-talk-about-it/

this is tooth-achingly funny..!

the president of act on (auckland) campus..rick someone-or-other..makes a total dick of himself..on the sunrise breakfast telly-show..

the above headline is just one of the pearls he drops..

seriously..!..this is must-watch television..!

the host..driver..at times is left gape-mouthed at the (cheery!) drivel that passes for thought..from this individual..

..and as an example of the cream of act-thinking/thought/basic-rationality..

..it couldn’t be more ‘brilliant!’..eh..?

..and it screams out for a soundtrack/re-mix..

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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April 1, 2010 5:08pm
dad4justice

After the lastest crime stats is any blogger proud to say they are a kiwi?
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April 1, 2010 5:52pm
Banana Llama

I don’t know Grumpy are Democrats Facists because a couple of them beat the crap out of a black man handing out leaflets criticizing Obama?
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April 1, 2010 6:46pm
expat

FFS.

Another “finance” company goes bust and the NZH reports who the receivers are but not the directors of the failed finance company.

Whats wrong with this picture.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10635863
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April 1, 2010 7:12pm
Jack5

Fucking Hell, beat this brand:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,686305,00.html
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April 1, 2010 9:03pm
Hurf Durf

First I heard of that, SillyOldTwat. You sure it ain’t fake, like most “right-wing”(in actuality: unhinged leftist) violence?
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April 1, 2010 9:18pm
Repton

Hurf Durf: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/03/24/us/AP-US-Cut-Gas-Line-Congressman.html
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April 1, 2010 11:31pm
Hurf Durf

She said investigators didn’t believe the home’s occupants were in danger.

dem teabagorz b turrists
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April 1, 2010 11:53pm
Hurf Durf

A contemptible act obviously, but nowhere near the flying planes into buildings, shooting museum guards in the head and calling Bush a Nazi for eight years then whining about civility crowd.
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April 1, 2010 11:57pm
Luc Hansen

From Kris K:

remember the true meaning of Easter

Yes, indeed Kris, so you like to have a gander at this:

An extract:

Most of what people commonly associate with Easter is pagan in origin; the rest is commercial. Just as American culture secularized Christmas, it’s secularizing Easter.

Credit where credit is due?
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April 2, 2010 12:52am
MikeNZ

It’s a good point LUC
Easter has been thought of as correlating with Passover but that celebration is actually for the Jews who were saved by God in Egypt.
It was common for the Roman Church to take over dates/festivals and sites as a proclamation of victory of the church and Christ?
All religions have done it in the natural since time immemorial.

The reality is that Jesus publicly died on the cross for us all and then was resurrected in full view of 500 people and that is what this period is celebrated for, for without the resurrection there could be no celebration.
http://www.sanawa.com.br/fotos2/a_paixao_de_cristo.jpg

It has become tainted by both other celebrations and commercialisation and the holiday like Christmas per se is a historical hangover from when society was Christian orientated.
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April 2, 2010 9:03am
expat

http://londonist.com/2010/04/preview_oxford_vs_cambridge_goat_ra.php
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April 2, 2010 9:26am
MikeNZ

LUC
Sorry I should have said that many Christians fell this way too.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=127864
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