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		<title>By: phillipjohn</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/10/delusions_of_honesty.html#comment-242696</link>
		<dc:creator>phillipjohn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fair call David. Having said that, there is enough non-scurrilous evidence there to cinvince me that he is not the &quot;honest Don&quot; that some of us here would like to imagine he is. 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fair call David. Having said that, there is enough non-scurrilous evidence there to cinvince me that he is not the &#8220;honest Don&#8221; that some of us here would like to imagine he is.</p>
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		<title>By: David Farrar</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Farrar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Discussions of alleged affairs are off topic.  If you go down that path then we&#039;ll be debating alleged sexuality of MPs and whether that counts as deception.  Stay above the gutter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Discussions of alleged affairs are off topic.  If you go down that path then we&#8217;ll be debating alleged sexuality of MPs and whether that counts as deception.  Stay above the gutter.</p>
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		<title>By: mikeybill</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/10/delusions_of_honesty.html#comment-242694</link>
		<dc:creator>mikeybill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Brash has shown his dishonesty and lack of scruples in cheating on his first wife, and as he has yet to deny it, it would alsoappear cheating on his second. If the woman he stood up in public and pledged himself too can&#039;t trust him, why should I trust him with my vote?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brash has shown his dishonesty and lack of scruples in cheating on his first wife, and as he has yet to deny it, it would alsoappear cheating on his second. If the woman he stood up in public and pledged himself too can&#8217;t trust him, why should I trust him with my vote?</p>
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		<title>By: phillipjohn</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/10/delusions_of_honesty.html#comment-242693</link>
		<dc:creator>phillipjohn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really do think the description nails it. Brash is, I am sure, absolutely convinced she is an honest person and that she sees no correlation between cheating on his spouse he, lying about his meeting with EBs on his campaign, lying about not planning to sell state owned assets etc and National&#039;s nuclear policy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really do think the description nails it. Brash is, I am sure, absolutely convinced she is an honest person and that she sees no correlation between cheating on his spouse he, lying about his meeting with EBs on his campaign, lying about not planning to sell state owned assets etc and National&#8217;s nuclear policy.</p>
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		<title>By: Sinner</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/10/delusions_of_honesty.html#comment-242692</link>
		<dc:creator>Sinner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sonic

once again - how hard is this to understand - 

Neither the Chief electoral officer, solicitor general, or auditor general called National&#039;s spending corrupt, or where they referred to the police, for a corrupt practice, nor was their spending mentioned in the AG&#039;s report in the most damning terms possible for an independent civil servant. 

You may wish this wasn&#039;t the case. I may wish this wasn&#039;t the case.

But - sadly for NZ  - that is the truth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sonic</p>
<p>once again &#8211; how hard is this to understand &#8211; </p>
<p>Neither the Chief electoral officer, solicitor general, or auditor general called National&#8217;s spending corrupt, or where they referred to the police, for a corrupt practice, nor was their spending mentioned in the AG&#8217;s report in the most damning terms possible for an independent civil servant. </p>
<p>You may wish this wasn&#8217;t the case. I may wish this wasn&#8217;t the case.</p>
<p>But &#8211; sadly for NZ  &#8211; that is the truth.</p>
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		<title>By: Peter S</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Murray,

Actually it is Helen that leave the seat up, and Davis that sits.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Murray,</p>
<p>Actually it is Helen that leave the seat up, and Davis that sits.</p>
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		<title>By: sonic</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/10/delusions_of_honesty.html#comment-242690</link>
		<dc:creator>sonic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;the electoral overspend is corrupt

&quot;paying it back&quot; therefore is contributing to corrupt spending&quot;

But not when National does it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;the electoral overspend is corrupt</p>
<p>&#8220;paying it back&#8221; therefore is contributing to corrupt spending&#8221;</p>
<p>But not when National does it.</p>
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		<title>By: Sean Lamb</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sean Lamb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking of delusions of honesty, I dont suppose anyone actually believes Don Brash when he said he was having lunch with poison-pen gossip columnist Bridget Saunders about going to see the film &quot;An Uncomfortable Truth&quot;, do they?

A few days before Bridget Saunders unloaded a bucket related to film of Peter Davis being kissed on the check on election (....get it &quot;An Uncomfortable Truth&quot; ho ho ho ho)

The only delusions Brash had was that this was an acceptable behaviour for the leader of a Party whose top post has previously been graced by such true gentlemen as Jack Marshall, Keith Holyoake and Jim Bolger.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of delusions of honesty, I dont suppose anyone actually believes Don Brash when he said he was having lunch with poison-pen gossip columnist Bridget Saunders about going to see the film &#8220;An Uncomfortable Truth&#8221;, do they?</p>
<p>A few days before Bridget Saunders unloaded a bucket related to film of Peter Davis being kissed on the check on election (&#8230;.get it &#8220;An Uncomfortable Truth&#8221; ho ho ho ho)</p>
<p>The only delusions Brash had was that this was an acceptable behaviour for the leader of a Party whose top post has previously been graced by such true gentlemen as Jack Marshall, Keith Holyoake and Jim Bolger.</p>
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		<title>By: Sinner</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/10/delusions_of_honesty.html#comment-242688</link>
		<dc:creator>Sinner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmm hopefully the journos listening will pick this up

the electoral overspend is corrupt

&quot;paying it back&quot; therefore is contributing to corrupt spending

so anyone who calls the 0900 number or visits the website,
is a labour party member, or a unionist

is simply &lt;b&gt;an accessory after the fact&lt;/b&gt;

to corruption.   Thats&#039; five years inside.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm hopefully the journos listening will pick this up</p>
<p>the electoral overspend is corrupt</p>
<p>&#8220;paying it back&#8221; therefore is contributing to corrupt spending</p>
<p>so anyone who calls the 0900 number or visits the website,<br />
is a labour party member, or a unionist</p>
<p>is simply <b>an accessory after the fact</b></p>
<p>to corruption.   Thats&#8217; five years inside.</p>
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		<title>By: NX</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/10/delusions_of_honesty.html#comment-242687</link>
		<dc:creator>NX</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with Peter that Klark has many other delusions, but I disagree that honesty is one of them.  

Klark is dishonest, she knows that, &amp; many people suspect it.  That&#039;s why she over-reacted about the corruption tag because the truth hurts.  

Klark has got to the top not through brilliance, but by share cunning &amp; cloak&#039;n dagger stuff; from the Mike Moore coup right through to the 2005 election.  David Lange pretty much uncovered this by saying &quot;as long as her paddock had a good sole of grass the firestorm could consume the rest.&quot;
I reckon she&#039;s proud of this &amp; justifies it to herself by thinking it&#039;s what was necessary for a childless woman to get into power.  
Truth &amp; honesty are the most important assets to a politician, so that&#039;s why she&#039;s never going to budge &amp; an inch even when her devious goings-on come to light.  

I also think you can&#039;t compare Klark to Tony Blair, even though she supposes to be one of his mates.  I&#039;d agree to a point that Tony has delusion of honesty, but unlike Klark he&#039;s prepared to go out on a limit for what he believes in.  He is also quite right leaning &amp; often goes against his party.  He also has a good sense of humour &amp; a deprecating wit. 

Klark is a nasty, un-humorous bitch who villainies everyone who doesn&#039;t vote for her.  How often have you heard her refer to nasty right wingers - well that&#039;s half the population of New Zealand.

Klark is deluded, but lying is a practice Klark embarrasses and she knows it.  Just don&#039;t expect her to admit it.. ever.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with Peter that Klark has many other delusions, but I disagree that honesty is one of them.  </p>
<p>Klark is dishonest, she knows that, &#038; many people suspect it.  That&#8217;s why she over-reacted about the corruption tag because the truth hurts.  </p>
<p>Klark has got to the top not through brilliance, but by share cunning &#038; cloak&#8217;n dagger stuff; from the Mike Moore coup right through to the 2005 election.  David Lange pretty much uncovered this by saying &#8220;as long as her paddock had a good sole of grass the firestorm could consume the rest.&#8221;<br />
I reckon she&#8217;s proud of this &#038; justifies it to herself by thinking it&#8217;s what was necessary for a childless woman to get into power.<br />
Truth &#038; honesty are the most important assets to a politician, so that&#8217;s why she&#8217;s never going to budge &#038; an inch even when her devious goings-on come to light.  </p>
<p>I also think you can&#8217;t compare Klark to Tony Blair, even though she supposes to be one of his mates.  I&#8217;d agree to a point that Tony has delusion of honesty, but unlike Klark he&#8217;s prepared to go out on a limit for what he believes in.  He is also quite right leaning &#038; often goes against his party.  He also has a good sense of humour &#038; a deprecating wit. </p>
<p>Klark is a nasty, un-humorous bitch who villainies everyone who doesn&#8217;t vote for her.  How often have you heard her refer to nasty right wingers &#8211; well that&#8217;s half the population of New Zealand.</p>
<p>Klark is deluded, but lying is a practice Klark embarrasses and she knows it.  Just don&#8217;t expect her to admit it.. ever.</p>
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		<title>By: Rumpole</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rumpole</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Simo when will the other 99%be available?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Simo when will the other 99%be available?</p>
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		<title>By: Simo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Simo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anyone seen or heard from Helen Clark?

Missing in action?


Helen (Liar) Clark was on Newstalk ZB this morning talking to Paul Holmes, but sounding like Mike Williams asking for donations through the taxpayer funded 0900 number, can Mike spin this one I wonder?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone seen or heard from Helen Clark?</p>
<p>Missing in action?</p>
<p>Helen (Liar) Clark was on Newstalk ZB this morning talking to Paul Holmes, but sounding like Mike Williams asking for donations through the taxpayer funded 0900 number, can Mike spin this one I wonder?</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;delusions of honesty&quot; is another term for &#039;rationalisation&#039;.  That means we unconsciously engineer our interpretation of reality to believe what we want to believe - everybody is guilty of it I think, but to varying degrees. 

Generally speaking, the more neurotic and repressed an individual is, the more easily they can exercise rationalisation as they live, primarily, in a highly ideological world (cut off from feeling and intuition)....and yes, that is exactly what Helen Clark is.  Winston Peters is another extreme case too.

Unfortunately once someone has lied to themselves, they tend to be very good at passing the lie onto others as well.  Just ask a salesman - they&#039;ll you all about it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;delusions of honesty&#8221; is another term for &#8216;rationalisation&#8217;.  That means we unconsciously engineer our interpretation of reality to believe what we want to believe &#8211; everybody is guilty of it I think, but to varying degrees. </p>
<p>Generally speaking, the more neurotic and repressed an individual is, the more easily they can exercise rationalisation as they live, primarily, in a highly ideological world (cut off from feeling and intuition)&#8230;.and yes, that is exactly what Helen Clark is.  Winston Peters is another extreme case too.</p>
<p>Unfortunately once someone has lied to themselves, they tend to be very good at passing the lie onto others as well.  Just ask a salesman &#8211; they&#8217;ll you all about it.</p>
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		<title>By: Murray</title>
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		<dc:creator>Murray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How can she have problems with her spouse?

They don&#039;t even live in the same island. It&#039;s not like he bugs her by leaving the toilet seat up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How can she have problems with her spouse?</p>
<p>They don&#8217;t even live in the same island. It&#8217;s not like he bugs her by leaving the toilet seat up.</p>
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		<title>By: Seamonkey Madness</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/10/delusions_of_honesty.html#comment-242682</link>
		<dc:creator>Seamonkey Madness</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rocket Boy,

When you&#039;re facing up to paying back illegaly-appropriated and spent money, one would think that the Leader of the Government should make an appearance.

I&#039;m sure if Helen had any problems with her spouse then she would have taken ti...&lt;i&gt; pfffttt&lt;/i&gt;....sorry can&#039;t finish that sentence, laughing too hard at the incredulity of it ever happening.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rocket Boy,</p>
<p>When you&#8217;re facing up to paying back illegaly-appropriated and spent money, one would think that the Leader of the Government should make an appearance.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure if Helen had any problems with her spouse then she would have taken ti&#8230;<i> pfffttt</i>&#8230;.sorry can&#8217;t finish that sentence, laughing too hard at the incredulity of it ever happening.</p>
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		<title>By: side show bob</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/10/delusions_of_honesty.html#comment-242681</link>
		<dc:creator>side show bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When everything is said and done and Dear Leader and her band of misfits are consigned to the history books, what will have been their legacy to NZ?. My bet is the Clark years will not be judged well by future generations and their legacy to New Zealand will be seen to be alot like aids, a terrible wasting disease where the country slowly withers and dies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When everything is said and done and Dear Leader and her band of misfits are consigned to the history books, what will have been their legacy to NZ?. My bet is the Clark years will not be judged well by future generations and their legacy to New Zealand will be seen to be alot like aids, a terrible wasting disease where the country slowly withers and dies.</p>
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		<title>By: Simo</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/10/delusions_of_honesty.html#comment-242680</link>
		<dc:creator>Simo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have to list these, they may have posted before but they are priceless, and a timely reminder 

Almost anyone can vote Labour. You only have to stop thinking and vote that way. But to be a faithful Labourite, you have to believe in certain things:

You have to believe that there was no art before government started funding it.

You have to believe that spending $17.4 million dollars a day on welfare isn&#039;t enough.

You have to believe that taxes are too low, but bank fees are too high.

You have to believe that standardised tests are racist, but racial quotas aren&#039;t.

You have to believe that that government funding comes from the government and not from taxpayers.

You have to believe that governments can create economic growth by taxing the economy.

You have to believe in good faith bargaining in the workplace, unless the workplace is the Beehive.

You have to believe that the same teacher who can&#039;t teach school kids to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.

You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical, documented changes in the earth&#039;s climate, and more 
affected by yuppies driving 4WDs.

You have to believe that gender roles are artificial but homosexuality is natural.

You have to believe that the right to property is a loony right-wing idea, but you believe that Maori have legitimate grievances against the government because their property was taken from them.

You have to believe Helen Clark really does have a loving marriage with Peter Davis.

You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn&#039;t worked anywhere it&#039;s been tried is because the right people haven&#039;t been in charge.

You also believe that people like Steve Maharey and Tariana Turia are the right people to have in charge to make socialism work here.

You have to believe that free trade is unfair, but you shop at Trade Aid stores.

You have to believe that registering guns in the hands of law-abiding firearms licence holders will prevent firearms-related 
crimes being committed by criminals who have never had, nor ever will have, a firearms licence.

You have to believe that forcing workers to join unions is a violation of the right to freedom of association, but forcing students to join student unions isn&#039;t.

You have to believe that competition is good for Telecom but bad for ACC.

You have to believe that cigarettes should be banned because they are unhealthy, but believe that cannabis should be legalised as a matter of personal freedom.

You also have to believe that tobacco excise increases will force people to smoke less, but higher income taxes won&#039;t discourage 
people from working harder.

You have to believe that it&#039;s bad if Aucklanders to drive to work, but it&#039;s OK for Helen Clark&#039;s husband to commute to Auckland from Christchurch.

You believe that right-wing politicians have been bought off by &quot;big business&quot; even though they gave similar amounts of money to left-wing
and right-wing parties, but you don&#039;t think that left-wing parties have been bought off by even larger amounts of money from unions who 
don&#039;t give money to anyone else.

You have to believe that it&#039;s not OK to appoint businessmen to boards of government agencies, but it&#039;s OK to appoint trade 
unionists and Labour activists to health boards.

You have to believe that a 160-year-old Treaty is responsible for a recent outbreak of psychological disorders ... amongst Maori only.

You have to believe you&#039;re a &quot;liberal&quot;, but you&#039;re only liberal with other people&#039;s money.

You have to believe that religious schools shouldn&#039;t receive any government funding, but Christmas and Easter should continue to be 
statutory holidays.

You have to believe that rape is worse than murder, but you don&#039;t think women should be allowed to carry pepper spray for self-defence.

You have to believe that homosexuals should have the right to be able to marry if they want to, but a heterosexual couple should be 
considered de facto married after a few years whether they want to be or not.

You have to believe that Michael Cullen&#039;s &quot;charm offensive&quot; worked on the business sector.

You also have to believe that the thought of Michael Cullen having charm isn&#039;t offensive.

You believe that mothers should have the maternity care of their choice, but you trust Trevor Mallard and Steve Maharey to choose the 
education their children receive for the rest of their life.

You think that tariffs should be re-introduced &quot;to protect kiwi jobs&quot;, but
you buy imported goods from the Warehouse.

You have to believe that the Labour government has a &quot;mandate&quot; to do whatever they please when only 46% of voters voted for them, and 
that this mandate justifies them ignoring 92% of voters that voted for harsher
penalties for violent offenders and the 81% of voters who voted to reduce the number of MPs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have to list these, they may have posted before but they are priceless, and a timely reminder </p>
<p>Almost anyone can vote Labour. You only have to stop thinking and vote that way. But to be a faithful Labourite, you have to believe in certain things:</p>
<p>You have to believe that there was no art before government started funding it.</p>
<p>You have to believe that spending $17.4 million dollars a day on welfare isn&#8217;t enough.</p>
<p>You have to believe that taxes are too low, but bank fees are too high.</p>
<p>You have to believe that standardised tests are racist, but racial quotas aren&#8217;t.</p>
<p>You have to believe that that government funding comes from the government and not from taxpayers.</p>
<p>You have to believe that governments can create economic growth by taxing the economy.</p>
<p>You have to believe in good faith bargaining in the workplace, unless the workplace is the Beehive.</p>
<p>You have to believe that the same teacher who can&#8217;t teach school kids to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.</p>
<p>You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical, documented changes in the earth&#8217;s climate, and more<br />
affected by yuppies driving 4WDs.</p>
<p>You have to believe that gender roles are artificial but homosexuality is natural.</p>
<p>You have to believe that the right to property is a loony right-wing idea, but you believe that Maori have legitimate grievances against the government because their property was taken from them.</p>
<p>You have to believe Helen Clark really does have a loving marriage with Peter Davis.</p>
<p>You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn&#8217;t worked anywhere it&#8217;s been tried is because the right people haven&#8217;t been in charge.</p>
<p>You also believe that people like Steve Maharey and Tariana Turia are the right people to have in charge to make socialism work here.</p>
<p>You have to believe that free trade is unfair, but you shop at Trade Aid stores.</p>
<p>You have to believe that registering guns in the hands of law-abiding firearms licence holders will prevent firearms-related<br />
crimes being committed by criminals who have never had, nor ever will have, a firearms licence.</p>
<p>You have to believe that forcing workers to join unions is a violation of the right to freedom of association, but forcing students to join student unions isn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>You have to believe that competition is good for Telecom but bad for ACC.</p>
<p>You have to believe that cigarettes should be banned because they are unhealthy, but believe that cannabis should be legalised as a matter of personal freedom.</p>
<p>You also have to believe that tobacco excise increases will force people to smoke less, but higher income taxes won&#8217;t discourage<br />
people from working harder.</p>
<p>You have to believe that it&#8217;s bad if Aucklanders to drive to work, but it&#8217;s OK for Helen Clark&#8217;s husband to commute to Auckland from Christchurch.</p>
<p>You believe that right-wing politicians have been bought off by &#8220;big business&#8221; even though they gave similar amounts of money to left-wing<br />
and right-wing parties, but you don&#8217;t think that left-wing parties have been bought off by even larger amounts of money from unions who<br />
don&#8217;t give money to anyone else.</p>
<p>You have to believe that it&#8217;s not OK to appoint businessmen to boards of government agencies, but it&#8217;s OK to appoint trade<br />
unionists and Labour activists to health boards.</p>
<p>You have to believe that a 160-year-old Treaty is responsible for a recent outbreak of psychological disorders &#8230; amongst Maori only.</p>
<p>You have to believe you&#8217;re a &#8220;liberal&#8221;, but you&#8217;re only liberal with other people&#8217;s money.</p>
<p>You have to believe that religious schools shouldn&#8217;t receive any government funding, but Christmas and Easter should continue to be<br />
statutory holidays.</p>
<p>You have to believe that rape is worse than murder, but you don&#8217;t think women should be allowed to carry pepper spray for self-defence.</p>
<p>You have to believe that homosexuals should have the right to be able to marry if they want to, but a heterosexual couple should be<br />
considered de facto married after a few years whether they want to be or not.</p>
<p>You have to believe that Michael Cullen&#8217;s &#8220;charm offensive&#8221; worked on the business sector.</p>
<p>You also have to believe that the thought of Michael Cullen having charm isn&#8217;t offensive.</p>
<p>You believe that mothers should have the maternity care of their choice, but you trust Trevor Mallard and Steve Maharey to choose the<br />
education their children receive for the rest of their life.</p>
<p>You think that tariffs should be re-introduced &#8220;to protect kiwi jobs&#8221;, but<br />
you buy imported goods from the Warehouse.</p>
<p>You have to believe that the Labour government has a &#8220;mandate&#8221; to do whatever they please when only 46% of voters voted for them, and<br />
that this mandate justifies them ignoring 92% of voters that voted for harsher<br />
penalties for violent offenders and the 81% of voters who voted to reduce the number of MPs.</p>
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		<title>By: Rocket Boy</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/10/delusions_of_honesty.html#comment-242679</link>
		<dc:creator>Rocket Boy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To counter some of the drivel currently being posted on this site: From Peter mck:

1. She has delusions she is a popular and competent Prime Minister
She has won three general elections

2. She has delusions that people actually like her
See point 1.

3. She has delusions that socialism is good for the prosperity of a country
The economy is going along very nicely and has been for quite a few years now.

4. She has delusions about over-taxation (and the stolen tax money being her &quot;precious&quot;)
The Government has already started making noises about tax cuts.

Is it a delusion of grandeur or just cowardice when one goes to ground during a crisis and lets a history teacher front instead?
Don Brash recently had some time off due to a ‘crisis’.  Nationals back up man (Brownlee) is a former high school drafting teacher – what’s your point?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To counter some of the drivel currently being posted on this site: From Peter mck:</p>
<p>1. She has delusions she is a popular and competent Prime Minister<br />
She has won three general elections</p>
<p>2. She has delusions that people actually like her<br />
See point 1.</p>
<p>3. She has delusions that socialism is good for the prosperity of a country<br />
The economy is going along very nicely and has been for quite a few years now.</p>
<p>4. She has delusions about over-taxation (and the stolen tax money being her &#8220;precious&#8221;)<br />
The Government has already started making noises about tax cuts.</p>
<p>Is it a delusion of grandeur or just cowardice when one goes to ground during a crisis and lets a history teacher front instead?<br />
Don Brash recently had some time off due to a ‘crisis’.  Nationals back up man (Brownlee) is a former high school drafting teacher – what’s your point?</p>
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		<title>By: culma</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/10/delusions_of_honesty.html#comment-242678</link>
		<dc:creator>culma</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe it is as simple as what she was bought up with?
Maybe the rules she lives by today are no different to those ingrained into her as a child! 
If this is the case then she can blame her parents. 
Hell she&#039;s blamed every other person in the country for her FUCK UPS why not add her parents to the list.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe it is as simple as what she was bought up with?<br />
Maybe the rules she lives by today are no different to those ingrained into her as a child!<br />
If this is the case then she can blame her parents.<br />
Hell she&#8217;s blamed every other person in the country for her FUCK UPS why not add her parents to the list.</p>
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		<title>By: Gerrit</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/10/delusions_of_honesty.html#comment-242677</link>
		<dc:creator>Gerrit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anyone seen or heard from Helen Clark?

Missing in action?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone seen or heard from Helen Clark?</p>
<p>Missing in action?</p>
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