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		<title>By: Johnboy</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2008/03/the_eastern_european_junket.html#comment-421397</link>
		<dc:creator>Johnboy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Paul    +0 Says: 

March 12th, 2008 at 8:41 pm 
freewanker,

I take extreme offense to your comments by the way.

&quot;Seriously folks - HOW FREAKING OLD ARE YOU PEOPLE? What’s with the name calling?&quot; (Pauls comment from another thread--Listener on HBDHB)

Hi Paul so how in your sad little socialist brain if you take such offense at name calling do you convert freethinker into freewanker?</description>
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<p>March 12th, 2008 at 8:41 pm<br />
freewanker,</p>
<p>I take extreme offense to your comments by the way.</p>
<p>&#8220;Seriously folks &#8211; HOW FREAKING OLD ARE YOU PEOPLE? What’s with the name calling?&#8221; (Pauls comment from another thread&#8211;Listener on HBDHB)</p>
<p>Hi Paul so how in your sad little socialist brain if you take such offense at name calling do you convert freethinker into freewanker?</p>
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		<title>By: Paul</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2008/03/the_eastern_european_junket.html#comment-421394</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>freewanker,

I take extreme offense to your comments by the way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>freewanker,</p>
<p>I take extreme offense to your comments by the way.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2008/03/the_eastern_european_junket.html#comment-421393</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hang on, according to our dear friend at the free congress foundation, the Socialists invented Political Correctness which responsible for critical thinking, which in turn is responsible for the degredation of decent western societies, in which the role of the gays, blacks, women and the environment have been elevated above that of the corner stone of western democracy, the family unit.

So to be a socialist is to be PC and thus by its very definition a thinker, one willing to attack the feeble foundations of western society.

I&#039;m not stating either way if this is or isn&#039;t a good thing, you are making that assumption, including the wild one that I am a labourite, am I to assume that you are from some far right extremist group?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hang on, according to our dear friend at the free congress foundation, the Socialists invented Political Correctness which responsible for critical thinking, which in turn is responsible for the degredation of decent western societies, in which the role of the gays, blacks, women and the environment have been elevated above that of the corner stone of western democracy, the family unit.</p>
<p>So to be a socialist is to be PC and thus by its very definition a thinker, one willing to attack the feeble foundations of western society.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not stating either way if this is or isn&#8217;t a good thing, you are making that assumption, including the wild one that I am a labourite, am I to assume that you are from some far right extremist group?</p>
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		<title>By: big bruv</title>
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		<dc:creator>big bruv</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Paul

The first part of your last sentence I totally agree with, the rest as usual is rubbish.

Why is it that your lot cannot bring themselves to admit this trip is anything but a jaunt?

Is it compulsory for all Labourites to stick the brain in neutral?, is thinking for yourself not encouraged?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Paul</p>
<p>The first part of your last sentence I totally agree with, the rest as usual is rubbish.</p>
<p>Why is it that your lot cannot bring themselves to admit this trip is anything but a jaunt?</p>
<p>Is it compulsory for all Labourites to stick the brain in neutral?, is thinking for yourself not encouraged?</p>
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		<title>By: Paul</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hasn&#039;t anyone picked up on the irony of this whole affair.

According to you folk come the end of the year, this country will be rid of it&#039;s evil lesbian feminist environmentalist socialist overlords and the so called tax(free?) economic nrivana promised by the right will usher in a new dawn in freedoms (the right to beat your kids etc).

So a trip to (anyone getting the irony yet - anyone anyone) to Eastern Europe to see how Post Socialist countries have handled the transition to free western styled economic democracies, this is surely a good thing.

I mean we&#039;ve had nearly a whole decade of (what do you guys call it) helengrad, surely we need to see how they have handled the transition and report back to parliament immediately.

So it took a dumb ass socialist to see the irony in you guys opposing this trip.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hasn&#8217;t anyone picked up on the irony of this whole affair.</p>
<p>According to you folk come the end of the year, this country will be rid of it&#8217;s evil lesbian feminist environmentalist socialist overlords and the so called tax(free?) economic nrivana promised by the right will usher in a new dawn in freedoms (the right to beat your kids etc).</p>
<p>So a trip to (anyone getting the irony yet &#8211; anyone anyone) to Eastern Europe to see how Post Socialist countries have handled the transition to free western styled economic democracies, this is surely a good thing.</p>
<p>I mean we&#8217;ve had nearly a whole decade of (what do you guys call it) helengrad, surely we need to see how they have handled the transition and report back to parliament immediately.</p>
<p>So it took a dumb ass socialist to see the irony in you guys opposing this trip.</p>
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		<title>By: freethinker</title>
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		<dc:creator>freethinker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ROW, Wonder if we could persuade our polish friends to give our visiting MPs a practical demonstration of the gas chambers whilst they are viewing them?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ROW, Wonder if we could persuade our polish friends to give our visiting MPs a practical demonstration of the gas chambers whilst they are viewing them?</p>
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		<title>By: Paul Marsden</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul Marsden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really do yearn for the outlook of this country...

Key stated words to the affect this morning, &quot;that because they had been conducting these junkets for the last 20 odd years, it was ok to continue with them&quot;. I could not believe the flippancy of Key&#039;s comments.(Give me the cash instead, and I&#039;ll invest it into business and create employment and export opportuntities for this country)

Some fiscal advice for Mr.Key.....Look after your pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. (But guess that rule dosen&#039;t apply... when you&#039;re dealing with other people&#039;s money)   </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really do yearn for the outlook of this country&#8230;</p>
<p>Key stated words to the affect this morning, &#8220;that because they had been conducting these junkets for the last 20 odd years, it was ok to continue with them&#8221;. I could not believe the flippancy of Key&#8217;s comments.(Give me the cash instead, and I&#8217;ll invest it into business and create employment and export opportuntities for this country)</p>
<p>Some fiscal advice for Mr.Key&#8230;..Look after your pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. (But guess that rule dosen&#8217;t apply&#8230; when you&#8217;re dealing with other people&#8217;s money)</p>
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		<title>By: Short Shriveled and Slightly to the Left</title>
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		<dc:creator>Short Shriveled and Slightly to the Left</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chuck says
&quot;It would be nice if the retards on this blog could debate issues rather than attack other bloggers who view things different than themselves&quot;
does anyone need me to point out the irony in this quote???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chuck says<br />
&#8220;It would be nice if the retards on this blog could debate issues rather than attack other bloggers who view things different than themselves&#8221;<br />
does anyone need me to point out the irony in this quote???</p>
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		<title>By: Lee C</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lee C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pascal thnx nice to see someone understood what I was inferring.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pascal thnx nice to see someone understood what I was inferring.</p>
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		<title>By: Chuck Bird</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2008/03/the_eastern_european_junket.html#comment-421252</link>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Bird</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>philu, congratulations.  Your post is half readable. You can find more about the Kiwi Party and Larry Baldock at

http://thekiwiparty.org.nz/web/index.php?option=com_contact&amp;catid=12&amp;Itemid=3 

It would be nice if those  on the left would leard to debate issues instead of childish name calling. 

Do you approved of the carbon footprint your dope smoking mate will leave on his junket to South Africa?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>philu, congratulations.  Your post is half readable. You can find more about the Kiwi Party and Larry Baldock at</p>
<p><a href="http://thekiwiparty.org.nz/web/index.php?option=com_contact&#038;catid=12&#038;Itemid=3" rel="nofollow">http://thekiwiparty.org.nz/web/index.php?option=com_contact&#038;catid=12&#038;Itemid=3</a> </p>
<p>It would be nice if those  on the left would leard to debate issues instead of childish name calling. </p>
<p>Do you approved of the carbon footprint your dope smoking mate will leave on his junket to South Africa?</p>
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		<title>By: philu</title>
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		<dc:creator>philu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>so chucky..you are an &#039;advertisment&#039; for the kiwi party..?

(what a feckin lame-name..eh?..they should be indicted for lack of imagination/intelligence..)

i&#039;m sure baldock will be &#039;dead chuffed&#039; at getting an endorsement from the likes of you..eh..?

join the kiwi party..!..get to meet the author of the &#039;chucky-comments&#039;..!

(btw..who the fuck is gary baldock..?..when he&#039;s at home..?..)

phil(whoar.co.nz)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>so chucky..you are an &#8216;advertisment&#8217; for the kiwi party..?</p>
<p>(what a feckin lame-name..eh?..they should be indicted for lack of imagination/intelligence..)</p>
<p>i&#8217;m sure baldock will be &#8216;dead chuffed&#8217; at getting an endorsement from the likes of you..eh..?</p>
<p>join the kiwi party..!..get to meet the author of the &#8216;chucky-comments&#8217;..!</p>
<p>(btw..who the fuck is gary baldock..?..when he&#8217;s at home..?..)</p>
<p>phil(whoar.co.nz)</p>
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		<title>By: Nigel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nigel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The one thing no one seems to have commented on is how insulting sending retiring MP&#039;s to potential markets is to the hosts, it seems to me that this is just a poorly thought out &amp; poorly executed trip which demonstrates arrogance ( We are so important we can send retiring MP&#039;s to these potential markets ), self interest ( I want my MP&#039;s getting re-elected not helping NZ trade - John Key ), yet another bout of self inflicted stupidity ( HC being smarmy ).
Seems to me not a single politician came out of this one looking good &amp; certainly not one eloquently described why it was actually an intelligent idea to treat Eastern Europe so shabbily let alone why they can treat an electorate with such distain that we don&#039;t deserve decent explanations of such trips as this, how about growing up &amp; explaining things openly &amp; clearly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The one thing no one seems to have commented on is how insulting sending retiring MP&#8217;s to potential markets is to the hosts, it seems to me that this is just a poorly thought out &amp; poorly executed trip which demonstrates arrogance ( We are so important we can send retiring MP&#8217;s to these potential markets ), self interest ( I want my MP&#8217;s getting re-elected not helping NZ trade &#8211; John Key ), yet another bout of self inflicted stupidity ( HC being smarmy ).<br />
Seems to me not a single politician came out of this one looking good &amp; certainly not one eloquently described why it was actually an intelligent idea to treat Eastern Europe so shabbily let alone why they can treat an electorate with such distain that we don&#8217;t deserve decent explanations of such trips as this, how about growing up &amp; explaining things openly &amp; clearly.</p>
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		<title>By: Chuck Bird</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2008/03/the_eastern_european_junket.html#comment-421217</link>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Bird</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At least one party is condemning this junket 

M P&#039;s Junket Shows Lack of Conscience-Kiwi Party

The public anger over the retiring M P&#039;s trips to Europe shows
a lack of conscience and accountability says Larry Baldock, leader of
the recently launched Kiwi Party.
Mr Baldock said the weak explanations by the Speaker of the
House Margaret Wilson and the two leaders of Labour and National
amounted to a lot of weak justification and a lack of accountability.

&quot;There&#039;s an important issue here and that&#039;s about expenditure
of public money - taxpayer money,&quot; he said. In some years the speaker&#039;s trip
can be a useful exercise in developing relationships with other nations that
can have a flow on effect for New Zealand. Sending retiring M P&#039;s in an
election year is as much an insult to the host nations as it is to the
taxpayers of our own country.
Explanations by the Speaker, Clark and Key and others of
consideration of it being election year presumably with possible
public reaction, smacked of political expediency and a disregard for
taxpayer money.

&quot;All of the M P&#039;s and the leaders of parties should reflect,
they are not leaders of the country, but merely public servants
funded from the public purse. There is very important matters of
principle at stake here,&quot; he said.

Ends.

Contact
 
Larry Baldock
Leader / The Kiwi Party</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At least one party is condemning this junket </p>
<p>M P&#8217;s Junket Shows Lack of Conscience-Kiwi Party</p>
<p>The public anger over the retiring M P&#8217;s trips to Europe shows<br />
a lack of conscience and accountability says Larry Baldock, leader of<br />
the recently launched Kiwi Party.<br />
Mr Baldock said the weak explanations by the Speaker of the<br />
House Margaret Wilson and the two leaders of Labour and National<br />
amounted to a lot of weak justification and a lack of accountability.</p>
<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s an important issue here and that&#8217;s about expenditure<br />
of public money &#8211; taxpayer money,&#8221; he said. In some years the speaker&#8217;s trip<br />
can be a useful exercise in developing relationships with other nations that<br />
can have a flow on effect for New Zealand. Sending retiring M P&#8217;s in an<br />
election year is as much an insult to the host nations as it is to the<br />
taxpayers of our own country.<br />
Explanations by the Speaker, Clark and Key and others of<br />
consideration of it being election year presumably with possible<br />
public reaction, smacked of political expediency and a disregard for<br />
taxpayer money.</p>
<p>&#8220;All of the M P&#8217;s and the leaders of parties should reflect,<br />
they are not leaders of the country, but merely public servants<br />
funded from the public purse. There is very important matters of<br />
principle at stake here,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Ends.</p>
<p>Contact</p>
<p>Larry Baldock<br />
Leader / The Kiwi Party</p>
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		<title>By: Chuck Bird</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2008/03/the_eastern_european_junket.html#comment-421183</link>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Bird</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have no problem with people buy sex toys any more than I have people flying business class to Europe.  However, I do not think it is part of an MPs job to check out sex shops as part of their job of looking at small business as Hobbs did.  These businesses are legal.  I have no problem with that but they do not need government support of any kind.

It would be nice if the retards on this blog could debate issues rather than attack other bloggers who view things different than themselves</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have no problem with people buy sex toys any more than I have people flying business class to Europe.  However, I do not think it is part of an MPs job to check out sex shops as part of their job of looking at small business as Hobbs did.  These businesses are legal.  I have no problem with that but they do not need government support of any kind.</p>
<p>It would be nice if the retards on this blog could debate issues rather than attack other bloggers who view things different than themselves</p>
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		<title>By: Captain Crab</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2008/03/the_eastern_european_junket.html#comment-421168</link>
		<dc:creator>Captain Crab</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Toms, 
I always laugh when the left trumpet &quot;low unemployment&quot; as an achievement of the Labour Govt. They dont understand that the reason we have low unemployment is NOT because of a buoyant economy. Its because most of the people who are needed here for those jobs have left! Thats why we have vacancies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Toms,<br />
I always laugh when the left trumpet &#8220;low unemployment&#8221; as an achievement of the Labour Govt. They dont understand that the reason we have low unemployment is NOT because of a buoyant economy. Its because most of the people who are needed here for those jobs have left! Thats why we have vacancies.</p>
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		<title>By: llew</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2008/03/the_eastern_european_junket.html#comment-421151</link>
		<dc:creator>llew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Do you know how fun this is clicking the thumbs up or thumbs down button, it’s almost like Tetris&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Yeah it is - but I was most amused that the very post you say this in sits at -7 :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Do you know how fun this is clicking the thumbs up or thumbs down button, it’s almost like Tetris</p></blockquote>
<p>Yeah it is &#8211; but I was most amused that the very post you say this in sits at -7 <img src='http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: big bruv</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2008/03/the_eastern_european_junket.html#comment-421150</link>
		<dc:creator>big bruv</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>toms

That is genuinely funny....

Dr Kullen&#039;s &quot;fine stewardship&quot; has seen us squander the best economic conditions in living memory, even the biggest Labour toady cannot say with hand on heart that the recent economic conditions have anything to do with the actions of this corrupt govt.
If you are unsure what REAL growth and economic management looks like have a gander across the Tasman.

Now, can you answer the question if you don&#039;t mind, does Kullen have the numbers to roll Klark yet?

BTW..speaking of slippery, what did you make of Comrade Wilson doing a runner when faced with reasonable questions from the press?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>toms</p>
<p>That is genuinely funny&#8230;.</p>
<p>Dr Kullen&#8217;s &#8220;fine stewardship&#8221; has seen us squander the best economic conditions in living memory, even the biggest Labour toady cannot say with hand on heart that the recent economic conditions have anything to do with the actions of this corrupt govt.<br />
If you are unsure what REAL growth and economic management looks like have a gander across the Tasman.</p>
<p>Now, can you answer the question if you don&#8217;t mind, does Kullen have the numbers to roll Klark yet?</p>
<p>BTW..speaking of slippery, what did you make of Comrade Wilson doing a runner when faced with reasonable questions from the press?</p>
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		<title>By: toms</title>
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		<dc:creator>toms</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well Bigbruv Dr. Cullen&#039;s fine stewardship of the economy over the past near decade (record low unemployment, record growth, the Cullen Fund, KiwiSaver and real help for working kiwi families through WFF) would indicate he does, indeed, have all the numbers he needs to continue as an outstanding finance minister and deputy PM.

I am curious as to how long the likes of Murray McNasty, Tony Rialled and Judith Cruelollins and their puppet masters like the Talley Brothers will put up with Slippery John&#039;s lazy inability to have detailed policy knowledge and media responses at his fingertips?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well Bigbruv Dr. Cullen&#8217;s fine stewardship of the economy over the past near decade (record low unemployment, record growth, the Cullen Fund, KiwiSaver and real help for working kiwi families through WFF) would indicate he does, indeed, have all the numbers he needs to continue as an outstanding finance minister and deputy PM.</p>
<p>I am curious as to how long the likes of Murray McNasty, Tony Rialled and Judith Cruelollins and their puppet masters like the Talley Brothers will put up with Slippery John&#8217;s lazy inability to have detailed policy knowledge and media responses at his fingertips?</p>
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		<title>By: big bruv</title>
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		<dc:creator>big bruv</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Toms

You might be able to tell us, does Cullen have the numbers yet?</description>
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<p>You might be able to tell us, does Cullen have the numbers yet?</p>
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		<title>By: toms</title>
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		<dc:creator>toms</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmmmm, Slippery John was looking tired and drawn on breakfast telly this morning, (mind you he had to endure a cajoling and patronising lecture from the self-important Paul Henry) and he made yet another glaring error of fact yesterday over the new science fund.

Meanwhile, I listened to Helen Clark on NatRad - she seemed undiminished in enthusiasm, and in full command of the details around Labour policy.

John Key does not look like he has a good grasp of detail.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmmmm, Slippery John was looking tired and drawn on breakfast telly this morning, (mind you he had to endure a cajoling and patronising lecture from the self-important Paul Henry) and he made yet another glaring error of fact yesterday over the new science fund.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, I listened to Helen Clark on NatRad &#8211; she seemed undiminished in enthusiasm, and in full command of the details around Labour policy.</p>
<p>John Key does not look like he has a good grasp of detail.</p>
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