Blog Bits
- MacDoctor highlights how the stories of complaints about ACC are ceasing funding a “world-leading” programme is only half as effective and six times as expensive as the replacement course. So the headline should really be about how the new ACC programme is 12 times as effective for the cost.
- Colin Espiner thinks the Prime Minister should have his own plane.
- Cactus Kate admonishes Rodney Hide for his air travel, but also points out the media have not reported the costs correctly.
- Whale Oil shows up a recent smear by Eddie at The Standard, purporting to be concern.
- Iain Dale blogs on how parents in Watford can no longer enter a playground with their children, but have to “wait outside the railings whilst council-employed “play facilitators” assist the children”. Political Correctness gone mad,
- Andrew Bolt responds to a left columnist who stated “It takes a certain person to rejoice in the suffering of others. In the real world they’re called sociopaths – in politics, they’re called conservatives.”
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October 30th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
“Colin Espiner thinks the Prime Minister should have his own plane.”
Maybe get him something like Thunderbird 6.
October 30th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
That would be fine as long as he didn’t let Rodney have it for the weekend. But then, would Rodney be able to see over the bonnet?
October 30th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Since when did WhaleOil become so incredibly thin skinned? That hubris must be starting to taste crap.
A few pearls for nostalgia…
WOBH: “There is that f**king “entitlements” word again… These people think that they are “entitled” to a lifestyle paid for by the state.
WOBH: “I suggest we find an extremely negative word to describe state welfare and start using that. Word like quittance or stipend or just plain dole.”
WOBH: “It makes zero money, cost more to run than it earns but it provides me an outlet.”
Does that mean WhaleOil will be propping up his blog with his ‘quittance’?
Will WhaleOil be New Zealand’s first taxpayer subsidised blog?
I am sure Banksie will sling in a few grand to keep such a slick little propaganda machine alive. LabTests should be good for a few bob too. Goodfellow on the other hand might be a little tight fisted with the Nats spare dosh.
October 30th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Andrew Bolt … Jesus David … when did New Zealand right wingers and conservatives start expressing sympathy with the extreme nutters of the Australian and American “Conservative” movements ..
New Zealanders should be proud of our largely moderate and progressive attitude we have no matter what side of the spectrum ..
Andrew Bolt is so far detached from reality that he thinks it is justified to completely ignore the history of refugees in the modern world. Including the repeating of un-substantiated claims about “terrorists in the boat people” similar to the fear mongering that lead to the large scale turning away of the pre-holocaust Jewish refugees by the democratic world. It was the immediate post war marginalisation of such conspiracy ridden nonsense that led to the ‘United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees’ and the establishment of the UNHCR.
I live in Australia and there is definitely a debate to be had, and no one has currently worked out the mix of policies and international diplomacy to make it work better yet. But in no way should someone like Andrew Bolt be listened to as part of the debate. (and before the reply comes back about freedom of speech , I am not talking about gagging him. But would society consider the rantings of someone who raves about a Zionist conspiracies in a debate about Israel and Palestine ?).
Fortunately Australia as a country seems to have gained some maturity about this issue over the last 5 years and the tabloid and talk-back scare mongering he partakes in is not having the impact it did in the past. Australians are now far more willing to debate and think about the problem rather than demonising the refugees.
Now all it takes for politicians to also get some backbone and work out some sensible solutions instead of using such a horrible set of circumstances as political cannon fodder back and forth .
October 30th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
“Colin Espiner thinks the Prime Minister should have his own plane.”
And one for Rodney too please.
October 30th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Colin is right. Our PM costs a lot of money, and I want him to be as effective as possible. And I don’t recall many people saying Helen Clark didn’t have a point when she said she should have a plane.
However. The size of the plan, as John Key’s salary, should be tied to our relative ranking with Australia. Performance bonus. The smaller our government becomes, the bigger a plane John gets to fly, and the more journos he can take. There, with one stroke I’ve created a favourable press for some very urgent reforms.
Because, for how long can this country let people earn 30% less than Australia. What happens when this becomes 50%? 100%?
October 30th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
berend, have you been on the laughing gas again? “The smaller our government becomes, the bigger a plane John gets to fly …..”? … eh?
October 30th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Berend’s suggestion makes sense to me. I suggest we start him off with a Cri-Cri (http://www.airliners.net/photo/Colomban-MC-15-Cri-Cri/0925649/M/) and go from there.
October 31st, 2009 at 12:05 am
Who cares what Colin Espiner thinks?
October 31st, 2009 at 2:17 am
I wouldn’t typify the preschool adult ban as ‘political correctness’ but as paranoia. PC is the adoption of mental attiutudes because they are prescribed by the cause. Check http://newsarse.com/2009/10/30/all-parents-to-spend-weekend-assuming-you-are-a-paedophile/ for a humourous take on contemporary paranoia.
October 31st, 2009 at 7:26 am
Who cares what Colin Espiner thinks?2
His post has 215 comments so far. Perhaps Luc could point us at anything he/she has ever written that has attracted comments that make it into double figures?
October 31st, 2009 at 7:53 am
I couldn’t help but thinking of Dick Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines.
Apologies to DD.
“Wake up Bill you’re dreaming again!
You’re not Robin Hood and you’re not Gunga Din! **
You’re not a Prime Mininster or a king who’s been crowned;
You’re just plain old Bill, the snickering hound!”
October 31st, 2009 at 9:31 am
Sigh….this beat up of Rodney is getting silly.So he took his girlfriend along (at far less than the Heralds claiming…see Cactus Kates breakdown)because ,shock horror,he wants to keep her but not a word is said about the millions hes saved the taxpaying Kiwi in return by stopping things like the parlimentary palace,putting the brakes on a blood thirsty IRD,Outing a corrupt Donna Awetere Huata,Outing a corrupt Winston Peters,creating a taxpayers bill of rights,a regulatory responsibility act,standing against race based seats and many other things to boot including self driving a smart car for years now saving a bomb there.I say hes still massivly in credit with INFORMED Kiwis who do know the value of the man and his deeds.Put up another MP who has done better than Rodney has for the NZ taxpayer during his time in the house.Anyone?
Hes already paid the price of one relationship….must he sacifice another to salve the sad souls of the bleating masses?
Wake up NZ….you owe this man big time.He is the best you have and you are too stupid to know it.Without him trying to halt the rampant expansive state you really have no one!
October 31st, 2009 at 9:34 am
Not that i disagree with the prime minister getting his own private aircraft but i can’t see why Politicians should get one when our Air f- is forced to sell theirs ……….
October 31st, 2009 at 5:56 pm
I see WO has been getting slapped around so much he has deleted all the comments from that post…….. diddums.
October 31st, 2009 at 7:12 pm
And the Labour loyalists continue to defend Phil Field at the Stranded……..
“Field was stupid and disorganised. There was never any evidence presented of a overt, intentional pattern of bribery, no-one ever said “do this job for me and I’ll get you residency”.
http://www.thestandard.org.nz/keys-piggies-at-the-trough/#comment-168242