Greens fail IQ test also
February 26th, 2010 at 12:38 pm by David FarrarAt 11.14 am the Greens put out a press release saying:
This was going to lifting mining protection from half a billion hectares of land with high conservation value, but would now only propose lifting protection from around 7,000 hectares.
Radio NZ made the initial error between 7 am and 8 am. NZPA picked it at 8.24 but made a correction within around half an hour. I blogged on it at 9.24 a.m. Yes despite that the Greens don’t even stop to think that half a billion hectares is around 20 times larger than the total land area of New Zealand.
Does no one at the Greens know how big a hectare is and that there is no way we have half a billion of them?
Tags: Greens, mining
February 26th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
NO MIMING IN NEW ZEALAND’S NATIONAL PARKS:
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
ZOMG! I’m surprised they can tie their shoe laces, open doors or breath without support from an iron lung.
What a pure scandal.
Perhaps someone should resign.
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
reference for the above:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=183801321776&ref=mf
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Metiria appears to be insinuating that I’m not a person. I’m insulted.
In today’s age, it is wasteful to not exploit the natural resources you sit upon. it is as simple as that!
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
RRM, yes I agree that miming in national parks should be outlawed, besides who would be there to watch the show?
Vote:I have always thought it was an over rated form of the arts.
February 26th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
“how big a hectare is”
Vote:The Greens don’t need to know. If you are going to ban something, the bigger the better. Just make sure the reporters and cameras are there.
February 26th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
If a tree falls in a forest, and hits a mime, does anyone care?
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Hmmm knowing how zealous the greens are about whaling/fishing and the like they probably included NZ Economic zone, half of Antartica and anywhere else they can think of.
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Probably the same Greens spokesperson who decried the awful DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE a toxic chemical which was killing thousands of people every year and was a major component of acid rain. (otherwise known as H2O or WATER)
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Yes definitely no miming in our parks, I’m sick of tramping through the bush when a random guy jumps out and starts eating a fake apple…
Vote:and what’s wrong with mining 7000 hectares its not that much for nz and so much could be done with the profits
February 26th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
and so much could be done with the profits
Like buying the Greens a one way ticket to their land of dreams – China.
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
It’s a political landmime!
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
When you shoot a mime, do you have to use a silencer?
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
When a mime gets arrested, do the police bother to tell him he has the right to remain silent?
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant. Amos Bronson Alcott
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Ah yes that is so true poliwatch.
Vote:Whew, I am pleased that I am not ignorant of RRMs ignorance. Hard to be when it sticks out like a sore toe.
February 26th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Heres another one for ya.
I put a blank cassette tape in my tape stereo last night and turned the volume all the way up….the mime next door went nuts!
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
If a tree falls in the forest and lands on a greenie does it make a sound… or more to the point does anyone care.
Come and spin toad, share you’re gaia given wisdom with us.
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Greenfly must be the Green party media person.
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
NO MIMING IN NEW ZEALAND’S NATIONAL PARKS:
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
I am surprised you were suprised about their IQ
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
this is the real face book group though
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=133309587871
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
To parapahrase a certain W. Greenslade, ‘It’s all in the mime, you know. . .’. Should someone tell Marcel? (No, wait, he’s dead, which must be, for a Green, ‘Perfection’.)
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
toad! toad! Anyone seen toad?
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
In other news, the Greens tell us that
: 72 million whales are killed in Antarctic waters each month
: the average Easter egg contains 520,000 calories and children eat on average 12 each week
: 4 billion trees are being slaughtered by an elderly Northland couple who want some extra light in their sun room
: global temperatures have risen 40 degrees since the industrial revolution, during which standard of livings flatlined
: oil has peaked now…. n-n-now!…..n-n-n-n-NOW-N-NOW!
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
Marcel Marceau has a lot to answer for. He’s the root causing of all this miming in national parks. *shakes fist*
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
The inevitable question: Was Marcel ‘Green’ or was being a Frenchman the ultimate , unsurpassable, state of perfection?
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
WTF how did ANYONE see this “half a billion hectares” figure without triggering the “that just doesn’t sound right, maybe I should check…” reflex ? Some people just aren’t well-aquainted with reality.
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Brian! See that? It’s a law of the universe, I tells ya!
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
loving the mime jokes!
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
lol the more things change the more they stay the same
Vote:http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0110/S00440.htm
February 26th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
The obscene phone calling mime held the phone and gave two fingers to the mouthpiece.
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
It’s probably due to the many billions of joints each of the Greens have smoked.
Or perhaps a ‘hectare’ is actually Green ‘code’ for the area required to grow your average cannabis plant – and by mining conservation land this would seriously inhibit future green employment opportunities in the area of Green ‘growth’ initiatives?
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
we already cut down about 83 percent of our forests, where do we draw the line?
Vote:February 26th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
The Greens always over predict dome and gloom… for the mases.
Vote:National always over predict the wisdom of prosperity…for the few.,
February 26th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
I think the Greens are too busy burning off scrub and local bush on their land to fact check.
Vote:February 28th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Otago MP Jacqui Dean felt like a bit of a “wally” yesterday, after it was revealed she tried to ban North Otago’s most precious commodity – water
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