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		<title>By: Judith</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/01/general_debate_29_january_2013.html/comment-page-1#comment-1088125</link>
		<dc:creator>Judith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yep,  still have a problem!
 

Sorry about that folks, 

Please carry on.  

Nosiness is a real bad trait to have! I&#039;ll get therapy.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep,  still have a problem!</p>
<p>Sorry about that folks, </p>
<p>Please carry on.  </p>
<p>Nosiness is a real bad trait to have! I&#8217;ll get therapy.</p>
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		<title>By: Judith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Judith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Testing, testing, space  station to planet earth

Do we have a problem?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="background-color:#FFFFCC !important"><p>Testing, testing, space  station to planet earth</p>
<p>Do we have a problem?</p>
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		<title>By: Manolo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Manolo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of them will vote for him, won&#039;t they?
http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Politics/obama-immigration-reform-plan-direct-path-citizenship-senate/story?id=18343584]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most of them will vote for him, won&#8217;t they?<br />
<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Politics/obama-immigration-reform-plan-direct-path-citizenship-senate/story?id=18343584" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Politics/obama-immigration-reform-plan-direct-path-citizenship-senate/story?id=18343584</a></p>
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		<title>By: Griff</title>
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		<dc:creator>Griff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[krazykiwi 
IF You or any other of the nutters can point to a post where I supported carbon trading, carbon limiting measures, or any other Present form of carbon control could you please point it out. From my drug soaked memory all I can think of is building hydro dams and easing the RMA to enable micro generating schemes to be developed cheaply. I have used renewable energy however it was side effect of choosing to live on my yacht rather than  a mad green brain fart.

All you are doing by attempting to label me green is showing off your  inability to  examine the reality  around you. Your views of reality are blinded by your ideological positions. Just because science and the modern world bewilders some nutters on the right does not mean that all people with a ability to  examine reality are of the left wing or socialist.

We have a  problem with the future climate. No amount of reading blog sites paid for by the oil industry or blatantly biased and untruthful  newspaper story&#039;s will change the facts.

 How many times have you people brought up the same refuted rubbish or quoted pseudo science that contradicts the last story I have lost count of.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>krazykiwi<br />
IF You or any other of the nutters can point to a post where I supported carbon trading, carbon limiting measures, or any other Present form of carbon control could you please point it out. From my drug soaked memory all I can think of is building hydro dams and easing the RMA to enable micro generating schemes to be developed cheaply. I have used renewable energy however it was side effect of choosing to live on my yacht rather than  a mad green brain fart.</p>
<p>All you are doing by attempting to label me green is showing off your  inability to  examine the reality  around you. Your views of reality are blinded by your ideological positions. Just because science and the modern world bewilders some nutters on the right does not mean that all people with a ability to  examine reality are of the left wing or socialist.</p>
<p>We have a  problem with the future climate. No amount of reading blog sites paid for by the oil industry or blatantly biased and untruthful  newspaper story&#8217;s will change the facts.</p>
<p> How many times have you people brought up the same refuted rubbish or quoted pseudo science that contradicts the last story I have lost count of.</p>
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		<title>By: Azeraph</title>
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		<dc:creator>Azeraph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weihana (2,785) Says:
January 29th, 2013 at 8:53 pm 

Multinationals, They ran away,made crap loads of profits and are holding those profits in US acc&#039;s, now they are waiting to rush back in. The market has skyrocketed and a lot of Americans are afraid. If the planet says enough then the US dollar goes belly up as all that cash held in US dollars gets dumped. Already China is trading without the dollar with some countries.

As one nutcase for Global agency mediation and consultation says &quot;The states will be the main player for maybe 10 to 15 years then it will take it&#039;s place amongst the others&quot; He says global power has now shifted to the pacific rim. here&#039;s the link, tell why I think he&#039;s a good salesman.

His talk helped me understand why i thought the old Euro Empires of the 19th and the early 20th and this early 21st century felt similar but i could be patterning where there is no dots.

http://www.ted.com/talks/paddy_ashdown_the_global_power_shift.html]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Weihana (2,785) Says:<br />
January 29th, 2013 at 8:53 pm </p>
<p>Multinationals, They ran away,made crap loads of profits and are holding those profits in US acc&#8217;s, now they are waiting to rush back in. The market has skyrocketed and a lot of Americans are afraid. If the planet says enough then the US dollar goes belly up as all that cash held in US dollars gets dumped. Already China is trading without the dollar with some countries.</p>
<p>As one nutcase for Global agency mediation and consultation says &#8220;The states will be the main player for maybe 10 to 15 years then it will take it&#8217;s place amongst the others&#8221; He says global power has now shifted to the pacific rim. here&#8217;s the link, tell why I think he&#8217;s a good salesman.</p>
<p>His talk helped me understand why i thought the old Euro Empires of the 19th and the early 20th and this early 21st century felt similar but i could be patterning where there is no dots.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/paddy_ashdown_the_global_power_shift.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ted.com/talks/paddy_ashdown_the_global_power_shift.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: cha</title>
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		<dc:creator>cha</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Or Fletch you could check out  what the gun nuts at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://saf.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Second Amendment Foundation&lt;/a&gt; have to say.  

&lt;i&gt;While it is impossible to prove that these are phony quotes, no historian has been able to verify the original citation required for authenticity. It is better to be safe than sorry. &lt;strong&gt;One anti-gun judge discredited a letter writer by pointing out the fake quote used in that letter to the editor. The judge writes, &quot;(An oft-cited Hitler &quot;quote&quot; about gun registration has been proved to be a hoax, though that has not stopped many from repeating it.)&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://saf.org/AntiGunJudge.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CLICK HERE&lt;/a&gt; to view the entire Judge&#039;s column, complete with many inaccuracies of his own.&lt;/i&gt;

http://saf.org/pub/rkba/general/BogusAntiGunQuotes.htm]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Or Fletch you could check out  what the gun nuts at the <a href="http://saf.org/" rel="nofollow">Second Amendment Foundation</a> have to say.  </p>
<p><i>While it is impossible to prove that these are phony quotes, no historian has been able to verify the original citation required for authenticity. It is better to be safe than sorry. <strong>One anti-gun judge discredited a letter writer by pointing out the fake quote used in that letter to the editor. The judge writes, &quot;(An oft-cited Hitler &quot;quote&quot; about gun registration has been proved to be a hoax, though that has not stopped many from repeating it.)</strong> <a href="http://saf.org/AntiGunJudge.html" rel="nofollow">CLICK HERE</a> to view the entire Judge&#8217;s column, complete with many inaccuracies of his own.</i></p>
<p><a href="http://saf.org/pub/rkba/general/BogusAntiGunQuotes.htm" rel="nofollow">http://saf.org/pub/rkba/general/BogusAntiGunQuotes.htm</a></p>
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		<title>By: Fletch</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fletch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[cha, the actual story has nothing to do with any &quot;dumb&quot; man. It is direct testimony from Kitty Werthmann who was there. 
Get it?

Original source - 

http://www.examiner.com/article/america-truly-is-the-greatest-country-the-world-don-t-let-freedom-slip-away]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>cha, the actual story has nothing to do with any &#8220;dumb&#8221; man. It is direct testimony from Kitty Werthmann who was there.<br />
Get it?</p>
<p>Original source &#8211; </p>
<p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/america-truly-is-the-greatest-country-the-world-don-t-let-freedom-slip-away" rel="nofollow">http://www.examiner.com/article/america-truly-is-the-greatest-country-the-world-don-t-let-freedom-slip-away</a></p>
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		<title>By: cha</title>
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		<dc:creator>cha</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rather than parrot &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=the+dumbest+man+on+the+internet&amp;rlz=1C1CHKB_en-GBNZ413NZ414&amp;oq=the+dumbest+man+on+the+internet&amp;aqs=chrome.0.57j64l2&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#hl=en&amp;sugexp=les%3B&amp;gs_rn=1&amp;gs_ri=serp&amp;tok=HDMDEPsDmlVZ5ZBVI6Zkxw&amp;pq=the%20dumbest%20man%20on%20the%20internet&amp;cp=13&amp;gs_id=1s&amp;xhr=t&amp;q=the+stupidest+man+on+the+internet&amp;es_nrs=true&amp;pf=p&amp;safe=off&amp;tbo=d&amp;rlz=1C1CHKB_en-GBNZ413NZ414&amp;sclient=psy-ab&amp;oq=the+stupidest+man+on+the+internet&amp;gs_l=&amp;pbx=1&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&amp;bvm=bv.41524429,d.aGc&amp;fp=7326c3a62f8db7be&amp;biw=930&amp;bih=615&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the stupidest man on the internet&lt;/a&gt; Fletch you could look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.law.uchicago.edu/files/files/67-harcourt.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the research&lt;/a&gt; into the bogus claims that you insist on repeating.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rather than parrot <a href="https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=the+dumbest+man+on+the+internet&amp;rlz=1C1CHKB_en-GBNZ413NZ414&amp;oq=the+dumbest+man+on+the+internet&amp;aqs=chrome.0.57j64l2&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#hl=en&amp;sugexp=les%3B&amp;gs_rn=1&amp;gs_ri=serp&amp;tok=HDMDEPsDmlVZ5ZBVI6Zkxw&amp;pq=the%20dumbest%20man%20on%20the%20internet&amp;cp=13&amp;gs_id=1s&amp;xhr=t&amp;q=the+stupidest+man+on+the+internet&amp;es_nrs=true&amp;pf=p&amp;safe=off&amp;tbo=d&amp;rlz=1C1CHKB_en-GBNZ413NZ414&amp;sclient=psy-ab&amp;oq=the+stupidest+man+on+the+internet&amp;gs_l=&amp;pbx=1&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&amp;bvm=bv.41524429,d.aGc&amp;fp=7326c3a62f8db7be&amp;biw=930&amp;bih=615" rel="nofollow">the stupidest man on the internet</a> Fletch you could look at <a href="http://www.law.uchicago.edu/files/files/67-harcourt.pdf" rel="nofollow">the research</a> into the bogus claims that you insist on repeating.</p>
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		<title>By: Azeraph</title>
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		<dc:creator>Azeraph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fletch (3,822) Says:
January 29th, 2013 at 8:58 pm 

So, What makes us different?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fletch (3,822) Says:<br />
January 29th, 2013 at 8:58 pm </p>
<p>So, What makes us different?</p>
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		<title>By: Johnboy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Johnboy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my goodness gracious me. 

We are hoping all of you fellows from South Bombay keep on heading north to Jafastan Steve (North Shore) Sahib!! :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh my goodness gracious me. </p>
<p>We are hoping all of you fellows from South Bombay keep on heading north to Jafastan Steve (North Shore) Sahib!! <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: Steve (North Shore)</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/01/general_debate_29_january_2013.html/comment-page-1#comment-1088068</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve (North Shore)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[nasska, 
you made a few mistakes about Auckland, but I like your synopsis, typical of those south of the bombays. Some of us are immigrants, I come from the mighty Waikato

Now go and stand in the corner and think about what you have done.
Full report is required at 8pm tomorrow.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>nasska,<br />
you made a few mistakes about Auckland, but I like your synopsis, typical of those south of the bombays. Some of us are immigrants, I come from the mighty Waikato</p>
<p>Now go and stand in the corner and think about what you have done.<br />
Full report is required at 8pm tomorrow.</p>
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		<title>By: Fletch</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fletch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by an Austrian in 2009 who witnessed the Nazi horror - 

&lt;blockquote&gt;
The Final Steps – Gun Laws:


Next came gun registration. People were getting injured by guns. Hitler said that the real way to catch criminals (we still had a few) was by matching serial numbers on guns. Most citizens were law abiding and dutifully marched to the police station to register their firearms. Not long after-wards, the police said that it was best for everyone to turn in their guns. The authorities already knew who had them, so it was futile not to comply voluntarily.


No more freedom of speech. Anyone who said something against the government was taken away. We knew many people who were arrested, not only Jews, but also priests and ministers who spoke up.


Totalitarianism didn’t come quickly, it took 5 years from 1938 until 1943, to realize full dictatorship in Austria . Had it happened overnight, my countrymen would have fought to the last breath. Instead, we had creeping gradualism. Now, our only weapons were broom handles. The whole idea sounds almost unbelievable that the state, little by little eroded our freedom.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/01/nazi-eyewitness-warns-the-final-step-of-nazi-control-gun-laws/]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Written by an Austrian in 2009 who witnessed the Nazi horror &#8211; </p>
<blockquote><p>
The Final Steps – Gun Laws:</p>
<p>Next came gun registration. People were getting injured by guns. Hitler said that the real way to catch criminals (we still had a few) was by matching serial numbers on guns. Most citizens were law abiding and dutifully marched to the police station to register their firearms. Not long after-wards, the police said that it was best for everyone to turn in their guns. The authorities already knew who had them, so it was futile not to comply voluntarily.</p>
<p>No more freedom of speech. Anyone who said something against the government was taken away. We knew many people who were arrested, not only Jews, but also priests and ministers who spoke up.</p>
<p>Totalitarianism didn’t come quickly, it took 5 years from 1938 until 1943, to realize full dictatorship in Austria . Had it happened overnight, my countrymen would have fought to the last breath. Instead, we had creeping gradualism. Now, our only weapons were broom handles. The whole idea sounds almost unbelievable that the state, little by little eroded our freedom.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/01/nazi-eyewitness-warns-the-final-step-of-nazi-control-gun-laws/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/01/nazi-eyewitness-warns-the-final-step-of-nazi-control-gun-laws/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Weihana</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/01/general_debate_29_january_2013.html/comment-page-1#comment-1088065</link>
		<dc:creator>Weihana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;
I do not think that the huge changes in manufacturing and technology that gave the USA such a boost during the war and soon after will be repeated in the future with as yet unknown technology
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

And yet the device I am using now was unknown technology ten years ago.  Google was unknown 15 years ago.  YouTube was unknown 8 years ago.  Information technology has shown remarkable consistency.  Advancement has been relatively smooth and predictable.  Other technologies are also starting to show the same exponential increases whether it&#039;s the cost per dollar of solar power or the cost of DNA sequencing.  Moreover the computing power in your phone will continue to occupy an increasingly smaller space opening up new applications that seem impractical now.  Technology is increasing at such a rate that advancements ten years in the future seem far fetched and then when they happen it&#039;s seen as inevitable.

As for the USA being the center they are certainly not the only advanced nation on Earth but they still have many of the leading universities and they are a world leader in technology.  All this despite a shocking number of people who believe in Creationism. :)]]></description>
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I do not think that the huge changes in manufacturing and technology that gave the USA such a boost during the war and soon after will be repeated in the future with as yet unknown technology
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<p>And yet the device I am using now was unknown technology ten years ago.  Google was unknown 15 years ago.  YouTube was unknown 8 years ago.  Information technology has shown remarkable consistency.  Advancement has been relatively smooth and predictable.  Other technologies are also starting to show the same exponential increases whether it&#8217;s the cost per dollar of solar power or the cost of DNA sequencing.  Moreover the computing power in your phone will continue to occupy an increasingly smaller space opening up new applications that seem impractical now.  Technology is increasing at such a rate that advancements ten years in the future seem far fetched and then when they happen it&#8217;s seen as inevitable.</p>
<p>As for the USA being the center they are certainly not the only advanced nation on Earth but they still have many of the leading universities and they are a world leader in technology.  All this despite a shocking number of people who believe in Creationism. <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: nasska</title>
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		<dc:creator>nasska</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[krazykiwi

As a Wairarapa resident I can safely say that they both suck &amp; blow in equal proportions. :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>krazykiwi</p>
<p>As a Wairarapa resident I can safely say that they both suck &amp; blow in equal proportions. <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: krazykiwi</title>
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		<dc:creator>krazykiwi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[nasska 8:00pm. Wellington is windy because Auckland sucks so much :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>nasska 8:00pm. Wellington is windy because Auckland sucks so much <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: Griff</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/01/general_debate_29_january_2013.html/comment-page-1#comment-1088047</link>
		<dc:creator>Griff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I  do not believe that the usa has the political structure or will to stop the present overspending.
The Republicans have maneuvered  into a corner where they could not implement the tax increases needed to return to a reasonable state of balance. this hamstrings the president as well The only glowing light for them is if they finally manage to extract from the middle east. If they have found as much economic hydro carbons as claimed they will no longer need to spend billions on wars and politics over oil 

I do not think that the huge changes in manufacturing and technology that gave the USA such a boost during the war and soon after will be repeated in the future with as yet unknown technology&#039;s  Or that if such progress is made it will be centered in the usa
I also believe that over the next two decades continental climates will have adverse effects on their economy&#039;s due to a ever increasing cost of extreme weather. This will not effect the whole usa but will strain the more agrarian areas leading to rising unemployment and decreased income for such regions.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I  do not believe that the usa has the political structure or will to stop the present overspending.<br />
The Republicans have maneuvered  into a corner where they could not implement the tax increases needed to return to a reasonable state of balance. this hamstrings the president as well The only glowing light for them is if they finally manage to extract from the middle east. If they have found as much economic hydro carbons as claimed they will no longer need to spend billions on wars and politics over oil </p>
<p>I do not think that the huge changes in manufacturing and technology that gave the USA such a boost during the war and soon after will be repeated in the future with as yet unknown technology&#8217;s  Or that if such progress is made it will be centered in the usa<br />
I also believe that over the next two decades continental climates will have adverse effects on their economy&#8217;s due to a ever increasing cost of extreme weather. This will not effect the whole usa but will strain the more agrarian areas leading to rising unemployment and decreased income for such regions.</p>
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		<title>By: Azeraph</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/01/general_debate_29_january_2013.html/comment-page-1#comment-1088043</link>
		<dc:creator>Azeraph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[chiz (914) Says:
January 29th, 2013 at 7:26 pm 

Yeah that&#039;s the one, Stuxnet virus and as usual my memory is crap but the vid of the presenter that used it for a presentation to a conference has been taken down, He named the States as the most probable sender. Typical.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>chiz (914) Says:<br />
January 29th, 2013 at 7:26 pm </p>
<p>Yeah that&#8217;s the one, Stuxnet virus and as usual my memory is crap but the vid of the presenter that used it for a presentation to a conference has been taken down, He named the States as the most probable sender. Typical.</p>
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		<title>By: Azeraph</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2013/01/general_debate_29_january_2013.html/comment-page-1#comment-1088041</link>
		<dc:creator>Azeraph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Griff (4,117) Says:
January 29th, 2013 at 7:46 pm 

Thanks, I have never bothered to follow that one up though a friend did say they were vandalized.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Griff (4,117) Says:<br />
January 29th, 2013 at 7:46 pm </p>
<p>Thanks, I have never bothered to follow that one up though a friend did say they were vandalized.</p>
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		<title>By: nasska</title>
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		<dc:creator>nasska</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirteen Reasons to live in Auckland ....

1. Satan worshipping residents of Auckland are spared
unnecessary anguish and discomfort when they die because the
transition to hell is hardly noticeable.
2. Auckland has fewer syllables than Wellington so that
Aucklanders can spell it.
3. People who can&#039;t get in to Wellington have to have somewhere
to live.
4. Economies of scale dictate that it is economically optimal
for all pretentious posers with annoying inflections and stupid
haircuts to be in the same place.
5. Auckland has such a wide variety of social, economic and
cultural groupings that you can fit in no matter what kind of dork
you are.
6. Aucklanders do lots of quaint self affirming things like
calling their league team the &quot;Warriors&quot; and giving their otherwise
staid lives a hint of danger by referring to Mt Eden, Mt
Wellington, and Rangitoto as &quot;volcanoes&quot; even though they have been extinct for 3 million years.
7. Auckland&#039;s town planners thoughtfully laid out Auckland over
a large area so that when you are in Auckland the statistical
chances of running into an Aucklander are as low as possible.
8. The Auckland Rugby Union names it Super 12 team after a
colour just in case they had any deaf supporters.
9. Auckland is the nation&#039;s Prozac. People who don&#039;t live in
Auckland use that fact to ward off depression.
10. Auckland is vital to New Zealand&#039;s defence against alien
invasion. Invading space monsters will go straight to our largest
urban centre thinking it is actually important in some way. While
the aliens waste their time assaulting our decoy the rest of us
will have time to organise a counter strike. This aspect of
Auckland has taken on added significance since the discovery of
life on Mars.
11. People from Kaitaia need somewhere to go for petrol on their
way to Wellington.
12. Aucklanders have recovered from their feelings of phallic
inadequacy by erecting a 40 storey pole with a knob on top in the
middle of the city.
13. Auckland fulfils an important role in Maori mythology.
Maori legend has it that the North Island is the fish of Maui.
Wellington is the head and mouth of Maui&#039;s fish, New Plymouth and Gisborne are its fins and Auckland is its arsehole.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thirteen Reasons to live in Auckland &#8230;.</p>
<p>1. Satan worshipping residents of Auckland are spared<br />
unnecessary anguish and discomfort when they die because the<br />
transition to hell is hardly noticeable.<br />
2. Auckland has fewer syllables than Wellington so that<br />
Aucklanders can spell it.<br />
3. People who can&#8217;t get in to Wellington have to have somewhere<br />
to live.<br />
4. Economies of scale dictate that it is economically optimal<br />
for all pretentious posers with annoying inflections and stupid<br />
haircuts to be in the same place.<br />
5. Auckland has such a wide variety of social, economic and<br />
cultural groupings that you can fit in no matter what kind of dork<br />
you are.<br />
6. Aucklanders do lots of quaint self affirming things like<br />
calling their league team the &#8220;Warriors&#8221; and giving their otherwise<br />
staid lives a hint of danger by referring to Mt Eden, Mt<br />
Wellington, and Rangitoto as &#8220;volcanoes&#8221; even though they have been extinct for 3 million years.<br />
7. Auckland&#8217;s town planners thoughtfully laid out Auckland over<br />
a large area so that when you are in Auckland the statistical<br />
chances of running into an Aucklander are as low as possible.<br />
8. The Auckland Rugby Union names it Super 12 team after a<br />
colour just in case they had any deaf supporters.<br />
9. Auckland is the nation&#8217;s Prozac. People who don&#8217;t live in<br />
Auckland use that fact to ward off depression.<br />
10. Auckland is vital to New Zealand&#8217;s defence against alien<br />
invasion. Invading space monsters will go straight to our largest<br />
urban centre thinking it is actually important in some way. While<br />
the aliens waste their time assaulting our decoy the rest of us<br />
will have time to organise a counter strike. This aspect of<br />
Auckland has taken on added significance since the discovery of<br />
life on Mars.<br />
11. People from Kaitaia need somewhere to go for petrol on their<br />
way to Wellington.<br />
12. Aucklanders have recovered from their feelings of phallic<br />
inadequacy by erecting a 40 storey pole with a knob on top in the<br />
middle of the city.<br />
13. Auckland fulfils an important role in Maori mythology.<br />
Maori legend has it that the North Island is the fish of Maui.<br />
Wellington is the head and mouth of Maui&#8217;s fish, New Plymouth and Gisborne are its fins and Auckland is its arsehole.</p>
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		<title>By: Griff</title>
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		<dc:creator>Griff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;It has now been conclusively and scientifically demonstrated that the supposed man tracks are not those of humans. Both sets of tracks are highly weathered, so it&#039;s impossible to draw too many precise conclusions. The &quot;man&quot; tracks appear to be not human in origin but seem to have a few different features collaborating to form the illusion of human tracks, including excessive weathering of the details and some carved features that may have been doctored at a later date. There are numerous other tracks attributed to humans, but none stand up to any scientific scrutiny. The Burdick Print seems to show a well defined human foot preserved in stone, but given the 15 inch length and the hilariously over defined toes (for something that would have been imprinted in soft mud) only an idiot would suggest they were anything but a forgery. Nevertherless, close scrutiny has been done and confirmed most tracks like these are forged carvings being passed off as genuine fossilised human footprints. The State Park Ledge tracks, small indentations found in a rock formation in Dinosaur Valley, Somervell County, Texas, have been jumped on by track enthusiasts but are just later erosion features with only a superficial resemblance to anything actually man-made.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Only the most die hard creationists still use this as evidence for a young earth any more. Answers in Genesis includes the Paluxy tracks among those &quot;Arguments that should be avoided&quot; as even they can recognise blatant cases where further research is still needed, new research has invalided aspects of it, or biblical implications may discount it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>It has now been conclusively and scientifically demonstrated that the supposed man tracks are not those of humans. Both sets of tracks are highly weathered, so it&#8217;s impossible to draw too many precise conclusions. The &#8220;man&#8221; tracks appear to be not human in origin but seem to have a few different features collaborating to form the illusion of human tracks, including excessive weathering of the details and some carved features that may have been doctored at a later date. There are numerous other tracks attributed to humans, but none stand up to any scientific scrutiny. The Burdick Print seems to show a well defined human foot preserved in stone, but given the 15 inch length and the hilariously over defined toes (for something that would have been imprinted in soft mud) only an idiot would suggest they were anything but a forgery. Nevertherless, close scrutiny has been done and confirmed most tracks like these are forged carvings being passed off as genuine fossilised human footprints. The State Park Ledge tracks, small indentations found in a rock formation in Dinosaur Valley, Somervell County, Texas, have been jumped on by track enthusiasts but are just later erosion features with only a superficial resemblance to anything actually man-made.</p></blockquote>
<p>Only the most die hard creationists still use this as evidence for a young earth any more. Answers in Genesis includes the Paluxy tracks among those &#8220;Arguments that should be avoided&#8221; as even they can recognise blatant cases where further research is still needed, new research has invalided aspects of it, or biblical implications may discount it.</p>
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