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August 7, 2014 9:00am by Kokila Patel

MEANWHILE ON THE EPSOM SUPER HIGHWAY

By Squeaky Lino (In the Halls of Power)

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Ed Snack

Have you possibly thought about getting a cartoonist who is funny rather than purely political ?
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August 7, 2014 9:03am
RF

I know Christine. Do not under estimate her ability to sneak in.
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August 7, 2014 9:16am
mikenmild

Is she a sneak?
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August 7, 2014 9:16am
oldpark

Still wondering why she did a U BOLT out of Wellington.
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August 7, 2014 9:27am
Liberty

“I know Christine. Do not under estimate her ability to sneak in.”

No Christine is wasting her time with a moon-bat. It is a bit sad as she has ability.
and could achieve so much more.
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August 7, 2014 9:39am
Chuck Bird

“I know Christine. Do not under estimate her ability to sneak in.”

@RF

If you are correct you could make plenty of money on ipredict.

ACT is still the most likely to get in but the odds for Goldsmith getting in have increased.
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August 7, 2014 9:51am
trout

You guys do not get it do you. Act could put up a basset hound and it would get elected if it meant that it added 1+ votes to the Nat majority.
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August 7, 2014 10:03am
mikenmild

Maybe a poodle rather than a basset hound…
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August 7, 2014 10:10am
OneTrack

Is that Seymour or New Zealand flattened on the road if the Conservatives split the vote and Goldsmith goes through, leaving National with only United Future for support?

David Cunliffe, Russel Norman and Laila Harre must be counting their lucky stars.
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August 7, 2014 10:11am
anticorruptionnz

Hey this is the 2 Jaffa lady

I dont get any exposure, have not got my billboards up yet.
have not put flyers out

Have lived IN EPSOM for 30 Years.

I got 2 Jaffas in the Jaffa Poll

Half that of Christine. She has a team I do it alone.

That means I get two whole Jaffas to myself and she can only get to lick one of her four

and Independents Have to do it while being totally ignored and no doubt rubbished by the likes of someone this forum

Grace Haden Independent Epsom standing to
1. Give Epsom residents representation by some one who cares and knows the community
2.make lawyers accountable to the rule of law and
3.combat corruption
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August 7, 2014 10:11am
SGA

trout at 10:03 am

You guys do not get it do you. Act could put up a basset hound and it would get elected if it meant that it added 1+ votes to the Nat majority.

Even after the infamous cup of tea, many Nat supporters still weren’t willing to play “follow the leader”. Although 2000 votes provides some cushion, my guess is that support is rather fragile.
2011
ACT – John Banks – 15,835
National – Paul Goldsmith – 13,574
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August 7, 2014 10:16am
Nostradamus

Grace Haden:

Graham put this question to Penny Bright, but as it relates to you, I’m sure you’ll be able to answer it:

On the 4th of August, you were singing the praises of Grace Haden, candidate for Epsom, for her policies and “proven track record in fighting corruption”.

http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2014/08/rankin_for_epsom.html#comment-1373364

I asked you to provide the INDEPENDENT evidence of what Grace Haden has actually achieved. I think the people of Epsom have a right to know the history and the achievements (or lack thereof) of people they are considering voting for – don’t you?

Kiwiblog – supporting the right of the voting public to ‘cast an informed vote’ – as you so rightly put it.

Penny has responded to the question:

On 2 July 2014 the petition of Grace Haden calling for an Independent Commission Against Corruption was presented to the House by Labour MP Andrew Little. It has been referred to the Law and Order Select Committee.

You must be aggrieved that your best mate was only able to describe one achievement, and a fairly weak one at that!

So, Grace, step up to the Kiwiblog soapbox and inform us of your achievements!
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August 7, 2014 10:19am
Komata

Is it my ears, or has an echo from another ‘independent’ candidate transferred itself here?

Same words, same stance, (same echo)?

One wonders…
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August 7, 2014 10:24am
Steve Wrathall

What an earth should another candidate from an anti-foreign investment party harm Seymour’s chances?
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August 7, 2014 10:48am
ShawnLH

“No Christine is wasting her time with a moon-bat.”

Perhaps. But then so is Seymour.
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August 7, 2014 11:10am
anticorruptionnz

Nostradamus

Achieving any thing in new Zealand on the corruption front is difficult because things are covered up from 4,000 feet.

It is about chipping away at it. I think that together with Penny’s Activist back ground and My Police Background we have started chipping away at the top of this very big ice berg .

If we stop chipping the ice berg will get bigger. If we continue to chip and have others join us we may strike a weak spot and the ice berg will break into smaller manageable components.

I have exposed lots of things but when people don’t want to see and wish to pretend that all is rosy that is something I cant do anything about.
As they say there are those who can see the flames and know they are hot , others have to touch it to know that they are hot and others find out by being burnt .

I didn’t know the fire was there , I was burnt. This is because we pretend that NZ is the least corrupt country, we get there by falsehood and concealment. I have shown a lot of people where the corruption is , if you know there is danger you can avoid it .

I have just recently had my petition for a commission against corruption tabled in parliament. Had trouble getting a party that would do it and although I have never supported Labour they were there for me. Thank you Andrew Little

I am currently seeking accountability and exposing companies registered in New Zealand . Keep tabs on my site Anitcorruption.co.nz I am posting Daily.

I have always campaigned and acted in the public good , I saved the Eden Epsom Kindy from being turned into a community building,
I exposed at great personal cost a fictitious law enforcement authority and stopped its operation – the man was using public resources for private pecuniary gain
My fight for corruption has cost me my marriage and more money than any one would ever be able to think of without chocking. -and it all began because I asked the simple question .. why doesn’t this private law enforcement authority exist . – I happened to think that it was wrong that some one should be able to write legislation for their own business plan, advise on the legislation and than make an application under a false name.

When I raised questions on behalf of a council worker I was put in the firing line. I was taken to court for speaking the truth , I was denied a defence of truth and honest opinion. No evidence was ever produced and the court relied on the uncorroborated evidence of the fraudster who started it all. He was able to re write history.

A lawyer came to me in court said he was a human rights lawyer and could help . He scalped me. his name was Evgeny Orlov. Yes we all know about him now but we didn’t then. He cost me more than you can imaging, gave false invoices, law society struck him off ( for other things ) he was ordered to repay me has not done so and has taken me to court four times on crap just to cost me money and to waste my time.

If the law society had to comply with the fair trading act they would have given me a good lawyer to undo the damage . If you use a lawyer you should have some expectation of competency .

I have learnt that people can take any one to court for any reason and it s just your hard luck you have to fight back or lose your rights.

In between times I have helped out lots of people often pro bono on other issues of corruption. can’t begin to tell you how many and there have been very diverse issues losing land losing kids but mainly not having any rights to a fair hearing.

As a former police prosecutor I see the injustice in the civil court, where rules are played so that he party without a chance can win.- the rights that criminals have should be afforded in the civil section as well .
Coincidentally today Patrick Downey is appearing in the Whangarei court for failing to serve documents and swearing a false affidavit that he did

The matter is one of a lady with 5 kids where the grand parents are trying to take her youngest from her a 6 year old who never knew his druggy father and since this sperm donor killed himself on his bike the grandparents have wanted to take this child from his family .
Could go on but I would be here until the elections and there is work to do .
Evil prevails when good men and women do nothing.
I do my bit what about you?
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August 7, 2014 11:24am
thedavincimode

Will Christine be chartering another 737 to have a happy clappy election rally?
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August 7, 2014 11:59am
Liberty

“No Christine is wasting her time with a moon-bat.
Perhaps. But then so is Seymour.”

No the term applies to the lefties.
Granted the Conservatives are so flaky it his hard to work out were they are in political spectrum.
Just like NZF it all depends on what day it is .

The Term Moon -Bats really encapsulates The coalition of loses.

Namely
Labour,Greens,Mana,NZf,Conservatives and Internet. Along with their Sugar-daddy

Moonbat is popularly used to describe alarmists, fanatical anti-war activists, environmental extremists, and other leftwing radicals and politicians. The term is used to describe the political far left wing bordering communistic thinking or socialistic thinking. A term which describes an unthinking political left wing. It is perceived that they have sacrificed sanity for uniformity. These prophets were originally led by Gov. Jerry Brown, CA (Gov Moonbeam) and more recently by Cindy Sheehan (Mother Moonbat).
http://definitions.uslegal.com/m/moonbat/
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August 7, 2014 12:20pm
Komata

Definitely an echo……
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August 7, 2014 12:32pm
Reboot

OneTrack (2,652 comments) says:
August 7th, 2014 at 10:11 am

Is that Seymour or New Zealand flattened on the road if the Conservatives split the vote and Goldsmith goes through, leaving National with only United Future for support?

David Cunliffe, Russel Norman and Laila Harre must be counting their lucky stars.

What do you have against a political party exercising their right to stand a candidate in an electorate? Anyone who is willing to vote for Colin Craig’s Christian Party is about as stupid as anyone who would vote for the Greens anyway, but I have no problem at all with them maximising their chances for getting into Parliament through legal means. If Epsom voters decide to vote for Rankin and as a result Goldsmith wins, there is no-one else to blame but Epsom voters themselves. I’m inclined to think they’re dumb enough to do it, given that the majority of Epsom residents are probably conservative Christian “mums and dads” anyway rather than socially and economically liberal youngsters. Given that 99.99% of Kiwis (or 100% based on ACT’s current polling) give their vote to left-wing parties, New Zealand deserves the government that they get.
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August 7, 2014 1:12pm
anticorruptionnz

@ Komata

definitely a person who needs to be burnt first to experience the heat.
you may not have to wait too long corruption ignored spreads like cancer.

any way the problem with echos is that sometimes what you think is an echo is actually the source and it may be the warning that the avalanche is coming your way .
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August 7, 2014 1:16pm
RRM

I notice the (single vanishing point) perspective used to draw the Rankin and Co truck is completely wrong….

much like the cartoonist’s other perspectives no doubt 🙂
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August 7, 2014 1:32pm
RF

Dear God… Has Judith a twin sister – the posts from anticorruptionsnz have a familiar tone.
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August 7, 2014 1:38pm
iMP

Lordie RRM, next you’ll be saying Bromhead draws like a child.
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August 7, 2014 2:19pm
RRM

It’s also just plain not very funny!
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August 7, 2014 5:33pm
ShawnLH

“you may not have to wait too long corruption ignored spreads like cancer.”

Generally speaking NZ has very low rates of corruption compared to many other countries.

I suspect that with these so-called “independents” corruption is defined in heavily biased, left wing terms, especially given Penny’s association with the Occupy movement and the anti-Israel nutjobs.
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August 7, 2014 5:39pm
OneTrack

RRM – “It’s also just plain not very funny!”

I thought it was one of his better ones. Half the time I don’t even understand what he is getting it. I am sure they make more sense if you are a hard-lefty like him.
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August 7, 2014 7:10pm
Steve Taylor

Maths is a pure language:

Seymour winning Epsom = 1 MP

Rankin winning Epsom = 4 + MPs

The Conservative Party: 7000 members and supporters.

The ACT Party: 724 members and supporters.

Oh, and the “moon-bat” just secured Garth McVicar as a Candidate – there’s around 100,000 votes right there.

Crazy? Yeah, like the proverbial fox.

With more surprises to come I suspect.
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August 7, 2014 10:27pm
ChardonnayGuy

Pity that cartoon truck is about to drive off a cartoon cliff.

Ah Steve…fantasising as usual. 😉
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August 9, 2014 9:32am
Steve Taylor

@ ChardonneyGuy:

You do realise that it is the dreams of the future that become the reality of the past 🙂
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August 9, 2014 10:38am
ChardonnayGuy

Does that mean that the Conservatives best days are well in the past? 🙂
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August 10, 2014 11:38am
Steve Taylor

That particular chapter is still being written, Chardonnayguy 🙂
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