Posts by Craig Ranapia
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Hard News: Only what we would expect a…, in reply to Danielle,
My gag reflex is certainly getting a big workout this week. Do you think Key would change his mind about doing this if I threw up on him?
I wish he would, so we could be spared any further paternalistic concern trolling of Bronagh Key.
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Rankin herself is a divorcee of near-Liz Taylor proportions, and was embroiled in a reputed affair with the widower of a well-liked real estate agent who’d committed suicide.
While you’re on that moral high horse denouncing “fucking hypocrites”, Red, perhaps you can get together with Carolyne Meng-Yee – who had a rather unhealthy interest in whether Helen Clark and Peter Davies ever had sexy shower time – and tell us all when it would be “sensitive” to re-marry? My preferred option is: None of your fucking business but YMMV.
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Hard News: Only what we would expect a…, in reply to Sam F,
Well, yes... then again, I'm the kind of silly simple fool who finds burning someone to death horrific enough that the motivation for doing so pales into the neighbourhood of marginal significance.
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Hard News: Only what we would expect a…, in reply to nzlemming,
I hope you’ve instituted a good training regime for your knee, Craig. In an election year, rapid, repeated jerking could be dangerous.
@nzlemming: Um, yeah. OK. No.
Obviously I hit a nerve, but let's cut the crap for a moment. During the term of the Fifith Labour Government, how many times were they accused of having some "secret agenda" -- everything from raising the top tax rate in 1999 to the Civil Unions Bill -- for having the sheer cheek to legislate on their manifesto commitments? Many of which I didn't agree with, FWIW.
Also, I don't live in a country where the Prime Minister can pass legislation by fiat. While it grieves me to say this, I'm not betting the house on National securing an absolute majority this year, let alone declaring Key Queen of the 'Verse.
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Hard News: Only what we would expect a…, in reply to Matthew Poole,
His language is very much “Don’t like it? Don’t vote for me, because I don’t care what you think.”
Well, yes Matthew - considering Labour's master narrative has been "National's secret privatization agenda" it seems a wee bit graceless to piss your pants because Key's actually going to do something he's campaigning on. Or for that matter, while I think Labour's tax policy is based on outright deceptive costings if they win the election I can't really fault them for putting it on the statute books.
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Legal Beagle: Coalition of Losers, in reply to Kyle Matthews,
The changes to our education system that National rushed through without select committee hearings really stand out from the current term. That should not be allowed to happen.
Or the way the Electoral Act was fucked around with under extreme urgency, for no other reason than because nobody wanted a by-election in New Plymouth.
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Lyndon Hood,
Case studies: Goff throws around numbers on the contact energy sale.
Do they bear any relationship to reality? The guy can't justtify the costings of his own policies, so a smidge of scepticism would be in order.
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Muse: TV Review: Night in the Garden of Pain, in reply to Simon Bennett,
However, it doesn’t tick the boxes of the fantasy genre. It’s more a male orientated sex comedy, with dramatic twists. And rooting.
That sounds exactly like Norse mythology to me -- endless trouble caused by short tempers and an inability to keep their dicks in check. :)
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Muse: TV Review: Night in the Garden of Pain, in reply to Lilith __,
Critical honesty forces me to admit that a lot of people obviously disagree with me on the merits of the book, otherwise it wouldn't have been continuously in print for fifteen years.
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Neil Morrison,
Which is part of Key’s argument.
And one worth having but like Labour's tax policy how the hell do you engage with an argument that isn't being made with any degree of seriousness? It's like trying to dance with thin air.
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