The importance abouit addressing lies told about us is to address lies we tell about ourselves.

yeah, but have some sympathy for Al Gore. In the Circus of Spoilt Brats Going off the Rails his son does it in a Prius. Can't help his presidential ambitions. I prefer the High…

The importance abouit addressing lies told about us is to address lies we tell about ourselves.

Although I guess they could have David Slick, Keith Thing, Seeming Mock and Jesus Christie ...

Very good!

heh heh – good for you (I mean that). I consider myself fairly liberal, except when it comes to business/money. At which point I become very defensive of my stash. (I was sending emails to parents & friends warning against Bridgecorp 12 months ago)

I didn't bother kicking up a fuss…

heh heh – good for you (I mean that). I consider myself fairly liberal, except when it comes to business/money. At which point I become very defensive of my stash. (I was sending emails to parents & friends warning against Bridgecorp 12 months ago)…

What if their pageads were all for Starbucks?

While arguing about bare faced lies let's remeber Gore lied about us.

I'm not taken by Save The Planet Man's latest role as The Reluctant Bride but it's bit harsh to call over-heated rhetoric a lie.

But this is funny – [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2118657,00.html|Al Gore's son caught doing 100mph in hybrid car…

Other points in Trelise's favour were that Tamsin Cooper was 'only' her married name and the marriage didn't last long

Hum... I know I'm setting myself up for a beating here, but I wonder what high-profile divorcees who kept using their 'married' surnames like Cath Tizard, Roseanne Meo, Pam Corkery,…

NZ is clean & green, right? 100% Pure, right?
Our National State of the Environment report is 10years over due.
AKL water comes…

These people really are crazy.

By "these people", I'm assuming you're referring to people with whom you disagree. Nice. Although I might disagree with you, I'd never suggest you deserve to be put in a straitjacket.

No, I'm referring to people prepared to advance an argument by entirely fabricating -…

By "these people", I'm assuming you're referring to people with whom you disagree. Nice. Although I might disagree with you, I'd never suggest you deserve to be put in a straitjacket.

I'm with you: while I may occasionally have the urge to hug posters of Helen Clark, I'm real keen to leave the doctors with fewer rather than more pills and (grimace) blood tests...

1/ Yes, it probably will remind some of "the whole fiasco", and yes it clearly entangled "the government" and "the labour party" – two institutions which aren't synonymous ... yet ;-)

but...

2/ The public needed some educatin', at least if I'm anything to go by.…

Strategists 1 & 2 together: "Pure Genius"

Brilliant. I presume someone will be laughing darkly on the ninth floor. But not too loud in case herself should hear ...

Strategist 1: "...cheaper health care, free child care, incentivised savings – these are all good policies but...the trouble is...the public might realise. And then we might end up, like, popular again."

Strategist 2: "hhhmmmm...indeed...and that wouldn't do"

Strategists 1 & 2 together: "hhhhhhhhmmmmmm"

Strategist…

Hurrr...hurrr... he said "pubic"...

Oh, and it always happens when you're stuck for the morning at a conference ....

Which is where it gets a bit weird, because the leaders' fund is there to help parties communicate policy to the public. But the auditor-general has drawn the lines so tightly that it's hard to tell what counts as electioneering.

Which is exactly the line from politicians that gets zero…

At the bottom right on the front page is a wee crest of the House of Representatives...

The legislation only lasts till the end of this year, whereupon it's supposed to be replaced with a clearer set of rules, in time for the election.

I wonder if that would include something along the lines of anti-spam legislation, where all parties and politicians have to maintain (and follow)…

Robyn.... 100 Guineas Cup actually :)

According to Wikipedia (which is slowly taking the place of my long-term memory):

It was originally known by the Squadron as the “Royal Yacht Squadron Cup” or the “RYS Cup for One Hundred Sovereigns”. The Cup subsequently became known as the “One Hundred Guinea(s)…

Now, I happen to think these are all good things, and I would expect any government to present them to the pubic as such.

Hurrr...hurrr... he said "pubic"...

I think "present them to the pubic" could be interpreted as "given the arse" or told to "suck me" (in the prejorative…

I also wonder, surely a sensible way around this is to ban any party identifiers on anything with the H.O.R. crest.

Which is where it gets a bit weird, because the leaders' fund is there to help parties communicate policy to the public. But the auditor-general has drawn the lines…

Of course, if the Nats win the next election Labour will be hoist with it's own petard — one can just imagine the liberties the Nats will take exploiting Labour's validating legislation, given the tricks they pulled with the Exclusive Brethren.

The legislation only lasts till the end of this…

But the reality is that Hillary has a double digit lead over her closest rival which for some reason happens to really annoy most white male liberal middle class American punidts.

I think the failure of the American primary system is that it chooses the person most popular (most popular…

No, I wondered as well.…

Also, was I the only one completely miffed at One News for repeatedly misnaming one of the Cooper's involved in the fashion story?

Despite showing repeated footage of the (correctly spelled) label (ie. Tamsin Cooper)..... they repeatedly said Tasmin out loud, and captions on…

polls show again, that Al Gore would sweep the Democratic nomination if he chose to run

people always prefer what they can't have. But what the polls also show is that Hillary has 37% and Gore would win against her but with only 32% of Dem voters. Not quite so…

But even when America is in the cup, the racing is during baseball season…

I can't believe they've done this. A leaflet from the government would have hit the mark; it would hardly have been a mystery who was in charge. But a leaflet slathered in red with Labour's own website address on it? Come on.

Well, Russell, I can — because let's face…

Here's a question: Why is it called the americas cup, when there is NO coverage of it here.

It's named after the first boat to win it, which was called America.

That's why it's called the America's Cup, and why people are confused by that apostrophe and desperately want to…

Fox News declared that Gore "hasn’t stopped believing he can get special favors for being a political figure" (ie: Gore blagged a copy of the Sopranos finale because he was going to be on a long-haul flight when it aired);

Whereas Bush dishing out "special favors" to Scooter Libby is…

Interesting what you say there Nic, a friend of mine was in San Diego during an earlier America's cup regatta, she said apart from a few hundred kiwis on the waterfront, the city appeared completely oblivious to the colossal struggle…

When I think that I know research scientists who have been laid off their jobs last Christmas because of a million dollar shortfall in funding, it makes me laugh about Labour's commitment to the…

Here's a question: Why is it called the americas cup, when there is NO coverage of it here. Zero. Zip. Nada. Nothing. Not even on the sport channels!