And is this a statement about Michael's own career:

So Lee may not win Mt Albert. But she's entertaining. She is feisty. She looks good. And she has a personality primed for political incorrectness. And none of these things is…

I imagine most will understand the difference between what's inappropriate and what's illegal.

Um, so I guess the answer is "no".

Either way, TV3's shareholders will probably be laughing all the way to the bank – especially when the joke's on TVNZ.

Yeah, I'm sure Three's shareholder will be ROTFLMAO…

By the way, anyone think Melissa Lee is going to get an apology any time soon after http://www.nzonair.govt.nz/news.php&news_id=164:

I imagine most will understand the difference between what's inappropriate and what's illegal. Either way, TV3's shareholders will probably be laughing all the way to the bank – especially when the joke's…

21 May 2009

Report on allegations surrounding the production of Asia Downunder 2008

A report conducted by NZ On Air into funding of Asia Downunder has found that the agency was not…

Has nobody said it out loud? This is Rodney paying back his BRT and EMA sponsors, and it will disenfranchise one third of the population of New Zealand while in the process padding the pockets of a few old rich white men.

You haven't been paying attention, Mark — yes,…

Has nobody said it out loud? This is Rodney paying back his BRT and EMA sponsors, and it will disenfranchise one third of the population of New Zealand while in the process padding the pockets of a few old rich white men.<.quote>

You haven't been paying attention, Mark — yes,…

Craig? are you ok? I fail to see what that link has to do with anything, aside from the fact that it is filled with paranoid bigotry.

Steve: A simple 'think you munged the link' would have done the job, because if the 'paranoid bigotry' crack was aimed in my…

How many people are on each…

"natural ones"

& nebulous.

Meanwhile on their own bloody blog, its "destabilising" the appointments haven't been made already, yet it was "anti-democratic" it was set up under urgency?

I think the point is that it's destabilising that the government is charging ahead without anyone really being sure what what the hell's going on. Quote…

And we're done with the idea that Labour has said two different things about the haste of the process, then? C'mon Craig — putting another side to the argument is one thing, but that was just making stuff up.

Meanwhile on their own bloody blog, its "destabilising" the appointments haven't…

Six? Really? I think the wheels will come off far sooner than that.

I'll believe that if and when the polls start turning.

It's remarkable to think that…

Seriously, were there any substantive amendments put up that would have genuinely improved the bill and the Opposition had the slightest interest in passing?

Yes, there were actually. The points about council employee maternity leave being endangered weren't trivial, even if they were airily dismissed. And a number of the…

OTOH, they did spend the weekend trying to slow the thing down while the government was shoving everything through under urgency.

Yes, and as I said to Sofie and Steve a couple of days back — like the filibuster over the ERA — it was all great fun (if you…

I'm not aware that they have though

Red Alert: Super City uncertainty destabilising

For once, Russell, I'd actually cut Duncan a bit of slack, because in the wonderful world of knee-jerk opposition politics you can demand to know why the process is taking so long, anddecry the indecent haste of it all because there's no shot you can afford not to take.

I'm…

I laughed out loud at Duncan Garner last night saying "Labour is demanding to know why the process is taking so long".

I think they're actually demanding something else altogether — like, say, the opposite — but whatever ...

For once, Russell, I'd actually cut Duncan a bit of slack,…

For sprinting fascism conducted with indecent haste, they're sure taking their time about it.

I laughed out loud at Duncan Garner last night saying "Labour is demanding to know why the process is taking so long".

I think they're actually demanding something else altogether — like, say, the opposite --…

The unfairness in the proposed council system comes from electing multiple councillors to a ward using FPP, which means that a…

Stick with the conspiracy — because I really don't know what would satisfy some people at this point, apart from Rodney Hide and John Banks getting run over by the same bus.

Stop it Craig. You're getting me excited.

The raison d'etre of local government are communities so it makes sense to use that as a basis for ward seats using communities of interest, and not a 'equal number of electors'' basis.

Serious question: What do you define as a 'community of interest' because if it boils down to…

The raison d'etre of local government are communities so it makes sense to use that as a basis for ward seats using communities of interest, and not a 'equal number of electors'' basis.

Well put, and wholely agreed

So it's not a conspiracy, it's just another fuckup.

Stick with the conspiracy — because I really don't know what would satisfy some people at this point, apart from Rodney Hide and John Banks getting run over by the same bus.

Electorate seats are primarily population driven i.e. each parliamentarian has to represent a certain number of electors, while ward…

the Auckland electorates could be the basis for the community boards

That's been objected to because it would create "rivalry" between council and MP. I dont't really understand this, because in my world if an MP is input, good or bad, then that should be heard. But in the world…

It was put to them that the Auckland electorates could be the basis for the community boards, that these could also be the electoral wards for the councillors for the supercity council, that this would help develop able local…

So it's not a conspiracy, it's just another fuckup.

Alec:

Many citizens cognititive processes are catching up at last with the reality of the government carving up Auckland in real time. These are genuine right wingers, the joke is officially over.

Dirty Harry meets the Keystone Cops.

Banks was unconsciously referring to an already written script with yesterdays comments on staff levels. Thousands of families are…

For sprinting fascism conducted with indecent haste, they're sure taking their time about it.

So it's not a conspiracy, it's just another fuckup.