Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Unwarranted risk, in reply to Chris Bowden,
A better argument might be to invest in more efficient and cleaner energy.
There are untapped savings in demand-reduction too. Long-term energy policy is complex, but I'd say Max Bradford's market fantasy has shown its colours enough by now. That Labour kept it going does not reflect well on them either.
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Hard News: Unwarranted risk, in reply to Bart Janssen,
They know this is bad for New Zealand, but they want to do it for other reasons, so they will.
Quite probably, and I'm sure your current experience is providing a sharpened perspective.
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Hard News: Unwarranted risk, in reply to BenWilson,
Totally agree. That the staggering financial illiteracy on display has not been called out forcefully is tragic.
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Big ups to our James Butler for this pertinent observation:
Dudes, an election gives a mandate to *govern*. Governing may include lying, cheating, breaking promises and generally being dicks
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Hard News: Unwarranted risk, in reply to John Armstrong,
change doesn't have to wait till 2014
I'm heartened that more and more political actors seem to be waking up to that. Pressure on Dunne and the Maori Party as you say should be part of it.
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Hard News: Unwarranted risk, in reply to Steve Barnes,
At every opportunity they attack Labour, thus stifling labours voice.
a whimper don't take much stifling :)
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Muse: The Good Word, Bad Numbers and The…, in reply to merc,
how Joyce is not being questioned over his intentional misuse of figures
He got away with it for several years over wasteful roading projects as well.
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Muse: The Good Word, Bad Numbers and The…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Yes, credit to the Herald for publishing a correction.
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Muse: The Good Word, Bad Numbers and The…, in reply to BenWilson,
They could influence elections, swing all kinds of favours, take vengeance on their enemies - all the crap that media moguls have always done. It's downright weird that it hasn't happened.
Or you could take it as some evidence that they don't need to own a media outlet to achieve those ends.
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Muse: The Good Word, Bad Numbers and The…, in reply to BenWilson,
It's an industry whose business model is changing. Investing in printed media is not a good bet. And online isn't sustainable in NZ yet either, for some strange reason.