Posts by Kyle Matthews
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Professor Spoonley is among speakets at this weekend's Rising Dragons, Soaring Bananas International Conference.
I just want to note that this surely deserves a prize for coolest conference name for 2009.
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Sooo Kyle .Does that mean your dad is Barry?
Yup.
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I would have been amazed if Power had not reacted that way, regardless of what sense Elias made. Happens anywhere when constitutional conventions are blatantly challenged. I doubt she is surprised.
Recommended reading for the week: Otago Law lecturer Andrew Geddis on pundit.co.nz.
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On a completely different note, last night's Media7 programme is up for viewing online.
The episode numbering on this page is wonky Russell:
http://tvnz.co.nz/media7/s2009-e25-video-2848051
Two episode 24s.
I watched the 60 minutes interview as background to watching the media 7 show. I hope her new husband is the sort of bloke that he came across as in the interview. I thought your interview was pretty well done.
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Ah OK. No I do get a PTS every year, so I'm probably even.
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I've just returned from protesting about Cadbury's use of palm oil at the annual Jaffa Race.
Hey good job Katie.
Oh my stars, you'll eat it with your eyes closed and won't want to open them again, it's that good.
So not to be eaten before appearing on TV then?
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Closed eyes is quite a good look.
My dad does it when interviewed on TV. It's always eyes closed - camera cuts to him - eyes open and come up and begin answer all at once. I don't think it looks great, but it must annoy the hell out of editors trying to cut it out.
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The moral of the story? If you have two or more jobs, do your tax return!
Previously when everyone had to do tax returns, I used to get one in the mail. Along with all the material from my employers and bank required to do it. Not only do I not get a return now, I don't get anything from my bank or employers as far as I'm aware.
Am I being screwed through inactivity?
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Kyle, my words might not be clear. I'm segregating into three. Hangers-on applies to just a proportion of the non-exporters. What matters is that at least some of the non-exporter group change over.
OK, that wasn't clear from:
One or two exporters, a host of hangers-on.
Which looked pretty binary. Who are the hanger-onners, apart from real estate types? What are the tasks that we should be discouraging?
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I look around my extended family and I see people doing work that is of little worth to the economy. I see them making money by flipping real estate, I see them making money by being the expensive just-add-water middle man. I look at them and I think: everyone's family network probably looks like this this. One or two exporters, a host of hangers-on.
Interesting post David. I'm a bit concerned by your segregation of people into 'export makers' and 'people of little worth to the economy'.
Apart from the fact that we need exporters and importers and people who do all the things that do neither, sometimes I get tired of people saying that my work, savings (lack of), mortgage etc aren't meeting the country's needs.
I actually don't do all these things for my country, I do them for me and my family and trying to get through to the next pay cheque.
After umpteen years of individualism being pushed by the state, I fail to see why I should now heed calls that my country needs me to mess up my life to earn the country some export dollars that I suddenly owe it.