Posts by Paul Williams
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Co-__torrent__-ugh
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I don't and it doesn't appear to be easy to get - only positive result is here, a US company that does ship to Australia but not to NZ... I'm reminded of Russell's cough on another thread...
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Ohhh, must rewatch Paper Chase... thanks Rachel.
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I know this one!
The "Brash" comment on Kiwiblog was actually written by John Ansell, who didn't check first with Richard Long. Long was furious. I thought it came off okay.
That's the first time I've heard that it wasn't Brash himself, or at least Brash's own words. So what was the point exactly? To reassure David of his centrality, to prove Brash was hip-with-the-kids or what?
National's online brand appears more coherent under Key than it was under Brash but neither party have fully or strategically positioned themselves in the way that FrogBlog has.
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Surely he won't keep his radio show and be Speaker? It's bad enough allowing active politicians to be radio presenters at all.
That's either an easy error or a clever gag...
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And I sure think the incoming Prime Minister is proof that early predictions of "easy meat gutted by morning tea time" don't always pan out.
Craig, I know I'm guilty of being partisan reasonably often but I don't in fact mean this. I mean only to point out that Paula Bennett has as a tough challenge. I don't wish her ill. I do hope Labour is re-elected in 2011, but I'd rather not have social disorder in the interim.
The regular contributors are much like Viz characters, or made up letters to the editor of Truth. Funny a few times, then just silly.
What Ben said.
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Points well made Kyle.
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Craig, I think Maryann Street would be tough, so too Dalziel or Dyson. My point is that Bennett's in for a challenging time - because she's new, because her opposite will likely be a former Minister, because welfare appears of secondary importance compared with economic development and also because she'll have to managing the probably incompatability of her coalition partners' expectations.
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Tell me as a father you don't see things a little differently than when you occupied Registry! I still think free tertiary education, with allowances, ought to be the goal, but it's slipped down my list of priorities now headed by more and better early childhood education and better special ed.
Still, I was recently told that the cost of universal allowances was less than the tax break National's offering the top salary and wage earners - perhaps they can be bonded to supporting their kids hey?
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Yeah Kyle, I didn't immediately click either but she was Massey-Albany president in 1996 so around when you and I were.
but either her position on tertiary education has changed, or she's going to avoid that sector.
Could be her views have changed somewhat... mine have, not radically, but the priorities have certainly reordered.