tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post6397314081747817844..comments2023-10-28T18:12:33.101+07:00Comments on The Opinionated Diner: As I walk away from you / as I walk away from youUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-23794681698460375332008-03-20T13:00:00.000+07:002008-03-20T13:00:00.000+07:00well you know, those sorts of comments have been c...well you know, those sorts of comments have been coming since the beginning of this government and we are still waiting for the sky to crash in.<BR/><BR/>As my 'punk' ideals...whatever they might be...I'm still not willing to subscribe to the dictatorship of a self appointed elite which is what Libertarianz-ism means to me.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-32034891928239117142008-03-20T10:37:00.000+07:002008-03-20T10:37:00.000+07:00"You rarely hear a good word about either Helen Cl..."You rarely hear a good word about either Helen Clark or the Labour government, and the word seems to be its time to go. And no-one really, if you ask, seems to know why."<BR/><BR/>Griggster - Just you wait till the out-of-control cost of bureaucracy screws us. 99% of all laws being counterproductive.<BR/><BR/>Crime is skyrocketing because of liberal laws and PC judges.<BR/><BR/>She wants to gregsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786701115887458801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-87328779203400490812008-02-15T04:08:00.000+07:002008-02-15T04:08:00.000+07:00"the flaming bag of fiscal dog shit that Jim Bolge..."the flaming bag of fiscal dog shit that Jim Bolger found on his desk after the 1990 election"<BR/><BR/>spoken like a true National man Craig - lots of colour and zero context.<BR/>you see - the economic fallout that National inhereited from "Labour" in 1990 was specifically the result of:<BR/><BR/>1. years of Muldoon's economic insanity<BR/><BR/>2. nacent ACT Leaders Douglas and Prebble's the sprouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481718387168554332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-30339129816358457922008-02-14T12:12:00.000+07:002008-02-14T12:12:00.000+07:00I have to agree - coming back from living in Londo...I have to agree - coming back from living in London a year back I was struck by how much people were whinging and moaning (esp among my parents gen.) about the 'state of the country'. Yet all around me (in Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin) I was struck by how much 'wealthier' and more cosmopolitan these cities had become in just a few short years ( I was away for only a 2 1/2 ). I really Mel Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17502103905726874092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-47677908326437502752008-02-13T12:55:00.000+07:002008-02-13T12:55:00.000+07:00I remember Mr Key coming out with a comment about ...I remember Mr Key coming out with a comment about a low wage economy is good for NZ.....and NZ don't forget four weeks holiday... unless you would be happy to go back to two which is what Birch wanted.Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07299498846803364686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-77890275992713839192008-02-13T12:42:00.000+07:002008-02-13T12:42:00.000+07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07299498846803364686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-46856223953391883642008-02-13T06:52:00.000+07:002008-02-13T06:52:00.000+07:00Can't help thinking that the economic situation i...Can't help thinking that the economic situation in 1990 had just a wee bit to do with the quagmire Labour inherited in 1984 and the overwhelming need to sort that mess out..oh, and something that happened in New York on a Tuesday in October, 1987.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278183271703930217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-83520551106278399282008-02-13T06:11:00.000+07:002008-02-13T06:11:00.000+07:00Yes quite agree. There is some sort of odd backlas...Yes quite agree. There is some sort of odd backlash against the one clearly world class politician we have in Helen Clark. And also just as clear is that her wider team has so much more substance than National.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps it is simply that it is much harder to keep the existing image fresh than to propose change, especially after 9yrs. If I was their strategist I would be thrashing the factTimmy Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123243715212903666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195554.post-54797354099929133222008-02-13T05:40:00.000+07:002008-02-13T05:40:00.000+07:00...and slashes in benefits that threw many onto th...<I>...and slashes in benefits that threw many onto the dust heap and has caused social problems to this day.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, Simon, and could you remind the class of the flaming bag of fiscal dog shit that Jim Bolger found on his desk after the 1990 election? Or I guess there was some magic way any Government could let the Bank of New Zealand collapse without catastrophic economic and social Craig Ranapiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923246310584658857noreply@blogger.com