Benefiting the “Vast Majority”

Looking through No Right Turn last night, I came across a lot of the usual nonsense. But this one takes the cake – and I’m not even going to talk about how he quotes John Minto (which in itself is a massive fail). 170 houses between 59 MPs is almost three each – and the…

A picture is worth a thousand words, but about whom?

The saying is “A picture is worth a thousand words”. I agree. I think this picture illustrates quite nicely just how unhinged the left are. Even stupider, Idiot is on record on his blog making the most outlandish excuse for another piece of legislation which allows a government department to not just spy on, but to utterly destroy…

You don’t get your own facts

It’s often said that you get you own opinions, but you don’t get your own facts. Back in the 90’s, the government privatised Telecom. The new owners immediately ramped up dividends while under investing in new technology. The result was a second-rate phone network. Now, technically it is true that Telecom was privatised in the 90’s, in that…

The government should sell assets for a profit without selling them

Just noticed this on No Right Turn. Again, the government’s reluctance to borrow money – even for investment, even when it is profitable – prevents them from seeing the solutions which are right in front of their eyes Gee, why wouldn’t the government borrow money to purchase an asset and sell it later on for a profit? Who could…

Hokitika airport and Idiot/Savan’ts insistence on staying in the gutter

Hokitika is extending it’s airport. Every small town wants to be a big town. Most settle for building a giant fibreglass vegetable to “put them on the map”. But some have grander plans. For example Hokitika, a dipshit little town of around 4,000 people, wants to have an international airport, and so is spending millions of dollars…

Was Chavis Carter shot by Police?

No Right Turn has discovered corruption in the American police. On July 28, Chavis Carter, an American man, was arrested in Jonesboro, Ark. He was search, twice, his hands were handcuffed behind his back, and he was placed in the back seat of a police car. He was then “found” slumped over in the car with…

Fix child poverty – it’s easy.

No Right Turn has a go at Labour, but I’m more interested in this statement. Last election, the Labour party did a good thing. After years of denying that its discriminatory Working For Families “in-work” payment denied assistance to those who needed it most, they listened to the evidence, and agreed to (slowly) universalise it in order to eliminate…

Take head, apply to brick wall

I was reading a fairly routine blog post on NRT, when I just realised my irony meter broke. This has all been done very quietly, and Mackey hasn’t issued any press statement on it; given the lack of attention paid to Member’s Notices of Motion (which are usually used to formally congratulate people MPs want…

Inventing BS by quoting half an answer

Idiot/Savant yesterday called the government out on their answer to SCF. Today in Question Time, Finance Minister Bill English refused to hold a public inquiry into the collapse of South Canterbury Finance. His excuse? The government didn’t have the resources to do it. This is just bullshit. Oh, it’s bullshit all right. 3. Hon DAVID…

How to deliberately misread your opponents motives

First, we frame the debate. Yesterday, the goverment ruled out raising the alcohol excise tax. Today, they’ve thrown the House into extraordinary urgency (which means they sit as long as it takes until the bill is passed) to immediately raise the excise tax on tobacco. The reasons given are the obvious ones – to make…