tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post115309607194287249..comments2024-03-18T17:17:00.423+13:00Comments on Not PC: Watching your money with your money -- another Tory success storyPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1153189415044022352006-07-18T14:23:00.000+12:002006-07-18T14:23:00.000+12:00Yes, unfortunately even the bloody hipocritical li...Yes, unfortunately even the bloody hipocritical libertarianz have got their greasy hands in my pocket<BR/><BR/>http://www.elections.org.nz/broadcasting_decision_05.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1153138569094353682006-07-18T00:16:00.000+12:002006-07-18T00:16:00.000+12:00That's because I believe that a strong parliament ...That's because I believe that a strong parliament placing issues before the public is a necessary function of good government, just like the justice system and the defence forces.<BR/><BR/>If you are going to fund government through compulsory taxation, a taxpayer-funded parliament is vital and worthy. And I don't think spending a three figure sum on a cartoon constitutes waste. It's straining Nats to swallow camels.<BR/><BR/>If you are going to pursue this line then how different are you from an idiot like Hide getting up in parliament complaining about the army paying for a column in their newsletter? It's all very well and noble to have such strongly defined principles, but unless you put them in perspective then you end up fighting the wrong battles.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865567065778234500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1153104716018972812006-07-17T14:51:00.000+12:002006-07-17T14:51:00.000+12:00Damn, Blair's right.
How dare I "parrot the Hera...Damn, Blair's right. <br /><br />How dare I "parrot the <span style="font-style: italic;">Herald</span>" and point out National's dishonesty and utter inability to understand an issue when it's waved right in front of their face. What <i>am</i> I thinking? <br /><br />Thanks, Blair, for demonstrating why you Tories are as <a href="http://asianinvasion2006.blogspot.com/2006/07/why-labours-still-in-power.html" rel="nofollow">Cactus Kate</a> said, still getting splinters in their arse from the backbenches: You. Just. Don't. Get. It. <br /><br />After all, and according to you, mis-using taxpayer money like <i>this</i> is no worse than Rodney Hide mis-using it <a href="http://pc.blogspot.com/2005/08/what-have-we-learned-today-about-our.html" rel="nofollow">like this</a>, is it now?<br /><br />Your apologetics are the same as they've always been, Blair, all that's changed now is on whose behalf those apologetics are wheeled out.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1153103743859931302006-07-17T14:35:00.000+12:002006-07-17T14:35:00.000+12:00I think they spent a couple of hundred bucks on a ...I think they spent a couple of hundred bucks on a cartoon. Big. Deal. Parliamentary campaigns by the Opposition are a legitimate use of tax money because they ensure we actually have a democracy under a system where the people they are fighting against get to spend $50 billion. Against that I am not going to quibble over minor expenditure for a cartoon, and frankly, bloggers should stop parroting the Herald's beat-up.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865567065778234500noreply@blogger.com