John Key third "most ridiculous" world leader

**Banditbandit** · 8th May 2013, 10:04

Bwhahahaha ...

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/john...r-list-5426385

**mashman** · 8th May 2013, 13:19

and then he goes on to say "The reality is, even Wellington is dying and we don't know how to turn it around" and that businesses are leaving Wellington because of the infrastructure issues. Why the fuck are they building that useless highway if we're going to be culling the Welly workforce? Coz business owners wish to get into work in supposedly less traffic?

So he's not only a moron, but a real fuckin bonafide moron.

**MisterD** · 8th May 2013, 13:45

If I was JK, I'd totally take being on any list bracketed by Stephen Harper and Boris Johnson.

**Edbear** · 8th May 2013, 14:46

Some people need to get a life!

**sidecar bob** · 8th May 2013, 14:55

Yeah, my money is on that Green Party bloke, hes a real thinker & talks with a highly educated wisdom.

**HenryDorsetCase** · 8th May 2013, 15:19

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

Yeah, my money is on that Green Party bloke, hes a real thinker & talks with a highly educated wisdom.

mine too, as it happens. nice to know we are kindred spirits.

**Swoop** · 8th May 2013, 15:20

Originally Posted by mashman

Why the fuck are they building that useless highway... ?

Strangely, on the news the other day, the Lunatic Fringe party (greens) had their spokesperson harping on about NOT building that transmission gully thingy as "Wellington isn't growing but Auckland needs the new infrastructure".

Perhaps finding incentives to get businesses out of Auckland and into other towns, would be desirable?

**scissorhands** · 8th May 2013, 15:45

maybe he will be fondly remembered like George Bush junior?

**huff3r** · 8th May 2013, 17:11

Originally Posted by Swoop

Strangely, on the news the other day, the Lunatic Fringe party (greens) had their spokesperson harping on about NOT building that transmission gully thingy as "Wellington isn't growing but Auckland needs the new infrastructure".

Perhaps finding incentives to get businesses out of Auckland and into other towns, would be desirable?

Which is dumb, because the reason transmission gully is needed is not because of the quantity of traffic, but because of the frailty of the existing road. A decent storm and it could be shut for hours! There needs to be an alternative route north for when the shit hits the fan.

**scumdog** · 8th May 2013, 17:23

Wow, this thread has really taken off huh!

Maybe it's because of the quality of information and its source...

**mashman** · 8th May 2013, 17:28

Originally Posted by Swoop

Strangely, on the news the other day, the Lunatic Fringe party (greens) had their spokesperson harping on about NOT building that transmission gully thingy as "Wellington isn't growing but Auckland needs the new infrastructure".

Perhaps finding incentives to get businesses out of Auckland and into other towns, would be desirable?

True. As mentioned in other place, why not build remote office business centre type things further up the coast? T'would alleviate a decent chunk of the morning southbound congestion and make use of the empty northbound lanes... and vice versa in the evening. T'would also allow bright new shiny facility's for Auckland business to move in to. What would you think more appealing? A nice hyper modern building to work in (quicker to build?) or a nice shiny road to crawl along in rush hour? Transport ain't the only "solution".

Originally Posted by huff3r

Which is dumb, because the reason transmission gully is needed is not because of the quantity of traffic, but because of the frailty of the existing road. A decent storm and it could be shut for hours! There needs to be an alternative route north for when the shit hits the fan.

Or even better, another road into Wellington as the existing 1 that's elevated and likely to fall down in a decent shake really ain't gonna cut it.

**Robert Taylor** · 8th May 2013, 18:46

Originally Posted by Swoop

Strangely, on the news the other day, the Lunatic Fringe party (greens) had their spokesperson harping on about NOT building that transmission gully thingy as "Wellington isn't growing but Auckland needs the new infrastructure".

Perhaps finding incentives to get businesses out of Auckland and into other towns, would be desirable?

That is bang on the money, incentives for growth in other towns. Auckland is already too big and out of control.

**Ocean1** · 8th May 2013, 18:46

Originally Posted by mashman

True. As mentioned in other place, why not build remote office business centre type things further up the coast?

Done that. It's called Palmerston North. We built it so all of the undesirable malcontent imigrants could have somewhere to live that could provide them with at least a nominal reason for all of the whining, and to stop them clogging up all the roads. You should move there.

Originally Posted by mashman

Or even better, another road into Wellington as the existing 1 that's elevated and likely to fall down in a decent shake really ain't gonna cut it.

Likely to fall down? It's possibly the bit of road out of town most likely to remain navigable if teh fault lets rip.

**Ocean1** · 8th May 2013, 18:49

Originally Posted by Robert Taylor

That is bang on the money, incentives for growth in other towns. Auckland is already too big and out of control.

When I worked in London there was a "city allowance" built into the wages of most of 7 million (?) daily non resident workers. It was supposed to compensate them for the extra costs, and it wasn't peanuts. Always seemed like an arse-backwards idea to me.