Cheers Hone, you arsehole, I really wanted to spend $500k on a by-election

[trustme]

Hone told us what he really believes. He is not apologising for what he said , he is apologising for being caught out.

[oldrider]

Do not underestimate Hone for a moment, he is a very skilled political activist and becoming a very skilled politician.

Consider for a moment the most important attribute a politician needs to be successful.

To stay firmly focussed in the limelight ... "publicity"!

The adage: "The only bad publicity for a politician ... is no publicity".

Hone is the master of milking publicity!

Look at the way he (Hone) took control of the Brash "debate", despite his lack of academic comparison, he absolutely creamed Brash and simply used Sainsbury as if he owned him personally!

Like him or loath him, Hone is here to stay, underestimate him at your peril.

[98tls]

Hone is the master of milking publicity!

Hones master plan involves the milking New Zealand.

[oldrider]

Enlighten me, does anybody know if Hone has spent any time in Libya?

Some time back a group of Maori activists apparently spent some time there!

Perhaps if Hone was among them, he may have met Osama personally.

My memory is getting passed it's use by date but I feel sure the Harawira family were involved.

Anybody know how to check it out?

[Banditbandit]

Enlighten me, does anybody know if Hone has spent any time in Libya?

Some time back a group of Maori activists apparently spent some time there!

Perhaps if Hone was among them, he may have met Osama personally.

My memory is getting passed it's use by date but I feel sure the Harawira family were involved.

Anybody know how to check it out?

It was Syd Jackson (now dead) and his wife who visited Libya

[oldrider]

It was Syd Jackson (now dead) and his wife who visited Libya

Thank you, it was quite a while ago!

[jazfender]

I don't see the issue as being that someone is using the system in place to legitimately advance their cause, I see it as being that it costs $500k for a byelection in the first place.

Ironically the country saves that money if he stands unopposed. Is that a system we want?

[mashman]

I don't see the issue as being that someone is using the system in place to legitimately advance their cause, I see it as being that it costs $500k for a byelection in the first place.

Ironically the country saves that money if he stands unopposed. Is that a system we want?

The rules are the rules and they are the rules that they have created and that they must abide by . Be it for better or worse depends on the politician and what they achieve... under the rules that have been put in place i'm sure 1 will do something momentous

[HenryDorsetCase]

Don't be a nitpicker . Yes we are a constitutional monarchy with a Parliament democratically elected. Strictly, we are governed by the Executive Council which is presided over by the Governor-General. As you'll instantly recall from your Constitutional Law lectures

I had blocked most of it out.... the lectures were at 9am on a Monday morning and to quote one of my clients "mornings are so not for you, are they?"

[mashman]

that one eyed shite!!!

Have a nice fuckin Day.

[jasonu]

Have a nice fuckin Day.

No, just some straight talking from a 'white motherfucker'.

[mashman]

No, just some straight talking from a 'white motherfucker'.

We are all entitled to our opinions. I just really REALLY don't subscribe to yours (anymore)

[trustme]

The herald runs a story this morning about the Harawira family stand over tactics on the Waitangi marae. The sister belted a Kaumatua on a marae in BOP not so long ago when he disagreed with her, maori guy that was telling me about it had total contempt for the family.
Just remember, history tells us the Harawira idea of treating maori mental health patients is to beat shit out of them.
Guess thats what freedom fighters do.

[Delerium]

The whole lot of them are racist bags of shit. Thuggery and standover tactics is all they know. The rest of the country moves on while they continue to drag their knuckles on the ground.

[Mungatoke Mad]

OBL never was a freedom fighter - unless you mean freedom from US interference in Arab countries and support for dictatorial regimes. He wanted the US out of Saudi Arabia - that was his stated aim and that he achieved when the US pulled their airbase out in 2003 - anything after that was a bonus, as far as OBL was concerned. OBL was NOT Pol Pot or the Taliban - you are getting confused with other movements (the Talibs have been around since the English were in Afghanistan.). He was not a nice man - but he was an effective fighter against the US, using whatever means he could to attack them - just as the US attack Islam (that is how a lot of Muslims see it - you attack one Islamic country - you attack them all).
Anyhow - by the time the Yanks got him, he was a tired git, smoking weed to control pain, under house arrest by the Pakistan ISI and an increasing problem for the Islamic world who are using other means to do the same thing - but a goldmine to Pakistan, who could milk the Yanks for billions in military aid, as long as OBL was "somewhere out there". The US have known about the "compound" since it was built - OBL was sold out by "trusted" couriers, under "interrogation".
Anyway, the Harawiras - believe in what they do, but, should really take a course in "how not to really piss most people off"!

& we belive they are Arseholes Hone's to Stupid to remember to show up to vote 4 himself so he's gunna need your vote