We have still not decided who we will give our party vote to so tonight’s mission is to finally work out which party we are voting for. Our previous list of potentials has been whittled down to: ACT – have Sir Roger Douglas, NZ needs him right now, they are the second most correct and […]
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Decisions Decisions
November 7th, 2008 8 Comments
Tags: ACT Party · Elections · National Party · Voting
Last Minute Election Craziness
November 7th, 2008 Comments Off on Last Minute Election Craziness
First of all it was the over-excited motorists honking at anything blue. Then I just went shopping, I wanted to buy myself some new shoes and take a break from being serious and deliver invites to our election gathering. My phone beeped. A text from a stranger: Politics is changing. This election keep the Government […]
Tags: Elections
Fisking Grant Robertson
November 7th, 2008 25 Comments
Supporters of Labour Candidate for Wellington Central, Grant Robertson, have published this video to provide evidence that Stephen Franks, the National Candidate for the same electorate, is “homophobic.” I remain unconvinced; in fact, I suggest that a careful analysis of the contents show that, if anything, Robertson is the bigoted ideologue. Unlike Robertson’s supporters, I […]
Tags: Elections · Grant Robertson · Homosexual Conduct · National Party · Stephen Franks
Look Something Blue!
November 7th, 2008 Comments Off on Look Something Blue!
Te Atatu Pony Club’s grounds share a boundary with Auckland’s busy North Western Motorway. Last night Matt and Sheridan were up at the Pony Club helping to set up jumps for this weekend’s One Day Event (ODE). As Matt was one of the few parents who had turned up to help the club president asked […]
Tags: Elections · Humour · National Party
State of the Nation: Some Voting Considerations
November 4th, 2008 3 Comments
With each of us feeling pulled, guilt tripped, bribed, confused over not only who to vote for and how to decide Glenn does it again; read his analysis of the state of our country and where exactly we have gone wrong in our thinking. Extract from New Zealand: Land of greed, envy and political stupidity […]
Tags: Bad Policy · Elections · Glenn Peoples · Statist Mindset · Wealth Re-Distribution · Welfare
Statism and Wealth Re-Distribution
October 31st, 2008 10 Comments
A post by Glenn caught my eye the other day and I have not been able to stop thinking about it as despite knowing that Glenn knows what he is talking about in this field, I just am struggling to believe his numbers. It really is proof-positive of the socialist extent of Labour’s policies in […]
Tags: Bad Policy · Elections · Glenn Peoples · Statist Mindset · Wealth Re-Distribution · Welfare
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
A Voting Guide
November 7th, 2008 13 Comments
How to choose who to vote for tomorrow, from Glenn (once again – what can we say? he is brilliant and we ran out of time *ahem*) Extract from: So who AM I voting for? (the election blog, part 3) Basic Human rights/freedomsThere are some bottom line human rights and liberties that should always be […]
Tags: ACT Party · Christian Parties · Due Process · Elections · Glenn Peoples · National Party · Rights and Freedoms · Role of the State · Welfare