Keeping Stock

IV2 doesn't have flexible ethics Robert. He&#...

2012-05-28T21:09:48.269+12:00

IV2 doesn't have flexible ethics Robert. He's very consistent. National good, Labour baaaaaaaaad.

as usual, bOb won't answer a straight question...

2012-05-28T18:13:18.723+12:00

as usual, bOb won't answer a straight question .. the thread is about ethics bOb, you raised it

Don't bother yourself with worrying about me R...

2012-05-28T18:11:31.955+12:00

Don't bother yourself with worrying about me Robert; I worry about myself more than enough for the two of us!

Well, I'm astonished at your 'flexible'...

2012-05-28T18:09:41.395+12:00

Well, I'm astonished at your 'flexible' ethics, Keeping.
'Worried' would perhaps describe my feelings better than astonished.

As to your question to me, what's that got to do with this thread?
I'm trying to keep my questions to the topic. perhaps you should too.

Choose your answer carefully Robert; do you condon...

2012-05-28T16:53:34.776+12:00

Choose your answer carefully Robert; do you condone an MP using his taxpayer funded technology devices, taxpayer funded internet access and taxpayer funded office to conduct commercial transactions that do not relate to his duties as an MP, and benefit the MP personally and financially?

In normal circumstances, no I don't. In the ci...

2012-05-28T16:51:23.318+12:00

In normal circumstances, no I don't. In the circumstances of this case, where the MP was publicly boasting about making himself inaccesible to the process server, the end justified the means.

Careful enough?

No, Keeping, it's not. Do you REALLY condone t...

2012-05-28T16:34:07.135+12:00

No, Keeping, it's not.
Do you REALLY condone the use of lies by a member of the public wanting access to an MP?
Consider your answer carefully!

It won't go away because the National Party la...

2012-05-28T15:58:27.291+12:00

It won't go away because the National Party lap blogs need to take attention away from Bill English taxing the paper boy to pay for tax cuts for his rich friends. Oh, and the fact that a member of Key's government told bald faced lies to the public over his intimate and dodgy relationship with another migrant millionaire with a cloud over him.

What goes around comes around Robert, and it came ...

2012-05-28T15:50:43.837+12:00

What goes around comes around Robert, and it came around to Trevor Mallard yesterday. More fool him for being such a smart-alec. Is that REALLY the standards of behaviour you expect from one of Parliament's most senior MP's?

"And good on her for using subterfuge to get ...

2012-05-28T15:48:32.309+12:00

"And good on her for using subterfuge to get an appointment with Mallard"

You're cheering on the giving of a false name and address to an MP, at his office?

Nice ethics, Keeping Stock.

"The issue that I just won't let go away....

2012-05-28T15:30:47.755+12:00

"The issue that I just won't let go away."
And over at Kiwiblog, DPF has a lengthy post today and I'm thrashing it for all it's worth too. I expect WhaleOil will join us in blasting air onto the ember in the hope that it'll burst into flame. I/we've decided, THIS IS IMPORTANT!

Shane didn't take a back hander, he followed o...

2012-05-28T15:23:36.615+12:00

Shane didn't take a back hander, he followed orders to make sure a big donor for the Labour party continued to be such.

@Tinman - The first hit was doubly effective, beca...

2012-05-28T15:21:53.185+12:00

@Tinman - The first hit was doubly effective, because the player who was hit tried to stay on the field, but couldn't manage it, so got taken off later. It isn't dirty play to be stronger and more aggressive than your opponent, thats just the nature of rugby.

There does not necessarily have to be a trade off ...

2012-05-28T15:18:53.946+12:00

There does not necessarily have to be a trade off between environmentalism and prosperity, as the new incarnation of the Green Party argues very well. If we were able to tap into the growing market of renewable energy, become a leader in R&D on this and start exporting sustainable technology we would be able to maintain our nation's environmental credentials and make money too.

Plus, many environmental efforts are also practical money savers. You don't have to pay for stuff you don't use, and environmentalism is all about not using what you don't need.

"We are not for one moment suggesting that Sh...

2012-05-28T15:07:18.139+12:00

"We are not for one moment suggesting that Shane Jones took a back-hander for approving Liu's citizenship application."

And yet if it waddles like a duck, and quacks like a duck isn't it likely to be a mallard.

Dan Brown writes on the Labour Party? I think the...

2012-05-28T15:00:54.772+12:00

Dan Brown writes on the Labour Party?

I think the world is moving on.....an AG report might raise interest again, but events are overtaking it.

Looks like Jim Anderton wearing lipstick.

2012-05-28T13:59:57.395+12:00

Looks like Jim Anderton wearing lipstick.

Stop your bleating Robert. You've had any numb...

2012-05-28T13:12:46.257+12:00

Stop your bleating Robert. You've had any number of warnings in the past for posting links that are irrlevant to the topic in hand.

bsprout comments here from time to time. And unlike you, he's actually open to reasonable debate, rather than trying to ram his agenda down people's throats, including mine. You could learn something from him...

"All very ethical" indeed Judge Holden; ...

2012-05-28T13:10:36.493+12:00

"All very ethical" indeed Judge Holden; and it's been going on like that for close to 25 years.

"...why don't people refuse the work?&quo...

2012-05-28T13:02:49.475+12:00

"...why don't people refuse the work?"

The sector's largely reliant on cheap labour from developing countries. The workers are on long term visas and can't move employer. The government conveniently ignores the fact that the only reason there's a domestic labour shortage is because it underfunds the sector, and is therefore happy to see the workforce made of of guest workers without the right to access the health system themselves. And the best thing is when we're done with them we can deport them! All very ethical.

Many many moons ago, on the footie field, I learnt...

2012-05-28T12:56:50.372+12:00

Many many moons ago, on the footie field, I learnt that hurting your opponent but leaving him on the field was a damned sight more effective than getting him carried off (even if you could do so without being sent off yourself ;-) )

These bullrush-style "big hits" are counter-productive at best, dirty play at worst.

I have no time for them or people who praise and encourage them.

If the money's that bad (the stories I hear ar...

2012-05-28T12:50:10.183+12:00

If the money's that bad (the stories I hear are horrendous) and the conditions that poor why don't people refuse the work?

There is no shortage of work for anyone prepared to operate an idiot stick in paradise - get a job here instead.

Keeping - yes, that list of harms done by National...

2012-05-28T12:25:42.008+12:00

Keeping - yes, that list of harms done by National to education was disturbing. You were right to delete it before any of your readers could see it. I was responding to Judge Holden's question,
"Why are the Nats so anti-worker?"
My, "Why are the Nats so anti-teacher?" seemed appropriate enough.
I'd be happy to re-post the list, should anyone here request it.

Absolutely irrelevant to Aged Care Robert; blog ab...

2012-05-28T12:19:17.343+12:00

Absolutely irrelevant to Aged Care Robert; blog about it yourself.

2012-05-28T12:13:18.684+12:00

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