Posts by Chrys Berryman
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"slaughter"………100 years ago,4 weeks ago,one week ago……..stupid misguided young men looking for adventure/glory,what a waste.
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o.k we get the tunnels, more lanes plus the extra 40,000 cars a day using the same….any bets on how long it will take to totally bog up????….I give it 6 months….with all the housing development going all the way to Kumeu and the state of the present rush hours on the N.W…its going to be hell……any thoughts on what it will be like backed up in those tunnels?…leave your convertible at home…..and the kids,it will be a toxic soup………cheers
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..the reality is that nobody cares……John is above all this political stuff,he's the man you want to invite round for a bbq,and discuss NZ history with…….The truth is Nats think they have a divine right to rule... ..something I experienced in Sth Auckland at opening of their 2014 election campaign….it was the height of the dirty politics revelations…I had a small sign with the word "Liar" on it ….I stood by the entrance to the carpark as a cavalcade of very very high end vehicles passed me…….the responses of the drivers were a revelation……men who looked like salaried medical staff and/or,silver foxes {no offence intended}called me a wanker a loser,a fuckwit etc…..I got numerous two fingered salutes…their wives either kept staring ahead or looked embarrassed…..the clincher however was when one of Johns disciples mounted the footpath, aimed his national think tank at me and tried to run me over……he missed ……the cops got involved ….i think he got a warning letter ……..the air stunk of arrogance..
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Hard News: News from home ..., in reply to Kumara Republic,
re the happy medium,I work in the disability sector In 1989 I got $14 /hour for a level 4 position..[when we had compulsory unionism]…in 2014 I get $18/hour…for a level 4 position ..do the math….and then get back to me @ both sides respecting each other…the reality for most of us is that we have had no power to negotiate since the ECA…in the mean time our union does its best doing all the negotiating,takes all the court action over issues like sleepover payments and equal pay and wins…and the dudes on individual contracts pay nothing but cash in as well….bloody disheartning
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We moved to the Chev in 1995….we bought an old stucco house on a postage stamp for a fair price…..most of the street was state housing…the nats proceeded to sell a lot of these off in the mid to late 90s,because that is what they do ….Im really worried that the remaining state houses in our street will be judged by Bill English as being in the" wrong place"….I mean its social engineering to have refugee families living north of Meola Road isn't it?…..and we can't have the poor kids accessing good schools…much better engineering to shift them south/west into a ghetto and offer them scholarships…..and our streetwill then turn into a nice white ghetto ...yay bloody yay………………….Chrys Berryman
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im a first slash old timer at this so if theres anybody left out there be gentle with me…i watched the shellacking in a house on a lake outside Hokitika….i only had one interaction with the locals …at the New World carpark in Hoki…one guy by a ute jokes with his mate"have you voted yet?"…"yeh "said the other guy"i voted internet mana"to which the other guy said"me to,haha'…I then spoke up and said 'i really voted internet mana….true!'…to which guy one replied"i hope your the only one"…….he was wrong there was at least half a dozen of us……back in auck having a post election cry and my sisinlaw pipes up.. Labours got a constituency and its ignored and its brown,and she's so right…forget middle class white mail leaders…lets get a Maori he/she or a PI he /she to lead labour…and really connect with the disadvantaged….so they vote!…forget trying to appeal to these swingers in the centre….they are not worth the effort….have policies that lift people out of poverty,that give the poor hope……brown up Labour…[I hear the Samoan guy who stood against Paula in upper harbour is damn good…retire a whitey off the list and get him in there]……..i am of course a lower middle class whitey….who wants to be part of a truly Pacific nation