Posts by Stephen Judd
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Hard News: A GCSB Roundup, in reply to BenWilson,
ACT failed that one long ago.
This is because the ACT-style libertarians have a weird way of understanding liberty that bases everything on property rights.
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Hard News: A Capital Great Blend (update), in reply to Isaac Freeman,
Are you organising, Stephen?
Hands full this week. If no one else has stepped up by next week, it'll be on my to do list.
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Key didn’t chair today. Tony Ryall did. Ryall was marvellously courteous and totally bored. Asked no questions. Norman was most active, then Shearer. Banks actually asked a helpful question of one submitter.
My submission was pretty close to [[http://vital.org.nz/entry/title/10_minutes_on_the_gcsb_bill|this]. I fell to temptation and led with “long time listener first time caller.”
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Nice work Keith.
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Hard News: Kitchen Hacks, in reply to FletcherB,
making your own felafel, which does require chic peas.
Fighting words. That's Israeli (and I think Lebanese) style. Egyptians and others use broad beans.
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If you have a bit of spare cash, I hear those benchtop halogen ovens are actually really good. Otherwise, it's pot roast and braising for you.
(Is that legal, by the way? I had the idea that a working stove was a requirement).
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Can't help but think that something like this might be a cheap and cheerful alternative to an expensive enamel dutch oven.
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Hard News: A Capital Great Blend (update), in reply to Russell Brown,
I have not forgotten you, people of Christchurch.
It probably is about time we got together though. Anyone else interested?
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Up Front: An Open Letter to the Labour…, in reply to Rob Stowell,
suddenly we were in Selwyn, which is blue as an April sky, in a political sky that seemed awful blue, and it felt a little hopeless.
Wearing my Chair of the Ilam LEC hat, don't feel hopeless. For a non-fringe party in an MMP environment, party votes are the only ones that count in winning an election. Electorate boundaries are irrelevant. If you live in a seat that is likely to be won by the other side, there is still great value in turning out voters who will give you the party vote, because every one of those party votes contributes to winning. Parties that can turn out the vote *nationally* will do relatively better than those that only organise in safe or winnable seats. A few thousand votes in a few unwinnable electorates can mean a whole extra list MP. The Greens get this, and Labour needs to too.
So yeah, don't feel that your efforts are wasted because there are few supporters where you are. Just focus your effort on getting those supporters to vote.
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Up Front: An Open Letter to the Labour…, in reply to Rob Stowell,
Why not talk to James and report back? He's not hard to track down.
And then it's pretty cheap to join the Labour party, you could talk to the LEC as a member and share your opinion on the contenders.