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The mosque vandals mentioned in the Granny article were card-carrying members of the NF.
Maybe Father Burns was trying to point out that Rabin was murdered by an Israeli ultra-nationalist, and that the point went over everyone's heads.
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Remember those politicians who pointed to the Celtic Tiger as a model for NZ to follow? According to Brian Gaynor, one of the last bastions of reason @ the Granny, it's been neutered.
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I recall visiting Akaroa with the folks many years ago, and I found the roads windier than a corkscrew - with the matching motion sickness to suit. I swore the next time I visited Akaroa, I'd be taking a boat. :)
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Happy Nu Year, and welcome back once again.
This pretty much says everything about world financial events...
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And surprisingly, NZ's largest builder is actually quite doubtful about the effectiveness of PPP's.
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I think also the Govt has little choice but to engage in New Deal-esque public works, since the Crunch has gushed away any potential suitors for their much-touted PPP's.
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I'd say the balance has shifted historically from a role demanding respect, regardless of the performance or personality of the incumbent, to it being earned in the execution of a role or the living of a life. Our grandparents have a very different understanding of respect than our children do.
Case in point: To anyone who whines about tall poppy lopping, what do Sam Morgan, Stephen Tindall, Lloyd Morrison and Peter Maire have that Rod Deane, Michael Fay, David Richwhite, and Christine Rankin don't? The former have earned respect, and the latter seem to think of it as a birthright.
Here's some required reading (especially for economics students):
Brian Gaynor piece from Granny Herald: Tall poppy status has to be earned
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I have a tendency to use "coolness" - kind of an update of the 1980s-ish "cool" for the Web age.
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Any predictions about the words of 2009?
How about "Daddy state" or "Big Daddy" (in the Big Brother sense).