Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 30th, 2008
Gordon Campbell on Sharon Stone, Scott McClellan and the Greens annual conference
1. In the wake of Sharon Stone’s comments at the Cannes Film Festival about Tibet and the Dalai Lama, China’s official state news agency has branded her “the public enemy of all mankind” - an even harsher review than ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
On compassionate grounds, the apology extended to the troops who fought in Vietnam was justified – so long as it was not extended or regarded as a re-appraisal of the morality of the conflict, which the Government has been careful not to do. For the Government to have been ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
By Gordon CampbellWhat does this sound like? A tiny group of politicians develop policy and hide it from the rest of their colleagues – all the better to unveil these policies in a way that will give the voting public the least possible time and opportunity to understand the full ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
If you haven’t yet read Barack Obama’s speech a couple of months ago on race, it can be accessed here.
While nominally about Obama’s controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright, the speech was more about Americans whose opportunities have been blighted by racial, gender and economic barriers, and by an unrequited need ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
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Click for big version*****Labour can argue loud and long all it likes about its sundry achievements during its eight and half years in office – the longest economic boom since WWII, low unemployment rates not seen in decades, increases in average household incomes, cheaper visits to the doctor, ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Words Gordon Campbell – Images Kevin List Finance Minister Michael Cullen*****In better times, this cannily structured Budget would have been a circuit breaker for Labour - but given the current levels of public disenchantment with the Government. Finance Minister Michael Cullen's ninth budget will probably be greeted grudgingly by the ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
By Gordon Campbell
Exxon-Mobil are the elephant in the room that the Government refuses to confront, as it throws open the ecologically vulnerable Great South Basin region to oil exploration and exploitation. Currently, New Zealand does not have an oceans policy, despite years of talking about it. There is no RMA ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Click to enlargeWhenever the media whines in future about politicians refusing to answer their questions, Phil Goff’s interview on Alt TV is a perfect example of what can happen when they do : a beat-up of monumental proportions, not even remotely supported by what was said.
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Minister of Immigration Clayton Cosgrove – Auditor-General Kevin Brady will soon be snuffling through his department*****No indication yet as to how any of the various inquiries into the Immigration Service will relate to the Immigration Bill, a cornerstone items on the Government’s legislative agenda this year. In its current form, ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
By Gordon CampbellScoop Image - Lyndon Hood*****On May 25, a Turkish owned ship called the Cake is due at Lyttleton harbour, and similar port records show the same ship is due in Napier between 3-5 June. On both occasions, the Cake will be unloading a cargo of phosphates that originated ...
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