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	<description>hopping along the corridors of power</description>
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		<title>By: IceBaby</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/08/29/a-vote-for-the-environment/#comment-69177</link>
		<dc:creator>IceBaby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>typo: &quot;local beauty&quot; should read &quot;natural beauty&quot;</description>
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<p>typo: &#8220;local beauty&#8221; should read &#8220;natural beauty&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: IceBaby</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/08/29/a-vote-for-the-environment/#comment-69176</link>
		<dc:creator>IceBaby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Appropriate desision making: decisions will be made directly at the appropriate level by those affected

What happens if a big company wants to disrupt the wild landscape with a major infrastructure project. The locals object on the grounds that it will disrupt the local beauty of the land. 

Who should make the call? Who would the Greens support?</description>
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<p>Appropriate desision making: decisions will be made directly at the appropriate level by those affected</p>
<p>What happens if a big company wants to disrupt the wild landscape with a major infrastructure project. The locals object on the grounds that it will disrupt the local beauty of the land. </p>
<p>Who should make the call? Who would the Greens support?</p>
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		<title>By: Rockhound</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/08/29/a-vote-for-the-environment/#comment-69175</link>
		<dc:creator>Rockhound</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I hear ya there bliss, that&#039;s why I support Green as well. Their four principles sum it up nicely:

Ecological Wisdom, Social Responsibility, Appropriate Decision-making and Non-Violence</description>
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<p>I hear ya there bliss, that&#8217;s why I support Green as well. Their four principles sum it up nicely:</p>
<p>Ecological Wisdom, Social Responsibility, Appropriate Decision-making and Non-Violence</p>
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		<title>By: bliss</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/08/29/a-vote-for-the-environment/#comment-62487</link>
		<dc:creator>bliss</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;Not PC&lt;/b&gt;  blurted
&lt;blockquote&gt;
...what it actually asks you to vote for are authoritarians and troglodytes claiming to speak on behalf of ‘the enviro…
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Which is  why we Greens spend so much energy on Social Justice.  

There are two ways you ncan protect the environmrnt:

(1)  Force.  Be good or you will be locked up

or

(2)  Democracy.  We will share the Earth with all equitably.  Help maintain the bounty or there will be less for you and yours, me and mine, us and ours.

Number 1 seems to be what the RW trolls here want.  Number 2 is Green policy.  

That is why I will be party voting Green.

peace
W</description>
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<p><b>Not PC</b>  blurted</p>
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&#8230;what it actually asks you to vote for are authoritarians and troglodytes claiming to speak on behalf of ‘the enviro…
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<p>Which is  why we Greens spend so much energy on Social Justice.  </p>
<p>There are two ways you ncan protect the environmrnt:</p>
<p>(1)  Force.  Be good or you will be locked up</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>(2)  Democracy.  We will share the Earth with all equitably.  Help maintain the bounty or there will be less for you and yours, me and mine, us and ours.</p>
<p>Number 1 seems to be what the RW trolls here want.  Number 2 is Green policy.  </p>
<p>That is why I will be party voting Green.</p>
<p>peace<br />
W</p>
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		<title>By: Not PC</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/08/29/a-vote-for-the-environment/#comment-4193</link>
		<dc:creator>Not PC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 02:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Vote Eco-Fascism!&lt;/strong&gt;

A website has been created that asks you to Vote for the Environment! Actually, it says it asks you to &quot;vote for the environment&quot; but what it actually asks you to vote for are authoritarians and troglodytes claiming to speak on behalf of &#039;the enviro...</description>
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<p><strong>Vote Eco-Fascism!</strong></p>
<p>A website has been created that asks you to Vote for the Environment! Actually, it says it asks you to &#8220;vote for the environment&#8221; but what it actually asks you to vote for are authoritarians and troglodytes claiming to speak on behalf of &#8216;the enviro&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: bren</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/08/29/a-vote-for-the-environment/#comment-4143</link>
		<dc:creator>bren</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 05:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All the info is up on that web site now... The Greens lost a point (the parties are awarded a score out of 4 for each criteria) in...

&quot;Increase the capacity of the New Zealand Biosecurity Authority to protect New Zealand from pests and diseases by $50m / year in new funding ramped up over 3-5 years with greater capacity for marine biosecurity.&quot;

&quot;Remove the barriers to public participation by properly funding environmental legal aid under the RMA and other environmental statutes and best practice support for councils, community groups and iwi ($5million in extra money). &quot;

and

&quot;Significantly increase funding for the Nature Heritage Fund with a special allocation of $30 million annually for whole property purchases in the high country.&quot;</description>
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<p>All the info is up on that web site now&#8230; The Greens lost a point (the parties are awarded a score out of 4 for each criteria) in&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;Increase the capacity of the New Zealand Biosecurity Authority to protect New Zealand from pests and diseases by $50m / year in new funding ramped up over 3-5 years with greater capacity for marine biosecurity.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Remove the barriers to public participation by properly funding environmental legal aid under the RMA and other environmental statutes and best practice support for councils, community groups and iwi ($5million in extra money). &#8221;</p>
<p>and</p>
<p>&#8220;Significantly increase funding for the Nature Heritage Fund with a special allocation of $30 million annually for whole property purchases in the high country.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: peterquixote</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/08/29/a-vote-for-the-environment/#comment-4127</link>
		<dc:creator>peterquixote</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 02:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>an organisation pretending to give information which in fact propagander usually have end up opposite effect fwwog, like we know it biased so scorecard you get E 
 minus 12,00 votes fwwog</description>
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<p>an organisation pretending to give information which in fact propagander usually have end up opposite effect fwwog, like we know it biased so scorecard you get E<br />
 minus 12,00 votes fwwog</p>
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		<title>By: stuey</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/08/29/a-vote-for-the-environment/#comment-4125</link>
		<dc:creator>stuey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 02:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yeah! you explained where the greens failed on morality in 97% Immoral:
http://blog.greens.org.nz/index.php/2005/08/15/97-immoral/

and the similar forest and bird conservation policy survey (where we only got 91%):
http://blog.greens.org.nz/index.php/2005/08/19/we-all-care-about-the-environment/
had a link to the original source so we could find out for ourselves but this one doesn&#039;t.</description>
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<p>yeah! you explained where the greens failed on morality in 97% Immoral:<br />
<a href="http://blog.greens.org.nz/index.php/2005/08/15/97-immoral/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.greens.org.nz/index.php/2005/08/15/97-immoral/</a></p>
<p>and the similar forest and bird conservation policy survey (where we only got 91%):<br />
<a href="http://blog.greens.org.nz/index.php/2005/08/19/we-all-care-about-the-environment/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.greens.org.nz/index.php/2005/08/19/we-all-care-about-the-environment/</a><br />
had a link to the original source so we could find out for ourselves but this one doesn&#8217;t.</p>
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		<title>By: Edge</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/08/29/a-vote-for-the-environment/#comment-4115</link>
		<dc:creator>Edge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So tell us Frog, how is it that you don&#039;t support the environment?
Where&#039;d that 3% shortfall come from?</description>
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<p>So tell us Frog, how is it that you don&#8217;t support the environment?<br />
Where&#8217;d that 3% shortfall come from?</p>
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