Comments on: One day to go… http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/30/one-day-to-go/ hopping along the corridors of power Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:30:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Craig Ranapia http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/30/one-day-to-go/#comment-6621 Craig Ranapia Fri, 30 Sep 2005 05:44:10 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/30/one-day-to-go/#comment-6621 Frog: Well, I know the media gets rather twitchy when there isn't an impending apocaypse every news cycle but, as far as I know, Henry set down provisional deadlines with enough caveats to choke a horse. I don't know about anyone else, but to me the phrase "cat and mouse" implies Henry was being evasive or *ahem* less than entirely candid with journalists. Hell, there are enough real problems that need to be addressed - like making sure only properly qualified human beings are enrolled to vote, and then only once. And I've certainly been sharply critical of Henry in the past. I just want to give the poor sod a little credit where it's due. :) Frog:

Well, I know the media gets rather twitchy when there isn’t an impending apocaypse every news cycle but, as far as I know, Henry set down provisional deadlines with enough caveats to choke a horse. I don’t know about anyone else, but to me the phrase “cat and mouse” implies Henry was being evasive or *ahem* less than entirely candid with journalists.

Hell, there are enough real problems that need to be addressed - like making sure only properly qualified human beings are enrolled to vote, and then only once. And I’ve certainly been sharply critical of Henry in the past. I just want to give the poor sod a little credit where it’s due. :)

]]> By: frog http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/30/one-day-to-go/#comment-6612 frog Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:15:18 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/30/one-day-to-go/#comment-6612 I hasten to add: i have no problem whatsoever with David Henry being cautious :) I hasten to add: i have no problem whatsoever with David Henry being cautious :)

]]> By: frog http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/30/one-day-to-go/#comment-6611 frog Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:14:52 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/30/one-day-to-go/#comment-6611 Craig: the cat and mouse reference was derived from articles that have appeared in papers suggesting everything from Thursday to Sunday as the day the specials will come out... Craig: the cat and mouse reference was derived from articles that have appeared in papers suggesting everything from Thursday to Sunday as the day the specials will come out…

]]> By: Craig Ranapia http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/30/one-day-to-go/#comment-6608 Craig Ranapia Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:43:42 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2005/09/30/one-day-to-go/#comment-6608 Frog: Don't be a silly bugger. David Henry wasn't playing "cat and mouse" at all. He was being properly cautious after the local body debacle last year - and the select committee toasting the agency he headed got for, among other things, setting unrealistic deadlines that got pushed back time and again. Frog:

Don’t be a silly bugger. David Henry wasn’t playing “cat and mouse” at all. He was being properly cautious after the local body debacle last year - and the select committee toasting the agency he headed got for, among other things, setting unrealistic deadlines that got pushed back time and again.

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