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		<title>By: peterquixote</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78709</link>
		<dc:creator>peterquixote</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 05:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BluePeter Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:27 pm

&quot;
1. Labour
2. National
3. Green
4 ACT

Let’s hear yours……  &quot;


ok dude

Labour   44%
Nat        28%
Green    17%
Act         5%
unknown  6%</description>
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<p>BluePeter Says:<br />
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:27 pm</p>
<p>&#8221;<br />
1. Labour<br />
2. National<br />
3. Green<br />
4 ACT</p>
<p>Let’s hear yours……  &#8221;</p>
<p>ok dude</p>
<p>Labour   44%<br />
Nat        28%<br />
Green    17%<br />
Act         5%<br />
unknown  6%</p>
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		<title>By: jh</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78349</link>
		<dc:creator>jh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 10:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Funny thing the left has with racism. They know that mellisa Lees comments &lt;i&gt;were&lt;/i&gt; racist as the truth is that the truth is racist, but you have to subscribe to the alternative explanation which the left can come up with  (albeit a little convoluted).</description>
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<p>Funny thing the left has with racism. They know that mellisa Lees comments <i>were</i> racist as the truth is that the truth is racist, but you have to subscribe to the alternative explanation which the left can come up with  (albeit a little convoluted).</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78341</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 08:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thankee Toad - i&#039;ve been tryin to find my country these last ten years - o/s for twenty years and I don&#039;t know where that fabulous, brave and promising land went.....one of the many striking things about kiwi&#039;s is how they undervalue their own.</description>
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<p>thankee Toad &#8211; i&#8217;ve been tryin to find my country these last ten years &#8211; o/s for twenty years and I don&#8217;t know where that fabulous, brave and promising land went&#8230;..one of the many striking things about kiwi&#8217;s is how they undervalue their own.</p>
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		<title>By: toad</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78337</link>
		<dc:creator>toad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 06:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nandor was a very effective Green MP, but he hated the toxicity of the Parliamentary environment (in particular question time) and he hated the lifestyle having to be away from his family for long period of time.

If he changed his mind and decided he wants to be an MP again I&#039;m sure he would command a high position on the Green Party list.</description>
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<p>Nandor was a very effective Green MP, but he hated the toxicity of the Parliamentary environment (in particular question time) and he hated the lifestyle having to be away from his family for long period of time.</p>
<p>If he changed his mind and decided he wants to be an MP again I&#8217;m sure he would command a high position on the Green Party list.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78335</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 06:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now is the time for all good women to come to the aid of the Party (couldn&#039;t resist)
Cliches quotes etc...i liked this one

&quot;Our job this day is to become part of the answer to the world&#039;s immense and protracted suffering rather than continuing our ancient task of being part of the difficulty.&quot;
                 : Hugh Prather - Author, minister

So how about it Nandor? - Mt Albert should be a walk up start 4 ye</description>
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<p>Now is the time for all good women to come to the aid of the Party (couldn&#8217;t resist)<br />
Cliches quotes etc&#8230;i liked this one</p>
<p>&#8220;Our job this day is to become part of the answer to the world&#8217;s immense and protracted suffering rather than continuing our ancient task of being part of the difficulty.&#8221;<br />
                 : Hugh Prather &#8211; Author, minister</p>
<p>So how about it Nandor? &#8211; Mt Albert should be a walk up start 4 ye</p>
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		<title>By: greenfly</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78334</link>
		<dc:creator>greenfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 06:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Up to him</description>
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<p>Up to him</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 06:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>externalize assertively 
with gleefull abandon?
perfected a royal &#039;wave&#039; that is fantastic in it&#039;s dismissiveness.
D&#039;ye think they&#039;ll put Nandor up for a Seat?</description>
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<p>externalize assertively<br />
with gleefull abandon?<br />
perfected a royal &#8216;wave&#8217; that is fantastic in it&#8217;s dismissiveness.<br />
D&#8217;ye think they&#8217;ll put Nandor up for a Seat?</p>
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		<title>By: greenfly</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78332</link>
		<dc:creator>greenfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 06:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;ve got it old chap! Top hole! (but we &lt;i&gt; never &lt;/i&gt; shout, we &lt;i&gt; project &lt;/i&gt; !)</description>
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<p>You&#8217;ve got it old chap! Top hole! (but we <i> never </i> shout, we <i> project </i> !)</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78331</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 05:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ok i remember...you look up from your glass of champagne and shout 
&quot;I wonder what the Poor people are doing now?&quot;
&quot;What Ever it is - it&#039;s Far too good for them!!....faaar too good...&quot;
i met the pm in the members on mcg&#039;s boxong day.....that&#039;d count i reckon.</description>
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<p>ok i remember&#8230;you look up from your glass of champagne and shout<br />
&#8220;I wonder what the Poor people are doing now?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;What Ever it is &#8211; it&#8217;s Far too good for them!!&#8230;.faaar too good&#8230;&#8221;<br />
i met the pm in the members on mcg&#8217;s boxong day&#8230;..that&#8217;d count i reckon.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78329</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 05:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No but I&#039;m greatfull for the education; a snivelling yankee carpet-bagger? A whistle-blowing ache south of the eyes?
Let&#039;s see here; we got headaches backaches, mouthaches and bills to pay
oh dear.....sporting of you to warn me what?
Something about it is eerily familiar Fly - please, take a breath and elaborate will you?</description>
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<p>No but I&#8217;m greatfull for the education; a snivelling yankee carpet-bagger? A whistle-blowing ache south of the eyes?<br />
Let&#8217;s see here; we got headaches backaches, mouthaches and bills to pay<br />
oh dear&#8230;..sporting of you to warn me what?<br />
Something about it is eerily familiar Fly &#8211; please, take a breath and elaborate will you?</p>
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		<title>By: greenfly</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78328</link>
		<dc:creator>greenfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 05:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&#039;High Tory&#039; is a dialect you mightn&#039;t have heard of Mark. It&#039;s characterised by its pinched nasal whine and narrow range of vocabulary, consisting mainly of phrases used by financiers and dowagers.</description>
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<p>&#8216;High Tory&#8217; is a dialect you mightn&#8217;t have heard of Mark. It&#8217;s characterised by its pinched nasal whine and narrow range of vocabulary, consisting mainly of phrases used by financiers and dowagers.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78322</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 04:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>um...yeah sorry i&#039;m late fly.....only as a &#039;devils advocate&#039; kind of thing.....it&#039;s actually fun to bounce international thinking amongst some of the shaggy headed. sheltered, cloistered, sleepy and silent, teary-eyed kiwi&#039;s gettin&#039; around.. no a high tory would be a contradiction in terms in my book - but it&#039;s all still a good laugh!</description>
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<p>um&#8230;yeah sorry i&#8217;m late fly&#8230;..only as a &#8216;devils advocate&#8217; kind of thing&#8230;..it&#8217;s actually fun to bounce international thinking amongst some of the shaggy headed. sheltered, cloistered, sleepy and silent, teary-eyed kiwi&#8217;s gettin&#8217; around.. no a high tory would be a contradiction in terms in my book &#8211; but it&#8217;s all still a good laugh!</p>
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		<title>By: kahikatea</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78320</link>
		<dc:creator>kahikatea</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 04:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#  BluePeter Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:36 pm

&gt; Right kahikatea. I suspect the resident Greens aren’t picking the outcome because they know their man Russel hasn’t a hope of winning.

I would describe myself as one of the resident greens, and I think Russel has a chance of winning. Not a big chance, but he&#039;s the only candidate who still might beat Shearer.

My pick is:
1. Shearer
2. Norman
3. Lee
4. Boscawen</description>
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<p>#  BluePeter Says:<br />
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:36 pm</p>
<p>&gt; Right kahikatea. I suspect the resident Greens aren’t picking the outcome because they know their man Russel hasn’t a hope of winning.</p>
<p>I would describe myself as one of the resident greens, and I think Russel has a chance of winning. Not a big chance, but he&#8217;s the only candidate who still might beat Shearer.</p>
<p>My pick is:<br />
1. Shearer<br />
2. Norman<br />
3. Lee<br />
4. Boscawen</p>
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		<title>By: greenfly</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78315</link>
		<dc:creator>greenfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 03:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BluePeter - you say (of the Greens) &lt;i&gt; They’re different! One born every minute, eh.&lt;/i&gt;
This is good news indeed! I haven&#039;t done the maths, but it looks as though we&#039;ll very soon have a majority in the country and we&#039;ll be swept to power! Is this another of your predictions Blue?</description>
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<p>BluePeter &#8211; you say (of the Greens) <i> They’re different! One born every minute, eh.</i><br />
This is good news indeed! I haven&#8217;t done the maths, but it looks as though we&#8217;ll very soon have a majority in the country and we&#8217;ll be swept to power! Is this another of your predictions Blue?</p>
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		<title>By: BluePeter</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78309</link>
		<dc:creator>BluePeter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 01:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You think any government gives a toss about you or me, Greenfly? I would have thought it was a self-evident truth we live in a benign dictatorship. 

Oh, that&#039;s right - but the Greens reaaallly carrre. They&#039;re different! 

One born every minute, eh. 

Meanwhile, the man from left says something very sensible: 

http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/content/knock-me-down-feather</description>
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<p>You think any government gives a toss about you or me, Greenfly? I would have thought it was a self-evident truth we live in a benign dictatorship. </p>
<p>Oh, that&#8217;s right &#8211; but the Greens reaaallly carrre. They&#8217;re different! </p>
<p>One born every minute, eh. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, the man from left says something very sensible: </p>
<p><a href="http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/content/knock-me-down-feather" rel="nofollow">http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/content/knock-me-down-feather</a></p>
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		<title>By: greenfly</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78308</link>
		<dc:creator>greenfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 01:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt; blatant disregard for people’s views &lt;/i&gt;

Hahahahahaha

Hoist by your own petard Blue!</description>
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<p><i> blatant disregard for people’s views </i></p>
<p>Hahahahahaha</p>
<p>Hoist by your own petard Blue!</p>
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		<title>By: BluePeter</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78305</link>
		<dc:creator>BluePeter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 01:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the red turban is pretty telling, as is the statement &quot;The &quot;blatant disregard for people’s views and a dictatorial streak&quot; 

Right. Like the last nine years have been nothing but freedom and liberty.....</description>
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<p>I think the red turban is pretty telling, as is the statement &#8220;The &#8220;blatant disregard for people’s views and a dictatorial streak&#8221; </p>
<p>Right. Like the last nine years have been nothing but freedom and liberty&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: greenfly</title>
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		<dc:creator>greenfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah toad, they&#039;re sikh of it already. (note: I realise that that is &lt;i&gt; very lame &lt;/i&gt; )
BluePeter - here&#039;s something to take your mind off the situation that you find crumbling around you in Mt Albert. It&#039;s a very concerning development in the sphere of wind-farming (you know, greens love them).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8060969.stm</description>
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<p>Yeah toad, they&#8217;re sikh of it already. (note: I realise that that is <i> very lame </i> )<br />
BluePeter &#8211; here&#8217;s something to take your mind off the situation that you find crumbling around you in Mt Albert. It&#8217;s a very concerning development in the sphere of wind-farming (you know, greens love them).</p>
<p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8060969.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8060969.stm</a></p>
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		<title>By: toad</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78303</link>
		<dc:creator>toad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, it doesn&#039;t look as though Lee will have the votes of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/2426438/Sikhs-reject-supercity&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;many Sikhs&lt;/a&gt; living in Mount Albert BluePeter.</description>
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<p>Well, it doesn&#8217;t look as though Lee will have the votes of <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/2426438/Sikhs-reject-supercity" rel="nofollow">many Sikhs</a> living in Mount Albert BluePeter.</p>
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		<title>By: greenfly</title>
		<link>http://blog.greens.org.nz/2009/05/22/melissing-the-point/#comment-78302</link>
		<dc:creator>greenfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did National &lt;i&gt; really &lt;/i&gt; say this:

&lt;i&gt; We do not subscribe to the view that big is necessarily better, and note that some of the highest consumer satisfaction surveys come from small councils. &lt;/i&gt;

&lt;i&gt; cough! cough! choke! choke! &lt;/i&gt;</description>
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<p>Did National <i> really </i> say this:</p>
<p><i> We do not subscribe to the view that big is necessarily better, and note that some of the highest consumer satisfaction surveys come from small councils. </i></p>
<p><i> cough! cough! choke! choke! </i></p>
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