We have still not decided who we will give our party vote to so tonight’s mission is to finally work out which party we are voting for. Our previous list of potentials has been whittled down to: ACT – have Sir Roger Douglas, NZ needs him right now, they are the second most correct and […]
Entries Tagged as 'National Party'
Decisions Decisions
November 7th, 2008 8 Comments
Tags: ACT Party · Elections · National Party · Voting
Fisking Grant Robertson
November 7th, 2008 25 Comments
Supporters of Labour Candidate for Wellington Central, Grant Robertson, have published this video to provide evidence that Stephen Franks, the National Candidate for the same electorate, is “homophobic.” I remain unconvinced; in fact, I suggest that a careful analysis of the contents show that, if anything, Robertson is the bigoted ideologue. Unlike Robertson’s supporters, I […]
Tags: Elections · Grant Robertson · Homosexual Conduct · National Party · Stephen Franks
Look Something Blue!
November 7th, 2008 Comments Off on Look Something Blue!
Te Atatu Pony Club’s grounds share a boundary with Auckland’s busy North Western Motorway. Last night Matt and Sheridan were up at the Pony Club helping to set up jumps for this weekend’s One Day Event (ODE). As Matt was one of the few parents who had turned up to help the club president asked […]
Tags: Elections · Humour · National Party
John Key on Religion and Public Life
September 30th, 2008 21 Comments
A few weeks ago someone gave me a copy of this interview with John Key. Now the first thing to note is that the article was published by Gaynz.com. Gaynz.com are not a terribly reliable media outlet, and Madeleine would say that they are beneath the term “media outlet”. Hence, much of what is written […]
Tags: GayNZ.com · Homosexual Conduct · John Key · National Party · Religion in Public Life · Sexual Morality
Next time you want to tape a politician…
August 7th, 2008 Comments Off on Next time you want to tape a politician…
I will resist the urge the comment on the content of the recent taped conversations, well I might say *yawn* what political party does not contain MP’s that have ideas about where they would like their party to head in the future, in fact to swipe my 16 year old’s comments, there would be something […]
Tags: Legal Advice · National Party
Key a PC Socialist?
December 2nd, 2006 5 Comments
Murray certainly thinks so and I am inclined to agree from what I have heard so far from the man. Of course it could all be the way the media are reporting things but Key does appear to be pulling National more centrist and last time National were over there it was disastrous for them. […]
Tags: John Key · National Party
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
A Voting Guide
November 7th, 2008 13 Comments
How to choose who to vote for tomorrow, from Glenn (once again – what can we say? he is brilliant and we ran out of time *ahem*) Extract from: So who AM I voting for? (the election blog, part 3) Basic Human rights/freedomsThere are some bottom line human rights and liberties that should always be […]
Tags: ACT Party · Christian Parties · Due Process · Elections · Glenn Peoples · National Party · Rights and Freedoms · Role of the State · Welfare