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Rogue polls, somehow I doubt it!

adamsmith1922 wrote 6 days ago: All four of the recent ‘extreme’ polls and the average or Poll of Polls. All four had … more »

Tags: ACT NZ, Election 2008, Labour Party NZ, Maori Party NZ, National Party NZ, New Zealand, NZ First, Politics, Polls

Recent New Zealand Opinion Polls

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 week ago: Graphic shows the 3 polls recently released and the average of all three. A long way to go to the el … more »

Tags: ACT NZ, Election 2008, Labour Party NZ, Maori Party NZ, media, MSM, National Party NZ, New Zealand, NZ First

EFA-has positive effect, although no doubt an unintended consequence1 comment

adamsmith1922 wrote 2 weeks ago: Scoopit! Bill English revealed why IRD pulled a brochure on Kiwisaver - because of the EFA, this NZ … more »

Tags: Abuse of Power, Election 2008, Electoral Finance Act, governance, Labour Party NZ, Law & Order, National Party NZ, New Zealand, NZ First

Some thoughts on Citizen's Assemblies

adamsmith1922 wrote 2 weeks ago: Scoopit! Browsing the NZ Herald, late yesterday Adam came across this opinion article, in the NZ He … more »

Tags: Election 2008, Electoral Finance Act, governance, Labour Party NZ, National Party NZ, New Zealand, Politics

Bill Ralston on Hippos, Poo & 'Red' Russel

adamsmith1922 wrote 3 weeks ago: Bill Ralston in the HoS gets stuck into the irritation that is ‘Red’ Russel with a gem o … more »

Tags: Politics, humour, Election 2008, New Zealand

Dominion Post on MMP and the Greens

adamsmith1922 wrote 4 weeks ago: Are we at long last beginning to see more questioning by the MSM of the Greens. Today there is an ed … more »

Tags: Election 2008, governance, Labour Party NZ, media, MSM, New Zealand, NZ First, Politics

Anderton says Fitzsimons wrong re Fonterra1 comment

adamsmith1922 wrote 4 weeks ago: Amusing to see Jim Anderton slap the Greens down over Jeanette Fitzsimons nonsense call on Fonterra … more »

Tags: FAO, Food Prices, Food Security, governance, INTERNATIONAL, New Zealand, Protectionism, Resources, Trade

More thoughts on the Greens

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 month ago: The Greens in New Zealand have condemned themselves at present to being on the fringe through their … more »

Tags: Election 2008, governance, New Zealand, Politics

'Red' Russel no longer to be Cinderella

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 month ago: So ‘Red’ Russel is no longer to be the Cinderella party leader; he will go to the ball. … more »

Tags: Election 2008, governance, New Zealand, Politics

Who will replace Jeanette Fitzsimons?

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 month ago: So now we know that if you vote Green in November you are likely to not see Jeanette as leader, (p … more »

Tags: Politics, Election 2008, New Zealand

The Greens-time to question what they stand for!9 comments

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 month ago: As Adam wrote in another post Sunday ,on the Greens, he was thinking then about the mis-perceptions … more »

Tags: Politics, Growth, Election 2008, Economics, New Zealand, media, MSM

Cartoon for Today, Monday 2 June 2008

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 month ago: NZ Herald Saturday 31 May - illustrating John Armstrong’s column Greens - once just a pest, n … more »

Tags: Politics, Election 2008, New Zealand, Cartoons

The Greens-the danger creeping up on us1 comment

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 month ago: An article at the NZ Herald site, plus TV One News item on their conference this weekend, confirmed … more »

Tags: Election 2008, governance, New Zealand, Politics

Food Issues:Security and Prices-The High Level FAO Rome Conference

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 month ago: In recent weeks Adam has posted a number of items on the issue of food prices. Amongst the key facto … more »

Tags: Africa, Agri-Development, Agri-Science, Agriculture, Asia, Commodities, Doha Round, Economics, FAO

Targetting the sanctimonious amongst us

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 month ago: Adam really enjoyed Karl du Fresne’s Curmudgeon column in the Dominion Post on Tuesday, now on … more »

Tags: humour, Social commentary, Rant

Greens' venality makes Key's case for MMP review1 comment

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 month ago: Good editorial from the NZ Herald today on the Greens and their attempt to manipulate Russel Norman … more »

Tags: Election 2008, governance, Labour Party NZ, National Party NZ, New Zealand, Politics

Opening shots in the video wars?

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 month ago: Now one questions whether anyone need go to the lengths of parodying these. Some initial entries in … more »

Tags: Politics, Election 2008, New Zealand, Unintended Humour

Around and About on the ETS

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 month ago: The reactions to John Key on the matter of the ETS have been somewhat predictable both from politici … more »

Tags: Agriculture, Blogging, Blogosphere, Business, climate change, Economics, Election 2008, Emissions Trading, Emissions Trading Scheme

Poorly considered legislation-again1 comment

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 month ago: The NZ Herald has an article on the fact that there are probably only 37 sitting days before likely … more »

Tags: Election 2008, Emissions Trading, governance, Labour Party NZ, Legislative Process, National Party NZ, New Zealand, Politics