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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

And sinks his barbs through honesty

New Zealand's Finance Minister explains the outcome of his two-and-a-half years at the helm of the economy:
Mr English says the financial situation is much worse than that which confronted National when it first formed the Government
Overseas readers might be surprised by English's willingness to make this kind of admission, and his freedom to argue that it requires moar of the current policies (austerity and tax cuts!). They do not know the state of the Labour Opposition.
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18 comments:

  1. Whale ChowderMay 10, 2011 at 9:12 AM

    If tax cuts and budget slashing are good enough for use here in USAmerica, it's good enough for you upside-downies.

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  2. Whale ChowderMay 10, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    <strike>use</strike> us

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  3. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©May 10, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    [strike]use[/strike] yous

    P.S. How did you get blooger to let you use the angle brackets, W.C.?

    I get "Your HTML cannot be accepted: Tag is not allowed: STRIKE".
    ~

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  4. Whale ChowderMay 10, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    Right, I had to use &lt;strike&gt; to get the representation of what FYB wouldn't let me put in the post.

    What, Blogger, "strike" is too SCAWWY for you?

    w/v thinks I have a fixesse of anger. It may be right.

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  5. Big Bad Bald BastardMay 10, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    Mr English says the financial situation is much worse than that which confronted National when it first formed the Government

    VOTE FOR US!!!

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  6. KathleenMay 10, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    don't change horses in mid-stream

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  7. Substance McGravitasMay 10, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    It is not pleasant to change the horse's diaper while it is peeing.

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  8. AnonymousMay 10, 2011 at 12:45 PM

    There's always a software solution.

    bleat, why yes I do, thank you for noticing.

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  9. Whale ChowderMay 10, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    Need I say it? Surely this is good news for McCain.

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  10. Hamish MackMay 10, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    We're screwed

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  11. Mentis FugitMay 10, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    And to get &lt;strike&gt; Whale Chowder had to type &amp;lt;strike&amp;gt;, opening the gate to the madness of recursion.

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  12. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©May 10, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    ...opening the gate to the madness of recursion.

    I read that novel! Scary as hell.
    ~

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  13. guitarist manquéMay 10, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    opening the gate to the madness of recursion

    Pshaw. Smut spreads that on his toast for breakfast. Gonna have to be more madly recursive or recursively mad to make a dent around here.

    untousid by human hands

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  14. Smut ClydeMay 10, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    don't change horses in mid-stream

    But what if the horses have stopped to drink? It is, after all, what we led them to the water for.

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  15. Hamish MackMay 10, 2011 at 3:41 PM

    Sir! Riding while drunk is bad form! Sir!

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  16. mikeyMay 10, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    Little known fact:

    SMUT is a recursive acronym.

    Smut's Muscat Undermines Truth.

    Alternatively rendered as:

    Smut's Muscat Undermines Time.

    But very few people are willing to acknowledge the presence of those time people...

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  17. Smut ClydeMay 10, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    Musrum is terribly afraid of sponge cats.
    Keep your sponge cat under control..

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  18. Mentis FugitMay 10, 2011 at 6:47 PM

    Pshaw. Smut spreads that on his toast for breakfast.

    QED.

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