DICK BY NAME AND NOW BY NATURE?

both Hooton and Farrar are a little septic with the medias portrayal of the Electoral Commissions ruling on Winston - I reckon he is not cleared. Not by a long shot - it is a very carefully worded statement. Both of them have very detailed analysis of the issues
Read Farrar here
And Hooton Here
And for the general punters out there - Richard ( Dick) Griffin is not impartial - he is a bloody good mate of Winstons - Up there with Trader Jack and Tommy Gear.
So his view of the world is jaded. It is also appalling that the main stream media is doing a " he said she said" approach to this story without taking a very cold and dispassionate look at what the commission is saying.

ROARPRAWN POPULAR

YEEHOO!!!!! According to Tumeke the boys who do all the blog ratings - Roarprawn is now at number 13 - its a lucky number for us - We are in the exalted NZ top 20

Good to see Hooton and the Hive make some gains as well -

Here's the breakdown at Tumeke

THE BEAN COUNTER AINT BUYING

You know we are in for a rought financial ride when Don Brash, is renting rather than
" investing" in property...

In this article in the Herald he is almost prone to black humour...

Queen Bee rightly points out that this a pivotal day with calls for deposit insurance and information on how to overcome depression if things get tough in our Sunday papers.
Both leaders are launching their campaigns today. What they say and do will be important to our nation.
Meanwhile Bustedblonde and the Aussie Rock have a practical response to the impending financial crapfest.
We have planted a vege garden , and done a deal with a local farmer for ongoing meat in return for grazing. We have the river at our backs and the wind in our face and we will weather whatever comes at us..

And by the way - Like QB I notice that some of the comments on some posts are getting nasty.
I write my stuff on this blog for me and anyone who wants to read it. If you dont like it write your own.
I dont moderate because I believe in free speech .
And I dont come from the school of elegance and niceness like QueenBee - my approach to matters is much more akin to Hootons..

In short you dont scare me but with 20 years of filed info as a journo and a few other interesting occupations over the years, I may well be able to scare you.

BOLD, INNOVATIVE FISCAL POLICY NEEDED FROM NATIONAL

This is no time for Key to let his balls hide behind his kidneys. Its time for smart, sharp , innovative economic thinking.

Kick Arse Economics.

Fortune favours the brave.

Hooton has a good analysis

Which is odd really , because we in the VRWC all thought he was a closet pinko.

Jokes aside - we need a really good plan.

John Key needs to deliver - not just for National but for the Nation.

The standard shows again that it is run by a bunch of spotty twats

I am amazed at the traffic on the Standard , over Hootons post -re government departments blocking No Minister .

Its true. They are.

It took about 70 comments before they got it through their silly wee heads but I think they finally worked out it was true when there was so much evidence from so many people.

Cant see why they have an obsession over Hooton being a paid lair - that's what they are I would have thought - and while Hooton has a huge array of clients from across the business and social spectrum - The Standards little spotty twats just work for one ugly sheila and her tired sychophants.