tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post2613692384038851282..comments2023-10-08T12:11:52.993+13:00Comments on New Zealand Conservative: The little people are not patrioticLucia Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485990994973953860noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-17477773880540793502010-02-05T10:31:43.439+13:002010-02-05T10:31:43.439+13:00Yep, change the flag, that’ll fix everything. Hone...Yep, change the flag, that’ll fix everything. Hone and Pita will be happy, John and Phil will be happy, the nurses and teachers will be happy, students will pass standards with flying colours, unemployment will go down, the deficit will be recovered, the books balanced, child abuse will cease overnight, Maori will start living in the 21st century, the All Blacks will win the World Cup – and most importantly, self-appointed designers and amateur historians will be happy. It’ll be the miracle we’ve been waiting for. This whole furphy resembles nothing so much as a failing company diverting itself by redesigning the stationery, instead of attending to the core business. <br />----------------<br />ps - not one of the self-important idiots quoted and/or writing in the Herald today and yesterday knows any more about the flag "issue" than Mickey Mouse would. The only one who had the class to say (paraphrased): "It's not my call" was Murray Halberg, bless.WAKE UPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09136292620916207019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-12172188360440724142010-02-04T16:02:55.592+13:002010-02-04T16:02:55.592+13:00This agenda is being pushed by a very few self-app...This agenda is being pushed by a very few self-appointed 'influential people' and backed by the leftist media, who never yet saw a tradition they wouldn't gleefully help trash.<br /><br />Notice how the noise the so-called journos are making about this push is out of all proportion to the support it has from the public? Gramsci would be proud of 'em.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.com