ED MILIBAND IS NO LEFTY
I was wondering if Ed Miliband, the new leader of the British Labour Party, is the son of the late Marxist theoretician and sociologist Ral...
SAME OLD RUBBISH FROM LABOUR
Friday October 1, of course, marks the day when there will be a massive transfer of wealth from the New Zealand working class to the wealth...
THE WIFE COMES FIRST! BOB KICKS HIGH RANKING POLICE OFFICER OFF QUAKE HELICOPTER FLYOVER!
Who knew that Sideshow Bob's wife, Jo Nicholls-Parker , was playing such a pivotal role in the immediate aftermath of the Christchurch ...
BOB THE QUAKE OPPORTUNIST
As I mentioned in a previous post, Sideshow Bob is refusing to debate the issues with his mayoral rival Jim Anderton - despite having earlie...
TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS
Councillor Sue Wells is one of Christchurch's more arrogant councillors. Always convinced that she is right about everything, she has l...
THE RICH GET RICHER IN OBAMA'S AMERICA
Under the reign of 'the People's President', America's rich have got richer this year - while the poor have got considerabl...
SIDESHOW BOB - THE POLITICAL CHANCER
TVNZ's Breakfast is broadcasting from Cathedral Square in Christchurch tomorrow. This will give the loathsome Paul Henry another opport...
BOB'S FANTASTIC TALES
Shortly after the Christchurch quake Sideshow Bob confidently insisted that the Christchurch City Council had opposed the development of ...
MILKING THE QUAKE
We all know that Sideshow Bob is milking the quake for all its worth and so it comes as no surprise that he is continuing to ponce around in...
WALL STREET SHARKS
IT TAKES A PILLAGE: BEHIND THE BAILOUTS, BONUSES, AND BACKROOM DEALS FROM WASHINGTON TO WALL STREET Nomi Prins (Wiley John & Sons) I wa...
BOB RETURNS TO HIS OLD UNDEMOCRATIC WAYS
Despite his claim before the earthquake that he had heard the complaints of local people and recognised that the Christchurch City Council...
IT'S SUPER BOB!
Did you know that Sideshow Bob can leap tall buildings in a single bound? Not really. But Bob's supporters would like you to believe it....
AFTER THE QUAKE - THE POLITICAL FALLOUT
Miles Warren, a prominent Christchurch architect, says it was 'scandalous' that a new sub-division was allowed on reclaimed land i...
STATE POWER
Who is coming to the rescue of Christchurch in these difficult and stressful days? It's not the stock market, not the finance houses (th...
ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE
But - wait - there's more! Unfortunately. Like a lot of people in Christchurch I got some good sleep last night. There were some mild af...
SHAKEDOWN
That was a less than enjoyable night. We had some major aftershocks during the night with the first one hitting shortly after 11pm. I had j...
WILL THE EARTHQUAKE SAVE BOB'S MAYORALTY?
I wasn't going to broach this subject quite so soon but since Bob Harvey, the Mayor of Waitakere City thought he'd campaign on beha...
24 HOURS
6am or thereabouts. It's over 24 hours since the earthquake struck. I've had a fitful night of sleep at best. I've spent a lot o...
AFTERSHOCKS
There is an eerie silence over the city. I live near a main road that leads to one of Christchurch's big shopping malls and there certai...
EARTHQUAKE
There has been a major earthquake in Christchurch. I understand it was a 7.3 and the epicentre was some 35 miles from Christchurch, near Da...
MORE SCANDALOUS SPENDING BY SIDESHOW BOB
Sideshow Bob has been quick to tell the good people of Christchurch that, in these tough economic times, we 'all' have to tighten ou...
THE HAND OF HENDO...
Is anyone surprised that one of South Canterbury Finance's bad loans went to our 'urban visionary' Dave Henderson? You will reca...
THE NEW 'DEMOCRATIC' SIDESHOW BOB!
During the last mayoral campaign in 2008 , Sideshow Bob went around declaring that he, if voted Mayor, would be 'accountable' to th...