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Satire: Suggested Excuses For The Use Of Dr Donald Brash
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 5:21 pm | Lyndon Hood
When I said I did not know who was "doing the nasty pamphlets" that was entirely true. I had not read them. How was I to know which anonymous National-supporting smear campaign Mr Holmes was talking about? More >>
April "Wake-Up Call" a Brethren Campaign
Wednesday, 7 September 2005, 5:41 pm | Lyndon Hood
In mid-April 2005, an A4 glossy pamphlet titled "A Wake-Up Call for New Zealanders" was widely distributed, following up two half-page advertisements in major newspapers. Images of the pamphlet are below. An NZPA story has confirmed that, despite their ... More >>
Lyndon Hood: Not The Sharpest Tool In The Box
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 8:32 pm | Lyndon Hood
Some time ago I purchased a new National Party Leader(TM). At first it was barely rating as well as the one I upgraded from. Then I spoke to a friend about it and he suggested installing a race card - that worked a treat. More >>
Lyndon Hood: Finance Briefs
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 5:57 pm | Lyndon Hood
On Tuesday afternoon, New Zealand time, National's proposed Tax Cut was observed from the International Space Station, with the unaided human eye. More >>
Lyndon Hood: The Race for the Sub-4-Minute U-Turn
Friday, 19 August 2005, 1:13 pm | Lyndon Hood
Fans of electoral racing and mental gymnastics are on the edge of their seats as New Zealand's highest-profile political parties compete to achieve the elusive goal of announcing two totally contradictory policies within four minutes. More >>
Lyndon Hood: Trying to think up a fiancee policy
Friday, 12 August 2005, 3:28 pm | Lyndon Hood
Satire: I'm planning on getting married. That's, if she says yes. At the moment, the woman in question, her name's New Zealand ("Enzed" for short), says she's 38.5% sure she likes me. More >>
L. Hood: That Nice Mr Peters' War on Intolerence
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 3:26 pm | Lyndon Hood
Our Western society has a tradition of mutual tolerance and free speech going all the way back to Torquemada and Joseph McCarthy. That's why, when people from other cultures who don't understand our tolerant traditions join our tolerant and accepting ... More >>
Clark Announces Election - Hundreds Flee To Oz.
Friday, 29 July 2005, 1:55 pm | Lyndon Hood
On Monday, Prime Minister Helen Clark told the public that a General Election would be held on September 17. In the wake of that announcement, an estimated 580* people (as of Thursday afternoon) have left the country permanently or for the long term. ... More >>
Lyndon Hood: Political Poetry Through the Ages
Friday, 22 July 2005, 1:16 pm | Lyndon Hood
I have always maintained that the whole of human experience is reflected in literature. There is much to be learned from careful study of the great classics. To prove this point, I was inspired by this week's Poetry Day to sort through my own small knowledge ... More >>
Lyndon Hood: An Election-Year Glossary
Thursday, 14 July 2005, 5:17 pm | Lyndon Hood
Having trouble sorting out the scandals from the storms-in-tea-cup? Have you been left drowning and helpless in waves of catch-all buzzwords and empty political rhetoric, and that even though actual campaigning hasn't started yet? More >>
NZ MPs Care About Human Rights All Of A Sudden
Thursday, 7 July 2005, 3:50 pm | Lyndon Hood
Phil Goff today outlined the steps the Government would be taking now that they have suddenly realised that our cricket team is going to Zimbabwe. "Naturally, we deplore Zimbabwe's human rights record and we will do everything we reasonably can to stop ... More >>
Lyndon Hood: Don Brash of La Mancha
Friday, 1 July 2005, 4:18 pm | Lyndon Hood
Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman - what the Spanish call a Don - lived not long ago, who during his leisure hours loved nothing better than to read the works of Friedmanite economists. And with time ... More >>
Hodgson’s Billion-Dollar Kyoto Punchline
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 11:21 am | Lyndon Hood
I’m given to understand that all the jokes about marsh gas, Parliament and global warming were used up last century. Certainly, experts have suggested that the rate at which we are discovering new Kyoto-related comedy had been exceeded by the rate ... More >>
Jackson Innocent - Hope For Benson-Pope?
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 2:48 pm | Lyndon Hood
Earlier today, in a California courtroom, the jury in Michael Jackson's child abuse trial returned verdicts of not guilty on all charges. This has reinforced my belief that celebrity cases involving the mistreatment of children are best tried by the ... More >>
Does This Mean Everyone Gets To Fake Up A Nat. Ad?
Friday, 3 June 2005, 4:54 pm | Lyndon Hood
What with the poorly-mocked up pre-publicity from Bhatnagar via Farrar , and jamming suggestions coming thick and/or fast , looks like it's open season on annoying, simplistic, disingenuous billboards. More >>
Cullen Backdown Unleashes Storm of Retractions
Wednesday, 1 June 2005, 5:51 pm | Lyndon Hood
The recent experience of Dr Michael Cullen seems to have given his colleagues ideas. For years they have struggled with the burden of it being inadvisable - and in some cases expensive - to declare obvious and demonstrable falsehoods. Or at any rate, ... More >>
Lyndon Hood: On The NZ First Chorus Line
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 1:51 pm | Lyndon Hood
I am something of novice reader of parliamentary press releases, but from time to time I see something that I am sure would interest even the most grizzled veteran. For example, I was intrigued to note that Winston Peters had written audience responses ... More >>
Does This Mean We Have To Elect A New Benson-Pope?
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 2:31 pm | Lyndon Hood
During the last week, pressure from the opposition in Parliament unveiled the depravity of the current Government. Not merely in the perfidy of one Cabinet Minister, but also the manner in which he was supported at the highest levels. I submit that, in ... More >>
Lyndon Hood: Thanks Winston! Says Grateful Refugee
Friday, 13 May 2005, 10:29 am | Lyndon Hood
Amer Mahdi Saleh Khashaly's profile has been low since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Many Iraqs had never even heard of him, let alone thought of lynching him. Even the occupying forces had ignored him. More >>
Are You An Undesirable Immigrant? Take Our Quiz!
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 7:29 pm | Lyndon Hood
Amid growing concerns about the laxity of New Zealand's immigration controls, many readers may be concerned that they are not the kind of person Winston Peters wants in our country. So we've compiled this helpful quiz to see if you've slipped under ... More >>
