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New Zealand's Prime Minister on Iraq
The Dominion Post [Wellington, New Zealand]
| April 1 2003
| Tracy Watkins
Posted on 03/31/2003 6:44:16 PM PST by shaggy eel
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To: shaggy eel
"American citizens, even Arnett, are welcome here Cyni."Oh, now c'mon, Shaggy! That was a LOOOOOW BLOOOOOOW!!!
To: shaggy eel
shag...
For a totally different reason, Japan understands that they are nearly alone in the Asian sphere. With that in mind, they are realists enough to know what is their future best interest. Japan has no particular reason to love the US, however they were smart enough to publicly display their support for the Iraq war.
The people of Canada keep saying, it is their government, not the people that hate the US. Well, someone surely voted them into office.
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:25:10 AM PST
by
cynicom
To: Jetboy
Go. YOu'll love it. The country is beautiful, consumer prices are low, and the people are lovely...really friendly, and well-disposed toward Americans. And the trout are HUGE. When we were there, steak in the store was the equivalent of $1.20/pound, world-class wine could be bought for 1/3 of its cost in the U.S., and great restaurants were everywhere. Let me know if you want recommendations for trout guides, B&Bs, or restaurants.
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posted on
04/01/2003 6:35:54 AM PST
by
Renfield
To: shaggy eel
I Love NZ!
Plus:
1) The people are some of the friendlest I've met.
2) Very active lifestyle.
3) The health system works better than you would expect.
Minus:
1) Political apathy has allowed the "Waco Left" to take control.
2) Outside of Wellington, no one cares about who runs the country.
3) The country spends more time/money educating rugby players than it does engineers.
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posted on
04/01/2003 10:22:17 AM PST
by
Zathras
To: shaggy eel
Wake up Helen ... Bump!
Let's Roll!
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posted on
04/01/2003 10:25:46 AM PST
by
blackie
To: Jetboy
I've heard that Kiwi's are more moral than aussies, is this true?,,, apart from the widely known reputation the Queensland State Police have earned themselves, it's probably better not to ask a Kiwi that question. I've only been to Aussie three times. They fancy themselves as superior in sport and business, but I'd like to see what would happen to Aussie if some long established Kiwis there all decided to come back home. Ex pat Kiwis are plentiful there. I've met the bulk of Aussies in Asia and Europe when touring. Generally, Kiwis and Aussies are better together when they're both a long way from home. In regard to major sporting events I can truthfully say that Kiwis are generally more gracious losers.
To: Zathras
Substitute 'Rugby players' with 'Hockey players' and you've almost got Canada.
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posted on
04/01/2003 1:06:02 PM PST
by
IvanT
To: NH Liberty
"American citizens, even Arnett, are welcome here Cyni." Oh, now c'mon, Shaggy! That was a LOOOOOW BLOOOOOOW!!!
,,, I've had my share of low blows NH. It's my time in the sun now.
To: Zathras
Minus:
1) Political apathy has allowed the "Waco Left" to take control.
2) Outside of Wellington, no one cares about who runs the country.
3) The country spends more time/money educating rugby players than it does engineers.
,,, you've got it in a nutshell!
To: cynicom
The people of Canada keep saying, it is their government, not the people that hate the US. Well, someone surely voted them into office.,,, Cyni, Klark takes her orders from the UN, not the NZ public. She has a number of segments to keep happy here - the trade unions, the arts/gays and the welfare kings. That's a broad base and quite a number of left wing voters. I'm in a minority group.
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To: Jetboy
,,, hopefully, things will change for the better. It's clear that such generous welfare isn't sustainable here with a total population of just under four million and such a small base of ageing taxpayers.
To: Piquaboy; stanz; 2sheep; toddst; mgstarr; NativeNewYorker; Byron_the_Aussie; Brian Allen; expots; ..
From "The Dominion Post", Wellington, April 2 2003...
NATIONAL newcomer Don Brash [former Reserve Bank Governor] is dismissing reports he might be about to replace low polling Party leader Bill English.
He said that to his knowledge there was "absolutely no truth" to the suggestions made yesterday by TV3 and Independent Radio News that NATIONAL MPs were getting ready to dump Mr English in favour of him.
"I came to Parliament eight months ago with a very clear objective and that was to be the next Minister of Finance. I know of no plans to change the present leadership. I don't see it likely to happen in the present future.
Watch this space in the present future.
To: shaggy eel
in the present futureSeems clear to me. Time to buy Kiwis vs. Aussies?
To: NativeNewYorker
,,, you're a better judge than I am to call that one. I will say that this article, for it's humble size, provides monumental scale excitement. Brash is no slug. If this happens, there will be fun times on the runway as NZ's centre right starts it's rise from the ashes.
To: zarf
LOL!
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posted on
04/01/2003 7:12:42 PM PST
by
stanz
To: shaggy eel
Mr Shirley accused Miss Clark of giving comfort to Saddam Hussein with her remarks amid an insistence by the US and its allies that they are in Iraq as liberators. There's a country in Europe which Ms. Clark should visit. She would love the champagne and the small talk.
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posted on
04/01/2003 7:19:30 PM PST
by
stanz
To: stanz
,,, I understand that particular country's population is now more than 10% muslim.
To: shaggy eel
Right. As that population continues to grow, the country will be dictated by it instead of just bowing in polite appeasement as is now the case.
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posted on
04/01/2003 7:33:42 PM PST
by
stanz
To: shaggy eel
Shaggy, having listened to Talkback ZB last week, Im not sure you are in a minority. Most callers were furious at the way NZ was being represented by Klark, and their anger wasnt about the potential loss of a NZ/US free trade agreement either, it was Klark not sticking by traditional allies that most concerned them.
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posted on
04/01/2003 7:48:22 PM PST
by
spitz
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