More visitors from Labour HQ

Those at the Labour Party Blog, The Standard have once again passed on links to their mates at the Beehive and once again someone from the Labour Party came to check out a couple of articles.



Was Helen Clark making an episode of
The Simpsons last Friday when the
National Party conference was bugged
or was she using a stand-in for an alibi?

Number of Entries: Entry Page Time: Visit Length: Browser OS Resolution

4 8th August 2008 16:36:58 3 mins 45 secs MSIE 7.0 Windows XP 1024x768

Returning Visits: Location: Hostname: Entry Page: Exit Page: Referring URL:

0 Lower Hutt Wellington New Zealand mswfb1.parliament.govt.nz (202.68.87.70) [Label IP Address] darrenrickard.blogspot.com/2008/08/acc-staff-spending-on-day-spas-and.html darrenrickard.blogspot.com/2008/08/roy-morgan-poll-1-august-2008.html www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=2706

This time the visitor is from MSW, which I think is the Ministry of Social Welfare, and once again, like the Labour Party visitor from Parliament the other day, this visitor came through Labour's Blog site.

I only mention this again because the people who post at The Standard, keep claiming they have no relationship to the Labour Party but evidence of their cosy marriage, or in Labour's case un-civil union, is blatantly clear.

These are the people who also claim that even though they had two members of The Standard Blog busted outside the National Party conference last week, dressed up trying to look like National Party members, right down to rosaries on their lapels, that they were not responsible for bugging the conference and leaking secret tapes-with more to come says TV3's disgraced Duncan Garner-to Television three.

The folk at The Standard claim that the tapes were made and leaked to TV3 by a "National Insider". A comment so silly it doesnt require a reply from my good self. I mean who stands to benefit from the dirt gleaned from a setup at a drunken National Party piss up?

The Labour Party and its leader Helen Clark will clearly be implicated if the deep throat within their propaganda organ, The Standard, is exposed as the little tiddler who piddled his way into National prominence by bugging another political party.

It is clear from all this, if Labour will stoop to spying on their political opponents they will do anything to keep the reigns of power in the run up to the 2008 election.

Gag me with a spoon.

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c Political Animal 2008

Labour backs ACC rorts

The Labour Party Blog, The Standard, has today come out and supported ACC staff using taxpayer money to get face lifts and pet grooming done for themselves.

...makes great economic sense. At a cost of just 0.005% of ACC’s total salary bill the activa contribution has led to improved productivity, less sick leave and improved staff retention, leading to a more stable and effective workforce.

Now, call me a dumb ass, but how do botox injections, pet grooming, day spas, and face lifts "improve productivity", and lead to a "more stable and effective workforce"?

Clearly they don't, and the folks at The Standard who leaked the audio tape from the National Party conference last weekend, will clearly support any sort of State agency, even if it is as corrupt an inefficient as ACC clearly is, just because it is in Labour's central mantra to back these large money wasting schemes because they are State run.

Clearly another case of philosophy triumphing over common sense.

But Maryan Street's backed ACC in Parliament yesterday:

Hon MARYAN STREET: I presume it is a case of the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) practising what it preaches, in that it is trying to prevent injury. I commend it for that.

The back up coming from the Labour Party Blog, The Standard, today will backfire in Labour's face as it did with Street's backing of Housing welfare staff luxuriating at a 5 star resort last year.

When will they learn that kiwis have had a gutsful.

Gag me with a spoon, before socialism does.

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Labour will flip flop on Herceptin

Watch for a major back flip and flip flop by Labour on the denial by their drug deliverer, Pharmac, of Herceptin for women dying of breast cancer.

National quite rightly, will fund the life saving drug when they take office in November 2008.

In the wake of crippling polls, a State infrastructure crumbling before our eyes, a deep Labour fed recession and a scandal over ACC staff rorts out yesterday Labour need to do the common sense thing to retain votes.

Funding Herceptin is the right thing to do. Funding pet grooming and face lifts for State ACC staff is clearly mad.

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VIDEO: Paris Hilton for Prime Minister

As the readers of Political Animal know, we are never, ever trivial, and I would like to say that the video that is being presented here is about as serious as one can get when it comes to politics and the political landscape in 2008.

Unlike the New Zealand Labour Party, Paris is always relevant, has serious issues to broach and has a...like really, really, really good energy policy.

Paris Hilton also has an interest in the environment, health care, business and a policy to end war in the Middle East.

The best part is though, in this pre-Presidential video, is that little Paris is unable to conceal any secret recording devices to tape her worthy opponents. The girl is almost naked and lets face it most politicians wouldnt look good nude but like hey, Paris does.

Good on ya for being upfront Paris, we could use your political savvy here in New Zealand.

Not only more intelligent than the whole Labour Cabinet put together but much easier on the eye than our current Prime Minister Ms Helen.

At Political Animal we endorse Paris Hilton's run for President.

We love Paris, we Love Paris!

c Political Animal 2008