VIDEO: Michael Cullen on Socialism

Michael Cullen on Socialism - part 2

A bizarre little video of Michael Cullen at a drunken Labour Party meeting in a pub somewhere.

Here he explains his reasons for being a socialist and his warped outlook on the world and how it should be.

It kind of explains his bitter stance towards successful people like John Key and his labeling of such people as "rich pricks", poking fun at them and deriding them for having a go, having aspiration and succeeding in life, instead of giving them well deserved due praise.

After having watched this I can see the reason why the working for families welfare package was rolled out-it is central, in a major way, to Labour's socialist ideals.

Of special interest is his stance on tax cuts and it flies in the face of the meagre cuts he has promised to buy votes in the 2008 election.

It is worth a look if you don't know much about this strange little man.

It should scare you.

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Knuckle dragging native gets Zimbabwe justice

So poor Winnie is going to be "censured" by Parliament for taking $100,000 from Owen Glenn, not declaring it then lying about it to Parliament, the Privileges Committee and the New Zealand public?

Oh, and the poor boy has to make declarations of donations going back the last 3 years.

Big hairy motherfucking deal!

The banana has now been fully bent and as Peters and his mates quite rightly say, justice in New Zealand has gone the way of Mugabe's Zimbabwe:

Mr Jones and Mr Peters said the committee's actions reflected what happened in Zimbabwe.

The Zimbabwe reference in Winnie's case refers to the fact that there will be no consequences for his lying, thieving, cheating ways.

Dale Jones and Peters live in a wonderland world where puppy dogs tails are made of candied gold bullion and cracks in pavements are the portal to another world where black is white, up is down and lies are actually truth and fuck you if you don't live in our world-and never mind that we live in a democracy.

Michael Cullen, a man that doesn't need any hands to wank because he can do it just by talking, said in Parliament today that he couldn't agree with the majority decision in the Privileges Committee because:

"Owen Glenn was an unreliable witness"

Clearly he has ejaculate all over his face by saying that, we know who the unreliable witness is.

Peters has also continued his lies today by repeating his denials that he had done something wrong.

Welcome to the undemocratic republic of Zim Zealand.

Peters censured by Parliament -Video

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JOHN KEY: Personal Statement on Tranzrail shares

Below is a statement from John Key about the FACTS relating to his past Tranzrail holdings.

There is no Labour spin and untruths about Key's share dealings as there was from Labour.

He has apologised, something Clark hasn't done for lying about her involvement in the Peters/Glenn donation scandal and that should be the end of it.

National Party Leader John Key today absolutely rejected assertions that he used his parliamentary position to gain any benefit from owning Tranzrail shares or intended to mislead anyone.

"The facts are:

-          I never personally owned shares in Tranzrail.  My family trust did, and initially purchased Tranzrail shares prior to me entering Parliament. 

-          My broker managed the details of the trust's portfolio, reporting to a solicitor acting as an independent trustee of the family trust, and was able to act without reference to me personally.

-          In early June 2003 I saw that Tranzrail was going to be a political issue, and instructed that the shares be sold.  The parcel as a whole was sold at a loss.

-          My recollection is that I instructed the sale prior to the 11 June select committee meeting.  Nevertheless, I now believe I should have instructed their sale earlier.
 
-          I didn't intend to mislead in regards to the number of shares the family trust owned.  The trust owned different parcels on different dates, and the focus had been on a 30,000 share parcel which was the subject of a Labour Party allegation.

-          I didn't release details of those shareholdings at that time.  In hindsight I should have, and I am doing so now.

"We all know why this issue is being raised today, because the Prime Minister has a number of issues she needs to answer, including Winston Peters and other important issues that the country is facing."

Click to download letter from UBS to John Key (PDF)

Click to download copies of share buy/sell contracts (PDF)

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Mrs Muliaga to blame for her death

I didn't want to comment on the Muliaga Family and the tragic death of their mother Folole Muliaga until the coroners inquest had made a decision. It is a very sad case of neglect by Labour's welfare state and a consequent lack of personal skills and care by the Muliaga family and the deceased herself.

This says it all for me:

"The report said the way the power was disconnected was not a factor. The official cause of death was cardiac arrest caused by morbid obesity".

NZ Herald

There was some comment about stress caused by the disconnection possibly being a factor but the woman was near death anyway according to healthcare workers at Middlemore Hospital.

There is blame laid on the power company Mercury Energy, the individual who cut the power off,and the Counties Manukau Health Board.

The central blame for their mothers death though lay in the Muliaga Family themselves, they failed to care for her adequately, neglected to pay power bills and failed to inform emergency services when the power was cut.

The main blame of course should be sheeted home to the individual who ended up dying. Mrs Muliaga basically ate herself to death and continued to ignore hospital advice to cut back her massive intake of calories.

Unfortunately this sort of lack of self responsibility is endemic in the part of South Auckland that the Muliaga family lives and it has been inbred for generations, by the welfare state, accelerated to the extreme over the last 9 years of a Labour Government.

If personal responsibility was a focus in this part of the country, instead of a dependence on the state and the taxpayer, people like Mrs Muliaga may well be still alive today.

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