tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post113855938363188521..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Modern day Maori WarsLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-1138609707570403002006-01-30T21:28:00.000+13:002006-01-30T21:28:00.000+13:00Good for you. :-)Good for you. :-)Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-1138586846756394122006-01-30T15:07:00.000+13:002006-01-30T15:07:00.000+13:00You are probably right but I am respectfully givin...You are probably right but I am respectfully giving him the benefit of the doubt by asking for their policy. I sent a brief request by way of a letter to the NZ Herald.Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-1138583551561046002006-01-30T14:12:00.000+13:002006-01-30T14:12:00.000+13:00Lindsay, I think you may be a trifle optimistic. ...Lindsay, I think you may be a trifle optimistic. Good noises, for sure, but while he is all too aware of the audience he will get for those noises, what he means with word like 'dependency' and 'self-determination' are I suspect a little different than what you and I mean by them.<BR/><BR/>I do not believe in any way that the Maori Party is promoting true independence from government, merely a reshuffling of how government money is spent, and by whom. <BR/><BR/>An antediluvian oligarchy of the brown anointed is their aim, IMHO. <A HREF="http://pc.blogspot.com/2006/01/sharples-still-wants-something-for.html" REL="nofollow">I say as much on my own blog today</A>.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.com