tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post115010579741086783..comments2024-01-05T02:06:03.153+13:45Comments on Oswald Bastable's Ranting: Friggin' Idiot-stick pushers!Oswald Bastablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-1150418080128305052006-06-16T13:19:00.000+12:452006-06-16T13:19:00.000+12:45Well, lame twat pispot, what a load of shit you sp...Well, lame twat pispot, what a load of shit you spout.<BR/>You sound just like one of thiose libitarian fuckwits.<BR/>The did, in fact keep communities afloat, not just those that worked for the entity, [such as NZR] but all the feeder businessses, from atlas shovels, to the greengrocer in main st.<BR/><BR/>Err, if you dont know how asset stripping works, then I suggest finding someone from Telecom that has been there since the days of the P&T - they will be able to illuminate you.<BR/><BR/><I>The facts are that freeholding deadbeat industries liberated 100's of thousands of people into jobs that actually had some form of production come out of it.</I><BR/>ROTFPML<BR/><BR/>We now come to the only point in your diatribe that I agree with.<BR/>Successive governments have ripped the heart out of the counties infrastucture. You appear to have a particular hatred for labour - I believe that national carries an equal blame. However, <B>all</B> politicians are cheats, liars and not worth the gas in a pigs fart, in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-1150155838556218022006-06-13T12:28:00.000+12:452006-06-13T12:28:00.000+12:45While you do have a point relating to deadwood, th...While you do have a point relating to deadwood, those entities, such as NZ Rail, never had to make a profit.<BR/>They kept whole communities afloat, they trained scores of apprentices at a time in trades ranging from upholstry to heavy engineering.<BR/>Once sold off to overseas interests, the communities that supported those entitieswithered. The inhabitants, instead of supplying products, rates, taxes, services, went on the dole and actually <B>cost</B> the rest of NZ.<BR/>Telecom. Asset stripped 3 times so far by overseas interests.<BR/><BR/>NZED, sold off - you saw the results of the lack of maintainence and capital works that ensued as a result, yesterday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com