Yesterday I was on The Panel on Pat Brittenden’s Radio Rhema show.
Talking firstly about Rod Petricevic and the sentencing he received today, is Cameron Slater and Sue Bradford. There’s more topics on the agenda today, including euthanasia.
Listen below for The Panel. It was pretty tough for me to be talking about euthanasia at the moment.
Yesterday I was on Radio Rhema and Pat Brittenden’s show.
The show was about:
‘Is John Key’s deal with Sky City unfair?’ – this is the question Cameron Slater from Whale Oil and Craig Heilmann discuss to get the ball rolling on today, followed by much more topics up for debate.
I’m on Pat Brittenden’s panel this morning. You can listen online or tune in through the normal fashion.
Our topics are:
I am on my regular Thursday slot on Radio Rhema with Pat Brittenden at 11:40.
Listen in. I will post the audio as soon as Pat makes it available.
I was on Radio Rhema with Pat Brittenden and Richard Barter. We talk about Nick Smith, The Ports of Auckland and wearing religious iconography.
Last week as pretty hectic was I continued to tell the truth about the Maritime Union, Garry Parsloe and Helen Kelly. Busting each and every one of their falsehoods that were feeding the gullible and accepting media.
Via my tipline I released the details of a wharfie who maligned the company that had been so generous to him.
Helen Kelly and Garry Parsloe along with all the useful idiots of the leftwing of the blogosphere jumped up and down calling it an outrageous breach of privacy and a “disgraceful breach of trust“. The poor hard done by wharfie even went on television and had a bit of a sook about how outraged he was about the breach of privacy, and one of his mates sent threats via email.
Then after I went on Radio Rhema with Pat Brittenden to talk about the issue Helen Kelly went all septic and threatened legal action for slander and defamation of “her worker”.
Note her words…”slandered one of our members”…and…”got the facts completely wrong”…and…”completely untrue”. Strong and emphatic words, not much room for wriggle there.
Now this is where it gets interesting. In order for there to be a slander or a defamation of her worker then I must have not told truth. If, as I contend, I have told the truth then no defamation or slander has occurred. Neither is there a slander or defamation action possible against Radio Rhema if I told the truth.
Which puts the Maritime Union, Garry Parsloe and Helen Kelly in a difficult position.
Either I told the truth and there was an outrageous breach of privacy, and that is one position they have, after all they have complained to the Privacy Commissioner about it.
Or, it is a slander and defamation because I did not tell the truth and therefore their action with the Privacy Commissioner is about to fail.
The two positions cannot exist together.
I know what the truth is, and I can reasonably be assured that any defamation or slander action by Helen Kelly will fail as spectacularly as their strike action is currently failing.
They can stick with the line that I have slandered their worker, that everything I have said is “completely untrue” and that I got the “facts completely wrong”…and we can visit that and test it in court…or they can admit that their complaint to the Privacy Commissioner is now based entirely on lies. Of course the reverse is possible…that the details I released are in fact correct and Cecil Walker is an ungrateful and disloyal wretch, and that I haven’t slandered him at all.
As I have said above the two positions cannot possibly exist together. Helen Kelly has some choices to make.
I was in at Radio Rhema today doing my regular Thursday slot with Pat Brittenden.
When I arrived I was talking to the producer of his show and she played me an audio file of a voicemail message left by Helen Kelly.
In the audio she threatens Radio Rhema with legal action and questions why they continue to use me on their show.
At the end of the message she says if Radio Rhema fails to withdraw their interview with me from yesterday then they would serve papers on the station.
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So Helen Kelly doesn’t like me telling the truth about the wharfies and so she threatens a christian radio station. That’s like going down to the SPCA and kicking a kitten.
Pat Brittenden isn’t one to be cowed by union bullies, in the show I offered to do a head to head debate with Helen Kelly and called her a coward because I doubted she would accept.
Pat and his producer called Helen Kelly and she refused to a debate with me on Pat’s show.
Bullies and now cowards….no wonder the union wants time off to go shopping with the missus.
UPDATE: Pat Brittenden has posted part of the audio of Helen Kelly’s threats. At the end of the message she clearly said that she would be sending legal letters unless her requests were met.
And Helen Kelly has whinged on Pat’s Facebook page:
Dear Mr Brittenden
I don’t expect to be used by your station in the way you seem intent on doing. I have had a respectful relationship with Rhema and have done many interviews etc. I have asked you to correct a very serious statement made on your Programme about a person who is involved in the Port dispute and to date this has not been done. I would expect you would want to do this if my concern is valid. I have also asked to talk to you about the dispute. I note Mr Slater is saying I have threatened you with suing if you keep using him. You know this is not true. Any liable action will be regarding an uncorrected statement. My offer is still open and I am happy to talk about it with you. I am on 021XXXXXX.
Yours Sincerely
Helen Kelly.
I was on Pat Brittenden’s Radio Rhema show this morning to discuss the Ports Issue and Cecil Walker.
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Pat Brittenden skewered Garry Parsloe this morning on Radio Rhema.
Basically Garry Parsloe has admitted that the port is entitles to contract out and that they would never accept that proposition, essentially it is an implacable and intractable position from the union.
No wonder they all got the arse yesterday.
I’m on Radio Rhema with Pat Brittenden at 1130.
Topics are Ports of Auckland, Super Tuesday results.
