I'll never vote Brash

With Brash's latest outburst, that's the deathknell for me on Act. This guy just seems to put his foot in it, he's made for gaffes. Dopey, dopey, dopey. Is there any hope left? Politics 101, never ever say what you realliy think! This election is going to be a bore, a foregone conlusion and even a bit of a yawn, detainately overshadowed by the RWC, no matter what the outcome, and a PM popular to boot, entrenched.
Yawn. Even the billboards are dull so far, especially from the Nats. Can't they be more imaginative?
2014 will be more exciting, what with the economic storm clouds sill looming...! At at least we have the rugby to sidetrack us froml the more imortant issues...maybe Don was just trying to install some excitement into the mix? Well, he did, for five minutes, anyway.

When does the electioneering start?

The Rugby World Cup obviously takes precedence this year over that other well-loved Kiwi-event of old, the general election. You'd hardly think there was going to be one on this year; there is no colour abound so far. When do the electorate MPs get out into their communities to start meeting their potential voters? When does the balloon-giving and hand-shaking start? I'm looking forward to the TV debates, but I don't agree with Key and Goff's co-joint decision not to be involved in the wider party debates. This is a cynical move in my view, especially on the part of Key. A measure of complacency and arrogance even, Holier than Thau.
Rather, audiences should be given the chance to see all the leaders in debate mode, not just the waiters-in-the-wings. A chance to measure the answers, to ask the qustions, to weigh up the options. Politics has been turned into media-sound bites these days, a sign of the times, I guess.

Bring back the days of the old community-hall meetings, the cake-stalls etc, the foot-soldiers going from house to house, meeting their constituents face to face. The days when the PM was not made into a major celebrity (talking Key here more than anyone else), the days when NZ politics had a gritty reality, Kiwi reality about it. Now it all seems so stage-managed and distant, not to mention media-run and overly glossed-up. Bring back the right stuff.

As for the RWC, this will be an interesting diversion. Let the games begin, but I for one, am looking forward to the November scramble for power far more!

Why I've stopped reading the papers

I have stopped reading the daily papers/watching the news etc because all the rotten, violent news it's jam-packed with make me feel ashamed to be a Kiwi. For example; a nine year old girl attacked by a group of drunken men, a two year old girl given a hell life and then finally killed by her own mother (kicked around like a soccer ball), yet another murder case going through the courts (with the victim's body dismembered and found in plastic containers in the Waitakeres)....not to mention the abused dog (ears-cut off), the kitten that was stomped to death in front of a child.....and we're meant to be civilised. Yeah right. Shame. Absolute, mind-boggling shame.

No more daily news for me, I'm fed up with it. The animal kingdom puts our society to shame. Reading the news of violent, dark little NZ is like watching a horror movie coming to life. Just how and when did we get to such undiluted depravity? So much for clean, green, safe and desirable NZ. When you look beneath the gloss....and you don't have to look far...there's a far darker, uglier tale to be told. How sad that all of it is truth rather than ficiton. More than just cringe-factor. I for one am so sick of the let's have another report phase...yeah right. Talk about brushed under the carpet and swept out of mindsight.

Poor old negleglected blog

Haven't been here for weeks. Much has happened. The Hone show. The Macsynka King book. Key in India. oh dear....what have I missed. Lots, apparently. I don't agree with Macsina King publishing a book either, just in bad taste, that's all. She had the chance to tell her story ages ago, so why now? And is it the truth? Trouble is, we'll acutally never know for sure. Only she knows and he knows.

And could there be any sadder, heart-wrenching tale? What is the point now, Is it the ultimate in bad taste?

Not needed, any more flipping Ministries

Nuff said. Enough control, enough beauracracy, enough. We don't need a Children's Ministry, and it won't make a blind bit of difference, just as the unmandated anti smacking law didn't, hasn't, and never ever will.

Let parents parent their kids, as the majority do, and do well. Cause we all keep getting blamed for the mongrel minority, as is the way of the left. Control freakery gone mad.

Thank goodness National is in power. All is not lost...and with such nonsense from L, National could slam dunk this election. Definately the more viable and sensible option. No wonder the polls are glowing blue...

Snap election? Hope so!

I for one really hope for a snap election. Where has the campaigning been this year? There has been lots of political storms going on, but not much in the way of electoral excitement. Not a balloon nor a hoarding to be seen. Have I been missing something?

I long for a snap election, just for something different! Here's wishing. And good luck to Brash. Most refreshing indeed. Just what Act need. I'm looking forward to the colour, hoopla and fun that every election brings. Bring it on!

New job, less time to blog...

Yay. Have managed to land a job at last. Will find it harder to post here, but will still blog now and then, as it's something I enjoy. Will be working in the insurance industry, due to the two Christchurch earthquakes. And I'll be helping people who've suffered through such devastation. This will be a good learning curve for me as well, something different from what I'm expert in, but not too different.

It's nice to get back to full time paid work. A new door has opened; new company, new faces, and the fun of a new and unusual challenge. Looking forward to it, though will be quite an adjustment, no more sleeping in...

Less of the night owl me. Yeah, right! There just arn't enough hours in the day...!