Thursday, January 19, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
My support went to The Conservative Party
And didn't they do well, for a party that came from nowhere; well done Colin Craig and co!!
I have no faith in LabourLite aka National and een less faith in dorky Act and co. It just shows you that a
party can come from nowhere and do well, even if they didn't quitte make it...next time!
I'm also glad that Winston made it back. It's about time we had a robust opposition and a politician who says exactly what he thinks!!! Well done to Winny, he he, well deserved. JK and co are so not listening to the people as they get ready to hock off the family silver....!!!! Go Winston, and I'm glad I gave my two ticks to the true blues!!
I have no faith in LabourLite aka National and een less faith in dorky Act and co. It just shows you that a
party can come from nowhere and do well, even if they didn't quitte make it...next time!
I'm also glad that Winston made it back. It's about time we had a robust opposition and a politician who says exactly what he thinks!!! Well done to Winny, he he, well deserved. JK and co are so not listening to the people as they get ready to hock off the family silver....!!!! Go Winston, and I'm glad I gave my two ticks to the true blues!!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
just reading in the Herald today about a gang of kids, some as young as six, running amok in Featherston through the day and night, vandalising the town and scaring old folk. FFS. Is this for real? Even worse, the police cannot seem to contain them and the local authorities report that they are taking a 'holistic approach'.
And herein lies part of the problem. What kind of a namby pamby new-agey response is that? No wonder this country is fast going down the gurgler. Yes, it's partly the parents fault, but don't blame on the problem on the lack of clean sheets or the lack of three solid meals a day. Blame the gangs of kids also.
A child at the age of six/gangs of kids, runnong amok in NZ. Sends shivers down my spine at how spineless, hand-wringing and weak the so-called authorities in this country are. No wonder teachers face a hail of abuse in the classroom every day, when we have mere innocents, in our towns, our streets, wrecking havoc on the elderly, asking for money, pilfering, etc. Is this why thousands of New Zealand soldiers died in the two world wars? I sincerely hope not. What a sad, and sadistic little isle we seem to have become, when it is the children who rule the roost and are allowed to go, and stay, feral. And what a dire reflection on what was once a great, God-fearing nation. Who would have thought?
And herein lies part of the problem. What kind of a namby pamby new-agey response is that? No wonder this country is fast going down the gurgler. Yes, it's partly the parents fault, but don't blame on the problem on the lack of clean sheets or the lack of three solid meals a day. Blame the gangs of kids also.
A child at the age of six/gangs of kids, runnong amok in NZ. Sends shivers down my spine at how spineless, hand-wringing and weak the so-called authorities in this country are. No wonder teachers face a hail of abuse in the classroom every day, when we have mere innocents, in our towns, our streets, wrecking havoc on the elderly, asking for money, pilfering, etc. Is this why thousands of New Zealand soldiers died in the two world wars? I sincerely hope not. What a sad, and sadistic little isle we seem to have become, when it is the children who rule the roost and are allowed to go, and stay, feral. And what a dire reflection on what was once a great, God-fearing nation. Who would have thought?
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Election and reflection.
RWC over and the election now in full swing. Labour has gone low-profile it seems and Key is still Prince Charming. Billboards everywhere and the debates getting off the ground. MMP may stay or go (I hope it goes, but this looks increasingly unlikely!), and Key will jockey back into power at a relaxed canter, yawn, yawn already. Personally, I don't get why the guy is so popular, but the media have made him into a celeb, that's part of it. He laps it up though, cringe at that hokey handshake. Stars eh.
Roll on , roll on roll on. 2014. Please. Just too boring this year. The Greens are shining, original, good billboards!
Roll on , roll on roll on. 2014. Please. Just too boring this year. The Greens are shining, original, good billboards!
Friday, September 30, 2011
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.
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.
Friday, August 19, 2011
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!
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!
Friday, July 15, 2011
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.
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.
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