Yes---- they walk amongst us---a sad truth!

It’s true---they came to earth eons ago and they go by many names. In New Zealand they are called the National or Act Parties; in the USA, they are the Republicans. Our Aussie bros call them the Liberals, a totally ridiculous name for a party of the right. One more example---the Conservatives in the UK.

You must learn to recognize them, because they may even live with you or perhaps cohabitate with your adult children. Over the years they have gathered a great deal of power, usually at the expense of the greater masses. They can even persuade enough of us to vote them into positions of power whereby they wreak havoc on the ever suffering majority. They have learnt and employed tactics that guarantee that they need not give up their sacred positions.

Sometimes, they are able to garner enough influence to steal from us. They convince the public that they know best and before we know it, gains we have made in many sectors of our economies are reversed. Often it is too late to reverse their policies because have become entrenched in ways that make turning towards a better future, nigh on impossible to achieve.

However, they have underestimated the undying will of the people to fight back. There are many examples in history where such events have occurred. Take Micky Savage’s Labour party of the 1930’s and 40’s. We had a prolonged period of enlightenment, until even that Party turned inwards and resembled the very ‘aliens’ they had fought so hard against.

 The time has come again to dig deep and to unite those forces who see a bright future; one based on fairness and equality of access to the richness that makes up our planet.

Be strong my friends and BLOODY WELL GET OUT there on July the 14^th for the day of action against this alien philosophy as espoused by the NATIONAL Government.

Yes, I have given National a hard time!

Here is a list of the good things Nnational has done for us, so don't say I am biased!--CheeKey buggers!

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But they have energised us and made us think about what we really want
  Cheers
  Neil

An overdue update re Groupone!

A big nothing!  I thought at the time the deal was too good to be true. It's OK though, my credit card was not charged. I guess they were either oversubscribed or the deal just didn't pan out. I shall try with something esle. I think that one just has to be not too exctied about the prospect of getting a real cheap deal--- sometimes you will and at others well----

A totally necessary apology MS Woods!

The Labour MP Megan Woods did herself a favour when she apologized for her insensitive and inaccurate words, comparing the National Party to the Nazis, albeit in a roundabout way.

Anyone understanding the history of the 1930’s and 40’s should have taken offence.

 It is really easy to get carried away in an emotional debate, like the one we are witnessing about asset sales, but we must choose our words carefully.

I commend you for your quick action, withdrawal and apology Ms Woods. That’s does you credit, unlike the continuing stubborn actions of our leaders re the asset sales.

Come on down to the big Demo on Saturday or at least attend one in Christchurch.

We must keep the pressure on the Government and their lacKEYS to force a change. I am pleased to see IWI taking up the challenge. Let us all show our anger, but not in inappropriate ways.

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One Last plea to Peter Dunne

Ok Peter, I'm sorry I said those bad things about you. We know you just want this to all go away. the assets are going to be 'partially sold.' We know that now. We know the government is not going to repsond to any citizens referendum. We know that national is using it's victory in the last election as a mandate for selling the assets. You bedfellow, Johny be Good thinks that his Party achieved more than enough to  say that NZ is behind him. He asys that we don't undersatnd the partialization aspect of the sale. How bloody patronizing!

Peter, its not too late. I kn ow you will never read this but you will reap the consequences for your actions. Kiss your political butt goodbye. You did this all for the short-tern gain oyu recive by licking the---of the government. Rest in political oblivion.

Key's 'To-Do' list---a bit of a conundrum.

In a very recent blog I had some fun about what politics will throw at us this week. I suggested that Mr Key would have something up his sleeves to divert us from some of the other pressing issues.

I now propose that his ‘To-Do list’ announced this morning, very much fits the bill. His list represents a bit on a conundrum though. Yes, I agree with his targets for many of the issues on the list. Who can argue against increased levels of immunization for young children or for higher participation levels in early childhood ‘education?’

Just how is he going to achieve this with his ‘slash and burn’ methodology? The only way he can do that is to pay the people working in those industries less. That unfortunately is more than on the cards in the education sector.

Take his target of reducing the numbers in our prisons; laudable but not possible under a government embarking on finding ways to reduce spending in the areas that would make real changes and have the flow on effect of increasing the employment of would-be prisoners. He and Bill English have shown that they want the fiscal knife wielded rather than employment creating policies.

We know that to cut future spending on our prisons, we need spending on relevant social services and employment creation now. I have seen little evidence of policies that would contribute in those areas. The very idea of increasing those schemes (without simply shifting the expense around, much like the old ‘Titanic chairs’ story) is foreign to Key and English--- the very thought of it must set their hands trembling.

Key also has ’benefit reform’ in his sights. He wants to move people from various benefits into employment. We have heard this from them many times over recent years. The question once again needs to be asked---‘where are these jobs coming from? Employment possibilities simply do not grow that quickly, without policies that support that growth. They cannot pluck these jobs out of some imaginary ‘cloud of enhanced business growth.’ I doubt any Government can, especially with so much pessimism coming out of Europe and the USA. Maybe he thinks that China alone will fuel enough opportunity for NZ exports industries to fly us above the troubles of much of the world.

Once again, I am in favour of many of his aims, but it is interesting that his ‘To-Do’ list comes at a time when nearly everything else he has uttered has been shot down by the growing opposition to his Government.

As an afterthought I would point out that Mr Cameron ion the UK also has the beneficiaries in his sights. Watch that story.