2014 NZ election will go to the wire---Winston, the King maker--again?

So Winnie the kingmaker, will once again hold the nation to ransom, if the latest polls are to be believed. Yes, we have seen to before; sometimes he enjoyed the spotlight for weeks on end. The only way to avoid this is to give the Labour greens ‘alliance’ a clear lead. One would think that the events of the last few weeks would have been enough to turn NZers away from the bully boy and ‘at the end of the day,’ liar we have for a PM now, but no---I suspect that KDC’s efforts to unseat the present ‘ incumbent’ on the throne may have backfired. We should have seen this coming. The choice has often been framed as one between a shady character who got elected last time and the ‘influence ‘of another who came from a shady past elsewhere on the globe. Of course, if one sweeps away all the rhetoric form all the sources purporting to ‘speak the truth,’ then there are other more ‘positive’ choices out there. One of those may have fallen at the line, so to speak. I think you all know who that is! Whether that ‘conservative’ fellow has been the victim of a plot or we are really seeing him for who he is, will be debated, way after the results are known. So---for those of you who really care about NZ’s future, get out there today. Don’t wait for a rainy tomorrow and miss out. Don’t sit in front of your TV, watching the results swing a certain way, only to kick yourself for not casting those valuable votes that will make all the difference. ‘At the end of the day, quite frankly, to be honest,’ we need a clean sweep, a new broom that will deliver hope, where for many the feeling has been for at least six years, one of hopelessness! Over to you my friends! I see the colours red and green! www.authorneilcoleman.com

I THINK CHINA HAS BLOCKED ME!

Yes, I really think that China has blocked me. I have had no hits for at least 10 days and that is significant. I may be wrong, but it is a worry if it is true. It's not as if I have been writing politically sensistive blogs about China, although I could. Hell, even Russia hasn't banned me and I have been writing heaps of shite about them. Maybe Mr Putin likes my blogs because they invite him to be 'nice.' LOL. Oh well, maybe China will return to the real world soon.

This election has been stolen because we have not had enough about the real issues!

Of course this election has been stolen. One can imagine all sorts of ‘conspiracy theories’ as to why and by whom. One can see that it well be to certain ‘player’ advantage for this to be so. One can see that all the kerfuffle over the various sideshows could act as a back-fire that advantages the present ‘regime,’ just as those on the opposite side(s) could put an argument forward that the PM has been the victim. The latter doesn’t sit well with me though. My list of sideshows include, the battle for Hone to stay in Parliament, the KDC fiasco in all of its settings and ramifications, the Dirty Politics and the resulting stage shows which no doubt figure very highly for a large number of people but simply drive some voters into the arms of a willing Key, and some local issues that have made it to the ‘main-stage,’ of nationwide politics. Has it always been like this---have past elections had the same ‘nasty underlying themes?’ I think that this time around, the ‘backing themes have dominated, pushing real debate the issue that matter at least as much or even more so, to het place where they have not figured as they should. The issues around health, education and jobs have been ‘bit players,’ and that is not how it should be. NZers need to have had a full and open debate about these, but one has the feeling that they have just been add-ons as the dirt is shoved around from player to player with many imports having their say too. Yes, these issues are important, but if they have played their parts and influenced a non-listening public, then maybe they should have been a distant ‘also ran.’ I guess the real poll on Saturday will reveal just how much.

Ireland---lots of you reading my blogs now--no more Irish jokes I guess!

Writing blogs and placing them on FB and Twitter has its up and downs. Sometimes one country dominates the reading figures. The USA has always been tops, followed by NZ (well I do live here after all) and then, lately---China, which ‘was’ catching up really fast, but suddenly they have dropped off the list. Hell---it’s not as if I was giving them a hard time about human rights abuses. I was anything but--- mean---I lauded their ‘advances’ and was getting real close to them. But—no---they have deserted me. Perhaps one of the leaders didn’t like my words of ‘wisdom.’ Oh well- I shall shrug off my disappointment and get on with connecting to my new friends---especially those from Ireland. I am feeling ‘much love’ form the ‘Emerald Island,’ a country in many ways, similar to New Zealand. Let’s face it---lots of you have come here over the last 160 years. Irish blood flows strongly in the veins of NZers! Pray, tell me why Irish readers have suddenly replaced those from China. Surely you haven’t arranged some strange swapping of the love! Actually---I don’t care. I just love to see you reading mu blogs and hopefully some of you will buy the hard copy of Roskill or download the EBook version. I would love your feedback. Come on---when have the Irish been backward in expressing an opinion. So--- Ireland and the rest of the word—p-follow this link http:www.amazon.com/dp047325655X That will take you straight to the Amazon link to directly download my book ROSKILL, a sad, but at times funny tale about an issue that affects most countries. Those that say it doesn’t are probably living with their heads in the sand and as there’s not a hell of a lot of sand in Ireland that won’t be the case. If you want to know more about Roskill or want to buy the hard copy (then you get a free download of the EBook as a bonus) just go to my website and follow the link. www.authorneilcoleman.com

China---where are you?

I have come to the conclusion that the absence of China from my reading list for the last 4 days has to be put down to the fact that they have been ‘instructed’ not to read my blog anymore, because they represent a threat to the sanctity of the Chinese nation. Perhaps my words have offended someone high up in the regime! I somehow doubt that and my introduction was merely one in which I am expressing mild consternation about the absence of my many friends in China. China was rapidly climbing the readership list and I was thinking that they would soon be number ONE! But that all suddenly changes. I am wondering if the work my publicist has done on my Facebook page somehow translated into my blogs not being so readily available to China. Silly assumption, you say. Either way I welcome back my China-readers and hope that you can resume your quest for knowledge about my wonderful country and of course download or buy my books at www.authorneilcoleman.com

The big 'expose:' the one that would be a bombshell!

Last night we were promised a huge event; a bombshell about the activities of a Government agency, with the knowledge of the Prime Minister, which would lead us all to believe that the latter should immediately resign. I hooked onto my computer and found a live link the Auckland Town Hall where over 1700 people had filled the gracious ‘old lady’ and more than a 1000 were turned away. Maybe they went to bars to commiserate re their exclusion from the event taking place up the road. Had they been admitted, they would have had a reaction that was aligned to the position they had already taken before the ‘meeting.’ National Party supporters would have guffawed their way through proceedings, saying that there was nothing new and that it was all a ‘conspiracy from the left.’ Those who already believed that New Zealanders have been ‘duped,’ by our PM and others would have taken what they needed from the meeting; that their beliefs were justified. So did anything change for those genuinely in the middle; those who wanted to hear a real truth? I don’t know, because we all make up our minds based on our own inherent beliefs and new information is needed to change that stance. Did that happen? Maybe for some and perhaps not for others. I was impressed by the energy of the speakers, both the two who were physically present and those two who spoke from afar. They were genuine in their espousal of what they perceived to be real problem re the NZ Government agencies being part of a wider group that allows and assists the spying on of its citizens. If everything is to be believed, this has happened on a massive scale. KDC himself did nothing for me. He uttered a few sentences, but it is my belief that he is just not in the same league as the other speakers. Unless he is facing a rampant student audience, many of whom are drunk, and who are easily ramped up to scream and yell, ‘F— you John Key,’ then he is out of his depth. That is when one gets the feeling that he is in this ‘for himself.’ Ms Harre spoke well and one gets the feeling that she is not totally in KDC’s camp. After all, this person has a rich experience in NZ politics and the union movement and she is committed to improving the lot of those who miss out so much in NZ society. She speaks with passion and an intelligence that is missing from KDC’s performance. I wonder how the audience perceived the experience last night. I wonder if they went away with new knowledge or just a fleshing out of that they already possessed. It is going to take a few days for us to assimilate what has happened or purported to have happened re politics and the actions of the GCSB and Key’s part in all this. Without a doubt he is at least playing with the truth, with the express aim of retaining power and also kowtowing to the USA. We cannot be at least a little cynical at the timing of all this. Sure--- we had advance warning that ‘something was going to occur,’ at a fixed time but the question is going to be asked many times in the future about just what it all achieved. One would hope that at least the focus has gone onto the actions of ours and other governments, in how they ‘observe us, and for what purposes. In a sense I am grateful that there are people out there who would challenge this and help to make us aware of what is occurring. But—I shall always wonder at the real reason for KDC’s involvement in this saga, even though he claims to be supporting the ‘little people’ and the rights of those who want an open society, especially in regard to what ‘could happen,’ under the auspices of Governmental agencies. Maybe I shall give a nod in his direction for at least being part of that movement, albeit for dubious ‘side-reasons.’ Will this affect the election on Saturday? No doubt political scientists will analyse this for years to come. If even a small percentage of people change their votes as a result of the ‘new information,’ emanating from last night, then those behind KDC will have achieved their aim---to get rid of the current PM and his government. Time will tell---at the election boxes----the poll that counts. www.authorneilcoleman.com

Kim DC and his big---what? Fizzer or will it have 'wings?'

WE have been hearing for weeks about a huge 'outage' from the big German about how NZ's PM has been invloved in nasty activities against NZers. This from a man who has some 'interesting aspects' to his past. I am a bit uncomfortable about how it has all come to this; that a man who by his own admission attained Residency to New Zealand by means that are shady to say the least.He claims that this was done with the end game of being able to allow the USA to extradite him back to that country to face a rnage of countries. Now, there are those who say that KDC has become involved in NZ politics with the express aim of being able to influence those who such decissions around extradtion.I am not sure. That he has bankrolled the birth of a political party though is woithout doubt. His alliance with the Mana party has also raised some doubts about how one get get into Parlimant, but then again, how is ths not true for other politicians, representing ohter 'interest and lobby' gorups? THis afternnon, KDC and his friends promise to 'expose all,' about the extent to which the NZ Govenrment under John Key has spied not only on it's own citiznes, but on the affairs of other nations re business deals and God knows what else. One would have to be pretty naive to think that 'we' in NZ are nay differnet to other nations that the 'services' that opperate in their name. I wonder if KDC and his allies have not ramped up our expectations a little too much and the 'news' we are going to hear is going to be a big---'and---what's new?' I have seen the machinations about many 'events' that groups oppposed to Governments have done their very best to make into 'mountians,' only to see them flop, if only because so many NZers actually don't care! That in itslef is an inditement re the way we take part in the political life of our nation.That is also reflected in to still quite low numbers of 18-34 year olds who have not registered to vote in the elections this Saturday. For this very same reaons, the impact of whatever is announced today may well be the real 'fizzer,' as New Zealanders shrug their shoulders, as a smaller group express their anger at the behaviours of those who lead us and control much of the economic activitiy in Newe Zealand. If enough people actually cared and transfered that knowledge and anger into political action, then New Zealand would be a very different place. I shall put my cynicism away and listen with an open mind and then-----VOTE on Saturday, if not earlier! I wonder if some people who have already taken the option of early voting will regret their decission to do so!