Wednesday, November 5, 2008

A New Dawn

After 8 years of George W Bush running the worlds most powerful and influential nation, it appears as though a new dawn has broken.

The fact that an African American has been elected to the highest office in the US and indeed the world is nothing short of a major historical triumph and although I am not American I do hope that the country that many people look to as a beacon of freedom and liberty can once more adopt those qualities for all to see.

I have to admit, seeing Barack Obama being elected was inspiring and it did change my view toward the US, at least for the moment. Hopefully the new US President will take his country in a direction other than the downward spiral that George W Bush has left for him.

People all over the world have been celebrating, almost as if they are colonies of the Great US Empire. If the US is indeed an Empire, then I would much prefer Obama to be the head of it.

New Zealand goes to the polls this Saturday to choose a new Government, I will be voting for a Party that, like Obama would be for Social change. But ironically I suspect that this small nation will gradually slide over to right, while the US goes left.

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US President Barack Obama Wallpaper

US President Barack Obama Wallpaper

Monday, November 3, 2008

If Winston Peters is a Soap Opera

...then Rodney Hide and John Key are the writers, producers and directors of the said "Soap Opera"

National Leader John Key has said he doesn't want Winston Peters in Parliament due to the consistent soap opera. What I think John Key fails to realise is, this soap opera has been directed by people such as himself.

Winston Peters and NZ First would be an effective power in the NZ Parliament and if it were not for the constant mud-slinging by other parties such as National and ACT then maybe a small party such as NZ First would be able to get something tangible done in a fair election instead of having to constantly defend itself against other Politicians wild allegations!

Now NZ First has been 100% Cleared of the bullshit allegations by Rodney Hide.
  • NZ First Cleared by : Electoral Commission
  • NZ First Cleared by : Serious Fraud Office
  • NZ First Cleared by : Police
"Happy now Mr Hide ?"

This is a classic example of that if you throw enough mud, then some of it will stick.

What has happened to NZ First and Winston Peters is nothing short of a relentless persistent assassination of character and reputation.

This close to the election, it appears that massive damage has been done to Winston Peters and NZ First my Mr Hide and the Media. John Key supported the allegations and even the Green Party turned their back on him.

Now that the official inquiry if over, can we hear any apologies? of course not, John Key and Rodney Hide do not have enough integrity for such a brazen act of common sense.

I just hope that there is enough New Zealand voters to realise that in these last few days of polling, we can be sure of the knowledge that of all the crooks in New Zealand Politics, Winston Peters and New Zealand First are hardly one of them!

Go Winston! you have my Party Vote for Saturday, I hope that sensible Kiwi voters will also follow suit.

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What the Hell is Gerry Adams on About ?

"It is utterly reprehensible for British soldiers to hold a march past in an Irish town" According to Gerry Adams, President of Sinn Fein

Listen, Gerry how the hell can it be reprehensible for British troops to be marching in Belfast which is a British / Irish town?

Wether you like it or not, Northern Ireland has many many people who identify as Irish / British and they are proud of that. Northern Ireland is still a part of the UK.

Gerry Adams made it sound as bad as if a bunch of Japanese Soldiers just marched through Beijing for gods sake!

BBC Story>>

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Saturday, November 1, 2008

The Right to Bear Arms

Ive always thought that if you saturate society with guns, then you are asking for trouble.

Americans are no more angry or stupid than anyone else, incidents of road rage, fights and problem neighbours happen everywhere. It happens here in Auckland all the time. But the difference is, people get a chance to cool down and walk away, but in the States, it seems all to easy to reach for a gun in the heat of the moment and fire.

The quote "Guns don't kill people, people kill people" is certainly true, it is the people after all that commit the crime, but even the most intelligent and educated of us still succumb to rage, one moment you are a pillar of society, the next you are a murderer.

The point is, remove the temptation. Remove the weapon from the mix and things will be surely better. In Scotland and in New Zealand, the police are not armed, except for the armed response unit (ARU) in Scotland and the Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) in New Zealand. This works well in both places where gun crime is really not an issue.

Take away rage and you are still left with stupidity. Take the recent "accidents" in the US where an 8 year old boy shot himself with an Uzi Machine Gun
"Christopher Bizilj of Ashford, Connecticut, pointed the deadly weapon at a pumpkin under the eyes of an instructor and pulled the trigger as his dad reached for a camera.
But the recoil of the automatic weapon was too great and he lost control of the gun.

He was pronounced dead at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Sunday after the incident at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's Club"
(from Sky News )

...and just the other night a 12 year old boy was shot dead when he went trick-or-treating for Halloween in South Carolina, tragic and crazy.

In the US, many Americans hold precious their right to bear arms and in theory this is fine, but given the massive amount of shootings in the US, how can owning a gun brings anything positive to society.

Recipe for disaster:
Recipe ONE:
  • One Human,
  • add stupidity (usually comes included)
  • add a dash of rage.
Result : You have a stupid angry human PLEASE AVOID.

Recipe for disaster:
Recipe TWO:
  • One Human
  • add stupidity (usually comes included)
  • add a dash of rage.
  • add Gun
Result : You have a stupid angry ARMED human, PRAY.

substitute stupidity for alcohol, drugs, unstable emotions and you will still need to pray, maybe more so.

What's Wrong with this Photo ?

There are 3 things wrong with this image.

The first person to tell me what all 3 of them are gets a Jelly Bean!


Taken by Murray in Vancouver 2006