Archive for October, 2005

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  The Letter, on the wall, is wrong

  
  
  
  ACT claims in The Letter today: Rod Donald thinks that the office of the former ACT deputy leader is not nearly big enough and has ordered a wall knocked down to create him an office larger than Jeanette’s. For the record, Rod has no such plan, nor has it ever been suggested. The office is bigger [...] read more
  October 31, 2005 5:15 pm - 7 Comments
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  Catch the cattle train

  
  
  
  *A declaration of interest – in my pond I am the top of the food chain, any flies come near me, I swallow them.* A while back I was travelling with a hard-core vegan. A hedgehog was on the road ahead and I swerved to avoid it. My passenger thanked me for my consideration, [...] read more
  October 31, 2005 4:14 pm - 94 Comments
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  CTU on Green economics

  
  
  
  Following Sue B and Rod’s warm reception at their recent conference a couple of weeks back, the CTU has now taken a gander at Green economics. In the CTU Economic Bulletin today, Peter Conway writes: The Greens get a hard time from business about their policies – and Peters and Dunne made it a [...] read more
  October 31, 2005 3:21 pm - No Comments
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  It’s the putting Right that counts

  
  
  
  Inquistor General Wayne Mapp must surely be giving some thought to the insideous effect of New Zealand’s PC road rules on Kiwis’ ability to ‘get ahead’. Why do we drive on the LEFT hand side of the road? Sounds like social (road) engineering to me. read more
  October 31, 2005 2:02 pm - 7 Comments
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  Don’t eat and drive

  
  
  
  Further to my post last night. In Saturday’s Press lead on food corporates targeting schools, McDonalds’ PR man Liam Jeory said: Police had approached McDonald’s for help with a seatbelt campaign because “hundreds of children” were dying on New Zealand roads each year. Well, he’s right there. According to the Child and Youth Mortality [...] read more
  October 31, 2005 12:28 pm - 8 Comments
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  Blair: Kyoto is not enough

  
  
  
  News for Don, Peter and all the rest who want to get New Zealand off the Kyoto bandwagon. In London’s The Observer today, British PM Tony Blair writes: We also have to recognise that while the Kyoto Protocol takes us in the right direction, it is not enough. We need to cut greenhouse gas emissions radically [...] read more
  October 31, 2005 12:01 am - 12 Comments
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  School is sweet as

  
  
  
  A postscript to my post last Wednesday on corporate food companies targeting kids. The lead story in yesterday’s Press titled Corporates target schools brings it all back to New Zealand. Most stand out point it reports: Lessons on sugar’s role in a healthy diet may come courtesy of Chelsea Sugar. Ain’t that sweet? read more
  October 30, 2005 11:13 pm - 11 Comments
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  PC Brother ain’t so Big

  
  
  
  The Waikato Times editorial today says: If Dr Brash was really serious about eradicating political correctness Wayne Mapp would be called the bloke in charge of banning bullshit. As you can see, the Times is hardly a hotbed of Helengrad liberals, but they make the point that: If Dr Mapp insists on coupling political correctness to [...] read more
  October 29, 2005 2:18 pm - 7 Comments
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  Take me to the river

  
  
  
  Jim Anderton has today resurrected the Land Access issue, saying that he has no preconceived idea as to how it should be achieved, but that some sort of deal must be done. However, his options may be limited because the Government’s deal with UF(O) reportedly says only non-statutory solutions can be considered to [...] read more
  October 29, 2005 1:45 pm - 7 Comments
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  Interview: Sue B on the causes of youth gangs

  
  
  
  So here’s an interview with Sue B about what she sees as the causes behind the so-called ‘youth gang problem’ in South Auckland. (mp3, 1.2MB, 7:00 mins). Sue also put out a media release with Rev Mua Strickson-Pua, ahead of him representing the Greens at a meeting on the gang situation organised by the Mangere East [...] read more
  October 28, 2005 4:25 pm - 22 Comments