Spring Cleaning

It's that time of the year again. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and Spring is in the air, which means that it's time for that most venerable of Western traditions: The Spring Clean. Spring cleaning is not only a practical method of keeping your pad looking tickety-boo, it's a symbolic way of ushering out the problems and tension brought on by a harsh southern Winter, and nowhere is more in need of a good ideological clean-out than my very own beloved (NB: sarcasm) OUSA.

Yes, my friends, the Voluntary Student Membership issue is again rearing its devilishly handsome head in the form of the Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill, which by happy chance was drawn from the ballot. This Bill is essentially the Spring Clean of student politics - sweeping away the detritus and leaving only the clean, fresh air of freedom.

For those who aren't already aware, if you wish to attend, say, Otago University, you have no choice but to belong to the Otago University Students Association (OUSA). You can, of course, opt out on conscience grounds, but the kindly blighters at OUSA will keep your money anyway. It's very important to students associations that they keep your money, you see, because they provide Important Services™, and if students were not forced to belong to OUSA these Important Services™ would be "under threat".

The plain fact of the matter is that if these Important Services™ are indeed important, then people will be willing to pay for them when they use them. If they do not, in fact, want those services, then they will not pay for them. This is quite obvious. So by stating that, if student membership were to become voluntary, Important Services™ would be under threat, then you are freely admitting that not many people actually want the services you are providing. If very few students actually want those services provided, then what business have you using their money to provide them? As an extreme example, let us suppose that in a University of 1,000 students, only 1 student wants subsidised lunchtime oranges. It would be ludicrous in the extreme to claim that subsidised lunchtime oranges were an Important Service™. Yet the CSM folks make precisely this claim - they devoutly believe that these services are Important Services™ because, well, they say they are.

Well, sorry sunshine, that's just not good enough. If I want something, I will pay for it. If I'm not willing to pay for it, then clearly I didn't value the service at the price it costs to provide it, and if a service is not valued by students at more than its cost then no students association should be providing it. This principle needs to be stated loudly and clearly, and the only way to do that is to rob these socialists of their ill-gotten gains.

The time has finally come to sweep the cobwebs out of our students associations, and give students the legal right to choose with whom they will associate. Let the cleaning begin!

God I love Spring.

Lucky lucky bastard

What a lucky lucky man!!


Enjoying the postdated posts! Still in Cuba :)

Capitalism...it's baaaaack! Oh how wrong you were!

Oh no I hear you cry. The Standard, No Right Turn - Malcolm Harbrow...are you choking on your bran flakes?? You poor dears... your wild predictions that the recession was the turning point and that capitalism was on the decline?? All bullshit.

Oh how wrong were you!? The recession is waning and growth, house prices, confidence.. it's all coming back up again and economies that are flexible and liberal are benefitting. Europe has had a boost with Germany and France all bouncing back - with their right wing Governments - and this will move on to the rest of the EU and Britain over the next few months.

The bleating from our supposedly "leading" left wing blogs was very premature. Capitalism is nothing like socialism or communism - if I recall, we beat you there in the late 80s' boys. Capitalism is about freedom and choice, and that is why when the Czechs got sick of lining up for oranges at Christmas they embraced the free-market liberal policies and went even further by having a juicy flat tax that benfits all working Czechs. This goes for much of the ex Iron Curtain who couldn't wait to get away from the socialist entrapment that they were forced into.

Socialism is about priviledge and envy. Nobody wins. Your prediction that the era of capitalism is over was nothing but hot air.. nonsense... poppycock. It would take a lot more than a credit crunch to hurt capitalism.

Want more kicking in the nuts? An article this week suggests that we have Lady Thatcher to thank for it. Hear hear! Put it this way, Lady Thatcher saved the UK as much as Sir Roger Douglas did for New Zealand. The disgusting vomit that passes your lips about both of these heroes only justifies the fact that your policies are to enslave the people while these two, along with Regan believed that polticians and bureaucrats should get out of their lives completely.

Who should you trust Malcolm Harbrow/NRT? Politicans that want you to believe them and who will tax you till it hurts, or politicans who push you away from the control of the state - and even from them. Who has your best intentions in mind?

The article states brilliantly:

(The) biggest, implication of a recession that ends now is that the obituaries written last year for liberalism, for the 30 years of policy domination by the ideas of Reagan and Thatcher, will prove premature. The state has been back only as an emergency rescue service, albeit a vital one, and governments in Europe and America will sell nationalised banks and other assets at the first opportunity, and cut public spending wherever they can. Financial regulation will be tighter at the end of this crisis than at the start, but even Friedrich Hayek, Lady Thatcher’s guru, would not quibble with that.

Indeed, I would venture a prediction: five or ten years hence, we will conclude that the countries that recovered most strongly and durably from the 2007-09 recession were those whose economies were the most flexible, the most able to seek out new opportunities and to shift resources from dud old sectors to new ones — which means more liberal countries, such as Britain and America. Over-regulated Europe will feel obliged again to shuffle in a liberal direction. Japan got stuck in its 1990s stagnation because its economy proved too rigid. That is the case for liberalism: not that markets are always right, but that they are a system of constant experimentation and adaptation that governments thwart at their countries’ peril

I'll pass your hankies to you later boys. Cheer up! The world will be leaner and meaner and capitalism will roll with the punches. You'll have to consider a long holiday in North Korea if you want to see your form of economic policy "flourish".

I expect some pithy response that NZ isn't improving... so what? It will happen as soon as National shows some leadership on the issue of growth, hint to John and Bill - tax increases will not help. Nine years of Labours redistribution during a boom that *should* have enriched the nation, instead stuffed us up. Sir Roger Douglas mentioned in his new book (it's free and a PDF file) that Labour talked about the failed policies of the past - however our growth at that time was at least 2.1%.. compare this to Labours 9 years when growth was on average 0.7%. The failure was clearly Labours. In a time of boom Labour blew it. Remember this when in ten years we are slipping behind even more countries on the OECD list.

Anyway, I raise my glass of champagne to the return of a sexy new capitalism. Let the good times roll and a big fuck you very much to socialism! Cheers!

Links:

Recovery will prove Thatcher right - Timesonline.

No Second Class citizens - Sir Roger Douglas. READ IT. It's a free download and essential reading.

Germany and France put their necks out of the recession...just

Blog holiday

Ladies, Gentlemen... all readers of every creed and colour. I'm on short blog holiday for 15 or so days. I am finally carrying through with my assassination attempt on Fidel Castro - as the US is now virtually neutered.

Will be staying just north of Havana and am planning much revelry and Capitalist indulgence. Have not done a Farrar by adding Maori bennys to post for me, but our new blogger Singularity has already got the ball rolling in spectacular fashion. Good man.

I have chucked a couple posts on which will appear during the week. Nothing too hard hitting, but aas always food for thought.

See you soon.

This man understands the real issues facing the world

This man is damn right to be mad! Forget Al Gore and his global warming money making scam, Obamas plans to socialise the health system or the New Zealand Lab/National party talking about tax increases... this is far greater.

Fan mad about Archie engaging Veronica sells comic

WTF was the writer thinking when he put Archie with Veronica? We all know that Betty is the one Archie should be doing. Ok ok, so the story which is doing the rounds is that Archie chooses Veronica to marry - for fans of the comic its pretty controversial.

Betty is the hot blonde easy going babe and Veronica is the uptight bitchy Daddys girl. This is an outrage, no wonder this comic book fan sold his first edition Archie comic in anger.

Most Archie fans or readers know it's the truth. We all want a piece of Betty.
Plus, when again will I be able to post this excellent front page again? :) Story here.

Bill English - too many head shots.....

Dear. Sweet. Jesus.

If 9 years of hoping for a better way wasn't bad enough, Nationals "finance" minister twists the knife in further by suggesting tax INCREASES are being mooted to help the economic recovery.

Didn't Bill get the memo that the more you tax the more you stifle growth or did Ted Clark get in too many punches to your head?

The Nats who defend Bill may as well head over here and be done with it. It is pure madness to suggest tax increases will solve our problems, especially when you spent NINE YEARS telling us that you believed in tax cuts. What utter nonsense. You were convinced by ACT to support tax cuts but we all know you're not true believers. That's why Sir Roger is twiddling his thumbs and writing excellent books on the sidelines because you simply don't have the balls to make the real hard decisions on how to fix the economy.

Usually the Nats take a bit longer before they start disappointing the right. Last time they had Ruth Richardson there to steady the ship and she took the tough decisions out of the hands of the weaker men there who were intimidated by the fact their political party was making big changes. They wanted the status quo, although even they were a little taken back by Labour showing them up on good right wing policy.

Bill - you need to start cutting the waste from your Government expenditure. There is a lot of money going towards bad rubbish - why are you too scared to do the taxpayers a favour and bin them? You don't need to cut essential services in order to do that either - and despite the health budget being ridiculously out of control, you can leave that alone as no doubt you'll mess that up too.

New Zealand was screaming for a change of direction after Labour squandered 9 years of economic recovery. Germany and France have reported a positive rebound in their economies today which could mean the rest of Europe might follow. What New Zealand doesn't need is more Government intervention or taxes being taken away from workers and the productive sectors of the economy.

Thankfully, the wiser bloggers also smell a rat too. Bill, pull your bloody head in.

See also Cactus Kate's take on it.

And Whale Oil as well tells it like it is.

The Arrogance of the Unproductive

Loyal readers, good afternoon.

You have not met me before today, but the illustrious Mr Heine encouraged me to introduce myself and, should I feel the need, rant vitriolically on any particular topic which took my fancy. Well, ever since two beneficiaries, who coincidentally also happen to be Labour party stooges, decided to have a crack at the Government for removing some of the gold etching on their toilet seats, the level of blogosphere chatter about beneficiaries has been steadily rising.

Beneficiaries are nothing new. We've had them for a while, leeching away at society like a cancer, taking drugs and killing their children. Par for the course, really. What's really got up my nose recently is the sheer arrogance of those who use the combined weight of their democratic majority to separate the productive from their hard-earned income in order to fund their increasingly opulent lifestyles. Many example jump to mind, but among the most outrageous, in my mind, is that of "Tara te Heke", a supposedly solo mother who is currently posting at Kiwiblog while David Farrar takes some well-earned time off in Hawaii.

There is nothing particularly remarkable about this woman's situation. Apparently, she is a Maori woman who got pregnant to a violent Maori man and is now living, with her three children, on the mercy of society. Except, of course, it's not really mercy is it? Mercy is voluntarily extended, and can be withdrawn at any time. While Tara whines pathetically about how easy "us whiteys" have it, my family and I have to go to work and earn the money that supports her lifestyle. This woman chose to have children, she chose to shack up with a violent ignoramus, and every three years she, and thousands of others like her, gather together to elect governments whose sole agenda is to remove any choice I have about how to spend my own money.

Well, let me say this to you Tara, loudly and clearly: I do not choose to support you. Every dollar you receive from the Government is a dollar stolen from me or one of the thousands of others like me. I do not care about how hard your life is. Perhaps that makes me callous, perhaps that makes me unkind, but it is the truth. I have no obligation to you. You are nothing to me. If you fell off the face of the Earth tomorrow, I would neither know nor care. Yet you continue to exert your legal but immoral influence over me. By the power of democracy with which my forbears, not yours, endowed this country, you steal my life. The hours that I spend working to support your lifestyle are stolen, Tara, stolen from me and my loved ones so that you might live as you choose.

So when you next run to the Government with your hand out, think of me. Think of me and all those like me from whom you steal. Think of me, and tell yourself that you are not a thief.

Mid week totty - This week Miss Universe 2009

In case you forgot what summer was supposed to look like... enter the lovely ladies of the Miss Universe 2009 pagent.

First, Miss Czech Republic and Miss Canada...


and for free I'll chuck in Miss Puerto Rico, Miss Spain, Miss Romania and Miss Russia.


All pics can be found here as well :)

Federated Farmers give Global Warmists the Bash

In an inspiring and hard hitting speech Fed Farmers president Don Nicolson slammed Greenpeace, the Greens, Labour and celebrity environmental know it all Keisha Castle Hughes. Remarkable stuff, however I'd also throw National into this bonfire as they too are promising nothing too different from what Labour and the Greens religiously promote.

In a hard-hitting speech yesterday to the Plant Protection Society in Dunedin, he questioned the "almost religious aura" that humans were responsible for climate change. The speech invoked memories of a similar outburst by previous president Charlie Pedersen, who in 2006 accused environmentalists of arrogantly waging war against the human race.

Mr Nicolson attacked Castle-Hughes, Greenpeace, Greens co-leader Russel Norman and Labour environment spokesman Charles Chauvel for the "most bizarre notion" that climate variation was new "that it is unique, unparalleled and frightening".

He gave examples of historical climatic changes, such as the creation of the Sahara Desert 6000 years ago from green savanna, the abandonment of a Neolithic settlement in Orkney when it became colder 4500 years ago and the invasion of Britain by Saxons 1500 years ago when their homelands were flooded by rising seas.

"I wonder what Russel Norman, Charles Chauvel or Keisha Castle-Hughes would have made of this fifth century dislocation? No doubt they would have railed for international conventions against retreating glaciers and rising sea levels. Human activities would have been fingered so the burning of peat, the forging of steel would have been banned by treaty."

Humans had always adapted to climate change and always would. "People have two choices to either fear tomorrow or roll with it and adapt. Farmers and scientists together have proven this ability to adapt and evolve

Somebody give this man a beer. Maybe send this guy to have a talk to John Key after he has a nice cuppa with Keisha and bang some reality into Johns head.

Yes Labour, the Greens and Greenpeace would like to tax big business and those fundamentally opposed to their socialist image of the future - but now the Nats are in Government and people vote for change. National - it's time to step up to the plate and take leadership. I know 5 MPs from ACT will be more than happy to explain it to you.

Story here

Obama can't...

More goodness from T Shirt Hell. I should update my personal t shirt collection after my last T shirt hell ones went down well in London...


Order this one here...

Don't do it John!

Prime Minister John Key says he is going to call actor Keisha Castle-Hughes so they can have a chat about climate change over a cup of tea...

WTF?

John - grow some fucking balls. Why are you worried about a 19 year old girl who got lucky in one movie role? Ignore her and start fixing our economy.

Keisha supports a party that wants to give everyday decisions to Delahunty and Bradford - National should not have a bar of it.

Story here

In the news today....

Chris Carter did what we all expected....played the "gay card". Yes we are all picking on you because you put dicks inside your ass. No it's not, it's because you choose to put your big white ass on more flights than most MPs.
I know your Labour Party like to put gays, Maori, Islanders, whatever into little boxes and exploit these "interest groups" but in reality, you're a Kiwi male and a big sponge. Whatever you do in your bedroom is your own business, but what you do with MY money that I work hard for is MY business - and the rest of New Zealanders.
Go throw your sad pity party somewhere else Chris.

It seems that Muldoon had the best insight about the nuclear free pacific bullshit we are still suffering through now. Muldoon said it was entirely impractical and unrealistic. National should have at least heeded this advice instead of being a one size fits all party that it is today. Surely this polioy should be reversed? Will we have to wait for a proper leader to get the job done? Unless ACT gets more votes in 2011 then we nay have a long wait on our hands.....

Take a moment to feel sorry for the poor unfortunate MPs from the primary production select committee who have to fly economy to Australia. The Herald seems to think its a big story but for me I am still quite outraged that politicians would get free flights on any other class BUT economy. It is good enough for everybody else, and it is only a short trip to Aussie. If I ever see any ministers in 1st class or business class during any of my frequent flights I will make noise and show some displeasure.

And finally in a story that will piss off the well paid far left professional protesters at NZUSA - an academic has said sending kids to University to mess about on courses that don't get them jobs is a waste of time. Well said!
She pointed to the low percentage of arts students who found work in their field of study. Of New Zealand's 210 music graduates in 2006, just a handful found work as professional musicians and many of the others were telephone operators, clerical assistants or receptionists
Considering that she is talking about almost all student association flunkies and other socialists who tell us that Universities are the critic and conscience of society (aka breeding grounds for retard socialists) this opinion will not be a popular one at all. Whatever next? Taxpayers demanding that their tax dollars investing in our students go towards something that will deliver NZ a better educated country? Not while socialists use universities as a playground. Pass me the sick bag.

Russia up to their old tricks

I was very sceptical of the entire Russian, Georgian war from the onset. The Russians are worryingly acting militant towards their ex Soviet territories like Ukraine and Georgia in light of their willingness to join NATO. The Russian mindset is still in the 1970’s where freedom to choose is a concept foreign to their policymakers, or in this case the Putin/Medvedev leadership. Russia seems to think that they have the right to control Georgian or Ukrainian foreign affairs and to meddle where they are not wanted.

The Georgian situation is interesting. The Russians saw a weakness in the South Ossetia and Abkhazia territories in Georgia and pounced, taking the opportunity to bombard the region with propaganda to escalate tensions with Georgia. The same is happening in the Ukraine, where Russia not only has border disputes with, but also gas disagreements which I believe are 100% linked with Russia’s growing disapproval of Ukrainian geopolitical allegiances.

Georgia and Ukraine aren't alone. Russie has also threatened Poland and the Czech Republic when they agreed with American President George W Bush to have missile shield installations in their countries. Russia once again took this as a direct assault on their territory - despite these two countries excaping the terror and tyranny of communism/cutting Russian rule in 1989. Russia ignored President Bush's statements that he will also include Russia within the missile shield and instead played a game of political bullying that didn't win it any friends in Warsaw or Prague - nor did it shake their political resolve to assist when necessary with a missile shield that would help all nations in case of rogue nuclear attack from terrorists. You wonder what is the mindset of the Russian decision makers and if they have shaken the stones out of their heads or are living in a bipolar stategic environment...which ended a long time ago.

What exactly does Russia want from this? Do they want their old territories back?

What is quite disturbing is that the Russians will not allow UN observers on the Russian side while Georgia has been open to show what is going on. What do the Russians have to hide? Surely this lends to the theory that the Russians are up to no good and don't want the outside world to know?

Russia needs to get their heads out of the past and become as open and free as the West if they want to be seen as a credible political power of the 21st century. China with all their faults are now the 2nd power in the geopolitical spectrum. The demise of Europe as a credible military force is leaving a vacuum for some leadership in this area and unless Russia stops threatening their neighbours - the distrust will continue to linger.

LINKS - tensions restart
The background to the Ukraine/Russia dispute
Wikipedia entry on the South Ossetia/Georgia war (very good)
The Russia/Ukraine oil drama also on Wiki

Fuck you very very much Labour

I hear there was a Telethon in NZ over the weekend. So why now after 9 long years of socialist redistribution do we need this?

Surely this is more than enough evidence that stealing from the workers to pay for those who don't want to work doesn't work? NINE years of Labour pouring more money into "improving" the lives of NZers and we still cannot put shoes on our kids feet and get breakfast on the table.

Welfare has failed and Labours theft and National lack of leadership is going to lead to a terrible future for all New Zealanders. Tax + borrow = failure.

Remember this? Sorry that it doesn't sync up - I can't find another proper version.

Even the North Koreans don't trust Al Gore

If you saw the news yesterday, you would have seen ex President Clinton, beaming a smile and standing alongside North Koreas Kim Jong Il - to save two journalists. At the press conference I saw Al Gore standing behind trying a little too hard to get a piece of the action.

The plot thickens.

Al Gore was the intended emissary but was rejected by Kim and the North Koreans. This is despite the ex Vice President part owning the network Current TV, that these two women worked for. Al thought he was universally loved, for his nobel prize and his award winning fictional comedy - but not in North Korea. Al was a bargaining chip to get the more loved Bill into the North, into the media to further shore up support for his regime. Obama is keeping his mouth shut, mainly because the Koreans have taken it the wrong way, or mistook everything that Clinton said, to mean they were right in their play of brinkmanship over the nuclear issue.

Story here

Salient discusses VSM

About time! Salient must have taken leave of its senses and published a sensible editorial that doesn't scream down VSM.

I wonder if other student magazines have the guts to have a debate about VSM?
I have had articles published in a few student magazines, every single one has been accompanied by a disclaimer (and in one case 3 pages of rebuttal) about my inherant bias and lack of understanding of student unions.

Rather than let me go into more ranting about this issue, I'll let Salient have the last comment:

Maybe it is time to rethink how students are represented at this university. All the transparency, openness and accountability doesn’t matter if people don’t give a flying fuck in the first place.

Maybe one thing to do is break the monopoly on representation and allow people to create and join associations which actually cater to their needs and beliefs. Associations where they not only get their money’s worth but they are actually represented and engaged with by associations they’re proud to be members of.

When an association fucks up, you find your needs change or you become embarrassed by the actions of its leaders, you can disassociate yourself from it. Conversely, if you like a certain association then you can join it.

We have a government which is ideologically opposed to compulsory student unionism, supported by a party which has already had a voluntary student membership bill in the ballot. It seems like a wise idea to start talking about ways to strengthen representation now than waiting till it’s too late.

Indeed! Full article here.

Catherine Dela-CRAZY

Has anybody not seen this far left rambling by "Green" MP Catherine Delahunty.

Shes crackers. But it shows just how deep the Greens are into the Marxist nonsense doesn't it? Imagine how funny it would have been having her as party co-leader?

Ha ha ha.

*Update*

If you managed your way through that, have a listen to the Labour Party retard in the below video. She has some remarkable things to say about scab labour. I was taken back by this term, why is Labour or anybody using this hideous term in this day in age?

They have rights?

The British Government promised to introduce more wind turbines to the national grid and opened the door to overseas companies who would set up companies and obviously make a profit out of doing so.

However planning consents and bureaucratic red tape has held much of this up. Danish company Vestas Wind Systems has given up and want to leave the country and have already closed their factory. There is a problem.. of course. The left wing unions and Green protesters are staging protests against the closing of the factory.

Bob Crow, the communist general secretary of the Rail Maritime and Transport union isn't happy - this is the same guy who has shut down Londons transport system and held London to ransom. Bob is upset that the protesters are not getting food delivered to them;

The Danish owners of the factory could face an injunction over claims that the protesters are being denied food.

The Rail Maritime and Transport union made a formal complaint to the police over the weekend about the actions of private security guards employed at the plant.

The union took legal advice about the treatment of the workers after claiming they were being denied access to adequate supplies of food.

Officials said they were seriously concerned about the health implications of the lack of food reaching the workers inside the factory.

One has already been forced to leave on medical advice after his blood sugar levels were found to be seriously low.

The union said it believed it had reached a deal over the weekend to take hot food in to the 10 workers who have been staging a sit-in for the past two weeks, but claimed that supplies were blocked again last night.

A spokesman said the union was now considering taking out an injunction against the company and the security firm.

General secretary Bob Crow said: "It's disgusting that Vestas are trying to starve the workers out and we are calling on the police to take urgent action against their private security company to stop this outrageous affront to basic human rights.

"We will fight with every tool available to get food in to the workers on the inside whose only crime is to fight for their livelihoods and the future of green energy

Wait a moment. These trespassers have rights? Whatever happened to coming prepared?
Does the left have any grasp on taking responsibility and the rule of law? Are all left wingers dropped on their heads at birth? Story here.

A simple difference between the left and the right

I was having a few drinks with some buddies on this lovely warm Sunday afternoon and came to a good conclusion.

The left and the right have one major difference, and you can tell quite obviously who you should trust.

The Left: They want you to pay more tax, to have more dependence on the state, on politicians and on hand outs. They don't want you to be individually secure or running your own home/family or to have the choice of schools, hospitals or super..
They want you to be forever dependent on the state and to TRUST politicians.

The Right: We endlessly tell you to not trust politicians and to vote for people who will give politicians LESS power over you. We trust individuals and choice. If it means you vote to get away from us, we're happy. The right is not obsessed with control over you and we believe YOU are abl to make the best decisons about you and your family.

So it's easy, do you trust those who want you to succeed, or do you trust those who want you to be forever non independent and reliant on faceless bureaucrats in Wellington? I can't even believe Kiwis don't see the difference!

National, you are in the left grouping. Keeping working Kiwis in WFF and not encouraging success are two of many reasons you currently are failing this country.

**Update**

Adolf from No Minister in the comments has confirmed that National are more interested in shoring up a second term to have any decent policy for the first 3 years. Apparently being in power is more important than having a ballsack.

What is going on here?

Fire them! This is INSANE.

Britain's war effort in Afghanistan is being hindered by a number of frontline troops too fat to fight, according to a leaked Army memo.
The Ministry of Defence confirmed today it had directed military chiefs to ensure units are following Army fitness policy after concerns were raised over a "worrying trend of obesity".

OBESITY? What sort of army are they running? But wait... you know I always leave the best til last :)

Units were routinely failing to fulfil the Army's basic fitness regime of two hours of physical exercise a week, he added.

The memo leaked to the paper said: "The numbers of personnel unable to deploy and concerns about obesity throughout the Army are clearly linked to current attitudes towards physical training."

There are 3,860 Army personnel classified as PUD - personnel unable to deploy - with a further 8,190 regarded as being of "limited deployability" for medical reasons, it was reported.

2 hours a week is a regime? That's nothing. What on earth is this army doing? 2 hours is a walk in the park. As for the huge numbers of nonj active troops... well surely the best thing to do is fire them or make them shape up or ship out!

Fucking PC Britain...agaaaaaaain. Story here.

Sunday Night Nihillistic Rant.....and the greatest cover EVER

Fuck the Rugby. I have been saying for years that the socialist structure, control and demand, equality for all and an unjustified belief that we are an indomitable force in world rugby that permeates the admin and performance of NZ rugby will bite us in the arse....... and this weekend showed it. All Blacks were lucky to avoid having their raw pinko arses handed to them on a plate by the saffas. The only reason it wasn't a cricket score is that their coach makes John Mitchell look visionary!

Fuck what MP's claim. It's peanuts compared to the shit we are piled up in. NZers as the complete and utter ignoramus sheep like fuckwits we are voted for them.....and MMP (which increases the rort). We supported and voted for middle class welfare and the idiocy of student free loans now lets bend over and take our medicine just like we should, most kiwis have their noses in the trough.......is just that some are a little deeper than others.


Fuck the dumb fuck economists who in the space of six months say we should now save and not spend!

Fuck Phill Goff. You are a disgrace. You are the epitome of all that is hypocritical about NZ politics. You have taken every position from anti war to pro war, from free market to socialist nirvana, from individual freedom to nanny state. You are supposed to be a leader of an effective opposition, you are nothing but a tired caricature of every possible incarnation of everything that is wrong with the NZ labour Party.



Well that feels better...


Now on a for a more measured and relaxing interlude, I give you the greatest cover ever........and of course invite Debate!

GOOD

Fuck the UN. At least the US is there to defend democracy.

I believe we sent one of our old PMs to NY to shuffle papers...

Whatever happened to H2?

Another reason to VOTE NO

The United Kingdom is suffering badly from laws that don't allow parents or teachers from discipline kids. I have been personally threatened on London buses with kids with knives and have had laser pointers pointed into my eyes - and when I challenge them I have to be very careful in case I get attacked. Nobody comes to anybodys rescue, and if you did you're potentially taking your life into your hands.

Kids here fear NOBODY. I cannot imagine what it would be like teaching in one of Londons schools, but I hear that parents, teachers and kids are very afraid. In my line of work I deal with community services and hear all kinds of horror stories. Everybody wants kids to respect their elders more and people feel helpless to do anything about it. So much for building a better society.

I hope that the Government makes the right decision and eliminates this stupid law. National blustered an awful amount about this and when they got into Government they dropped the ball.

Today six teenagers were responsible for a vicious attack on a mother - 2 threw bleach over her causing extensive burns head, back and may permanently damage her eyesight. What was their motive? The woman in question asked the kids in a movie to not talk too loud. Obviously, these kids were unacustomed to be told what to do in a normal social situation and retaliated.

Parents need to be given the power back.

Story here

RIP Bobby Robson

One of the true legends and gentlemen of the sport of football has gone.

In a world of superfical footballers who have no loyalty, follow the money and who never stick to their contracts - Robson was a reminder that England once had players who cared for the game day in and day out and who loved representing their club and country.

I have found a few anedotes to share, courtesy of Holy Moly

Journalist to Shola Ameobi: Do you have a nickname at the club?
Ameobi: Not really, no
J: So what do the lads call you?
SA: Shola
J: And what about Sir Bobby? What does he call you?
SA: Carl Cort. (ha ha)

Bobby is at a book-signing in Newcastle. Little kid gets Sir Bobby to sign his book after queuing for ages.

'Have you signed a lot of books today, Sir Bobby?'
'Oh, hundreds, son. Absolutely hundreds'

Kid walks off with his signed book, and glances down at the inscription; 'Best Wishes, Bobby Hundreds.'

Gathering the England team at the airport before they went abroad for a friendly, Sir Bobby got into a bit of a flap when he realised Peter Reid wasn't in the departure lounge. After a frantic search yielded nothing, he asked one of the coaching staff, 'Where's Reidy got to? We can't leave without him!' 'Er, you didn't pick him, boss...'

And the time he got in a lift with Bryan Robson, turned to him and said: "Morning Bobby."

"Err no boss, I'm Bryan YOU'RE Bobby."

Vote NO

390,000 New Zealanders got off their butts and signed a petition to get rid of Sue Bradford's Anti-Smacking Law.

The supporters of this bill, the usual suspects, tell us it isn't a smacking bill and yet put out emotive advertising about this telling people that we want to allow parents to beat their children. It's utter drivvle.

These people have no problems with telling other parents how to bring up their children. I assume they also have no problem with me reporting them for giving their kids bad food - which is also a term of abuse. Or swearing in front of their kids, as this too is verbal abuse. I guess they would be fine for me to tell them where to send their kids to school - sending them to a bad school is going to set them up for a fall in the future.... As you can see, NOBODY likes a busybody. This is why so many Kiwis turned out to get their opinions heard and a big component towards why Helen Clark is shuffling papers somewhere for the UN. Helen herself said banning smacking was against human nature and THEN supported the introduction of this deeply flawed law that has not once saved the life of a child in this country.

This law is draconian and could lead to other abuses of big brother in our private lives, not even the COMMUNISTS banned smacking in the USSR or the countries in the ex Iron Curtain.

Let parents discipline their kids in the way they see fit. Give police a chance to do their real jobs, and not prosecute parents or investigate a nosy person informing on their neighbour. Labour and the Greens do NOT know best for us - especially when their answer to everything is more money, more welfare and more portectionism from the state.

Get out and vote NO. Give NZ some of its freedom back!