Over at NZ's far-right barometer known as "kiwiblog", lord of the fries David Farrar is busy picking over the minor details of Wellington's green Mayor's spending.
Apparently Celia is recommending the availability of ball room dancing training for city councilors. Now - the Wellington City Council's spending is projected to be $352 million over the next year. So we're looking at an area which may involve 0.00001% of spending here - yet for some reason David is concentrating on this as the area of spending that needs to be critiqued.
I also recall that David composed a post some time back, concentrating fully on teachers organisations using school class rooms as a place to meet after school hours. Apparently this is a gross misuse of taxpayer dollars - as carpets will inevitably be worn quicker due to the notoriously abrasive shoe soles that teachers inevitably use (helps them waste taxpayer dollars - which all teachers love to do).
This is NZ's most read right wing blog. What does this say about the right wing of NZ politics? Well i'll leave that up to you, the reader to decide.
http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2011/01/celias_e-mail_to_councillors.html
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
A little perspective
Well, I'm afraid that i'm well behind that ball on this one, but it appears that nearly a year ago there was a ripple of outrage across the right-wing blogsphere (particularly kiwiblog and whaleoil), when i suggested, in the comments section of "The Standard" blog, that we should get to know where Key goes when on his vacations, and who he meets with (when legally possible).
If he wanted the privacy that the rest of us enjoy, he should not have put his hand up to be responsible for the lives of 4 million people.
However, the fact is that Key has been the Prime Minister of NZ now for over two years, and still so little about his past and present dealings are known. Am i really the only one that is disquieted by this fact? It seems so few others, even on the left, really are. I guess i should just have more faith in a guy who rose to the top of an industry that is built on shafting the small investor for the advantage of a few at the top:
"http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/businesseditor/archive/2010/12/31/forex-affinity-fraud-and-other-investment-warning-signs.aspx">see here
Regardless of his past dealings, this is about transparency - and is essential for a modern democracy to operate most efficiently.
A guy who's responsible for the lives of some 4 million people should be accountable to the people, and that means that all his business and political dealings, past and present, should be available for the public to view. That of course should apply to all of our major political representatives - left and right.
Apparently however, this level of openness is too much for the right wing shills of the blogsphere to condone. But, as they must know, it is in the shadows that corruption has and always will fester. Perhaps this is an all to uncomfortable fact for some.
I will leave you with a presidential speech from JFK on secrecy in politics, and what it means for today's world. I only hope this will give cause for some of those who oppose transparency to reflect on their motivations for doing so.
If he wanted the privacy that the rest of us enjoy, he should not have put his hand up to be responsible for the lives of 4 million people.
However, the fact is that Key has been the Prime Minister of NZ now for over two years, and still so little about his past and present dealings are known. Am i really the only one that is disquieted by this fact? It seems so few others, even on the left, really are. I guess i should just have more faith in a guy who rose to the top of an industry that is built on shafting the small investor for the advantage of a few at the top:
Forex trading programs - Forex refers to the foreign currency exchange market and trading in forex can be very risky. Many scams claim to have found a "fail-safe" way to invest in forex, but that's not true, and in some cases it's just a way for the promoter to take your money to fund his own lavish lifestyle.
"http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/businesseditor/archive/2010/12/31/forex-affinity-fraud-and-other-investment-warning-signs.aspx">see here
Regardless of his past dealings, this is about transparency - and is essential for a modern democracy to operate most efficiently.
A guy who's responsible for the lives of some 4 million people should be accountable to the people, and that means that all his business and political dealings, past and present, should be available for the public to view. That of course should apply to all of our major political representatives - left and right.
Apparently however, this level of openness is too much for the right wing shills of the blogsphere to condone. But, as they must know, it is in the shadows that corruption has and always will fester. Perhaps this is an all to uncomfortable fact for some.
I will leave you with a presidential speech from JFK on secrecy in politics, and what it means for today's world. I only hope this will give cause for some of those who oppose transparency to reflect on their motivations for doing so.
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