Beehive Mind

July 13, 2009 17:42

Politics have been overshadowed lately, and by three rather “interesting” fellows: Bain, Weatherston, and Jackson. The question remains, who would you rather have for a sleep-over?

My pick is MJ, who had something to say about New Zealand politics …

Causing grief in human relations, it’s a turf war on a local scale, but not really a Thriller at all

John Key has proved he would do well in the Republican Party with his candid support of Melissa Lee to contest the Mt. Albert seat in the recent by-election. At a union meeting in Auckland, Lee was asked how she would live if she was paid minimum wage. She proceeded to tell 200 low-paid workers that she only earns $2 an hour – she just works incredibly long hours. $131 000 a year @ $2 an hour = 250 hours per day. Working hard, indeed.

No one’s going to save you from the beast about to strike

Just beat it Richard Worth, your employees are clearly not going to do it for you.

I’m starting with the man in the mirror, I’m asking you to change his ways, If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change

The anti-smacking referendum has been a smashing success for a few “family orientated” folk who probably agree with Sarah Palin and read the Old Testament like it’s the ODT. The citizens-initiated referendum almost equals the anti-nuclear demonstrations or the anti-apartheid protests in terms of kicking the status quo in the guts. I wonder if these doughty campaigners sometimes look over the fence and think, “Fuck, our cause is boring, not to mention nasty. We’re not fighting to help people, we’re not fighting to stop racism or nuclear testing, we’re fighting so that people can use violence to discipline children.”

All I want to say is that they don’t really care about us

Government spending was cut in the Budget, of course: Key’s great-aunt Margaret Thatcher was heard to cry (from the depths of hell) “There is no alternative!”

Less funding for tertiary funding means fewer people from diverse socio-economic groups are able to access tertiary education. Maybe Key and English planned this. The children of fellow rich(ish) white folks will continue to fill most of the roll, and hopefully this could swing the leftie campuses the right way.

It’s not about races just places, faces, where your blood comes from is where your place is

On April 3, the Australian Government endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Until that time, Australia had stood alongside New Zealand, Canada, and the United States, as one of only four countries to oppose the adoption of the declaration.

John Key has said that New Zealand will not endorse the agreement because it would mean severe change to New Zealand law. But then again, the current head of the UNDP didn’t sign it in the first place, did she?

By Kate Beecroft