Helen Clark has promised that government departments are not going to cheerlead for them next election. Why then was not only Madeleine Setchell's job with Ministry of the Environment canned, but her replacement was a Labour flunky?
Are all passive-aggressive personalities now terrorists? That would explain the attempt at introducing Anti-Social Behaviour Orders then. Oh, come on... you can't take those transcripts as a serious threat to public safety? Good on the DomPost printing them and all. But seriously, my old man had more guns than the entire Freedom Fighter army, including a semi-automatic .22 fitted with a nightsight. The bunnies never stood a chance.
If I had to pick a winner between wingnut Tame Iti and a squad of stormtrooper Xs, my money's on the Allblackwaters:
Wait! This just in! Police have arrested four Maori men attempting to harness the sun with a flax net. Maybe Tame Iti will prove to be an artist after all.
Now the crayon has dried on the Health Select Committee's report recommending a ban on BZP, how long before the big bangs are banned? And is there anything that the government HASN'T given to the Law Commission to work on? Will Helen Clark inserting the Sim card into the Law Commission deck make any difference to the Misuse of Drugs Act re-write, or will Geoff Palmer put his reputation first? And will Crown Law ever grow a backbone?
Tomorrow is the anticipated date for the J&E committee to report back on the Electoral Finance Bill. DPF reckons that that will provide a six day window to read the latest Rigging Yarn. I have half a mind to wag work and go to this:
Stop the Labour/NZ First/Greens Electoral Finance "Gagging Bill"
What you can do:
Protest March: Auckland this Saturday 17 November from the Auckland Town
Hall at 10.30am (assemble from 10am)
Protest: Wellington next Wednesday, 21 November, for a march on Parliament.
This is to invite you to stand up and be counted.
ACT member John Boscawen is organising marches in Auckland and Wellington
to protest the Labour led Government's attack on democracy.
The Electoral Finance Bill is designed to curb political activity.
Labour and NZ First with help from the Greens and United Future are about to
ram through a law to gag free speech.
This despite vociferous objection from the Human Rights Commission, the Law
Society, Grey Power and concerned citizens from every sector of New Zealand
society.
The plan is to give Labour freedom to say what it likes in election year and
gag everyone else.
Once the Gagging Bill goes through - possibly as soon as next week - it will
be against the law for me to send an email such as this.
That's why the Human Rights Commission talks about a "chilling" impact on
democracy.
That's why this is a Gagging Bill by any other name and must be stopped.
Join the marches
If you want to help contact John@boscawen.co.nz
