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Nia Glassie’s crime was two-fold. Firstly, and tragically, she lived in the same dysfunctional household as a bunch of boozing, dope smoking, layabout no-hopers who got a kick out of torturing her when they were bored. Secondly, she had a woman as a mother who brings total shame on the honoured tradition of motherhood. Rather than being prepared to protect and defend her child to the death, she stood by and allowed her to be killed.
Last Thursday, US President George Bush launched a vigorous defence of the free market, stating that the only long-term solution to the global financial crisis is sustained economic growth. He explained that the surest path to growth is the free market and free people:
Congratulations to our new Prime Minister, National Party Leader John Key, and his support parties Rodney Hide’s ACT New Zealand and Peter Dunne’s United Party, on a successful election outcome. In his victory speech, John Key stated that the election result showed that New Zealanders had voted for a safer, more prosperous and more ambitious country: “They voted for hope, they voted for action and they voted for results. They voted for a better life for all New Zealanders.”
With the closing days of the colourful US Presidential race upon us, New Zealand’s 2008 general election campaign has, in comparison, been particularly dull.
One in six New Zealanders now live abroad, including an estimated 24 percent of our skilled workforce. This is the highest proportion of any country in the OECD. According to the Government Statistician, in the year to September, long-term departures from New Zealand reached 82,254, the greatest number since 1979. Of those, 42,316 Kiwis headed to Australia, the highest number in over twenty years.[1]
If it wasn’t for the fact that the general election is just around the corner, new home owners would be forced to install government approved showers that plumbers say deliver little more than a dribble of water. This is on top of government approved hot water cylinders - modified for heat pumps and solar panels - that cost $500 more than standard models.[1] For these nanny state interventions we have MMP and the Green Party to blame.
National has released their long-awaited tax policy, political parties are launching their election campaigns, and in 27-days time we will be asked to vote in the 2008 General Election. But this is no ordinary election.
Those who still believe that Karl Marx’s “Communist Manifesto” maps out the best path forward for mankind are now claiming that the current economic woes on Wall Street have been caused by the failure of capitalism and the free market.
Last week's designation of a Select Committee room of Parliament as the Rainbow Room shows just how far the human rights movement in New Zealand has marched over the last sixty years. Standing alongside other Select Committee rooms dedicated to Maori, Pacific Islanders, Asians and women, the Rainbow Room was dedicated by the Speaker to recognise gay, lesbian and trans-gender New Zealanders and the paths they have taken to full citizenship with equal rights.[1]
In the year to August, 33,300 Kiwis packed their bags for Australia, the highest figure since 1989. That includes 2,900 in August alone. One particularly worrying aspect is that so many of those leaving New Zealand are young: 86 percent are under the age of 45 and the majority are under the age of 30.[1]
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