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On Hooton on Sky City

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This is an excellent read especially the last paragraphs on the actual role of the public service to which National and their allies demonise (or demean) .

Through that demeaning of the public service they have landed themselves and us in an absolute stinking pile of crap I expect to find on the Untreated Sewage Holding Tank at the Mangere Sewage Plant.

This leads to a bitter point in that I would not let those who have demonised our public service in that way anywhere near our democratic institutions nor even businesses.

Bureaucrats are loathed but their job is to protect the Government, us as citizens and taxpayers, and of course the democratic apparatus we live in. So then………

Witnessing the slow decay of a government past it’s Use-By date

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Sure the blog piece was written by a Social Democrat but it is also to note that I am a Social Liberal (well the Political Compass tests point that way) to keep things transparent.

But yes from my own observations (and also being rather bored of this administration) the Key Government has entered the Shipley Syndrome and even repeating the same policy gaffs as Shipley.

Seeming Key talks war he might want to learn from France and Germany’s mistake on conquering Russia – well trying and having your ass handed to you by both the British AND the Russians. Only fools repeat history and this Government is fast on the way to repeating 1999.

However, one element missing is the voters themselves. We voters seemed to have embraced ourselves into the Classic Liberal era that plagued Victorian England. That is all for me and be damned to everyone else outside my own little bubble or hyper-individualism.

This hyper-individualism is not natural for New Zealand. Kiwi’s while socially conservative (we have our liberal moments) they are also through history generous as well. Even conservative Sir Robert Muldoon was generous and receptive to the plight of the gangs in his era. There is a reason why Muldoon got a send off by the gangs at his funeral and John Key will not.

I will say remember hyper-individualism will bite you in the ass as it did in 1929. So it might be time to burst that bubble of yours and be generous towards your fellow Kiwi again. Because THEY will be the ones helping you when the chips are down. Not the State and definitely no John Key’s Government who would tuck and tail and run as fast as they could.

So just remember that on our national day – Waitangi Day

Frank Macskasy's avatarFrankly Speaking...

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There is something unpleasantly familiar about the recent appalling events surrounding the current National government and it’s embattled leader, John Key and his strange relationship with Cameron Slater.

Searching my memory, it dawned on me: I am witnessing a replay of the closing years of the Shipley Administration, before it was eventually turfed out of office in November 1999.

The Shipley-led minority-National government was racked with crises.

One such was the Saatchi Affair, where then-PM, Jenny Shipley, was found to have lied about a dinner engagement with Saatchi & Saatchi boss, Kevin Roberts. Shipley’s recall of that dinner engagement – and the topics of discussion – were at variance with what Roberts had claimed took place.

Shipley had misled public; the media; and the public. The headlines at the time pilloried her;

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Sound familiar?

To call the National government of that time a “decaying…

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January ’15 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking

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A good solid run to start 2015
A thanks to readers and commenters alike. And an acknowledgement to the Main Stream Media reading the blog as well 🙂

February will be a busy month with the Long Term Plan, and Unitary Plan debates continuing.

The Auckland Development Committee also meets later in the month as well where my Live Tweeting service will resume.

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Ken's avatarOpen Parachute

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Credit: 10 Social Media Facts, Figures and Statistics You Need to Know

There are now over 300 blogs on the list, although I am weeding out those which are no longer active or have removed public access to sitemeters. (Let me know if I weed out yours by mistake, or get your stats wrong).

Every month I get queries from people wanting their own blog included. I encourage and am happy to respond to queries but have prepared a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) people can check out. Have a look at NZ Blog Rankings FAQ. This is particularly helpful to those wondering how to set up sitemeters.

Please note, the system is automatic and relies on blogs having sitemeters which allow public access to the stats.

Here are the rankings of New Zealand blogs with publicly available statistics for January 2015. Ranking is by visit numbers. I have listed the…

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