Friday Night Free for All

Helen Clark's job is to hand out other people's money to third world nations. We must be getting close enough to qualify. We are doing so well on the criteria.

Child poverty report slams New Zealand. Check.
Child abuse stats amongst the worst in the western world. Check.
Government ignoring a referendum result of 87.6%. Check.
Opposition acting like they are in government. Check.
Loony taxation ideas in circulation, like GST on interest payments. Check.
Even loonier ideas like 100% tax rate on high incomes given newspaper column. Check.
Government idea of tracking every child finally coming to fruition. Check.

And that's just off the top of my head. I'm sure I've missed another dozen examples from this weeks news. That's the thing, the stories are coming thick and fast, so much so it's like we don't have time to absorb their import, before the next wave comes. It might be time to take stock, but even "keeping stock" has all but disappeared this week.

So we'll just have to take up the slack. "We" being not specifically NZC, but all our fellow bloggers. So drop in and file your report for the week. Perhaps some historian will one day write a book and point out exactly when it all turned to custard, simply by trawling the blogs. Actually, I think the cement was poured back in the 2005 elections. We had our chance, but blew it. I can't see the 2011 offering any better choices at this time, and unless we can vote in a new crowd with a 95% majority, anything less will be deemed "not a result worth changing anything, especially if it disrupts parliament." I mean, who would vote if they knew it might disrupt parliament?