tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post4268032245982232477..comments2024-03-29T03:41:12.499+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Marching To Class War.Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-74221051536637554162021-12-14T14:20:51.095+13:002021-12-14T14:20:51.095+13:00Actually that quote was meant to highlight a world...Actually that quote was meant to highlight a world view (open society). It still works for the top decks but not below where water is entering.<br />Capitalism was doing o.k in NZ once they freed up some prices.<br />However (As George Megalogenis points out) immigration became demand driven. That's why NZrs compete with "a lovely family from Shanghai" for that dream home. On Twitter Russell Brown's crowd are trying to sell us Paris - will be the result of dense housing. This all has to be a red flag.<br />We are being sold a big fat lie. The same person who claims diversity is absolutely essential for Aucklands success and calls negativity to a multicultural nation "hate" is now part of a re-branding exercise in emphasising the harsh reaction to unvaccinated deplorables. You have to admire their creativity in the face of a compliant media.John Hurleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-75341821880348471652021-12-13T16:35:58.897+13:002021-12-13T16:35:58.897+13:00John Hurley you are a peach blooming in the midst ...John Hurley you are a peach blooming in the midst of trench warfare, unsullied, unblemished. Keep on as the image of near perfection that we all aim for.<br /><i>Open your eyes and see how beautiful the world is, and how lucky we are who are alive!</i><br /><br />The trouble is that opening one's eyes means looking at reality which includes horror as well as beauty, tawdriness and commercial interests wanting to sell you the very basics you need for life.<br />Freddie in Queen wrote Bohemian Rhapsody - he's dead now. We who have it all don't went to die, let others go instead.<br /><br />Bohemian Rhapsody<br />Queen<br />Is this the real life?<br />Is this just fantasy?<br />Caught in a landside,<br />No escape from reality<br />Open your eyes,<br />Look up to the skies and see,<br />I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy,<br />Because I'm easy come, easy go,<br />Little high, little low,<br />Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to<br />Me, to me...<br /><br />Too late, my time has come,<br />Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all The time<br />Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go,<br />Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth<br />Mama, oooh<br />I don't want to die,<br />I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.<br />I see a little silhouetto of a man,<br />Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango!<br />Thunderbolts and lightning, very, very frightening me<br /><br />He's just a poor boy from a poor family,<br />Spare him his life from this monstrosity<br />Easy come, easy go, will you let me go<br />Bismillah! No, we will not let you go<br /><br />So you think you can stop me and spit in my eye<br />So you think you can love me and leave me to die<br />Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby,<br />Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here<br /><br />Nothing really matters, Anyone can see,<br />Nothing really matters,<br />Nothing really matters to me<br />Any way the wind blows...<br />Source: Musixmatch<br />greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-59835912427699709062021-12-12T07:58:27.577+13:002021-12-12T07:58:27.577+13:00Not only are there very few people who acutely suf...<i>Not only are there very few people who acutely suffer from lack of food or lack of housing, but there are infinitely more opportunities for the young people to choose their own future. There is a wealth of possibilities for those who wish to learn, and for those who wish to enjoy themselves in various ways. But perhaps the most important thing is that we are prepared to listen to informed criticism and are certainly happy if reasonable suggestions are made for the betterment of our society. For our society is not only open to reform, but it is anxious to reform itself.<br /><br />In spite of all this, the propaganda for the myth that we live in an ugly world has succeeded.<br /><br />Open your eyes and see how beautiful the world is, and how lucky we are who are alive!</i><br /><br />Karl Popper<br />https://quillette.com/2021/02/22/remembering-karl-popper/<br /><i>I've never met anyone who would vote for Donald Trump</i> <br /><i> No more exploitation! This is a migrant nation!</i> (Unite unionists and turban wearing man).<br /><i>It's the birth rates; it's the birthrates</i> <br /><i>NZ could have had a better standard of living with a smaller population</i> Michael Reddell.<br /><i> Populism is due to the different birthrates in the northern hemisphere versus the equatorial regions. It wouldn't be happening in Korea or Japan</i> Eric Kaufmann<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuQHrmkgHdQ&t=509s<br /><br />Experts say there is no meaningful difference between expressions of white nationalism and white supremacy. - Facebook.<br />https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/israel-most-legitimate-stateJohn Hurleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-11497896091732219492021-12-10T17:56:50.054+13:002021-12-10T17:56:50.054+13:00Employment law has always been an area of contenti...Employment law has always been an area of contention between National Labour. No surprise there. <br /><br />I would note that to a significant extent there was a broad consensus on employment law from early in the 2000's through to 2020. Helen Clark's changes in 2001 were less significant than many in National initially feared. Clark in fact broadly accepted the independent freedom to contract. As a consequence the changes made during the Key government were quite modest. The major one being the 90 day trial period which I had developed when in opposition. All of this remained unchanged from 2017 to 2020, when NZF was the moderating influence upon Labour.<br /><br />Labour has now upset these employment law arrangements, which I believe have served New Zealand well over the last 20 years. It is hardly surprising that Business New Zealand will not co-operate on industry wide awards in the way that Labour envisages them. You can also be certain that they will be repealed by the next National government\<br /><br />It is hardly class warfare to oppose compulsory industry wide agreements, given that the employment law has been quite well settled for the last 20 years. Perhaps the fact that politics now looks like it will be divided between National/Act on one side and Labour/Green on the other side, means employment law will have a more ideological flavour. The consequence is that it will swing quite a lot each time the government changes. Hardly a recipe for economic stability.<br /><br />Winston and NZF (and Peter Dunne) were never able to satisfactorily explain why a stabilising middle party serves a valuable function in our democracy. NZF has not, and probably never will, have the mantle of the Free Democrats in Germany. The Free Democrats, for much of modern Germany's history, have been the moderating force between Left and Right. The failure of NZF to assume this role in the New Zealand public imagination is probably because of the origins of NZF as a dissident faction of National. As a consequence NZF has been permanently distrusted by National. Jim Bolger, though he tried, was never able to convince the National Party to let bygones be bygones. The antipathy toward NZF, even 30 years later, is still quite visceral among a very large number within National, including those who have actually been born after the split occurred in 1992!<br /><br />I was on the Privileges Committee in 2008 when the National majority found that Winston had lied to Parliament. The intent was quite clear, to get Winston out of Parliament. That succeeded for 3 years from 2008 to 2011, but it was always clear to me that National would pay a price. And of course that price was paid in 2017.Wayne Mapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12906396523791648270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-70928510847299543232021-12-10T13:49:13.932+13:002021-12-10T13:49:13.932+13:00Ah well, as far as conservatives are concerned it&...Ah well, as far as conservatives are concerned it's only class warfare if we fight back.Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-38717913172383898352021-12-10T12:07:38.962+13:002021-12-10T12:07:38.962+13:00I worked, mostly as a manager/company director (&a...I worked, mostly as a manager/company director (& a couple years as Union delegate), with unionised workplaces & staff for 40 years. Unions are always quite happy for bad workers to be paid the same as good ones, in fact they insist on it. The good ones are then dragged down to the lowest common denominator wondering why they bothered. However the dirty little secret is that it also suits large employers to have unionisation much more than smaller ones because their usually significant labour costs are then mostly fixed & predetermined for budgets.<br /><br />RobbieWgtnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com