Get over yourself man

You know, I dont have a lot of time for Helen Clark myself, but I can respect her enough to have joined in with the applause that the house gave her relating to her position in the United Nations. Its a tremendous honour and I think she has the potential to do a good job.

Like her or not, she has achieved a lot. The first elected woman prime minister of New Zealand and a three termer. That is quite an accomplishment. She managed coalition governments very well under MMP and regardless of the overall results of those governments, she did very well and was very decisive. There are and were certainly areas where as a former Labour supporter I think she crossed the line from general government to micro managing the homes (the anti-smacking law being one) as well as the nanny state she helped create, but you should in all honesty be able to set aside some differences to congratulate someone for an accomplishment.

However, ACT list MP David Garrett aparently didn't join in. Another one who seemed to feel like he was tossed from the sandbox. Or at least, had the attitude of "I don't want to play with you" because he would have been hypocritical considering how he feels about Ms Clark.

I feel list MP's are hypocritical anyways...so whats the difference. Why are they hypocritical? They represent no one except their party yet sit in the house...drawing a massive salary for hoping to stay awake.

Come on Garrett. You're not so big to give credit where credit is due. And simply put, you need to get over to yourself. While I do not agree with Ms Clark in all her ways, I can put that aside to give her some credit for what she has achieved, both domestically and internationally.

I'm not impressed

I see Sue Moroney is still not over the spanking she got in the 2008 Election.

But again, the lastest penmanship from the Labour List MP, LIST MP, yes thats right, saved by the LIST, in the Waikato times on Monday was nothing more than a rant that sounded like a kiddy who just got tossed from the sandbox. Because you didn't vote for her, you can't play with the toys.

Its sad to see though that her...arrogance, her persona, her general attitude, which didn't impress me at last years candidate meeting, and its less than impressive six months later.

Its amazing though that only in the small amount she did actually write, no more than 75 words, how stupid she actually sounds. Take a look.

"The students are asking for a universal student allowance and that is exactly what Labour pledged to do if returned to government. Instead, they have a National government in place and an education minister who will not even consider this policy".

Does that sound like a person who is a little peeved off about...shall we say...getting a spanking and being tossed out of the sandbox? Oh no...thats right...she was saved by the list. 19,441 for David Bennett, 10, 321 for Moroney. Hell, that was worse than Diane Yates 3 years earlier.

Parliament on any given day sounds like an over anxious kindgergarten or day care centre. She stole my toy, he said I can't play, Rodney ate my lunch...waaahhhhhhh. This particular kiddy though, Ms Moroney, go get another baby doll. This one is getting a bit boring.

Outrageous Fortune under threat

Why am I not upset at the prospect?

Maybe it is because that it seems to me that in order to compete with overseas programming, that New Zealand has to resort to the same level of lowness in order to be entertaining.

The sex, the smut, the swearing, the drugs and the general criminality, things we are all having problems with in our society are being portrayed in New Zealand's own television creation. Regardless of the reasoning behind the possible cancellation of the show I'm not upset by the potential loss of New Zealand programming.

Why is the new show, "Diplomatic Immunity" which may have its risque moments, at 10pm, behind Dancing with the Stars? Thats a good show, but why couldn't that start at 7:30pm. Oh, thats right, we have to give up time to British programming like Coronation Street. I think we can handle one less night of that show to make way for New Zealand shows. Relatively decent ones.

I enjoy CSI, BONES and other over seas programmes with the best of them, and that New Zealand shows should take priority, but at the same time, when on balance you have Bro Town, more suggestive and more inuendo than most shows gets prime time 7:30pm or 8pm. But Diplomatic Immunity gets 10pm on Tuesday. A good time for kiwis to enjoy a little of their own home grown entertainment.

I see Bro Town is coming back...I bet that its not getting a 10pm slot when it does.