Wheelers Corner 17th November

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47 17th November 2011



This Week: 1. the real John Key: 2. Roget’s Thesaurus editorial bull: 3. John Banks mouths rubbish: 4. Hokowhitu School makes news: 5. Local Hero makes headlines.



NEWS FLASH; CONTENT OF TAPE RELEASED VIA EAVESDROPPER.



An Eavesdropper friend at the Herald on Sunday sent me this transcript of John Key’s and John Bank’s conversation at a local café in Epsom;

JK “Tea’s nice”.

JB “Yes I agree”

JK “It’s good to kiss baddies, sorry I mean babies”

JB “I agree”

JK “It’s good to see so many of the media here”

JB “I agree”

JK “Is there anything you don’t agree with”

JB “Only if you say it’s OK to disagree”

JK “Brash is a bit of a twit”

JB “I agree”

JK “I doubt I’ll need the Act Party next term”

JB “I agree”

JK “You agree! Are you sure?

JB “Well, you have not told me not to, and orders must be obeyed”

JK “So if you are elected and you bring Don Brash as baggage and since he is your leader you’ll have to obey his orders, is that correct?

JB “I don’t know how to answer that, but I’d sooner obey your orders”.

JK “That’s nice to know”

JB “I agree”.

The rest of the tape is un-publishable because it contains swear words and language of an adult nature, such as the buying of Italian and Greek shares etc from the sale of our assets…and Banks becoming Minister of Nothingness assisting Steven Joyce…



1.

Is Key what he says he is? I would suggest that in looking at John Key that we understand that: “It is extremely important to see that intelligence and intellect can be used for ends other than those of gaining “truth” or “insight” or “knowledge.” One can learn to be cunning rather than clever, smooth rather than clear, convincing rather than rationally persuasive, articulate rather than accurate. One can become judgmental rather than gain in judgment. One can confuse confidence with knowledge at the same time that one mistakes arrogance for self-confidence. In each of these cases a counterfeit of a highly desirable trait is developed in place of that trait”.

The John Banks cup of tea media beef up allows John Key to use all of the above for self publication and to hide the fact that he is actually very insecure…this from Metro…

“During Key’s brief spell for Merrill Lynch in Sydney in 2001, he helped fire 500 staff as part of savage worldwide retrenchment by the bank. In the past, Key has appeared proud of his ability to sack without feelings. He told Metro magazine: “They always called me the smiling assassin.” These days he insists these were not cheerful sackings. “In the end I had to carry out wider responsibilities, but I think I’m fundamentally a nice guy, but have to follow instructions,” he says. Do you remember who said those words at the end of the 2nd world war?

2.

Death knell, nose dives, meltdowns, tsunami, catastrophic defeat, So it’s all over bar the shouting, the smiling baby kisser has won; the PR machine can be put away. The great predictor has spoken, but wait there is more, even Palmerston North may be eaten up by the great national party machine according to our great predictor local editor Michael Cummings [pictured], yeah… yeah…

Based on shonky Fairfax Media [telephone] opinion polls Michael the local news media whiz kid on Thursday broke out his Roget’s Thesaurus and found a bunch of words to illustrate his conviction that Labour was dead in the water.

Predictions often don’t come to pass, for example;

· Did the world self destruct in the year 2000, no it did not.

· Did Bill English win in 2002, no he did not.

· Did Labour lose in 2005, no it did not.

· Did the All Blacks thrash France as predicted by the media,

Where was your heart in that game’s final two minutes, mine was pounding as it looked as if all predictions were going to be wrong, yet again, but we were saved by a penalty goal kicked by someone dumped some weeks before.

John Key has had his cup of tea with John Banks in one last effort to save Act from a death knell, nose dive, meltdown, catastrophic defeat…yeah…yeah. National has fallen from above fifty percent and is now looking for allies, as it would be wise to do.

Key has brought MMP into disrepute by buying the support of failed John Banks and the zero party he supposedly represents. His currency for this buy off is the votes of his wealthy supporters in Epsom, the money involved is paid for by you the tax payers of New Zealand in the form of a salary paid to John Banks and possibly Don Brash both are failed ex-national has-been’s who are wealthy and the recipients of huge tax reductions earlier this year. The PM has done a like deal with Peter Dunne by selling off National Party supporters; one could imagine that the other parties contesting Epsom [Labour, Greens, etc] may now suggest that their supporter’s party vote National. I doubt that they would resort to this ‘Back hand betrayal”, of their supporters as the Nats are now doing.

The election of course is not over until the fat lady sings…I have faith in the 99%, but I’m not predicting a winner, that would be foolish [especially after the RWC final]. What I wish for is that every one should vote, if you wish to vote for those who rob the poor to pay the rich that is over to you. An impossible dream says the predicting and predictable editor; tell that to the French rugby team…they were one point away from winning the rugby world cup when the final whistle blew…

3.

Dr Peter Cleave, Mana, Rangitikei today took exception to the comments made by John Banks, Act candidate for Epsom currently circulating on the internet. Banks talks about Maori and Polynesian people on the dole at home watching pornography and planning burglaries. 'Why do we have to put up with this sort of nonsense?' asked Dr Cleave in an internet posting today. 'This is outrageous behaviour. Not only is the New Zealand public having to watch an abuse of MMP as they are seeing with Act and National in Epsom with the patently false standing of a National candidate there, we have a former Mayor of Auckland making an awful spectacle of himself.'
Dr Cleave wondered why this kind of comment was not being censured by the Race Relations Office. 'Banks would not get away with this in some other countries,' he said. 'Why are we putting up with this kind of silliness here? New Zealand used to be known as a place of fair play and balance. Here we have an established politician making a prat of himself in a gerrymandered electorate and being endorsed by the Prime Minister over a cup of tea! How could our image possibly be further tarnished?’

4.

When is the treaty not a treaty…when a council wants to continue to pollute and destroy others heritage…its even worse when a Minister of the Crown Nathan Guy permits such anti-environmental behaviour to continue favouring Fonterra and farmer dominated councils.

An Independent candidate in this year’s elections was arrested and led away in handcuffs at an Armistice Day commemoration attended by the Minister of Internal Affairs Nathan Guy yesterday.

Otaki candidate, Phil Taueki [pictured] is a Foxton RSA member who was attending a ceremony on the Foxton RSA premises with his partner Cr Anne Hunt when Police Officer John May tapped him on the shoulder and asked him outside. As Mr Taueki was leaving, four other police officers arrived and arrested him for a breach of his bail conditions.

Mrs. Hunt says the police claimed that he had given only twenty-three and a half hours notice that he would be attending a function attended by Horowhenua’s Mayor Brendan Duffy rather than the required twenty-four hours.

The police ordered a journalist covering the event not to take photographs.

Mr Taueki’s lawyer, Steven Price is currently out of the country and was unable to represent him for yesterday’s appearance in the Levin District Court.

Mr Taueki had applied for a variation of his bail conditions to ensure that he would be able to address campaign meetings if the Mayor also attended.

Mr Taueki is taking the Horowhenua District Court to court to stop Levin’s storm water draining into Lake Horowhenua which is privately-owned.

Mr Taueki who is a direct descendent of Tauheke who signed the Treaty of Waitangi on behalf of Mua-Upoko, says he is heartened by the response he is getting on the campaign trail as he describes what he believes to be the most blatant violation of the Treaty of Waitangi in recent history.

Despite the fact that Mua-Upoko has always owned Lake Horowhenua , the Crown removed all ownership rights by passing a law placing control of the lake in the hands of a domain board appointed by the Minister. Since then the lake has deteriorated to such an extent that it is now ranked one of the worst lakes in the country.

Mr Taueki says that he was not surprised by his latest arrest, due to comments Mr Guy had made to his campaign manager after a candidates’ meeting last Tuesday.

And although he was forced to spend several hours in a police cell on Armistice Day, he is philosophical, considering this latest incident to be part of an ongoing campaign of harassment by the police, the local council and politicians ever since he returned to New Zealand to champion the rights of his iwi. In his campaign manifesto, he says that if you don’t stand up for your rights, it is inevitable that you will lose them.

However, he says that his arrest at an RSA premises on Armistice Day shows a distinct lack of respect for the rights and freedoms that New Zealand servicemen fought to preserve.

For further information, phone Mr Taueki on 367 3872 or e-mail him on philtaueki@gmail.com

5.

Hero or Villain…local educator makes world news.

Principal of Hokowhitu School :

Educators are understandably afraid. Why? Look what happened to Alan Alach. But rather than reinforcing our collective silence, we should be uniting. Don’t let Alan’s courage be in vain. Phil Cullen of Australia (a Member of the Order of Australia - a sort of Aussie knighthood-for services to education) writes this letter to the editor in response to the article that led the attack on Alan’s work (shown in its entirety here):

“The article by Jessica Button on 4 November suggested that the education minister was displeased with the principal of Hokowhitu School for alleged injudicious remarks on a blog site. Mr Alach is an ebullient critic of national standards. He seems to think that they constitute a confining process that constricts and lowers overall curriculum standards; and which does nothing to promote purposeful achievements in reading, writing and mathematics. As a practicing school person, he is worried overall about the effects that politicking for corporate benediction has on children’s focus on learning.

Mind control of schooling and the use of officers to bring schools into line are pandemic. Mr Alach’s blog vocabulary indicates that he does not like it being used in New Zealand . Australia certainly uses forms of Gestapo-ism; but I will not be called to account for saying that. When Joh was king in Queensland and I was a state director of education, in charge of about 1200 primary schools, I was sometimes called to account by school principals and nasty names were used. I felt aggrieved, of course. However, when at times I checked the accuser, it was often a principal who knew a thing or two. As far as school leadership was concerned, we did not have many Alachs. There were some, and although they doubted my parentage at times, I learned to give way, especially to the Alachs. On reflection I do wish that there were more Allan Alachs in our work-force; brave state-employed, good school operators unafraid to be critical; reminding superordinates that they don’t know everything.

Some advice for Ms Tolley: “Young lady, part of your job requirements is to eat crow. Do it and just spit out the feathers; not seek revenge. ”Phil Cullen A.M. Former Q’ld State Director



Peter J Wheeler

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