Archive for April 27th, 2005

Around the world…

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005

First stop: the United States, where writer James Howard Kunstler has gone around the New York Auto Show and talked to punters about the end of cheap oil and alternatives to fossil fuels. His account of his walk-around is hilarious, including the following voxpops:
1) I’ll leave it to the scientists. I can’t see sticking a […]

Campaign humour

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005

All political parties could do with taking themselves less seriously. It’s in that spirit that I wish to share the highly amusing piece the Capital Times’ sports columnist, Paddy Lewis, wrote about Rod’s call for a Black Caps’ boycott of Zimbabwe. Imagining other boycotts that the Greens might call for, Lewis wrote:
TUESDAY: Sue Kedgley urges […]

Act wants more of your money!

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005

Act says the Government is not spending enough taxpayer money!
I didn’t think I’d ever read that sentence in the newspaper with my breakfast of flies and water. But, alas, this morning I did. I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised: Act is for small government, except where it comes to law and order and […]