It really is quite a comment on the state of this country that when the people who muck up the normal running of our lives are away what passes as 'news' dries up. Nothing has happened worthy of comment for weeks. The Herald has been full of reviews of barbequeing techniques from around the world, pictures of kids jumping off wharves in the Hokianga, silly stories about domestic animals etc.
Sure a few things have happened overseas but they don't really affect us even though we like to think we are part of the world. The Herald over the last few weeks has reflected the way that things should be here. Nice and sleepy with nothing much to bother us. OK, a bloke got shot at the weekend, all very sad and should never have happened but did 'cos government interfered with the Prisons Department but that got the sort of reaction I like from the Duty Minister or whatver Ruth Dyson calls herself when she is the government. 'We must look into this and make sure the processes are robust. Now please go away because I have a dozen Heinekens chilling off nicely in the fridge'.
I like this style of government. Trot out 'Meaningless statement No 1, Holiday Period for the use of' and do nothing. This is the way life should be organised. It won't last unfortunately as all the irritating ratbags will back form their hols soon.
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