Political grandstanding appears to be the flavour of the week. There was another example by that damned woman on Monday which I didn't mention yesterday as it somewhat paradoxically diluted my ire over the VC business. On the same day she was shamelessly trying to muscle in on the bravery under fire she 'allowed' herself to be photographed on equally alien turf. There was extensive coverage of the country's most prominent childless married (sic) woman sitting on the floor in a Kindy reading stories to 'young New Zealanders'. What a syrupy, saccharine laden crock. I wend my way throught this morning's rag thinking my weekly dose of nausea has been taken like a man and I am home free. But no. Buried somewhere in the depths there is a picture of someone from Emirates Team New Zealand doing the wave from the boat as they go past the Kiwi supporters on the dock. Wait a minute that's not Dalton or Barker, its bloody Bovver Boy. There is Trevor damned Mallard kitted up like an up wind genoa trimmer in the skin tight racing tee shirt and official cap doing the royal wave. The 'I'm part of the Team' look is nauseating on a biblical scale. He (Mallard) has announced that he (Mallard) has decided that $10 mil will be available immediately to retain the core of ETNZ. Whilst I applaud his sentiment and I think it is a top move, the arrogance of the man to paint himself as the one who as a good Kiwi bloke makes the unilateral decision is a telling sanpshot of the attitude of this Government.
A better than average Editorial this morning which harps back to the West Auckland Labour Laove In at the weekend. Although the political grandstanding the current bunch of government ratbags have applied the afterburners to this week is bad, to be fair politicians of all flavours do it. It, rather disappointingly, is what politics seems to about these days. What really gets me about the current lot is their policy platform and even more the ideology behind it. The editor quite reasonably use the free kindy time to illustrate that Labour's welfare for all policies benefit them politically but the nation in practical terms hardly at all. Give welfare to all (to be fair) but the reality is that those who benefit most are those who don't need it.
Welfare as a concept has been irrevocably tainted by this bloody equality nonsense. We have reached a stage here where about 35% of the country are receiving some form of state handout or another. There are even families with a family income in excess of $100,000 who are entitled to something if they have a footy team of kids. Welfare should be means tested - and I'm sure that was the idea when most of the programs were invented back across the mists of time. Put totally laudable ideas in the hands of left leaning politicians and they employ zillions of bureaucrats to come up with the current versions of things like the RMA and DPB. I can only see it ending in tears.
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