Advice for Lindsay Mitchell

http://lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com/2010/10/saving-wildlife.html

A more acceptable form of slaughter

"A woman has died from the injuries she suffered when an alleged drunk-driver ploughed into her car while she and a friend were having a coffee by the side of the road near Otaki.

Shelagh Cotter, 69, died in Palmerston North Hospital about 3am today, about 15 hours after she and a 62-year-old companion were struck by an out-of-control car as they sat on a grass verge on a rural road just south of Otaki..."

Now this case has many parallels with the shooting death last weekend.

Both involve gross criminal negligence causing death and only happened because widely publicized laws were broken. Laws created to prevent exactly these types of needless deaths happening.

But one thing IS different.

The lack of righteous howls of outrage towards the latter. Because it happens so bloody often that a death by drunk driver is barely newsworthy. We have become so used to this happening.

WE shouldn't be. We SHOULD be outraged. A car driven by a drunk is like a bullet fired at random into a populated area.

No better- no worse.

I will be interested to see the fate of the two defendants in these two cases...

The Trendy Undead

"...Halloween is only two days away and people are flocking to costume stores.

Instead, vampire outfits are extremely popular following the success of the Twilight books and movies, and TV series True Blood, Christchurch people were opting for less traditional get-ups..."

Could it be that people have become used to evil, blood-sucking leeches living amongst us?

It wouldn't surprise me.

They are everywhere. From the heights of government, the feeders on corporate welfare, the idle able-bodied- down to the thieving criminal classes.

Every day there are more and more- feasting without thinking (as they once did) of what will happen when they drain the host.

So why am I not surprised that vampire costumes are extremely popular...

A novel concept

So- giving businesses that provide work and create wealth tax breaks actually ENCOURAGES them!

Now who would have thought?

So... cutting taxes might INCREASE productivity across the board?

An idea who's time had come!

(but don't hold your breath waiting)

A parents anguish

And all it's worth is a community sentence and three years loss of licence.

I could not be so understanding.

As for the judge- where was the example to others set?

UPDATE:

This article echos my sentiments well.

Good to see

Something I have advocated for years is MP's riding along with our emergency services to see what actually goes on out there.

"...Louise Upston, National MP for Taupo, was with police in Turangi on Friday night to see at first hand the harm caused by alcohol when they were called to the shooting of Lower Hutt teacher Rosemary Ives, 25, about 11pm..."

Not what you might expect to see, perhaps, but 'expect the unexpected' is life working emergency services!

We probably would not have heard about her riding along, were it not for the totally preventable tragedy that occurred that night...

What one?

Camo and hopefully not be noticed or try to be spotted. Either way-not be potted.

Perhaps shades at night-time might prevent the bit between your eyes being targeted.

When you have fuckwits that can't tell the difference between a woman brushing her teeth, a deer or a possum- it's not a clear choice.

Hide from fuckwits or try harder to be recognized.

What would YOU go for?

Myself, I have my son wearing a blaze orange hat. I guess that answers the question for me...

MG42

Nothing else says 'Stick your reparations up your arse' quite like the MG 42

That old devil, time.

You know you are getting older when the re-enactors are wearing the same kit YOU used to wear in the army.

Happened to me today at the open day at Wright's Hill Fortress...

No accident- CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE

"...He was told the 25-year-old was brushing her teeth and had been mistaken for a deer.

A 25-year-old Hamilton man charged with careless use of a firearm will appear in the Taupo District Court on November 3.

The newspaper said it understood he shot her from the road alongside the camp site, after seeing her in his spotlight and thinking she was a deer or possum.

The woman, believed to be from Wellington, died metres from her tent in the Department of Conservation campsite on Kaimanawa Rd..."

Why is it that trigger- happy types that can't tell the difference between a deer or a possum or a human for that matter- always seem to hit what they are aiming at!

As for hunting next to a camping ground- I hope this idiot gets the full penalty of law dumped on him!

UPDATE:

This cretin broke about every rule in the book. He should be going to prison for manslaughter, but this being the land of small consequences- it will probably be home detention or a token prison term.

The inevitable NZ knee-jerk reaction is 'tighter or more laws'. None of which would have changed a thing as he broke a bunch of them committing this crime.

As is so often the case, we have perfectly adequate laws for this situation. The judiciary need to start using the maximum penalties rather than the minimums!

Back on Nanny's Tit

"Work and Income has reinstated benefit payments for a provocative artist who failed to tell the agency he received payment for an exhibition promoting unemployment.

Out-of-work artist Tao Wells received a Creative New Zealand grant which he used to create a "beneficiaries' office" in Wellington...

...He did not tell Work and Income about the grant, and his benefit was suspended on Friday last week after the agency became aware of it.

"I'm trying to be honest. I did receive the amount, but it breaks down to a very low amount."

Wells told The Dominion Post his benefit was reinstated on Wednesday, after he and a beneficiaries' advocate met Work and Income staff. "It was a complete turnaround."..."

I believe his mission has be accomplished. Publicity.

What private employer would go near the twat? He might as well have 'troublemaker' tattooed across his forehead.

It's a government job* or the dole- but then I repeat myself...

* Standard exclusion applies to all those involved in defense, policing (actual, not traffic), medical services, corrections or stuff that is of some tangible good and a valid function of government. You wouldn't find this bastard in any of those roles, in any case!

Stuff I would like to see

Warner's sue the Actors unions leaders for losses incurred in NZ. Hello bankruptcy.

All western troops pulled out of third-world shitholes. You can't help them- don't pretend to try.

All aid to third-world shitholes goes with the troops.

US troops to secure their southern boarder- this will need a change in government, which leads to my next item.

Democrats AND Republicans go the way of the buffalo- no, make that the Mammoth.

Peter Jackson is so pissed off that he pours millions into Weta and develops 'Tru2Life' CGA characters. All meat actors are now doing panto for schoolkids.

Uppity Union pricks

Nothing that the odd horse's head in the bed wouldn't sort out!

When you are talking about a 1/2 billion dollar movie, with millions already spent- these sort of things can happen.

Hopefully...

Whinging bloody teachers

For a great many years, teachers have bitched about the pittance they receive. (the pay scales for secondary teachers are here)

So- how can they expect any sympathy when they go into this career FULL KNOWING that the pay is not that flash? (which I dispute!)

Do those choosing to stack shelves at the Red Shed get any sympathy when they plead their plight?

The same with coppers complaining about having to deal with crims, doctors and nurses who don't like blood or soldiers who care for PT and green uniforms. For all, sympathy is in the dictionary between 'Shit' and 'Syphilis'.

Perhaps a change of work is needed.

Where the only question you need to ask is regarding 'wanting fries with that'...

Chardonnay Socialists

"The boss of New Zealand's largest vehicle company wants Kiwis to pay more for their petrol.

Toyota New Zealand CEO Alistair Davis says our fuel prices are far too low - the fourth-lowest in the OECD in fact.

That's encouraging us not only to own bigger cars, but to drive them longer distances. And that means we're in reverse when it comes to meeting international greenhouse gas emission obligations..."

What I would like is to stuff a live rat up this shit-eating greenie's arse!

It's often said the 'being green' is a wet dream for those with plenty of disposable income. Enough that they wouldn't be put out by doubling the price of fuel.

Meanwhile, back in the real world...

NOW I'm getting angry!

"Three of New Zealand's leading writers have been honoured at tonight's annual Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement.

Joy Cowley, James McLeish and Cilla McQueen will each receive $60,000 in recognition of their contribution to New Zealand literature..."

If they are achieving, they don't need the lolly!

What's next- prizes for street sweepers for keeping the main street clear of fag-ends?

or artists

Striking resemblance...

Music Appreciation

After having to sit through Singstar karaoke performed by pre-teen girls and a few adults that should have known better...

Work schemes for the terminally idle

A great job for dole-bludging, so-called artists!

(also an excellent source of work for criminals)

Send this prick to the workhouse

"An out-of-work artist is setting up a taxpayer-funded "beneficiaries' office" in downtown Wellington to promote the virtues of being unemployed.

He is part of a $53,000 performance art installation series paid for by Creative New Zealand and Wellington City Council.

Creative NZ is defending its decision to provide a $40,000 grant but said last night it was unaware of the installation's "precise content" when the grant was signed off.

Tao Wells, 37, advocates the opportunities and benefits of unemployment and says it is unfair that long-term beneficiaries are labelled bludgers for exploiting the welfare system.

Wells' installation, The Beneficiary's Office, urges people to abandon jobs they don't like rather than suffering eight hours of "slavery"..." (Bold mine)

Who pays for the likes of this idle fuck?

A host of people working at jobs they don't particularly like.

"...Wells denied his pro-unemployment stance was hypocritical when he was being paid $2000 for the project. "We should never be forced to take a job. If you're forced to take a job it's a punishment. If a job's a punishment then society must be a prison..."

Yes, you should be free to chose- and free to starve...