Invercargill Airport - 1960s Heritage Area

Posted 19th June 2015 to the Southland Times Newspaper Invercargill NZ

I have to say...
I think its sad we can’t preserve the Old Invercargill Airport Terminal as a 1960s Heritage Building....  It is so quintessentially 1960s that it stands out like an Icon of the Era.
So before it is Bulldozed into oblivion someone should have a 1960s Party there with some bootleg Beatles and Classic 1960s Cars....

It could actually make a theme Restaurant if it wasn’t for the lack of affordable parking.. Sort of  Like they did with the classic 1960s Viewing Structure at Los Angeles International Airport..

Yes Invercargill is not LA but it has a certain Retro Charm missing in other cities. Somehow I could just see 1960s Kiwiana on display and 1960s Stewardess’s waiting tables as guests watch the 1960s Style Cessna Planes come and go across the Runway... Reflecting of the days when The Smelter wasn’t on life-support and we had a District Health Board and John Key was just a Schoolboy with a crazy dream.

*Published 22nd June under "Airport Terminal" page 6

Euthenasia Debate - Radio NZ 2015

Posted 14th June 2015 to the Radio New Zealand Sunday Program



 The Question of Euthanasia is simple, the answer is complicated
Simply it is about the Question over whether the State has control of your Body and Mind

The Answer is YES they do but there is a mess of historical baggage that brought this about

Now we are in the enlightened 21st Century and we are facing down Catastrophic over-population
I Think we might need to change our mindset.  We know now that every Human is a random Genetic Experiment
brought into existence with out consultation,  Into a mostly Narcissistic Society a lot of things can go very wrong.
I think there should be a humane re think about individuals having a planetary exit policy.

Taking into account of course that many people are virtual Robot like workers and are invaluable service the economy.

Calling Bullshit - Sonny Tau 2015

Posted 13th June 2015 to Radio New Zealand Saturday Morning Program

 I have always been skeptical about encouraging Tribalism as it is the Cause of Great Misery in this modern World.
Sonny Tau on your show this AM is a prime example of why Tribalism Sucks because its undemocratic unaccountable Leaders act like Sonny Tau, his “tone” is one of an Old Fashioned un-educated Alpha Male and his reasoning is pure narcissism based on bodymass and Intimidating Language. 

You gotta feel sorry for the people of Ngapuhi who are forced to move to Australia to get away from such a dismal concept as being one of “His People”

Yes Sonny, White People can be poor but at least they are not Pawns in a Tribe

FYI Sonny, when the Workers of all Races where united there WAS prosperity!

Rural Angst - Suicide Watch NZ 2015

Posted 15th of June 2015 to the Southland Times Newspaper Invercargill NZ

It seems that working the land these days is not as good a lifestyle choice as it once was if anecdotal news correct
It’s hard with the reporting of self administrated euthanasia not available to the general Public but it seems we have an invisible epidemic

Traditionally Farms have been family operations and Families like tribes have workers who fall though the cracks when it comes to state protection against
exploitation  It might be wise to Remember that our Social Welfare System is what we all pay into to prevent suffering from all portions of the population

Rolling the Welfare state back to stone age levels because of a few bad apples really just tortures every one and traps people in untenable social situations and economic exploitation
If you do the maths, every prisoner we lock up for being miserable and hopeless is like the Taxpayer Buying them a 4 bedroom house in Auckland every year they are in jail. So quitting life is like a act of community compassion.

The emotional cost to the Nation is un countable for State sponsored misery  so politicians say please try not to talk about in the media.

I call BS on that.

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Battle of Faith & Science - USA 2015

Posted 12th June to the New York Times Newspaper Manhattan Island USA

 It’s a sorry arse situation with the good old USA, The Climate Change Issue has become a proxy battle between faith and Science
Half the Voters think Man should fix this Problem and Half think it’s up to a God...

Comedian Bill Maher has pointed out recently that there is a chorus of angry right-wingers saying Christianity in under siege in the USA
But he could not find any particular person, political group or movement that is attacking them apart from himself.

But Bill neglected to mention the Scientific & Academic community wanting action on Climate Change and Overpopulation and asking how to deal with the unwanted and unloved
Climate refugees.

President Obama and the Voters of the USA are going to have to decide if Humanity can save its-self from a terrible fate ...or...  get their heads together and sort it out with the designer of the Universe’s Human representatives for some extraterrestrial action!

I think we all know who is going to fail.

 

Southland's Solid Energy Future - Debate 2015

Posted 3rd June 2015 to the Southland Times Newspaper Invercargill NZ

Good on David Russell for his opinion on Solid Energy May 30th. I recall saying a word or two to Jack Murrell in this Paper a while back,
Argueing Southland’s Coal Reserves are a strategic reserve best left in the Ground, looks like That’s a good plan now.
The World is a changing too fast now to plan ahead we are living on borrowed Money and Borrowed Time the traditional lines of
Race, Politics and Culture are globally changing into a Divide between the Narcissists and the Empaths, one side say steal from our Children an the other
Says we can ALL have a great life with less greed.  Our Energy needs and our employment Prospects all depend on the outcome of this struggle. It is Clear that Southland and Westland industries are going to be greatly effected by Energy Issues so some sort of contingency plan might be in order that dare I say involves a level of social empathy not seem here since the 1970s ! 

(photo: Jack Murrell)

*Published June 4th titled An Empath Writes

Campbell Live Debate - Kim Hill RNZ

Posted to Radio New Zealand's Saturday Morning program 23rd May 2015

Kim Laments the passing of John Campbell's Show but as I write often since the Ineternet is the source of all Audio Visual News Television has to
Invest in Satirical news, If John Clarke did John Campbell's Job the Views would be a lot more Responsive, in the USA John Oliver, Bill Maher, Steven Clobert and Jon Stewart recycle the News and Poke fun at it as well as poke the wrong doers in the Ribs. Also Fox News is a right-wing Parody of the News and both sides can bounce off each other.

Frankly I hardly watch Jon Campbell as Kim Hill is to me the premier media Presenter and Radio NZ Covers the Nation as a whole and not just Auckland with is a different country all togeather.

The World is ever Changing and John Campbell has not adapted.. He might make a superb Radio NZ  broadcaster if someone asks him nicely : )