Lamenting of Donald J Trump

Posted 8th February 2018 to the Southland Times Invercargill NZ

It’s hard to write about Donald J Trump in the paper but it was good J Wilson did on the 6th about the Laments of voting Trump...  If I had to sum the situation of US politics what once was a friendly game of chess now is a game of good and evil and one side has lost their queen in an illegal move and is only a few moves away from checkmate. And now the arbitrator of the game is being threatened.  Trump was heard joking that opponents  who do not smile and clap for him are traitors in his eyes. If that is a real opinion we should not be lamenting we should all be scared.

The game of Trumps and Mercers

Posted 25th January 2018 to the Dominion post Newspaper Wellington New Zealand

We political observers are very interested in Donald Trumps Mastermind Robert Mercers end game for the USA  but
Donald  seems to have some input as well. As far as we know he has a plan to divide his world into two nations: Normway and Nambia it was the argument is are citizens going to decide where they live on merit points or DNA markers ?

And will they need pass ports.  The Normal people of Normway will of course get all the perks and Nambians are free to work all the like for the Normwegians as long as they go back to Nambia when they are no longer needed.

As for border walls, North Korea discovered that you can built magical invisible walls if you have enough machine gun posts and attack dogs. Less Windows to clean.

We suppose passports will soon be obsolete anyway when number technology makes instant DNA Scans become available...
 
Robert Mercer is a genius at gaming numbers so he will be stoked.

And as for the Mercer’s plan to shrink the government down to the head of a pin, they are almost there as nearly all the US policy is now being managed by PIN heads :-)  (insert photo of Paul Ryan)

Tourism Boom New Zealand 2018

Posted 24th January 2018 to the Advocate South Newspaper Te Anau NZ

 I read that once again Tourists are stressing the local population to the limit because of the weight of numbers
Add this with unseasonal heat and it make for a bit of reflection on where this will all end.
After looking at the problem from an overview, some say it’s the overseas Airplanes that are the problem.
Our resorts and roads where designed for the people of a small sparsely populated nation now the Airlines are a bridge to MASSIVE population centers on a scale we can not comprehend and a lot of those flying  are young people with very little money to spend. So why then come here? It’s a wide open country with a generous taxpayer base who are willing to provide them with infrastructure and scenery as well as personal help in the form of Uber cars, free camping, free National Parks and Air B&B.

The Airlines are not just taking tourists for a ride they are taking us all for a ride. And we have to pay the fare, off shore.
Also the overseas online services are clipping tourism tickets on a big scale too.   

Save Manapouri & Te Anau 2018

Posted 24th January 2018 to the Southland Times Newspaper Invercargill NZ

I am somewhat surprised that Meridian Energy has tried to test the resolve of the environmental movement by asking if they could be allowed to lower lakes Manapouri and Te Anau far below their natural lowest points... One figures to make more money off the electricity spot market.

Guys, this is not a good Idea  You might not have noticed but the WORLD  is at a tipping point and everything you do now is recorded for future judgment. I would not like to be in your boots when you are taken to task over complicity to permanently destroy the beaches on the greater Fiordland Lakes for a few dollars.

Those of us who where around in the 1970s remember the damage caused when the NZED tested the Lake levels to extreme.

You do know if Sir Allen Mark is Red Flagging you for gross neglect under your responsibly to future generations, you might want to take him seriously.  So my helpful advice is don’t do it :-) 

Otago's Wetland Kayak Adventures

Posted 16th January 2018 to the Otago Daily Times Newspaper Dunedin NZ

I have heard about wetland Kayaking in some of the eastern Otagos great wetland areas  but so far no one has done a feature on this summer adventure. The lake Waihola and Waipori area are rich in kayak friendly waterways  but so far only a dedicated few have navigated them. Perhaps these areas could become a feature and local guides could be encouraged ?
Or at very least have a social media presence. Better documentation of Coastal Otago Kayaking Hot Spots might be handy too.

Queenstown's Train of Shame

Posted 16th January to the Mountain Scene Newspaper Queenstown NZ

 It is clear now that the Government is the only hope for the Kingston Flyer as the Private sector is not fit for heritage tourism
Projects. I hope one day the Real Story of the demise of this iconic Steam Train concept will be printed as an example of everything going wrong that can go wrong when private enterprise fails.
At one time the Earnslaw and the Flyer where one package but both when their separate ways so what happened?
When did the Flyer get its curse ?  There is a lesson here to be told... And its not over yet...

Last Jedi - Please Stop

Posted 10th January 2018 to the Southland Times Newspaper Invercargill NZ

If popular movies reflect our current times then I guess the latest Star Wars instalment is saying
It’s all hopeless and the only way to have a fair society is to use magic.  I think Hollywood should have just made this last film the final one.

Every story must have an end and as JRR Tolkien discovered when there is no future plot other than endless conflict and death then it’s time to stop. I mean If we want that story all we have to do is watch CNN.

Even Star Trek has given up on it’s message of hope by enlightenment and caring in favour of war & conflict and sadly our young people are engulfed in the same endless message in Online Games.

I suppose Star Wars is just reflecting our overbearing punitive free-market military industrial Complex instead of just being a Space Western as it original story was viewed. Today it’s role is looking like exporting Americas message of might make right in a grim magical context. The fact is for all it’s faults the Empire keeps order and it is just more sexy and better funded.

I prefer The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy where the galaxy is a humorous bureaucratic muddle and nobody is really in control of detail... People have flaws, Oh and the Ultimate question is the answer to life the universe and everything.
Or as some would say, the Human Condition .

Just Sayin’