Tim Groser Gets A Bit TPPsy

Well, the Nats have apparently locked us into another trading agreement that does little to solve NZ's balance of payments problems. Better in than out they claim, but it does seem odd that the TPPA began as an attempt to get better access for NZ into markets that usually shut us out or slap high tariffs and quotas on our exports. All we seem to be getting are some more dead rats to swallow while we wait for some trade restrictions to gradually come down.
More will be revealed in time but I am not optimistic that the Nats will have the guts to do what is really needed - and that is to put a fair trade levy on goods imported from countries that do not offer us the same access to their markets that we give them. Very few businesses would keep going the way we run our economy. No wonder we are heavily in debt as a trading nation and selling off our land, businesses and houses etc is no solution to keep us afloat.

More Mass Shootings in the USA

Many people find very little association with NZ's culture or unique symbolism in the Red Peak flag - so what about adding a Kiwi?

TPPA

My Anti-TPPA poster for the rally in Whangarei in The Town Basin at 11am on Saturday August 15th. Quoting Tim Groser - "Nothing is too big to fail and therefore no one can ever say for sure that TPP will certainly happen. But this has all the smell of a negotiation that is ripe for the plucking."
Get ready to be plucked folks!

Alternative NZ Flags

I succumbed to the temptation to having a crack at designing a new flag - even tho' I did not see the need to change the old one. Below are 2 of the most popular I designed and one I liked the best by Sophie Wilson - out of thousands submitted.

Heres To The New Year Of The Rising Sun

For those of us 'Down Under" in NZ, the longest night has passed and we can now look forward to the days lengthening again and the warmer weather to come. It is time to plant garlic and and dig in some deciduous fruit trees etc. Mind you, most of us here know that the really colder weather has yet to bite our finger tips. May the New Solar Year be a good one for you and all your kin.

Chilling Out

This cartoon was drawn 10 years ago. Time flies,and now it is that time once again!