Doledrums

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1. marty mars 1

   18 July 2015 at 10:20 am

   The Gnat answer…

   Nothing’s Going to Happen
   maybe all the aunts in the world
   will sip sweetly
   at their cups of tea
   and almost say one word
   of anything but what they’ve learnt
   from all the uncles
   who raise horses laughs
   and hopeful stiff pricks in the general direction
   of anywhere but home

   Nothing’s Going to Happen(x2)

   maybe all the children in small rooms
   will fall silent
   at a wall or window
   and forget to breathe
   for just one minute
   because of some beauty
   that has not been altered, damned or pointed out
   by the clumsy dark oafs that train them

   Nothing’s Going to Happen (x2)

   then again
   all the time
   every minute
   neverending
   unrelenting
   all around us
   without pausing
   endless endless
   all pervading
   movement motion
   this way that way
   ticktock
   freefall
   love love kiss kiss
   me me do be
   is
   was
   I
   me
   b
   c
   d
   e
   f
   g
   h
   i think nothings going to happen ….
   • Jenny Kirk 1.1

     18 July 2015 at 9:14 pm

     Love it !
2. weka 2

   18 July 2015 at 10:37 am

   oh come on trp (and marty!)

   There is no depression in New Zealand,
   There are no cows on our farms,
   There is no depression in New Zealand,
   We can all keep perfectly calm.

   Everybody’s talking about The GFC
   Everybody’s talking about The GFC
   But we’re as safe as safe can be,
   There’s no unrest in this country
   We have no hungry kids,
   We have no homelessness,
   We have no racism,
   We have no sexism, sexism, no, no

   There is no depression in New Zealand,
   There are no teeth in our heads
   There is no depression in New Zealand,
   We sleep in a well made bed
   Oh but everybody’s talking about the GCSB
   Yes everybody’s talking about the GCSB,
   But we’re as safe as safe can be,
   There’s no unrest in this country
   We have no SIS,
   We have no secrets,
   We have no rebellion;
   We have no valium, valium, no, no

   There is no depression in New Zealand;
   There are no cows on our farms,
   There is no depression in New Zealand;
   oh we can all keep perfectly calm,
   perfectly calm,
   perfectly calm,
   perfectly calm,
   perfectly calm…
   • weka 2.1

     18 July 2015 at 10:38 am

     with apologies to Blam Blam Blam.

     http://www.folksong.org.nz/no_depression_in_NZ/index.html
   • Jenny Kirk 2.2

     18 July 2015 at 9:14 pm

     + 100 % too
3. marty mars 3

   18 July 2015 at 10:56 am

   just because I can…
4. maui 4

   18 July 2015 at 11:27 am

   All will be ok if we all choose the flag of the kiwi with the rainbow coming out it’s bottom come November. Combined with a successful name change would also have other countries forget who we are so we don’t have to own up to anything.
   • cogito 4.1

     18 July 2015 at 12:07 pm

     Easier just to adopt the flag of the PRC.
5. ruup 5

   18 July 2015 at 11:44 am

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsjjE8jXDts

   as “The Boss” says.

   “Death To My Hometown”

   Well, no cannon ball did fly, no rifles cut us down
   No bombs fell from the sky, no blood soaked the ground
   No powder flash blinded the eye
   No deathly thunder sounded
   But just as sure as the hand of God
   They brought death to my hometown
   They brought death to my hometown

   Now, no shells ripped the evening sky
   No cities burning down
   No army stormed the shores for which we’d die
   No dictators were crowned
   I awoke on a quiet night, I never heard a sound
   The marauders raided in the dark
   And brought death to my hometown
   They brought death to my hometown

   They destroyed our families, factories
   And they took our homes
   They left our bodies on the plains
   The vultures picked our bones

   So, listen up my sonny boy, be ready when they come
   For they’ll be returning sure as the rising sun
   Now get yourself a song to sing
   And sing it ’til you’re done
   Sing it hard and sing it well
   Send the robber barons straight to hell
   The greedy thieves who came around
   And ate the flesh of everything they found
   Whose crimes have gone unpunished now
   Who walk the streets as free men now

   They brought death to our hometown, boys
   Death to our hometown
   Death to our hometown, boys
   Death to our hometown
   • Jenny Kirk 5.1

     18 July 2015 at 9:20 pm

     Love it !
   • North 5.2

     18 July 2015 at 10:13 pm

     Thanks for that link Ruup……many, many thanks ! A stirring song of protest if ever there was one…….there’s the pain of the Irish in there. In fact I’m gonna watch it again !

     Thanks too TRP for the post so aptly titled “Doledrums”. Most people I know in my life, private and professional, know what that’s about.

     Meanwhile the Cock Star’s over in Hawaii scheming on how to get the Obamas to the fucking family wedding. And driving the hardest bargain with the E! Channel……Fuck Me ! Rome burns…..
6. cogito 6

   18 July 2015 at 11:47 am

   “change should come from the top”

   Real change comes when ordinary people rise up and demand it.

   On Tuesday this week – 14th July – it was Bastille Day and I was delighted to see the French flag flying high in commemoration, right here in NZ. The French people rose up on that fateful day in 1789 under the banner of Liberté, égalité, fraternité and created momentous change.

   In today’s terms the 99% took on the 1% and changed a nation.

   It needs to happen again…
   • Draco T Bastard 6.1

     18 July 2015 at 1:52 pm

     +1
7. infused 7

   18 July 2015 at 11:57 am

   So we are staring into the abyss. National have no answers. After squandering the positive economy they inherited from the last Labour Government

   This is why no one takes you seriously.
   • Macro 7.1

     18 July 2015 at 12:35 pm

     If you think anyone takes you seriously……..
     You really are confused.
   • Lanthanide 7.2

     18 July 2015 at 12:53 pm

     The worst thing National did was cut taxes. Everything that has come afterwards, has been because of their self-imposed budget constraints.

     I am confident that Helen and Cullen would have steered NZ through the GFC and the earthquakes better than National did.
     • Jenny Kirk 7.2.1

       18 July 2015 at 9:16 pm

       Yup ! that tax cut to the rich was the killer !
   • Draco T Bastard 7.3

     18 July 2015 at 1:55 pm

     Even Bill English said that the economy was in excellent position to withstand the GFC when National first got into power. Of course, as the truth doesn’t fit National’s narrative, they’ve been blaming Labour ever since for their own failings.
8. red-blooded 8

   18 July 2015 at 12:09 pm

   Except you, apparently, Sabine. One wonders why you visit and comment so frequently if there’s nothing worth thinking about or any opinions worth valuing being explored on this site…
   • Sabine 8.1

     18 July 2015 at 3:17 pm

     ??
   • Jenny Kirk 8.2

     18 July 2015 at 9:17 pm

     eh ? ?
9. Lanthanide 9

   18 July 2015 at 12:49 pm

   “in a land of milk and insurance money.”
   Nice line.
10. Scintilla 10

    18 July 2015 at 1:44 pm

    I think the farming vote is up for grabs. The traditional farmers are not happy about corporate farms and their practices; they will be viewing the prospect of more corporate take-overs as they swoop on mortgagee/must go sales, with horror.

    My opinion is based on some informal research I did as a census collector in a rural area, where I met every occupier in that space, approx 200 houses/dwellings. An area that encompassed some grain, traditional beef , moving more into dairy; forestry, a few lifestylers. Some very large farms had been created by purchasing several blocks and turning them into dairy monoliths. This is on sand country with good underground water, not far from the coast. The monoliths got consent (how??) to drill for water, costing millions, that the local farmers were deeply worried about with regard to the health and longevity of aquifers. Drill too deep and you might strike seawater? One of these huge farms had cleared every tree from the coast back a few miles and effectively created a wind tunnel. They could afford to drop fert/water by helicopter, one was up all day doing it that I saw, and they were putting in massive irrigators. $8million worth. Sustainable? Don’t think so.

    It was plain that the incomers were not welcomed and they were getting flak in the community. A cup of tea, and being an interested listener enabled me to “take the temperature” of this area and it was pretty hot.

    National is not the traditional kiwi farmers’ party anymore.
    • Colonial Rawshark 10.1

      18 July 2015 at 11:13 pm

      sharp observations
11. Sable 11

    18 July 2015 at 1:45 pm

    Sounds like their is nothing left to milk for the diary industry or Keys grubby government…..
12. Clemgeopin 12

    18 July 2015 at 2:49 pm

    “New Zealand can’t afford another two years of this mediocre and muddled leadership”

    The poor buggers are trying hard in their own little dodgy ways using all their own crooked brainy powers.

    For example…

    McCully sells sheep,
    Joyce sells horseshit,
    Smith sells graveyards,
    Brownlee sells Christchurch,
    Bennett sells state houses,
    English sells spin and bullshit,
    Bridges sells lots of bridges,
    Parata sells charter schools,
    Tolley sells poor beneficiaries down the drain,
    Guy sells swamp kauri,
    Lotu Liga sells private prisons,
    Collins sells milk interests,
    Williamson sells nails to wealthy neighbours,
    Hudson sells copycat websites,
    Woodhouse sells too much immigration,
    Key sells this entire country and its soul hook, line and sinker!

    What a great team! What have we done to deserve them?
    • Stuart Munro 12.1

      18 July 2015 at 3:21 pm

      NZ never built its democracy from the ground up – we inherited a system from a more mature polity. While our leaders respected the conventions of Westminster democracy they could not do much harm.

      Now we have a generation of politicians who lie and steal and cheat with what they fondly imagine is impunity. Our garden has become overrun with noxious weeds, which must be eliminated root and branch. We have let the weeding get away on us – it’s time to put in a few hours of solid effort, and maybe a barrier mulch. Il faut cultiver notre jardin.
13. Colonial Viper 13

    18 July 2015 at 2:59 pm

    Does Labour (and Grant Robertson as finance spokesperson) embrace an economic model which would allow them to spend more into the economy and hence hold off recession?

    Or will they follow the neoliberal track, believing that government spending into the economy must be cut if government revenues start to fall due to a slow down?

    Is Labour aware that eliminating the flow of private sector hot money into the Auckland housing market will severely dampen down economic activity in Auckland and compensatory spending will be required from the public purse?
14. keyman 14

    18 July 2015 at 7:01 pm

    john has to held to account hes promised the brighter future time to delivery johnny the clock is ticking
15. Lucy 15

    18 July 2015 at 8:01 pm

    We were on the cusp of something special!!! Yea at least a recession (if we are super lucky!)
    • keyman 15.1

      19 July 2015 at 8:39 am

      did you notice David Cameron used same something special during the British election a hollow statement from a hollow men
16. Mike the Savage One 16

    19 July 2015 at 1:16 am

    Let the depression come, let more negative statistics rule the headlines in the media, let the people feel the pain, and let us wait a little, and we may get a vote that will be robust again, given the people will have become totally disillusioned with Key and his Natsies gang.

    Having an election now would not necessarily bring the result we need, so be patient is my advice, we are in for a perfect storm to hit the economy, and it will get even worse next year, I expect.

    So in the meantime, sting them with needles, prick them continuously, with hard questions in Parliament’s question time, and perhaps (for a change) drilling questions by the media, which will bare the nerves of the government members, they will sweat and shiver, every day, even before getting out of bed.

    This last week alone, with an intense debate about the housing disaster in Auckland, with shocking drops in dairy auction prices, with two to three days of leaked mobile phone pictures of inmates in a Serco run prison fighting, smoking dope and drinking booze, laughing, cracking jokes, and teasing guards via a radio they are not meant to have.

    Yes, the gloss is coming off fast now, off the ship being “captained” by John Key, the drunken sailor. It is going to hit an iceberg soon, all hell is loose.

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