Posts by Rosemary McDonald
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Speaker: Why we need to stop talking…, in reply to BenWilson,
We just have to accept that we are moving towards truth
Right there.
When Kirk says "adversarial"...my reaction (gut) is a courtroom, where although the point of the exercise is supposed to be arriving at the truth...it so often ends up that he who has the most wriggly-arsed lawyer wins. The actual, irrefutable truth falls victim to the war of words. The truth lies bleeding out while the winners slap each other on the back.
Which is probably why so many MPs began their lives as lawyers.
Politics should be about fact, the truth, the actual reality of peoples' lives, how 'the system' affects them. It should be about finding what works for individuals and specific groups...who so often know what would work for them...but it hardly ever happens.
And as we cry foul...they pump out yet MORE spin (from a never ending supply of the stuff) to reassure us that they are on to it...getting it sorted...like this, da dum!
Yet another govt press release. More bullshit. And we continue to cry foul.
So, to survive, you either stop thinking and vote because you're supposed to and they tell you are irresponsible if you don't, or your default position becomes "everything any politician or bureaucrat says is a lie.", and completely disconnect from "politics" and voting altogether. That's me.
I want to vote. I want change...oh god do I want change.
But...I'm not going to be swayed by more of the same.
Give me facts. Give me the truth. Be perfectly transparent and honest.
Let me see people that I can relate to presenting ideas in a manner that makes me feel like a participant...not merely an observer, or a potential voter.
To use the Living Wage do as an example....carers get crap pay, those being being cared for by the underpaid carers think not only that the carers are being devalued by their hourly rate but the care recipients are also being insulted.
Care recipients and their families speak to management and management responds with threats.
WTF? ( Seriously bad move)
Now, we have two theoretically disparate groups brought together by corporate greed and exploitative practices. No fancy language needed...just the real facts.
Throw in some information from a plain speaking statistician type, get some hard talk from 'establishment' types talking about rights...to fair pay and freedom of speech...
We got ourselves a revolution folks.
The organisers said they invited the Selwyn Foundation to the do...to have a reasoned and non adversarial discussion...and I tend to believe that invite was genuine. I wonder what would have eventuated had they turned up?
PS. Key...mentally deficient or bloody clever?Or simply cunning?
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Speaker: Why we need to stop talking…, in reply to BenWilson,
Key uses it himself all the time,
Damn that man.
Or, dam his mouth?
It beggars belief that he is so effective.
In my dreams, I have a committed National/Key voter pinned down, explaining exactly why they voted the way they did.
What did they think they were going to achieve?
Oh, that's right....
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Not a political nerd, and not flattered by being included in the 'well informed 5%', I found my cynical hackles being raised at the term "strategy".
Even used in the context of changing the narrative to try to get those who thoughtlessly vote to think differently...or even think at all...(and a laudable campaign that may be), I draw back a little, my defenses rise, when I feel that I am being 'worked'. Again.
We may have to invent a whole lot of new words to effect change...because many of the existing words have been irretrievably corrupted.
P.S. The Living Wage meeting in Pt. Chev last night....what a winner. Live streamed, with REAL people, using plain language, with real conviction.
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Hard News: Media Take Takes a Break, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
But, but, later on GE interviewed Nikki http://www.propellorproperties.co.nz/ Connors,
and just when we were wondering how much she paid to get on Natrad...Espiner cut her off. http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/201765211/as-auckland-prices-rise,-investors-look-to-other-nz-centres -
Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Yes, but here….http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/inspire-me/69403275/through-the-eyes-of-a-blind-person
is a not too bad bit of ‘inspiration porn’, featuring a couple of PA posters.
I felt the writer did quite a good job.
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Hard News: Media Take Takes a Break, in reply to Chris Waugh,
engaging, thought-provoking.
and then there's that thing he keeps doing with his hat.....
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Ah!
A rise from the road....taken while waiting for the ice on our Bus tyres to thaw.... -
Hard News: Media Take Takes a Break, in reply to Hilary Stace,
Should be compulsory viewing
Following your directive Hilary....
It is programmes of this quality which almost make me feel disadvantaged not having a telly.
Toi has talent.
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We have seen a thousand sunrises and sunsets in a thousand places around NZ…yet this, taken while we were housebound….
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
I think what I need to find out is why some disability support services are under the auspices of MOH:DSS and some under DHBs.
Perhaps it is something to do with how various regions managed de-instutionalisation?
Or if clients have mental health conditions as well as learning disabilities?
Or if they come under the ID(CC&R) Act, with the associated NIDCA and RIDSAS.
I'm not at all sure...I bet someone out there has a grasp on this....
