Bet Shane Jones wishes he was French right now :) ...if this is the worst stuff he's ever done then I can live with that...unless of course all we want is pointy heady rich dudes runnin the country... then by all means go ahead and crucify Shane and every other politican for these indiscretions...Despite what most people think the reality is these guys don't get paid anywhere near enough for the intrusions into their personal lives, time spent away from their families and on it goes...

Pause and breathe people... the choice is pretty straigh forward althought the medicine won't be to the nation's taste... pay them realistically and give them an allowance they can spend as they choose or accept from time to time this sort of stuff is gonna happen

...they are human just like us and as such by nature flawed... on occassion they are going to make dumb choicess...haven't you? Then again maybe there are fairies and leprechauns down the bottom of my garden ready to turn me into the perfect human

Tall poppies and glass houses...be careful with our often unrealistic expectations of others... What are the chances of Shane Jones doing this again? Zero...the guy will become that perfect being...if we are capable of forgiveness...

Thing is, as a nation there is something deeply amiss in our psyche and it is this: the speed with which we move to apportion blame to others, our penchant for punishment and our unwillingness to forgive.

Enjoy the weekend folks :)