The Daily Blog Open Mic – Tuesday – 26th April 2016

1. Did anybody watch this interview that Jack Tame, TVNZ’s US correspondent, had with Paula Bennett, which was shown on Q+A on the weekend?

   http://tvnz.co.nz/q-and-a-news/climate-change-paris-agreement-signed-video-6464414

   I must say, for the man with the school boy look, Jack Tame can actually hold good interviews, I thought.

   He had Bennett put on the spot, challenged her repeatedly re dodgy emmission trade instruments the government allowed to be used until June last year, while other governments already criticised these questionable “carbon credits” and stopped allowing them.

   Bennett was again rather talking about the momentum of what other countries do, than what plan the NZ government may have. She did at times look like she was very uncomfortable with the questions asked, and looked almost like squirming in a moment or two.

   I had hoped that someone here on TDB had written a post on this interview, and Bennett’s weak, unconvincing, talk, offering little of relevance at all.

   Once again, Paula Bennett is a mouthpiece that talks a lot of drivel, that distracts and diverts attention from what matters, and that has NO real answers and solutions to offer.

   I do not think she would have a job in any government in any place in Europe, she would fall under the required minimum qualification and competency standard threshold in almost any country, but in NZ she gets away with anything, as the Prime Minister’s and Depute Prime Ministers pet.

   • National has a climate change plan, and it’s perfect for National’s short-term agenda of fuck everyone’s future and run with the money now:

     1.Operate financial scams that do nothing to reduce emissions.

     2. Promote all kinds of activities that exacerbate the global and the local planetary meltdown predicament -tourism, rampant consumption, road transport, use of concrete and asphalt, petroleum exploration, mining etc. -but which allow corporations and opportunists to make a fast buck.

     3. Promote construction of infrastructure that will be under water a decade or two from now and call it ‘sustainable development’.

     4. Encourage city, district and regional councils to promote activities and policies that make everything worse faster.

     5. Block discussion of climate change in all places the government has influence .

     6. Lie to the general populace on a continuous basis.

     By the way, the lowest Arctic ice cover ever recorded for this day of the year, and declining rapidly:

     https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/vishop/vishop-extent.html

     together with extraordinarily high atmospheric CO2 and rising faster than ever:

     https://scripps.ucsd.edu/programs/keelingcurve/wp-content/plugins/sio-bluemoon/graphs/mlo_two_years.png

2. Thanks for the link Mike. The fact is, the Key National government abandoned the Kyoto protocol and refused to take part in it anymore. Bennett should have been pulled up over that. These so called agreements are nothing more than pr stunts because unless ratified and committed to by all, it’s never going to work, as history has already shown. Bennett doesn’t even know when NZ will ratify the agreement and therefore shows a lack of commitment on the National government’s part. Bennett seemed more star struck on who was there signing the Paris agreement than the content of the agreement itself. She blabs on about having a huge opportunity to make a real difference, but then admits that the major target of the Paris agreement will not be easy for NZ to reach, and saying what she might do for their 2020 target was a joke, National won’t even be in government by then. Typical Crosby Textor electioneering line there that doesn’t wash. National have been in power for almost 8 years now, and our emissions haven’t improved or changed at all. Bennett contradicted and lied her way thought the interview. I thought Jack Tame did very well indeed. I was surprised because he’s TV One, which I no longer watch anymore.

3. About tie these up and coming journalists put some heat on this slack corrupt government.

4. I would like to watch the interview, but I know I will just feel ashamed that Bennett is part of what New Zealand calls its Government. Sadly I have good friends who have decided to leave NZ because of our farcical Government, believe it or not. Yes, in their eyes, it’s that bad!
   I am tempted to follow.

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