ACT have finally released their environmental policy, and it’s a fascist romper stomper blitzkrieg of every worst element of the free market set loose on a rapidly warming planet.
The Zero Carbon Bill would be dumped, the Emissions Trading Scheme would be dumped, the ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration permits would be dumped and mining would be allowed on conservation land.
At a time when Siberia is in flames, California is in flames, the earliest and strongest Hurricane measured coming ashore and a pandemic triggered by destruction of the environment – ACT would like to accelerate the pollution that is sparking this acceleration of climate warming events?
It’s like ACT live in an alternate Star Wars where Luke isn’t saving the Galaxy from the Dark side of the Force and is instead a junkie dirtbag selling cheap drugs to his barely legal girlfriend’s mates.
You know, real dirtbag behaviour.
How can a response to a rapidly warming planet created by pollution be to create MORE POLLUTION?
This is unhinged crazy from ACT who are suffering a rush to the brain from the uncritical support they are gaining from National’s demise. While this is being ignored by the looming eclipse of a Majority Labour Government, the joy with which the Left can paint out the far right economic madness of a National-ACT 2023 Government will ensure Jacinda wins a 3rd term.
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The loopy ACT party with it’s plastic toy leader have no place in the modern world.
Then it must really annoy you that Act is a certainty come October where Greens….not so much. The Greens showed their true colours when they didn’t support the Kermadec marine sanctuary yet want to spend millions on an Ewok village.
Doesn’t annoy, just means I’ll need to purchase a gun to protect myself from ACTs gun toting nut jobs.
What does annoy me is that you, me and every other person’s tax is used to support private Charter schools whose profits aren’t returned to the government. Are you okay with that Frankie? Isn’t that hypocritical?
No it doesn’t.
As someone with 2 degrees and a high A bursary I believe traditional schooling is vastly overrated as a silver bullet to solve our educational needs particularly when it comes to the 20% of students that don’t fit the status quo. If charter schools offer those individuals an opportunity to contribute to society, learn life schools and be employable then that is better than forcing them into a system that doesn’t suit them and is a waste of time and money for all involved. And don’t get me started on tertiary education.
The problem is that the left want everyone to learn under a very narrow ideological range and are resistant to any different opinions when it comes to education. My experiences is that a varied approach to education as opposed to tunnel vision provides the best result for society hence support charter schools as a concept.
Oh dear, you only achieved a high A bursary!
And what educational system was that underachievement achieved in, traditional schooling?
And clearly it wasn’t achieved in English.
Personally I don’t have an issue with Charter schools but as I stated and clearly I have to type slowly for you to comprehend…
…once again tell me why the Government should fund a private business? You know how the right smash out personal responsibility, work hard etc etc, yet Charter schools stand at the front of the line cap in hand.
As an aside my PHD trumps your 2 degrees
Yes Bert; This says ‘everything ACT is planning is toxic to humans and animals’ so this is everything we voters need to push to dump ACT in the rubbish bin of toxic politics,
Thanks to Martyn;
“ACT have finally released their environmental policy, and it’s a fascist romper stomper blitzkrieg of every worst element of the free market set loose on a rapidly warming planet.
The Zero Carbon Bill would be dumped, the Emissions Trading Scheme would be dumped, the ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration permits would be dumped and mining would be allowed on conservation land.”
David forgot to include promoting the burning of tyres in the backyard, to keep warm when having barbeques in the middle of winter etc.
Also, he omitted removing all speed limits on roads. We need to be able to move faster because time is money, and money is the only thing that counts
Also, I think we should be allowed to dump toxic waste in the nearest stream, and push old car bodies off cliff faces into the sea. All the cost of dealing with waste is a terrible drain on the economy. Come to think of it, we should be allowed to dump waste in local reserves. It’s costing me something like $5 a week to have my waste taken away by council contractors.
Shame on David Fuckwit; how dare he overlook my right to do whatever I like and fuck everyone else in the process.
Selfishness and greed rulz, OK.
First of all I do not vote ACT, but when it’s election time small parties have to try and create headlines and talking points to try and gain traction…whether you agree with the policy or not, it’s politics 101.
Maori party saying they will rename NZ and all cities renamed a Maori name (officially) and drop english name…will gain a few votes from maoridom voters and the pakeha wannabes and create a sharp intake of breath from the majority of non Maori voters.
Don’t get your knickers in a bunch Martyn, you know as well as everyone the policies spouted from small parties will never see the light of day enacted as the main party in Govt would never sanction them…welcome to election campaigning.
Using ‘race bait’ eh I’m right,- I am right to accuse you – that was a ‘toxic low blow for you’ to attempt wasn’t it?
Are you getting worried?
Not at all Cleangreen, ACT will be in parliament come the election…the Greens not so much of a certainty, has that got you worried?
And the Maori party are a no show, Labour has those seats tied up tight.
Now…how is that Gisborne railway getting on that NZ1st promised during last election campaign that you took their word for it hook line and sinker, up and running yet, you have ridden the train on it? LOL
In other words Im right a vote for the smaller parties is a waste of a vote. We need to keep reminding people of that and no dealt a lot of votes will be wasted this election with so many parties.
In order to recruit the worst of National’s voters, they have to employ the worst of Nationals policies.
Dangerous, unhinged lunatic fringe elements. A symptom of the environmental/economic/societal implosion I presume.
Mission number one, destroy ACT
Mission number two, complete the destruction of National.
They aid and abet themselves so a little more pressure is simply needed.
LETS DO THIS !
The sweet smell of a great sorrow lies over the land
Plumes of smoke rise and merge into the leaden sky
A man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers
But awakes to a morning with no reason for waking
He’s haunted by the memory of a lost paradise
In his youth or a dream, he can’t be precise
He’s chained forever to a world that’s departed
It’s not enough, it’s not enough
His blood has frozen and curdled with fright
His knees have trembled and given way in the night
His hand has weakened at the moment of truth
His step has faltered
One world, one soul
Time pass, the river roll
And he talks to the river of lost love and dedication
And silent replies that swirl invitation
Flow dark and troubled to an oily sea
A grim intimation of what is to be
There’s an unceasing wind that blows through this night
And there’s dust in my eyes, that blinds my sight
And silence that speaks so much louder than words
Of promises broken
Pink Floyd ‘sorrow’
Assess David Seymores audience. They understand the the countries real income / wealth is derived from from the earth and sea or brought into the country by foreigners with money in a suitcase. Given the “suitcases” are gone for 2 to 5 years we are left with fishing, farming, forestry, or extraction of oil/minerals. It is as simple as that!
Or to put it annother way “you can only afford to be green when you are rich”
Covid has driven us towards poverty the demise of the Greens is symptomatic of this realisation.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/humans-70-fall-world-wildlife-50-years-200910010624195.html
Wildlife in catastrophic decline due to human destruction.
Well if I’m right was correct we would not be seeing this disaster unfolding below NZ at Antarctica.
WAKE UP I’M RIGHT – AS YOU ARE WRONG;
Yes we need to take climate change seriously and maybe I’m right should take heed of reducing truck use as trucks tyres are shedding micro-plastics that are now reaching the Antarctica ice shelf’s and the only sane answer always is to move freight by rail as rail does not shed tyre micro-plastic pollution as trains have steel wheels on steel tracks and you cant get better than that.
Read the disaster unfolding at Antarctica;
https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/300107712/two-major-antarctic-glaciers-are-tearing-loose-from-their-restraints-scientists-say
Two major Antarctic glaciers are tearing loose from their restraints, scientists say
Chris Mooney13:41, Sep 15 2020
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Sea ice between Pine Island Glacier and the newly calved Iceberg B-46, seen in 2018.
Two Antarctic glaciers that have long kept scientists awake at night are breaking free from the restraints that have hemmed them in, increasing the threat of large-scale sea level rise.
Located along the coast of the Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica, the enormous Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers already contribute around 5 per cent of global sea level rise. The survival of Thwaites has been deemed so critical that the US and UK have launched a targeted multimillion dollar research mission to the glacier, whose loss could trigger the broader collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet, which contains enough ice to raise seas by about 3 metres.
Cleangreen….blah blah blah
At almost 80yrs old , who cares what you think!
Getting NZ superannuation whilst actually working overseas for decades, ..how many years did you actually contribute to your NZ super before you came back to NZ, and claim sickness benefit for years before you were eligible for super.
We have all read about being poisoned overseas, let us know the truth.
“I’m Right” is a sadistic troll, who’s response to children being bombed is “Bring out the popcorn”, and discussing the flavours – ON THIS SITE!
For shame!
Someone please wake me up if ever this troll poster’s toxicity is no longer on the site. Thanks.
roger douglas’s funny little plaything seymour’s trying his best to survive. His Machiavellian minions above are arguing an unwinnable argument just to stay relevant, that’s all. He’s got a nice cushy job in a warm office and he’ll say and do anything, other than anything useful, clearly, just to stay there.
Does anyone really read im right, mike the lefty, frank the what ever etc? I no longer read their comments for two reasons; I won’t be drawn into their underworld so consequently I miss nothing worth engaging with and have you not noticed? Like some of you, I tried them on once and found them to be disappointingly witless, annoying and quite honestly boring reading, just like their politics.
Have we not had enough of greedy, boring and exploitative fools?
Having national win with act as a coalition party would be like being trapped inside an empty concrete water tank with a box full of hungry fleas for three years.
act is after advertising oxygen. Any advertising oxygen because they’re dead in the water. act never quite made it ashore after desperately trying to swim from the sinking neoliberal dung barge.
Sure, they’ll appeal to one or two dumb old Southland farmers but who cares? They’re only one or two votes.
L0L !
Well written Countryboy, they are “disappointingly witless” LOL
Always worth noting whenever there is discussion about planetary overheating and collapse of the environment:
Daily CO2
Sep. 13, 2020: 411.84 ppm
Sep. 13, 2019: 408.33 ppm
And
https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/charctic-interactive-sea-ice-graph/
I see that dissenting views get thrown down the truth hole.
Fairly cowardly.
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