GRUMBLE AT HIS BEST

The Quixotic Alf Grumble puts his arthritic foot up the arse of the BioEthics Council this morning. National is going to kill off this waffly naval gazing think tank and saved the taxpayers well over a Million. We think that Grumble is smack on. Read his summary here

SILLY OLD DUFFER

Barry Matthews reckons he's done an ok job and he wants to stay on and see Corrections through the changes it needs to make. He reckons that a lack of resources were the cause of the problems. That maybe true. If the mistakes that led to parole cock ups were that bad he had a moral duty to stand up and tell the country that a lack of resources was putting the community at risk. He didn't. He sucked up to the last administration and now he is sucking up to this one. ...

What a silly weak old duffer. Time to go.

defending the indefensible

first clue

LIGHTBULB JOKES

Q: How many consultants does it take to change a light bulb?

A: I'll have an estimate for you a week from Monday.

Q: How many mystery writers does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: Two: One to screw it almost all the way in and the other to give it

a surprising twist at the end.

Q: How many existentialists does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: Two: One to screw it in and one to observe how the light bulb itself

symbolizes a single incandescent beacon of subjective reality in

a netherworld of endless absurdity reaching out toward a cosmos of

nothingness.

Q: How many spin doctors in the PM’s office does it take to change a light

bulb?

A: Four - One to say that no one could have foreseen the bulb's

burning out, one to spin stories for newspapers that the PM’s

bulb-changing program is working well, and one to go out on talk

shows to accuse the NATs of being weak on energy efficiency and one to spin that it’s just a discussion document.

NATIONAL CONDEMNS LIGHTBULB CAMPAIGN

$3.5 million PR campaign on light-bulb ban

National Party Energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee says Kiwi bill payers will be stunned to learn that the Electricity Commission is planning to spend up to $3.5 million in the next year promoting energy efficient light bulbs.

“Labour’s priorities are so warped in these tougher times that Helen Clark plans to spend more than $3 million telling New Zealanders what light bulb to install.”

Mr Brownlee is commenting after the release of a 54-page Request for Proposal (RFP) document issued by the commission, which states its purpose is ‘to select one or more parties whom the Electricity Commission may engage to promote the uptake of efficient lighting technologies’.

The proposal says the key areas of action are eliminating inefficient incandescent and halogen lighting.

This latest initiative comes in the wake of plans to regulate shower flow rates and place restrictions on the size of household hot water cylinders.

“Labour clearly hasn’t listened to the public outcry over the light-bulb ban, but to add insult to injury they’re going to spend $3.5 million telling New Zealanders all about it.

“All New Zealanders pay for the Electricity Commission’s work. I think they’ll be unhappy to learn that in these tough economic times they’ll be paying the government to boss them around even more and tell them what sort of light bulbs to use.

"New Zealanders don’t need yet another expensive PR campaign from a government agency in these tough times. What they need is a government focused on the things that matter."

Mr Brownlee says it’s very clear what a vote for Labour in the upcoming election means.

"It’s a vote for a nanny-state government spending your taxes to tell you what light bulbs to use, how much water can flow through your shower head, and how much hot water you can use.”

Mr Brownlee says National will overturn the ban on conventional light bulbs.

ENDS

Good boy Gerry - you get this weeks wine.
We just hope that National will put the money into Herceptin and save lives.