BUSTEDBLONDE

Hello all,

I have had a few emails asking why Roarprawn has not been entered in the Air New Zealand Awards for bloggers ( real bloggers). Well as Busted is a little bit of bother which hopefully will be resolved soon, she decided that it would not be appropriate to enter.

However, it appears that Roarprawn could still be a wildcard in the awards which are here

As Busted can't do or say much for the moment, here are our links to some of her best work in the last year.

I like Bustedblondes impressions of Ngai Tahu politics such as this post here. I am Rangitane so I am always interested in what our neighbours in the south are up to.

And I definitely want to hear more about this issue. Scampi may be a tad historical but by Jove it has all the makings of a great yarn.

And who could forget this post about the downside of being a mistress. ( Busted seems to know an awful lot about being a consort) That post spawned an international threat of legal action because some woman claim to own the word Mistressology. The entire VRWC corner of the blogosphere came to her aid and slam dunked the Pommie blogger.

She has such an interesting family. He mother and father seem  to live every day like there will be no tomorrow. This post shows a real soft side to Bustedblonde.

And she has been a very strong supporter of Maori TV. That was apparently one of her most read columns.

She is fervently pro whaling, leaving no room for doubt. She scored a world exclusive piece of footage on the Ady Gil crashing into the Japanese whaling vessel. It was watched on You Tube over 45,000 times in less than 2 hours - before it was taken down - but not before the activists re edited it and put it up on you tube where it was viewed by millions. Busted then put it up again with reworked commentary and today it has been viewed 18,000 times.

So I am sad the Busted never got to enter the Real Bloggers awards and I hope that this list of posts will show that she would have been an admirable contestant.

Toodle Pip

JESUS WEPT - SCALES , WHALES AND A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE

Well the  Public Relations Instititute of NZ  Fellows - have a job ahead of them this year.

The nominations for  2010 Communicator of the Year are
Judge Andrew Becroft
Glynn Cardy  - Mr Jesus Billboards
Dr Lockwood Smith - the wise and benevolent standard setter for parliamentary behaviour
and Whaling issues supremo  Glenn Inwood.


We think if its down to who has changed public opinions the most  - its Glenn. Simply because a few years ago Everyone loved the anti whaling lobby and no-one loved the Japanese but  public opinion has shifted and more and more people see the anti whalers as grandstanding  wankers who are only concerned about getting the public to fund their boys own piratical fantasies.

And a few years ago we didnt think that this was possible so strong was the anti whaling sentiment - however as a  poll in The Australian showed - more people think the protesters were at fault re the Ady Gil incident.

Results: Whaling showdown

Who do you think is to blame for the collision between a Japanese whaling ship and Sea Shepherd protest boat?

• Whalers 47.06% (1327 votes)
• Protesters 52.94% (1493 votes)

Total votes: 2820

 And there are other opinion polls that have shown a considerable shift of support for the Japanese. 

So we dont think that the " PRINZ  Fellows" will have the balls to vote Glen as the communicator of the year but as far as  a long running PR campaign that has successfully shifted an enormous weight of public opinion -  Glenn wins hands down. 

However we do  think that all nominees are worthy recipients. 

Cardy for poking sacred cows.

Becroft for shedding  light on a dark world
And Lockwood for showing us all that MP's when treated like naughty school children can play nicely in the political sandpit if they are guided the right way.

( Note  BB is a member of Prinz but  did not nominate anyone)

ECO TERRORIST TO VIST NEW ZEALAND

The Sea Shepherd Society is sending its head dork to NZ to stir up anti Japanese sentiment in the name of anti whaling.

This is part of the missive they have sent to supporters

We believe that John Key has misread the minds and hearts of New Zealanders in regards their relationship to the environment, and his proposal to reinstate commercial whaling after a 24- year moratorium is one example of the growing credibility gap between current government policies and the wishes of the New Zealand people. This is a values clash that cannot be negotiated.

Our response to this will be heard loud and clear this Friday 19th and Saturday 20th March in Wellington. Sea Shepherd’s founder Captain Paul Watson will be here Friday and Saturday; the Steve Irwin will arrive in port at Queen’s Wharf late Friday evening and be open to the public on Saturday, departing for the Galapagos Islands Saturday night. Here are the issues we will be addressing:

- Pete Bethune is going on trial in Japan when the real criminal, the Japanese skipper of the security vessel Shonan Maru No.2, who deliberately attacked and destroyed the Ady Gil, goes free in Japan. We will be showing our support for Pete, and inviting other organisations to join us.

– John Key’s flawed plan to resume commercial whaling goes on trial in the Court of New Zealand public opinion, with Labour’s Chris Carter leading the charge.

- The Australian government has threatened to take Japan to an International Court in November over continued violations in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary.
Our government has refused to back this move, although they claim to want closer relations with Australia. We will ask why they are ignoring an issue that has commercial and environmental implications for both countries.

-The 47 signatories to the Antarctic Treaty meet in the USA next month. We want to see an environmental pollution complaint against Japanese whaling interests on the meeting’s agenda.

- Glen Inwood’s role as spokesman for the whalers and in supplying dis-information to the New Zealand government and media will be revealed to the public, along with his connection to Japanese commercial interests in New Zealand.

What a crock. The Steve Irwin is a pirate ship and should not be allowed to dock.

BETHUNE IS A DORK

The latest in publicity stunts by the Sea Shepherd has been rolled out in the Southern Ocean with Eco -Dork Peter Bethune raiding the Japanese Whaling vessel . Seems he wants to make a claim for $3million for his broken toy the Ady Gil.



What a tit. Any idiot looking at the footage can clearly see that it was Bethunes poor seamanship that put his vessel at risk.

And while last time the eco terrorists decided to board a whaling vessel there was a anti whaling vessel waiting in the wings to take them off when they got sick of whale sashimi.

This time Bethune is going to have to wait it out.

The Sea Shepherd society says that the Japanese will have bring him back to their boats - they aren't going to get him. Duh. The Japanese skipper wont be doing anything but carrying out his lawful business - whaling. It was Bethune's choice to board the vessel. So he is going to have to suck it up.

We hope he gets chucked in the bilge or the anchor locker - as we doubt the whalers will be keen to give up their bunks for the grandstanding wanker.

SEA SHEPHERD MORE DESPERATE THAN A 50 YEAR OLD VIRGIN

The media has been hoodwinked again. the Sea Shepherd puts out a press release and suddenly the papers honk out the headlines - Protesters file attempted murder complaint

How silly. We think that the charge of reckless endangerment should be considered against the skipper of the Ady Gil.

He had his eye off the ball as he and his crew gloated about their mosquito like irritant actions against the Whalers. It was up to him to get out of the way. So negligence is something that the authorities must be considering.

And we found this in our comments from Shark diver.- its a complete piss take .......

We would like to congratulate Sea Shepherd and Animal Planet on a fantastic staged event for television - perhaps one of the best staged disaster moments of 2010.

As production people ourselves we know the hazards and very real dangers of staging live disasters for television. It's a highly technical world only professionals can effectively operate in.

Multi-million dollar staged disasters are often canceled at the last minute due to OSHA compliance or studio fears of death and dismemberment. Sea Shepherd on the other hand have found a way to circumvent all of the requirements for staged disaster television by only allowing all volunteer crews and staging the event against non paid, non union, Japanese whalers.

By-passing all clean environmental requirements for television productions by producing this man made disaster in the Antarctic ocean was another master stroke. The clean up of several thousand gallons of bio diesel spilled by the Ady Gil and retrieval of the vessel from the sea floor would have cost Sea Shepherd and Whale Wars production millions if this disaster had been filmed in the USA.

Brilliant!

Managing to move Sea Shepherds $2 million dollar vessel Ady Gil into the path of Japanese whalers was a stroke of nautical timing by a seasoned captain who knew his vessel, and the direction wind, waves, and engines were carrying it. Catching the whole thing on video from the Bob Barker at just the right angle was pure reality television.

We were doubly impressed with the witty and show branding quote from SSCS Paul Watson immediately after the stunt "Now we're in a Real Whale War!" reminding the global audience that this is, after all, Must See TV!

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society have proven to be much evolved from the earlier staged days of Paul Watson being shot by Japanese whalers. In terms of production quality and emotional leverage that staged event was not one of the top three of the 2007 reality television season.

Kudos again to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Animal Planet for once again leading the way to a new decade of reality television. The disaster staging keeps getting better and better, and your circumvention of all production norms and safety regulations allows your organization to literally shoot for the moon.

We also noted this on the Sharkdivers blog.. Now normally we don't like Greenpeace but this is a very good advert.....

BULLET PROOF VESTS AND GLOATING ECO TERRORISTS

UPDATE : we stand corrected - apparently the vests are not bullet proof vests but some type of floatation device.
Thanks for the correction.. BB



Wonders never cease... All the cry baby howling of the protesters will fall on deaf ears after people see this vid shot from the Ady Gil in the last moments before she got her snozzer ripped off.

Seems that the eco terrorists complete with bullet proof vests , were gloating about how much grief they had given the whalers. Then the whaling ship comes up gives them a blast with the water cannons and instead of getting the hell out of the way they get crunched. It is for them to get out of the way. They didn't and it showed bad seamanship at the very least. The skipper of the vessel put his crew in danger.

And as we suspected the reason the Ady Gil was cut loose was towing her would have used up way to much fuel and if you listen to the conversation about fuel - you will see that it is a very important factor in the cat and mouse game they were playing.

JAPANESE EXPOSE ECOTERRORISTS AS LIARS

MEDIA STATEMENT
INSTITUTE OF CETACEAN RESEARCH,
TOKYO,
JAPAN

8 January 2010

New Zealand watercraft left drifting in Antarctic

-- Sea Shepherd vessel Bob Barker leaves Ady Gil afloat
-- Claims that Ady Gil sunk must be proved by Sea Shepherd

The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has apparently
abandoned reported efforts to salvage or tow to port the disabled New
Zealand watercraft Ady Gil.

Japan’s research vessels monitoring the area have confirmed that an oily
substance thought to be fuel is leaking from the Ady Gil and continues to
spread over the sea surface, raising concerns that Sea Shepherd is willfully
polluting the Antarctic environment.

The Shonan Maru No.2 reported that the other anti-whaling ship which had
been harassing the Japanese vessel with the New Zealand watercraft, the Bob
Barker, initially seemed to be making efforts to tow the Ady Gil. However,
the Bob Barker left the scene abandoning the drifting Ady Gil by the early
morning of December 8.

In addition, the Shonan Maru No. 2 retrieved today from the sea part of the
severed Ady Gil hull as well as various drifting objects, including several
bowgun arrows. Bowgun arrows are weapons with the ability to produce
casualties if used against a person or persons.

The Sea Shepherd activists have been escalating the viciousness of their
sabotage including hurling projectiles containing hazardous butyric acid and
firing line-launch rockets against Japan’s research vessels. However, their
carrying and possession onboard of a lethal-force weapon makes one ponder
whether they would hesitate or not to produce casualties.

The Institute of Cetacean Research strongly condemns the Sea Shepherd
Conservation Society actions.

The Institute of Cetacean Research urges again all related nations including
Australia, the de facto home port country to the Steve Irwin, the
Netherlands, the Steve Irwin’s flag state, and New Zealand, the now drifting
and abandoned Ady Gil flag state, to take every means available to prevent
the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society actions and strongly request that they
observe their international obligations and deal with the Sea Shepherd in a
strict and objective manner.


And there is concern from experts as well. We agree the weapons take the Sea Shepards behaviour to a new level

ADY GIL ABANDONED BY SEA SHEPHERD - ECO -TERRORISTS LIE.

New Zealand watercraft Ady Gil left drifting in Antarctic. The
clear stripe seen below the horizon is fuel leaked from the Ady Gil.







Drifting Ady Gil and leaked fuel spreading over the sea surface
behind the watercraft. The Ady Gil hatches were left open in apparent
attempt to facilitate its sinking.

The abandoned Ady Gil still afloat. The green cords are remains
of a hawser used to try to entangle the Shonan Maru No.2 rudder and
propeller.




The Shonan Maru No.2 retrieved several lethal-force bowgun arrows
drifting among the Ady Gil debris (Part1). The Ady gil fuel film sheens in
the water surface.













The Shonan Maru No.2 retrieved several lethal-force bowgun arrows
drifting among the Ady Gil debris.



















These pictures are proof that Sea Shepherd members are liars and that they have conned a gullible media and the world. They should be fined for not alerting the authorities to a navigation hazard as is the obligation of all seafarers.

SEA SHEPARD LYING?

We think so - we understand that the Ady Gil has not sunk but been abandoned by the Sea Shepard.

We suspect that towing the craft would have been slow and drained vital fuel the eco terrorists need to harass the whalers. So while they have told the world the Ady Gil sunk - we reckon they actually abandoned her which means pollution is likely in the pristine waters... Can they really say they care about the marine environment?

Hypocrites..

TANGAROA'S REVENGE

The ady gil is no longer. she has been taken to the bottom of the ocean by Tangaroa. Some questions -
Was she insured?
Has the Sea Shepard got any footage of her actually sinking?
Was she scuttled?

Now that she is no longer does this mean that the NZ government has any obligations to be involved?

A RAFT OF OPINIONS IN A SEA OF DISCONTENT

One of the most fascinating things about uploading the U tube vid was the comments section – There were over 700 comments before U Tube decided for some yet to be explained reason to ban it.

Here is a selection of some of them

For a start some thought we were Japanese

You are a pro whaling wanker remove this you slanty eyed fucker ....

Idiot japanese commemters...Please T R Y to show an IQ over 23...
I KNOW you are working for the whalers....do not be fooled by this..
O Genki des ka?...hehe.Sayonara Japs! You have really SHOWED yourselves to the world now...!
I feel PITY for you...

Fuck the japanese.....

Then someone who was a little bit more dramatic.

You greedy fucking murdering pieces of $hit!!!!!!!!

And this was definitely worrying

I am so upset about this, I am going to go kill myself.

Everyone else who is upset, please join me.

Some referred to the less than truthful past of Paul Watson

I remember Paul Watson contacting the western media 2 years ago to spread the news that two Sea Shepherd activists had been taken hostages by the Japanese whalers... Then, in Animal Planet's Whale Wars (season 1), you would learn he purposedly send them onboard the Japanese catcher boat to create an incident.

This so called "ramming" smells like the same strategy to get press coverage and defame the whalers.

Others were worried about more material things

Look at all the crap that came out of the nose of that thing, they should be ticketed for littering.

Others saw the selective morality of the issue.

It's funny how everyone hates the Japanese for whaling, but no one ever says anything about the Eskimos in Alaska that still whale legally. ....

Who the hell do these jerks think they are harrassing another country's shipping fleet because they disagree with their politics?
Time for the Japs to flex and shake off a few fleas

Then someone suggests that it was all good PR for Sea Shepard .

Great fundraising for Sea Shepherd. We just doubled our regular monthly contribution. It will stay doubled throughout 2010. Our Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend checks will go to Sea Shepherd as well. Whaling is a primitive and anachronistic cultural practice fit only for unevolved cultures.

And a few years ago we didnt think that this was possible as strong was the anti whaling sentiment - however as this poll in The Australian shows - more people think the protestors were at fault.

Results: Whaling showdown

Who do you think is to blame for the collision between a Japanese whaling ship and Sea Shepherd protest boat?

• Whalers 47.06% (1327 votes)
• Protesters 52.94% (1493 votes)

Total votes: 2820

Funniest of all is that the Ady Gil played the Tiki Taane song Tangaroa as its war cry.. We reckon that Tangaroa thinks that the Ady Gil is a Joke.

U TUBE

We had 15,000 views in the space of 3 hours last night on the ady gil ramming the Japanese Whaler vid before it was removed. We are U tube virgins and it was the first time we had ever posted a U tube vid.

However it now appears in many places on U tube

It was cloned and put up by a number of different individuals with a completely different and bullshit spin. but they have not attracted the wrath of U tube as we have.

We are curious - and can't work out why it has been removed and cant find the email to contact U tube to find out what we did wrong. Is it possible the anti whaling terrorists have put pressure on U Tube to have it removed?

Can anyone enlighten us?

MORE PROOF ON HIGH SEAS PIRACY

This clearly shows the Ady Gil crew deserved everything they got. The are pirates and idiots.

And it is clear that the Japanese vessel tried to minimise the impact.

And for the record we do not and never have worked for the Japanese Cetacean Institute or
Omeka Communications or Glen Inwood

However Glen Inwood is a very good mate.

We are simply an independent advocate for the rights to harvest any living thing as long as it is done sustainably.

EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE OF ADY GIL RAMMING JAPANESE WHALING VESSEL - Exclusive

As we suspected - a suicide mission .

U Tube has taken the video down because it breaches community guidelines - weird as we have seen it reproduced a number of times already.

such as here which is odder as we are the only ones who had it. Go figure.

WAILS FROM DICKS

Well well, we said this would happen - the fancy plastic fantastic Ady Gil would come to a sticky end as it tried to intervene in the Japanese fishing fleet going about its lawful business of whaling in the Antarctic.

However, our sources say that the Ady Gil has a scrunched bow and is taking on water... a far cry from the Sea Shepard wankers claiming it has been " cut in half."

Iff you watch ththe second video here - it's clear it was a suicide mission.

How odd. they would have been better to have joined the whales here in NZ and run the silly looking thing aground when the whales do their seasonal stranding - it would have been much simpler and then the lovely men from DOC would have come and slurped water over them given them a pat and sent them back to sea.

In all seriousness - this means the war has escalated. Someone will die.

Sea Sheppard should be prevented from docking in any NZ port. They have broken a raft of maritime laws and should be deemed international pirates.