Posted on 11/09/2008 2:32:17 PM PST by DieHard the Hunter
Yesterday New Zealand woke up to the dawning of a new Era.
It was Sunday and, as usual, conservative Kiwis of a religious persuasion awoke, scrubbed up, got the kids ready for Sunday School, and went to church to worship. And sometime during the Service we thanked our Creator for the deliverance He granted us the night before.
And those of us conservative Kiwis of lesser religious persuasion slept in, grateful for the hangover arising from Saturday evening's libations. For them the sleep of the Righteous would be lengthened by knowing that their sore heads were well-earned in good service to their Nation.
All awoke to bright sunny skies, breathing Freedom's sweet breeze.
Our enemies awoke too, and mourned the end of an Era, nursing sore heads that they did wickedly inflict upon themselves through trying to dull the agonizing pain of defeat by over-indulging in Demon Rum. For it is axiomatic that Liberals don't go to church, neither do they sleep the sleep of the Righteous. Yet their evil machinations were for naught, and now they tase galling defeat, and it is bitter indeed.
New Zealand held its elections on Saturday. And we have a new Prime Minister, John Key of the National Party. Helen Clark is defeated, and Helengrad has fallen. It was a decisive rout.
The quisling Winston Peters of New Zealand First has been soundly and decisively defeated and his party thrown into political obscurity, no longer a Parliamentary force to be reckoned with. A major nuisance in Parliament is gone.
Our political landscape has changed completely: National fell just short of gaining an outright majority -- nearly impossible to achieve in our "MMP" political system designed to encourage coalition governments.
National's coalition partners are ACT -- self-described as "The Liberal Party" but actually WAY to the right, and United First, whose single seat will bring a Christian ethic to the coalition.
This leaves Labor and their lapdogs such as the Green Party solidly in Opposition.
Of all the screwy legislation passed by Helen Clark's governments, most of the screwiest came from the Green Party. We are well rid of them!
Left out of the political equation is the Maori Party: they made excellent gains in the Maori seats, and if John Key is clever he will find a way to accommodate the Maori Party in his government somehow. Certainly if he wants Longevity: for what is good for Maori is usually good for New Zealand.
So after nine LONG YEARS, we are rid of Auntie Helen. Nine long, interminable years where our Gummint got larger and larger, with more and more laws prescribing nearly every facet of life and eroding basic Civil Liberties nearly to the point where "that which is not Compulsory is Forbidden", in a weird Kafkaesque sense.
Along with Canada, New Zealand is now a bastion of Conservative values. Liberty is alive and well in the South Pacific!
And today the air smells fresh and clean: a cool refreshing breeze blows across the land. It is called "Freedom".
> What do you have that is worse than those that I listed?
The US has a truly Liberal gummint. Canada’s at least pretends to be Conservative.
That’s fantastic!
I am truly happy for you Kiwis. For us, not so much.
Congratulations! A country as wondrously beautiful as New Zealand deserves the best. Well done!
Congratulations.
Canadians don't need what you call conservative values.
What's the difference between a Canadian SS marriage and a US civil union ? The US has had them longer than Canada has. There is no difference
With no law , the Canadian abortion rate is declining and is now 14 /1000 women , close to the European of 12/1000 , while in the US , where there are restrictions , the rate is at 20/1000 . World wide it’s 29/1000.
As for free speech in Canada ,
Supreme Court upholds right to offend with free speech Rob Breakenridge, For The Calgary Herald Published: Tuesday, July 01, 2008
The court's rousing defence of freedom of expression was a delightful breath of fresh air after months of the smog of speech suppression. Justice Ian Binnie wrote that: "We live in a free country, where people have as much right to express outrageous and ridiculous opinions as moderate ones."
Canada has SSM nationwide, sanctioned by the federal government. Of course, the excuse was that the courts made them do it. SSM and civil unions are not uniformly in place statewide in the US. The US at least bans certain late term abortions. Canada does not. Free speech?? Ever heard of Stephen Boisson? A $5000 fine and a lifetime ban on preaching against or condemning homosexuality doesn't sound free to me. In PEI, a Bed and breakfast operation forced to close its doors for refusing to cater to same sex couples. A church fined for dismissing its female minister. Multiple people hauled before HRTs for non-threatening speech that offended the sensibilities of some. Bill C-250, which became law. Radio stations banned from carrying certain messages from James Dobson and Dr Laura. Need I go on?
Unfortunately most of the Kiwis would probably shut the door in front of you and say “No thanks, we don’t want the stinking war-mongering Yanks!”. I can ask this out during my workplace morning tea in a small town NZ company setting, and I can guarantee this will be the case.
At least in the parts of the States and New Zealand, the leftists call it Civil Union instead of formal Marriage.
That’s a great difference.
Don’t pop out the champagne just yet. My experience with people around is that a lot of the same people who voted out Labour cheered for Dear Barack just a couple of days before. These people voted Helen out because she was there too long rather than because they want free market policies.
John Key is a centrist, and no conservative apart from limited economic marketism, even by the standards of the National Party (which is described by the Auckland University Students Association as sandwiched between US Democratic and US Republican Party). This comes from Rodney Hide (leader of the free-market ACT Party): “On some areas, John [Key] is to the left of even Helen [Clark]”.
Lucky you. I posted a couple of dissings of Dear Barack on my facebook page last Thursday. And I got a semi-playful earful from my boss at work meeting this morning that “There are rumours circulate around the office that you are a right-wing extremist because you wrote on my facebook page that you don’t like Barack Obama.”
A number of Canadians, and New Zealanders as well, aren’t necessarily leftists but rather contratarians. A recurring reason Canada keeps Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state is that “The country south of US is a republic, if we want to differentiate from it, we must be a monarchy!”
The Canadian Liberals will want to pray Obamaism fails spectacularly if they want themselves returned to power soon. If Obamaism becomes entrenched south of the 49th, expect Canada to morph back to pre-Trudeau-era conservatism. Mark Steyn and David Warren will become nationally celebrated figures and the CBC will once again pump out programmes like “Our treasured military heritage”, and we will see Stephen Harper warning Putin Canada has strategic weapons that could be deployed against Russian invasions.
In fact I have seen evidences at my workplace this is already happening, here in New Zealand, on a smaller scale. A colleague is a typical Kiwi a straight-shooting forward guy. He always said something like “Bloody Yanks are full of s*** with warmongering Bush!”. After Obama’s victory he is not praising the US voters “Well done you Yanks. You have finally come around” like what Helen Clark hopes, but instead a sombre worrying line “The Yanks will be too pacifist and that’s a bit of a worry for us in NZ...”
Bullshit
So what? Outlaw them completely and you'd have a point.
The US at least bans certain late term abortions. Canada does not.
Canada never had late term abortion factories , the US did . The fact remains , with no law , a difference of 6/1000 births less can not be dismissed by saying Canada allows late term . The reality is if you looked into late term in Canada it is difficult to have approved and are extremely rare .
Stephen Boisson
I am well aware of Stephen's and others' situations . All HRCs over stepped their mandates during years of Liberal reign . As with all struggles against bureaucracy nothing is easy , nothing certain or fast .
Months ago I posted my letter from Harper's office concerning HRC/Warman etc. on Levant's blog , as have others. The SCOC decision is but one step to see the HRCs castrated and eliminated.
Radio stations banned from carrying certain messages from James Dobson and Dr Laura. Need I go on?
And what of books banned in the USA ?
Congrats to all of our friends in Kiwi land!
Bless you Kiwis!
Now please send missionaries. Give us help. Give us hell. But don’t give us Helen... :o)
Your unfortunate remarks would be news to everyone.
> Lucky you. I posted a couple of dissings of Dear Barack on my facebook page last Thursday. And I got a semi-playful earful from my boss at work meeting this morning that “There are rumours circulate around the office that you are a right-wing extremist because you wrote on my facebook page that you don’t like Barack Obama.”
(grin!) I got an earful at our local RSA that I was “a racist” and “have something against negroes” because I was disappointed with Obama being elected. It got rather heated and ugly, with the result that I refuse to return there, ever.
I won’t take that crap from anybody.
>> A number of Canadians, and New Zealanders as well, aren’t necessarily leftists but rather contratarians. A recurring reason Canada keeps Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state is that “The country south of US is a republic, if we want to differentiate from it, we must be a monarchy!”
> Bullshit
Actually, he is pretty close to spot-on. Canada has not developed a strong sense of national identity (Quebec excepted) and her children are taught that what makes Canada different from the United States is that Canadians aren’t Americans.
We can thank John Dieffenbaker for beginning this process of decay, and Pierre Eliot Trudeau for causing irreparable and irreversible damage, and Brian Mulroney the traitor for completing it.
Another thing that differentiates Canadians from Americans is that all Canadians hate Quebec, whereas Americans are indifferent to it. That’s a pity, because Quebec is a wonderful part of Canada, with friendly people, a vibrant culture, and the best hockey teams. And they have swearing perfected down to a fine artform.
> Unfortunately most of the Kiwis would probably shut the door in front of you and say “No thanks, we don’t want the stinking war-mongering Yanks!”. I can ask this out during my workplace morning tea in a small town NZ company setting, and I can guarantee this will be the case.
Some Kiwis might, but there are always a few rude drongos in every crowd. I know plenty of Americans in New Zealand and they are quite happy here, and always comment on how friendly people are here compared with the United States.
One of my mates even flies the Texas flag from his front porch, over in Morningside.
Anti-American sentiments are really only skin-deep: a way for some Kiwis to show off. There isn’t any substance to it at all.
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