Get On With Your Work Lazy Children

Good morning/afternoon/evening/witching hour to you,
I have been silent for too long. You tend to do that a bit as a teacher. Best not rock the boat, but I can’t keep my mouth shut any longer.
This week in New Zealand there was a big hello and heralded fanfare welcoming to national standards. If you are reading [...]

Worst President Ever

George Walker Bush is a criminal and a murderer.
I suppose technically a murderer is a criminal… but let me explain further.
The thing with a hurricane is that it’s big. You can see one from space. Hurricane Katrina was no different. Clicking on the link shows you a weather pattern stretching from the Cuba/Mexico part right [...]

Health and Happiness

As the alleged pig flu pandemic sweeps many nations around the globe, it’s time to ponder exactly how Republicans in the United States of America can say they have the best health system in the world. They do have the most expensive, but the best? I think not.
Contrary to the beliefs of Fox News and [...]

The Budget

Greetings and hello again from New Zealand!!
As a quick aside for all the international readers before I even start, if you’re wondering where “Old Zealand” is click here. The discoverer of our country, Dutchy Abel Tasman decided on a moniker that was dear to his heart.
So I’ve been dribbling the football of thought around my [...]

Welcome to My Thinks

This is my take on global politics. My Thinks focuses on the ideologies and actions of the few that govern the lives of the many. The foibles of capitalism, the idiocy and hypocrisy of the right wing agenda, my weight loss goals – all will be covered by this blog. Sometimes we might even have [...]