SPEAKEASY

STATISTS "COMPASSION" IS POLITICAL HOG-WASH

by Helen Hughes

Watching the recent election circus on National television, I can only marvel at the political propaganda machine now cranked up to roll out its "warm fuzzies", about how great this country is, how well this government is governing, and how deeply the Nanny State cares for all New Zealanders. How it plans to continue in its caring stance has had me close to dry retching! What hypocritical hog-wash! What deceitful "advertising" and campaigning.

In forcing the closure of small rural schools up and down the country, this government has hit at the very heart of families and communities in New Zealand. Hit at the very heart of those whom the State professes to care for so profoundly!

The Orauta community is one of the casualties of this enforced closure of country schools. The rights of individuals at Orauta school have been totally removed by our current political system, violating one of the most important basic principles of a free and civilised society. That is, the right of parents to choose the education they wish for their own children.

The Ministry of Education and its demands to close, de-register, empty and relocate the school the teachers and students of Orauta is completely contrary to the choices and rights of the parents and families concerned. The teachers at Orauta are highly qualified and the pupils who have been forced to go to other schools have proved to be of a standard of learning higher than most the same age. The school is not using government funds to operate and the teachers and Board of Trustees just want the government to leave them alone. The school is on their own land, which was given to the Crown for that specific purpose. They wish the school to remain open and to continue the education of their children without government interference.

On the afternoon of April 21st I walked onto the grounds of Orauta school for the first time. There was a certain sense of gravity surrounding the occasion. Julian Pistorius and I were there as representatives of the Libertarianz Party to give our support to the parents and teachers of Orauta in their stand against this government system that has brutishly trampled on their rights. The Libertarianz believe the government should not be controlling the education system nor forcing government standards and curricula upon parents who want to accept responsibility for the manner in which their children are educated.

We were standing together at the "coal face", on the "front line" of an ongoing fight against government tyranny, and the site certainly had the appearance of being prepared for the battle. Bureaucrats are using bribery, fear and force against this community in their efforts to close the school down.
The school gates were locked and the grounds patrolled by volunteers who ensured the security of the school twenty-four hours a day. Orders of trespass had already been served to the school Board of Trustees and bureaucratic bullies would have no qualms about moving in and locking the children and teachers out of the school if it was left unoccupied.

There was a makeshift "bivouac" set up outside the school gates for the parents, friends and family members to share as they maintained their vigil night and day. A tent, hay bales, some chairs and a brazier fire. The brazier had been kept burning during all the months of protest as a symbol of constancy, as well as a source of warmth for those who kept the watch, braving cold and often very wet weather.

I was feeling a bit out of my depth (and wearing the mantle of "politician" a little uncomfortably) on this, my first visit to Orauta, as we were formally greeted and welcomed onto the grounds of the school in the manner of traditional Maori culture and protocol. My discomfort was quickly removed by our shared genuine concerns with those who spoke of their grievances against the government and the warmth and generosity of the people we met that afternoon. In the months since then it has been a great privilege to get to know the parents and families who are involved in the school and a rich personal experience to have been working and teaching there myself. Breaking the government chains that bind and shape the minds of children and continuing to keep the school open against such great odds has made Orauta school a very special place of learning, for teachers and pupils alike.

In the months since then, sitting in the school's "staff room" with parents and teachers, with steaming cups of tea and platters of wonderful food produced magically by caring family members, we have dared to dream that the day will come when New Zealand children will be free to learn and reach their full potential without the poisonous political indoctrination and the social engineering that is the existing government education system.

Trevor Mallard and his Ministry of Education's appalling policy to close so many rural schools similar to Orauta has been the death knell for a number of small communities and a triumph for the government run system of education. A system designed to churn out a robotic, non thinking population conditioned to accept government controls and state supremacy. While up here in Northland recently, Helen Clark was asked about the situation at Orauta and stonily answered "The decision will not be revisited."

Is the destruction of communities, families and human potential this government's true agenda? Is this destruction of rights just "collateral damage" factored into the budget juggling without the true human cost registered as being of any real importance?

If some of our neighbours have their rights removed today and the rest of us remain silent, surely and silently our rights will be removed tomorrow.

So, all you good people, stir yourselves, take action and stop this evil in its tracks! Vote Libertarianz in this coming election to get schools out of the clutches of the bureaucrats and back into the hands of parents.Vote Libertarianz and show this government that New Zealanders have had enough of immoral bureaucratic interference, bureaucratic bullying and the persecution of innocent people.

Arohanui to the wonderful Whaea and all the true heroes at Orauta school who continue to stand strong and resolute against this injustice. In working to reclaim the responsibility for the education of their children, reclaim their school and reclaim control of their lives from the clutches of the Nanny State these people fight not only for their own rights but for the rights of all New Zealanders.

"All that is essential for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke.1729-97)

"THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES"

by Helen Hughes

HAVE YOU SEEN THROUGH THE SCAM YET?

THE EMPEROR WEARS NO CLOTHES!!

Do you know the story? (It is an oldie but a goodie.)

The Emperor needed to convince the people that he was wearing exquisite garments when he was, in fact, naked. Why? If he could convince the people he was wearing fine clothes then he could get them to believe anything! Seeing that the Emperor was naked but wanting to keep their jobs, officials went along with the scam. They encouraged the population to do the same, spinning propaganda to reinforce the delusion. Most of the people were totally deluded and were saying how splendid the Emperor looked in his new outfit. After all, the Emperor was their "leader", and a clever fellow; who were they, the mere populace to contradict him? Many people, knowing the Emperor was naked but not trusting their judgement against the "mainstream" opinion, went along with the farce and said nothing.

Does this sort of scam sound and feel familiar to you? Is it ringing any bells?

This is what is happening here, in New Zealand.

Look carefully at this latest election circus and let the scales fall from your eyes! You are being deluded by the "spin" of officials who want to keep their jobs. You are being convinced that you cannot possibly take care of yourselves and need "officials" to do it for you. You are being deluded by the millions of dollars poured into media spin and propaganda that constantly reinforces that idea.

We are educated by the government and convinced that we need this huge, expensive, umbersome and corrupt system to rule our lives. We are deluded into thinking that these strutting "officials" are the ones to take over the responsibility for our lives. Let's face the reality. "Officials" in one guise or another, take a lot of money out of your pocket, they keep stacks of it to maintain themselves in the manner they enjoy, then they dish the rest out to other people. Those who get a share of the "spoils" will continue to vote these politicians into power over your life again and again.

HAVE YOU SEEN THROUGH THE SCAM YET?

There was a young fellow in the story of "The Emperor's New Clothes" who knew the emperor was naked and he said so, opening the eyes of the "blinded" people who were following the delusion. If you have seen through the political spin then speak out, as he did. Tell these politicians that you no longer want them controlling your life. They are self confessed bullies, liars, forgers, frauds, molesters and thieves and you no longer want their morality making rules for your life. Tell them you have seen through the scam and you want them out of your face, out of your pocket and off your back. TELL THEM YOU WANT LESS GOVERNMENT AND MORE PERSONAL FREEDOM.

Make sure they hear you loud and clear.
Your vote counts.
Your vote is the only voice you have against this system.

Your voice will be added to the many who have seen the political scam for what it is and are calling for an end to this growing trend to socialism and tribalism in New Zealand perpetuated by this system of government and statist control.

VOTE LIBERTARIANZ

ARE YOU HAVING A P.I.S.S?

by Helen Hughes

Are YOU enjoying a Politically Incorrect Satisfying Smoke?

Are you having a P.I.S.S? Do you know someone else who is having a P.I.S.S?

Are YOU pissed off at this ridiculous tobacco ban that persecutes thousands of bar owners and cigarette smokers?

These laws that persecute innocent people and create "Nicotine Police" are disgusting. These laws are not "for our own good" as the politicians would fervently have us believe. These laws are for greater government control and government revenue gathering.

How can our government justify sending tobacco to New Zealand soldiers, getting them addicted to nicotine and then making it illegal for them to enjoy a cigarette with their mates at the R.S.A?? How can a government justify closing down legitimate and productive businesses?

This government system is corrupt. The politicians who make these laws and live off our money are self-confessed forgers, frauds, liars, bullies and child molesters.

Are YOU pissed off at the growing Politically Correct nonsense that allows ever increasing government interference in your life and ever increasing infringements on the individual rights of New Zealanders? Have you had enough of these politicians being in your face, in your pocket, in your life, on your back, in your bedrooms and making decisions for the use of your property?

This parasitic government scam and those who live and thrive on it at the expense of hard working, decent New Zealanders must be stopped.


The only answer to halt the growing state sponsored authoritarianism is to stop voting for it!

IF YOU VOTE LABOUR, NATIONAL, THE GREENS, ALLIANCE, NEW ZEALAND FIRST, THE MAORI PARTY OR ACT YOU WILL GET MORE OF THE SAME.

You DO have the power to stop this government in its track toward total tyranny.

USE YOUR VOTE ON SEPTEMBER 17th. TO REDUCE THE SIZE AND POWER OF GOVERNMENT.

VOTE LIBERTARIANZ.