Another view of Helen Clark
As Helen departs the scene let us look at this extract from an article by Michael Bassett from last November summing up the Clark years:-
Helen Clark is formidable. She ruled her caucus with a rod of iron. She could frighten, or charm most journalists into submission. On foreign policy she played a shrewd hand. She got nine years in office. But continued economic growth, that does so much to lift the living standards of Labour voters, trickled through her fingers. A growth rate above the OECD average in 2000 slipped in 2004 to below average, long before the world economic crisis. Huge productivity gains from the reforms of the 1980s and 1990s collapsed. New Zealand slipped a couple of notches on the OECD ladder, while the flow of skilled emigrants, desperately needed at home, turned into a torrent. What was Clark’s government about except social engineering? It certainly wasn’t “the economy, stupid”. It was more about a fuzzy “inclusiveness” (except for those imprisoned in the underclass), anti-smacking and gay marriage. Debatable at best, they were incapable of restoring the country to the world standing it enjoyed in Fraser’s day.
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And serum,
what was your contribution, other than making a bulls**t remark?
It does not matter what some ones background is when he writes a powerfull article. You’re only distracting from the issue.
And Bobux,
The UN consists of quite a lot more people than Bill Rowling and Rob Muldoon. It only takes a small mind to have a small view of the (UN) world, don’t you think?
Personally I quite like lizards
I, for one, welcome our new lizard overlords…
Historically all governmental actors who helped their government into debt end up with a highly payed position in the UN.
Err, like the highly-paid UN positions enjoyed by Bill Rowling and Rob Muldoon? Which are non-existent.
Sorry, but you would have more luck with a conspiracy that we are all being enslaved by giant alien lizards – at least that cannot be disproved by about 30 seconds of consideration.
“Please read the 1937 ( ! ) article “Our financial Masters” on my weblog to understand how we got here…”
LiteWaiter – or in diminutive notation LW – a conspiratorial web site hosting such acolytes as A. Raven Thomson (1899-1955) who was a leading figure in the British Union of Fascists, and considered to be the party’s chief ideologue, was also a close associate of Sir Oswald Mosley the founder of the British Union of Fascists.
Web sites without an “About” sub-title are characteristic of have a resounding ring of bulls**t.
I’ve been told that Uncle Helen is old news.
But she’s stirring lots of passions today.
Now Helen is in the position to also ignore (1967) United Nation resolution 242.
Historically all governmental actors who helped their government into debt end up with a highly payed position in the UN.
Please read the 1937 ( ! ) article “Our financial Masters” on my weblog to understand how we got here…