A generation ago Martin Luther King stated he had a dream: that people should be judged on the content of their character, not the colour of their skin. Fast-forward to the current day and thousands are celebrating the fulfilment of this dream in the election of Barack Obama as US President. There is an irony […]
Entries Tagged as 'Current Events'
Just How Far Will the Left go?
November 11th, 2008 1 Comment
We all know the left will stop at nothing to win in politics; see what they did to Stephen Franks in Wellington Central – systematic election hoarding defacement, abuse on his blog (too numerous to link to any one example), You Tube videos twisting out of context comments into scary hate filled messages against Christians […]
Tags: Elections · Liberty Scott · Statist Mindset
Cambridge Tornado
October 17th, 2008 1 Comment
Old friends Roger and Donna were woken in the night by the tornado that tore through Cambridge last night and realised that their back fence and two trees were gone. This was their backyard: The tree took out their fence and their neighbour’s roof: When they went outside there was debris everywhere and there was […]
Tags: Weather
Electoral Finance Act Threatens Privacy and Family Home
October 7th, 2008 10 Comments
Imagine coming home to this on your lawn: it’s 1000 knives! No this isn’t something from the “only in America” files it is Bob McCoskrie’s front lawn covered in knives, complete with threatening note related to Bob’s political activities! How did they get his address? Compliments of the Electoral Finance Act; law abiding critics of […]
Tags: Bad Policy · Bob McCoskrie · Elections · Electoral Finance Act · Freedom of Speech · Personal Abuse
Laidlaw College
August 4th, 2008 19 Comments
On Saturday Madeleine and I attended the launch of Laidlaw College (formerly Bible College of New Zealand or BCNZ). It was an impressive event which was well attended; the Minister of Education Chris Carter, local MP Lynne Pillay, United Future’s Judy Turner, various Waitakere City Councillors and former BCNZ Principals were in attendance. The MC […]
Tags: BCNZ · Laidlaw College · Mark Strom
Stop Worrying So Much! Some Enviro Myth Busting
July 31st, 2008 1 Comment
I heard Leighton Smith talking about this article on Newstalk ZB this morning so I looked it up and it is worth sharing – especially the top 6! 10 Things to Scratch From Your Worry ListFor most of the year, it is the duty of the press to scour the known universe looking for ways […]
Tags: Enviro Myths · Leighton Smith
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
Next time you want to tape a politician…
August 7th, 2008 Comments Off on Next time you want to tape a politician…
I will resist the urge the comment on the content of the recent taped conversations, well I might say *yawn* what political party does not contain MP’s that have ideas about where they would like their party to head in the future, in fact to swipe my 16 year old’s comments, there would be something […]
Tags: Legal Advice · National Party