The “us” I was referring to is this country. But I amended that in my mind yesterday afternoon when I read the first review of Jake Tapper's book on Joe Biden.
What's become of all of us, is now the question.
"Biden didn’t recognise George Clooney at a fundraiser", was your headline.
Tapper is making money out of a book on a subject he should have been all over four years ago, but wasn’t. Most of the American media in particular weren't.
They knew Biden was what he was, but it didn’t seem to matter then. But now that they can make a buck, it’s a story.
This was raised at the White House correspondents dinner, so it's not like they aren't aware of how this looks.
Jacinda Ardern falls into the same category – destroy the country, run away to Boston, write a book and collect the money.
It's shocking.
Jannik Sinner, the tennis player in name, and act. He meets the Pope, having cut a deal with the doping authorities not to miss any majors and return to his home tournament a hero.
And the daddy of them all is the current American President. He offers White House tours and a dinner if you buy his crypto.
How is this possible?
He tells you "it’s a good time to buy" before he makes an announcement that he knows will move the markets. No one is seemingly doing anything about it.
He is about to collect a plane for God's sake! That is quite obviously illegal, and yet, who is it that is going to do something about it?
Winston Peters had his head in his hands when Brooke let the big word fly, and he lamented the lack of standards.
All around us are seemingly new norms.
There are more and more indicators that what was once the right way to go about business now doesn’t matter.
Punishments that once addressed indiscretions are now laughed at or negotiated away.
Moral fibre that kept you on the straight and narrow is not just gone, but jettisoned and replaced by contempt and arrogance.
If the President of America can bribe your crypto purchases, while flying on an illegal plane, former leaders can profit from negligence, and the Fourth Estate can pretend to be unbiased while ignoring the news and then cash in on their ineptitude, is it any wonder more and more of us long for the good old days?
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
Tapper is making money out of a book on a subject he should have been all over four years ago, but wasn’t. Most of the American media in particular weren't.
They knew Biden was what he was, but it didn’t seem to matter then. But now that they can make a buck, it’s a story.
This was raised at the White House correspondents dinner, so it's not like they aren't aware of how this looks.
Jacinda Ardern falls into the same category – destroy the country, run away to Boston, write a book and collect the money.
It's shocking.
Jannik Sinner, the tennis player in name, and act. He meets the Pope, having cut a deal with the doping authorities not to miss any majors and return to his home tournament a hero.
And the daddy of them all is the current American President. He offers White House tours and a dinner if you buy his crypto.
How is this possible?
He tells you "it’s a good time to buy" before he makes an announcement that he knows will move the markets. No one is seemingly doing anything about it.
He is about to collect a plane for God's sake! That is quite obviously illegal, and yet, who is it that is going to do something about it?
Winston Peters had his head in his hands when Brooke let the big word fly, and he lamented the lack of standards.
All around us are seemingly new norms.
There are more and more indicators that what was once the right way to go about business now doesn’t matter.
Punishments that once addressed indiscretions are now laughed at or negotiated away.
Moral fibre that kept you on the straight and narrow is not just gone, but jettisoned and replaced by contempt and arrogance.
If the President of America can bribe your crypto purchases, while flying on an illegal plane, former leaders can profit from negligence, and the Fourth Estate can pretend to be unbiased while ignoring the news and then cash in on their ineptitude, is it any wonder more and more of us long for the good old days?
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
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The mindset of cultural Marxism is now deeply embedded - the we see the result of forcing division and disruption. Expect 18 months of TPM-driven chaos in Parliament to prepare for the 2026 election - which could lead quickly to He Puapua to "heal the nation".
Yes, and just look who is asleep at the helm as he swans off to Gisborne with his mate Tama to partner with an iwi collective to build 150 rental homes. No doubt the 'partnership' is such that we the taxpayer are forking out $500K each for said homes and the other partner in the deal will do the building, creaming a bit off the top by clipping the ticket one way or another. Just another sink hole to fall into on the way to the mythical 'growth' we are promised.
Cynical of Northland.
It's called moving the Overton Envelope Mike. The term is named after the American policy analyst and former senior vice president at Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Joseph Overton, who proposed that the political viability of an idea depends mainly on whether it falls within an acceptability range, rather than on the individual preferences of politicians using the term or concept. According to Overton, the window frames the range of policies that a politician may recommend without appearing too extreme to gain or keep public office given the climate of public opinion at that particular time. So ultimately the responsibility for movements in the window falls squarely on the public, not the politicians who capitalise on the movement. And isn't that another word for democracy? Or to put it rather more bluntly, we get the politicians we deserve.
Just who will collect the rent on said rentals that are provided by the taxpayer? Just who will have ownership of the properties?
I am cynical too!
No Jonesy, it’s called a non sequitur.
We get the politicians we voted for - as well as the ones we didn’t.
Depending on where we live, it becomes a good idea or not.
That is called modern democracy - just that today’s version is not always what we voted for.
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