A Stimulus Story

It is the month of April, on the shores of the Black Sea. It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.

Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town.

He enters the only hotel, lays a 100 Euro note on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one.

The hotel proprietor takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.

The Butcher takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the pig grower.

The pig grower takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.

The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute that in these hard times, gave her "services" on credit.

The hooker runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt with the 100 Euro note to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there.

The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 Euro note back on the counter. At that moment, the rich tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and takes his 100 Euro note, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, and leaves town.

No one earned anything.
However, the whole town is now without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the Government is doing business today.

-Thanks to Johny who once put $100 on the bar, went to the loo and was never seen again.

Clean, green mining? Yeah right.

Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee’s plans for a “stocktake” of mining opportunities in our most precious conservation land, including national parks , have deeply concerned our members. Despite subsequent attempts by the Government to play down suggestions that it will open up protected conservation lands to mining, this proposal is still very much alive. We need your help to let the Government know that our protected forests, mountains, wetlands, beaches and seafloor are too precious to be handed over to the mining industry. Please help us by emailing Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee (g.brownlee@ministers.govt.nz ) to let him know you oppose mining of our core conservation lands. You could make some of the following points:

• Mining of core conservation land will directly threaten New Zealand’s 100% Pure brand and its $20 billion tourism industry.
• Mining cannot be “surgically” carried out in fragile conservation lands – it has long-lasting and significant impacts on the environment and wildlife.
• Burning mined lignite will be a major source of the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.

Thanks to Corona, who points out that 'If we do or say something appropriate before or when it is necessary - and that often does not require much by each person - we may avert an environmental situation in New Zealand that many do not want, and we will not be able to undo if it comes into effect.'

I'm emailing Gerry right away and so should you!

The news came from Forest and Bird enews.

Jet Powered Hurricane

This is the old and just got boring hurricane ride, famous for getting crushed by the fatty next to you then flinging your breakfast on your mum watching from the crowd.

If you're a Carnie and if you loved me like a brother - You'd bring the 'jet powered hurricane' to town. Bigger than this one please so we don't burn each others eyebrows. See video for afterburner.