Crouching media, hidden Tiger

Tiger woods has a car crash, minor fender bender, and he has some issues to deal with on the home front as well.

That should be about all we hear of Tiger's incident, and that is all we would hear, if that, had he been your average Joe Bloggs down the street. Because the guy happens to be a celebrity and one of golfings greatest, he endures more scrutiny than this little incident warrants.

The vultures from the gossip rags circle the damaged car and the revelations that have come from the incident, waiting for the next bit of scrap which they will gobble up with great enthusiasm. The headlines will scream at us, telling us that this is very important news, we need to hear all about Tiger's problems, we need to read about how his life is falling apart. They lure us, entice us to revel in Tiger's misfortune, oh how they love to engorge themselves on the fresh carcass of another fallen icon.


Listen up, gossip rags, leave Tiger alone, he is human and he has erred. He has apologised, let us move on. End of story.

The return of Blogging

Today I relaunch my old blog with a fresh perspective. I no longer want to create a high ranking political blog, I think that idea failed epically. What I really want to do is share my opinions on a broad range of topics, everything from Movies, computers, anime, and back to politics again.

I also added a Facebook share button, mainly for shameless self promotion but I'd appreciate anybody reading this sharing articles they like and helping to revive this old blog into something a bit more vibrant and energetic than it has been.

National take election.

The election 2008 is over, and the Labour axis hydra will not be able to form a government. National will lead the 49th parliament after they strike a deal with thier natural coalition partner Act.

In the end, I broke with my traditional National vote and put my party vote behind getting a strong Act infuence in the next government. They will now get Sir Roger Douglas and John Boscawen to boost their numbers, fantastic news.

Finally, Winston First is gone. Winston Peters should have been more up front with the media, and sonce he has been cleared of wrongdoing, he might have been returned had he just fronted with the truth. NZ First disappears from parliament and time will tell if wieter Winston Peters or Ron Mark can brign the party back into parliament, or languish off stage like the Alliance/

Congratulations to prime minister John Key and National. Boy I have waited patiently to say that!