Archive for November 14th, 2008

That Bear, Bob The Builder And John Key

The Bear Truth
The Bear Truth

In terms of climate change, Prime Minister Elect John Key is in bad company - with Rodney ‘climate change is a hoax’ Hide and Gerry ‘Sexy Coal Brownlee, but he himself is more of an unknown quantity. On Campbell Live following election night he said that now he was Prime Minister he didn’t just represent those people who voted for him - he had to represent the whole nation. So how does he know how those of us who didn’t vote for him want to be represented? Well, one way is youtube.

John Key’s victory speech is available on youtube and I’d like to encourage you to make a message for John and post it as a response to that video.

The hapless polar bear that emerged during the recent TVNZ YouTube leaders debate has resurfaced and done just that.

The planet is on the slide due to climate change,” stresses the bear. “Me and my ilk are like canaries in the coal mine. But by-God we’re not the only canaries.

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Sjoerd Jongens 1950-2008

Posted by brianfit at 11:05 AM

Sjoerd Jongens

Sjoerd Jongens, 57 years old, died yesterday in a bicycle accident on his way to work here at Greenpeace International in Amsterdam.He joined Greenpeace in 1987, when he took on the job of radio operator at World Park Base in Antarctica — a place he loved for its beauty, its solitude… and the clarity of its atmosphere as a transmission medium for radio waves.
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