Sorry - but I have to dip into some politics

Copied below is the opinion page from the Dom Post on Stuff today - four headlines that Helengrad can not be happy with.... The article "Do you feel rich on 60K" is a must read (and shows again why John Key will be the next National Leader).

Is it just me, or are the seeds of discontent beginning to flower?

Phil - an update on the mood please! Because in my limited experience, things have to be bad (very bad) for the mainstream media start putting the boot into Labour.

Be ready to go to the polls in July people.

Police apologies are not enough

The bright spot on the horizon for beleaguered Police Commissioner Rob Robinson is that he retains the support of Police Minister George Hawkins and the prime minister. If he did not, he would no longer have his $410,000-$419,000-a-year job, The Dominion Post writes in an editorial.

Jeopardising our lifeblood

If 21st-century Kiwis raised among cellphones and the Internet doubted how important farming remains to the economy, they should have been disabused of their scepticism in the past 48 hours, The Dominion Post writes in an editorial.

Do you feel rich on $60,000?

When Labour came in to power in 1999, the richest 5 per cent of people had their taxes put up. Now, the top rate is being paid by 12 per cent of Kiwis, including nurses, teachers and police. Tracy Watkins reports.

Ministers deserve dunce's cap

Government hard man Trevor Mallard pulled no punches when he announced a $20 million bailout for Te Wananga O Aotearoa, the country's largest tertiary education institution, this week, writes The Dominion Post.

Lending a helping hand

Give us the hospital we were promised

Sorry - the html got nasty when trying to put the links in - but for Stuff - click here and go to the Dom Post.

And as for our glorious leaders, 'by definition, I can not leak' quote - don't get me started. But for the Nixon comparison (courtesy of DPF), click here - well worth a look. A closing quote:

"Those to whom much has been given sometimes suffer from arrogance; or rather the people around them suffer. Arrogance is doubly a pity, because the talents of the arrogant serve primarily themselves. The arrogant assumes his views and opinions are The Truth. In arrogance, natural confidence goes sadly awry. Rather than the self-assurance born of knowing his own strengths and limitations, arrogance admits no limits."

Not directed at anyone in particular - obviously.....