Marie Hazledine-Barber

New Zealand Returned Soldier

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm

Lest we forget

ANZAC POPPY

The red poppy one of the first blooms from the mud of Flanders Field linked battlefield death since the Great War of  1914-1918.  The famous poem written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae  ” In Flanders Field”  describing this beautiful poppy.

For three decades the Return Service Association have had the poppies made in Christchurch by Kilmarnock Enterprises who employ intellectually disabled people to assemble them. The special nature the red poppies representing the RSA  gives the employees a sense of real purpose for the country, their social integration and funds for the enterprise and are proud to serve NZ in their own special way. Then see with pride the red poppy worn by so many New Zealanders in memory of those that fell on the battlefield.

However: The RSA  Chief Executive has made the decision to out source the red poppy to China for parts and be assembled in Australia.  Because it is cheaper and he can make more profit.!

First to deny these special people whose battlefield is a life time, their NZ Red Poppy to be made in China, then fly the parts to Australia, assembled there:  then fly them to New Zealand the image of a green country ( NZ) being aware of the carbon footprint the Chief Executive needs to be taught the lesson of responsible capitalism.

One applauds the efforts to raise more funds for the returned soldiers as expenses and costs of living rise, yet most New Zealanders would be quite happy to pay more for a poppy keeping production in Christchurch at Kilmarnock Enterprises.

Once again those in power privileged to open doors and do the most good fail and cripple the already challenged and less fortunate because of irresponsible decisions, or have the sense to have a wider view or understanding: of the cause and effect of irresponsible, lack of deep thought of decisions made.

They see the books but not the man at the coal face.

The dinner plate served for the reasoning of the decision is a plausible excuse. Bear in mind excuse means EX meaning “free from”  Cusa meaning ” cause” = excuse. The act of the RSA Chief Executive appears that the decision he made, he is free from the cause and he is not responsible for his actions.

MP David Garrett

Act Member of Parliament David Garrett past despicable bizarre behavior of stealing a deceased baby identity,to obtain a passport by means of fraud: (although not used which is hardly the point) David Garrett admitted the theft explaining that he suffered from “delusions of grandeur”: and “It was a bit of a lark” copying the scenes from the book “The Day of the Jackal”

The pathways leading to Parliament seem to be paved with MPs’ ready to defraud the country using government credit cards for personal gain hence an act of fraud, or arrive at parliament with brief case full of past convictions they trust will be buried or ignored.

The MP’s’ rail against the common people of New Zealand of such similar behavior or convictions, credit card fraud, and the worst of the worst moral crime stealing a deceased baby identity: the latter causing the family revival of a painful past: grief of the death of their child.

Well oiled excuses from Parliament are as dirty as the broken sewage pipes of the tragic Christchurch earthquake.

Empty words, empty chairs, a rort,from the MP’s,: the common man or woman in jail penalized for crimes:or crimes even of a lesser nature would feel justified living the consequences of their criminal actions, that the Parliamentarians should do the same.

The first step being the MPs’ lose their jobs. Just as any other common New Zealander would have to and face the consequences.

ABC: action,behavior ,consequences:

So, is it not time real justice stands and act railing against these MPs’ ?

It is not enough paying back the money defrauded or saying it was just a “lark” No New Zealander is laughing.

Empty Chair empty words?