Take note of what goes on or you'll forget.

We are all forgetful, many of us can hardly remember what we ate for breakfast let alone what was on the news yesterday. That was just yesterday's news, today is today isn't it? Well we can't just move on. What happens today is a direct consequence of what took place yesterday. It affects us greatly, yet we don't really know the world we live in. It is said that with so much information at such small snippets, we only get a superficial scratching of what goes on. It doesn't help that each website is a labyrinth in which to get entertained on the wrong path. How often do you turn on the computer to look something up and realizing 20 minutes later as you're shutting it down that you've forgotten to check what you wanted? I know I'm not the only one out there.
The internet is no less entertainment than Coronation street, in a sense it is our personal street; it is no more information than the BBC wants to give us-  unless we actually go out and look for it. And then, will it be there or deleted from our collective memories altogether?

Did you know that the Government has granted itself wartime-like powers in Canterbury? The parliament has given support to the governments actions in Canterbury, controlling what goes on for the next five years! The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority has been given the power "to get information from any source, to requisition and build on land and to carry out demolitions. It can also take over local authorities if they are not working effectively on recovery work". Yep, it can decide that local councils are powerless and insignificant, take them over and this way take over democratically elected institutions. Excellent! So, no food, no roads and no-one to complain to! It has hardly made a scene in the media. And any it did has been forgotten all too quickly.
It seems Labour and National are just two shades of gray. The fact that we aren't told tells us a lot about New Zealand media. They aren't watchdogs of the public interest  but the lapdogs of a private interest.

This is a part 1 of three, next Oil-protests by iwi and then ACTA.