Letters, Nov 25
25/11/2009 11:44:00 a.m.
9/11 conspiracy
The article on Richard Gage is absolutely magnificent. It’s about time this issue was dealt with properly by the mainstream media. Well done, as a Kiwi living in Australia who has watched the Aussie media completely ignore the tour of Gage and Prof Jones, and ignore the overwhelming evidence for controlled demolition, I am very happy and proud that you have done such a balanced report.
Andrew Whooley, Wellington
Is he mad?
Is The Muted Horn mad as a snake because someone put a sock in histrumpet? No one gets everything right but in spite of vanities, self-aggrandisement, rip-offs and mistakes by successive councils, Wellington is not a bad place to live on a world scale. Gradually the waterfront is coming right and if anyone complains about windy Wellington, be thankful that councilors do not eat too many beans to make their rhetoric come out of their round mouth. By contrast the protesting public might as well fart against the wind for all the notice that the Mayor Kerry Prendergast takes of them.
Arnold Blades, Karori
(abridged)
Northern lights
Thank you very much for the complimentary tickets to the NZSO “Northern Lights” concert. I was particularly interested in hearing the Scandinavian programme as my grandmother came from Norway (to Norsewood) in 1872. This was the first time I’d heard the Grieg songs rendered in Norwegian. Solveig Kringelborn looked like a beautiful ice maiden but sang beautifully with warmth and vivacity. It is good to see Capital Times continuing to foster the performing arts.
Constance Dreaver, Kilbirnie
Darwin and Galileo
H Westfold may not give credence to the theories of that “wicked, godless old heathen” Darwin (Nov 18), but I would ask him to consider whether he may be guilty of swallowing other, equally pernicious lies? I refer, of course, to those propounded by that godless old heathen Galileo. One has only to read Psalm 19 to know that it is the sun that moves around the earth and not vice versa, yet, sadly, even the vast majority of those who claim to be Bible-believing Christians accept Galileo’s preposterous ideas. What is worse, this wicked nonsense is being foisted on impressionable young minds by science teachers throughout the disc on which we live. If Mr Westfold does indeed hold beliefs about the cosmos that are not supported by the Bible I urge him to try to unbelieve them before it is too late. Nothing short of the destination of his immortal soul may be at stake.
E Warren, Wilton
Secret workshops
Open government and accountability to the rate-paying public is a basic principle of good government. So if there has been no increase in the amount of secrecy around the council table in recent years then why have the number of secret council workshops increased by more than 100% over the last four years?
Roger Ellis, Wellington
Thank you
Have just received the tickets for the Pines of Rome concert on Sunday, what a lovely surprise – it is much appreciated – thank you so much!
N Kingi, Karori
The article on Richard Gage is absolutely magnificent. It’s about time this issue was dealt with properly by the mainstream media. Well done, as a Kiwi living in Australia who has watched the Aussie media completely ignore the tour of Gage and Prof Jones, and ignore the overwhelming evidence for controlled demolition, I am very happy and proud that you have done such a balanced report.
Andrew Whooley, Wellington
Is he mad?
Is The Muted Horn mad as a snake because someone put a sock in histrumpet? No one gets everything right but in spite of vanities, self-aggrandisement, rip-offs and mistakes by successive councils, Wellington is not a bad place to live on a world scale. Gradually the waterfront is coming right and if anyone complains about windy Wellington, be thankful that councilors do not eat too many beans to make their rhetoric come out of their round mouth. By contrast the protesting public might as well fart against the wind for all the notice that the Mayor Kerry Prendergast takes of them.
Arnold Blades, Karori
(abridged)
Northern lights
Thank you very much for the complimentary tickets to the NZSO “Northern Lights” concert. I was particularly interested in hearing the Scandinavian programme as my grandmother came from Norway (to Norsewood) in 1872. This was the first time I’d heard the Grieg songs rendered in Norwegian. Solveig Kringelborn looked like a beautiful ice maiden but sang beautifully with warmth and vivacity. It is good to see Capital Times continuing to foster the performing arts.
Constance Dreaver, Kilbirnie
Darwin and Galileo
H Westfold may not give credence to the theories of that “wicked, godless old heathen” Darwin (Nov 18), but I would ask him to consider whether he may be guilty of swallowing other, equally pernicious lies? I refer, of course, to those propounded by that godless old heathen Galileo. One has only to read Psalm 19 to know that it is the sun that moves around the earth and not vice versa, yet, sadly, even the vast majority of those who claim to be Bible-believing Christians accept Galileo’s preposterous ideas. What is worse, this wicked nonsense is being foisted on impressionable young minds by science teachers throughout the disc on which we live. If Mr Westfold does indeed hold beliefs about the cosmos that are not supported by the Bible I urge him to try to unbelieve them before it is too late. Nothing short of the destination of his immortal soul may be at stake.
E Warren, Wilton
Secret workshops
Open government and accountability to the rate-paying public is a basic principle of good government. So if there has been no increase in the amount of secrecy around the council table in recent years then why have the number of secret council workshops increased by more than 100% over the last four years?
Roger Ellis, Wellington
Thank you
Have just received the tickets for the Pines of Rome concert on Sunday, what a lovely surprise – it is much appreciated – thank you so much!
N Kingi, Karori
