September 2005 Archives

I just saw this exchange between the 'Journalist' Simon Dallow and Gerry Brownlee, the deputy leader of the National party on Agenda. One kind of agenda was certainly on display. If this is objective media reportage i'd hate to see what happens next. I always thought Dallow was a conservative little prig, but this was just stunning.

GERRY [....] no one can argue that and we are very pleased to be leading in those agenda issues, next week will be a great week for us, we will culminate that week by being able to form the government after the votes are counted on Saturday night.

SIMON We're all certainly looking forward to it. Gerry Brownlee and Pete Hodgson thank you so much for joining us on Agenda today.

Coincidence? I didn't think so either.

These are two examples of globes found on the WorldProcessor site. Some of the works are breathtaking in their complexity and artfulness, but the examples above I found fascinating in their representations of complex issues. The example on the left is a representation of some statistics from 2000, "If all the cars in the world were placed end to end they would circle the globe 72 times". The image on the right illustrates Economic Geography, "In most cases, the equator separates donor and recipient nations of foreign aid. New continents result from shared economic conditions."