First of all I will say that I think Kim Dotcom is the victim of a politically and economically inspired witch hunt. What he did is no more than what you tube does constantly. The case against him is driven by Hollywood producers and money men who think they need more millions of dollars to cover the expense of producing their mega budget flops. The way I see it is it’s as if they want to prosecute the postal service because someone posted something that they own the copyright on.  Forget for a moment the obvious fact that when they sell a dvd of something they own, they themselves are putting it in the public domain. Instead wonder what sort of storage or delivery company could or would examine the contents of packages they are storing and delivering. Any company that violated the privacy of it’s customers in such a way would soon have no customers.  They would probably also have many lawsuits. If what Dotcom did was illegal in N.Z and he was here when he did it he should be prosecuted here. The F.B.I and Hollywood don’t want that because they know he might get a fair trial here. Well, slightly fairer than in the U.S anyway. It comes down to this. If mega-upload’s customers violated their agreed terms and conditions by distributing copyrighted material, they should be prosecuted, not the company.

So why does this matter to us and our election? It matters because Kim Dotcom is financing Hone Harawira’s Mana Party election campaign on the understanding that if he holds onto his Te Tai Tokerau electorate and if they get enough support in the party vote Mana may be able to take an Internet Party representative into parliament with him. Of course Hone Harawira might not get re-elected in Te Tai Tokerau, which is easily the best sounding electorate name. Or Mana /Internet might get 5% of the party vote, so might not need Harawira’s to hold his seat.

I sincerely hope neither of those things happens. Let’s go back a few years to before the shit hit the fan for Kim Dotcom. He was driving round Auckland in very expensive cars with personalised plates proclaiming that he was god, the devil, and every stomach turning thing in between. He spent a small fortune on a fireworks display for Auckland celebrating himself and his bought and paid for N.Z residency. He also made sure everybody knew who was paying for it, and why. Which makes John Key’s claim that he didn’t know of Dotcom or his residency as farcical. He behaved like rich, German, self obsessed  wanker, which shoudn’t surprise anyone, because that is what he is. Then when things went bad for him, he turned to John Banks, the mega-rat for help. He thought the $50k he had given John Banks would buy him some loyalty. Fat chance, John Banks screwed the people of Auckland for much more than that, but we knew he was a rat and we weren’t surprised at his running for cover and trying to cover his own arse because we knew he didn’t give a crap about anything but himself . Dotcom showed an outstanding lack common sense by having faith in John Banks in the first place. Other things about Dotcom also raise questions about his judgement and astounding lack of self awareness. He publicly proclaims he owns a signed copy of Adolph Hitler’s book, but tries to tell us he’s not a Nazi. In my opinion if you are an adult German and you think it’s acceptable to invest in Nazi memorabilia you have got serious judgement issues. It would make much more sense if he was a Nazi, which also wouldn’t surprise me.  A toothbrush moustache and wehrmacht helmet and he would be the spitting image of Sgt. Shultz. Look at the friends he made when he first arrived in Auckland. Now he goes to Mana party gatherings and tries to convince people he was under-privileged. Look at him, it’s extremely hard to believe he was ever malnourished. He has exactly as much credibility as his ex-friend John Banks, none.

His new friend Hone Harawira also is severely lacking in credibility. Dotcom should expect exactly the same loyalty he got from John Banks, none. Hone Harawira will take Dotcom’s money, spend it, and then blame Dotcom for the poor showing in the election. Blaming others is the thing Harawira does best. Nothing is ever his fault. Colonialism is to blame for everything, from high crime rates among Maori, to Harawira’s own character flaws. I think he is the most overtly racist individual in parliament. He is a clown who just repeats the same unfunny rubbish endlessly. It makes me sad.

Next time I will talk about another clown in parliament that repeats himself like a stuck record. He would have us believe he is racist because it gets him votes. That makes me even sadder.