David Ford ~ Independent New Zealand Political Candidate

Published: Sept. 29, 2011, midnight

b'David Ford is a New Zealander who has spent much of his life overseas has decided to stand for Parliament as an independent as he feels that there is still no party who has a manifestos that fulfills his needs. So why would a male in his late fifties want to drop everything and spend time canvassing his electorate with a message on conservation based community issues, simplicity, local, personal, organic and living healthy holistic lifestyle at optimal performance. TURNING OUR ECONOMY AROUND and Eliminating Debt. He believes the \\u201cblind spot\\u201d in our current Government & industry leadership thinking lies in a irrational adherence to the Northern Hemispheres \\u201cgospel of BIG\\u201d, & that this now dysfunctional hallucination has lead us into the current global economic/ecological crisis. A Crisis we will NOT emerge from by playing out the same old tired formulas & prescriptions. It is time we all let go of this \\u201ccollective hallucination\\u201d & boldly embrace a new paradigm which insures & secures an intact future for all. Covering education, health, environment and justice, this is now a time for the conversation to extend beyond party politics to our kitchen tables and living rooms. Expanding our health and wellbeing into the local community and eventually the biosphere\\xa0 as a whole. When we look at the microcosm us, in relation to the macrocosm of our planet, the only difference in many ways is a matter of scale. We can not afford to abuse our ecology, be it internal or external. And that it is intergenerational injustice to future generations if we are not conserving all resources. What are we leaving our children and grand children? What are the drivers that compel this man? www.fordfuturenow.org'