I’m Not Sure if we Need More or Less Politicians Like This.
I"m sure by now you're all sick of seeing crazy left wing environmentalists trying to 'impost' their leftist views on the rest of us(you know the ones who built this obviously not multicultural nation) and speaking in unfunny accents in videos on this blog so I offer you this: an Australian MP Comedian (I was lied to sorry loyal readers, it'll be certain to happen again) discussing an oil spill.
[And dammit, wordpress deleted it on me again when I tried to edit the post (Ian fix it pls).]
Alright, now lets get back to complaining about the new government.
No trackbacks yet.
Recent Posts
- The NPA on accountability
- The Fraser Institute: “It’s crap”
- Today and tomorrow–My tribute to Jack Layton
- Did I mention I’m running for School Board?
- PostMedia admits failure of privatization
Sponsors
Recent Comments
- Dushun on Cosmic Fingerprints
- Yodi on I reject the Iron Ring
- Ron Brown on Bookshelf
- Veronica on Today and tomorrow–My tribute to Jack Layton
- Ian on Did I mention I’m running for School Board?
Categories
Politics Religion Links Atheism Media Personal Science Elections Alberta NDP Conservatives Secularism Edmonton School UofA Atheists and Agnostics Creationism Scepticism BC Liberals Site Economics Parody Fun Vancouver Video Canada Global Warming Evolution CFI Bible Capitalism Humanism The Peak SFU Philosophy Free speech Books Random Gay rights Computers Anti-choice movies Companies
Subscribe to posts
October 15th, 2008 - 14:29
Given how we currently have zero politicians like this, and to the best of my knowledge no one’s posited the concept of negative politicians, the answer is “more”.
Sadly, these two are John Clarke and Bryan Dawe, a famous pair of Australian comedians, and this is a comedy sketch itself. The timing’s the dead giveaway, as is how neither even grins despite the absurdity of what’s being said.
That doesn’t change the intent, though. Just the context. It’s still damn funny.
You *can* find politicians with a sense of humor in the right context. I can’t find a video clip of it, although one example would be John Yarmuth (Kentucky congressman) who, on a Colbert Report interview, straight-faced his way through an entire conversation which he opened with “Well, you know, there are times when you have to find a way to dispose of kittens. And sometimes the only thing that you can do, if you don’t have a shovel, if you don’t have a garbage can, if there’s a woodchipper handy, then you’re going to have to use the woodchipper.”
October 15th, 2008 - 14:55
I’ve seen this presented as a skit
October 15th, 2008 - 18:18
Well, damn. Next time I’ll need to actually check facts. I was told it was real