The Great Leader speaks (Mandarin) 29 Oct 2007 I actually don’t dislike the guy, but this is one of the funniest political ads I’ve ever seen. For forners (not from Orstraya), it helps to know that Rudd leads the erstwhile socialist party, speaks Mandarin, and is likely to win the next federal election. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptccZze7VxQ&rel=1] Humor Politics
Australian stuff The policy policy 4 Mar 2010 Australian Prime Minister for the Obvious has said that there should be a “zero tolerance” policy against bullying. In other news, a 13 year old Victorian girl who held a kitchen knife to the throat of a 12 year old girl – allegedly – is not to be charged by… Read More
Australian stuff This man is the best of Australia’s political landscape 10 Oct 201110 Oct 2011 I used to hate him, but I have come to the realisation that Malcolm Fraser is the very best Prime Minister, politician and senior statesman Australia has produced in my lifetime. He criticises his own party for its demagoguery and race the the lowest common denominator, and defends the rights… Read More
Australian stuff Come to Australia and learn to handle venomous snakes 14 Oct 2009 We like to joke with visitors about the venomous wildlife in Australia. I mean we even have a venomous mammal (well, sort of mammal). But as we have 20 of the world’s top 25 venomous snakes, we sometimes need to teach snake handling for the workplace. And somebody posed a… Read More
Can we hope for (cringe in terror of) a Cultural Revolution? I think there’s a Five Year Plan for one, yes.
Rudd is the Australian equivalent of New Labour. He speaks fluent Mandarin, and when APEC was held here a few months back he addressed the Chinese delegation in their own language. This led to the video, as you see. We are hip deep in errr… electioneering (yes, that’s it, electioneering. Not shit, no.) right now, and the election date is 24th November. Three weeks into it and we are all sick of it. So it’s nice to see some satire. I want the parliament to be divided almost evenly between the Greens and the Democrats (not much like yours), with the Liberals who are illiberal, Labor who are mostly pro-union and both are pro-big industry, failing to get any seats at all. Oh, and every child gets a candy bar and a big soft toy…
I actually don’t care much for Rudd. I’ll support a Labor government because it will be infinitely better than the current Howard government. What would have been awesome (in the reality that the Greens are not going to get an lower house seats) would have been a Julia Gillard lead Labor government. I’m still hoping we’ll get one in a few elections time.