the beauty of youtube, vis a vis Kevin Rudd and his infamous expedition
(DISCLAIMER: This is not meant to draw any dramatic conclusion, nor make any sort of comment on the propriety or otherwise of Kevin Rudd playing up in New York.)
Frog was just googling, and spotted quite a few Aussie bloggers pointing out the irony of Glenn Milne outing anyone for “inappropriate behaviour”.
The trail leads to some pretty bizarre rough and tumble at their national journalism awards, the Walkleys.
Bookmark to:
August 21st, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Also…Frog’s personal fav comment so far is from the rather brilliant Aussie Green, Senator Bob Brown:
“Four years ago Kevin Rudd got drunk and took himself into a strip club,” Senator Brown said.
“Four years ago John Howard, sober, took Australia into the Iraq war.
“I think the electorate can judge which one did the more harm,”
August 21st, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Frog
Do you also see the irony in Comrade Klark’s comments?
She may well find Rudd’s visit to a strip club to be disgusting but then many kiwi’s find her govt’s actions in legalising homosexuality and prostitution to be equally disgusting.
Whats the bet that the left wing media overlook this?
August 21st, 2007 at 6:54 pm
Furthermore, does anyone else think it’s odd that the pollies seem to lining up to ‘fess up to strip club forays?
eg. http://tinyurl.com/395bl5
&
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4172833a10.html
P’haps they’re hoping to earn some of the ‘red-blooded male points’ that Rudd is allegedly racking up?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4171966a12.html
Yeuch….
August 21st, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Wikipedia whitewash
I thought I’d try to get this article onto Wikipedias Queenstown site:
http://www.boston.com/travel/articles/2004/11/07/new_zealand_at_a_cros sroads/
It was deleted. Apparently they have problems where people “mob” so they can control the content. The site is travel brochure perfect. I complained on a discussion site, just a moment ago… they may have a perfectly good reason, but it makes you wonder> vested interests> pr > reality >truth??? Balance??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenstown%2C_New_Zealand
jh
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:10 pm
I can think of few things more silly than obsessing about guys going to strip clubs.
I’d be hard pressed to list all the clubs I’ve been in… but the point is missing.
So of course, is Big Bro’s. Much the same reason too. It isn’t any business of ours what other consenting adults may do. Free enterprise is fine, personal freedom is not?
respectfully
BJ
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:57 pm
From Daily Reckoning
Shocking CIA Report Reveals U.S.’
True Standing in the World!
Recently, a shocking CIA report came into our hands. It ranked nations based on their current account balance. You know…what’s coming in versus what’s going out…aka the balance sheet or cash flow.
There’s not enough room to rank every country, but here are a few of the surprising tallies:
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No. 1 is Japan - $165 billion-plus
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No. 2 is China - $164 billion-plus
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No. 3 is Germany - $115 billion-plus
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Hong Kong - $20 billion-plus
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Algeria - $18 billion-plus
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Burkina Faso - $438 million (deficit)
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New Zealand - $10 billion
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No. 3 from the bottom is the U.K. - $57 billion
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No. 2 from the bottom is Spain
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DEAD LAST - the U.S. - $829 billion in the hole.
Add up all the current deficits of the entire world and you don’t even get to half of the U.S. total. Is this the new definition of the “richest country in the world”?
http://www.isecureonline.com/Reports/DRI/EDRIH714/Default.cfm?PAGE=2&P CODE=EDRIH714&ALIAS=LIES
August 22nd, 2007 at 8:37 pm
big bro, it wasn’t Helen Clark’s government that legalised homosexuality. Get your facts right!
You’re probably the only person round here who thinks that homosexuality should be illegal, and you go on about your views being representative of mainstream NZ. Yeah right! Mainstream NZ does not want to lock up consenting adults.
Of course the media are going to ignore Clark’s supposed hypocrisy, not because they are “left wing”, but because there is none.
And finally can you please stop your extremely childish practice of spelling people’s names wrongly. Extremely childish, very old and tiresome now and completely pointless. All you do is make yourself look stupid.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:57 pm
the rednecks are positive about this, its good, all men should go to girl shows, like mn fwwog, thinkj about it, heather roy dancing in hers green knicker
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:47 pm
Stuey
Perhaps you should take a little of your own advice.
I have never said that homosexual activity should be illegal, what I have always said is that the govt pushed it through when the vast majority of the population did not want it.
I know it does not suit your argument but you will find that most of those against the bill and the subsequent civil union bill can see it for what it really is and that is the Trojan horse for gay adoption, it has nothing to do with what consenting adults do in their own time.
Next time get it right aye.
P.S…. When people here stop referring to President Bush as the chimp or Dr Don Brash and Dunny Brush I will might do as you wish, I mean how would you like it if I logged on with the screen name Don Ronald?,…….actually when you think about it this is exactly why you support the Labour party in their attempt to stop free speech, you would do well to remember that it works both ways.