Satire from Pound
July 31st, 2008 at 3:15 pm by David FarrarSimon Pound does an excellent satirical guest post at Public Address:
John Key has announced the adoption of yet another flagship Labour policy – having a female leader. In a one-page policy briefing released today he stated that under a National government he would undergo gender realignment to have what it takes to lead the Country.
Heh. Excellent.
ACT leader Rodney Hide could not be reached for comment having lost his cellphone while attempting to jump a shark on a jetski.
Ouch. That is so biting for those who remember Happy Days.
Green Party co-leader Russell Norman welcomed the move:
“In our party we have for a long time believed that a person’s sex was an important consideration when selecting an able leader. Our constitution requires it. We are glad that National are starting to adopt our sound policies also.”
This is true. Because Sue Bradford does not have a penis, she was ineligible to replace Rod Donald as a co-leader.
Tags: Humour, John Key, Satire, Simon Pound
July 31st, 2008 at 3:45 pm
David
you need to provide a reference for the picture mate. If it was before Iti was charged it’s not an issue, it if was after – well, then I guess we’ll see some more interesting questions in the house next week.
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 3:47 pm
its a shame “jumping the shark” has become the most overused fanboy phrase ever.. started out cool and was hijacked by wankers..
funny post though!
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Really getting tired of seeing all these bullshit-peddling bludgers at the Public Address using my taxpayer’s money to rip into Key – and sadly surprised to see it promoted and endorsed here. The same goes for making fun of Rodney Hide. These people are working bloody hard to try and save our country and build a better life for all of us. The least we owe them is a bit of respect and not to laugh along when their enemies, scared that their cozy taxpayer-subsidised lifestyle and power trip is jeopardised, try to use some foul excuse for ‘humour’ to undermine them – and in doing so undermine our future.
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 3:56 pm
lol, what? *Who* pays public address’s bills again?
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Yeah, but pushmepullu2 – it was pretty funny. If you can’t laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at. We don’t have to become a bunch of humourless wankers just because we follow politics. I also think it is a sign of strength to be able to notice and have a cackle about your own weaknesses – you’d be pretty insecure to not be able to laugh about what is, after all, a conscious tactic. Sooner or later (perhaps when Helen gets around to announcing the election) National will have to come out with some differentiating policies.
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Actually it would nice to see Key undergo gender realignment.
He could use some testicles.
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Nothing’s quite as noble as CHEAP SHOTS!
Very, very cheap…
(Stephen – their advertisers, perhaps?)
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Beijing bagmen.
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Noooo! Say it isn’t so. We’ve never won the rugby world cup under a female leader and the last time we won it we hosted it. We’ll host it AND lose it if we have a female leader.
I can’t remember the last time a female prime minister attended an important international game – that we won.. Perhaps it was the gay games.
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 4:45 pm
You’re very delluded RRM, seeing as all the evidence points to an illuminati front group headed by Owen Glenn through a trust in the name of a dog that Helen Clark’s mum bought with a cheque that used a bank account 6 digits off the same one as Fidel Castro.
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 4:50 pm
RRM – are you suggesting that Eden Coffee and totallywired are actually government departments or SOE’s??
Why should one party be exempt from cheap shots anyway.
pmpu2 – you know, despite your bombastic rhetoric, those in left politics are also “working bloody hard to try and save our country and build a better life for all of us” – they just have a different vision of what that entails….
I notice that neither of you actually refute the ‘humorous’ message behind the piece,: satire only works when it is based on an element of truth (otherwise it would be nonsense). It seems that the adage that truth hurts is particularly true for the one-eyed ultra partisan amongst us…
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Sorry Steve, you’re right I forgot that Public Address, like all left-wing institutions, is profoundly corrupt. my bad…
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Don’t ever forget, it’s what they’d want you to do.
I saw the post on the day, but again the comedy posts that come out of there are pure gold (also the getting to know allan bollard ones)
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Simon Pound and Co at Public Address will have a real laugh on 8 November when the new reality sinks in. What’s the punch line again? Ladies and Gentleman, the new Prime Minster of New Zealand, John Key.
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 8:45 pm
I believe it’s TVNZ. I mean how many of them work on “Media7” and other lame programmes for the STATE broadcaster. All that nonsense will come to an end after 8 November.
The purpose of appointing these “Jokers” was to use yet another backdoor for Labour to get around the EFA and advertise itself directly to voters. Looking at the polls it looks like that strategy isn’t working. No surprise really as Labour has always been terrible at achieving value for money with taxpayer funds.
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 8:48 pm
“. . . all these bullshit-peddling bludgers at the Public Address using my taxpayer’s money to rip into Key – and sadly surprised to see it promoted and endorsed here. The same goes for making fun of Rodney Hide. These people are working bloody hard to try and save our country and build a better life for all of us.”
Utter hogwash, pushmepompous – it’s Key and Hide who are taxpayer-funded, not Public Address.
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 8:53 pm
“This is true. Because Sue Bradford does not have a penis, she was ineligible to replace Rod Donald as a co-leader.”
I would not be so sure.
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 9:45 pm
OECD, you really are clutching at straws. Weeeeak.
I wouldn’t quite call PA an institution though RRM, it’s not Fair Go.
Vote:July 31st, 2008 at 10:07 pm
I get the feeling that after the election results this November that “Media7” is going to go into permanent hiatus or at the least be re-jigged with new presenters. The official line will be that due to poor ratings TVNZ wishes to adjust the format to better deliver to stakeholders in the community and the target television audience.
The real motivation is that there will be a new Broadcasting Minister this November. National will feel the pressure to be seen to be “doing something” other than following Labour’s policies. “Media7” is an easy target with no blowback potential. National supporter will cheer and feel good about “Media7” being scrapped, Labour supporter will be too despondent from the disasterous election annihilation of Labour to so much as muster a whimper.
Never mind, there is always Triangle TV. Unless of course those over at Public Address really are bludgers dependent on state funding.
Vote:August 1st, 2008 at 6:40 am
On the same subject of satire:
Vote:http://monkeyswithtypewriter.blogspot.com/2008/07/efa-is-forward-step-for-democracy-yeah.html
August 1st, 2008 at 8:29 am
That’s ridiculous, why would dropping a channel be ‘doing something’? You’ve really got that channel in your sights OECD…but why?! Have you even watched it? Full of ‘vote labour’ ads is it?
Lee I would barely call that satire, it just came across more as some guy’s opinion on the EFA and tui billboards.
Vote:August 1st, 2008 at 8:52 am
Public Address – christ if it was any wetter you’d need to wear speedos to read it. And the articles go on and on and on. on top of that Russell insists on calling New Zelanders ‘Pakeha’, FFS mate, reach down and feel the round things in your y-fronts. There is no ethnic segment of New Zealand who are ‘Pakeha’, they are New Zelanders of European descent.
Vote:August 1st, 2008 at 8:53 am
you know, despite your bombastic rhetoric, those in left politics are also “working bloody hard to try and save our country and build a better life for all of us” – they just have a different vision of what that entails….
Utter rubbish Sam. Give me one example of a left wing politician doing something to benefit the country. That’s right you can’t. Why? Because the goals of the left are simple – to gain and hold power, and to get their hands on other people’s hard-earned money.
I don’t have any truck with this ‘all politicians are corrupt’ bullshit. That’s just chaffe thrown out by Labourites and their apologists. There are two breeds of politician different as night and day – the politicians of ACT and National, who are to a man hard-working, honest, committed and self-sacrificing, and the politicians of Labour, the Greens, UF and Winston First, who are spineless bludgers allergic to the hard graft but very well practiced at throwing out politically correct bullshit babble while they slime their way into the wallets of others, all the while bleating about ‘responsibility’ and ‘selflessness’. Now guess which category your mates on Public Address fall into.
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