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July 4, 2012 3:00pm by David Farrar

National Spin the Wheel

This is very funny. Hat Tip: Dim Post

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ross69

Actually it’s not far from the truth.
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July 4, 2012 3:08pm
Grendel

its not far from the fantasy of the left, which makes it funny, but its extremely far from the truth. but Ross is so blinkered he could be a plow-horse.
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July 4, 2012 3:23pm
nasska

Anything with a slightly anti National bias is enough to give ‘ross69’ a weeks worth of shits & giggles.

Still & all, it’s an all too rare example of clever humour originating from a socialist
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July 4, 2012 3:34pm
Positan

The elemental difference between Left and Right in this country is that the Right can actually laugh at itself.
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July 4, 2012 3:35pm
Fost

I think it illustrates the left’s incapability of understand there can be more than one political view, and thus anything other than ‘their’ side (and there are several flavours of the correct view to have to pick from), must be evil, uncaring, selfish, predatory, etc. This is just another symptom of this. The National Government can’t come up with different policies because they are doing what they think is best for the country, no it must because they are spinning a wheel to distract the voter.

I used to visit Dim Post as he posted well thought out critiques of either side of the political spectrum or humourous posts that nearly had me lose my drink. Now it is full of bizarre conspiracy theories regarding the current government with almost Illuminati tones to it. He’s clearly lost the plot and it’s been a good deal of time that I’ve read anything other than yet another strongly-biased/conspiracy theory post.
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July 4, 2012 3:41pm
Manolo

The NZ Left was emasculated, lost all its testosterone, the moment comrade Clark moved to New York.
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July 4, 2012 3:46pm
mikenmild

Well it’s nice to know there IS a process.
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July 4, 2012 4:02pm
YesWeDid

@fost – got an example of one of those Dim Post ‘bizarre conspiracy theories’?
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July 4, 2012 4:24pm
beautox

My humour gland must be screwed as I can’t even see a small chuckle in this, let alone “very funny”
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July 4, 2012 4:26pm
Hair Removal Specialist

Fost – I agree that the content direction at Dim Post has seemed to have changed and I struggle to keep any interest in a lot of the posts/comments. I still visit the Dim Post hoping for posts of old, but mostly end up disappointed.

beautox – I didn’t find this funny at all either, but do think it is a clever way to illustrate one of the conspiracy theories that Fost refers to.
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July 4, 2012 4:39pm
RRM

Positan (299) Says:
July 4th, 2012 at 3:35 pm

The elemental difference between Left and Right in this country is that the Right can actually laugh at itself.

O RLY?

beautox (247) Says:
July 4th, 2012 at 4:26 pm
My humour gland must be screwed as I can’t even see a small chuckle in this, let alone “very funny”

Correct.
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July 4, 2012 4:43pm
Mark

beautox (248) Says:
July 4th, 2012 at 4:26 pm
My humour gland must be screwed as I can’t even see a small chuckle in this, let alone “very funny”

beautox you must be a national party member then.
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July 4, 2012 5:11pm
philu

is that a ‘documentary-wheel’…?

phillip ure whoar.co.nz
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July 4, 2012 5:24pm
Daigotsu

Unfunny hateful bullshit.

Really shocked at you giving this the signal boost DPF.
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July 4, 2012 5:36pm
philu

“..My humour gland must be screwed ..”

’tis the burden most on the right must carry….that one..

..(we do feel yr pain/bewilderment..)

..great rightwing comedians…?

..(cue tumbleweeds..)

phillip ure whoar.co.nz
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July 4, 2012 5:40pm
Positan

re RRM above.

You’ve managed to uncover yet another elemental difference between the Right and the Left in this country …

Upholders of the Right are different in that they all don’t think EXACTLY the same – or see things EXACTLY the same way.
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July 4, 2012 5:48pm
RRM

You sure Positan?

It’s not looking too good so far on this thread, there are more haters than anything else…
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July 4, 2012 5:56pm
Joel Rowan

I think it’s kinda funny. I really hope it lands on “Crush” and “Pedophiles” next time they need a policy announcement.
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July 4, 2012 6:02pm
ross69

> the Right can actually laugh at itself.

You wouldn’t think so, judging by some of the comments on here. It’s not called the Rabid Right for nothing 🙂
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July 4, 2012 6:20pm
hmmokrightitis

By you ross, doesn’t make it right.

The SheBeast could no more laugh at herself than fly hubby home courtesy of the DPS. Ask a certain AirNZ pilot who got a tongue lashing because she was late for a plane and he made a comment…
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July 4, 2012 6:30pm
philu

“..Upholders of the Right are different in that they all don’t think EXACTLY the same – or see things EXACTLY the same way…”

no..it’s the right that mono-think..

..getting consensus amongst the left is like feline-herding…

phillip ure whoar.co.nz
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July 4, 2012 6:55pm
philu

imagine how horrible it must be to not get what humour can give you..?

..it is like that other one that mystifies me..those poor unfortunate souls who don’t ‘get’ what music can give you..

..imagine not getting both..?

..whoar..!

..i knew someone once..who admitted to not getting music..

..he would watch mystified..and uncomfortable…as others got their jollies from music…

..to him..it was just a noise…

..poor bastard..

phillip ure whoar.co.nz
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July 4, 2012 7:08pm
RRM

Most sensible thing you’ve ever said on here Phil. Amen.
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July 4, 2012 7:21pm
mikenmild

Nothing that mocks my political opinions or preferred party could ever be funny.
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July 4, 2012 7:33pm
tvb

It does highlight the fact that the narrative of the Key Government has gon rather ugly. People will switch off and will see National as the nasty party.
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July 4, 2012 8:22pm
boredboy

Boring as it may sound but I think both sides have agenda planned out when they are in government and bring things forward to fill the airwaves when things go pear-shaped.

Amusing pic though.
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July 4, 2012 8:40pm
Lance

Almost as funny as sending fake eviction notices.
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July 5, 2012 8:32am
Paulus

tvb

Call for an enquiry, and beat the Greenpeace to it.
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July 5, 2012 9:18am
Fost

@YesWeDid (sorry busy day yesterday so only getting a chance to reply now):

Quote 1: On drug testing for the unemployed
I’m pretty sure National’s policy development process now consists of flashing ideas like this on a projector in front of a focus group of talk-back radio fans, and measuring how much drool and semen collects in a trough running beneath the chairs.

Quote 2: On a 4 year old policy that saw the first car crushed:
There’s their real, substantive agenda – asset sales, increased exploitation of the environment, slashing the public service (sacking teachers, gutting ACC) etc – most of which is unpopular with the majority of voters. So to distract the electorate they have their gimmick based agenda:

Quote 3: Just an anti-National rant:
National’s third term will just consist of Key, Paula Bennett and Judith Collins standing at the podium in the Beehive media room announcing ‘plans’ to get tough on criminals and/or beneficiaries and/or teenagers, in rotating eight hour shifts, twenty-four hours a day for three years.

And that is from the last 3 political posts before the one with the wheel above, and I could go on – all the posts are vitriolic polemics – coming across as accusing National of ‘being evil’ each time. He seems to see conspiracy where there are just the different parts of the business of government – not all policies are anything other than minor activity around the edges, but he seems to think that this, on a slow news day, is all part of a master plan to … (exactly what he thinks the National Government is trying to achieve is beyond me, but I can but imagine he is dreading some sort of extremeist anarchist-capitalist dystopia).

But I see this as typical of the mine is the only right way that is so common on those that identify as ‘left’ on the political spectrum – they even argue among themselves on who has the ‘only one right way’ as if there is only one. Typically this is also associated with bipolar morals – the thinking seams to be 1) I care for the poor [or other group] 2) I am ‘left’ politically 3) and the left policy is [insert policy], -> so the right, who do not think like me, because they propose a different solution, must therefore A) the policy is wrong automatically, B) they must not care for the poor [other group], C) they are selfish, morally bankrupt, evil…

There is no acceptance of multiple solutions to a problem, which I find hard to understand how they can see life that way, one any problem becomes more complex than math/physics there are always more than one solution – even in chemistry, a science I am familiar with, that is one step awy from physics, there are any number of different ways of making any specific chemical. 1 problem, multiple solutions.
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