That Australian politician is just too funny. The ship was towed outside the environment. There is nothing out there. That man would be right at home in either the Democrat or Republican party.

How about the weapons of mass destruction claims?

Politicans are seemingly puppets of those with more money,power and influence than they have. A war based on greed and exploitations?

Thanks Dave! Was this skit taken from the Three Stooges? Got to hand it to him though, he was quick to answer and didn't come un-glued while he was standing there with his pants down... or as my son would say: "having been shanked!" My mother would call politicans "slimeballs" and that 90% of them could never be trusted. When I asked her where the other 10% were, she look at me and said: "that's been the problem for all these years... we can't find them!"

Those guys are John Clarke (the politician) and Bryan Dawe (the interviewer.... sorry, had a Captain Obvious moment there). They do a skit like this weekly on the 7:30 Report on the ABC in Australia, usually concerning some type of current Aussie political shennanigans. They are completely hilarious, as you can all see.

No problem at all! You (and everyone else, for that matter) should google them, I'm sure there's plenty more of their clips around the net. I've loved their comedy for years. They have a real knack for bringing the absurdity of politicians to light, with hilarious results. Sure, some knowledge of Aussie politics may help with the context of the skits, but as you say, the double talk of politicians is pretty much universal, so it's not essential. These guys are masters at highlighting that absurdity.

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Its absurd that we hand them the keys to power, knowing full well that they are nothing more than crooks and liars. We as a civilization are clearly insane.