Posts Tagged ‘conservatism’
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
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Hillary’s been here for a visit. Which was nice. Pity her country went completely to shit while she was away from it. Noam Chomsky has a yarn about shenanigans , Dan and Dave triumphantly enter parliament on visitor’s open day to check out the naughty chair . Also: q) what’s fun to do while drunk? a) almost anything but especially throwing things in the harbour .
We’re trying something out with the audio settings so that you can listen to us without pumping your volume to the max and then forget to reset it to a painless level when you go back to listening to your raps. Taken us, what, 82 episodes to figure that out? Not like anyone involved with this studied audio engineering or anything. Best podcast ever.
Tags: "God Is Not Great" book , 2025 Commission , ACT , adultery , advertising , Al Gore , Alan Duff , American politics , Barry Goldwater , BBQs , Bill Clinton , Black Adder , boy racers , Britain , capitalism , car crushing , cars , Celia Wade-Brown , Chris Carter , Chris Hipkins , Christine Rankin , Christopher Hitchens , civil rights movement , conservatism , Covlin , Customs , David Cameron , David Lange , Democratic Party , drugs , ducks , Eden Park , Eton , farts , Florida , girls , Goodbye Pork Pie , high school , Hillary Clinton , John Boscawen , John Key , John Stewart , Judith Collins , Lockwood Smith , marijuana , mediawatch , Michael Bassett , midterm elections , Mike Moore , Ministry of Works , murder , NAFTA , National Party , New Zealand First , Newt Gingrich , Nixon , Noam Chomsky , Obama , Once Were Warriors , Outrageous Fortune , p , Parliament , Parliament TV , parties , Patrick Gower , Phil Twyford , police , Premier House , prisoners' right to vote , prisons , Republican party , Richard Prebble , Ritchie McCaw , road cones , Rodney Hide , rotten boroughs , statistics , Steven Seagal , street signs , suicide , swimming , tea party movement , teenagers , The Hobbit , Vietnam , War on Drugs , WCC , weather , Wellington , Wellington harbour , Winston Peters , WINZ , women
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
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Episode 2 with Darren Watson in the hotseat. Local elections results are in and EVERYBODY IS STOKED:
Tags: 2025 Commission , 3 Strikes , 9 day fortnight , 90s , ACC , ACT , Act on Campus , affluenza , Africa , Al Mansell , alcohol , Anarchists , ANZ/National , Asia , Ayn Rand , bank fees , banks , beer , Bernard Hickey , Bill English , binge drinking , blues , Bottled water , Brass Eye , Britain , bullying , busses , Catholicism , cats , Celia Wade-Brown , Chris Carter , Chris Trotter , Christmas , conservatism , Coronation Street , Covlin , credit cards , CTU , currency , cycleway , dance music , Daniel Bell , Darren Watson , datura , David Cameron , Deborah Hill Cone , Don Brash , Dr Russel Norman , drug dealers , drugs , economics , ecstasy , Europe , export , Fat Freddy's Drop , France , free market , Germany , Gerry Brownlee , globalisation , Green Party , gypsies , Herald Wilson , hippies , history , Hungary , ibuprofen , inflation , interest rates , Jackson James Wood , Jesus , John Boscawen , John Key , John Key stole Dave's little table , Kerry Prendegast , KPMG , Labour Party , Labour Party UK , liberals , liberterianism , local body elections , Margaret Thatcher , Marxism , mayors , Melbourne , monorail , music , National Party , nightlife , Paul Quinn , Prebble's Rebels , public transport , Queensland , racism , Religion , Rod Donald , Roger Douglas , Rwanda , Saint Hilda , shrooms , So Solid Crew , Sue Bradford , tasers , Tau Henare , Ted Heath , Terry Serepisos , The Black Seeds , The Mermaid , Think Big , trams , Treasury , Tu Meke (blog) , Victoria University , weed , Wellington , Wellington Phoenix
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Thursday, October 7th, 2010
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Join us as we try to set Dan up with Deborah Hill Cone. Have a look at her sterling wit here , just before John Campbell has to actively resist punching her in the face.
But mainly we take a look at Andrew Little – can he be Labour’s Don Brash In A Good Way Don’t Get Me Wrong Here? Can he save us from the horrors we so accurately predict (will be Bill English’s fault)? It’s all a bit of a downer – BUT! Comedic relief is here in the form of a brand new ACT MP! Hurray!
Tags: 90s , ACT , American politics , Andrew Little , asset sales , Australia , banking , banks , Bill English , Bill O'Reilly , Bill of Rights , books , broken homes , Bruce Springsteen , cats , class , conservatism , conservatives , Courtenay Place , Dante , David Garrett , Deborah Hill Cone , diet , divorce , Don Brash , drinking , Dunedin , Embarrassed Millionaire , Employment Contracts Act , employment relations , EPMU , export , facebook , family values , fast food , food , Foreign ownership , founding fathers , Fox News , free market , gangs , Geraldo Rivera , girlfriends , Glen Beck , global economic downturn , Green Party , Heather Roy , Helen Clark , Hillary Calvert , hip hop , human rights , Jenny Shipley , John Boscawen , John Key , Ka Pai , Labour Party , lawyers , Magna Carta , masturbation , MMP , music , National Party , New Plymouth , Newtown , nightlife , Otago Daily Times , pigeons , political music , poor people , pork , poverty , property management , prostitutes , prostitution , racsm , Rasputin , recruitment companies , redheads , relationships , Religion , right wing , Rodney Hide , Roger Douglas , Ruth Richardson , sex , Star Wars , students , Supercity , tax cuts , tea party movement , The Listener , Treasury , Trevor Loudon , twitter , unions , Vivian Street , Wanganui , Wellington Central electorate , workers' rights
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Friday, September 17th, 2010
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Given that right wingers seem to be perfectly capable of destroying themselves, we devote our attention to attacking people we actually kind of like; Hippies, Hippy Councilors and The Kids.
Tags: 1960s , 1970s , ACT , alcoholism , Amazon.com , Anne Tolley , aristocracy , Aro St , beer , Ben Hana/Blanket Man , Blanket Man , Blenheim , books , change , Christchurch , Christchurch Earthquake , climate change , clothing , community newspapers , conservatism , conservatives , conspiracy theory , crime , customer service , Dizzee Rascal , drugs , education , environmentalism , environmentalists , fantasy novels , farming , food , genetic engineering , girlfriends , girls , Green Party , hippies , Jeremy Clarkson , lassie , listener feedback , local body elections , local government , Motueka , Mt Victoria , Nandor Tanczos , Nelson , New York , plastics , public sector , punk , Radiohead , Residential Tenancies Act , rugby sevens , science , self-sufficiency , sex , SIS , Stephanie Cook , supernatural , sustainability , Takaka , teenagers , The Black Crowes , The Black Seeds , the holocaust , Top Gear , unions , vampires , vegetarianism , WCC , weed , Wellington
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Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
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Teachers are striking. I bet it’s because they’re greedy little masked bandits hellbent on holding the nation’s children to ransom. What say you? We corral a real live teacher into the studio to hear their terrible demands. WARNING: What you’re about to hear my shock you.
Tags: airlines , Anne Tolley , Ayn Rand , Boy Meets World , Bronagh Key , bus , busses , Canterbury Crusaders , Canterbury DHB , casual labour , Chris Carter , Christchurch , Christchurch Earthquake , computers , conservatism , crime , Denny's , DHBs , diarrhea , doctors , Dominion Post , drugs , earthquakes , education , employment relations , EPMU , finance , France , GST , health , Helen Clark , high school , holidays , human resources , industrial action , inflation , infrastructure , John Key , John Key stole Dave's little table , Julia Gillard , King's College , Labour Party , lawyers , lockouts , media , Medlab Workers Union , Micheal Moore , mining , National Party , national standards , nursing , parenthood , Parliament , pilots , PPTA , primary school , property management , public transport , radiographers , Railways workers , roads , Rugby , rugby union , schedule 4 , school zones , seafood , socialism , South Auckland , Steven Joyce , strikes , supermarkets , tax , teachers , tertiary education , The Bible , the crusades , Tramways Union , TV3 , TVNZ , unions , Unite , wealthy people
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Saturday, July 31st, 2010
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Hahaha, we just totally talk about pizza for like the entire time. Ok, that’s an exaggeration, we do get around to talking about real stuff: The pathology of the right wing, the crimes of Labour governments past, morality, tea and , of course, coffee.
This was recorded before the Chris Carter debacle. The next episode is going to be all over that.
Tags: 'Look! Economics is all around you!' -book , all-you-can-eat , America , Athiesm , Australia , beneficiary bashing , Big Kumura , blackmail , BP , buffets , Burger King , Chicago , Christianity , coffee , competitive eating , conservatism , conservatives , crime , Destiny Church , Dominos Pizza , Don Brash , donk , Dr Who , drinking , Dublin , economics , email , empathy , envy , evangalism , exclusive bretheren , facebook , facism , fast food , fish 'n' chips , food , Fox News , friendship , genocide , god , health , Helen Clark , Hell Pizza , homosexuality , humanitarianism , jealousy , John Key , Julia Gillard , junk food , Labour Party , Labour Party Australia , liberals , London , mental illness , milk , misery , National Party , New York , news , nightlife , Noodle Canteen , noodles , oil spill , Paraparaumu , parties , passive aggresiveness , Patriot Act , Paula Bennett , pity , pizza , Pizza Hut , political correctness , privatisation , quiche , racism , Religion , religious extremism , retirement homes , right wing , Rogernomics , Ronald Reagan , Rotorua , Ruth Richardson , Ruthanasia , Sbarro , self-help , seminars , soda , supermarkets , tea , Terrorism Supression Act , The Room , The Simpsons , TPF Group , welfare , Wellington
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Sunday, July 25th, 2010
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The National Party Conference has just been, which means comedy gold is in the air. From the promises themselves, the dodgy stats backing up the decisions , to the unions who tried to storm the castle, we get a bit of fodder out of the whole ordeal. Also on the agenda: The future of the Maori party, Molotov Mitchell tweets about non-specific violence, the US revolutionary war, the PEDA fiasco and fallout , and Lego:
Just to cheer you up some.
Tags: 90 day trials , America , American politics , Anne Frank , Anne Tolley , Arizona , assasination , Bill English , Britain , childhood , Children of the Corn , Chuck Norris , cleaning , Colorado , conservatism , conservatives , crime , cynicism , DJ Dolce , dogs , drug dealers , drugs , Efeso Collins , employment , employment relations , facebook , farming , Fielding , Foreshore and Seabed , gambling , George Bush snr , global economic downturn , Going Rogue , health , holidays act , immigration , influenza , Iraq War , Jews , John F Kennedy , John Key , John Rowles , Ken Mair , Konzentrationslager , labour movement , Labour Party , law , Lego , Maori , Maori Party , masturbation , media , mental illness , Mexico , Michael Jones , military , militia , Minutemen , Molotov Mitchell , murder , National Party , National Party conference , national standards , Obama , Pacific Economic Development Agency , parody , pets , pigs , police , political music , Privy Council , property , property management , protest , protests , public transport , racism , rap , rental , Republican party , Revolutionary War , Sarah Palin , satire , Scott Guy , sick leave , Sky City Casino Auckland , small business , socialism , Spain , Steven Joyce , Supreme Court , talkback radio , Tariana Turia , tax , tea party movement , Texas , The Budget , The Economist , the holocaust , twitter , unemployment , unions , Unite union , Whanau Ora , Wolverines , World War II , YouTube
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Sunday, July 4th, 2010
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Jesus Christ, the second we ask where John Howard’s got to he goes and does something newsworthy . We’ll tackle that next week, I guess. Anyhow, for now: FIFA vs France, Pope vs Brussels, Humans vs Airlines, Vinyl vs CDs, Brightly coloured luggage vs Losing your shit. It’s all good.
Some music mentioned in this episode:
02 Big Face by Cairo Knife Fight
Tags: Air New Zealand , airlines , airport security , All Blacks , antisemitism , Auckland , audio , audophiles , Australia , Belgium , Blur , Britain , Brussels , Cairo Knife Fight , Carla Bruni Sarkozy , Catholicism , cds , child abuse , Civil Unions , conservatism , dance music , digital/analogue , donk , Dortmund , drinking age , Europe , FIFA , flights , Foo Fighters , France , French Football Federation , G8 , Gary Glitter , gay bars , gay rights , Germany , girlfriends , Helen Clark , High Fidelity , hip hop , Hitler , Hitler Youth , homosexuality , Irvine Welsh , Italy , Japan , Jenny Shipley , JetStar , Jews , Jim Bolger , John Howard , John Key , John Key stole Dave's little table , Julia Gillard , Kevin Rudd , Koln , Korea , labour movement , Liberal Party Australia , London , luggage , Marbecks , mining , music , Napoleon Bonaparte , Nazis , Nicola Anelka , Nicolas Sarkozy , Nicole Kidman , nuclear weapons , Pacific Blue , pedophillia , Pope Benedict XVI , Pope John Paul II , popes , Qantas , racism , Raymond Domenech , Real Groovy , record stores , redheads , Richard Branson , Sara Goff , Senegal , Sepp Blatter , smoking , snacks , Sophie Ellis-Bextor , South Africa , Sport , suppositories , tea , terrorism , The Shamen , travel , twisties , Underbelly , Victoria (state) , vinyl , Wellington , women , Xi Jinping , Zinedine Zidane
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
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We’re amazed that nobody hit upon this solution earlier: pay the teachers less! Roger Douglas is a man with a vision. Also, stupid laws and embarrassing musical purchases round out this episode.
Tags: 1980s , 1990s , ACT , age of consent , America , Anne Tolley , Australia , bass , Bill English , Boobquake , Braveheart , Britain , bureaucracy , cellphones , Charles Chauvel , conservatism , conservatives , David Lange , deregulation , drug laws , drugs , earthquakes , economics , education , EPMU , evolution , Fairfax , farming , Fat Freddy's Drop , finance , flat tax , France , gay rights , Grant Robertson , health and safety , high school , holidays , homosexuality , Indonesia , intelligent design , internet , Italy , Japan , Jason Gunn , Labour Party , law , lawyers , liberals , liberterianism , man of straw , masturbation , media , Milan , military , minimum wage , Ministry of Education , music , Ohio , pigs , police , politics , populism , pornography , PPTA , Private Member Bills , prostitution , PSA , public sector , public urination , Red Alert (blog) , Religion , religious extremism , Richard Prebble , Right Said Fred , right wing , Roger Douglas , Salt N Pepa , school , scoop.co.nz , sex , stuff.co.nz , supply-side economics , Switzerland , tax cuts , teachers , trickle-down economics , TV , UK Parliament , unions , wages , World War I , ziln.co.nz
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
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How do we even begin to top the heights of the previous episode? How about we talk about Ronald Reagan for longer than humanly endurable? How about that, then?
And this:
Tags: 1987 crash , abortion , Abraham Lincoln , alzheimer's , American Civil War , American South , arms race , Baltimore , Barry Goldwater , Bill English , celebrities , China , Christchurch , civil rights movement , cocaine , Cold War , communism , conservatism , Daily Show , defamation , Dwight D. Eisenhower , economics , Environment Canterbury , Eugene McCarthy , expatriots , Forest Gump , France , gender , George W Bush , Gerald Ford , Going Rogue , Harry S. Truman , Henry Kissinger , Hillary Clinton , Hollywood , Hurricane Katrina , Jimmy Carter , John Key , John McCain , Lyndon B. Johnson , Maori , Marxism , McCarthyism , Mein Kampf , Mikhail Gorbachev , Molotov Mitchell , MPs' expenses , National Party , New Dawn magazine , Nick Smith , Nixon , nuclear disarmament , nuclear free NZ , nuclear weapons , nuclear-free , Obama , politics , pornography , protest , Religion , Republican party , right wing , Roe vs Wade , Ronald Reagan , Sarah Palin , Shane Jones , small government , special votes , Spirow Agnew , stuff.co.nz , supply-side economics , tea party movement , The Herald , The Standard , The Wire (TV show) , trickle-down economics , twitter , USA deficit , USSR , Victoria University , Wall Street , wikipedea
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