tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post5819572152512021669..comments2023-09-04T21:36:48.170+10:00Comments on The Site Formally Known As: The Great Charity SwindleStubbadubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05333188150383405691noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-27256131410485659682011-04-11T16:25:11.066+10:002011-04-11T16:25:11.066+10:00check out "The War You Don't See" to...check out "The War You Don't See" to see how the news loves to sell us shit too. <br />Oxfam, Plan International, Save the Children, World Vision are all reputable organisations - Plan and Oxfam are apparently the most transparent and use the least amount on admin. I sponsor a child through Plan, I think they're cool.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048947160089445282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-78658852462350679862009-10-28T23:21:56.123+11:002009-10-28T23:21:56.123+11:00But I'm a sucker for cleaning product sales pi...<i>But I'm a sucker for cleaning product sales pitches on TV, as well as toothpaste/toothbrush ads.</i><br /><br />I want to marry the ShamWow guy. I reckon he'd go off in the sack.<br /><br />Convince me I'm wrong.<br /><br />Anyone ... anyone?<br /><br />Yeah. That's what I thought.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085054284790032962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-28389465279130435882009-10-28T17:01:06.267+11:002009-10-28T17:01:06.267+11:00I probably did too. Can't remember the detail....I probably did too. Can't remember the detail.<br /><br />So we agree on lamb and the non-existence of god, and we disagree on Israel and Leunig (and they are kind of connected.)<br /><br />Ok. I can live with that.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-73337273839986684932009-10-28T16:52:45.831+11:002009-10-28T16:52:45.831+11:00It's the baby/childcare one he did, isn't ...<i>It's the baby/childcare one he did, isn't it. Admit it.</i><br /><br />That was one, but it was the Israel one that finally got to me. The Iranians thought it was FANTASTIC.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-40008486766297275972009-10-28T16:11:30.757+11:002009-10-28T16:11:30.757+11:00It's the baby/childcare one he did, isn't ...<i>It's the baby/childcare one he did, isn't it. Admit it.</i><br /><br />Not for me. I can't point to any one thing that the man has said or done and say "This is the reason I don't like Leunig". I just haven't seen a single cartoon of his that I found funny. I don't know what the direct opposite of funny is, but if I did, I would use that word to describe many of those cartoons. Maybe I've just been exposed to his B stuff. I don't know.<br /><br /><i>Do we keep giving charity for decades with no end in sight? It is a band aid solution and doesn't address the core problem. It could even prolong the suffering.</i><br /><br />PG, if there's a quick and effective solution, I have no idea what it is. I'd say the best bet is education, because if you give a man a fish or teach a man to fish and so forth. But education won't happen overnight, and you're still going to need the odd well full of goats to tide people over in the meantime. A few less religious types running around telling people not to use condoms probably wouldn't go astray either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-48476189838288666592009-10-28T15:40:50.957+11:002009-10-28T15:40:50.957+11:00Jeez, ok then. Off the top of my head:
1. an earl...Jeez, ok then. Off the top of my head:<br /><br />1. an early one re Fred Nile that had a punk in a safety-pinned, ripped t-shirt saying "nihilist"<br /><br />2. the suit-stone of Al Jazeer (parapharasing)<br /><br />3. a cartoon about developers and included the words like "hard", "erect", "enormous" <br />"thrust" or similar.<br /><br />4. the iWant - a comment on the iPhone (more recent)<br /><br />5. now I had to stop and think.<br /><br />I can't think of any more specifically but I remember some good ones re Howard. They're all clipped and packed away. When we move into our new house, and when I unpack all my shit I will offer you a feast. For I have them all.<br /><br />And when I say hilarious I don't mean piss myself exactly, I mean smile, nod and like. Maybe hilarious was a little too strong a word. But why the hate?<br /><br />It's the baby/childcare one he did, isn't it. Admit it.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-32995303642719421772009-10-28T15:18:17.182+11:002009-10-28T15:18:17.182+11:00a big part of the problem is the ingrained corrupt...<i>a big part of the problem is the ingrained corruption and general ineffectiveness of the governments and public services sectors in these countries</i> <br /><br />Of course this is the problem, plus the fact that they keep on fighting each other while their people starve. Do we keep giving charity for decades with no end in sight? It is a band aid solution and doesn't address the core problem. It could even prolong the suffering.patchouligirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08347554818978381844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-74070096378712906842009-10-28T15:01:17.258+11:002009-10-28T15:01:17.258+11:00I challenge you to find 5 things Leunig has done t...I challenge you to find 5 things Leunig has done that are hilarious, Melba. I bet you get stuck at one, if that.Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-75573398330019047702009-10-28T14:31:31.900+11:002009-10-28T14:31:31.900+11:00Alex, some of Leunig's earlier work was hilari...Alex, some of Leunig's earlier work was hilarious. You obviously aren't familiar with it, or you don't have my fabulous sense of humour, which is ok, don't feel bad about it.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-9243098125514622142009-10-28T13:43:13.020+11:002009-10-28T13:43:13.020+11:00Thanks Ramon. As I don't usually read opinion ...Thanks Ramon. As I don't usually read opinion columns, I tend to confuse opinion columnists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-8263107952982653102009-10-28T13:30:15.348+11:002009-10-28T13:30:15.348+11:00I'm pretty sure that's Annabel Crabb, Alex...I'm pretty sure that's Annabel Crabb, Alex.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-38793460396459804872009-10-28T13:26:39.493+11:002009-10-28T13:26:39.493+11:00Is Catherine Deveny that lady with the dark wavy h...Is Catherine Deveny that lady with the dark wavy hair who comes on Q&A every so often and talks over the top of everybody? <br /><br />Sorry Melba, but I take umbrage to Leunig being called funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-15615105835680481492009-10-28T12:38:37.023+11:002009-10-28T12:38:37.023+11:00Wouldn't Cadel's chain come off if he back...Wouldn't Cadel's chain come off if he backpedalled?<br /><br />On the Dev, I reckon Ramon is married to her. He is a Dev apologist.<br /><br />Also, she's not funny, but I think she's trying to be funny. But with subject that get people's backs up: private school education, scheduled caesarians, all the feminist issues, all the religious issues, some of the sex stuff? I reckon she's got a list.<br /><br />ALSO I do take umbrage at Leunig being lumped in with her. The two can not be compared. I know people here don't like him either, but he is on another level. He is CLEVER and FUNNY and INSIGHTFUL. Things that I don't think she is. His cartoon today for example. Good.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-76406401181440647772009-10-28T12:22:49.335+11:002009-10-28T12:22:49.335+11:00if Western countries are going to solve this it ne...<i>if Western countries are going to solve this it needs to be a more hollistic solution. We need to have some kind of commitment on the part of the Governments of these countries that don't seem to be able to provide the basics for their people.</i><br /><br />PG, my guess is that a big part of the problem is the ingrained corruption and general ineffectiveness of the governments and public services sectors in these countries. That sort of thing is difficult enough to combat in developed countries where poverty and low education aren't such a huge problem.<br /><br />My assumption is that long term positive change is going to be very slow and painful and probably require a number of backwards steps to achieve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-88754782410161526042009-10-28T11:39:58.467+11:002009-10-28T11:39:58.467+11:00Really? Huh. I never knew that. I just thought ...Really? Huh. I never knew that. I just thought she was a bitter and twisted feminazi. To find out she actually thinks she's funny? Well. Just makes me despise her more, really.Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-22810589429343466242009-10-28T11:02:11.852+11:002009-10-28T11:02:11.852+11:00Probably so she doesn't get bored, I suspect.
...<i>Probably so she doesn't get bored, I suspect.</i><br />Is it too much to ask if she could extend the same consideration to her readers?catlickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460432521252091803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-21104191261052888352009-10-28T10:37:12.108+11:002009-10-28T10:37:12.108+11:00Puss - she's been a comedy writer for years, a...Puss - she's been a comedy writer for years, as far back as Fast Foward, and she also wrote for the Vizard show. She's also been responsible for those gags that international celebrities read off cue-cards at The Logies. <br /><br />The term "comedy" is used loosely however. <br /><br />Personally, I think she's hit and miss, but her hits are more like a careess, and her misses, like Leunig's misses, are embarrassingly woeful.<br /><br />I remember years ago she wrote a "comic" article about having her baby, and she said some rather unkind things about the midwife. The midwife (or someone else from the hospital) took extreme umbrage (from memory, it was a letter to the newspaper) and she back-pedalled faster than Cadel Evans.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-52339372036367550022009-10-28T10:34:43.409+11:002009-10-28T10:34:43.409+11:00Puss, I think you'll find the Dev likes to mix...Puss, I think you'll find the Dev likes to mix things up a bit bewteen comedy and the more serious stuff.<br /><br />Probably so she doesn't get bored, I suspect.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-75908004971092170712009-10-28T10:16:38.848+11:002009-10-28T10:16:38.848+11:00Ok, am I the only one who notices a marked differe...Ok, am I the only one who notices a marked difference between the writing of that piece, and the writing of her other pieces a few months back? And the description on her profile says is a comedy writer and stand up comedian.<br /><br />It's almost like she was getting too much hate mail being a rabid feminist and has now decided to try and be funny. That article was definitely written with the intent of humour (though failed on many instances). The other pieces she's written were dead serious.<br /><br />I find it odd.Puss In Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236191025319308375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-87336040583693791322009-10-28T09:59:55.461+11:002009-10-28T09:59:55.461+11:00And yes, Ramon, I got the dumplings, and yes you a...And yes, Ramon, I got the dumplings, and yes you are nice Alex, and nice pick up line Boogey, and I agree PG and Kettle, Govts and Corporations should take more responsibility and no squib, I'm no luddite. Perhaps the organisations who still use tins are the luddites.Lewd Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02482085817373911266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-67204277947110261972009-10-28T09:56:34.825+11:002009-10-28T09:56:34.825+11:00Thanks for outing me Ramon. But surely I'm mu...Thanks for outing me Ramon. But surely I'm much nicer than her ain't I?<br /><br />Coincidentally I was also dropped by a child I was sponsoring in Gambia many years ago. The messages I received from him/his family/his aid org were very contradictory. One day he was 8, then next he was 6. He lived in Gambia then Mozambique. He was black, then white. It didn't add up.Lewd Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02482085817373911266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-35187689179212761312009-10-28T09:42:11.201+11:002009-10-28T09:42:11.201+11:00I had Jamies thong clad baby oiled butt inches fro...I had Jamies thong clad baby oiled butt inches from my face once, but it was the guy professing to be Thor dressed in an itty bitty loin cloth that dragged me up on stage.Mad Cat Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09940290694429568842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-75572331968306128332009-10-28T09:13:12.456+11:002009-10-28T09:13:12.456+11:00I give an organisation $30 a month, and have done ...I give an organisation $30 a month, and have done for many years, and so that's my line to the charities who approach me on the street. "I already give a monthly donation to <i>x</i>"<br /><br />But I'm a sucker for cleaning product sales pitches on TV, as well as toothpaste/toothbrush ads.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-73193828965952526522009-10-28T09:09:21.520+11:002009-10-28T09:09:21.520+11:00As a result of this piece in the Age this morning...As a result of <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/make-mine-a-short-black-20091027-hj2b.html" rel="nofollow"> this</a> piece in the <i>Age</i> this morning, I can now confidently conclude that Lewd Bob is Catherine Deveney.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-51978301571600037392009-10-28T07:23:04.325+11:002009-10-28T07:23:04.325+11:00Its a well timed post - I was hit up at 5.30pm yes...Its a well timed post - I was hit up at 5.30pm yesterday in Toronto by a PLAN representative brandishing a photo of Jamie Durie. They asked have I heard of Jamie Durie and I said "yes" (but thought "he's such a wanker"). Then they asked me was I aware of what was going on in the world today and went on about the importance of building infrastructrure for starving communities. I just kept looking down at my restless 2 yr old in his pram and said "look, not today" and they accepted that. <br /><br />My problem with all these charities is that no matter how many children we sponsor over how many decades, no matter how many wells we dig, schools we build etc, the problem doesn't seem to go away. The fact that we are still being hit up to sponsor children and dig wells tells me that the last 50 years of Australians digging deep hasn't worked. Handing over cash will not work - if Western countries are going to solve this it needs to be a more hollistic solution. We need to have some kind of commitment on the part of the Governments of these countries that don't seem to be able to provide the basics for their people. Without that you may as well throw your money out the window.patchouligirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08347554818978381844noreply@blogger.com