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Sex Life and Barney is at the end of his leash - Friday, November 13th, 2009

Story No: 7

‘Now George’ I said ‘I hope you don’t mind if I ask you a personal question but have you had sex recently?’

George looked stunned. Although to be fair this was probably the first time he had been questioned by a dog about his sex life.

‘Good heavens Barney’ said George ‘That’s a very personal question. Why do you ask?’

‘Well’ I said ‘the sex life of US Presidents is a fascinating study. On the one hand you would think that to a man they would represent a morality and steely resolve which is impervious to carnal desires while on the other there’s Kennedy and Clinton’

‘But they were both democrats’ said George ‘Republicans are not susceptible to temptation’

‘Well I’m a republican’ I said ‘and I’m tempted. But doesn’t it surprise you that your predecessors had a bit on the side with Marilyn Monroe and Monica Lewinsky and most other pieces of skirt that came along?’

‘Not really’ said George ‘although I’d be astounded to hear that about Nixon, Reagan and my father’

‘So would your mother’ I said ‘but Nixon didn’t mind a bit of burglary now and then’

‘Oh I think Watergate was very overblown’ said George ‘after all it was only a political burglary’

‘Now come on George’ I said ‘you’re the most powerful man in the world and there must be women throwing themselves at you’

‘It’s true’ said George ‘that women find me highly attractive. But I close my eyes and think of Bill Clinton saying ‘I did not have sex with that woman’ and I find that’s enough excitement for one day’

‘My great ambition’ I said ‘is to join the mile high club on Air Force One’

‘Then there are two things you should keep in mind’ said George ‘every inch of the plane is under video surveillance apart from my bedroom and toilet and the crew has strict instructions never to become involved in a dogflight’

‘Oh then’ I said ‘I’ll switch my ambition to becoming a member of the oval office club’

‘Barney’ said George ‘I would never allow a republican like you to become a member of any club which counts Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky amongst its members’

‘Look George’ I said ‘you may choose to be reticent about your sex life but I’m at the end of my leash. I haven’t got one. You’ve never fixed me up with that bitch at the Clinton’s. Don’t tell me the only sexual fulfilment I’m likely to get comes from rubbing myself against Dick Cheney’s leg’

‘Well Barney’ said George ‘if it’s that big a problem I could arrange for you to get the unkindest cut of all’

‘No George I’ll manage’ I said hastily ‘but I’ve got an idea. With my impeccable pedigree you could make quite a few bucks sending me to stud for a week or two’

‘So you screw yourself silly and I get paid for it’ said George ‘that hardly befits a president’

‘Why not?’ I said ‘you’re screwing Iraq and we’re all paying for it’

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Iraq is a pet project - Friday, November 6th, 2009

Story No: 6

During the early stages of the wars in Iraq I was beginning to assert myself in the role as senior advisor to George. Unfortunately however when it came to wars he was listening to Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld rather than me. It was a case of two tails wagging the dog.

Colin Powell was a great guy and a real soldier, but in those days when it came to wars he was less of a pit bull and more of a poodle like me.

Karl Rove was almost my equal as a senior advisor but much more dogmatic. He was much more interested in his own wars than George’s.

So when it came to Iraq it was me against Dick and Don and I was incredulous that George preferred their advice to mine. That was like a baseball player choosing to be coached by Hulk Hogan rather than Joe Torre.

So after our brave lads captured Baghdad Dick and Don were jumping up and down about fly-pasts, parades and dog and pony shows galore.

‘So Barney, what’s your opinion?’ asked George.

‘Well George’ I said ‘I don’t want to seem overly dramatic so I’ll put this as logically and dispassionately as I can. You’re in deep shit’.

‘Barney you’ve got to be joking’ said George ‘This will go down as my finest hour’.

‘Let’s face it George’ I said ‘you had your finest hour with that Costa Rican bombshell in college. Today Al Qaeda are pouring into Iraq, the WMDs if they ever existed are in Syria, Saddam Hussein is down a foxhole and the Shi’ite are not going to be happy campers much longer’.

‘But Dick and Don told me it’s all over bar the shouting’ said George.

‘Dick and Don wouldn’t know they’re about to suffer a fiery end even if they had a rocket up their ass’ I said ‘What do Colin and Karl think?’

‘Well it’s true they’re a bit more cautious’ said George. They had obviously told him the war is far from over and he should pull his head in.

‘But Iraq is my pet project’ said George.

‘Wrong George’ I said ‘I am your pet project’.

‘Well Dick thinks I should do something dramatic to build national morale and patriotism like landing on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in a fixed-wing plane. No president has ever done that’.

‘Don’t tell me’ I said ‘Then you’re going to make a stirring victory speech under a huge banner saying ‘Mission Accomplished’.

‘That’s a brilliant idea Barney’ said George ‘I’ve got to hand it to you. Dick and Don will love it’.

‘George’ I said ‘I was only kidding. Crack a bottle of champers, send a stirring message to the nation but don’t go big-noting yourself on an aircraft carrier about a mission that’s about as accomplished as the Watergate burglary’.

‘Come to think of it’ said George ‘I might consider doing a ticker-tape parade in Baghdad under a banner reading ‘Saviour of Iraq’.

‘Oh Lord’ I thought ‘if that happens Osama bin Laden might start believing in Christmas’.

‘Ok George’ I said ‘you win. Do the mission accomplished thing on the aircraft carrier’.

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We should invade a few more bad guys while we’re on a roll - Friday, October 30th, 2009

Story No: 5

‘Mr President’ I looked up and saw it was Don Rumsfeld coming across the lawn. George and I were having a yap in the White House gardens.

‘No talking Barney’ said George

‘Can’t I even bite his ankles?’ I asked hopefully

George shot me a look which left no doubt that the slightest nip on my part would mean an extended period in the doghouse.

‘Mr President. Great news from Iraq’ said Don ‘Our forces are within thirty kilometres of Baghdad and my strategic plan is working brilliantly’

‘What a wanker’ I thought

‘Found any WMDs yet?’ asked George

‘Not yet Mr President’ said Don ‘but be assured we’re on the case’

It was only my superhuman self-control that stopped me telling him he’d got as much chance of finding WMDs in Iraq as I had of addressing the United Nations General Assembly

‘More good news Mr President’ said Don ‘we’ve now got Kabul and Kandahar pretty much under control’

‘Great work Don’ said George ‘let’s chat with Dick after the Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting’

‘That’s terrific news from Iraq’ said George after Don had gone. ‘ We’ll soon have control of Baghdad, Kabul and Kandahar’

‘George’ I said ‘Kabul and Kandahar are in Afghanistan’

‘Just testing’ said George ‘I just wish I was out there with the troops charging up the Khyber Pass to Baghdad’

I didn’t say any more because he was making encouraging progress. At least all of the places he mentioned were in the Middle East. I thought of the brave lads out there in the heat of battle and how ironic it was that they were wearing dogtags while I had an identification chip embedded in my ass.

‘By the way Barney’ said George ‘the head gardener told me that someone crapped on the lawn last week. That wasn’t you was it?’

‘Absolutely not George’ I said ‘I’m pretty certain it was your father’s dog when he came visiting’

Actually it was me. I just couldn’t restrain myself when Dick Cheney walked past. But I just didn’t know how George would react to the news that his senior advisor had crapped on the lawn.

‘You know’ said George ‘perhaps we should invade a few more bad guys while we’re on a roll’

I could see it was time for one of my serious moments with George

‘Let’s be absolutely clear about this George’ I said ‘you’re already in a fight with Saddam, the Taliban, Al Qaeda and numerous other dogbrains. That’s enough to keep you busy for the next few years

‘Nonsense’ said George ‘give us three weeks and we’ll find all the WMDs, oil will be flowing and Saddam will be begging for mercy.

‘Yes’ I said ‘and Britney Spears will become a vestal virgin and Mike Tyson will be appointed professor of rocket science at Harvard University’

‘I’m having dinner tonight with the top brass’ said George ‘ and we’ll be discussing Iraq and Afghanistan. Is there anything in particular you would like me to take out of the meeting for you?’

‘Yes’ I said ‘a doggy bag’

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Man of Steel & Bitches at the Clintons - Friday, October 16th, 2009

Story No: 3

‘Barney I need to talk with you about Tony Blair’s visit’ said George, ‘It’s a very critical step in planning the Iraq thing and I would appreciate your advice on how we should approach him’

‘I could shit on his shoes’ I said

I just wasn’t a Tony Blair fan. For one thing he was trying to ban fox hunting in the UK and that would put all my foxhound buddies out of a job.

‘Look George’ I said ‘here’s my considered view. Tony Blair is a socialist and you just can’t trust them in a war. At some point the British unions will kick up a fuss and have him fired if he doesn’t pull out. Unions only like wars against bosses’

‘But Barney’ said George ‘I need the Brits in Iraq. That would encourage the other European nations to join in’

‘Forget it’ I said ‘ the French are too far up themselves and each other, the Germans are still suffering from Hitler hangover and the Italians wouldn’t fight even if Saddam kidnapped all their women and charged them for sex. You’re much better off with a man of steel like John Howard’

‘Man of steel’ said George ‘I like that Barney, you really come up with them. But Colin Powell has assured me that Saddam has WMDs’

‘Listen George’ I said ‘You’ve got less chance of finding WMDs in Iraq than winning the Nobel Peace Prize. As soon as you start rattling the first sabre Saddam will rush them over the border into Syria before you can say ‘Barney I’ve fixed a date for you with that bitch at the Clintons’’.

‘Ok Barney’ said George ‘how would you deal with Saddam?’

‘Simple’ I said ‘send him broke. I’ve got a buddy who’s a guard dog at the Stock Exchange and he’s given me some insider sniffing that Bernie Madoff’s going down in a year of two’

‘Not dear old Bernie’ said George ‘He’s one of my main campaign contributors’

‘Here’s what you do’ I said ‘Get some CIA spooks to pose as international financiers and convince Saddam to invest his shirt on Bernie’s WMDs. He’ll be so excited he won’t twig it stands for worst money disasters’

‘Barney’ said George ‘You’re not serious about Tony Blair are you?’

‘Sure I am’ I said ‘There’s one other thing you should know, he didn’t pass my sniff test. Last time he was here I gave him a really good sniffing and discovered he’s just a typical Brit who doesn’t change his underpants regularly’

‘One other thing’ said George ‘He might bring his deputy Gordon Brown’

Now that was better news. Gordon was more my sort of chap. He had a Scottish heritage just like me and agreed with my considered opinion that Tony Blair was a mongrel.

‘Come on Barney’ said George ‘What’s your strategy for finding out what’s really on Tony’s mind?’

‘It wont be easy’ I said ‘but if he changes his underpants and I don’t shit on his shoes there’s a good chance he will come clean’.

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George knows Dick - Friday, October 9th, 2009

Story No: 2

‘Look George’ I said, ‘I’m worried about Dick Cheney’. After all who wouldn’t be? It was the summer of 2002 and George and I were having a yap on the White House lawn.

‘Good heavens Barney’ said George ‘Dick and I are like the Righteous Brothers. What’s your problem?’

There was something in his tone which indicated I should tread carefully. My dog licence was coming up for renewal.

‘As your senior and most trusted advisor’ I said ‘it is my duty to bring matters to your attention without fear of favour so I’m asking you to cut a bit of slack on my leash here. I’ve been listening to conversations Dick’s been having with Don Rumsfeld’.

‘Barney’ said George ‘don’t tell me you’ve been eavesdropping’.

‘Of course not’ I lied ‘It’s just that dogs have a special talent for sniffing things out’.

Actually I sneaked into Dick’s office one day when he went to the can and then by sheer chance happened to hear him chatting to Don on the dog and bone.

‘I think Dick’s really enjoying the war in Afghanistan’ I said ‘He talks about it like it’s a football match and he and Don seem keen on doing an encore in Iran, Iraq or North Korea’

‘What about Hawaii?’ asked George.

‘You already own that’ I said.

‘Oh sorry. What about Australia?’

‘They’re on our side’

‘Who? Azerbaijan?’

Conversations with George can easily tend to drift so I decided to take charge.

‘Now listen George’ I said in my most dogmatic tone ‘I know Saddam Hussein’s a pain in the bum and Iran, Syria and North Korea are an axis of evil…..’

‘Axis of evil’ interrupted George ‘that’s very good. I’ll use that’

‘…….but you’ve got to stop Dick and Don being so trigger happy’

‘I can’t understand why they’d be interested in North Korea’ said George
‘They haven’t got any oil’

‘There’s no oil in Afghanistan’ I said

‘That’s not the point’ said George ‘Dick tells me we’re going to capture Osama Bin Laden next week’

‘You’ve got as much chance of capturing Osama Bin Laden’ I said ‘as I have of starring in Lassie. You would be mad to invade anywhere else in the Middle East. Oil prices would go up and it would be a real bugger’s muddle’

George put on that hang-dog look which was a dead giveaway that he’d been up to something.

‘To tell you the truth’ he said ‘Dick, Don and I have been thinking about shaking down Saddam Hussein to see if any WMDs fall out’.

This was a shattering blow. George had actually listened to Dick and Don rather than me.

‘Well George’ I said ‘you know the old saying. If you lie down with dogs you get fleas’.

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Gordon, 60 years of communism in China, Tasmania, Iraq, Crime, Malcolm’s Omission - Friday, October 9th, 2009

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There is intense speculation about which Labor leader is heading towards the more cataclysmic election disaster, Gordon Brown in the UK or Nathan Rees in NSW. This intriguing new Pom Aussie rivalry could even result in a new Ashes series. However the urn holding the Ashes would have to be considerably larger than the one at Lords.
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The Empire State Building was lit up red and yellow to celebrate sixty years of communism in China. New Yorkers are eagerly awaiting the spectacular display to celebrate fifteen years of the Taliban.
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A man who has eaten coal for the past thirty-five years is said to be responsible for most of the carbon emissions coming from Tasmania. Combined with his talent for swallowing lighted matches this high carbon diet produces a warm inner glow. He has applied for exemption from the ETS based on the significant savings in power consumption this enables him to make. His case is still under review but sources indicate the government is likely to insist he caps and trades unless he goes on a carbon free diet or only eats clean coal.
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The Obama administration is planning a George W Bush Mission Accomplished Tour of Iraq. They are confident of gaining co-operative support for the project from Al Qa’ida.
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What on earth has happened to the hole in the ozone layer? It hasn’t been heard of for months. If you come across it please contact Kevin’s office immediately. Advisors believe it could be his short-cut to climate change heaven.
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Forensic scientists are developing a technology to indentify criminals by their carbon footprints. Police believe this could spark a new crime wave and are warning people with carbon-free footprints to keep them in a secure place and not leave them lying around on the pavement.
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Malcolm has told the anonymous smart-arses in the Coalition that a rejection of the ETS is a rejection of him. The smart-arses can’t believe their luck. Suddenly they have the opportunity to rid themselves of Malcolm’s sins of both omission and emission all in one go.
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The Muddle East - Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

It is quite extraordinary that so many people are bemused by goings-on in the Middle East. It’s all quite simple really.

There are many theories as to how the US became so heavily involved in the Middle East. One US president thought it was a district of New York but the real breakthrough came when a US petrol retailer realised the virtues of a totally integrated supply chain.

The invasion of Afghanistan has been brilliantly successful at driving the Taliban out of the country. Unfortunately it has driven them into Pakistan, which is now in imminent danger of being renamed Talibanistan, and has caused the Indian Premier League to be transferred to South Africa.

The futile attempts (that are publically disclosed to us) of finding Osama bin Laden in the Muddle East

The futile attempts (that are publically disclosed to us) of finding Osama bin Laden in the Muddle East

The invasion of Iraq has been brilliantly successful at extinguishing that country’s threat to Iran. The Iranians are showing their gratitude by threatening to leave a huge carbon footprint all over Israel.

In decisive retaliatory measures the UN is expected to ban the export of Persian carpets and Barack Obama is planning to talk to the mullahs. He has been rehearsing with the Reverend Wright.

The key US allies in the region, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan appear to be the main sources of anti-US terrorists. Germany and France, resolute US allies in Europe, provide the US with about as much support in the Middle East as Iran. Spain, another key ally, has been threatening to prosecute the US for anti-terrorist activities.

The Taliban would probably have been crushed by Russia if it hadn’t been for the support they received from the US and Pakistan. Now the US wants Russia and Pakistan to help them crush the Taliban and stand by for the Taliban wanting Russia and Pakistan to help them crush the US.

Likely next developments are the extreme left in the US trying to prosecute George W for denying Saddam Hussein his civil rights and Pakistan inviting the US to invade them and drive the Taliban back to Afghanistan.

It’s such a shame that the US are so misunderstood. Someone should take them aside and advise them to leave Middle East wars to the Israelis. They do them so much better. And furthermore the US should immediately withdraw their special envoys George Mitchell and Richard Holbrooke from the Middle East, ban Hillary from going there and leave the diplomacy to Tony Blair. Americans are such warm and wonderful human beings in their own backyard but unfortunately they don’t travel well.

In summary the US has had a win in Iraq, a draw in Afghanistan but has lost out over Palestine, eliminating Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban, Al Qa’ida, Hamas and Hezbollah and bringing the Indian Premier League to Yankee Stadium.

In the final analysis the Middle East is all the UK’s fault. They fiddled around in the Khyber Pass, made a total hash of redrawing national boundaries and failed to recognise that Lawrence of Arabia was like Barack Obama on horseback.

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