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Hillary cancels and everyone loves Willy - Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Obama Fan Club Letterhead

Newsletter from Australia

White House,
Washington DC.,

22nd January 2010

Dear Mr President,

We’re all so disappointed. Hillary canceled her visit to Australia. It’s such a shame. We even had the local mayor lined up for an official welcome.

We’re not sure whether she had to go and sort out another disaster in world affairs or in Bill’s affairs.
It was too late to invite Prince William to take her place. Lovely young fellow he is. I’d marry him myself if it wasn’t for Neville and the fact that I’m already Queen of the Beauthaven Beer Festival.

What on earth’s going on in your country? Fancy calling poor old Harry Reid a racist. He isn’t even in the Republican Party.
Even I was accused of racism last week. I refused to let this friend of Gladys’ join the club. Its true he’s a Sri Lankan but he’s also an absolute arsehole.

You’re not going to believe this but Penny Wong’s already rabbiting on about a third go at passing the ETS legislation. Its like having to sit through one of Fidel Castro’s speeches for a third time. Can’t you find her a position measuring climate change in Northern Alaska?

I know you’ll be thrilled to hear that this week our World Affairs Think Tank tackled one of the most momentous questions facing Australia, ‘Should we become a republic’. It would have been lovely to have Prince William there to speak on behalf of his mother.

Marge reckoned it all depends on what sort of republic. We don’t want to become a banana republic or a republic like Germany and Russia which don’t seem to have any fun and start all the wars. She recognised that the US was also a republic which started wars but at least you seem to have a bit of fun.

Gladys thought it was a shame that the US was no longer a monarchy because we could have played you at cricket and you wouldn’t be wasting so much time in the shower.

Cyril said it would be great if Australia became a republic because Malcolm Turnbull could become President and it would stop him making a nuisance of himself.

Mildred believed that Australia should stay a monarchy with an Aussie royal family. All our royal talent like Princess Mary are having to go abroad because of a lack of opportunities back home.

Our Mavis’ Bert agreed with Mildred and said that even the Welsh Rugby team had its own Queen.

Mavis thought that Malcolm Fraser is qualified to become King of Australia because he’s such a right royal pain in the ass.

Arthur thought we should become a republic to avoid getting a Queen whose only qualification for the job was a propensity for sending Charles potty with passion.

I summed it all up brilliantly by pointing out that as the Obama Fan Club was dedicated to a Democrat there’s no way we can support Australia becoming Republican.

I’m so excited that we’re producing such good stuff for you.

Till next week.

Gaelene Woo
President

Sex, Copenhagen, Obama, NSW State Government - Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

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In retrospect the Copenhagen Conference seems like Woodstock without the music.
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It seems unfair that despite the compelling claims of her predecessors the special qualifications of Kristina Keneally will result in her becoming the first NSW Premier to be acclaimed the mother of all disasters.
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Prince Charles warned at Copenhagen that Australia could be facing a major calamity. Hopefully the Queen will live for many more years.
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In the past rugby league players who got hammered and assaulted women were simply regarded as hooligans. Management consultants however now believe it is a vital part of the experience needed for them to become NSW Government Ministers.
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It is interesting to speculate how many delegates at the Climate Change Conference availed themselves of the free services offered by Copenhagen hookers and how many took action to reduce the effects of extra-marital climate changes.
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Did anyone seriously believe that delegates from one hundred and ninety nations including Robert Mugabe, Hugo Chavez, Al Gore, Prince Charles and Kevin and thousands of left-wing loony rioters were going to agree on anything? If only Barnaby Joyce had been there things could have been a whole lot different.
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Inside US sources confirm that Bill Clinton is still claiming he was unjustly impeached. He’s apparently adamant that when he said ‘ I did not have sex with that woman’ he was talking about Hillary not Monica.
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All the signs are that neither Kevin nor Obama saved the world in Copenhagen. Perhaps someone better qualified will turn up on Christmas Day.

Obama invited downunder to 1st Anniversary celebrations of Obama Fan Club - Friday, December 18th, 2009

Obama Fan Club Letterhead

Newsletter from Australia

White House,
Washington DC.,

18th December 2009

Dear Mr President,

Oh I do love Christmas don’t you? I experience a really warm feeling when I get Christmas cards from people I wouldn’t be seen dead with. Restores your faith in human nature really.

There’s only two things about Christmas that really bug me. I never receive presents half as decent as the ones I give away and I have to put up with Neville’s sister on Christmas Day. Talk about putting a damper on things she’s the only person I know who can make Christmas Day seem like a Parramatta loss in the Grand Final.

I was so proud when I saw you on TV accepting the Nobel Peace Prize with such a wonderful speech. I’d never understood before that to win the Peace Prize you have to be involved in a war or two.

We were going to send Marge to be the Club’s representative at the Copenhagen climate thing but we didn’t raise enough from our Big Barbie Blaze. She’s been suffering a lot from global warming recently although Neville thinks its hot flushes.

If you bump into Kevin in Copenhagen please tell him that we’re all missing him and hope he can find time to come back to Australia sometime in 2010.

I know you and Kevin will get it all sorted over there. I was really shocked to learn that Fiji could be under water by 2030 because it could really upset our holiday plans.

I’m not getting my hopes up that anything really meaningful will come out of Copenhagen. On TV it looks like the first day of the David Jones Stocktake Sale.

You’re not going to believe this but Tony Abbott has appointed Bronwyn Bishop and Philip Ruddock to the shadow cabinet. I thought tomb raiding was a serious offence in this country.

I haven’t heard back from you about the Obama Fan Club Christmas Party on the 22nd December so I’ll put you down as a no-show this year. Pity because Mildred’s cousin will be singing the Nun’s Chorus and she only does it every other year on account of her haemorrhoids.

At the Obama Fan Club Meeting last Tuesday it was agreed unanimously that I should invite you to come to the Club’s First Anniversary celebrations next August. I’m giving you plenty of warning because I know your diary sometimes fills up months ahead. We shall of course expect you to make a major address on something or other and I shall be inviting Kevin even though he’ll probably still be overseas.

I’ve sent you and the family a Club Christmas Card so I wont bang on about Merry Christmas and all that. And you wont be getting a Newsletter next week because I’ll get absolutely rotten at the Club Christmas Party. But if you need any info urgently over Christmas don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Till a week or two.

Gaelene Woo
President

Tiger Woods daliance, Cold War, striking similarities between Sarah Palin and Kristina Keneally - Friday, December 18th, 2009

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It’s wonderful news that Frank Sartor, Ian McDonald and Tony Kelly have all been rearranged on deck. On the other hand Nathan Rees and John Della Bosca are still in the Titanic’s deckchair rehabilitation workshop and Kristina is fervently hoping the iceberg will melt before she gets there.
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Apparently Tiger Woods had a girl in every country; the British Open, the US Open, the Canadian Open…
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It’s true that planet has lost a lot of ice but it happened mostly during the Cold War.
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The Copenhagen Conference has given up any idea of reducing nocturnal emissions.
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There is a striking similarity between Sarah Palin and Kristina Keneally. They are both American, both in their forties, married with children and both have been suddenly thrust into the forefront of politics. Furthermore given Kristina’s association with the NSW Right she is Going Rogue just like Sarah.
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Tony Abbott and Barnaby Joyce have been standing by in case they were summoned to Copenhagen by the Chinese delegation.
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Reliable sources indicate that Kristina has never played with Tiger Woods. Her handicap is the result of playing with Joe Tripodi and Eddie Obeid.
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Observers at the Copenhagen Conference are very impressed with the standard of long range global weather forecasting. It’s what to do about it that seems to be casing the problems.
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Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize seemed akin to Tiger Woods winning the Pope’s prize for celibacy.
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Obama receives Obama Fan Club’s Man of the Year award - Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Obama Fan Club Letterhead

Newsletter from Australia

White House,
Washington DC.,

11th December 2009

Dear Mr President,

I was so inspired by the Obama Fan Club meeting last Tuesday.

I am absolutely thrilled to tell you that you won our prestigious Man of the Year award. You polled fourteen votes, Kevin and Hillary got two each and Fred Hasking who married Mildred’s daughter got one. Anyone who is brave enough to take her on deserves a bit of recognition.

Congratulations. We’re sending off the official certificate today so you can tell your PR people that it’s ok to release the news to the worldwide media.

The main reason you got so many votes is that you’re the only national leader in history to send thirty thousand troops to war and receive the Nobel Peace Award all in the same month.

The Obama Fan Club committee have asked me to say they’re delighted that you have the honour of being the first recipient of the Man of the Year award but don’t expect it again next year because hopefully Kevin will do something half-decent at last. They recommend that the certificate should be placed next to the Nobel Peace Award in the Oval Office and could you please send us a photo of yourself standing beside them.

I was going to come over and present the certificate to you personally but it’s my son’s cricket final next week and I knew you’d understand.

Malcolm’s very narky about being chucked out as leader of the federal opposition. He thinks Tony Abbott’s climate change policy is like his budgie smugglers, a cover for not much at all really. Oh I’m being awful again.

Tony’s brought Bronwyn Bishop and Philip Ruddock back into the shadow cabinet, so there will be one or two retirement home vacancies.

You know me, I always vote Labor but I’m having second thoughts about the next state election. The Labor Party has thrown Nathan Rees out of the premier’s job and given it to Kristina somebody or other who comes from Ohio would you believe. Now as you know I’ve got nothing against Americans and she seems a reasonably decent sort but this was like you throwing out that Blago guy who was Governor of Illinois and appointing Malcolm Turnbull in his place. Not many people in Illinois would be keen on Malcolm. Come to think of it not many down here are keen on him either.

I quite liked Nathan. I know he was a garbo and all that but he did try to get rid of the rubbish. Unfortunately the rubbish got rid of him.

I can’t understand those women throwing themselves at Tiger Woods. When I was an alluring twenty something I never got in a scrum with league players, I was always not out overnight with cricketers and I never went for a drive with golfers. I only had one lapse when I had it away with a soccer player and at home as well if I remember correctly.

Have a lovely trip to Oslo to pick up your gong and also to Copenhagen to help Kevin save the world. Could you please not do anything drastic about global warming until after February because I’m really enjoying the summer.

Till next week,

Gaelene Woo
President

A riveting week down under - Friday, December 4th, 2009

Obama Fan Club Letterhead

Newsletter from Australia

White House,
Washington DC.,

4th December 2009

Dear Mr President,

If you thought last week’s newsletter was one of the most exciting things you’ve ever read, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

This week the Coalition put on a stoush which made the Danny Green-Roy Jones Jnr fight look like handbags at ten paces.

The conservative faction was really pissed with Malcolm for cuddling up to Kevin on the ETS and they thought that his vote counting technique at the Coalition’s meeting on the ETS was straight out of the Ahmadinejad political operations manual.

Then Malcolm’s shadow cabinet starting leaving faster than Wallaby supporters at a match against the All Blacks.

So off they all went to their weekly leadership spill. Anyone besides Malcolm would have developed an inferiority complex.

Joe Hockey who started out clear favourite said he wouldn’t run against his good mate Malcolm but if the Coalition voted for a spill and enough people pleaded with him he would run on the basis of giving all members a conscience vote on the ETS. This was a huge mistake because none of them have got a conscience.

Tony Abbott thinks that the ETS is the equivalent of the Queen Mary arriving in Sydney Harbour with five thousand asylum seekers.

Malcolm recontested the leadership because he was the only one who hadn’t worked out he was going to lose.

Cuddly Joe went down in the first round – pity because he’s a lovely chap for a Liberal – and Tony floored Malcolm in the second round.

I’ve got to hand it to the Coalition. The soap opera they’ve put on over the past two weeks makes ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ look like the wimpy and the pimply.

Kevin was over there chatting you up when all this happened. He must be rapt. The Liberals couldn’t be in a bigger mess if they’d elected Mark Latham.

I feel a bit sorry for Malcolm. Not too much mind you but he did go down fighting for Kevin. I’m not that keen on Tony Abbott. He’s all pope, speedos and rah-rahs. And he’s blocked Kevin’s ETS in the senate and may stop him saving the world in Copenhagen. Without Kevin’s guidance countries like China and India wont know what on earth to do.

I was thrilled to hear you’re going to Copenhagen to support Kevin. By the way when you saw him this week I hope you reminded him to take his constipation tablets.

Saw Jeff Bleich on TV the other night. What a wonderful man. He’ll make a beaut US ambassador. Will it be alright if I send him a copy of our newsletters? I understand that you want to keep them confidential but they could be such a benefit in bringing him up to speed..

I can’t believe those Iranians and all their nuclear shenanigans. At our club meeting Mildred suggested that once you’ve got your Nobel Peace Award you should immediately start bombing Tehran.

Till next week,

Gaelene Woo
President

Full of Promise - Friday, November 13th, 2009

A politician’s promise is like a hooker’s embrace. They both offer a fleeting glimpse of paradise which comes at a cost.

The reality is that politician’s promises are fool’s gold. Yet within us all persists a faith that the world can be a better place and the latest political wannabe might just be the one to make it happen.

Politicians make promises safe in the knowledge that the electorate recognises the difference between dishonesty and political dishonesty. And let’s face it, if you’re not on a promise from anyone else then a politician’s is better than nothing.

Obama, however, was different. He promised he could change the world and the world believed in him to such a degree that he no longer seemed like a politician.

After all he was a community organiser from Chicago just like Al Capone who had an impressive track record of change and making everyone believe in it..

His promises were so overwhelmingly believable that he was awarded a Nobel Prize just for making them.

Since his election a year ago Obama has certainly brought about change. The economy has gone much further down the toilet and Obamacare seems likely to propel it all the way to the recycling plant.

The situation in Afghanistan has changed because Karzai has interpreted the concept of democracy to mean that he can cast as many votes as he likes.

In the past both Britain and Russia have failed to secure a satisfactory passage up the Khyber Pass. Obama is therefore taking his time to decide whether he should send forty thousand troops or an enema.

The world still awaits change at Gitmo. The inmates there were amongst the first to receive swine flu jabs from the US programme and they will undoubtedly be amongst the first to benefit from a vaccine effective against the terrorist epidemic.

Obama is yet to change Iran’s mind about nuclear ambitions. Advisers believe he should not hold discussions with Ahmedinejad until the job has driven him mad and there can be a true meeting of the minds.

His views on where the 2016 Olympics should be held obviously had a profound effect on the Olympic Committee. They agreed that Brazil should host them for the first time. Now there’s change you can believe in.

Obamacare will certainly bring about change. It promises to be an expensive pill to swallow with no guarantee of economic pain relief.

If climate change is the change we have to believe in then the ultimate way to address it could be through harnessing the intense solar energy shining out of the backsides of Obama and Al Gore.

The main change Obama has made which we can believe in is that he’s not George W Bush although that proposition is not entirely black and white.

Alas there’s one change which none of us wanted to believe in. Obama has become a politician just like all the rest of them.

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’

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’

So proud of KRudd on Asylum seekers - Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Obama Fan Club Letterhead

Newsletter from Australia

White House,
Washington DC.,

23rd October 2009

Dear Mr President,

I’m so proud of Kevin.

In our hour of darkness he has stood alone against the hordes of asylum seekers threatening our shores. He’s been tough, yet oh so humane.

I think that means he’s been tough on people smugglers yet humane towards asylum seekers. The trouble is the asylum seekers can’t get here without the people smugglers, so actually he’s been quite tough on them as well in a humane sort of way.

It’s difficult to understand why the asylum seekers don’t buy their own boat and sail it across themselves. I think Kevin would be a lot more humane about that as long as Christmas Island doesn’t get overbooked.

He’s also been very tough and humane with the Indonesians. He wants them to open a branch of Christmas Island over there to house the asylum seekers and persuade them to go to Malaysia or New Zealand.

The least they should do is open up an office in Jakarta where the asylum seekers can book accommodation on Christmas Island in advance. Then the place wouldn’t get overcrowded and Kevin wouldn’t have to rush emergency port-a-loos up there.

As most of the current asylum seekers seem to be coming from Sri Lanka, I think we should send them over to Tasmania. They haven’t got any Tassie Tigers left so they could get Tamil Tigers instead.

You’ll be interested to know that Kevin popped over for a chat with President Youknowwho this week. I’m sure they’ll sort something out even if we have to send port-a-loos, demountables and Julia’s school halls over there.

John Howard gave us the Pacific Solution but now Kevin gives us the port-a-loo solution. It just goes to show you how humane Kevin really is and that his policy for asylum seekers is not just a hole in the ground. He might even find a seat for Peter Dutton.

There is incredible excitement here about Malcolm’s amendments to the ETS. If you ask me Kevin and Penny will have a good laugh and tell him to shove his amendments up where the greenhouse has no effect.

Kevin’s very keen to do some ETS grandstanding in front of you and all the rest of the gang at that Copenhagen thing in December. But Malcolm is trying to deny him his place in the global warming sun by demanding a cooling off period.

By the way I hear you get your Peace gong in Oslo during December. Perhaps Kevin could pop over from the Copenhagen Conference for the presentation. It’s only just down the road and it would be good experience for him because I’ve recommended him to the Nobel crowd for a gong in 2010.

I read recently that you used to live in Indonesia. What a shame you didn’t catch an asylum seeker boat and come to live over here. I love Kevin dearly of course and don’t tell him I said this but I think you would have made an even better prime minister.

Till next week,

Gaelene Woo,
President