The Chaser's War on W

So I'm not the only famous American in Australia this week. W is also here for the APEC conference in Sydney. (Although he thinks he's in Austria.) And while he's only been here for a couple days, he's already made quite a splash. Today, in a public speech, he thanked the Australian Prime Minister for hosting the OPEC conference. (OPEC is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries...uhm...) and thanked the Austrian troops for their participation in the war.

Uhm...dude, you're in AUSTRALIA and the organization is called APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation). Yeah, it's been a proud day for me as an American in Australia.

In other news, there's a TV show on public television channel, ABC, out here called The Chaser's War on Everything that my friend John is a huge fan of. I personally hate this show because the love to take the piss at Americans. But this week's season premiere wasn't bad since it only made fun of W, and he's fair game. Anyhow, for next week's episode, the Chaser boys pulled a stunt in which they got through the APEC security posing as the Canadian motorcade driving in Osama Bin Laden to the APEC conference. After getting through two security check points, the Chasers were arrested and charged.



The thing is...Canada isn't even a member of APEC! And their badges were completely fake. The network's legal team cleared the stunt because they thought there were enough precautions (such as the Canadian flags and security badges that stated that they were fake) that would prevent the Chasers from actually getting through the security points.

The Australian police stated today that the Chasers were lucky they weren't shot by the snipers posted in the area. The Chasers replied that the police were lucky that they weren't actually Al Qaeda...

Here are some other Chaser's clips courtesy of Youtube:







Enjoy! More on the rest of my trip later...