Peter Garrett on Meet The Press Segment 1

[G666leSh666le]

It belongs to them Let's give it back...yeah right!

[halflifeproductionz]

fuck me, terrible audio!!

[grimlund]

1:07 Heaviest chorus in any song ever written...Nothing moore to say...

[spquien]

Peter and Midnight Oil made a fortune...his so called needing a public wage is almost hilarious for its lack of any truth. This world would be so much better if we had more leaders like him!

[figbat1]

nothing much to report. my favourite songs for today are my 3 favourite madonna songs..."rain" "justify your love" and "ray of light". the lady gaga concert the other night looked like a madonna concert from 20 years ago. she will be better in another 3 years or so when shes got more hits to sing. rgds.

[figbat1]

greetings lucille. your band used to be my favourite australian band...but now i cant stand the sound of you.....whenever one of them comes on the radio, i turn the channel straight away. go figure. my guess is that nobody will come up on charges with the shonky "batts in the roof" scheme....because the blame will ultimately come back to you and the kruddster. we'll see. day 2244. 2x2x3x11x17. only figs and urine and water until 7.00pm tonight...nothing else. then salad and ricecrackers etc.

[jazzysnaps]

minister for doing nil except drawing a public wage

[lapdogwilly1]

...and to my knowledge the Oils never named an abum "meat is murder'...that was the Smiths...there's nothing wrong with being behind sustainable fishing. The fisherman who are bitching now are the one's who are completely screwing the fisherman of the future. They want to reap now and screw the entire future of the profession.

[euqsabtnatillim]

@lapdogwilly1 Spot on dude, Australia has a mentality in many primary industries that we simply have infinite resources. Using science and being pragmatic is the way, not pandering to the rants of selfish interests and random comments by brains found under the dunny seat on a prawn trawler.

[lapdogwilly1]

hahah...Peter gives a crap about his pension??? He made a bunch being a true artisit, so moneywise he'll always be fine. He's one of the few musicians who's actually followed through with his message. Sure, politics is a dirty job in a lot of ways, but he actually had the balls and the motivation to try and change things by becoming  a part of it. Much respect..

[chewmywake]

garret is a douche. fuck you clown

[chewmywake]

Garret,, your a hoax. you dont care about protecting anything other than ya pension. Talk about lost touch. WHERE IS YOUR SCIENCE YOUR FACTS WHEN IT COMES TO MARINE PARKS AND DESTROYING HONEST HARDWORKING FISHERMEN. If you vote for this IDIOT I hope you NEVER ENJOY THE TASTE OF FRESH SEAFOOD CAUGHT FROM AUSTRALIAN WATERS AGAIN.....enjoy ya BASA

[euqsabtnatillim]

Attention all pissed off Midnight Oil fans. Do you want the band back together? Then help vote him out of his electorate in the 2010 election by volunteering to help the liberal party candidate there...simple. BTW, fucksticks needing him to be a vegan or an animal liberationist get a life this one is his. Just put the environment in the hands of the coalition... that should see you Greens bitch's pretending to be You Tubers outed for what you are.

[iankyoko]

It would be interesting to know how constrained Garrett is by the Party policy. A lot of people use this argument to excuse him and as an explanation.

I don't know to what degree he is constrained and limited by the Party policy.

I do believe though that our lifestyle for decades has been rampant greed, rampant big business.Politics aligns itself with that. We are happy with shit-loads of everything! What an unenviable position to have - environmental minister. You want cars!? then have dams!!

[chrysan6128]

Peter Garrett is vegetarian? No ,he is perfect carnivorous predator. He is completely hypocrite.

[chrysan6128]

Peter Garrett is the commander to slaughter 3 million kangaroos in Australia.

He said ,we have right to eat kangaroos ,but Jpanese would be prohibited to eat whales. He is a completely hypocrite, the decendant of criminal and exile.

[euqsabtnatillim]

@chrysan6128 Your remarks are insulting and ignorant. Your a pro whaling pro whale meat activist hiding as an animal liber.Taking cheap shots at Peter Garrett makes you feel good? His dad passed away when he was young, as for who he is descended from who gives a shit? Go and read up on sustainable harvesting replacing millions of sheep and cattle shit for brains. Roo meat is almost fat free and does not require environmental destruction, drugs or "farms" You dont give a shit about whales

[SovereignBeing]

bloody lizards everywhere,, look at the state of this one..! ! Garrett is NOT human..! He is a reptilian alien and he does NOT have the best interests of humanity at heart, like many of the others controlling us..

[iansuncoast]

fuck you garett, why are you in politics? is it because of your huge ego, you must not be doing it for the money!. You weak bald headed cocksucker everybody hates you so just get the fuck out of our faces!

[abetterplayer]

@ iansuncoast seriously everyone hates him. Really? Come on. I'm sure his mum doesn't hate him.

[TheAnandaXX]

What a lame fuckin' turncoat this cunt turned out to be. Garrett is a total bloody disgrace. Another bottom feeding grub, that Australian tax payers will have to fund in its retirement. In business this guy wouldn't last a year. A useless Law student that had a great band which turned into a politician. Ya reckon he would represent what he sang about HAHAHHAHAHAHA NOT. GRONK

[iansuncoast]

i totaly agree with you mate and his band was shit ,what the fuck is this cunt doing in politics ,he does not even stand up for the environment or any of his beliefs, what a cunt of a phoney.

[spencer5517]

Money that is all The Government has in its sights. Global warming, should be planting trees not pulping them.Peter Garret has blown his take on music with his stance on these issues. His songs no longer ring true nor will I buy another of his cds

[lerxt42]

@spencer5517 why did he change? I am really curious

[oARISTIDISo]

Peter Garrett may want to leave Politics and return to making music. At least then he can write and perform songs about social and environmental issues without having to actually do anything about it except to hold out his hand for royalties and concert takes.

[Strength888]

Peter Garrett is a disgrace.

The Tasmanian Pulp Mill and the Uranium Mine. Politicians on both sides are corrupt. I do think people are waking up though. No New World Order! No microchipping of humanity. No de-population programs. David Icke, William Cooper know the agenda and have been trying to warn people for many years.

[sparrerbyrd]

He's a very brilliant man. But an absolutely hysterical, but awful dancer. No that doesn't matter whatsoever. But it still makes me laugh.

[KeVinRuDDz]

Peter Garrett has no place in politics. Imagine Ozzy Osbourne being the minister for enviroments. Thats what its like!!!!

This guy should realize the midnight oil is burnt and its time to sleep.

[steeledge1]

Are you that ignorant to compare PG to Ozzy O? You really aren't able to distinguish the difference between their intellectual capabilities..Seriously?

PG has no place in politics lol, good one. He's been involved in politics and as an activist since he was in his 20's.

Your attempt at humor in your last sentece, was really quite telling. :(

Sadly, there's no cure for stupidity :(

[KeVinRuDDz]

Yes I am that ignorent, thanks for noticing. If I could self exclude myself from writing comments, I would but I cant. What do you want me to do? Cut my fingers off? Peter Garret is a junkie and so is Ozzy "O". Let them shoot up in question time and they might go on the nod.

[steeledge1]

No problem, the wold is filled with ignorant people, I'm sure you feel right at home! Why the need to comment , what drives you to post nonsense?! Perhaps you think you get a rise from people that response like myself? Unfortunetly, I get no positive or negative emotion from your post and wish I cared more :( Every now and then though, i see a post so stupid, that it must be commented on. Yours filled the criteria!

[KeVinRuDDz]

I'm glad my comment was able to fill your criteria for social interaction. Its good to communicate. Maybe not in the manner you go about it (reading the comments of others and hanging shit on them), but at least your trying. I feel sorry for you, maybe you got touched in the pants as a child and thats what causes your sadistic behavior. If thats the case Im very sorry you were molested. Your lack of emotion and hurtful comments makes me think you have some neurological disorder. Get some help...

[steeledge1]

Hey, your humor is your one saving grace, I like it! You can't be all dumb! Your cutting off you fingers comment was worth a chuckle, so I can't completely discredit you as a waste of human flesh! Perhaps I should rethink your idiotic comparison of PG to Ozzy O. Damn, you really have me perplexed now. What ever shall I do?

In all seriousness Ke, what initially did make you state such an absurd comment? For the comments to follow? Or is it possible you actually believe what you posted?

[KeVinRuDDz]

I cant explain myself any better than you can... BUT,

I honestly believe in my head that Peter Garret is a heroin injecting, crack smoking, speed sniffing, pill popping, smackhead chasing the dragon all the way to the next election. What kind of communistic freak show are they running at Labor? He should blow the brains out the back of his bald head!!!

Steeledge u sad person, Why do you love these junkies so much? Are you at rehab with them or something? If the comments upset you dont read them!

[sparrerbyrd]

I concur.

[tanyasbigbrowneyes]

actually refraise that....How can HE sleep while OUR beds are burning..oh yeh thats right, he is a politician now....he doesnt need to sing for his supper no more !!!!

[tanyasbigbrowneyes]

How can we sleep when OUR beds are burning

[iansuncoast]

the minister for the enviroment has done it again , barrow island to be chopped up for gas and oil, whatever happened to his beliefs WHAT A BALD HEADED FUCKING COCKSUCKER, you sold us out AGAIN, you should be fuckin executed for crimes against the environment . I HOPE YOU DIE SCREAMING OF CANCER YOU HYPOCRITICAL CUNT ...AND YOUR MUSIC WAS FUCKIN SHIT TOO!

[iansuncoast]

what a tretcherus hypocritcal scumbag, and he has stopped the solar panel rebate , and let gunns papermill go ahead , i hate this guy so much, what the fuck does he stand for these days can anyone tell me? he has sold us all out, so much for the blue sky mine, i would like to rip his bald fucking head off

[Logicbeatslies]

Come on, he sang at the bushfire relief concert!

;-)

[jjvstol]

Now Australia is listed up as a terrorist nation along with Sea Shepherd. One whaler died, it's a tragedy for all involeved. IWC is falling apart, thanks to Australia. Only Osama bin Laden is backing Australia at the momnent.

[Stopthegreed]

Shame on Peter for bending over to the Japanese whalers. Backing down on his promises he has abandoned the whales to the harpoones of those dirty poachers. The NZ government should be ashamed as well. Pathetic!!

[liber8me]

i dont support him but what can the australian or nz government do?

[Stopthegreed]

Well they could hold up international law. They do nothing to monitor what type of whales they are hunting. Its been proven the Japanese have been hunting threaterned and endangered species. Last year after they returned to Japan they then hunted in the nth pacific and even admited they killed 100 threaterned and endangered whales

[Stopthegreed]

Also they refuel their ships inside the antartic treaty area which also is illegal. They showed last year with the killing of a mother and carf (also illegal) that they really dont give a toss and they will do what ever they want. Australia chases illegal panagonian tooth fish boats halfway round the planet. Why not the Japanese? Free trade agreements?

[liber8me]

basically it all revolves around trade and relations. so yeah australia doesnt really want to do anything because then we'd lose a whole lot of money. its unethical but if the economic management was supposed to be ethical we shouldnt be trading with countries like china because of their human rights abuses.

[Stopthegreed]

And your probably rite but Peter is known to be very strong on different issues around the environment but has gone soft on this one and should be given abit of grief as he did make loads of promises around election time.

[liber8me]

true, sorry for calling you an idiot before.

pollies always make up big promises in opposition. its like the whole computer in every school and the broadband network. both parties just act unified, run a slick advertising campaign, make big promises and most of the time forget them when they get into office.

[cookieman38111]

What is "shadow minister"???

[redltape]

It's the member of the Opposition who holds a portfolio relative to a Ministerial portfolio.

So the Opposition Member who holds the portfolio of, for example, Environment is called the Shadow Minister for the Environment.

Basically it's the party spokesperson for an issue.

[barbato2003]

peter!

comeback to the shows!!

miss midnight oil!

from brazil

vinicius

[bondurango]

As an American, all I can say is your rip-off of our Meet The Press is even worse than our own. I'll always love Midnight Oil. I used to think Garrett was a great activist who spoke spontaneously and from the heart. Now, I think he's just a talking head, talking points politician trying way too hard to be a team player and this proves it. A real friggin' bore. I hope Bruce Springsteen never runs for office.

[peacenik2]

I Agree

[tobeorn0t]

I can see your point and I feel Peter, has more power than you and I put together. And now wee's wonder....what would I say if i where him...mmm.... hopefully as true as he is.. Dude he sang his sole and we all felt it and he has to play there game for a while. Just see and feel Peter for Pri Minister being alive today!

[ChicknDog]

I am against all logging anywhere but It's better going on with all the environmental restrictions in Tas than happening in the tropics somewhere for the blackmarket with no regulations what-so-ever. It's a tricky one.

[mencken]

That's interesting- I had no idea Oz had the exact same show: I thought Meet the Press was an exclusively yank phenom.

[rmsc1]

It's a format that is sold around the world. Basically the commercial american network that has "invented it" in the states, make money on franchising it around the globe. years ago we had a the david letterman show with a different bloke here in australia.......I lived in NYC for 5 years and now in London for the past 3 and noticed how "american the world is"...........

[mencken]

It's odd- usually the anglosphere only gets around to copying the saddest parts of our culture (rap, feminism, PC). You usually don't pick up on our more pompous aspects of intellectual traditions, and this is one so hidebound and stuffed-shirt you'd think the Brits would be the ones to pick up on it, not the Ozzarians. Oh well- never underestimate the seething need they have not to be mistaken for drunken caricatures.

[urameshiyaaa]

sep. org. au/articles07/garr-051107. ht ml

this are Garrett's true views