I went to the open mic night at the Comedy Store in Sydney today. There were six start-out acts – three were pretty good. They were followed by Marc Maron, an American stand up who is doing a two week stint at the club.

This Marc dude covered a lot of ground from relationships and clowns on stilts to the time he spent in Scotland and his views on religion, he is Jewish. He didn’t spend a lot of time on politics but one got the sense that he had a lot of materials and views on this topic. I wanted to capture his comments about the Iraq War, he said…

Here’s what the Iraq war is all about… OK, so you have these neo-conservatives and a bunch of pirates and they staged a coup and took over the Government. They then started a war and the objective of this War is to bankrupt America. OK. Because then they’ll have to privatise all of the social programs and then the gap between rich and poor will be so wide that they will recruit for the army by asking people if they are hungry. They’ll ask dudes if they want three square meals in a day and a roof over the head and they’ll ask if people are prepared to kill in return for food and a bed. Universal healthcare won’t happen in America because if you can’t afford to pay for healthcare then you can’t consume stuff and in America if you can’t consume stuff then you are better off dead. That’s why religion is such a big deal in America because its the only free insurance program, for many it’s the only insurance that they have.

The rest was funny…

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