The Chaser - APEC - Page 2

Nostalgia · 06-09-2007, 09:15 PM

Whats the big deal. The comedians only wanted to see the Leading Clown of the APEC Circus. Yes its sad that so much tax payers money has been spent on security but it also shows that no matter how much is spent it is not fool proof. Lets see what happens on Saturday.

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savagE · 06-09-2007, 09:17 PM

Legends, take a joke people, they knew the risks involved.

Auslandau · 06-09-2007, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by XFWalt

Good-aye all you lovely Ford Lovers! What a Day hey ! got to be one of the most funny things i ever watched on the news,and lets face it folks , when you watch the news mostly it not so funny the storys at night hey ,
I got say that the whole frigging Sydney thing with even holding the bloody APEC summit thingy there is kindda a huge waste of pulic funds , lets face it they could have maybe considered hiring the WHOLE of Ulara (Ayers Rock) booked the whole joint for a week took the old army mates out there with the airforce (and even the navy ha ha ha ) held it all there ,That way it would cost only a few thousand bucks instead of million and NO ONE would have bothered to go near the joint and the good folk of Sydney Town would have been able to go abouth there day to day life unhindered without all this bull happing hey !Ime proud to be Aussie today this has restord my faith again ,,,,aussie ..aussie ..Aussie ........Gearge W Bush GO HOME mate ! lol

Yeah I know! Fancy 'wasting' all that money on protecting some people from a bunch of ferals !!!! 90% of the protesting ferals wouldnt know what 'APEC' is but just love the crap & excuse for mayhem that goes on around it. Mob rules!!!!

Good to see Ayres Rock has been renamed and you are proud to be an aussie!!!

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HOON69 · 06-09-2007, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by OpTrader

Don't want to blue with you Wokkas, but for the sake of discussion, how about the lives of the extras they hired to drive the cars, or the guys they paid to run alongside pretending to be security, or how about the lives of the people who may have shot them, I reckon killing a comedian over a joke gone wrong wouldn't make your life a bed of roses... and IF something had gone wrong, don't these people all have wives, girlfriends, mums, dads, kids....?

IMO those risks are simply far too great to take for the sake of a giggle. I do however think they made a good example for the security people not to take things for granted, an official convoy may not be what it seems and suicide bombers could've had this idea first.... So, not funny, but useful.

if we lived on "what could happen" and not on "what happened" we'd be americans wouldnt we?

listen,noone was hurt,noone except the idiots not doing their job are arking up and rightfully so,160million dollars and this is what they call "the no go zone"
they shouldnt of made it past the first check point let along the 2nd etc

if ya'll gunna whinge about a bunch of low grade comedians taking the p1ss outta national security then you need to get hobbies and stop watching so much BS news updates etc besides this one event theres been no real security breaches and we needed 5klms of fences hundreds of police officers doing 24/7 security and hundreds of secret service men patrolling pointing guns at everything that moves should be more upset that 160 million dollars of tax payers money could of been spent in so many ways yet they spent it on security that couldnt hold a bunch of comedians out.

be angry at the goverment not the comedians

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XR8putts · 06-09-2007, 09:34 PM

We've had APEC in Auckland before, and the same fuss was made over the sercurity and money, although it was in the pre 9-11 days with Clinton.

Can someone please explain why this event can't be held in some secret, central locaton? It is not open to the public, it is not a public affair. Hell, from what I've seen in the news, the public can't get within a mile of anything to do with APEC.

When it was in NZ, they closed the sodding motorway whilst Clinton and his 10 car motorcade made it's way around Auckland.

I'm sure they do some good things at this meeting, and thats essentially all it is; a meeting. But why spend $160 Million of Australian taxpayers money on the sercurity alone? (I think thats what I heard on the tele). Surely that money could be better spent somewhere else.

It just makes no sense to me. And those 'Chaser' blokes are legends, apparently they only got caught when Osama decided to get out of the car and make himself seen, seems like they could've got much closer.

nugget378 · 06-09-2007, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by auslandau

Yeah I know! Fancy 'wasting' all that money on protecting some people from a bunch of ferals !!!! 90% of the protesting ferals wouldnt know what 'APEC' is but just love the crap & excuse for mayhem that goes on around it. Mob rules!!!!

Good to see Ayres Rock has been renamed and you are proud to be an aussie!!!

If they werent here they wouldnt need protecting.
I had to re arrange my work around this circus,g dubya's schedule is no more important than mine,not to me anyway.
And on another note,theres no one out there trying to kill me,I wonder why?

pauljh74 · 06-09-2007, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by blueoval

Just shows you the APEC security isnt as fool proof as they say it is.

They let George Bush in, so it can't be fool-proof

Auslandau · 06-09-2007, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by nugget378

If they werent here they wouldnt need protecting.
I had to re arrange my work around this circus,g dubya's schedule is no more important than mine,not to me anyway.
And on another note,theres no one out there trying to kill me,I wonder why?

Glad its in Sydney though. Would hate it in Melb. Total circus I agree. Cant see anything wrong with meetings and people visiting, its just a shame they have to spend so much to keep the wackos out and a few wackos in! I am sure they would love to do these things without all the crap that goes on.

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Falcon_Phill · 06-09-2007, 10:09 PM

Good on them.

06-09-2007, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

Your not wrong there. The police minister or whoever was on the news saying how there was no real threat, and the fact that they were caught (eventually) was proof that the security was working.

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Only coz a fella who looked like Osama jumped out of the car!

Congrats to the chaser guys - highlighting gaping security holes - image if they weren't friendly ABC crew and were terrorists instead...

From what I can imagine as well - The Chaser didn't force entry into the restricted area, they were simply allowed access. They weren't there to commit any malicious acts either.

Van D · 06-09-2007, 11:43 PM

I can't believe people actually go against the chasers here.

I'm sure ALL of the people involved were clued in on the risks, not just the famous faces.

The fact that they spent a supposed $160 mil and a comedy team was able to get to the same building that the president of US is staying in demonstrates how ridiculous it is. Imagine if it was a proper organised terrorist group, i'm sure they could get further.

It wasn't JUST for a laugh, they opened some eyes as well.

Deadman · 06-09-2007, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Van D

I can't believe people actually go against the chasers here.

I'm sure ALL of the people involved were clued in on the risks, not just the famous faces.

The fact that they spent a supposed $160 mil and a comedy team was able to get to the same building that the president of US is staying in demonstrates how ridiculous it is. Imagine if it was a proper organised terrorist group, i'm sure they could get further.

It wasn't JUST for a laugh, they opened some eyes as well.

Yeah you're right, it'd be like a guy driving 200km/h in a 50km/h school zone without a radar, just to proove that the cops couldn't detect him.

So long as nothing goes wrong - all he did was break a law and proove how poor the cops are at enforcing the speed limit in all school zones accross the country.

So long as nothing goes wrong...

What they did was stupid. Ok, they prooved a point - but if they got shot, I wouldn't even blink. A guy even dressed up as Bin Laden - I mean come on! They were idiots and would have deserved it in that situation and I would have only felt sorry for the family (of both sides - law enforcement and themselves) for what these tools could have put them through. What next - try to take a "fake bomb" on to an airline?

There are limits, esspecially with something this serious. They were lucky that all they got out of it was a lame laugh and I'm sure a lot of stupid looks.

I'm sorry, but I just don't see what is "funny" about that stunt.

nickd · 07-09-2007, 12:04 AM

guys just watched it on lateline nine news, im really shocked they nearly pulled it off.
my two bobs worth.

tapeworm · 07-09-2007, 12:34 AM

Costs 24 million a day in security for this APEC thing, right off the scale. Good old tax payer, hard at it again.
There was a fair risk of one of the Chaser dudes getting picked off by a sniper,lol at the thought.

WAXBFAR · 07-09-2007, 01:42 AM

All these elected big nobs are "freely" elected in their countries, and yet when they are out inthe open they need blocked cities and fences, exclusion zones, divers, boats snippers, bombscuads and all the fruit of security to keep them "SAFE"
One has to have a rethink who represents who in my little book!

SHIFTN · 07-09-2007, 07:30 AM

the video is here

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GclCE0cLA-o

Quasi · 07-09-2007, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by blueoval

Funny stuff though. Cant wait to see it aired on TV.

Unlikely this will make it to air, as the recorded material was confiscated.

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Originally Posted by blueoval

Just shows you the APEC security isnt as fool proof as they say it is.

They were arrested weren't they.

I think it's a funny show, but this was a stupid stunt that could have gotten someone hurt, or killed. Tensions are running high and security teams are expected to respond swiftly to anything in whatever manner appropriate.

Aeron · 07-09-2007, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by BlackLS

Congrats to the chaser guys - highlighting gaping security holes - image if they weren't friendly ABC crew and were terrorists instead...

From what I can imagine as well - The Chaser didn't force entry into the restricted area, they were simply allowed access. They weren't there to commit any malicious acts either.

Spot on mate. It just shows how bad the security is and how easy it could be for someone with a car bomb, or 3, to have rolled in and set the thing off.

Nice work The Chaser

jason_85 · 07-09-2007, 08:26 AM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xGK5KgaT1...elated&search=

this one actually shows what they were doing

if they did it in America i reckon they would have been shot!

Redrum · 07-09-2007, 08:35 AM

I reckon Chasers War on everything is a top show and they do some great sketches, but this one wasn't that humorous to me. I may have to wait until they have edited it etc

sfr rob · 07-09-2007, 08:37 AM

They are a bunch of tossers, plain and simple.

gozza · 07-09-2007, 09:22 AM

Funnily enough a White house Spokesperson deemed their actions as utterly hilarious

Work Horse · 07-09-2007, 09:41 AM

Go the Chaser!!!!

Making our leaders look foolish using taxpayers money

People often find The Chasers stunts uncomfortable and not funny, that's the idea. They are pushing the limits every show.

The "facts" of this will not come out until there is a court case. BUT....

The passes they used said, "this is a fake pass, we are from the Chases War on Everything".

They (the chaser team) never attempted to get into the secure zone. When they got close they turned around to come back, that's when they got grabbed.

The issue is it showed the security to be lacking.

The charges will be dropped once APEC is over IMHO

blueoval · 07-09-2007, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by HOON69

if we lived on "what could happen" and not on "what happened" we'd be americans wouldnt we?

listen,noone was hurt,noone except the idiots not doing their job are arking up and rightfully so,160million dollars and this is what they call "the no go zone"
they shouldnt of made it past the first check point let along the 2nd etc

if ya'll gunna whinge about a bunch of low grade comedians taking the p1ss outta national security then you need to get hobbies and stop watching so much BS news updates etc besides this one event theres been no real security breaches and we needed 5klms of fences hundreds of police officers doing 24/7 security and hundreds of secret service men patrolling pointing guns at everything that moves should be more upset that 160 million dollars of tax payers money could of been spent in so many ways yet they spent it on security that couldnt hold a bunch of comedians out.

be angry at the goverment not the comedians

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excellent point mate. spot on.

blueoval · 07-09-2007, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by pauljh74

They let George Bush in, so it can't be fool-proof

lol. dam right. good point.

uranium_death · 07-09-2007, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by blueoval

lol. dam right. good point.

You're certainly agreeable this morning!

The Chaser team will be heavily cautioned from this, but I don't think anything serious will come out of it. As some people said, they probably are tossers but I would rather have genuine tossers than the fake tossers we see on absolute diarrhea television such as Big Brother, Australian Idol, Neighbours and Home and Away. In fact, those four shows are bad, the brown substance is all over the wall...I cannot emphasise how much I hate that crap...

Chasers suits a purpose in that it states some truth, and distorts other things.

They're the first in a little while to actually show what TT and ACA are about....crap and sensationalism.

blueoval · 07-09-2007, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Quasi

Unlikely this will make it to air, as the recorded material was confiscated.

They were arrested weren't they.

I think it's a funny show, but this was a stupid stunt that could have gotten someone hurt, or killed. Tensions are running high and security teams are expected to respond swiftly to anything in whatever manner appropriate.

True. It was a funny, BALLSY but silly stunt. I realise the seriousness of the times we are in, but you have to look at how well or not so well the security has been put together. Sure the snipers should have been pinging them off etc. etc. but the fact remains, WHY werent their I.D.'s checked at the first gate? Thats elementary protocol for security really. Prevention is better than a cure.
IMHO The APEC 1st gate security prevention was exposed, plain and simple. Who ever was manning that post should be the one who should be questioned.

The chaser boys knew the risks otherwise they wouldnt have attempted such a display. To me, these ABC boys tried their luck and frankly got in further than they had imagined. As a consequence of their actions they got to accept the charges laid, and they are lucky to still be alive.

blueoval · 07-09-2007, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by uranium_death

You're certainly agreeable this morning!

The Chaser team will be heavily cautioned from this, but I don't think anything serious will come out of it. As some people said, they probably are tossers but I would rather have genuine tossers than the fake tossers we see on absolute diarrhea television such as Big Brother, Australian Idol, Neighbours and Home and Away. In fact, those four shows are bad, the brown substance is all over the wall...I cannot emphasise how much I hate that crap...

Chasers suits a purpose in that it states some truth, and distorts other things.

They're the first in a little while to actually show what TT and ACA are about....crap and sensationalism.

haha. I hate to say it again, but I agree with ya.

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I look at things diplomatically. Plus its friday.

**ebxr8240** · 07-09-2007, 10:17 AM

I guess some of those police will be on school parking patrol next week ???
When they where cought out it was funny the spin the heavy weights put on it....

LTDHO · 07-09-2007, 10:21 AM

tools!

Same they weren't shot.