Even Noelle McCarthy takes the piss

I don’t think anyone could call Noelle McCarthy a tool of the vast right wing conspiracy. She is a former bFM host and has also been on NewstalkZB. Her Irish accent almost makes it worth listening to talkback (almost, but not quite). Anyway her column in the Herald today:

Into this climate of Endtimes come the mystical burblings of our politicians. On a visit to the scene of the latest shootings in Flat Bush, the Police Minister attributed the recent spate of violence in the area not to any of the usual suspects like drugs, or drink or gangs or tagging or even “the parents”, but rather to the altogether more poetical combination of the hot summer and a full moon.

Yes. The sun and the moon. My own transgressions under this particular conjunction of elements tend more towards the carnal than the murderous and bloodthirsty, but who am I to argue with the reasoned and expert analysis of the minister in charge of police? It’s certainly a new way of explaining social ills. One that has more in common with the world view of Medieval peasants perhaps, but definitely entertaining nonetheless. I look forward to hearing more of our politicians and public servants explaining daily contretemps in this manner. How much more fun to hear about arson due to fire breathing dragons?

I think we are going to hear a lot more about the sun and the moon this year. At the next Reserve Bank briefing, a brave journalist should ask Dr Bollard whether he thinks the sun and the moon are partly to blame for high interest rates.