Little Bit Here, Little Bit There, Little Bit Everywhere

While Stephen focused on the GOP winner of the New York Mayoral primary, most of the stories I found over at Google were about the Democratic winner, or probable winner, Bill de Blasio. That first link has lots of photos. Here's a link with more words than photos. Although Stephen had good reasons for his endorsement of Joseph Lhota, I think kittens are cute and therefore I won't be voting for Lhota. Of course, I can't vote for the Mayor of New York City, so that plays into my decision also.

Moving on to national news, Stephen was able to show us all the reasons we can compare Syria and Siri. I did not realize how similar they are. Stephen is a true intellectual giant.

And then there was a very confusing portion of the show. Part of the reason it was confusing is that I started to think that Rand Paul is actually one of a set of quadruplets. Each quad had his own differing opinion on the situation in Syria. Here's a quick rundown on the various positions of Rand Paul and his identical siblings. (I'm not sure which opinion goes with which sibling. Try to sort that out for yourself later.)

1. No diplomacy.
2. Can't do nothing.
3. No to the the President's plan.
4. No to regime change.

This is how one of the Rand Pauls described Rand Paul.

"I think he's been a little bit here, little bit there, and a little bit everywhere. I don't think he makes any sense."

Stephen agreed with that Rand Paul.

Controversies and outrage are ever so popular nowadays. Not a day goes by that you can't get a cup of controversy with that cup of coffee and a bowl of outrage with that bowl of oatmeal. The latest is a photo of President Barack Obama with his foot on his desk.  Apparently he shouldn't do that. Never mind that we have photos of George W. Bush doing that and Gerald Ford doing that. And he's not wearing a suit jacket either. What do you suppose that if he was wearing his suit jacket in the photo there would be complaints that he's wasting money on air conditioning when he could just ease back on the AC by not wearing his suit jacket when he's not meeting with someone important?

Stephen demonstrated how easy it is to find controversy, outrage and conspiracy where there is none. You can do it too. Just look at any photo of a prominent political person and then find something in that photo that reminds you of something that reminds you of something else and then twist that around. Okay, it sounds difficult, but it's easier than you might think. Just practice and you will get better.

Stephen's guest last night was Sheryl Crow. He interviewed her and she sang and yes, there's a bonus song over at Colbert Nation. I am still waiting for the day when an interview with a musician is done musically. That just makes sense.