@PrezBillyJeff = @BillClinton

I have been trying to make this post 140 characters and still get everything in from Wednesday's show, but I have finally given up. Since so much time has gone by, I'll make it short, just not short enough to be a tweet. Twitter is very powerful and can send Wall Street into chaos. But it's also fun as we saw when ChelChel, ColbColb and PBJ had an interesting back and forth conversation. Bill Clinton is busy working on the Clinton Foundation and yet he still has time to talk with Stephen if only by appearing, seemingly, on Stephen's wall. Everyone who has been following @PrezBillyJeff should now start following@BillClinton. Stephen Colbert is following @BillClinton. And Bill Clinton sent his second tweet: "Excited to join @ChelseaClinton and my good friend @StephenAtHome."

In news that is so exciting for basically the whole world, for Mars, and even for our Solar System, Stephen highlighted the recent accomplishments of NASA. So many people love Science that NASA's website ran out of internet tubes and NASA's website crashed. It is so great to see President John F. Kennedy's dreams finally realized.


Stephen's guest was Danica Patrick. It was interesting, but I was so hoping for a race between Danica and Stephen. So, we didn't get to see that, but I will say that Danica's car now looks Marvelous after she appeared on The Colbert Report.

Poop Power - I Have a Business Card

The big news in the world is how many followers @PrezBillyJeff has. Last night Stephen noted that in just 24 hours, Billy Jeff Clinton has 88,076 followers. Now there are 131,717 and that will probably go up by the time I'm done writing this post. It is the epitome of the famous "The Colbert Bump." Also of interest to the Colbert Nation would be to follow the Clinton Foundation Twitter Feed  @ClintonTweet .

Most of you reading this did not attend the Clinton Global Initiative University in St. Louis. I wasn't there so I'm just assuming that you weren't either. I wish I had gone. Stephen talked about Jessica Matthews. She designed a soccer ball that generates electricity while you play soccer with it. After half an hour of playing soccer, it could keep a light bulb lit for three hours. Stephen met up with Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton at the CGIU Exchange Fair. It was a great opportunity for him to learn more about the innovative young minds coming up with the projects. We saw how to extract drinkable water from air, and football helmets with sensors to detect injuries. Of course, not everyone who plays football suffers from injuries. Stephen played football and he never suffered any injuries. Other projects include helping farmers in Columbia grow their product (tea) and market it here. Also of interest is the Humanure Power Project. Again, another source of power that has been under-utilized.

Stephen was so inspired by the young people, but also disappointed that each project only addressed one problem. To lead the way, Stephen demonstrated his model volcano that symbolized how he would solve many of today's problems or address today's goals, including  Public Health, Peace, Human Rights, Climate Change, Poverty, and the Environment. There were many people who witnessed Stephen's demonstration of his Volcano Metaphor Project, but none were more impressed than Stephen himself. His applause was so heartfelt that there was no need for anyone else to applaud. And indeed, neither Bill Clinton, nor Chelsea Clinton, nor the thirty or so young creative innovators watching applauded.

In the next segment, I learned something I had not known before. The pilgrims landed in Mayflower, Arkansas. Oops that's wrong, It was in Little Rock. Whichever place they landed, it was definitely Arkansas because they came over on an ark. Anyway, you may remember that oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas. Exxon thinks of it as more of a free oil giveaway than an oil spill. The good news is that we are not seeing much more damage. That's because the area is off limits (as in you will be arrested) to reporters and photographers. And there is a no-fly zone over the area. But still, quilted paper towels are being used to clean up the oil as well as pushing it down storm drains so that the oil will head over to wetlands where it can mingle with nature.

Stephen's guest last night was a Detroiter or is it Detroitite, Detroitan, a Detroitman? Oh  of course - Detroit native Charlie LeDuff taking with Stephen about his book "Detroit - An American Autopsy." He warns that we need to pay attention to Detroit learn lessons from what has happened there. The auto industry is booming, that is the companies are doing fine. But the jobs have been shipped overseas. There is concern on his part that if we don't invest in our children, in our cities, we are going to see more instances of decline.

Now for an update. The followers for @PrezBillyJeff are now up to a whopping 132,725. That's more than one  thousand new followers in just the time it took me to write this post. Keep following fans, keep following.

@PrezBillyJeff or @PresBilly Jeff? ----- "Z" or "S"?

Of course if you get two of the most famous people together with a huge audience and it's televised, that is bound to make the news. And of course there is always the possibility that some mistakes will be made when reporting on such a momentous occasion. So it's not surprising to realize that what some of the news outlets are reporting about President Bill Clinton's Twitter account will have some people confused. I mean, the word is spelled president. But you should ignore the "s".

Stephen Colbert set up the Twitter account as @PrezBillyJeff. He has 68,000 followers so far. I expect more people will start following President Clinton as the word gets out. So in answer to my question in the title of this post, it is Prez. Use a "z" not an "s".

@PrezBillyJeff

I Already Had This Finger Up

We learned, thanks to Stephen interpreting what Rush Limbaugh said, that
1. Obama can make or is a hurricane.
2. He can predict the weather months in advance.
3. Actually, there wasn't a third point, but Stephen already had that finger up, so....

Charles Krauthammer knows that you can predict the weather months in advance. My question is, why won't the TV weather guys tell us? Is it some sort of secret that only Krauthammer is allowed to know? It would be so much easier to. Wait a minute. If he said the Democrats would have known in advance that it would rain and Obama wouldn't be able to have his speech outside in a huge stadium, then why didn't the Republicans know in advance that a hurricane was coming? Everyone needs to get on the same page and start using some sort of advanced weather reporting system.

Stephen highlighted three more famous Americans. One was Bill Clinton who gave a great speech at the Convention. Another was John McCain who said, "The fundamentals of our economy are strong." I did not catch the name of the third guy, but he said, "Roads - Where we're going we don't need roads."

Stephen loves profiling Hispanics, so he had Bill Richardson on as the guest. Stephen asked if the energy and enthusiasm at the Democratic National Convention was actually as overwhelming as it seemed on TV. Bill Richards told him, "Yep. It was." Apparently there was dramatic drama at the Democratic National Convention. The two men then enjoyed some food from Taco Bell in a sincere effort by Stephen on Hispanic outreach. This was important to Stephen because Mitt Romney will ask all of them to make a run for the border.

In a bit of a sensitivity lesson, we found out that Hispanic or Latino is equally appropriate to use when referring to Bill Richardson, but Stephen's suggestion of Sombrero Bro, not so much.