We found out a little bit about math on the show, --- just a teeny tiny bit. Paul Ryan doesn't give specifics of Mitt Romney's tax plan because it would take too long to go through all the math. So, now we know why we don't know what everyone has been waiting to know. It was a great answer that Paul Ryan gave to Chris Wallace, but it would take Stephen too long to explain why it is a great answer so just trust Stephen and by default I imagine we should trust Paul Ryan.
Stephen informed us that President Obama is a net job creator, in other words, more jobs created than lost, so that's a nice thing.
In The Word, we found out that it is possible to get a jobs in manufacturing that pay 23 cents an hour! There is a catch, you need to be in prison to get these jobs. There is this law that dates way back to the 1930s establishing Unicor. In some ways, it seems good because it provides work and training for prisoners. Labor is very cheap, obviously, but prices don't have to be. The down side is that it makes it hard for other companies to compete with those kinds of labor costs. Sounds like no easy answers on this one.
In New York, it is the last day of the General Assembly of the UN. And you know what that means. Shopping!!! While Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in New York, his entourage has been snatching up great bargains at various stores around town. Stephen did have some concerns about this, but I think he may have been confused, so not as bad as he thought.
Everything on the show seemed to have a strong tie to math, or a strong time to not using math (see Paul Ryan above). Even the guest(s) had a mathematical leaning. The Musical guests were Ben Folds Five, which you would think would be a band with five people in it but actually, it's only three guys. They were there to talk with Stephen about the name of their band and other more interesting stuff. They performed "Do It Anyway," from their album "The Sound of the Life of the Mind." You know how you often can go over to Colbert Nation and hear a bonus song? Well, not so this time folks. The message at the bottom of the screen said, "For Bonus Song, go buy their album. There's nothing on our website."
So, go buy it.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Is Stephen Colbert Swedish?
Barack Obama, announced he will not be deporting illegal immigrants, brought here as children who have a high school diploma and no criminal record. Oh, great. Now the doors are wide open for people who are already here. Obama does already have a great reputation among Latino voters with quite an impressive lead in the polls. Plus even among GOP circles, it is being called the right thing to do. Stephen however thinks he is pandering and yes, even trying to get re-elected. Just look at that burro the Democrats use for their party. Stephen suggests that if you hit it, candy and free health care will fall out. If Mitt Romney were the president, he would veto the Dream Act and fully expect that people would simply self-deport. (Didn't they do that in Star Trek once? No. Maybe I'm thinking of something else. Never mind.)
Full disclosure: Stephen is a member of the White House Press Corps Reserves and he can heckle with the best of them. That would be Neil Munro who heckled the president and was called out on it by no less than Papa Bear Bill O'Reilly, Chris Wallace and Don Lemon.
Stephen has the best audience in the world. That's a fact because Stephen said it. And they need to help Stephen with the ongoing diplomatic talks with Sweden. Stephen can speak Swedish fluently and he likes to Tweet. Therefore, everyone should go to Colbert Nation and help him get his rightful chance to be the official Tweeter for a Week for Sweden. It is sort of up in the air now as to whether he will be able to claim his chance. Here is what Sweden has said about this topic.
"People who are not Swedish citizens cannot take over the account, no yet anyway...we have a very long list already. Colbert will have to wait."
-Sergio Guimaraes
Media Relations Manager
Swedish Institute
June 13, 2012
Here's the thing. Already Stephen has given Sweden's Twitter Account the famous Colbert Bump. Heck, tourism will probably double in the next year for Sweden just because of him. Well, stay tuned. Hopefully Sweden will see the light and give Stephen the account for a week.
Paul Krugman was the guest and had lots and lots of interesting things to say. He does have a book out also. "End This Depression Now." He also has written many other books and has a whole bunch of awards. An interesting tidbit that he talked about. You often hear politicians claim that government doesn't create jobs. Ha! Tell that to fire fighters, police officers, and teachers. Krugman said that if we rehired laid off workers from those thee groups, we would be a long way towards ending this depression. He also talked about Ireland, with 14% unemployment. He called Ireland Romney's Economics in practice. Something to think about if we care about our economy.
Full disclosure: Stephen is a member of the White House Press Corps Reserves and he can heckle with the best of them. That would be Neil Munro who heckled the president and was called out on it by no less than Papa Bear Bill O'Reilly, Chris Wallace and Don Lemon.
Stephen has the best audience in the world. That's a fact because Stephen said it. And they need to help Stephen with the ongoing diplomatic talks with Sweden. Stephen can speak Swedish fluently and he likes to Tweet. Therefore, everyone should go to Colbert Nation and help him get his rightful chance to be the official Tweeter for a Week for Sweden. It is sort of up in the air now as to whether he will be able to claim his chance. Here is what Sweden has said about this topic.
"People who are not Swedish citizens cannot take over the account, no yet anyway...we have a very long list already. Colbert will have to wait."
-Sergio Guimaraes
Media Relations Manager
Swedish Institute
June 13, 2012
Here's the thing. Already Stephen has given Sweden's Twitter Account the famous Colbert Bump. Heck, tourism will probably double in the next year for Sweden just because of him. Well, stay tuned. Hopefully Sweden will see the light and give Stephen the account for a week.
Paul Krugman was the guest and had lots and lots of interesting things to say. He does have a book out also. "End This Depression Now." He also has written many other books and has a whole bunch of awards. An interesting tidbit that he talked about. You often hear politicians claim that government doesn't create jobs. Ha! Tell that to fire fighters, police officers, and teachers. Krugman said that if we rehired laid off workers from those thee groups, we would be a long way towards ending this depression. He also talked about Ireland, with 14% unemployment. He called Ireland Romney's Economics in practice. Something to think about if we care about our economy.
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