Here's the short version, the highlights of what I missed when I was away from civilization, i.e. a place where The Colbert Report was not on the TV machine.
For one thing, Stephen suggested that Doris Kearns Goodwin was friendly, very friendly with Lincoln. He also took the opportunity to suggest that viewers purchase his books. (I have already purchased most of his books and I'm still working my way through "I Am a Pole And So Can You.")
There was a wonderful discussion of Super PACs. Karl Rove's Super PAC elected 1.29% -- can that be correct??? --- of the candidates they he spent big money on. His donors are kind of pissed.
Stephen had a Super PAC. He's a little bit worried about the fallout and so he blamed any problems on Jon Stewart who had control of the Super PAC for only one week. Jon showed up to complain but didn't stick around for long. However, friend of the show Trevor Potter did show up and as usual he had wonderful news for Stephen. Again with just simple forms or signed letters, Stephen is able to take advantage of great legal ideas and abracadabra! Stephen has the leftover money (we're talking something like $800,000) free and clear with no strings attached. No one need ever know.
I have got to get me a Super PAC.
Ken Burns was on to talk about two of his documentaries, "The Dust Bowl" and "The Central Park Five." Ken Burns said of the Dust Bowl that it was "bad" and that Oklahoma begged for the big federal government to come to Oklahoma and help them with the problem in their state. The Central Park Five is about waiting for justice to be served and about Ken Burns saying No to someone.
Moving on to another episode, Stephen had his "Who's Attacking Me Now?" segment. Turns out it's Canada's Maple Stream media. Apparently, they are upset with something Stephen said in his book "America Again."(Note: good Christmas gift.) In a CBC news poll, though, 76.64% of poll takers said Stephen's mention of Windsor, Canada thought it was good for the city. So, I don't see why they would complain. "You're welcome Windsor. You just got the Colbert Bump," said Stephen. No matter what Stephen says about you, in the end, it's going to be good.
Tony Kushner, screenwriter for the Lincoln movie, stopped by to talk about old Uncle Pennyface. He seemed to agree with Doris Kearns Goodwin and remarked that Lincoln had huge feet. I think we can all agree that Lincoln was a great president.
Whew, briefly, I'm caught up with most of the episodes. Just in time for tonight!
Showing posts with label Doris Kearns Goodwin. Show all posts
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Monday, November 26, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
For Your Amusement
Stephen was depressed tonight. He was dressed in a bathrobe and baseball cap, and he ignored the audience while eating popcorn and watching TV. Nothing could change his attitude or actions except a careful reading of his contract that a guy in a suit (lawyer????) showed him.
Obama is still the winner. We are beginning to find out the reasons for his election win. Apparently, and this is true because Papa Bear said so, 50% of the American public want stuff. Obama will give them stuff and so they voted for Obama.
Are you aware that there were irregularities in the voting? For one thing, the East Coast got to vote up to three hours earlier than some of the other (West Coast) states! Also, some voters, typically those who were likely to vote for Obama, received phone calls, even robocalls, telling them that they could vote by phone or that they could vote on the day after Election Day. Ooh man, they were punked!
If you don't have enough to worry about, here's something you need to know. Wind Turbine Syndrome. You can catch diseases, up to 155 different things, by being near wind turbines. You can even get it by hearing someone talk about it. Thanks, Stephen, you just talked about it. Now we're all going to get some sort of sickness or disease or condition. Even now I'm suffering from insomnia.
Steven's guest was Doris Kearns Goodwin. She likes presidents, all of them -- the living ones, the dead ones, the fat ones, the funny ones -- she just can't get enough of these men. Her latest book is "Lincoln - Team of Rivals." You know the drill. Go buy the book.
Obama is still the winner. We are beginning to find out the reasons for his election win. Apparently, and this is true because Papa Bear said so, 50% of the American public want stuff. Obama will give them stuff and so they voted for Obama.
Are you aware that there were irregularities in the voting? For one thing, the East Coast got to vote up to three hours earlier than some of the other (West Coast) states! Also, some voters, typically those who were likely to vote for Obama, received phone calls, even robocalls, telling them that they could vote by phone or that they could vote on the day after Election Day. Ooh man, they were punked!
If you don't have enough to worry about, here's something you need to know. Wind Turbine Syndrome. You can catch diseases, up to 155 different things, by being near wind turbines. You can even get it by hearing someone talk about it. Thanks, Stephen, you just talked about it. Now we're all going to get some sort of sickness or disease or condition. Even now I'm suffering from insomnia.
Steven's guest was Doris Kearns Goodwin. She likes presidents, all of them -- the living ones, the dead ones, the fat ones, the funny ones -- she just can't get enough of these men. Her latest book is "Lincoln - Team of Rivals." You know the drill. Go buy the book.
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