Canceled Again

Nation, tonight's episode of The Colbert Report is canceled due to Hurricane Sandy. If you reserved tickets for tonight, please check your email for further details.

Again, that is what is over at ColbertNation.com about Tonight's Taping. Tonight's rerun will therefore be with Mitch Daniels. He wrote a book that reminds Stephen of an excellent book written by someone else. Read my post here about Mitch Daniels and find out who wrote that excellent other book. Hint: The other book is about America and Greatness.

But if you are at a loss of what to do if you don't want to watch a rerun of The Colbert Report, here's a list of suggestions.

1.First of all, go over to RedCross.org and donate some money to help victims of Hurricane Sandy.

2. Read all my posts at The Colbert Bump, starting with the first one.

3. Donate blood. "Hurricane Sandy has forced the cancellation of approximately 300 American Red Cross blood drives in 14 states along the East Coast, resulting in a shortfall of nearly 9,000 units of blood and platelets thus far." Go to the American Red Cross Website to find out how you can become a blood donor. You'll get a free cookie! There's great information about first-time donors, eligibility requirements, and even a Search for blood drives by Zip Code.

4. Go over to bing and look at cute Arctic fox cub.

5. Get out your To Do List and do some of the jobs on it.

6. Read books by Stephen Colbert:
Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen
I Am America (And So Can You)
I Am a Pole (And So Can You)
America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't

7. Write an actual letter on paper to someone you haven't seen in a while, put it in an actual envelope with correct address on it, put actual postage stamp on it, and mail it.

8. Start a new hobby. Might I suggest Juggling!!! Watch the video and you will be able to juggle in no time at all. Blue shows how it's done.

9. Take the dog for a walk. Good exercise for you and a real treat for the dog.

10. Find out about the local elections in your area. Yes we have a presidential election, but there are also state, county, city, school elections on the ballot as well as questions, amendments, and other important stuff. Election day is Tuesday, November 6. Go to your polling place and vote on Tuesday. I'm sure Stephen will talk about the elections in the coming days.

Of course, you can always just watch The Colbert Report tonight as usual. Even if you have seen it before, it is fascinating, informative and at times even humorous.

Postal Service Rallies Today

Today is the day for the rallies at Post Offices all across the nation. Some have concluded and some are just about to start. Will Stephen talk about it tonight? Will he remind us that we can buy actual postage stamps with his smiling face on it? Will the Colbert Bump help the Postal Service? Tune in later to find out what happens.

You can read my recent posting about the Postal Service here.

Learn more about saving our Postal Service here.

Save America's Postal Service

The locations for the rallies are now available for most congressional Districts over at Save America's Postal Service. There's still a few that have TBD which I'm pretty sure means To Be Determined.

It sure seems to me like Congress would be in favor of keeping the Post Office going strong. I mean, have you ever gotten campaign literature from your House Representative or Senator? How would they get all those brochures and postcards to your house or apartment without the Postal Service?

Stephen Colbert Bids a Fond Farewell

Stephen talked about Clipgate tonight. Fox News is complaining about the metal clip that holds the pages of Obama's Jobs Plan. That's right. The clip is not good enough for them.

Of course, if it had been a plastic spiral binder, they would have complained that it was not recyclable.

If it had been stapled, it would have been too hard to fold the pages over.

If it had been in a three-ring binder, it would have been too bulky.

If it had been bound into a book, it would have cost too much.

If it had been in electronic form, it would have been a plot too keep people without computer skills from reading it.

Oh Fox News, have you nothing better to do?

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Stephen had lots to discuss tonight. For example the Post Office. The survival of the Post Office depends on swift Congressional action. At which point Stephen bid them a fond farewell. Ah, but he had Phil Rubio, author of "There's Always Work at the Post Office," on to talk about the Postal Service. The Post Office does a whole lot more than just deliver a birthday card to your Grandmother. For example, Phil Rubio told us that there are 2 million addresses added each year and 45 million address changes. Who will do that if the Post Office doesn't? (It's not as if updating addresses makes a lot of profit for anyone.)

Stephen had a suggestion. Instead of being a public-private hybrid that is controlled by Congress but gets no taxpayer money, the Post Office should be like Halliburton. They get lots of taxpayer money and no one controls them.

But there is something you can do. (Do it for Ben Franklin, if for no other reason.) Wait two more days, then go over to Save America's Postal Service and find out about the rallies that will be held on September 27 in all 50 states (even if there is rain, or snow, or sleet). The locations for each state should be posted in 2 days, so you can check then.

If we do lose our Postal Service, I'm going to be asking one of you to deliver my Grandma's birthday card directly to her house. I'll even give you 44 cents to take it there.

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Stephen also talked about Presidential Hopeful, and mom to 28 children, Michele Bachmann. During the recent GOP debate it came out that she is strongly pro-choice as long as that choice is cervical cancer. You see, she really went after Rick Parry for signing an executive order that young girls would have to get a vaccination to guard against cervical cancer.

So I did some Googling. (I admit it, I Google.) Michele Bachmann also seems to be against anti-bullying which would thus make her pro-bullying.

So, getting cervical cancer and being bullied are okay with her.

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Moving right along on this busy night. Michael Moore stopped over. It was a great chance for a liberal and a conservative to sit down and talk. Michael Moore has a new book out, "Here Comes Trouble." (No, it's not about Stephen!)

When Stephen asked if there was something that made Michael Moore so outspoken, Moore told Stephen a story from high school. It was graduation night and the principal was checking to make sure everyone looked right. The boys were supposed to be wearing ties. Well, the kid next to Michael Moore in line had one of those string ties on. Long story short, the principal pulled that kid out of line and sent him out of school. He did not get to walk in the graduation ceremony. Michael Moore kept quiet, not wanting to also get kicked out of graduation. But after that he vowed never to stay silent when he should be speaking out.