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First of all, I have been doing quite well in the predicting the future department, if I do say so myself. I was writing about bologna (baloney) in the Rachel Rachel Rachel post yesterday and about Time magazine in Wednesday's post about I'm an Idiot. Last night Stephen talked about bologna(baloney) and Time magazine. So, pretty good for me.

But not as good as Cory Booker. He's the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey and recently ran into a burning building to fetch a woman and carry her out to safety. For that he gets Stephen's Alpha Dog of the Week.

Stephen had a fascinating trip to the lunch counter via everything we wanted to know about the illegal transport of bologna(baloney) into this country from Mexico. No one should be surprised though. Stephen had actual video footage of Janet Riley, the Queen of Wien,  reading the ingredients. It makes me think that now any of us could go out and make our own bologna(baloney).

In his tribute to his own humility, Stephen did actually casually mention his appearance in Time Magazine as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the World. You can even see his driver's license photo of him if you buy the magazine. Or you can look online here.

Last night's guest was not a guest, but two guests. Tavis Smiley and Cornel West were on to talk about their book, "The Rich and the Rest of Us." Stephen said that he doesn't believe there are poor people. If that was the case, how could Tavis Smiley and Cornel West have written this book? That is something to think about. The two recently went on a bus tour to 18 cities to help highlight this issue. There's a lot of information (over at their website), so take a look and find out more than even Stephen learned last night.

I'm an Idiot

Just joking. I work hard at being super smart intelligent. Whether that hard work pays off, well....

But speaking of geniuses, Time came out with their Double Issue of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World." I cried for an hour because, yet again, I didn't make the cut.

Guess who did. Do you really need to even think for a moment? Okay, no more suspense.

Stephen Colbert is one of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World." Note that the previous sentence does not have an exclamation mark after it. That is on purpose. It's not a surprise. It's not unexpected. Why wouldn't Stephen make that list? He is the very essence of influence.

He has run for President, of the United States of America no less! He has testified before an actual Congress! He has been the focal point of many rallies! No, no - that sounds wrong. He has been the star of many rallies, yes, that's much better! He has a Super PAC, which is quite easy to accomplish, I agree, but his is the best! He had a Christmas Special! He provided Winter Olympics coverage on NBC! Oh, the list goes on and on! And on!

So, go out and buy Time Magazine for April 30, 2012. His photo is the second one (that is if you believe in counting diagonally from top left corner to bottom right corner like I believe). His name is one of only 15 on the cover, right between Benjamin Netanyahu and Adele. Having your name on the cover makes you more influential than those other 85 who don't have their name on the cover.

I wanted to be sure to let everyone know about this. Stephen is so humble that he probably won't even mention this on the show tonight. Maybe the audience can yell his name when the show starts tonight as sort of a one-time tribute to him.