Matt Taibbi was on in the pre-interview segment for a mini-interview. He and Stephen talked about HSBC. You can read about HSBC here.
In a segment that Stephen did not have a title for, but a segment that Dear Abby would surely approve of, we got some relationship advice from none other than Pat Robertson. A 17 year-old had written Pat Robertson that his mom feels alone because his dad spends too much time hogging the Xbox 360. Pat Robertson's advice was that "maybe Mom is not as sweet as you think she is." Basically, Pat thinks she needs to keep looking good. She needs to live up to Pat Robertson standards of what a woman should be.
You know that joke about the woman complaining to the priest that her husband drinks and then the priest says if he was married to her he would drink too? Yep, Pat told it on the 700 club back on January 9 so well that probably everyone in his television audience was rolling on the floor laughing.
It might be a good time to check out how Pat and Stephen are doing over at one of my favorite sources for information, Conservapedia. Back in October of 2009 I had a post about Conservapedia. Pat Robertson's page on Conservapedia showed 9,180 hits back then while Stephen's showed 95,815 hits. Today those numbers are 20,081 for Robertson and 194,149 for Colbert. If you don't believe me, just go look at the page for Stephen Colbert.
Tom Brokaw was the guest for January 16. Brokaw impressed Stephen with all the Brokaw things he is able to do. Brokaw is of the opinion that soon Texas will be completely different thanks to the Latino vote. It was more fascinating political stuff and included Stephen working in a Star Trek reference. I think Stephen is actually impressed with Tom Brokaw. Perhaps if Stephen does run for POTUS, he might think about Tom Brokaw as his VP choice!
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Chilean Model
Here's a quick wrap-up of the GOP debates from last night, courtesy of Stephen Colbert.
Herman Cain believes in the Chilean Model for fixing Social Security. Stephen appreciates Chilean Models.
Ron Paul says that getting rid of the minimum wage would help the poor. I suppose maybe if they earned less money they would have more money??? No, that doesn't make sense, because if you earn less money you have less money.
Rick Parry was the winner according to Stephen. He knows about science and how badly that worked out for Galileo. (Because Galileo claimed that the Earth revolved around the Sun and not vice versa, the Catholic Church basically found him guilty of heresy.) And he has the best record as far as death row inmates. While Rick Parry has been Governor, 234 inmates have been executed. (I wonder which of the ten commandments that falls under.)
Also, Rick Parry is so popular because he sure seems to be in favor of getting rid of Social Security. It's about time we stop sending grandma and grandpa an average of $1,177 of month just because they are old and paid in to Social Security when they were working.
Barack Obama gave a speech to the Joint Session of Congress. Without listening to the speech, Mitch McConnell already knew what the President would say and already knew that he doesn't agree with it. That would make him a psychic.
Does anyone know if Mitch McConnell likes peanut butter? I suppose it's common knowledge that he doesn't. Yeah, we can probably say Mitch McConnell doesn't like peanut butter.
But anyway, the President was to talk about the number one issue facing the nation - Jobs. There are a lot of people out of work. They don't have a job. (I wonder if that could mean that people who do have jobs are not so secure and perhaps are very careful about what they do so that they don't lose their jobs. One thing that would make a boss unhappy with an employee would be if that employee doesn't show up for work.)
Sadly, David Vitter (R-LA) will not be able to listen to the President talk about jobs because David Vitter will be skipping work to have a football party. On the one hand, there's watching a football game. On the other hand, there's going to work. But I think David Vitter's plan was actually in tribute to all the unemployed people. He was showing solidarity with them by not being at his job. And that has got to help all the people who are unemployed. It won't help them get a job, but it will help them to feel good for a day knowing that David Vitter isn't on the job. Okay, I'm not explaining this well enough to show how important it is for David Vitter to put pleasure before obligation. I'll do some more thinking and try to come up with reasons why David Vitter is doing the right thing.
But what a treat for Colbertians tonight. A broadcast legend interviewed Tom Brokaw. And I noticed something very interesting tonight with the interview. It was different. Stephen did a lot more listening than he usually does and let the guest do most of the talking. It was very unusual!
Herman Cain believes in the Chilean Model for fixing Social Security. Stephen appreciates Chilean Models.
Ron Paul says that getting rid of the minimum wage would help the poor. I suppose maybe if they earned less money they would have more money??? No, that doesn't make sense, because if you earn less money you have less money.
Rick Parry was the winner according to Stephen. He knows about science and how badly that worked out for Galileo. (Because Galileo claimed that the Earth revolved around the Sun and not vice versa, the Catholic Church basically found him guilty of heresy.) And he has the best record as far as death row inmates. While Rick Parry has been Governor, 234 inmates have been executed. (I wonder which of the ten commandments that falls under.)
Also, Rick Parry is so popular because he sure seems to be in favor of getting rid of Social Security. It's about time we stop sending grandma and grandpa an average of $1,177 of month just because they are old and paid in to Social Security when they were working.
Barack Obama gave a speech to the Joint Session of Congress. Without listening to the speech, Mitch McConnell already knew what the President would say and already knew that he doesn't agree with it. That would make him a psychic.
Does anyone know if Mitch McConnell likes peanut butter? I suppose it's common knowledge that he doesn't. Yeah, we can probably say Mitch McConnell doesn't like peanut butter.
But anyway, the President was to talk about the number one issue facing the nation - Jobs. There are a lot of people out of work. They don't have a job. (I wonder if that could mean that people who do have jobs are not so secure and perhaps are very careful about what they do so that they don't lose their jobs. One thing that would make a boss unhappy with an employee would be if that employee doesn't show up for work.)
Sadly, David Vitter (R-LA) will not be able to listen to the President talk about jobs because David Vitter will be skipping work to have a football party. On the one hand, there's watching a football game. On the other hand, there's going to work. But I think David Vitter's plan was actually in tribute to all the unemployed people. He was showing solidarity with them by not being at his job. And that has got to help all the people who are unemployed. It won't help them get a job, but it will help them to feel good for a day knowing that David Vitter isn't on the job. Okay, I'm not explaining this well enough to show how important it is for David Vitter to put pleasure before obligation. I'll do some more thinking and try to come up with reasons why David Vitter is doing the right thing.
But what a treat for Colbertians tonight. A broadcast legend interviewed Tom Brokaw. And I noticed something very interesting tonight with the interview. It was different. Stephen did a lot more listening than he usually does and let the guest do most of the talking. It was very unusual!
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