Newt’s Obsession With Screwing America

The Colbert Report Tags: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive   Referring to his past infidelities, the Newtster confesses to the Christian Broadcasting Network that it was his love for his country that made him do it. There’s no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I …

Nurse Hannity Comes To Sarah’s Rescue [Colbert Update]

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Petty Woman www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> The Daily Show on Facebook Stewart sees Sarah’s victimhood through the plumes of Hannity’s ass smoke UPDATE: Stephen uses Mika to drive in the final nails… The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Mika …

Stewart’s Sanity Speech, Citizens United, & The Mid-Term Elections

Jon Stewart lays down the predicate for his Restore Sanity speech Criticisms of Jon Stewart’s closing speech at his and Stephen Colbert’s Restore Sanity and/or Fear Rally in D.C. last Saturday are varied. One has it  that he didn’t encourage people to just simply vote. As far as I saw, watching the whole thing on my teevee, the only person …

Pre-Rally Reflections

The Fear is palpable on the National Mall tonight;  the crew rocked the sound check with Steely Dan’s Bodhisattva. Well, at least when we were walking by. WASHINGTON D.C. —  We landed at Dulles in a 35 m.p.h. crosswind.  I know this because the pilot came on and praised his first officer for doing a “heckofa job” landing that bitch. …

Exposing The U.S. Chamber Of Foreign Commerce

The new appropriately named DNC ad: “Stealing Democracy” Over a year ago in a post titled Soylent Green And Corporations Are People Too, I warned about the implications for our democracy if the corporatist dominated US Supreme Court ruled the way I expected them too in the Citizens United case. And when they ruling came down last January, in A …

Recycling Rethugs

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Indecision 2010 – Revenge of the Fallen – FearStock.com www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election March to Keep Fear Alive Keeping fear alive with Stephen’s interactive clip art Per the Colbert clip above, the Rethugs don’t need to stop at duplicating clip art for their fear mongering commercials. Since they …

Colbert Storms The Hill

Political satire has a long and effective history of highlighting important social and political issues, going back at least as far as the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. Contemporary satire has taken many forms, from political cartoonists like the late Paul Conrad; the sixties Yippies throwing burning cash from the balcony of the New York Stock Exchange, performance art that …