My Google toolbar includes this “RS” link for Rolling Stone magazine. A recent item that appeared there is an interview with both Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart, conducted by New York Times columnist Maureen Down. Click here to read.
Category: Politics, Religion & Money
Colbert the Generous
If the space above is blank, blame YouTube™ — or, perhaps, Comedy Central.
I was remiss in failing to record Stephen Colbert on The Night of Too Many Stars on Comedy Central a few weeks ago. I figured it would show up on YouTube™, but then Comedy Central ordered all of its programming pulled from the recent $1.6b Google acquisition.
Indeed, numerous videos have been pulled by YouTube™, including one I linked to here. But, hurray, Stephen’s appearance on the benefit show for Autism remains online.
Some … WHAT Blog?
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AUGH! The jig and gig are up. Comedy Central knows the truth, and they’re out to stop us bloggers.
According to this item on ZDNet, YouTube™ is being forced to remove Comedy Central video clips. There are still plenty of Colbert clips online there, but for how long? Will they come after the cruddy bloggers?
Colbert Catches Up
Stephen Colbert is back from a week off. Last night he commented on last week’s shift in the Bush Administration’s characterization of its Iraq policy, and Rush Limbaugh’s comments on the Michael J. Fox commercial.
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The View From Iraq
As my father has pointed out many times, UK coverage of Iraq is quite different than it is here in the US. There is notably less attention paid to Elephant vs. Donkey racing, and many more non-American opinions.
[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Sounds/Wordpress/OCT06/BBC.mp3]Here are 8 minutes of the BBC call-in show “Have Your Say.” Brigett Kendall moderates between Georgetown U. professor Robert Lieber, and a caller in Iraq. This provides clear contrast between an academic expert and an actual resident; who, I should note, doesn’t want American troops withdrawn.
Moaning Mona
Boston NPR station WBUR produces a show called On Point. Fridays it usually has a weekly news roundup and commentary. Yesterday, one of the guests was GOP-aligned syndicated columnist Mona Charen. Listen to what she thinks is the top news story.
[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Sounds/Wordpress/OCT06/onpoint.mp3]She spins her reference to Iraq by calling it “The War on Terror,” but what really gets me is her comment about the upcoming election getting “bogged down in a lot of trivialities like people’s sex lives and perceptions of corruption.”
Stop right there. Perception of corruption was what led to the Whitewater investigation against the Clintons — a perception that was not substantiated. Further, Whitewater was a business dealing prior to Bill Clinton’s election in 1992. Contrast Whitewater with Tom Delay and with lobbyist Jack Abramoff, whose corrupting influence in the GOP is no mere perception.
And if you want to talk about getting bogged down in somebody’s sex life, that’s exactly what happened when Whitewater mutated into an investigation of Bill and Monica. There was a vote to impeach, based on this triviality!
Read this 1999 column by Mona Charen, for proof that she’s yet another hypocritical Republican apologist. Honestly, I believe these people have no agenda other than their own wealth and power.