Stephen Colbert had the week off, as did Jon Stewart. On the 30th they will have their joint rally in D.C. for sanity and/or fear. Colbert was on the daytime gabfest show The View this week. This is the second time in recent weeks he’s made an appearance where he’s dropped his character’s persona. I met Colbert briefly a few years ago, and he’s the real deal.
I’ve avoided getting political for a while now. There seems to be not much point in it. If anybody thinks the Republicans are about jobs and reducing the deficit, they haven’t been paying attention. But what has me riled right now is this:
Google 2.4% Rate Shows How $60 Billion Lost to Tax Loopholes
Google Inc. cut its taxes by $3.1 billion in the last three years using a technique that moves most of its foreign profits through Ireland and the Netherlands to Bermuda.
Google may not be exactly “doing evil” here, but c’mon, the company didn’t come into existence in a vacuum. The Internet was created with tax money. Doesn’t Google think it owes something to the American government?
Jon Stewart got some laughs at Belgium’s expense last night. Hey, Mr. Daily Show, pick on somebody your own size! Although, come to think of it, I guess you were.
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One thing worth mentioning about Belgium, in relation to America, is that a Belgian company owns Budweiser.
The Boston Globe has added more strips to its Tea Party takes over the comics page parody, so take another look. But there’s no comparison between what’s online, and the full page that’s in today’s print edition of the Globe.
Cartoonist Ward Sutton shows what would happen if the Tea Party had influence over comic strips. Too bad he didn’t give Arlo and Janis a try.
I’d love to be at the Jon Stewart-Stephen Colbert rally in Washington, D.C., on October 30, but I don’t know yet if that will happen. Today, Colbert tickled some funny bones — and ruffled some feathers — by appearing on Capitol Hill before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security.
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