I’ve had my fun knocking the silly pseudo-philosophy of romance novelist Ayn Rand, and last night Stephen Colbert spent six minutes taking on the Rand Illusion.
Legendary comic book artist Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-Man and creator of Dr. Strange, has been a follower of Ayn Rand’s Objectivism for over forty years. This drawing is from a story he drew last year. The woman bears an unmistakable resemblance to Ayn Rand, which is ironic because the character is a villain.
Last week, Stephen Colbert, who often pretends to be outraged, seemed genuinely peeved about the Republican Party — now lost and leaderless — embracing Oxycontin addict Rush Limbaugh as its de facto primary thinker and voice.
Two faves in one post! Stephen Colbert with Sir Paul McCartney…
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Yes, the audio is a couple of frames out-of-synch with the picture. That’s because I used my alternate video capture setup, so the cables can reach from the DVD recorder in the other room. If there’s a fix for this, I haven’t found it yet. Now you know!
I would put the Comedy Central embedded video here, in fact I just did, but they screwed up the markups.
Amazon.com was sold out of A Colbert Christmas — The Greatest Gift of All!, so my thanks go to D.F. Rogers for procuring me a copy at a competitive price. The back of the case alone is worth the price.
Inexpensive, with a charity benefiting, and offbeat guffaws served up by Stephen Colbert with his guests — including two I’ve never heard of before — this is the best 2008 Christmas video ever! A not-to-miss extra is Stephen singing his instant classic, “Cold, Cold Christmas.” Here’s the audio, minus the video.
[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Audio/2008/DEC/ColbertChristmas.mp3]With the new James Bond movie about to be released, Stephen Colbert recently got clued in about the intricacies of international spying at the Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. We were there four years ago (that long ago already??).
History in the making! America will have either a Hawaiian President or an Alaskan Vice President. Like Colbert, in politics I see neither race nor gender. 😉
