He’s at the top of his game.
But he’s right. And while I disagree with Chik-Fil-A on this one, I don’t think we should actually ban them from opening.
He’s at the top of his game.
But he’s right. And while I disagree with Chik-Fil-A on this one, I don’t think we should actually ban them from opening.
As is my habit, I record the Daily Show and watch in batch. Most enjoyable. Imagine my excitement when I hit on this episode.
When Harry Reid made the claim that Romney hadn’t paid his taxes in 10, years I called shenanigans and claimed that he was in in Birther territory. I was SO wrong that my main man Jon Stewart agrees with me:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-august-1-2012/you–harry-reid–are-terrible?xrs=share_copy
Now, the end of the clip where he mocks Fox? That’s hilarious. But the fact remains that by saying, “Romney could end all the speculation by just releasing his tax returns.” is the same argument as, “Obama could end all the speculation by just releasing his birth certificate.”
Now, with that said, I wonder why he isn’t releasing them. I also wondered why Obama didn’t release his birth certificate. Maybe, deep inside, I’m hoping for the stand up and cheer moment when a candidate, when asked if he has ever smoked weed, played D&D made a mistake when he was 13 would say, “None of your business. I’m here to run a country and that isn’t relevant to the conversation.”
However, this is politics, and like it or not, by refusing to release how much money he makes he’s giving the impression that there is something wrong.
But for tonight, I’m happy to listen to Jon Stewart take Harry Reid to task for being a birther.
To be fair, I don’t think that Jon Stewart, CNN or the reporter are bias in their reporting. For his sake, Stewart is just running a clip that makes his point and probably just missed it.
But for CNN and the reporter, their mistake is a little bit more egregious. Again, I don’t think there’s bias, rather, they think they have a story – they might well have- and they are just trying to push the numbers they have to make that story more compelling.
Watch. Hint, it’s all over by 00:35
The error was in the numbers the CNN reporter was displaying.
Here is the graphic she used:
So the numbers and the graph are:
The graph accurately reflects the White unemployment. The graph does NOT reflect AfricanAmerican unemployment. In fact, it shows it lower. Then again, the graph doesn’t show Hispanic unemployment correctly either, however it too shows the data as lower than the raw numbers.
Which is right?
Let’s listen:
… in the black community 14% compared to whites which is 7%. Latino community 11% compared to white’s 7%.
In the dialogue we have white unemployment at 7%. Both the data and the chart show it at 7.4% She reports that black unemployment is 14% but the data shows 13.6% and the chart shows 13%. Depending on which you believe, that’s a whole point. Next she moves to Latinos. In both comparisons she mentions 11%; consistent with the data but not the graph.
Again, I don’t think there is bias here. Jon is setting the table for his bit. But Lordy, how do we trust that these people are saying true things?
It doesn’t matter the organization. Or the society. Or the group.
People stratify.
It is the nature of man to maximize self interest. It’s bred into us through 1000’s of years of evolution. We look out for ourselves. And when ourselves are looked out for, we look out for “the us”. We are tribal individuals. We just are.
If you can find a system that changes humans from the selfish creatures we are to ones that live in “peace” and “harmony”, then we can talk about how better to arrange human society. But until then, free and open markets are the single best way to organize ourselves. If you don’t like human greed and our focus on the material thing, open a church or a synagogue or a mosque. Something that speaks to improving a man’s character. His inner self.
But don’t legislate it.
Which brings me to Jon Stewart. And Occupy Wall Street.
Jon continues to be my 2nd source of comedy; Modern Family is hands down #1. And in this episode he actually takes down the Occupy crowd. To his credit.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-november-16-2011/occupy-wall-street-divided
I love the fact that the park has segmented into two classes. And my favorite part is when the protester dweeb is rambling about “access to the goods of life”. You know, the guy who is worried about “personal property” as opposed to “private property”.
Props to Jon for a humorous sketch on OWS. Good stuff.
I think the man is gifted. He is mad funny.
But I seriously think that a significant proportion of young people get their news from him.
And that’s scary!
So, last we spoke about Jon Stewart, I was complaining that he let Weiner off the hook. I made mention of this fact because I felt that Jon is Liberal, Anthony is Liberal and so, Jon let him free. In retrospect I suspect that the reason Jon Stewart went easy on Anthony Weiner was because the two are friends.
Fair enough.
But tonight I’m catching up on my “The Daily Show” and Jon is mocking Chris Wallace and his interview of Stewart.
In that interview, Jon asks Chris, “Do you think I’m an ideological partisan activist?”
Chris answered, “Yes.”
And Stewart responded that he disagreed with Wallace.
Really?
Jon devouts hours of his time to the mocking of Fox News for being “unbalanced.” A view I happen to agree with. It’s clear that Fox takes the conservative “side” in the reporting of the news. And if Jon felt that he needed to defend his honor in being a comic that comes across as a neutral player, you would think that he would mock MSNBC for the same bias tendencies that Fix has.
None. Nary a word.
CNN? Sure.
MSNBC? Maddow? Matthews? Obelrman?
Chirp Chirp.
Stewart is a partisan hack. He’s funny and talented. To be very clear, he’s VERY talented.
But he’s a hack.
I was wrong, Jon didn’t blink; he winked.
Posted in Fun, Idiots on Parade, Politics: National
Tagged Anthony Weiner, Jon Stewart, Leftists
Anthony Weiner is a dumb ass. We knew this long before his recent history making revelations. However, now we know about his history making revelations.
And, if you have any kind of sense of humor, his history making revelations are hilarious.
Just the kind of story for Jon.
But Anthony is a friend. And so Jon let him off.
Jon Stewart claims he’s a comedian and that he just makes fun of the political theater in front of him. But he doesn’t.
He had The Weiner in his sights. And he blinked.
He’s a good friend. But he’s not just a “political comedian” either.
Posted in Fun, Idiots on Parade, Politics: National
Tagged Anthony Weiner, Jon Stewart, Leftist
Because of the interview he did with Rachel Maddow.
I’m not sure which should surpise my Liberty loving friends more, the fact that I watch Maddow or that I like Stewart.
Post Thnaksgiving Day philosophy to be sure:
Anyway: Click on the picture for the whole interview.
Enjoy.
I am a huge fan of the Daily Show. I think it’s well written and funny. I say this knowing that it’s often the conservatives who are on the receiving end of the jokes.
But serious; funny is funny is funny.
And I’m nothing if not the funniest guy I know 😉
But the rally these two guys held before the election was just, well, funny.
Posted in Liberty, Politics: National
Tagged Democrats, Jon Stewart, Leftists, Stephen Colbert