Prometheus 6

This show was funny as hell to me. Later Colbert interviews Ron Paul and asks if government should have minded its own business when Hurricane Gustav hit. Paul said, well they already got your money, you might as well get something back, but in principle...and went on until he got to the part where the government takes your gun. Colbert is like, "What? You went out to shoot the flood, and they took your gun?"

via Rust Belt Intellectual

And that's why Jon Stewart is the most trusted man on television...which I think is sufficient.

Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America?
By MICHIKO KAKUTANI

IT’S been more than eight years since “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” made its first foray into presidential politics with the presciently named Indecision 2000, and the difference in the show’s approach to its coverage then and now provides a tongue-in-cheek measure of the show’s striking evolution.

In 1999, the “Daily Show” correspondent Steve Carell struggled to talk his way off Senator John McCain’s overflow press bus — “a repository for outcasts, misfits and journalistic bottom-feeders” — and onto the actual Straight Talk Express, while at the 2000 Republican Convention Mr. Stewart self-deprecatingly promised exclusive coverage of “all the day’s events — at least the ones we’re allowed into.” In this year’s promotional spot for “The Daily Show’s” convention coverage, the news newbies have been transformed into a swaggering A Team — “the best campaign team in the universe ever,” working out of “ ‘The Daily Show’ news-scraper: 117 stories, 73 situation rooms, 26 news tickers,” and promising to bring “you all the news stories — first ... before it’s even true.”

Totally stolen

"What Sen. Obama's half-brother meant to communicate was that he was pleased that the candidate's message of change is fostering vigorous dialogue," Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said following the incident. "In no way was his proposal to 'fill y'all's backsides with rock salt' intended to be taken in any other way."

Obama's Hillbilly Half-Brother Threatening To Derail Campaign
August 13, 2008 | Issue 44•33

BOONEVILLE, KY—Barack Obama's once-commanding lead in the polls slipped to two points Monday, continuing a month-long slide that many credit to the recent appearance of the Democratic candidate's heretofore unknown half-brother, Cooter Obama.

Somewhat more than ten years ago, my amour of the era and I were in a park on Staten Island that didn't allow barbecues, barbecuing just like 15-20 other couples. We were talking and she said that cloud over there looks like a dog. I'm like, where, and I look where she points and I don't see no dog. I see a cloud. In fact, I didn't see any clouds that looked like anything but clouds. I suddenly realized how long it had been since I tried. I remembered doing it as a kid for fun, and felt a sense of loss upon discovering I had lost the ability.

This woman taught me how to see animals in the clouds again. The dog had turned into a rabbit by then. It's a matter of not being quite so clenched. It gave me more pleasure than made any sense. That's actually my favorite memory of her.

I can't even tag it as politics, it's that ridiculous. I cut the recording short, it's that ridiculous.

Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet
July 30, 2008 | Issue 44•31

Young Gore sets out for his new home, where the sky is clear, the water is clean, and there are no Republicans.

"We've always had a simple strategy of selling shit and linens to people, and we don't intend to stop now," CEO Henry Considine said. "This company has weathered both the credit crisis and the housing-market crash, because no matter how bad the economy gets, consumers will always continue to buy shit."

In response to the overwhelmingly positive reaction to Linens-N-Shit stores, the company plans to sell excess shit as well as irregular or slightly imperfect crap at their new Shit-N-Shit factory outlets.

New Linens-N-Shit Opens
July 28, 2008 | Issue 44•31

MACON, GA—Linens-N-Shit, the nation's largest retailer of bedsheets, tablecloths, and a wide assortment of other shit, will open its new location Tuesday morning at the Macon Mall.

"We are excited to open our first store in the Macon area, and we encourage shoppers to arrive early and check out all of our great linens and shit," said Robert Barlow, the company's senior vice president. "We're proud to offer the local community the best selection of the name-brand shit you want at the prices you love."

"We've got all sorts of shit," Barlow added. "Bath shit, kitchen shit, shit for the bedroom, seasonal shit, and all the other shit you could possibly imagine, plus linens."