Jon Stewart Hits Washington, DC

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Jon Stewart is here and preparing for the Rally. Life is good. The Daily Show is back and was great and well, homey, since it is staged out of DC. He naturally covered the firing of Juan Williams. Naturally, everyone caught hell. The best line of the week from Jon:

NPR–you just brought a totebag of David Sedaris books to a knife fight.

Stewart is referring, of course, to the hounds of hell being unleashed by Fox News onto NPR.

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Jon takes a few pokes at getting around DC. The lead up to the big rally this weekend should be entertaining. Anything of interest such as great skits will be added to this post.

Tuesday’s Daily Show from Washington, DC:

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Pinhead or Patriot? What’s all the drama over with O’Reilly?

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He won’t let us say ‘terrorist?’  Elizabeth H has gotten even more insipid and mindless since the last time I listened to her pablum.  Does she really believe that crap or is she just pretending to  be totally stupid? 

I have lost some respect for Barbara Walters.  She should not have commented about her colleagues.  They spoke for themselves.  Not sure she  wasn’t as out of line on all fronts as the other 2.

Whoopie and Joy walking out?  Who cares.  I don’t care one way or the other.  They came back. 

My problem is that they didn’t cut his mic about 3 minutes before that.  O’Reilly was everything I was taught about the MCP.  MCP = male chauvanist pig.  (expression from my youth)  O’Reilly disgraced himself long before he even got to the mosque. 

How dare he sit there and tell them to be quiet and listen so they would learn something!  What an arrogant ass.  “Listen to be because then you will learn.” 

 

 

MSNBC Left Behind

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Jon Stewart gives us his comparison between the three cable networks. It doesn’t end up very pretty. Actually his entire show was hilarious. Check it out at www.thedailyshow.com. He takes no prisoners. My favorite was his spoof on Mika and Joe Scarborough. Joe (Joey S) sure enjoyed saying ‘whore’ and Mika showed her usual prissy, distainful self. I can’t stand Mika so I laughed. Meanwhile:

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Foreclosures: Banks Trade Bails of Sh!t (according to Jon Stewart)

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Jon Stewart tries to make sense out of the mortgage crisis and the subsequent foreclosures:

He says it started with the mortgage companies bundling bad loans and then trading bails of sh!!! back and forth. Then it all came to a screeching halt.

 

 

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Meanwhile, according to TV, Jon Stewart is having trouble negotiating the use of 400+ porta potties.  The Marines are using the area on Sunday.  Stewart has offered to split the cost.  The Marines won’t play ball.

Protecting the Children

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A friend of mine took her 6 year old granddaughter to see Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole 3D  yesterday.  She was rather shaken from the experience.

The movie seems harmless enough. However, Susan told me that her granddaughter spent the entire movie cringing in fear because of the violence. At least a third of the film had the different owl armies doing battle. Battle in 3D is much more dramatic than plain old normal fighting. Susan said talons and beaks were everywhere.

Our conversation then shifted to children’s films we had grown up with. Snow White had a wicked witch and a looming forest that scared one dinner partner. The Wizard of Oz has flying monkeys that terrified my husband as a very young boy. I recall being petrified of that witch on the bike after Toto. The other diner talked about some of the scary parts of Peter Pan with evil pirates making people walk the plank.

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Another One Bites the Dust: Rick Sanchez

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CNN  issued a statement today saying:  “Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well.’   That sounds final.  Rick did not appear on the Rick’s List show today.  It was hosted by his fill in, Brooke Baldwin.  So, what happened?

According to Huffington Post, Sanchez had what can best be equated to hoof in mouth disease:

[He called]  Jon Stewart a “bigot” and saying that CNN and the other networks are all run by Jewish people.

Discussing Stewart with radio host Pete Dominick, Sanchez said that the “Daily Show” host has a limited worldview, and called him a “bigot.”

The conversation began with Sanchez decrying “elite, Northeast establishment liberals” who “deep down, when they look at a guy like me, they see a guy automatically who belongs in the second tier, and not the top tier.

“I think to some extent Jon Stewart and [Stephen] Colbert are the same way. I think Jon Stewart’s a bigot,” he said. “I think he looks at the world through, his mom, who was a school teacher, and his dad, who was a physicist or something like that. Great, I’m so happy that he grew up in a suburban middle class New Jersey home with everything you could ever imagine.”

Rick Sanchez was not the most loved CNN correspondent.  Who knows what set off his rant on Stewart.  It sounds like it might have had something to do with the Jon Stewart rally on the mall. 

Pete Dominick once worked for Stewart on the Daily Show.  To date, Stewart has not made public comment.  I am sure a good spoof is to come.  Jon Stewart often makes self- deprecating ethnic remarks. 

Will other networks pick up Rick Sanchez or will he go the way of the dinosaur?

Thanks to El Guapo for providing this audio.

 

 

 

Washington Post Review: “9500 Liberty”

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The Washington Post reviewed 9500 Liberty for its upcoming MTV Premiere this Sunday Night. Perhaps this is the best review I have seen of our hometown film.

Washington Post staff writer David Montgomeryguides his reader audience to the point in the film where we see film maker Eric Byler testifying before the U.S. Human Rights Commission in December of 2007, at which point we see Byler’s point of view. Rather than saying “Ah Ha!”, Montgomery leads us around this shift from neutrality to the fact that the film returns to showing both sides of this bitter debate. He tells us that those with strong opinion on either side might walk away not quite satisfied with the end result.

David Montgomery’s review is posted in its entirety:

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The Soul of the Republican Party: Karl Rove Gets Dommed by the Girls

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Isn’t film footage wonderful?  It captures those moments that people want to immortalize, for a day or 2. 

Karl Rove capitulates.  He gets dommed by the girls.

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So the pretty girls fight back.  Poor Karl.  Back to the lunchables.  Too funny.  Just waiting for the pretty girls to get tapped by the National Honor Society.

Jon Stewart on the Primaries: Beyond the Palin

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Some things speak for themselves.  Jon Stewart examines the new winners, O’Donnell and Paladino.

He then goes on with the team to see how the Democrat will blow any chances they have of taking advantage of the situation.

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Defying Gravity Wins 3rd Place on America’s Got Talent

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The VA Tech black light impressionist group, Defying Gravity won 3rd place in America’s got talent in the season finale last night. 

The group are fraternity brothers–Pi Kappa Alpha and got their start performing in a school talent show.  Pretty impressive.  Hokies continue to amaze us. 

They have been asked to play at the Hard Rock Cafe in Vegas on New Years Eve.  When asked about returning to Tech, the answers were iffy.

Now if the football team could only do that well. sigh.

Comedian-in-Chief

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The White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, in recent years, has become a time for the President to become quite the comedian.

 Last night, The Empire Struck Back! President Obama was hilarious got rave reviews this morning. Poor Jay Leno. Not so much. As stated, the ‘Empire’ did strike back.

The President started off with lots of self-deprecation. I think he was every bit as good as Jon Stewart.

Update: Combined Obama routine with Jay Leno. Leno starts around minute 17. I thought Leno was just not funny.


What were your favorite lines? There were so many, it is hard to choose. I might have to listen more than once.

136th Run for the Roses

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It’s that time of year again…time to run for the roses.  The Kentucky Derby is the first leg of 3 important horse races.  The Kentucky Derby, the Preakness , and the Belmont Stakes haven’t produced a triple crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.

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The odds are given at the official Kentucky Derby site.  You can also read more about the contenders, trainers, owners, jockeys. 

Kentucky Derby 136:  Race 11, 6:24 p.m. EDT post time on NBC

There are 20 horses currently on the slate to run.  Of course, anything can happen right up to post time.  There is one filly running, Devil May Care.   Racing critics feel she has been off her game this week.  To read a little about the contenders, see the next page:

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Speaking of Immigrants: Springsteen Given Ellis Island Family Heritage Award

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According to USA Today:

Bruce Springsteen surrounded himself with lovely ladies today as his European roots were celebrated at Ellis Island. Joined by his mother Adele, 85 (center),  and aunts Dora Kirby, 90,  (left) and Ida Urbellis, 87, the rocker was given the Ellis Island Family Heritage Award, given to immigrants or their descendants “who have made a major contribution to the American experience.”

Said The Boss, “You can’t really know who you are and where you’re going unless you know where you came from.” His maternal great-grandmother, Raffaela Zerilli, arrived at Ellis Island from Vico Equense, Italy, on Oct. 3, 1900, with five kids in tow. The rest is history.

Springsteen’s mother Adele (see above) who was the granddaughter of Raffaela Zerilli, married an Irish American, Douglas Springsteen.  They had 3 kids who were raised in New Jersey.  When the Boss was 16 his mother borrowed the money to buy him a guitar.  He taught himself to play it and millions of recordings later, he is truly THE BOSS.

Springsteen on immigration:

Across the Border

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Mother Earth–You Fickle Bitch!

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ss-100416-volcano-update-2_ss_fullJon Stewart thinks people are always trying to make others feel guilty. Mother Earth apparently is no different.
He is also very disappointed in the lack of truly good descriptors for the volcano and its unpronounceable name. He names it Kevin. He can say that name. He attempts to help out the lack-luster coverage of the Icelandic volcano.

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