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Friday, September 24, 2010

Its Friday, ya bastids!

Everyones a comedian—even some people who dont intend to be. Among the intentionally funny, Stephen Colbert testified in front of Congress today (video below). He was playing a character, like a lot of people who testify before Congress. But this was performance, not perjury. Colbert testified about the conditions facing Americas undocumented farm laborers. He spent a day packing corn as part of a challenge from the United Farm Workers. It gave Colbert a chance to see what farm workers do, and to do a -corn-packing- joke in front of a Congressional committee. The hardest part for Stephen Colbert was to play enough of a rightwing lunatic to differentiate himself from the real rightwing lunatics. Representative Steve King of Iowa actually said to Colbert today that American workers [quote]would prefer the aroma of fresh dirt to that of the sewage of American elitists who disparage them even as they flush.[quote] Wow. Its impossible to tell who the satirist is. Stephen Colbert makes a mockery of rightwingers by pretending to be one. Steve King makes a mockery of rightwingers by actually being one.

Meanwhile, The Daily Show pointed out that there wasnt anything new in the Republicans [quote]Pledge to America[quote] yesterday (video). Nothing has been re-thought. Hell, nothing has even been rephrased. Even high school kids who lift a Wikipedia article for an assignment go through and change some of the wording. The clips show Republicans repeating the same things verbatim that they have been saying for decades. The only difference is that videotape back in the 90s was a lot grainier. If Republicans were this into recycling all the time, we would be the most environmentally conscious nation on earth. 

Finally, in a case of comic ineptitude, rightwing media reported yesterday that the Israeli delegation boycotted President Obamas speech at the UN. In fact, the Israeli delegation was absent because they were observing the Jewish holiday Sukkot. Video showing the empty seats of the Israeli delegation and was posted on Real Clear Politics. Evidently the folks at Real Clear Politics are not real clear on the Jewish calendar. Blogger Jim Hoft posted a headline that yelled [quote]BREAKING: ISRAELI DELEGATION SKIPS OBAMAS UN-SPEECH.[quote] Sorry Jim, that is not breaking news. That is breaking the most basic rules of news reporting. But then I guess you were going for laughs, not facts.