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Offline cleppla

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a good laugh
« on: August 21, 2009, 04:39:48 AM »
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Re: a good laugh
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2009, 03:06:13 AM »
From the very same episode:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-20-2009/betsy-mccaughey-pt--1

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-20-2009/betsy-mccaughey-pt--2

There's a reason John Stewart was recently voted Americas most trusted newscaster in a TIME magazine poll...

He might be a satirist, but he will call you out on lies and bullshit, face-to-face.
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Re: a good laugh
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2009, 06:23:19 AM »
Lord help us.
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chrishallett83

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Re: a good laugh
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2009, 05:00:48 PM »
I dunno about the Lord helping us, if he/she/it really exists, I reckon he/she/it would be a bit busy to worry about a bunch of blokes yammering on about buggies and whatnot.

So, instead, I present a (hopefully) funny webcomic:
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Re: a good laugh
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2009, 09:56:56 PM »
Quote from: chrishallett83 on August 22, 2009, 03:06:13 AM
There's a reason John Stewart was recently voted Americas most trusted newscaster in a TIME magazine poll...

All that proves is that the people that read TIME and respond to their polls are ....how shall we say.......retarded.  :laugh:
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chrishallett83

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Re: a good laugh
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2009, 02:13:59 AM »
Quote from: Pacman on August 24, 2009, 09:56:56 PM
All that proves is that the people that read TIME and respond to their polls are ....how shall we say.......retarded.  :laugh:

Why?
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Re: a good laugh
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2009, 02:54:29 AM »
I suspect projection... the available evidence suggests it strongly ;D
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Re: a good laugh
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2009, 07:46:41 AM »
Quote from: Pacman on August 24, 2009, 09:56:56 PM
All that proves is that the people that read TIME and respond to their polls are ....how shall we say.......retarded.  :laugh:

I think it suggests that folks are tired of lies and bullshit when they turn to a comedy show for a dose of something that might be plausible.  The extremes of media left or right are so out of control that a humorist who can find the central point and debunk it is bound to be successful. 
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Re: a good laugh
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2009, 08:01:23 AM »
kinda, history shows us why...

Basically, when politics gets so bad eg: "freedom fries" or the ongoing suspension of habeas corpus or preaching of free speech while simultaneously silencing discussion, satire is the only way to speak out against the tyranny.
So if the society is more reliant on satire for good info, you can be sure all is not well.
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Re: a good laugh
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2009, 08:02:13 AM »
Quote from: trojan on August 25, 2009, 08:01:23 AM
you can be sure all is not well.

My point exactly. 
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Re: a good laugh
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2009, 01:33:16 PM »
Quote from: Yummi on August 25, 2009, 07:46:41 AM
I think it suggests that folks are tired of lies and bullshit when they turn to a comedy show for a dose of something that might be plausible.  The extremes of media left or right are so out of control that a humorist who can find the central point and debunk it is bound to be successful. 
You notice they pick on both sides now?
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"There can be no divided allegiance here.  Any man who says he is an American,
but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a
loyalty to the American people."
Theodore Roosevelt 1907

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 " You have all the right in the world to believe any damn thing you'd like, but you don't have the right to demand that I participate in your fantasy"

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Re: a good laugh
« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2009, 02:06:51 PM »
Quote from: Masterfabr on August 25, 2009, 01:33:16 PM
You notice they pick on both sides now?

If by they, you mean Stewart and Colbert, and both sides you mean the Dems and the GOP, then they have always (well, as long as I've been watching them, anyway) ridiculed stupidity from both sides.
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Re: a good laugh
« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2009, 02:30:33 PM »
They are more so now.I watch them but for entertainment only. I put no faith in what I hear on them. Yes , I agree that they have no problem pointing out the hypocrisy of both sides tho.
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"There can be no divided allegiance here.  Any man who says he is an American,
but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a
loyalty to the American people."
Theodore Roosevelt 1907

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Re: a good laugh
« Reply #13 on: August 25, 2009, 03:56:30 PM »
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Re: a good laugh
« Reply #14 on: August 25, 2009, 04:17:23 PM »
That is a good series - yes they do - 60 minutes, PBS, face the nation - more news "magazines" than actual news casts
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