Stephen Colbert Stands up to the media and the President (Page 1 of 2)

That's pretty awesome! I've never heard of Colbert before but he's certainly got some guts to say all that while stood just just a few feet away from Bush!

Bravo Stephen Colbert!

Colbert rocks.  I watch his show every night on Comedy Central after the Daily Show (11:30pm EST).  His show has humor at so many levels and covers so many topics.  From Bush to Mind Control, it's there.

A current theory I keep watch for, puts Colbert in the limelight of the NWOers plan to get Americans to turn against Bush.  Long theory short it goes to the end of getting Americans to accept globalism instead of nationalism.  So having him at that dinner works with that theory beautifully.  It's Bush's job to suck it up and take whatever comes his way.  Now I'll go watch the video.

(Following along the theory here...)  Problem, Reaction, Solution.  It's funny watching as they try to create a reaction in Americans.  They've done such a thorough job in placating (and beating down) the public that they have to use people in the media (like Colbert) to show the reaction that Americans won't/can't show.  Last night's show Colbert does his usual reverse humor and says the last thing we want are Americans taking political action.  The whole problem though is once you stand up on the set you will be sent to a free-speach zone, locked up, followed, threatened, or shot in head (MLK)...depending on how much of a following you have.  So I guess they needed someone that can show that it's now safe to say what's on your mind.  I'm fairly certain that most Americans could care less at this point.  If the theory stands, it will be interesting to see if they can wake America back up after putting it to sleep.

I am a fan of Colbert's in the sam vein as z3n3rg.  When I watched the speech live I thought it was great and I was giddy about how Bush and others were surely pissed off and uncomfortable, but the content of the speech was pretty much the same as what Colbert does on his show four nights a week.  The reaction in the media since has been interesting.  The mainstream press barely mentions him at all and if anything focuses on Bush's lame impersonator routine instead.  A day or two later all the alternative/progressive sites are going on and on about how great Colbert was and how shameful the mainstream press is for not covering him.

Are there larger issues at work here?  Surely, but I doubt Colbert is a straightforward tool of the Illuminati or anything like that.  We seem to be entering a window of change where people are "mad as hell and not going to take it anymore" with the current administration.  It's been long enough since 9/11, they haven't managed to stage another attack (in the U.S. at least), and there have been f*ck-ups galore from the administration so maybe enough of the hoi polloi are realizing how much that guy and his handlers/cronies suck and should be removed from office.

Yes, if the reaction is steered the wrong way the solution could be worse than the problem, but I don't see why it has to be that way.  I personally think late 2000 was another such window and we ended up in this timeline for some reason.  Maybe there's a "Gore" timeline somewhere that seems better, but maybe people are that much more pacified and asleep over there.  Quite a few people seem to be "awake" now, or at least rubbing their eyes and reaching for the coffee.  If rapid change comes we should all be ready to get the real word out.  Isn't it possible we could get a lot more done with Nancy Pelosi as the next president of the United States next year ?

Novice, welcome, and this isn't directed so much at you but to everyone who think's Stephen's routine on Saturday must necessarily be part of some nefarious design.  In this case I actually don't think it was vetted beforehand, at least not "fully".  As was mentioned earlier, the person who made the decision for Colbert to be the keynote entertainment was allegedly an AP reporter who is currently president of the organization.  From what I have read this decision was made sometime in late January.  And the organization in this case is basically the White House Press Corps; from what I understand anyone who reports from the White House can be or is automatically a member.  Sure there are some bigwig influences who lean on them but I don't think there's any overt power structure telling them what to do, at least not on the level of who can speak at their annual dinner and what they can say. 

Of course they wouldn't have Michael Moore be the headliner but that's what makes it interesting to me; I think this is a pretty hilarious case of TPTB and especially the current right-wing elite power structure failing to understand irony, sarcasm, and satire well enough to prevent the very public mocking that went on.  They have a vague idea that Colbert is a liberal pretending to be a conservative but most of them have probably never watched his show, and if they have they probably didn't "get" nearly as much of it as people who think for themselves on a regular basis.  So maybe they knew something was coming but had no idea it would be that bad.  The real question is, how is any of this going to have any impact on anything?  Keep watching...

The only comedian I can imagine who would have done a better job than Stephen Colbert would have been Bill Hicks.

That man would be going mental on stage these days if he was still alive.  Look at how passionate and angry he got back in the late 80's and early 90's over things, he would probably have a stroke on stage these days.

A friend emailed me a Colbert interview with Eleanor Holmes Norton. Doesn't matter if you know who Norton is, this is hilarious. Colbert is quick, witty, dry... absolute genius.

I wish I could embed the youtube movie into this post. Go here if you're interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHsOrFwI … s%20Norton

(Fast-forward to 1:51 to skip the intro shtick and get to the interview.)