Links for 2010-09-18

  • "We're looking for the people who think shouting is annoying, counterproductive, and terrible for your throat; who feel that the loudest voices shouldn't be the only ones that get heard; and who believe that the only time it's appropriate to draw a Hitler mustache on someone is when that person is actually Hitler. Or Charlie Chaplin in certain roles.

    Are you one of those people? Excellent. Then we'd like you to join us in Washington, DC on October 30 -- a date of no significance whatsoever -- at the Daily Show's "Rally to Restore Sanity." Ours is a rally for the people who've been too busy to go to rallies, who actually have lives and families and jobs (or are looking for jobs) -- not so much the Silent Majority as the Busy Majority. If we had to sum up the political view of our participants in a single sentence... we couldn't. That's sort of the point. "

  • "America, the Greatest Country God ever gave Man, was built on three bedrock principles: Freedom. Liberty. And Fear -- that someone might take our Freedom and Liberty. But now, there are dark, optimistic forces trying to take away our Fear -- forces with salt and pepper hair and way more Emmys than they need. They want to replace our Fear with reason. But never forget -- "Reason" is just one letter away from "Treason." Coincidence? Reasonable people would say it is, but America can't afford to take that chance.

    So join The Rev. Sir Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A. on October 30th for the "March to Keep Fear Alive"⢠in Washington DC. Pack an overnight bag with five extra sets of underwear -- you're going to need them. Because, to Restore Truthiness we must always... Shh!!! What's that sound?! I think there's someone behind you! Run!"

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Stewart and Colbert for President!

Awesome stuff. The Ku Klux Tea Party had darn well better be stopped lest we devolve into The Fourth Reich, IMO. Who better than America's two top satirists, Chad? It blows my mind that these two guys are the two top people America gets its news from. But what they do, they do so well. Sean Hannity is not a great American. These two are. I'm only 3 hours from D.C. I'm thinking of attending. You too, Chad?

R.I.P. Reginald Garrett, wherever you are. You mastered Physics in every way it can be mastered, and you left our world far too soon.

@Steven Colyer: Your mention of The Fourth Reich makes me believe you should be attending Colbert's rally and not Stewart's! :D