Comments on: Few laugh lines as Stephen Colbert flays Bush, press http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1310 BTC News: News, politics, opinion and satire Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:52:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bernard http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1310/comment-page-1#comment-23630 Bernard Thu, 04 May 2006 18:11:12 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1310#comment-23630 In those times when "truth" is a common subject in movies and television, I think Colbert just said the truth about what's going on: Bush ignoring global warning, being not so intellectually focus, Bush's harder control on the media (journalist get fired by the news channel when they say something patriotic... and what does patriotic means? patriotic = act the way the president want you to behave)... even though, the control of the media by the American has always been there (as in many countries... it's a lot better than in countries with dictator, but there's still a lot more media control in the united states than in most democratic countries. Also, it is true that the USA is very religious... Consequence: religious leaders influence politic and the president try to get religious leaders' votes... and that's not I would call "separation of the church and the states"! Here's how it works: journalists report the news... if the government don't like what they hear, they will give indirect penalties to the CEO of the news corporation... then the CEO will have to fire the journalists for being inappropriate. If the news corporation resist, all the other news corporations (who are scared of penalties) will say how unpatriotic that news corporation is and the latter will eventually have to conform to the others. Watch "V for Vendetta" movie... You'll understand what's happening to USA. Bush is a "doomsday" politician with high economic (which is good) and military (which can be scary) interest. So... Start wars = Get votes and get popular = More money for the USA and for his family. The problem is not being republican... It is being for Bush. Voting conservative doesn't mean WAR. Voting for Bush means to go WAR. Liberals and conservatives might go to war or not for some reason. We should rather link the military orientation to the leaders rather than the political party. Go see the statistics about Bush's popularity: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/blogphotos/Blog_Bush_Approval_May_2004.jpg No comments. Even though, I think what Colbert say is the cold hard cruel truth... It must be very humiliating for the president to be there watching some insulting person. I empathize with the president in the situation. Colbert is cruel... Humiliating... That's the same technique that was used by the Bush's "concentration camp"! So he's not better than Bush in that way. Colbert is funny. His show has very high ratings and checks on the internet, people love him and the speech he made (although media hate him now!). People who were attacked by him (including the Washing Post) will say he's not funny. Final note: Colbert said the cruel truth, but it must been very humiliating for the president and the media people. It was very inappropriate, but at the same time it's a wake up call for the president and the media. In those times when “truth” is a common subject in movies and television, I think Colbert just said the truth about what’s going on: Bush ignoring global warning, being not so intellectually focus, Bush’s harder control on the media (journalist get fired by the news channel when they say something patriotic… and what does patriotic means? patriotic = act the way the president want you to behave)… even though, the control of the media by the American has always been there (as in many countries… it’s a lot better than in countries with dictator, but there’s still a lot more media control in the united states than in most democratic countries. Also, it is true that the USA is very religious… Consequence: religious leaders influence politic and the president try to get religious leaders’ votes… and that’s not I would call “separation of the church and the states”!

Here’s how it works: journalists report the news… if the government don’t like what they hear, they will give indirect penalties to the CEO of the news corporation… then the CEO will have to fire the journalists for being inappropriate. If the news corporation resist, all the other news corporations (who are scared of penalties) will say how unpatriotic that news corporation is and the latter will eventually have to conform to the others.

Watch “V for Vendetta” movie… You’ll understand what’s happening to USA.

Bush is a “doomsday” politician with high economic (which is good) and military (which can be scary) interest.

So… Start wars = Get votes and get popular = More money for the USA and for his family.

The problem is not being republican… It is being for Bush. Voting conservative doesn’t mean WAR. Voting for Bush means to go WAR. Liberals and conservatives might go to war or not for some reason. We should rather link the military orientation to the leaders rather than the political party.

Go see the statistics about Bush’s popularity: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/blogphotos/Blog_Bush_Approval_May_2004.jpg

No comments.

Even though, I think what Colbert say is the cold hard cruel truth… It must be very humiliating for the president to be there watching some insulting person. I empathize with the president in the situation. Colbert is cruel… Humiliating… That’s the same technique that was used by the Bush’s “concentration camp”! So he’s not better than Bush in that way.

Colbert is funny. His show has very high ratings and checks on the internet, people love him and the speech he made (although media hate him now!). People who were attacked by him (including the Washing Post) will say he’s not funny.

Final note: Colbert said the cruel truth, but it must been very humiliating for the president and the media people. It was very inappropriate, but at the same time it’s a wake up call for the president and the media.

]]> By: Chris http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1310/comment-page-1#comment-23525 Chris Thu, 04 May 2006 03:10:37 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1310#comment-23525 How can anyone not find this funny? You must be pretty dense or part of the 35%. Both go hand in hand. Also, how can anyone (#28) have watched his show and actually thought it was real. Ha!!! The jokes on you, just like the guy who hired Colbert for the speech. Go back to watching your O'Reilly BS. Colbert is just to satirically sophisticated for you to even comprehend, so no wonder you don't think it's funny. Colbert Rocks and he's been doiing it for the last 5 years (Daily Show). How can anyone not find this funny? You must be pretty dense or part of the 35%. Both go hand in hand. Also, how can anyone (#28) have watched his show and actually thought it was real. Ha!!! The jokes on you, just like the guy who hired Colbert for the speech. Go back to watching your O’Reilly BS. Colbert is just to satirically sophisticated for you to even comprehend, so no wonder you don’t think it’s funny. Colbert Rocks and he’s been doiing it for the last 5 years (Daily Show).

]]> By: Jesse http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1310/comment-page-1#comment-23466 Jesse Wed, 03 May 2006 18:10:59 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1310#comment-23466 "The chance of a lifetime and he uses it to be BORING. I’d never heard of this guy, and now I know why. The one funny line was to Mayor Nagin, explaining that D.C. was the Chocolate City “with a marshmallow center”. He should have stopped there, but went on to talk about Mallomars, seasonal cookie, blah, blah, blah. He takes his one good line and grinds it into forgetable boredom. What a loser." The Mallomars bit is a running joke on his show, in inside joke, if you will. “The chance of a lifetime and he uses it to be BORING. I’d never heard of this guy, and now I know why. The one funny line was to Mayor Nagin, explaining that D.C. was the Chocolate City “with a marshmallow center”. He should have stopped there, but went on to talk about Mallomars, seasonal cookie, blah, blah, blah. He takes his one good line and grinds it into forgetable boredom. What a loser.”

The Mallomars bit is a running joke on his show, in inside joke, if you will.

]]> By: stephen http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1310/comment-page-1#comment-23461 stephen Wed, 03 May 2006 17:21:42 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1310#comment-23461 Cudos to Colbert. The "Address" will certainly go down in history. I equate it to a cross between the famous oratory of William Jennings Bryan, the satire of Mark Twain, and the timeless skewering of H.L. Mencken. Top it off with the brilliant character assumption of Phil Hendrie. Cudos to Colbert.

The “Address” will certainly go down in history.
I equate it to a cross between the famous oratory of William Jennings Bryan, the satire of Mark Twain, and the timeless skewering of H.L. Mencken. Top it off with the brilliant character assumption of Phil Hendrie.

]]> By: PubliusToo http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1310/comment-page-1#comment-23343 PubliusToo Tue, 02 May 2006 18:39:15 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1310#comment-23343 Are you telling me that Stephen Cobert was <i>joking</i>? I am shocked, truly shocked. I guess I'll have to stop watching his show. I thought it was a <i>serious</i> commentary show like, you know, the O'Reilly Factor. After all, Mr. Colbert interviews congressmen and other serious personalities on his show. Well, as Steve Martin used to say, comedy is not pretty. Are you telling me that Stephen Cobert was joking? I am shocked, truly shocked. I guess I’ll have to stop watching his show. I thought it was a serious commentary show like, you know, the O’Reilly Factor. After all, Mr. Colbert interviews congressmen and other serious personalities on his show. Well, as Steve Martin used to say, comedy is not pretty.

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