Bumiller, Miller, Bumiller, Miller — what’s in a name?

Colbert is a genius. Although the parking garage scene went on too long IMO,

That went over my head the first three times too. I was like, “what the hell is with this glacial [ha] pacing in this video clip? How long does he have to struggle with the keys?”

Then I realized he’s compressed three years into three minutes. You’re supposed to be edgy at the fact it took him 45 seconds to figure out how to open the car door.

If his writers are good enough, there’ll be a 45-day interval in the news-stream this is isomorphic to.

OK, I don’t really expect Joyce from these guys. But the slow pacing is almost certainly an explicit rhetorical device.

I don’t post many things many places, but from what I gather, those of us who witnessed Colbert Saturday night witnessed something memorably rare. Hats Off to HuffPo (lead story w/video).

Whoever had the idea for the ‘Thank You Steven Colbert’ site had an excellent idea (my 2cents are currently number 1940). And though I did mention to whom ever reads those ‘Thank yous’ that Colbert rhymes with Voltaire, I should’ve quoted Voltaire: “It’s dangerous to be right when the government is wrong”. Which leads me to my point: we (as I’m certain everyone of you are wholly and well aware) are living in a dangerous, dangerous time. Never in our history (that I recall) has our ‘government’ ever been so ‘wrong’.

So now, poof! Stephen Colbert drops a mouthful Saturday night, which come Sunday morning should be the talk of the town. Not surprisingly, the mercenary press refuses to initiate ‘the conversation’ (the absense on Antiwar.com particularly galls me, and I hope it’s merely a ‘weekends off’ policy as opposed to to to…WHAT COULD THEIR THINKING BE?). Anyway, the silence Sunday morning, regarding the ‘news’ Saturday night should tell you ‘the game is almost up’.

Do you realize a system like the internet could eliminate the ever-pervading presence of this shameful government (and every shameful government hereafter? Do you realize this shameful government is wholly aware of what this internet could do, and God damn are nippin’ that ****ing notion in the bud right now (see Ron Carter’s [Tx] proposed legislation?)

I personally would like to see these hundreds of thousands, perhaps tens-of-millions of people who populate these sites form something like a ‘union of citizens’ who simply demand ‘net neutrality’ be a Constitutional guarentee/extension of the first Amendment, at the threat of economic boycott (hey, it’s a start).

I wish somebody would tell me I’m not the only one who’s ever thought of this, ’cause American Idols on and I gotta go…

CIAOALOHA

Welch Williams

http://thankyoustephencolbert.org/

“..Ladies and gentlemen, I believe it’s yogurt. But I refuse to believe it’s not butter. Most of all, I believe in this president.â€

Crooks and Liars: Colbert Does the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Editor & Publisher: Colbert Lampoons Bush at White House Correspondents Dinner– President Not Amused?

The Video

idnt mean to leave that out…there was so much nervous laughter when he said it!==One highlight not posted above that deserves to be remembered:

“What are you [reporters] thinking? Reporting on things like NSA wiretaps and secret prisons in eastern Europe? Those things are secret for a very important reason — they’re super-depressing!“

Even MENTIONING secret CIA prisons in that situation: WOW. Respect to Colbert.

Here’s my collection of Colbert quotes from this evening:
http://www.docstrangelove.com/…..ss/…

This was the funniest stuff I have seen in a very long time! I loved the part where Colbert tells the press they were doing so good for the first five years of Bush’s presidency ignoring the WMD intel.

At any rate, Mr. Colbert became a hero, if not a legend, last night.

For serving as an example, telling it like it is, I’ve thrown together a site to collect thank yous for Mr. Colbert.

Hopefully this site will help boost awareness of this story, which is already being distorted in the mainstream press.

Some of you may know the drill.

Go over and say thanks.