The Week of November 16th is The Daily Show

Here is this week’s American political and social news filtered through The Daily Show.

Rudy Giuliani from 2006 debates Rudy Giuliani from 2009, which logic on terrorism and how to put terrorists to justice will win the day? I think the former mayor of NYC is being a hypocrite

Vice President Joe Biden interview part1 where he talks very succinctly about the economy until he mentions Recovery.com, when he meant Recovery.gov

Joe Biden interview part2 talks about avoiding a depression after coming into office and then Jon Stewart actually gets the Vice President to concede that Jon’s point of view is correct that the Democratic Party seems less organized than the Republicans do while in power… AMAZING!

MSNBC uses photos of Sarah Palin, in reporting on the story of her new book being released, that had been outed as photoshopped fake photos for almost as long as Palin has been on the national scene and yet it took them days after the story aired to correct their mistake. Then Jon explains WHY he hates Sarah Palin

Lou Dobbs interview part1 where he and Stewart actually have a reasoned and rational conversation and debate about public policy. I was completely taken aback by how interesting this was

Lou Dobbs interview part2, a good continuation of the civics-class-like debate over political ideas about America

Lou Dobbs interview part3, a great debate about the foundations of our America and a debate about the fragility or strength of the USA

I will be back in the USA by this time next month, something I can’t wait for!

Enjoy

Dany

Another Week of The Daily Show

It’s been another week of The Daily Show, so I’ve rounded up the best segments from the week of October 5th, 2009.

Here is the United States Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus

Apparently the US President Obama is snubbing the Dali Lama and Tibet to appease China, most likely because we want them to side with us against Iran… oh yeah, also because we owe them a TON of money so that we can keep buying their goods

Here is a great story about William Kamkwamba, a boy who created a windmill in his back yard in Malawi, who wrote a book about it, spoke about it at TED and will get to go to college because of this

Enjoy

Dany

Former President Bill Clinton to Healthcare Reform with a Side of Hypocrisy – This Week in The Daily Show

With Tim Russert (RIP), the previous host of Meet the Press gone, oddly enough, it’s the host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, who has taken up the mantle of showing clips from politicians that completely contradict to show the hypocrisy of all politicians and even other news people, whether reporters or commentators, I present you this week in The Daily Show with the best parts of the show from this week, now over:

Healthcare hypocrisy:

Fox News Protest Coverage Then and Now:

Fox News Does Good, Independent Reporting Does Better, ALL OTHER REPORTERS FAIL. I now HATE ACORN:

The hypocrisy of American Politicians, party be damned:

Here’s a 3 part interview with former President Bill Clinton, I wish they talked about a few more issues in detail, but it’s interesting none-the-less:

Thanks to Bobby for letting me know about the Clinton Interview.

Enjoy

Dany

President Barack Obama’s Health Care Speech on Capitol Hill – September 9th, 2009

President Barack Obama spoke tonight on Capitol Hill, in a speech that touched on pretty much every talking point that has been in the media from both Republicans, Democrats and the news media. The president also, surprisingly in my mind, outlined many points that he mandated to be a part of any plan he was going to sign in 2009, including the extremely decisive public option. I included the full speech at the top of this post, along with the 5 minute official Republican response from Representative Charles Boustany below.

President Obama spent a bit of time praising both Democratic and Republican ideas, even calling out good ideas from certain Republicans by name. He mentioned former President George W. Bush’s proposed medical malpractice reform pilot program, which the current President instructed the Department of Health and Human Services to initiate today, He mentioned his former opponent, Senator John McCain’s idea to cover with basic insurance to the uninsured, before the President’s plan takes effect in 4 years along with McCain’s bipartisan work with recently deceased Senator Ted Kennedy and Senator Chuck Grassley’s bipartisan work with Ted Kennedy on insuring children in the S-CHIP program.

I recommend everyone spend an hour listening to President Obama’s full speech, along with the short Republican response, but just in case, I’ll include a few clips from the speech below.

Thanks to C-SPAN, TPMtv and Youtube for the video.

Enjoy

Dany

The Daily Show, Healthcare and Cable News Polls… I Think We All Lose

There are very few times when Jon Stewart steers me the wrong way… well, just enjoy the biting irony of these clips that The Daily Show reveals. I would make some witty comment, but I think the clips say all they need to.
Enjoy

Dany

**Update 8-24-2009** This clip too:

**Update2 8-24-2009** OK, it’s official, I can’t stop…

Jim Cramer Guests on The Daily Show After Jon Stewart Bashed CNBC

After Jon Stewart slammed CNBC, Jim Cramer came on The Daily Show to try and set the record strait, but again, Jon Stewart called Cramer out on some of the more outrageous things he has done both on CNBC and while being interviewed by other non-mainstream media outlets. The interview was long and I’m posting all 3 segments of the uncensored verion. Other than all the cursing from Stewart, the whole thing felt very Tim Russert-esque with Stewart calling Cramer out with statements he had previously made that were caught on tape.

Enjoy

Dany

Jon Stewart Bashes on Rick Santelli and CNBC

I saw this video of Jon Stewart BASHING Rick Santelli and CNBC after hearing about the story on This Week In Tech and I knew I had to come out of hibernation to post about it. This was such a great response to the insanity of CNBC’s rose colored glasses and bad reporting.

Enjoy

Dany

Math Needs a Bailout

In these tough economic times (if you’re playing, you know it’s time to take a drink), it may be time that math make a comeback, but all I’ve been able to find is this clip from Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm which probably explains why all these companies are looking for an economic handout since it seems like all these companies have been keeping the Kettles on their payrolls as economic advisors.

It’s this kind of math that has lead us down the road to bailoutsville… thanks best of youtube (subscribe here) for the economic lesson!

Enjoy

Dany