Jon Stewart’s Illustrated Guide to Cap and Trade
July 23, 2009
The Daily Show was almost entirely green-themed on Tuesday night, with host Jon Stewart guiding us through the climate change bill passing through the Senate and interviewing Energy Secretary Chu.
Check out these two hilarious clips:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Jon Stewart Jizz-Ams in Front of Children – Cap’n Trade | ||||
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There’s another one up at The Huffington Post.
Link [The Huffington Post]
Daily Show Earth Day Video Clip: “You’re Killing SpongeBob!”
April 22, 2009
Most children are even more open to being green than adults – yet adults totally flub marketing Earth Day to kids. On The Daily Show, Louis Black goes through some incredibly ham-fisted efforts to foist greenness upon the younger generation by grown-ups that don’t follow their own advice, including Wilmer Valderrama. “So there’s your lesson, kids: YOU need to start pooping in a solar-powered bucket so Wilmer and I don’t have to give up our Escalades!”
So, how can we really get the message through to kids that they need to protect Mother Earth? Tell them they’re killing SpongeBob!
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | M – Th 11p / 10c | |||
| Back in Black – Kids’ Earth Day | ||||
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”Elmo: He’s like Glenn Beck for children!”
Link [The Daily Show] via [The Huffington Post]
McCain Doesn’t Want to Give Veterans Increased Education Benefits
May 30, 2008
Apparently, John McCain wants you to support the troops – but not too much. Wear your flag pins and display those yellow ribbons on your vehicles with pride. But don’t actually give the troops the education benefits they were promised before joining the armed forces. That would be wrong, apparently. See, a bill was recently introduced in the Senate that would expand education benefits for veterans. It’s the least we owe them for their service, right? Well, McCain quotes a study that was done on the bill that claims retention rates would decrease by 16% if soldiers were offered more money for college. The funny thing is, he failed to read the quote in the same study that showed that recruitment rates would simultaneously increase – by 16%. Now, we all know that Senator McCain is no mathematician, and I’m not either, but last time I checked, 16 minus 16 equals…. Zero.
From Yahoo News:
McCain, the all-but-nominated Republican presidential candidate, opposes a Democratic-backed bill that would significantly expand the breadth of education benefits for veterans, first adopted for those returning from World War II. Democrats want the proposal included in a war spending bill the Senate is scheduled to vote on this week.
The legislation, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia and Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, also veterans of Vietnam, would guarantee full tuition payments to veterans at any public school in their home state. Its expected cost is $52 billion over 10 years.
McCain says the legislation is too expensive and has proposed his own version, which would increase the monthly benefit available to most veterans to $1,500 from $1,100. It would not offer the equivalent of a full scholarship.
As Jon Stewart noted on the Daily Show last night, “Where did potential soldiers get the idea that the military was some kind of ‘fast-track to college’ in the first place?” Oh, right, it could be all those ads the military runs where grateful soldiers talk about the military being the only reason they were able to attend college. Nice blunder, McCain – especially when your military record was probably the biggest benefit you had on your side.
Check out a clip from last night’s Daily Show here.
Link [Yahoo News] + [Comedy Central]
McCain ’08: A Path to Extinction!
May 20, 2008
The blogosphere has been afire with commentary after John McCain announced that he was ‘going green’, and now Jon Stewart weighs in with his own analysis of the situation.
“It’s high time I take on this president who I have endorsed, complimented, and when the occasion called for something stronger, hugged. The point is this: Mr. President, the cuddles. Stop. Here.” [See the video below]
via [emPivot]
