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Jon Stewart Speaks from the Heart, Talks about Arizona Shootings

Posted by mistergroonk in Television, USA on January 11, 2011

In all honesty we had no idea how to address the tragedy of the Arizona shootings. After hearing the horrific news about our friend Sancrist last week, we’ve been all over the place emotionally. Focusing on personal projects and talking with friends has kept us, more or less, sane over the last week.

We like it when Jon Stewart drops the act for a few minutes to talk without a punchline in mind. The catharsis of his and Colbert’s satire is more than welcome and more importantly, needed.

We’re more than glad to let Mr Stewart’s words reflect our thoughts on the Arizona shootings and the aftermath.

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Cramer vs Not Cramer: The “Battle” comes to a Head

Posted by mistergroonk in Interviews, USA, Versus on March 13, 2009

Unless you’ve been living under rocks the last 24 hours, you’ve seen or had emailed to you, The Daily Show interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer.

Comedy Central, in their infinite wisdom, did not provide embed capabilities for the full edited interview. They do provide this opportunity for the smaller unedited clips(1 seen below, 2, 3). This tactic divides and confuses our web critical mind.

What have we learned from all this? Jim Cramer knows/knew what he was doing all the time and Jon Stewart got the chance to represent us(the angry Americans) and boil the man in his own pudding.

GNET’s understanding of Old Media tactics are amateur(top seated, thank you) at best. Except for what we observe over the passing years and what Dan Carlin shares via his Common Sense regarding the practices of news show managers.

Is it fair that Cramer gets the brunt of all this ire? Probably not. There are plenty of so called reporters and news experts that should share that hot seat with him. A thing Stewart admits towards the end of part 3 unedited interview.

Did it feel good to watch? Oh, hell yes.

(via late night TV watching)

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Gay Marriage Debated Seriously on The Daily Show

Posted by mistergroonk in USA, Video on June 7, 2006

I saw this Jon Stewart interview with Bill Bennett last night. They fell into a serious debate over the gay marrige amendment silliness brought up by our current president. I watched this and I became aware, once again, of Stewart’s preternatual debating powers. That man has many decent thoughts in his head and I’m glad he isn’t ashamed to share them. He’s an iconoclast. A Master Debator(The kind of ‘bator’ that’s publicly accepted). He should have a shot at every man and woman, Democrat and Republican, in the Senate and Congress. After all the little fish are done cookin’, that’s when Stewart goes mano a mano with the current president. After nap time, no doubt.


Jon Stewart Wins at Life

Ok, that whole nap time bit was a low blow. Worst yet it was way too easy. And I was taking the high road today. Ach, the best laid plans of men and mice.

By the by, the Senate rejected the Gay marriage amendment.

The Senate rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage by a wide margin Wednesday, delivering a stinging defeat to President Bush and other Republicans who had hoped the issue would rally GOP voters for the November elections.

The senators’ vote was 49-48 to limit debate and bring the amendment to a yes-or-no decision. That was 11 short of the 60 needed, killing the measure in the Senate for this year.

President Bush suggested the ban was proper and its time would still come. He said, “Our nation’s founders set a high bar for amending our Constitution and history has shown us that it can take several tries before an amendment builds the two-thirds support it needs in both houses of Congress.”

Democrats suggested it was all about conservative politics.

“Why is it when Republicans are all for reducing the federal government’s impact on people’s lives until it comes to these stinging litmus test issues, whether gay marriage or end of life they suddenly want the federal government to intervene?” asked Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. “It makes no sense other than throwing red meat to a certain constituency.”

(via The Daily Show, YouTube and Myway respectively)

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