The Word: Recorded Records

Oct 09, 2011 22:54

Man, I need a DVR.   Too much TV, too little time.

Speaking of TV, Colbert!

Hip Replacement
Aired April 10, 2007

Topic: The public believes the health care system needs to be changed and most believe Dems have a better shot of doing it.  Plus, there are a lot of young, uninsured people

Highlight: Stephen advises Aaron Carter to consider being hit by a bus

Comment: Oh, how the winds change.  Or not.

Season Pass
Aired April 11, 2007


Topic: British sailors formerly taken hostage by Iran are selling their stories, which is not getting a good reaction

Highlight: When does America win? (January 20, 2009)

Body Armor
Aired April 12, 2007


Topic: President Bush hopes to appoint a war czar to get things done in Iraq

Highlight: Dude, what if the war looked at you?

Comment: It seems calling a position a "czar" was strange back in 2007.  How far we've come.

Clean Slate
Aired April 16, 2007

Topic: Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez is called to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee

Highlight: Stephen advises Gonzalez to forget everything (Not Just the Constitution)

Plan B
Aired April 17, 2007

Topic: Funding for the troop surge

Highlight: Plan B will do what no one thinks is possible (Bring Back a Republican Majority)

Comment: Give it a few years.  They're halfway there.

Branding
Aired April 18, 2007

Topic: The "War on Terror" as a phrase

Highlight: The Armed Forces Committee wants to banish "Global war on terror" from the 2008 budget (Already banned the word "surplus")

$400 Haircut
Aired April 19, 2007

Topic: John Edwards' haircut costs $400

Highlight: Stephen's haircut costs a grand, not counting tip. (Stephen doesn't tip)

Act Globally
Aired April 24, 2007

Topic: The EPA reports that President Bush's strategy has actually reduced greenhouse gas emissions... 4/10ths of one percent less of an increase.

Highlight: Wiretapping means agents don't have to waste gas driving around in surveillance vans. (Or waste paper on search warrants)

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