The Word: 2011 Comes and the Light at the End Grows Brighter
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Angriness
Aired January 12, 2011
Topic: Angry rhetoric in the wake of the Tuscon shooting
Highlight: About Glenn Beck's metaphor: The important thing to take away is that when the sister-in-law tells the wife about the husband cheating, she does so as loudly and as viciously as possible with the sole intent of destroying the marriage
Run For Your Life
Aired January 17, 2011
Topic: Congress wants to protect itself after the Tuscon shooting
Highlight: Mitch McConnell's natural habitat
Disintegration
Aired January 18, 2011
Topic: Successfully integrated schools in South Carolina opposed by the Tea Party
Highlight: Misguided government do-gooders foolishly diluted the problem by addressing it. We need to ignore it so we'll pay attention to it.
Coverage of Denial
Aired January 24, 2011
Topic: House Republicans repeal Obamacare, though they know it will fail in the Senate
Highlight: A resounding 40% of Americans want the health care bill repealed, which Stephen believes is a majority (Stephen got "majority" on math exam)
New Country for Old Men
Aired March 1, 2011
Topic: The top 10% control 3/4 of the country's wealth
Highlight: Stephen realizes John Edwards was right about the different classes (Also, he's kind of a bastard)
Economic Boom
Aired March 2, 2011
Topic: The deficit
Highlight: Saudi Arabia will use their F-15s to come after our strategic reserve of scrap and trash (Oh no! Not Baltimore!)
Over-Reactor
Aired March 23. 2011
Topic: The time to review the safety of nuclear power plants is not immediately after Japan's major environmental catastrophe.
Highlight: Our energy sources are like our children (In that they're slowly killing us)
Aired January 12, 2011
Topic: Angry rhetoric in the wake of the Tuscon shooting
Highlight: About Glenn Beck's metaphor: The important thing to take away is that when the sister-in-law tells the wife about the husband cheating, she does so as loudly and as viciously as possible with the sole intent of destroying the marriage
Run For Your Life
Aired January 17, 2011
Topic: Congress wants to protect itself after the Tuscon shooting
Highlight: Mitch McConnell's natural habitat
Disintegration
Aired January 18, 2011
Topic: Successfully integrated schools in South Carolina opposed by the Tea Party
Highlight: Misguided government do-gooders foolishly diluted the problem by addressing it. We need to ignore it so we'll pay attention to it.
Coverage of Denial
Aired January 24, 2011
Topic: House Republicans repeal Obamacare, though they know it will fail in the Senate
Highlight: A resounding 40% of Americans want the health care bill repealed, which Stephen believes is a majority (Stephen got "majority" on math exam)
New Country for Old Men
Aired March 1, 2011
Topic: The top 10% control 3/4 of the country's wealth
Highlight: Stephen realizes John Edwards was right about the different classes (Also, he's kind of a bastard)
Economic Boom
Aired March 2, 2011
Topic: The deficit
Highlight: Saudi Arabia will use their F-15s to come after our strategic reserve of scrap and trash (Oh no! Not Baltimore!)
Over-Reactor
Aired March 23. 2011
Topic: The time to review the safety of nuclear power plants is not immediately after Japan's major environmental catastrophe.
Highlight: Our energy sources are like our children (In that they're slowly killing us)