The bulk of our nation would not exist if not for Haitians fighting for their freedom from slavery.
Racist bigots like Pat Robertson and his ilk should appreciate this fact, not trying to cast a bunch of people as satanists. If Talibangelicals were capable of shame, they should be feeling it now.
I mean, Conan O’Brien is funny, but who knew he was such a class act?
From his statement concerning his worries about the legacy of The Tonight Show and in not screwing over Jimmy Fallon, who took over his old show:
For 60 years, the “Tonight Show” has aired immediately following the late local news. I sincerely believe that delaying the “Tonight Show” into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The “Tonight Show” at 12:05 simply isn’t the “Tonight Show.” Also, if I accept this move I will be knocking the “Late Night” show, which I inherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot. That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be unfair to Jimmy.So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard, and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of “The Tonight Show.” But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet, a time slot doesn’t matter. But with the “Tonight Show,” I believe nothing could matter more.
Why is it him that is the only guy worried about the legacy of one of NBC’s biggest shows? Shouldn’t the execs worry?
I mean, hell, I get Leno. He doesn’t give a shit for anyone but himself. If successful, he’ll have managed to screw over NBC, the show, David Letterman, Conan, and even Howard Stern for all the bits he stole from him. What a piece of crap.
Here’s Conan’s monologue whole episode from last night.
And Letterman’s two cents from the whole debacle:
Also, a good article from NPR on the subject.
You know, a few more bits like this and I may start liking Oswalt:
I can’t take credit for this, but am just reposting from TPM:
After he left the presidency, Teddy Roosevelt famously went on Safari in Africa. George W. Bush is following in his footsteps by keynoting a safari & hunting convention in Reno.
It turns out that, yes, The Daily Show is considered a credible media watchdog by some news anchors themselves.
That’s probably a good thing as everyone puts Birther idiots on the air, along with other cretins who would solely belong on FAUXNews if the world had any damned sense.
I missed this last week but Randy Johnson retired from baseball.
Granted, he was past his prime but aside from that horrid stint where he was a Yankee, I always followed his play and was glad to watch him.
That said, be honest, he’ll always be remembered for this unfortunate incident:
Here’s an ethical dilemma for you: we almost have the science to resurrect extinct animals. Where to begin? The dodo bird? Passenger pigeons? Woolly mammoths?
More importantly, where to end? Do we go so far as to bring back Neanderthals? I’m pretty sure it won’t go like Encino Man.
What troubles me about the Reid comments is that as someone who does not know the man personally I can’t help but assume that he does not have a single black American in his life that he is genuinely close to and spends any real time of consequence with on a personal level. Because if he did, I find it hard to believe that such a gaffe would be possible. (Note: black people who are paid to spend time with Reid or anyone else, as employees, whether as nannies or office staff, do not count as close, personal, friends.)
I heard Keli Goff discuss her article on Harry Reid’s comments on NPR today. Here is that segment as well as another view on the issue.
In short, Harry is basically the same kid from rural, white bread Searchlight, Nevada. He probably has never been around a lot of black people. In truth, his work to get more minorities working in the halls of Congress is a testament to his trying to go the right thing.
Let’s face it, the guy works in an almost exclusive white man’s club. The Senate has one African-American, one Latino, three Asian/Pacific Islanders and that’s only if you count White Poster Child John Ensign. And seventeen women. In a body of 100 people. That’s not exactly a microcosm of America. Hell, that’s not even a microcosm of upstate idaho.
So, yeah, his words are unsavory. Mind-numblingly stupid in a sense. Not that anything he said was incorrect. The first black president of America was always going to have to alleviate the fears of rural Democrats. Obama managed to do that.
But to have these racist “Kill the Kenyan socialist” asshats calling for Reid’s resignation is too much.
I say Reid should take each of them to task for their overblown charges of racism. When THEY quit, he will too. We lose the majority leader and the whole damn GOP has to resign and get replaced by uneducated Palinite teabaggers. Serves them right.
A sad collection of Microsoft mishaps in presenting itself in ads.
Hint: Jerry Seinfeld isn’t funny.