Fox News Slams Colbert: ‘Inappropriate,’ ‘Over the Line,’ ‘Not Very Funny’
Fox News Slams Colbert: ‘Inappropriate,’ ‘Over the Line,’ ‘Not Very Funny’
Stephen Colbert’s routine at Saturday’s White House Correspondents Dinner “left George and Laura Bush unsmiling at its close.” (Watch the video or read the transcript.) Not suprisingly, the hosts of Fox News’ morning show “Fox & Friends” felt the same way. They shared their reviews of Colbert this morning.
Transcript:
BRIAN KILMEADE: We’re also going to talk about what happened at the White House Correspondents Dinner. The inside story about the Steven Colbert speech: was it really over the line or is that just typical when the President goes to these Washington correspondents dinners?
STEVE DOOCY: [Referring to on-screen image] There you’ve got the dueling Dubyas. Stephen Colbert — I have been to twenty of them and he was over the line.
[snip]
KIRAN CHETRY: What I was wondering though, because we did show some clips and at times it looked like the President was not laughing. Do you think he was annoyed by that or he thought it was not funny?
DOOCY: He was playing a good sport as his body double was there. But shortly after that, the paid performer, Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Report, took the stage and did about 15 minutes and it was very uncomfortable. Personally I felt like he went over the line. Today in Lloyd Grove’s column, he says that Colbert “bombed badly.” It was not very funny.
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What? Can’t Faux News take a joke? Colbert’s a comedian. What is Faux all up in arms about???
LOL!!!
Colbert smoked Emperor Numbnuts!
Neither the Emperor nor Faux can handle the truth, can they?
May 1st, 2006 at 12:50 pmHnah! Fox bobble-heads giving their opinions of what is funny or not. If Roger laughs, it’s funny. End of story.
May 1st, 2006 at 12:50 pmHnah! Fox bobble-heads giving their opinions of what is funny or not. If Roger laughs, it’s funny. End of story.
May 1st, 2006 at 12:50 pmAnyone have a transcript of colberts bit? I am curious if he was over the line, or if FNC is yelling wolf.
May 1st, 2006 at 12:50 pm” It was not very funny.”
Dubya thought that not finding WMDs in Iraq was very funny… so funny he did that skit.
Funny that I didn’t find that funny at all.
May 1st, 2006 at 12:51 pmFor not being funny, I sure laughed a lot… hoots, hollars and all! That Faux Mews didn’t appreciate it reaffirms it’s value!
May 1st, 2006 at 12:53 pmI thought the whole press conference audition bit was over the top, started out decent, but then just kept on going. He also needs to learn to craft his show for his audience, for the 20 something crowd it was great, for the stuff old white people crowd, not so much.
May 1st, 2006 at 12:54 pmIt was so right on it was scary. You go Steve. Most of these correspondents are a
May 1st, 2006 at 12:56 pmafraid of telling the truth
Colbert, Stewart, and Olberann) are Edward R Murrow V.2.0 2006.
Basically same biting insight with truth to power module, but upgraded humour package. Early adopters are finding that some conservative users are confused by the new truth to power module as well as improved humor module. User training should alleviate early adoption anxiety.
Widespread adoption still pending. Should become more prevalant as earlier modules become buried in MSM and users become increasling frustrated. Widespread adoption point is projected to be when POTUS user module appreciation numbers dip below 30%.
May 1st, 2006 at 12:57 pmI don’t think it was over the line, just not my brand of humor.
I didn’t find it funny, more like a bad rant. In bad I mean no Lewis Black Denis Leary or any other comedian who has it to an art form. The timing was poor in most instances and they weren’t any real jokes. Scalia was about the funniest one he had (Because he seemed to be “On” with it even Scalia was laughing).
May 1st, 2006 at 12:57 pmIt was not suppposed to be funny…what it was supposed to do was expose the ridicuous lengths the right-wing and the press go to to sheild the President from unpleasant realities……
also so what if the PResident “was not amused”
There are many Americans (Katrina victims, Iraq War families, low- and middle class consumers paying high energy prices with stagnant wages) who are “not amused” by this PResident and his draconian policy decisions……
This is the same PResident who cannot go an entire press conference without some sort of inappropriate laughter/joking when discussing serious issues of war and terrorism…..
the same PResident who joked about not finding WMD at the same dinner two years ago…
You know what Rethugs…its time this man faced the truth…his decisions have adversely affected the world for the worst….
Thank you Mr Colbert for having the BALLS to speak the truth…….
May 1st, 2006 at 12:59 pmIf you read through his monolauge, be goes after everyone, including the attendeding Press, Fiztgerald, Bush, and Cheney. He may have been a little over the top, but well like the republicans always say about Coulter, can’t you take a joke.
May 1st, 2006 at 12:59 pmI remember similar outrage at Fox for Don Imus’s 1995 WHCD speech. About the time monkeys were flying out of my butt.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:00 pmIt was GREAT! My husband and I were rolling we were laughing so hard. Especially when Colbert said Fox News told both sides of a story, the presidents side and the vice presidents side.
I could understand repugs not liking it because it was the truth. Bush was livid and it was wonderful!
May 1st, 2006 at 1:00 pmI’m sure Doocy and the rest of the Faux Reich were rubbing themselves when they saw the so-called Bush impersonator. I guess they don’t know what humor is.
Hell, even the Today show only covered that stupid impersonator and no mention about my man, Mr. Colbert. Keith Olbermann, I’m sure will bring it up. Mayber show some ofthe Helen Thomas highlights. That got me ROTFLMAO. ;)
May 1st, 2006 at 1:01 pmI think Colbert did a fantastic job - while his delivery is a bit “dry” - it hit the spot. To be within yards of the president and be so blunt with his barbs was great! I watched the video several times, and the only complaint I have is the long bit with Helen Thomas. Otherwise, spot on!
May 1st, 2006 at 1:02 pmWhoops, that was 1996. The speech, not the part about the monkeys.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:02 pmColbert did not bomb to anyone with a brain and a spine.
‘lib4′… I only partly disagree that it wasn’t supposed to be funny. I think it was supposed to a “funny because it’s true.’ routine. Though the subject matter he was talking about certainly isn’t funny in itself.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:03 pmHere the guy is causing the deaths of young men and women. He is directly responsible for the deaths of nearly 3000 of our young fellows in Iraq.
They at FOX are bitching, however, because they (The Decider and Mrs.Decider) were not exactly amused by Colbert’s skit.
What a TV station!!
May 1st, 2006 at 1:03 pmThe people who work at Fox Cable News are expected to show unswerving loyalty to BushCo. Period. That is part of the business plan. It worked as long as the Administration controlled the narrative. As public attitudes shift it may not work too well in the future.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:05 pmThe people who work at Fox Cable News are expected to show unswerving loyalty to BushCo. Period. That is part of the business plan. It worked as long as the Administration controlled the narrative. As public attitudes shift it may not work too well in the future.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:06 pmHow dare someone who was paid to kiss Bush’s ass speak the truth about what is going on in America!? Hey…the truth hurts. And when you have no defense then just shoot the messenger. The funniest thing is Colbert’s ratings are going to shoot up the more people talk about this.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:06 pmSir, pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, because 32% means it’s 2/3 empty. There’s still some liquid in that glass is my point, but I wouldn’t drink it. The last third is usually backwash.
Best comment ever. Perfect way to describe Bush supporters….backwash. I can’t stop laughing at this…
May 1st, 2006 at 1:07 pmagain… commentary and editorializations parading as “news” at Pravda
May 1st, 2006 at 1:09 pmSo Laura Buch can joke about George jerking off a horse and no reaction. Now a comedian cracks fun of the President, and it gets all this reaction. Republicans just continue to show themselves as the hypocritical retards that they are.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:09 pmIf people don’t know by now that our present government is destroying Democracy and that Fox news is a propaganda machine of this administration, what on earth will it take for them to know? And when/if they come to know……what will the American people do? ……………..What will we the American people do? It’s time to contact your tv station and demand that they start reporting real news……..the truth.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:12 pmSo, did the “FOX & Friends” think it was “over the top” or “inappropriate” when the Bush double said that the First Lady was “hot”? I don’t think so. And the only reason they’re coming down so hard against it is because Stephen Colbert, brilliant comedian that he is, found a way to make supporting this administration and this president look completely foolish. And when people laughed at the foolish-looking Bush supporter up on the stage, they realized people laugh at them. (Finally.) Congratulations, Mr. Colbert. [And, of course, that great performance would not have been possible if not for the “Papa Bear” himself, Mr. Bill O’Reilly.]
May 1st, 2006 at 1:13 pmFOX News are a bunch of crazies, who just spew lies and propaganda, so do NOT pay any attention to them! Someday FOX network will go bankrupt or be forced out of business!!!
May 1st, 2006 at 1:13 pmiF THE BUSHES WERE NOT AMUSED , DO THEY THINK THE COUNTRY IS AMUSED BY THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS ADMINISTRATION , WHERE THE COUNTRY IS IN RESPECT TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. OUR INFLUENCE IS ZILTCH , THERE IS A QUITE REVOLUTION IN SOUTH AMERICA, THE IRANIAN ARE SHOWING US THE FINGER AND THINGS ARE NOT SO GOOD AT HOME EITHJER , AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPY . tHE MOOD IN THE COUNTRY IS SOMBER , WE ARE NOT AMUSED.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:16 pmI think the bit a few years ago where GWB was pretending to look for WMDs around the White House was “Inappropriate” and “Over the Line.” Anyone else with me on this one?
May 1st, 2006 at 1:17 pmSurprise Surprise Faux News did not like Colbert! *Gasp* *Shock* *Horror*
May 1st, 2006 at 1:18 pm#30 Absolutely, Zookeeper. In fact, it was an insult to the hundreds of soldiers who died because this president said those weapons were there, that Saddam could and would turn them over to terrorists and that we could be attacked 45 minutes later. Then he makes that video ridiculing the fact that no WMDs were ever found. Meaning the soldiers died for - what - a chance for the president to make a joke about it?
May 1st, 2006 at 1:20 pmColbert’s humor is for the intelligent, others just don’t get it. The element of truth is what makes humor funny.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:21 pmIs this a surprise that Fox thinks this way? No..
My husband and I laughed silly - especially since no one at the WHCD was laughing!!! That made it funnier!!!
Colbert was quite funny. Who cares what Fox thinks?????
May 1st, 2006 at 1:24 pmSteve Doocy as the arbiter of funny? Have any of you seen his reel?
What a riot, Steve!
Aw, you Fox guys are hurting today, a little sting from the OTHER fake news guy, huh? That’s just … precious.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:24 pmFOX is just upset because they, and their Leader, got royally punk’d. Let ‘em squirm, I’m loving every minute of it. You’ll notice that hardly any of the MSM is mentioning it because they got punk’d as well.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:26 pmTough shit, Faux News. Its about time someone started to point out what a corrupt bunch of news whores slithers around at Faux News. Too bad we dont have more Stephen Colbert’s, not just one.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:27 pm“FOX is just upset because they, and their Leader, got royally punk’d. “
so true!!!!!!!!!!
May 1st, 2006 at 1:28 pmTruthiness Hurts Biasches!!!
May 1st, 2006 at 1:29 pmYeah - I need to get me some of that truthiness!!!
I love Colbert. I will be a fan forever!!!
May 1st, 2006 at 1:32 pmYou bet Colbert went over the line, and it’s long past the time where many more need to cross the line these wight wing wacktoids have drawn in the air.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:32 pmFreedom of Speech is freedom of speech, and if the Dubious Duplicitous Decider can’t take it, then he oughta just stay home in his widdle orifice.
Hearty cheers and support for the courageous men and women who will be standing up in the line of fire for the restoration of our civil rights.
Not “ha-ha” funny. More like “indictment” funny. Poor Washington media….Steven dropped a big, smelly turd in their Kool-aid punch bowl. Swilling the remaing 38% in the glass won’t make it taste better.
Funniest line of the night? “A toast to the pResident.” And Monday, they’ll all be on the case, reporting this administrations crimes, incompetence, and attempts to destroy our democracy……
May 1st, 2006 at 1:35 pmit was over the line and needed to be — Colbert is my hero. It wasnt funny in the traditional slapstick sense because nothing about this horrible administration is funny. There is nothing FUNNY about our soldiers dying for a lie. there is nothing FUNNY about oil barrons and enron theives making *ssloads of money just becuase they can while people are going without or losing what little they had. There’s nothign FUNNY about having this country taken over by power greedy conartists who just are looking for that extra buck and enjoy the smell of chaos because chaos brings revenue to them. God Bless the Comediians of this world who use irony to make their points– whose slapslick holds the true zinging sting that the MSM cowers from. God Bless the comedian who is like the court fool — who fears no one and knows biting wisdom in his jest. Truth to power. Safe under the guise of satire. God Bless Colbert. In him and Jon Stewrt live the spiritual embers of men like Charlie Chaplain who defied power and suffered for it — but who knew the truth about evil men and had no fear to show the world–Look. See. Learn. Change. God Protect Colbert and Stewart and those others with courage to speak truth to power.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:39 pmI love the way TP is so threatened by Fox News Channel. The minions who monitor Fox News Channel for TP actually help with ratings - who knew? I guess the fact that they mention the hosts of shows on MSNBC once in a while, and CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS never, lets progs know those networks are fit for PPC (Progressive Public Consumption). In other words, those others news companies are sufficiently progressive for your tastes.
Fox is flattered that you dislike their format - if YOU liked it (or approved of it) they would be doing something VERY wrong.
‘Til later….
May 1st, 2006 at 1:40 pmBest set since Bill Hicks. Speaking of which, great diary at kos now, by a working standup
May 1st, 2006 at 1:40 pm“Today in Lloyd Grove’s column, he says that Colbert ‘bombed badly.’ It was not very funny.”
I’m certain it’s the president who has “bombed badly” and that is what is not very funny.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:40 pmIn the Fox-n-Friends’ whine, just replace ‘over the line’ with ‘too close to home’, and you’ll see why they didn’t think it was funny. Somebody stood up and spoke truth to power, and it made them uncomfortable. It’s just a shame that, in today’s environment, it takes a comedian, in character, to do so.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:42 pmI’d like to give Stephen Colbert and Helen Thomas great big fata kisses! How brave they are. I was amazed at Colbert taking each of the failings of the Bush administration and present it in such a way. I’m surprised the President didn’t have him arrested on the spot! I only rarely watch Stephen’s show, but now I will watch it all the time. He was as brave as our soldiers are. And Helen Thomas, she is the greatest of them all!
May 1st, 2006 at 1:43 pmMighty Moron how is Ann Coulter your sister or should I say your brother > lol.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:43 pmWow, way to miss the point, FOX. They weren’t in on the joke. They were the joke.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:44 pmMy favorites were the ‘backwash’ comment that dlet posted and the ‘but your granschildren won’t know what glaciers are’ comment. It’s satire. Apparently you have to be awake to get it, and well, from the current debacle created by our naked Emporer, he and his flock are definitely asleep at the wheel.
There’s a website where you can send Colbert a thank you (it’s up to 8500). http://thankyoustephencolbert.org/ (credit to JP from yesterday for posting it).
May 1st, 2006 at 1:44 pmFaux Infotainment Channel is not funny
May 1st, 2006 at 1:45 pmI think Colbert is going to prove his genius any day now. I predict he is going to use all this outrage to finally “outfox” Fox. He is going to do to Fox what they do to everyone else. I predict he will accuse them of bowing to the liberal media, smearing him and taking quotes out of context. He is finally going to turn the tables and give Fox and the right-wing media a taste of their own medicine.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:46 pmWho does the hiring for the WHCD???
May 1st, 2006 at 1:46 pmThe surprise, I think, is not that Fox “News” has ripped Colbert for not not so subtly criticizing Bush and others in the audience as is the fact that, so far, the so-called liberal media has been deafening in their silence for supporting and praising Colbert for daring to bring to light the hypocrisies of this administration. Let us see what Chris Matthew will say about Colbert, assuming that he even mentions Colbert at all.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:49 pmWho elected Fox News as the arbiters of cool? The bit went over very well with the non-Koolaid chuggers I’ve talked about it with so far. The only people who didn’t like it were the supporters who realized it was utterly, brutally true. Colbert served these baby birds a big fat nightcrawler of truth and they were too chicken and emotionally involved to take it like adults.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:49 pmLooking under a table for WMD’s while My Soldiers and I were picking up our Dead Comrades remains In Mosul that day was not funny either!!!
But some how the MSM and Faux Infotainment thought it was.
What will be funny is when Faux ever decides to report the truth.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:51 pm$3.21 for Regular Unleaded is Damn sure not funny.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:55 pmYes Fox, it wasn’t funny, because the truth of who Bush and Co. is and what they have done is horrific and frieghtening. If it isn’t true, why would you feel uncomfortable? If someone you don’t know personally calls you a dumbass and you know this is not true, do you get pissed and loose your temper?
http://thankyoustephencolbert.org/ - 8661 Thank you’s and counting
May 1st, 2006 at 1:55 pmWHY ARENT ANY VIEWERS/READERS COMPLAINING-
May 1st, 2006 at 1:56 pmI THINK THE PRESS (FOXNews) IS LOSING TOUCH WITH AMERICA
Do ya think the Prez and his generals will award themselves purple hearts now that they’ve been through an ambush?
May 1st, 2006 at 1:57 pmliars and cons, such as we have with the entire republican and corporatre media establishment are always uncomfortable when they hear truth - its such a foreign concept to them.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:57 pm.
If you’re a fan of Colbert, then you know his goal was not to be funny. He succeeded in exposing the hypocrisies and the ridiculousness of the Bush Administration.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:57 pmfor CalGal and all
May 1st, 2006 at 1:58 pmhttp://thankyoustephencolbert.org/
Mighty HermAphrodite, that all you got?
Thats it?
BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 1st, 2006 at 1:58 pmWho cares what faux thinks!!!!!…only the 32% backwash.
May 1st, 2006 at 1:59 pmHA! fox news was one of the bigger butts of the joke, of course they think it was too much.
If anything it might not have been enough!
May 1st, 2006 at 2:01 pmRegarding my comment # 55, it should read “…deafening in their silence for NOT supporting and praising Colbert…”
May 1st, 2006 at 2:03 pmcrooksandliars has a story and video about the
May 1st, 2006 at 2:05 pm60minute interview last night…
THAT was most excellent also…
I think maybe someone in the administration just figured out the the Colbert Report is satire and that maybe he is not really one of them.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:05 pmIt was MUCH funnier when Chimpy joked about not being able to find WMDs. Holy crap.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:06 pm#68,
I agree, the point wasn’t to make the Bush’s laugh, and as usual, the Right completetly missed the point, and doesn’t get the dry satire. I think if you want to make Republicans laugh, slapstick might be more up their ally.
Since the Republicans were duped by Colbert, do they want their money back?
May 1st, 2006 at 2:08 pmNever failes to amaze me………Good thing were focused more on what some comedian says then the people in charge that can just give lie after lie after lie, which is what most of his routine was about……Your right though we should definatly be more focused on some comedian doing a routine about the complete joke of a job our goverment is doing…..
May 1st, 2006 at 2:08 pmThe Filthy Left can never be “over the line”. Here’s Madona’s recent quip on stage,
“During an energetic rendition of her song I Love New York, Madonna roared, “Just go to Texas and suck George Bush’s d**k.”
Charming, no?
May 1st, 2006 at 2:08 pmI expected this from Fox News.
Can’t wait for Olbermann, Stewart and Colbert’s shows tonight.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:08 pmFirst hint that the Colbert Report is not serious - ITS ON COMEDY CENTRAL.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:10 pmOf course Colbert was not very funny. Ask anybody who still supports Bush (32%) and they will tell you how badly Colbert bombed. The rest of the country (68%) enjoyed The Colbert Report immensely.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:10 pmIRI
given that the crap Ann Coulter, and a host of right wing radio announcers spew is ten times worse then Madona suggesting the Bush gets his cock sucked, I really don’t see your statement as being germaine to this conversation.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:11 pmThanks IRI for clearin’ that up, no boundaries for us.
If Colbert stepped over the line, it was only because the Right was too stupid to see that they put Colbert there. They just today figured out Colbert was satire and he is a liberal. But what would you expect from the concrete, simpleton, ignorant, mouth breathing, just kick ass to solve problems Right wingers.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:14 pmNice try IRI - who cares what Madonna says. However, I bet you were not shocked or dismayed in the least when Ann Coulter said Souter should be poisoned were you?
May 1st, 2006 at 2:16 pmUs liberals have always taken advantage of the intellectual inferiortiy of the right, and we always will, cuz you got to be dumb to be Right.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:16 pm2400 DEAD US soldiers and this Man along with most in attendance found a skit on searching for WMD under a table a laugh riot. Would a skit portraying Laura and the twins being raped in the face with a hammer also be funny? I find both to be the same.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:18 pmSatire doesn’t produce loud laughs, but uncomfortable squirms. No one slapped their knee when Swift proposed we control population by eating babies, and the same is true of Colbert’s satirical look at the farce that is the US Government and media.
He should measure success by how many people wanted to leave and prayed he wouldn’t mention them next.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:18 pmThe Bushinistas have gotten a free pass on dealing with real people’s opinions for virtually six years now. If anyone was offended by some barbs that hit the mark, then they’ll have to learn to live with a little humility.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:19 pmThis thread has the most
“Well Clinton said”
“Well George Bush did”
“How did you like it when … Said”
“You thought it was OK when … did”
“Soandso one time said…”
Than I have ever seen in my life. It’s called freedom of speech and you can’t go over the top in my Libertarian world (Yes even saying shoot border crossers (( No I don’t advocate it))
May 1st, 2006 at 2:19 pmI watched Mr. Colbert’s whole talk. He wasn’t as funny as he has been doing other routines. But, he was speaking the truth to power and that is not necessarily funny. These people rarely hear the truth from the capitalist corporate media.
I applaud his honest, humorous and courageous presentation!
May 1st, 2006 at 2:22 pmI guess the folks that hired and expected “laughs” from Colbert need to look up the definition of satire. Satire is not just plain humor.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:23 pmI right I, Did you think it was funny when Bush joked about not finding WMD’s while people were being killed looking for them? Yes sir, Bush is the epidome of tasteful humor.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:25 pmIt’s called freedom of speech and you can’t go over the top in my Libertarian world (Yes even saying shoot border crossers (( No I don’t advocate it))
Comment by Tundra — May 1, 2006 @ 2:19 pm
Nothing crosses your ego boundaries as offensive speech?
There is even a caveat to our Freedom of Speech Right. That thing about not yelling fire in a crowded theatre because some things do cross the line.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:26 pmWhat’s not funny about…
…I stand by this man. I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message, that no matter what happens to America, she will always rebound — with the most powerfully staged photo ops in the world.
Now, there may be an energy crisis. This president has a very forward-thinking energy policy. Why do you think he’s down on the ranch cutting that brush all the time? He’s trying to create an alternative energy source. By 2008 we will have a mesquite-powered car! …
Gads. The filth that Ms. Coulter and the drug addict Limbaugh slings isn’t funny. But this man Colbert. He’s funny. Very funny.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:26 pmseems iris and that ilk have stooped to a new low…check this out:
May 1st, 2006 at 2:27 pm“It seems that a young woman by the name of Ava Lowery, a 15-year-old from Alabama has been getting death threats for a powerful video she produced called “WWJD†(What Would Jesus Do)…â€
(dailykos via crooksandliars)
iris - be sure to watch the video titled “the 32%”
it will make you proud…
#59,
Little kids get mad when someone says something about them that isn’t true. But as an adult I generally don’t get upset if someone says something that isn’t true about me. Good question, if the stuff was just a joke, and wasn’t true, why get upset about it?
May 1st, 2006 at 2:28 pmEvery U.S. citizen should be required to watch Colbert’s tour de force. It was a brilliantly conceived roast of the preznit and the press.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:28 pmHe didn’t do anything different than he does on his show, they booked him, and they knew what they were getting themselves into. Also nothing he said was anything worse than Bush or his impersonator said about himself, the only difference was that he was the only one that didn’t look like “Dubya”.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:28 pmwhiny republicans
haha cry more
May 1st, 2006 at 2:29 pmThis is GREAT; this speech was about to be doomed to obscurity but now what FOX NEWS has done is give it legs!!!!!!!
May 1st, 2006 at 2:31 pmSo many people are going to see it now just because of this and they need to see it!
You can find link’s Colbert’s full brilliant performance on http://www.democraticunderground.com/
just scroll down on the main page. It should be duped and spread everywhere.
Colbert’s a genius.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:32 pmOh, you mean there’s no international version of Fox News? Really. I wonder why?
Colbert got ‘em and they can’t take it? So what!
May 1st, 2006 at 2:32 pmone can’t have a battle of wits with the unarmed opponent
a roast is just that, put it in the pan, baste it, marinate it, heat it, cook it, roast it
what about this is unclear?
May 1st, 2006 at 2:33 pmNothing crosses your ego boundaries as offensive speech?
There is plenty of offensive speech, but what constitutes crossing the line? I’d say nothing, deal with the consequences of what you said. I’m sure Colbert there is going to be snubbed by some journalists for some time as well. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The KKK went and marched in Toledo a couple years ago and the African American Mayor let them (That shows how much he cares about the constitution), There was also rallies that were about 150X the size drowning them out.
I’m not about to argue taste with anyone. It’s worse than trying to argue religion.
That thing about not yelling fire in a crowded theatre because some things do cross the line.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:34 pmI’ll give you that one (Justly), but if there is not an immediate danger then it’s free game. Otherwise who do we want deciding what it is we can say?
Comedians are the only people who really tell the truth these days. Our government reeks of apathy and deceit. We need some sort of miracle.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:35 pmSo many people are going to see it now just because of this and they need to see it!
Comment by Bison — May 1, 2006 @ 2:31 pm
Best way to make people want something… Thanks FAUX, you are good for something.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:36 pmI’ll give you that one (Justly), but if there is not an immediate danger then it’s free game. Otherwise who do we want deciding what it is we can say?
Comment by Tundra — May 1, 2006 @ 2:34 pm
I agree, which is why I do not understand why I am called a traitor or unpatriotic when exercising my first amendment right to criticize this administration and its policies.
Colbert tlod the truth, to some the truth hurts. Although I cannot understand Bush being upset, he cannot even recognize the truth.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:38 pmColbert was awesome. Genius!
Sure a hell of a lot better than Bush making fun of sending our kids, mother, fathers, to war to find WMD he knew weren’t there. He found it so funny, he made jokes about it. Now that is something to get outrageous about.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:38 pmIf you watch his show he doesn’t deliver as a comedian. His character is that of a wreckless uninformed idiot right wing pundit. His character is based on O’Riely.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:41 pmIt’s only funny to the people with a brain and have the mental capacity to see the truth through the truthiness.
It would be great if FoxNews and their pundits would review the Colbert speech with their audience line-by-line and discuss what’s not funny about each of Colbert’s statements. I suspect that Colbert acheived precisely the effect that he was aiming for and that he is not at all surprised by the response of the media or the conservative pundits. He is much smarter than all of his critics combined and a pleasure to watch because he really does “get it.”
May 1st, 2006 at 2:42 pmDubya Dunce Decider is upset because he wanted his stupid comedy routine with his paid double to get all the press, but that was a weird gig with the double hitting on Laura > lol.
I guess Bush did not care because he was looking for Jeff Gannon for a quickee in the back room > lol.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:43 pmTM - you are right on. The first time I watched his show (I had never seen him on Jon Stewart) I was a little taken aback until I realized it was satire. I find it awfully funny that whoever hired him either never really watched his show or they did it on purpose. I am thinking they did it on purpose. If I realized it was going to be a skewering they certainly must have known.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:44 pmHeya Jules,
I agree, which is why I do not understand why I am called a traitor or unpatriotic when exercising my first amendment right to criticize this administration and its policies.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:44 pmWell they can call you that all they want (Sort of the flip side of the coin) but it doesn’t make it true :)
The KKK went and marched in Toledo a couple years ago and the African American Mayor let them.
Smart man (the mayor). Was a win-win for him. No one can accuse him of racism or intolerance, and the KKK get seen as idiots for being racists and intolerant.
I’m not about to argue taste with anyone. It’s worse than trying to argue religion.
I wasn’t arguing. Just asking. I’m not fond of absolutes and whenever one of your righties states one, I like to challenge it.
I’ll give you that one (Justly), but if there is not an immediate danger then it’s free game.
So then, there are limits. I’ve yet to see any rule without its exception (s).
Otherwise who do we want deciding what it is we can say?
Comment by Tundra — May 1, 2006 @ 2:34 pm
Agreed 110%. It’s where Hitler began his journey - burning books and outlawing records.
I think it it has to be a decision between people to decide where the limits lie. For instance, you jokingly call me an unwashed hippy. I’m pretty thick-skinned, so I laugh. But if you were to tell me that you were going to hunt me down and cut my throat (and I know you wouldn’t), well, I wouldn’t think that was funny at all. And that’s my point. Pointing out the exception(s) to your absolute(s). You should expect that from me, by the way : ).
May 1st, 2006 at 2:46 pmFor the linguistically impaired
There is a huge difference between telling jokes and performing satire. The first can be done by the average 8 year old. The latter takes skill and briliance to do well.
Colbert is the latter.
May 1st, 2006 at 2:52 pm[…] It seems the political world is split on Colbert and his performance. The news media seem to be ignoring his performance like the plague and the left-wing sites like Crooks & Liars and Daily Kos are embracing him with a fervor. And whaddya know, Fox News isn’t too pans his performance. Well, the latter isn’t that surprising, and the former probably isn’t either, but is certainly disappointing. […]
May 1st, 2006 at 3:04 pmHoly Moses - you are very good at discerning dictionary definitions!!! (applause, applause).
For Truth - Thank you for reiterating the Left’s premise that their life force is more intellectually gifted and curious. What a huge compliment to the rocket scientists of the Hollywood liberal establishment. I mean, who can top the reasoning abilities of Al Franken, Madonna, Brice springsteen, Julis Roberts, Susan and Tim and the rest of the “can’t talk without script or camera” crowd. The difference is the spineless wonders on the left would sleep with the enemy to guarantee a semblance of “peace”. But since the barbarians HATE progs too, it would be a short-lived romance.
May 1st, 2006 at 3:05 pmit was kind of witty, but the video wasn’t really funny. but the joe wilson, valerie plame quip was a stinger.
May 1st, 2006 at 3:11 pmColbert said things that no one else would. While Bush made fun of himself, Colbert went up there and talked about the really serious issues, putting on his persona and letting them all have it! He totally kicked ass… No matter what people say. Fox News, can you say… ‘out of touch’?
May 1st, 2006 at 3:11 pmSome of the most famous and effective political satire isn’t really very funny at all. I’m sorry, but I don’t laugh out loud at Jonathan Swift.
And remember, Colbert wasn’t trying to be Benny Hill, he was trying to look into the eyes of the Washington Elites and a Dictator and tell them just how execrable they are, without getting arrested, tortured or killed.
The reason there wasn’t a lot of hysterical laughter among the members of the media is that it’s hard to laugh when somebody is telling you that you’re a whore, a failure, a miserable representative of a basic institution of Democracy.
And Bush wasn’t laughing because he just didn’t get the joke. He’s not bright enough and he was too smashed to figure out he was being called a flaming wreck and a failure as a President and as a human. Not really the stuff of belly laughs.
May 1st, 2006 at 3:16 pmWho cares what Fux Nutwork Says?
May 1st, 2006 at 3:17 pmLook at that guy, deception, another weird eyed neo-nut liar.
it was brilliant, biting reality. colbert is a genius.
May 1st, 2006 at 3:18 pmaphrodite> Care to make a few more fallacious arguments while you troll day after day?
May 1st, 2006 at 3:19 pmDOOCY: He was playing a good sport as his body double was there.
HUH? Bush has body doubles?
May 1st, 2006 at 3:20 pmDOOCY IS LOOCY
May 1st, 2006 at 3:22 pmHave a Cold beer for Colbert !!!!!!!!!
May 1st, 2006 at 3:23 pmColbert played it just right. He was funny and
May 1st, 2006 at 3:24 pmright on with his criticisms.
NOT FUNNY??? Are you freaking kidding me!!! The thing that made it so funny was that serious charges were being mounted about a president that was 10 feet away!! The content is serious, because this administration is endangering our species and this earth, but the context is what made it hillarious.
May 1st, 2006 at 3:25 pmHow to tell if You’re a Prog:
1.) If Bill Clinton, Al Gore And the rest of the Dem suspects discussed “regime change” and WMD’s, progs fail to call the Dem suspects LIARS. If George Bush and other leaders say evidence points to WMD’s in Iraq, Progs scream - LIAR.
2.) If you hope (for the good of the “planet”) that the US is defeated in military operations… you are and excellent prog.
3.) If you are complaining about $3.-/gal gasoline while sipping your $15.-/gal Starbucks…you are a proud prog.
4.) If you are whining about tax loopholes and interrupt your accountant to remind him/her about the deduction for your Prius…your a sensitive and caring Prog.
5.) If you agree that textbooks should reflect the positive contributions of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and sexually confused people…. you’re a prog without question.
6.) If you whined about Newts’ book advance and were uncharacterically silent about Hillarys’ book deal - fellow progs are proud!
7.) If you are convinced that belief in God is just a giant conspiracy to curb your hedonistic lifestyle … you are a certified prog.
8.) You wonder how your Republican parents were smart enough not to drop you on your heads and kill you when you were post birth fetuses. True progs always discuss any conservative family members with the obligatory “tsk…tsk”
9.) A super-prog believes “professors” Ward Churchill and Armando Navarro speak “to truth” — and re-covering communist, David Hrowitz, is a danger to society.
Happy May Day, Comrades!!!!
May 1st, 2006 at 3:29 pmThe thing that made it so funny was that serious charges were being mounted about a president that was 10 feet away!!
Comment by RYAN — May 1, 2006 @ 3:25 pm
It was amazing the way he was able to keep turning to Bush to directly address him with such confidence, and forced him to hold eye-contact while he was slamming him. That takes some serious gravitas… I don’t know many who could fill his shoes.
May 1st, 2006 at 3:29 pmHappy May Day, Comrades!!!!
Comment by mighty aphrodite — May 1, 2006 @ 3:29 pm
How many ways can we say this:
YOU ARE NOT FUNNY
May 1st, 2006 at 3:31 pmMy wife, a “dyed in the wool” democrat and liberal, was watching colbert at work in the breakroom. A very conservative, very republican supervisor walks in and comments, saying how surprised that she’s watching colbert. Why she asks? Well, he’s *very* conservative…I can’t belive you watch him.
Uh..did you know he used to have a skit on the daily show? Do you realize that he’s not conservative, that he’s lampooning all the conservatives? Do you realize he’s making fun of *all* of you?
I’d like to know who actually booked colbert at the press dinner?
May 1st, 2006 at 3:33 pmGlad to see your trolling is both-on topic and correct, aphrodite.
May 1st, 2006 at 3:34 pmThis Colbert guy is funny:
… The greatest thing about this man is he’s steady. You know where he stands. He believes the same thing Wednesday that he believed on Monday, no matter what happened Tuesday. Events can change; this man’s beliefs never will. As excited as I am to be here with the president, I am appalled to be surrounded by the liberal media that is destroying America, with the exception of Fox News. Fox News gives you both sides of every story: the president’s side, and the vice president’s side…
I wonder if this is the paragraph that got Faux News all riled up?
May 1st, 2006 at 3:34 pmRemember all the times Leno stuck it RIGHT TO Clinton at these things? He made Clinton squirm over and over again. Was that made a big deal of? Nope.
Why is this being made a big deal of?
May 1st, 2006 at 3:36 pmScorn!!!
May 1st, 2006 at 3:37 pmI’d like to know who actually booked colbert at the press dinner?
Comment by rael imperial aerosol kid — May 1, 2006 @ 3:33 pm
That’s a hysterical story about your wife and her idiot co-worker.
The President of AP signed Colbert. I think he knows that Colbert is a comedian, considering the whole evening was a lampoon of sorts, and when he introduced Colbert he warned that no one in the room was safe. Guess he has a thicker skin than most in attendance.
May 1st, 2006 at 3:42 pmcomrade: 1. A person who shares one’s interests or activities; a friend or companion.
2. often Comrade A fellow member of a group, especially a fellow member of the Communist Party.
hey! you joining the clup, aphro?!?
May 1st, 2006 at 3:47 pmMA -
Dude. Must suck to be a neo-con nowadays. You’re getting smoked. And smoked hard.
Keep clinging to the fact that you have ‘power’ for the next few months.
Hey, other TPers - I’m in Toronto for training. Any Canucks out there with advice on what to do in the evenings?
May 1st, 2006 at 3:57 pmRemember all the times Leno stuck it RIGHT TO Clinton at these things? He made Clinton squirm over and over again. Was that made a big deal of? Nope.
Why is this being made a big deal of?
Easy. Conservative news talking heads.
Next question.
May 1st, 2006 at 3:59 pm#135 - “…2. often Comrade A fellow member of a group, especially a fellow member of the Communist Party.
hey! you joining the clup, aphro?!?” - Comment by katy
******Thank you, katy , for your kind invitation. I am not interested in “joining the club” or “contracting clap”….
May 1st, 2006 at 4:00 pmHey might aphrodite … I fixed your post.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:02 pmColbert simply reiterated the nightmarish nonsense that our government and press serve up, fresh daily. It was terrifyingly funny because it flew directly in the face of authority. A particulary self-obsessed form of authority that seems incapable of facing the outcomes of its own actions. Colbert made these people spend almost ten whole minutes with themselves — that’s why the event was so uncomfortable for all the “professionals” in the room. And that’s why the only thing that got a laugh from that particular audience was Colbert’s equally dark and disturbing comment about their grandchildren being unable to appreciate the glacier metaphor — just because that observation was less “personal” than the others. It’s both remarkable and sad that it takes a comedian to confront the mess we’ve all hellp make… Colbert is owed our gratitude for doing so.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:04 pmBobcat-Grad - Dear Dudette - I don’t smoke - but if you put down the bong, you might not be so confused. You’ll find LOTS of like-minded progs Canada - and alot of washed out ex-pats.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:05 pm#138 - …Thank you, katy , for your kind invitation. I am not interested in “joining the club†or “contracting clapâ€â€¦
So you think giving Emperor Bush a blowjob is an effective safe means of avoiding sexually transmitted diseases? You’re much much dumber than you look. Dudette, I almost feel sorry for you.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:06 pmMy husband and I thought that Colbert was brilliant. However, to understand Colbert, you have to understand what’s going on in the REAL world, and we all know that reality has a liberal bias. Unfortunately, that leaves out a lot of the MSM commentors who either refused to admit that Colbert was there, or saw his brand of humor as “over the line”.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:07 pmI don’t smoke -
Comment by mighty aphrodite — May 1, 2006 @ 4:05 pm
I see you more as a pill popper, that might explain your incoherant rantings, and crazed delusions.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:11 pmYou’ll also find health care, tolerance, an educational system that works …
You know, progressive ideas.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:13 pmBobcat-Grad - Dear Dudette - I don’t smoke - but if you put down the bong, you might not be so confused. You’ll find LOTS of like-minded progs Canada - and alot of washed out ex-pats.
Nice try. I guess when you run out of salient points, it’s time to resort to calling people names. That must explain your sad attempt at attacking my manhood with the ‘Dudette’ comment.
Good, glad you don’t smoke. You’ll be around longer to watch the GOP crumble into splintered little pieces. Oh, and I’ve never smoked anything in a bong…. or anything period. I like to think clearly, Republicans should try it sometime.
And yes, it is nice being surrounded by other progressives while I’m visiting Canada. It’s nice not to look at every other person on the street and think “You voted for Bush, idiot.” Plus the news is better. It’s not uber conservative slanted.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:14 pmThanks Holy Moses - You reinforce my steroetype about progs - I never thought progs were very original anyway. (Seriously, how bright can progs be when they constantly tout a renamed version of a failed econ system 150 year old.) Some good reading for the “masses” : http://www.catallarchy.net
May 1st, 2006 at 4:16 pmWow … you not only fail to understand satire, you also fail to understand “irony.”
Of course, reading your posts here, you also fail to understand terms such as “equality,” “tolerance,” “logic,” “facts,” “law,” “Constitution,” “criminal,” “lies” …
But don’t worry. Hooked on Phonics may still work for you some day.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:20 pmBob-cat. Dude, When you ignorantly addressed me as Dude - I thought I’d return the favour. And the News on state controlled CBC is SO - progressive…..Have a great time!!!!
May 1st, 2006 at 4:22 pmMA
since you are so worried about communists, why don’t you worry about them, while the rest of us “progs” clean up Bush’s mess, and worry about terrorists. Last time I checked it wasn’t a bunch of communists who flew planes into the WTC, or did you forget about that attack?
May 1st, 2006 at 4:26 pmIf I were a gay person, Moses, am I supposed to be flattered you “tolerate” me?? What a smug mutt!! I think we both understand the concept of satire - it’s just your post wasn’t humourous or ironic.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:27 pmMA -
Go eat five hot dogs, shoot a gun, kick a homeless person, pray to the Almighty that he smite the Gentiles, play keep-a-way with a senior citizen’s medications, and then take candy from a baby.
(If you can play the sterotype game, so can I.)
Oh. The only difference between the CBC and Fox News is Fox News pretends to not lean drastically to one side of the aisle.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:27 pmI just watched a replay of Colbert at that event with Bush > he made Dubya look like a fool, but George did not seem to notice till afterwards > the audience looked humiliated! Good satire skews its target suttlely!
May 1st, 2006 at 4:29 pmIf my sources are correct (and maybe someone here can verify), the White House must approve all speakers at this event. When it was given transcripts of Colbert Report episodes, no doubt it read them literally, so they assumed he was going to be at least sympathetic to Bush/Republicans.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:30 pmIf this is true, it is one of the most brilliant bits of comedy ever. The joke is on the morons at the White House who approved this absolutely scathing piece of political theater.
Bravo, Mr. Colbert! As a lover of the Jon Stewart Show, I could never understand the point of your show. Now finally I get what you’re all about. Beyond brilliant! The joke’s on them.
You can bet next year the White House will insist on seeing the speeches beforehand.
But if you were to tell me that you were going to hunt me down and cut my throat (and I know you wouldn’t), well, I wouldn’t think that was funny at all.
I would not find it funny either, but here is where we will differ. I don’t think it should be against the law. Otherwise we are dealing taste again. What if I said (For sake of argument here) I really would love to hunt you down…., would that really change anything? What if I said I would like to make a plan to hunt you down….What if I said, I know people that will hunt you down?
In reality any one with half a brain could get around it and still get their point across. So we can easily grab the stupid ones?
And that’s my point. Pointing out the exception(s) to your absolute(s). You should expect that from me, by the way : ).
May 1st, 2006 at 4:31 pmAs do I lass, as do I
Um … huh? Anyone got a “Wingnut to English” translation?
Smug? No. Enjoying ruffling your neocon feathers? Absofrickinlutely.
Actually, I bet you don’t. And I hate to break it to you, but neither you nor Fox News are the arbiters of comedy.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:39 pmM.A. I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy the fact that Mr. Colbert took the mighty Chimperor Boy King to school. Mr. Colbert is a comedian and comedians have a way of telling a joke especially when there are darker moments in life. The days of Bob Hope and Red Skelton (no disrespect) are over. We are in a world where we can laugh with Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Chris Rock, Janeane Garofalo, Tina Fey, Denis Leary and of course, King Richard Pryor. We are laughing not at jokes, but at their view of how the world is, politically and socially, and how they confront that world with humor. Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert are only the beginning. David Spade is making fun of celebrities, but the ones you like, Paula Abdul, the Simpson Sisters, Paris Hilton, Nick Lachey,etc are only famous for being famous and not for talent, though they lack any whatsoever.
So what if Larry The Cable Guy is popular right now. He only appeals to those who are not diverse and uses his so-called redneck persona to sell t-shirts, lighters, keychains, etc. I don’t remember Pryor, Carlin or Leary using merchandise to attract attention. He does not represent what true comedy is about.
Look back to the history of political satire. Will Rogers was only the beginning. That legacy continues and the mainstream media can’t handle it. And 9% of people like you who still think the war was a good idea are lost. Try to join the real world and you’ll find out where the real comedy lies. It lies within a circus called the White House.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:41 pmIf health care is so great in Canada - why do SO many flood across the border for treatment. It must be awful trying to make everyone so equally miserable.
#150 - Krazy - I’ve been warning toleRANT progs for months about Islamofascist barbarians. I guess retention isn’t one of your strong suits.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:42 pmOh and as far as muduhnna is concerned.. She does not speak for the left anymore than righty or charles manson does for the right….Some of you are so drunk from the kool-aid that you BORE us.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:43 pm“Over the line” and “Not funny”, eh? Well, aWol is over the line and his bogus war is not funny either.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:45 pmUnholy - Before I run - THank you, THank you (!!) for reinforcing the well-known “fact” that progs are thoughtful, kind and considerate - and would make excellent Boy Scouts if they prayed to God and didn’t “tolerate” gay Scout leaders.
’til later….
May 1st, 2006 at 4:49 pmThanks Holy Moses - You reinforce my steroetype about progs - I never thought progs were very original anyway. (Seriously, how bright can progs be when they constantly tout a renamed version of a failed econ system 150 year old.) Some good reading for the “masses†: http://www.catallarchy.net
Comment by mighty aphrodite — May 1, 2006 @ 4:16 pm
Slightly smarter than CONservative christIANS who tout a 2000 year odl religion and ignore the core message fronm the individual who they claim founded it, like;
Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.
Matthew 5:38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 5:39 But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.
Matthew 5:43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘hate your enemy.’ 5:44 But I say to you, love your enemy and
pray for those who persecute you, 5:45 so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don’t they? 5:47 And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don’t they? 5:48 So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect
Matthew 6:19 “Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 6:20 But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. 6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
6:22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 6:23 But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money
Matthew 7:1 “Do not judge so that you will not be judged. 7:2 For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive. 7:3 Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own? 7:4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while there is a beam in your own? 7:5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Luke 8:3 The experts in the law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them 8:4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery. 8:5 In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?†8:6 (Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger. 8:7 When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, “Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her.†8:8 Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground.
8:9 Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 8:10 Jesus stood up straight and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?†8:11 She replied, “No one, Lord.†And Jesus said, “I do not condemn you either. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.â€
Coulld that be the Jesus you speak of Anvilhead…..because it is the Jesus that Mahatma Gahndi and Martin Luther King did, and they were the two most influential philosopher activists of the 20th century, and both achieved great changes in the societies with out guns or deaths like you openly advocate. But then again neither was particularily worried about their bank accounts, stock portfolios, or personnal worth as much as their fellow man and woman’s welfare and future.
Remember the Jesus you advocate us to find has something to say to you as well,
Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven – only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. 7:22 On that day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?’ 7:23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
May 1st, 2006 at 4:49 pmI wonder how many Iraqis who’ve lost loved ones since Bushiva’s invasion and occupation…
…were laughing at Bushiva’s antics?…
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M.A. this is only the beginning. :)
May 1st, 2006 at 4:51 pmM.A. Don’t you run out on us. Stay here, face the truth and take your medicine.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:56 pm