The irony of 'Rally to Restore Sanity'

[Lake View Too]

On my way to being ridiculously entertained during the Daily Show/Colbert Report, I find that I've also been greatly educated by the fascinating guests they have on their shows. I've learned about great books, great people who are making a change in this world, and everything in between. What's usually the most entertaining is when they lambast the hypocrisy of the extreme right, but they have made fun of just about everybody from Oberman to Obama, from Bloomberg , Spitzer, and Jimmy Carter, to the Pope. Walk the Walk, I will admit a lot of the jokes are about the pompous jerks on Faux News, but when Glenn Beck compares Obama to Hitler something like 127 times in two years, it's funny!

 

[BeachSiO2]

....just goes to show how "pop culture" has affected our political system.People pay more attention to the court jester.

The court jester's sure have one heck of a research team. If the "professionals" did a third of the research into the crazy things spouted on both sides then we normal people may actually know what the heck is actually going on. IMO, the biggest difference between the "professionals" and the jesters is that you can tell when the jesters are pulling your leg. I am not sure that the "professionals" do enough independent research to even know when they are just regurgitating crap from one of the sides that isn't true but has been packaged up into nice little soundbites..

 

[Lynnie]

I actually overheard someone this week talking about how much he revered Glenn Beck.........

 

[scooterbug44]

They have amazing guests - usually because that guest is promoting their latest book, but the discussions are the best on TV.

I really like it when they continue the discussions outside the show and just post the whole unedited thing on the internet.

 

[Here4Good]

So will there be a Sowal Satellite?

 

[Lake View Too]

So will there be a Sowal Satellite?

I'm all for a return to sanity and a rally full of truthiness, it's just that the "Keep Fear Alive" proponents have hijacked the hurricane thread, and I'll probably be busy that weekend buying batteries and beer.

 

[scooterbug44]

As a "sanity" proponent I think it much more likely we will be hungover from the Alys Halloween party than that we will be busy fleeing for our lives. ;-)

 

[Cil]

So nobody is going?
The 30th is my birthday, I'm not getting any younger, and I really wanted to stand up and be counted at that rally.
I looked into airfare and a place to stay and all of it is feasible to me, except for the minor fact that I just began a new job a month ago, and am *already* taking time off for an out of town family event the previous weekend.
I guess it is just as Stewart says, some of us have other responsibilities.