http://www.videosift.com/video/Colbert-Report-Current-Events-Tasers

Sorry already sifted it myself.

*promote ... wonder what she thinks of current events

This is who is serving us our news on current events - Think about it...

comparing the second world war to current events is probably the first mistake to be made.
Not citing the vietnam war is another, wonder why... oh right.

I'm pretty single-minded with how I sift, and that's partially because I've developed an (unhealthy?) fixation with politics, but it's also self-reinforcing.

The handful of non-political vids I've sifted have either pqueued, or barely crept out of the queue at a snail's pace.

It also seems like a lot of non-current-events stuff I might like to sift has already long since been sifted by others.

I'm less into the point grind than I used to be, especially once I got my bronze diamond, but I still prefer to see what I post get votes than wallow in obscurity.

I've never been able to understand why pot got put in the "illegal drug" category while tobacco and especially alcohol did not. It seems so arbitrary, especially when alcohol is in many ways the worse of the two.

Current events in Mexico are proving again that prohibition (especially of minor, popular drugs) causes more problems than it solves. Just like alcohol prohibition, marijuana prohibition is giving out criminal records to those who have only harmed themselves and providing massive funding for organized, violent criminal groups.

Hard to believe how many billions we've spent fighting pot usage (with little success, i might add) when we could have been making billions off taxes from it. Just stupid.

a reference to one of his other cartoons?

(i didnt know the cartoon before, but now that i've found a couple online i've seen quite a couple of those chairs, cavemen, and windows in combination with lamps)

or maybe this is ned in his younger years and he just cooked the bluebird of happiness that flew in?

<embed src="http://www.lechatnoirboutique.com/prodimages/Coffee%20Mug%20-%20Far%20Side%20Bluebird%20of%20Happiness%20Lg.jpg">


"Larson's sense of humor, while original, can also be confusing, as in a comic dubbed "Cow Tools", which was widely misunderstood. Another famous example requires the reader to know obscure facts about sea life, a comic that was misunderstood by a marine-biologist friend of Larsons. He also occasionally drew cartoons commenting on celebrities or current events, although these are rare."

we probably don't have to know about marine life for this cartoon, but maybe it comments on events from 1983? meh, probly not. ok, i give up.

>> ^campionidelmondo: Oh and I'm fed up with the glorification of the Daily Show. Jon Steward is nothing more than a jester, he's only here to make jokes. He's not gonna change anything, yet people are so glad he's here and won't let people get away with anything. People should turn off their TVs and support a real voice of descent.


Then don't watch the show.

Jon Stewart is a comedian first. TDS is a comedy show. It's aired on Comedy Central. It's goal is to make people laugh. He and his crew do a great job at it. Even when he has someone serious on it he still tries to make jokes. If you look at him as being just a talk show host then you miss the point of the show.

As a side effect his show enlightens people because it shows a view of current events that the news media does not. He shows the truth of a subject matter (except for the "special reports") and then makes fun of it. Because of this formula his show has gained a lot of notoriety and credibility with many people.

>> ^gwiz665:
They pimp out a new episode every week, 7 weeks in a row. That's a tough work schedule.


That's one of the things that makes South Park so amazing. It allows them to instantly parody current events.

great post title btw

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
There is no way a burka-clad fundamentalist Muslim woman would ever become a western school teacher, because the same dogma that forces her to cover her entire body in cloth also requires her to have a male escort when outside of the house. Are you telling me that this teacher had a male family member escort her through college, credentialing, student teaching, job interviews, hiring and ultimately 9 months a year of work? I'm calling BS on this one.
This sounds like the kind of thing you find on fringe political sites, chain emails and talk radio.
Same thing with the cross story. I've done a lot of teaching and seen plenty of people who wear crosses. Do you know how hard it is to fire a teacher? Even if some rogue principal decided to fire someone for wearing a cross, the Unions would file a huge lawsuit - which they would win - and the principal would be let go immediately, while the teacher in question would get a large settlement. Either there is more to this story (i.e. proselytizing on the clock, wearing a T-shirt that said 'Jesus Saves', having sex with students, etc) or this story is bullshit.
Maybe things are completely different where you live, but I doubt it. You are trying to paint the picture of some massively oppressive cultural phenomena, but struggling to even come up with small isolated examples, let alone some kind of powerful systemic force. In my opinion, you are getting worked up over nothing.


I'm certainly worked up now, after you speaking to me like i'm some sort of wack-job when all i tried to do was throw a few "other end of the spectrum" examples in to show how a subject can be counter-productive to that which it is trying to aid.

Fortunately for me, you're completely wrong on this one, they were fully covered by many different news sources across great britain. It's almost common knowledge over here to anyone who follows the news and current events. However, your opinion that i'm trying to paint some oppressive cultural phenomenon is erroneous. I've simply said that "political correctness can often be counter productive to racial harmony", and cited a few examples.

So, i'm sorry dude, but they're 100% true. Despite your defensive stance over this, i think you simply don't realise we're agreeing that people simply need to be nice to each other the world over and racial differences and racial struggles will be a thing of the past. I think you've firmly grasped the wrong end of the stick and you're not WANTING to see or hear anything that might impact on the stubborn ideas you have about political correctness. I think you've got it in your head that i'm a racist, or at least ignorant, and you're dead set on proving it even if it means ignoring half of what i say. I think you're the ignorant one.

Now let me tell you something - my dad is not only a teacher but a head teacher, has been for 20 of 35 teaching years. Yes i know how tough it is to fire a teacher, i'm very very familiar with the ins and outs of the NUT as a result of such and ...... i won't go on.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/6066726.stm
There is the story about the woman wearing the burkha, if you're interested (you're not) in finding out more information (you're not) and getting to the root of the story (you're not) and you'll see that originally she was allowed to continue teaching until students complained again that they couldn't understand her. So please research a little more and deliver your apology post haste (i'll wait for it while i wait for hell to freeze over)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-418819/BA-cross-women-vows-compromise-92-cent-public-her.html
Regardless of the "do you know anything about teaching" (and my father sits here as i write this laughing at me being asked that question) debate, this woman was not a teacher and i never said she was. Go ahead and read it and research it if you like, but i warn you once again that it might encourage you to change your POV and i can see you get frosty when your POV is challenged.

Want another? A christian nurse asked an old lady (who was very ill) if she wanted her (the nurse) to pray for her recovery. The old lady said no, made a complaint, and the nurse has been suspended. That was in either today's or yesterday's newspaper.

Please, please, please do not speak in such an antagonistical manner to me when all i did was try to have a little chat and give you my opinion on political correctness. And at least have the common decency to listen to my opinion before slating it. And then, once you've done that, have a little search for subjects that you're about to summarily dismiss without consideration. And then, finally, get off your "i'm righteous i am" high horse and understand that there are people out there who aren't racist, aren't bigots, aren't xenophobes, but DO find political correctness insulting to their intelligence.

I am neither heavily for nor heavily against political correctness, i have stated my opinion and you have translated it to suit your over zealous righteous attitude. I am, however, heavily against having my polite friendly attitude replied to by haughty supercillious pomp, and that's why i'm more stern with this reply than with my previous.

I'm looking forward to see exactly which parts of this you ignored.

*promote for current events

Daily, some times for several hours. Occasionally, I take breaks away from it for weeks at a time (3 months in one case), usually b/c of meatspace stuff.

Visits are almost strictly for videos now, though. The commentary on current events vids started to turn me off enough that I actually turned on a few channel filters to deal with it. Basically, I come to videosift for entertainment, not to have the horrors of the world bashed into my brain anymore than they already are. That part of VS has just become too tiresome. I do get the commenting bug sometimes, though. In fact, I think I posted more comments today than in the entire previous week.

Been a member since 7/07, lurked for a couple months before that. (I think the desire to comment on this video is what finally caused me to register. Wow, I was pretty angry. ) No plans on leaving anytime soon, but who knows -- PornBumber may start taking up all my time.

[edit] oh I forgot to hug swampgirl. <hug><goose>

Actually I detected the sarcasm too, but right now I can't laugh about the violence, even sarcastically. That's all I meant. To me it's like laughing at the bungled government response to Hurricane Katrina victims right after the devastation.

Now I know it's not a cardinal sin, and I know Farhad is a good guy. My statement was merely a reflection of how gravely I view the current events emerging from the Middle East. Some will call me PC for it, but I don't care. I'm just expressing my point of view. No hard feelings intended toward Farhad.

In reply to this comment by Krupo:
>> ^kronosposeidon:
>> ^Farhad2000:
It's funny how a small insignificant middle eastern state dictates the actions of one of the most powerful nations on earth.
Hilarious.

It would be funny if it weren't for all the dead people because of it. Nothing personal, Farhad. I just don't find it hilarious. Ridiculous? Yes. It is indeed worthy of ridicule, in the sense that scorn should be heaped upon it. But not hilarious. Sorry if I come across as an anal grammarian. But I just can't get past all the pictures of dead bodies.
quality


I think I detected a strong hint of sarcasm in Farhad's comment.

Pure propaganda.. Can we stop with the cut up 3 second clip videos and talk about something more current events then just, Hamas is bad.

Of course Hamas is bad you morons.

What does that have to do with dropping bombs on schools? Just because the people living in that place elected Hamas? What about US citizens that elected Bush?

>> ^mxxcon:
OLD AND MISLEADING VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!
DOES NOT SHOW CURRENT EVENTS
THIS VIDEO IS FROM 2002
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2002/03/19/mideast_censor020319.html
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2002/03/19/mideast_censor020319.html
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2002/03/19/mideast_censor020319.html


yeah there not tearing peoples houses down and busting massive holes in their wall for fun any more, now they just bomb the shit out of them