I truly pity folks like you, QM. It must be awful to be filled with such insecurity and self-loathing that you'll surrender authority to anyone who demands it.

Some of us prefer to feel and think, even if it does require a little more balls and brainpower.

The only person in this video more obnoxious than the kid who got tasered is the asshole saying "Rodney King" at the end.

//it's pretty hard to think that these people would go to all this trouble just for some recognition on the net.//

$500 isn't a lot to spend on a marketing gimmick for your comedy site, so long as it works.

It's "carte blanche", Bill. BLANCHE.

I really don't understand what makes this guy a "wacko". He's absolutely right when he says that he's the most conservative Republican candidate in the classical sense. That doesn't mean I agree with him but I really don't think his ideas are any more wacked out than those of the coalition for the New American Century.

Rivers allegedly said this song was about a transvestite prostitute, and I'm pretty sure the lyric is "I've got my ass wide".

How about not ruining the joke in the synopsis? =P

Gotta hate these dumb-ass suits they decided to interview. It must be awful to have a mindset where nothing is interesting unless it's worth billions of dollars.

In reply to this comment by looris:
I'm surprised USA is ranked better than many EU countries such as France, Belgium and Portugal, but I'm not an expert.

Btw this video sucks: the contents are intresting, but the video sucks nonetheless.

Belgium's got a monarch, so it wouldn't qualify as a full democracy. It's actually the only Western nation to revert to monarchy after already having had democracy. One could say its citizens are freer than Americans, but that's not what the list is based on.

And I totally agree with you: this video is horrible. It would have taken twenty seconds to read the name of every country on the list, and I wouldn't have had to hear the awful music and sensationalist rhetoric.

I think I'm the first one to ever get an explanation for an Ant downvote!

Perhaps the material was just too dry and subtle for you.

It's great how he tries to grub money from us at the end. "Don't donate to Amnesty Int'l or Doctors Without Borders; give that money to a blogger who'll stand in some talking head's driveway and nervously ask two asinine questions once the guy is out of earshot."

This is why the Democrats are, sadly, completely useless to us. No beliefs, just platforms. No ideas, just angles. "Oh, I'm naive, am I?! Let me tell you who I'd like to bomb!"

Woo! Thanks! This is actually my third sift, but the first to make the cut. Thanks for the push, Swampgirl.

// hey johnald, great "band." 1988 called, wanted its watered down riffs back. //

David Spade called. He wants his "_______ called and wants his __________ back" back.

As hyperbolic as the people it criticizes. Still, upvoted in the interest of balanced discourse.