Political Satire, Political Humor and Political Comedy that is Often Indigestible
Many of you may be wondering what those crazy, raisin-eating, patchouli-wearing, drum-beating hippies are doing blocking the streets as you’re trying to get to your Non Fat, Half-Caff, Mocha Chai Latte on your way work. Well, through the use of nonviolent Arab Spring tactics, they are just trying to rid the country of the corporate [...]
Remember Jon Stewart‘s mantra? “Comedy FIRST.” That’s a very tough ideal to follow for many (including yours truly) when you’re so vested in a particular political issue but you want to poke fun at it or make people laugh about it while also expressing your opinion. That’s what happened to a group of college Republicans [...]
In the epic battle for mail delivery, the snails are getting their arses kicked, evidently. And by snails, I’m not just referring to the delivery of the mail (hey, UPS and FedEx are fine). I’m referring to the bureaucrats in our government who can’t seem to navigate their way out of a paper bag, or [...]
When you can’t take a joke apparently the thing to do is to take away the jokester’s means of telling the joke. That is exactly what despot dictator Bashar al-Assad of Syria did to outspoken political cartoonist Ali Ferzat. Early Thursday just as Ferzat was leaving his studio, Al-Assad had Ferzat kidnapped by five gunmen, [...]
In last night’s GOP debate in Iowa, the day before the Iowa Straw Poll, Herman Cain gave his closing comments which may have been directed at a very important voting bloc. In his comments, Cain explained, “A poet once said, ‘life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible, but it’s never easy when there’s so much on the line.’”
Okay so no one is going to lose their feet below the ankles, then their hands at the wrists, next their nose, then their left eye, followed by the right – unless you’re on Medicare, maybe. But supposedly there is a tentative debt ceiling deal in the works between the Republicans and Democrats, and it’s [...]
Congressional Budget Office Director, Doug Elmendorf, testified before the House Budget Committee today that there were two paths that the country could take with regard to entitlements and the economy: 1) reduce spending and let the Bush tax cuts expire or 2) bring on Medicalypse! In his testimony, Elmendorf warned the committee that spending on [...]
Amsterdam is no longer. The marijuana Mecca for many a merry pot partaker has officially closed its doors to tourists. On Friday the Dutch government said it would begin banning tourists from purchasing cannabis from “coffee shops.” The Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice issued a statement saying: Persons who do not hold Dutch citizenship [...]
Okay, so maybe we’re getting ahead of ourselves, here, but everyone knows it’s great to have a little Irish in ya. Now, due to the case of soon-to-be-deported Paul Wilson Dorman, a gay undocumented Irishman, the Obama Administration is ready to defend the right of the U.S. to keep our gay Irishmen solidly where they belong … in New Jersey.
Arturo Rodriguez invites Americans who think immigrant farm workers are taking away jobs to work in the fields. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Arturo Rodriguez www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive Related articles Colbert-Stewart 2012 – Northern Arizona News (blog) (restoringtruthiness.org) Stephen Colbert Enters Politics [...]
