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Video not embeddable so that's why I didn't embed it.
Stephen Colbert testifies in congress on Immigrant Farm workers, I'm not even American, but it's just that I respect anyone with balls as hard and large as Colbert's.
Also, Steve King seems like some kind of retard. He claims Eskimos survived completely without fruits and vegetables so we don't need to eat fruits and vegetables.
It's just such an awesome video, worth watching the entire 2 hours.
Colbert's testimony starts at 00:56:35 in case you are impatient.
Discuss.
EDIT: "try" not to get too political.
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United States22883 Posts
Before people jump all over the political process, he was invited specifically to draw attention to the issue and largely to make moderates and liberals aware of the ongoing committee hearings. It's not a clean process, but that's how politics work. You do whatever is effective.
He did make a few serious statements, though. Aside from that, it was pretty awesome and hilarious.
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Argh.... I forgot how divisive politics can be for some people, because personally I don't really care much for politics, I just thought he was really funny that's why I put the video up.
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Watching now. Colbert is cheeky as hell looking, haha. I probably will watch the full two hours.
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I'm watching it right now. Lol that guy is so funny =)) he has to be the most humorous speaker i've ever heard. Beats the crap out of romanian politicians who just call each other idiots and clowns.
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Hong Kong4685 Posts
These committees seem pretty academic. Didn't know they were so serious about facts.
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On September 25 2010 18:29 Godstorm wrote:
I'm watching it right now. Lol that guy is so funny =)) he has to be the most humorous speaker i've ever heard. Beats the crap out of romanian politicians who just call each other idiots and clowns.
Should look at Taiwan's parliamentary process, which basically involves in a FFA brawl XD
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United Kingdom1755 Posts
Not entirely sure why, but I watched the first hour of this, although skipped some parts. All it did was make me laugh at points but overall just despair for the farcical nature of politics.
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"I don’t want a tomato picked by a Mexican, I want it picked by an American, and sliced by a Guatemalan and served by a Venezuelan, in a spa, where a Chilean gives me a Brazilian."
hahahhaha love it xD This is pretty bad on the govt part.. especially when they tried to tell him to leave O.O
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He had a tough crowd, I will probably watch the whole thing tomorrow so I have a better idea of what exactly he was arguing for, sometimes its hard to get satire when you don't completely understand the context :D
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On September 25 2010 17:42 johanngrunt wrote:
Also, Steve King seems like some kind of retard. He claims Eskimos survived completely without fruits and vegetables so we don't need to eat fruits and vegetables.
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well they did but they ate alot of raw meat , once you cook meat you lose alot of the vitamins and minerals.is he suggesting people eat raw meat?
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I thought it was embarrassing, personally. If I were an elected official I probably would have walked out of the hearing.
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Hong Kong4685 Posts
I would have prefered Colbert to be more serious. His just got ignored because he tried to be funny when the congressmen didn't invite him to do that.
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is this what constitutes 'hilarious' these days?
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All his jokes were ignored.
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People were laughing its just that you couldn't hear because the mics only pic up sound from close distances. You notice that when the mic system swaps over at the end, and you can hear his voice coming through the speakers as well as people laughing.
Colbert strikes that brilliant satirical balance of being snide, over the top and arrogant while wholly sincere about issues such as this. To anyone who believes that his testimony was pointless, realise it wasn't meant to be a serious examination of the issue. It was a crowd drawer to raise awareness on this issue. And speaking for myself, it worked.
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On September 25 2010 19:55 Flyingdutchman wrote:
is this what constitutes 'hilarious' these days?
Black people eat like this *nomnomnom* white people eat like this *gomgomgogm* Millions of dollars
Colbert IS the embodiment of satire if you don't like it then you don't like satire it's that simple.
On September 25 2010 19:55 T.O.P. wrote:
I would have prefered Colbert to be more serious. His just got ignored because he tried to be funny when the congressmen didn't invite him to do that.
Really? he was blatantly serious at parts.
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As an impartial observer, comprehensive immigration reform seems like the most viable option. Heavy fines and a mandatory 3-5 years in agriculture for illegal farmworkers that have worked here for x amount of time already, while better enforcing our existing laws and working to ease immigration requirements for future immgrants makes sense to me.
I love Colbert, and even though this particular venue seemed a bit out of character for him, I have to concede his ability to generate awareness for an issue I would otherwise have not paid much attention to.
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colbert is baller
that black chick talking about african americans 24/7 was pissing me off. Chick would not shut up / answer a question straight. lol
Oh and I loved what he said at the 2 hour mark as to why he was there / speaking on that issue.
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