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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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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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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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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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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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On September 25 2010 20:45 G5 wrote:
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
She doesn't have to answer the question, she's not in a court of law. Haha, I can't believe she went up there and said that.
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TBH, i really love Colberts character and his show, but i think he needs to be serious. i think he does have a good opinion and a serious solution to some of America's problems. While it may be funny, hes never going to be taken seriously especially if he does something like this in congress. White house dinner may be one thing, this should be his real voice.
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Just let the free market take care of it.
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I like Colbert, I even bought his book.
But watching this is really weird for me and probably for most europeans, I find it quite awkward.
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Mr. Colbert I salute you!
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Colbert's speach was filled with golden material, loved it.
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His speech was VERY serious - delivered in a very non-serious way. It was great to listen to it.
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I would legitimately voted for Colbert in 2008, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Balls of adamantium.
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Serious speech + serious voice = yaaaaaaawn
Serious speech + in a joking way = oooohhh
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On September 25 2010 21:35 seedfreedom wrote:
TBH, i really love Colberts character and his show, but i think he needs to be serious. i think he does have a good opinion and a serious solution to some of America's problems. While it may be funny, hes never going to be taken seriously especially if he does something like this in congress. White house dinner may be one thing, this should be his real voice.
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As a ignorant european. What is this? Watching it atm?
Know Colbert is in the show at Comedy Central.
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I really respect Colbert even more for this.
I remember that fox news reported on this before the testimony, and it pissed me off so much as to how stupid and misleading their claims were.
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Just finished watching the whole time. I'm really glad that Stephen did this or I probably would have never watched. Though I think a lot of his attempts at humor were over looked or not taken as humor.
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Kinda just want to say meh.
Once again it was the mic hiding the background laughter. Somewhat interesting hearing, but it doesn't sound like any real progress is going to be made.
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he stuck to character. i loved it. i hope his message didnt get lost because some people dont understand his satire.
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On September 26 2010 01:44 Sabu113 wrote:
Kinda just want to say meh.
Once again it was the mic hiding the background laughter. Somewhat interesting hearing, but it doesn't sound like any real progress is going to be made.
Just so people know, it's only one day of one type of deliberation. There's public and private hearings, negotiations between the groups and people writing proposals, and plenty of expert testimony to be had. This was just one day where they could work in Colbert to bring in publicity.
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On September 26 2010 01:47 Jibba wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 01:44 Sabu113 wrote:
Kinda just want to say meh.
Once again it was the mic hiding the background laughter. Somewhat interesting hearing, but it doesn't sound like any real progress is going to be made. Just so people know, it's only one day of one type of deliberation. There's public and private hearings, negotiations between the groups and people writing proposals, and plenty of expert testimony to be had. This was just one day where they could work in Colbert to bring in publicity.
True true. Without Colbert testifying, I wouldn't even have known/cared about this issue. I'm pretty sure there's more people out there in the same boat.
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On September 25 2010 20:37 strongwind wrote:
As an impartial observer,
You're kidding, right?
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On September 25 2010 21:35 seedfreedom wrote:
TBH, i really love Colberts character and his show, but i think he needs to be serious. i think he does have a good opinion and a serious solution to some of America's problems. While it may be funny, hes never going to be taken seriously especially if he does something like this in congress. White house dinner may be one thing, this should be his real voice.
he was out of character at the end
(not in that msnbc link though)
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On September 26 2010 01:56 UniversalSnip wrote:You're kidding, right?
Nope, I really had no strong opinion until I saw this, and I'm definitely not as left wing-leaning as most of the people on this site. Why would you think I'd be kidding?
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Sure he's funny, thats his job.
The issues aren't funny. People are sitting around the house with no jobs. That isn't funny.
I'm not sure bringing in a comedian to make a scene is the most tactful choice here.
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On September 25 2010 20:45 G5 wrote:
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.
I hate people like that who can't answer anything -__-
Colbert is awesome, does anyone else realize that comedians are completely right in anything they say lately? Especially politics.
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IMO, Colbert made the wrong move. I'm not sure if sarcasm is the right tone for the situation.
If he had talked more seriously throughout the whole session then his impact would be much greater.
Then, the real clowns at Fox wouldn't be calling his act a joke and laugh at him.
He obviously cares about migrant workers, and you can't deny his intentions are good.
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if he was serious the whole time then about 90% of the interest in it would go away
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this was so awesome... haha Steven Colbert is always so entertaining
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On September 26 2010 05:07 travis wrote:
if he was serious the whole time then about 90% of the interest in it would go away
Too bad he was being funny 90% of the time.
He could transition, just like Stewart did when he teared up Crossfire back in 05' and become a political figure. So far, he's just another comedian cracking up jokes about migrant workers. And yes, I did watch the serious part but it wasn't necessarily enough for the average person to respect what he has to say.
The problem with Colbert is that he isn't Stewart. He's like Robert in Everybody loves Raymond.
While Stewart can be taken seriously eve when out of character, he can't.
That's why his rally isn't as popular as stewarts.
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Colbert is so manly, and a smart guy as well
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On September 26 2010 06:08 Rev0lution wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 05:07 travis wrote:
if he was serious the whole time then about 90% of the interest in it would go away Too bad he was being funny 90% of the time. He could transition, just like Stewart did when he teared up Crossfire back in 05' and become a political figure. So far, he's just another comedian cracking up jokes about migrant workers. And yes, I did watch the serious part but it wasn't necessarily enough for the average person to respect what he has to say. The problem with Colbert is that he isn't Stewart. He's like Robert in Everybody loves Raymond. While Stewart can be taken seriously eve when out of character, he can't. That's why his rally isn't as popular as stewarts.
Kinda presumptuous to assume what the average person would and would not respect.
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On September 26 2010 05:07 travis wrote:
if he was serious the whole time then about 90% of the interest in it would go away
And people here don't seem to realize that he makes very serious points in his comedy.
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On September 26 2010 06:17 dcberkeley wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 06:08 Rev0lution wrote:On September 26 2010 05:07 travis wrote:
if he was serious the whole time then about 90% of the interest in it would go away Too bad he was being funny 90% of the time. He could transition, just like Stewart did when he teared up Crossfire back in 05' and become a political figure. So far, he's just another comedian cracking up jokes about migrant workers. And yes, I did watch the serious part but it wasn't necessarily enough for the average person to respect what he has to say. The problem with Colbert is that he isn't Stewart. He's like Robert in Everybody loves Raymond. While Stewart can be taken seriously eve when out of character, he can't. That's why his rally isn't as popular as stewarts. Kinda presumptuous to assume what the average person would and would not respect.
How is this even remotely relevant to the discussion? Your witty comment and shotdowny attitude do not impress me. Go back to the SC2 forums where one liners are more than welcome.
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On September 26 2010 06:23 Rev0lution wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 06:17 dcberkeley wrote:On September 26 2010 06:08 Rev0lution wrote:On September 26 2010 05:07 travis wrote:
if he was serious the whole time then about 90% of the interest in it would go away Too bad he was being funny 90% of the time. He could transition, just like Stewart did when he teared up Crossfire back in 05' and become a political figure. So far, he's just another comedian cracking up jokes about migrant workers. And yes, I did watch the serious part but it wasn't necessarily enough for the average person to respect what he has to say. The problem with Colbert is that he isn't Stewart. He's like Robert in Everybody loves Raymond. While Stewart can be taken seriously eve when out of character, he can't. That's why his rally isn't as popular as stewarts. Kinda presumptuous to assume what the average person would and would not respect. How is this even remotely relevant to the discussion? Your witty comment and shotdowny attitude do not impress me. Go back to the SC2 forums where one liners are more than welcome.
Totally uncalled for. It wasn't a witty or shotdowny attitude, he made a valid point about a weakness in your argument. Personally, I would've challenged more than that. Either way, the guy started posting here to follow BW. Don't bring that holier than thou attitude here.
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awesome stuff from colbert. yea maybe it's not "correct" for him to be in character, but then again I'm pretty sure that this will be the most highly viewed cspan video of all time lol. I think he's done a whole lot to shed light on the issue and is able to make strong points while still keeping it funny.
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I like talking about people who don't have any power. And this seemed like one of the least powerful persons in the United States are migrant workers who come in and do our work but don't have any rights as a result And yet, we still invite them to come here and at the same time, ask them to leave. That's an interesting contridiction to me. You know, whatsoever you do for the least of my brothers and these seem like the least of our brothers right now. A lot of people are least brothers right now because the economy is so hard and I don't want to take anyone's hardships away or diminish them or anything like that but migrant workers suffer and have no rights
-Stephen Colbert
That was, without a doubt, THE best part of the 2+ hour assembly. You could really tell that Colbert felt some of the hardships that the workers were going through. Kudos Stephen.
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He was only there to get the public aware of the issue so he did his job.
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On September 26 2010 00:31 Neivler wrote:
As a ignorant european. What is this? Watching it atm?
Know Colbert is in the show at Comedy Central.
From what I understand as an American, US Congress (think of it like Parliament in the UK) has committees that have hearings that aren't quite court proceedings that serve to provide evidence for the Congress. The hearing represents many sides of the coin in regards to farm labor in America, especially in outsourcing of our food growth and illegal immigrants taking jobs in agriculture. The minority Republican party has taken a stance largely anti-illegal immigrant, and would like to increase prices slightly in order to make farm jobs more attractive to American workers, while the majority Democratic party takes more of a stance of legalizing these immigrants (really, I'm not sure if there is an overall stance by the Democrats, it's kind of the easy way to put it).
There are a lot of issues, but it includes illegal immigrants taking jobs and not paying taxes, and a lot lot more.
My position? Working on a farm blows when you can get pretty much any other job. I've worked picking oranges for a few months, and it just blows. I've worked with Illegals, and they risk a whole lot to get here in order to earn a living for their families. I honor them, and I loved the guys that I worked with, but I don't honor the fact that they break the law in order to do so. I'm very glad that I'm going into Computer Science.
Even with his withdraw, the black guy in the khaki suit is a freaking douche bag for asking Colbert to leave. I don't care who is there and how non-credible you find them, you just don't do that.
I love Colbert, but he needed to be a little more serious, I think.
EDIT: Holy cow, the black lady in the blue outfit is terribly tunnel visioned, all she talks about is African American workers without answering any questions. Everything is the fault of the white man, right? =/
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On September 26 2010 06:30 Jibba wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 06:23 Rev0lution wrote:On September 26 2010 06:17 dcberkeley wrote:On September 26 2010 06:08 Rev0lution wrote:On September 26 2010 05:07 travis wrote:
if he was serious the whole time then about 90% of the interest in it would go away Too bad he was being funny 90% of the time. He could transition, just like Stewart did when he teared up Crossfire back in 05' and become a political figure. So far, he's just another comedian cracking up jokes about migrant workers. And yes, I did watch the serious part but it wasn't necessarily enough for the average person to respect what he has to say. The problem with Colbert is that he isn't Stewart. He's like Robert in Everybody loves Raymond. While Stewart can be taken seriously eve when out of character, he can't. That's why his rally isn't as popular as stewarts. Kinda presumptuous to assume what the average person would and would not respect. How is this even remotely relevant to the discussion? Your witty comment and shotdowny attitude do not impress me. Go back to the SC2 forums where one liners are more than welcome. Totally uncalled for. It wasn't a witty or shotdowny attitude, he made a valid point about a weakness in your argument. Personally, I would've challenged more than that. Either way, the guy started posting here to follow BW. Don't bring that holier than thou attitude here.
Thanks for this, basically what I was thinking.
Rev0lution, if you can't handle criticism then I don't think this is the right place to discuss things.
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I actually have less respect for American Congress after watching this video, both Democrats and Republicans were using this to posture and try and push through their own agendas instead of focusing on the issue.
At least Stephen did his job by drawing attention to the issue, he really didn't need to do much else.
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On September 26 2010 10:08 Hikko wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 00:31 Neivler wrote:
As a ignorant european. What is this? Watching it atm?
Know Colbert is in the show at Comedy Central. From what I understand as an American, US Congress (think of it like Parliament in the UK) has committees that have hearings that aren't quite court proceedings that serve to provide evidence for the Congress. The hearing represents many sides of the coin in regards to farm labor in America, especially in outsourcing of our food growth and illegal immigrants taking jobs in agriculture. The minority Republican party has taken a stance largely anti-illegal immigrant, and would like to increase prices slightly in order to make farm jobs more attractive to American workers, while the majority Democratic party takes more of a stance of legalizing these immigrants (really, I'm not sure if there is an overall stance by the Democrats, it's kind of the easy way to put it). There are a lot of issues, but it includes illegal immigrants taking jobs and not paying taxes, and a lot lot more. My position? Working on a farm blows when you can get pretty much any other job. I've worked picking oranges for a few months, and it just blows. I've worked with Illegals, and they risk a whole lot to get here in order to earn a living for their families. I honor them, and I loved the guys that I worked with, but I don't honor the fact that they break the law in order to do so. I'm very glad that I'm going into Computer Science. Even with his withdraw, the black guy in the khaki suit is a freaking douche bag for asking Colbert to leave. I don't care who is there and how non-credible you find them, you just don't do that. I love Colbert, but he needed to be a little more serious, I think. EDIT: Holy cow, the black lady in the blue outfit is terribly tunnel visioned, all she talks about is African American workers without answering any questions. Everything is the fault of the white man, right? =/
That "black guy in the khaki suit" is John Conyers (D-MI), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. He wanted the avoid the "this is a mockery" backlash we're seeing now, while still getting some of the attention. Colbert had already submitted everything he said in writing.
On September 26 2010 11:24 johanngrunt wrote:
I actually have less respect for American Congress after watching this video, both Democrats and Republicans were using this to posture and try and push through their own agendas instead of focusing on the issue.
At least Stephen did his job by drawing attention to the issue, he really didn't need to do much else.
I've seen even worse. :/
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On September 26 2010 11:25 Jibba wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 10:08 Hikko wrote:On September 26 2010 00:31 Neivler wrote:
As a ignorant european. What is this? Watching it atm?
Know Colbert is in the show at Comedy Central. From what I understand as an American, US Congress (think of it like Parliament in the UK) has committees that have hearings that aren't quite court proceedings that serve to provide evidence for the Congress. The hearing represents many sides of the coin in regards to farm labor in America, especially in outsourcing of our food growth and illegal immigrants taking jobs in agriculture. The minority Republican party has taken a stance largely anti-illegal immigrant, and would like to increase prices slightly in order to make farm jobs more attractive to American workers, while the majority Democratic party takes more of a stance of legalizing these immigrants (really, I'm not sure if there is an overall stance by the Democrats, it's kind of the easy way to put it). There are a lot of issues, but it includes illegal immigrants taking jobs and not paying taxes, and a lot lot more. My position? Working on a farm blows when you can get pretty much any other job. I've worked picking oranges for a few months, and it just blows. I've worked with Illegals, and they risk a whole lot to get here in order to earn a living for their families. I honor them, and I loved the guys that I worked with, but I don't honor the fact that they break the law in order to do so. I'm very glad that I'm going into Computer Science. Even with his withdraw, the black guy in the khaki suit is a freaking douche bag for asking Colbert to leave. I don't care who is there and how non-credible you find them, you just don't do that. I love Colbert, but he needed to be a little more serious, I think. EDIT: Holy cow, the black lady in the blue outfit is terribly tunnel visioned, all she talks about is African American workers without answering any questions. Everything is the fault of the white man, right? =/ That "black guy in the khaki suit" is John Conyers (D-MI), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. He wanted the avoid the "this is a mockery" backlash we're seeing now, while still getting some of the attention. Colbert had already submitted everything he said in writing. Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 11:24 johanngrunt wrote:
I actually have less respect for American Congress after watching this video, both Democrats and Republicans were using this to posture and try and push through their own agendas instead of focusing on the issue.
At least Stephen did his job by drawing attention to the issue, he really didn't need to do much else. I've seen even worse. :/
I'm glad I don't pay more attention to American politics then.
Politics in Hong Kong are also more or less a farce. Mostly controlled by Beijing, but there is a movement to get democracy going.
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On September 26 2010 11:25 Jibba wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 10:08 Hikko wrote:On September 26 2010 00:31 Neivler wrote:
As a ignorant european. What is this? Watching it atm?
Know Colbert is in the show at Comedy Central. From what I understand as an American, US Congress (think of it like Parliament in the UK) has committees that have hearings that aren't quite court proceedings that serve to provide evidence for the Congress. The hearing represents many sides of the coin in regards to farm labor in America, especially in outsourcing of our food growth and illegal immigrants taking jobs in agriculture. The minority Republican party has taken a stance largely anti-illegal immigrant, and would like to increase prices slightly in order to make farm jobs more attractive to American workers, while the majority Democratic party takes more of a stance of legalizing these immigrants (really, I'm not sure if there is an overall stance by the Democrats, it's kind of the easy way to put it). There are a lot of issues, but it includes illegal immigrants taking jobs and not paying taxes, and a lot lot more. My position? Working on a farm blows when you can get pretty much any other job. I've worked picking oranges for a few months, and it just blows. I've worked with Illegals, and they risk a whole lot to get here in order to earn a living for their families. I honor them, and I loved the guys that I worked with, but I don't honor the fact that they break the law in order to do so. I'm very glad that I'm going into Computer Science. Even with his withdraw, the black guy in the khaki suit is a freaking douche bag for asking Colbert to leave. I don't care who is there and how non-credible you find them, you just don't do that. I love Colbert, but he needed to be a little more serious, I think. EDIT: Holy cow, the black lady in the blue outfit is terribly tunnel visioned, all she talks about is African American workers without answering any questions. Everything is the fault of the white man, right? =/ That "black guy in the khaki suit" is John Conyers (D-MI), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. He wanted the avoid the "this is a mockery" backlash we're seeing now, while still getting some of the attention. Colbert had already submitted everything he said in writing. Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 11:24 johanngrunt wrote:
I actually have less respect for American Congress after watching this video, both Democrats and Republicans were using this to posture and try and push through their own agendas instead of focusing on the issue.
At least Stephen did his job by drawing attention to the issue, he really didn't need to do much else. I've seen even worse. :/
You're totally right, I just think that Colbert had already completed the job by simply getting into the hearing. I think by putting his neck out and asking Colbert to leave Conyers didn't achieve much except for making himself look more unresponsive to public opinion and more closed up. It was a VERY bad decision to let Colbert anywhere near the hearing, but having him show up only to be kicked out would've made a bad situation worse.
It's stuff like this that makes it hard for me to take Democrats seriously. Granted, I can't take most Republicans seriously for many more reasons than that 
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Colbert has 40 pound balls. He really does.
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what the HELL was that black woman in the pink suit talking about, was she even listening to what the other people were talking about? did she have a clue about what the assembly was about? >_<
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On September 26 2010 13:23 Sad Hermit wrote:
what the HELL was that black woman in the pink suit talking about, was she even listening to what the other people were talking about? did she have a clue about what the assembly was about? >_<
Maybe she was too caught up on issues pertaining to african americans leading to tunnel vision regarding everything else.
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pic semi related.
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On September 26 2010 13:38 johanngrunt wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 13:23 Sad Hermit wrote:
what the HELL was that black woman in the pink suit talking about, was she even listening to what the other people were talking about? did she have a clue about what the assembly was about? >_< Maybe she was too caught up on issues pertaining to african americans leading to tunnel vision regarding everything else. pic semi related.
lol completely agree
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I'm not sure I like that he was in character during this. I feel like it was an opportunity for him to make an important statement about what he went through, but really he weakened his point by making jokes.
That's just my opinion.
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Haha colbert is dominating these guys. You can tell so many are trying not to laugh
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On September 26 2010 14:24 0mgVitaminE wrote:
Haha colbert is dominating these guys. You can tell so many are trying not to laugh
lol the cornpacker joke about gay Iowans...omfg XD
You can see the two congressmen behind the person asking colbert questions are laughing so hard.
Colbert did his job, whether he was in character or not. Whether you like him or not, even. His job is to get the word out about the issues. After seeing Colbert's section, I actually sat through the rest of it (woot Cspan watching at 2am) and got some interesting points about it.
I really hate the Repubs/Democrats stabbing at each other. "We only had 10 seconds to revise this bill. Maybe you should talk to your higher ups Ms. 72 hours" Blah blah blah.
Way to waste 3 of your 5 minutes telling the democrats how dumb you think they are. *facepalm*
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Politicians that cant answer questions straight are pathetic.
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On September 26 2010 14:58 LaLLsc2 wrote:
Politicians that cant answer questions straight are pathetic.
All politicians then? XD
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On September 26 2010 14:58 LaLLsc2 wrote:
Politicians that cant answer questions straight are pathetic.
Those that answer perfectly straight are unemployed.
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On September 26 2010 15:20 Jibba wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 14:58 LaLLsc2 wrote:
Politicians that cant answer questions straight are pathetic. Those that answer perfectly straight are unemployed.
Bahahaha. Aye, they wouldn't be very good politicians if they didn't twist everything they said.
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On September 26 2010 15:20 Jibba wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 14:58 LaLLsc2 wrote:
Politicians that cant answer questions straight are pathetic. Those that answer perfectly straight are unemployed.
Which says what about the people electing them? Democracy scares the hell out of me sometimes.
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On September 26 2010 15:16 johanngrunt wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 14:58 LaLLsc2 wrote:
Politicians that cant answer questions straight are pathetic. All politicians then? XD
i thought it was hilarious how much talking and how long it was taking them to say something that would otherwise take 1-2 sentences lol and then when they ask questions they get frustrated when they cant get a yes or no answer.
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On September 26 2010 16:11 Sad Hermit wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 15:16 johanngrunt wrote:On September 26 2010 14:58 LaLLsc2 wrote:
Politicians that cant answer questions straight are pathetic. All politicians then? XD i thought it was hilarious how much talking and how long it was taking them to say something that would otherwise take 1-2 sentences lol and then when they ask questions they get frustrated when they cant get a yes or no answer.
I'm actually surprised how many people watched it.
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especially the introductory note of that women in the beginning creeped me out. why do you have to drop "american" "united states" "our nation" etc every 5 seconds?
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On September 26 2010 20:56 Brotkrumen wrote:
especially the introductory note of that women in the beginning creeped me out. why do you have to drop "american" "united states" "our nation" etc every 5 seconds?
Because she's not making any sense, and can only attempt to appeal to people with such phrases. Classical fallacious speeches.
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On September 26 2010 02:52 strongwind wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2010 01:56 UniversalSnip wrote:On September 25 2010 20:37 strongwind wrote:
As an impartial observer, You're kidding, right? Nope, I really had no strong opinion until I saw this, and I'm definitely not as left wing-leaning as most of the people on this site. Why would you think I'd be kidding?
'have no strong opinion' is not the same as impartial
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Can't wait for the Gregory Brothers to get their hands on it!
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