Comments on: Jon Stewart, Absolute Moral Authority

By: michele

michele — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:59:23 +0000

People like Devin always forget all of the white christian corpses that littered the fields so the black people could have a chance at freedom. How many white widows were left to fend for themselves in “white” houses with no “minorities” in a three mile radius.

I don’t have white guilt. Take the freedom good white Americans paid for long ago and shut up.

By: average_guy

average_guy — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:25:01 +0000

About 10 years ago, I killed my television. Now , I sometimes go to places where there are televisions and I don’t shield my eyes or anything, and if there is a big enough game I have been known to hit someplace to watch it (although I mostly listen on radio and do something productive at the same time), but it is blissfuly peaceful at my home without the TV, and in addition to that there is less meaningless drivel inside my head. The interesting thing is that I still have lots of activities that fill my life very day, and frankly I don’t know where I would find the time to watch TV like I used to before I killed mine, and this “made for ratings” tiff between Stuart and Cramer does not have me reconsidering my decision to kill the TV. Otherwise, the only other thing I can say about this thread is that Devin might possibly be a white-guilt filled tool who wishes that “mainstream” had a different meaning than it does.

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:09:04 +0000

While I enjoy watching Cramer every night, one must remember the show is primarily entertainment. The financial networks exist to promote their advertisers financial and investment products. Who would expect them to warn about the credit bubble or coming Washington national debt collapse which will destroy much of the remaining private wealth in America today or what this will do to the dollar, the stock market, bonds, gold or the real estate market?

China is now worried about their dangerous over investment in US Treasury obligations. Washington ’s long-term choice is either repudiation or monetization. For monetization to be effective, the depreciation in the dollar would have to be substantial and this in turn would dramatically raise prices of imports for American consumers which would mean a tremendous drop in foreign imports. Debt monetization would cause more disruption to exporting nations than selective repudiation of Treasury debt.

The Campaign to Cancel the Washington National Debt By 12/22/2013 Constitutional Amendment is starting now in the U.S. See: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=67594690498&ref=ts

Thanks,

Ron with 30 plus years in the investment business and banking industry.

By: Gabriel Syme

Gabriel Syme — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:30:59 +0000

Devin, you suck at not being an assclown. You are great at not being awesome at all. Your five assumptions that you make about me are 20% accurate. Not very awesome, sir. Sad pandas for you!

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:01:48 +0000

If you’ve ever watched Talk Soup you’ve no doubt seen the same phenomenon. Except that Greg Kinnear went on to when an award for being the gay guy in As Good As It Gets. John “Skunk Boy” Henson, alas, did not fare so well and Joel McHale has apparently learned his place.

Stewart is a hack and completely unfunny without a platoon of writers behind him.

Please God, won’t somebody take him seriously.

By: Yiddish Steel

Yiddish Steel — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:19:26 +0000

Oh yeah. Forgot about Kilborne. He was the original host of that show. He left ESPN for that?! All hail the list of bad career moves.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:06:40 +0000

Craig Kilborne was “witty” when he hosted the Daily Show too. You know – back when it was “edgy” instead of just being a tool to placate the liberal aristocracy.

By: Jeff_W

Jeff_W — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:12:21 +0000

People who think Stewart is “witty and clever” think Olbermann is this too smart for school guy, too.

The #1 rule of comedy is supposed to be, “Be funny.” Either be funny or be a legit news show. Stewart and his followers want it both ways for an easy out. If you catch them being wrong, it’s “You don’t getttt it, it’s a joke!” But, all other times they portray it as “even better!” than the news.

Have someone who is knowledgeable grill Stewart and you’ll see what a lightwieght he really is.

He’s just like Maher and Olbermann, they pick easy targets and think mockery = thought.

By: Yiddish Steel

Yiddish Steel — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:11:17 +0000

Liebewitz (Stuart) and Cramer are both a couple of tools. Just that, Liebewitz is the more proportionately-substantial tool compared to Cramer.

By: Annika

Annika — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:01:59 +0000

The episode is a warning to anyone who would dare criticize the messiah. Stewart is the perfect hatchet man. He commands a large unsophisticated audience, and because he’s a comedian, he’s completely unaccountable for anything he says.