I Needed A Good Laugh

Just sitting here, waiting for the remainder of my screencaps from "Identity Crisis" to upload to Photobucket, so thought I would amuse myself over at the "Daily Show" website. I was not disappointed. I love Jon Stewart; he is always good for a laugh or two. Plus, he has some pretty neat guests. I found and watched his interview with Hugh Jackman. I mean, what's not to love about that, right?

But the video I am going to post tonight has as its focal point a topic that is considerably less palatable than Mr. Jackman. Indeed, it is all about the Swine Flu media frenzy that has taken over the world.

Stewart pokes fun at...almost everyone...from the pork industry who has asked the media to not refer to the flu as "swine" lest it give their product a "bad" name to Republican Representative Michele Bachmann, who thinks it is a "coincidence" that the last time... according to her...there was an outbreak of swine flu was during another democratic presidency. Yeah, I'm sure it's all the democrats' fault. Anyway, Stewart wraps it up nicely with a chart that displays all the dreaded diseases that have come about during various Republican administrations.

I really didn't mean for this to turn into a "political" post...honest... because, as we all know, politics just isn't my "thing." I was just killing time and looking for a laugh, and I found this video and wanted to share the fun.

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Joe...The Reporter??

I came home from work last night and did an unusual thing...I did not turn on my computer. I did not check email, or visit any of my regular "blog" friends. I did not call anybody, or fix dinner. Instead, I climbed immediately into my warm bed and watched TV all evening until it was actual...you know...bed time. And you know what, I woke up this morning, and the world had not come to an end because I altered my routine a bit.

At least, I thought the world was still "normal" until I switched on the TV to see the morning weather and news and saw the following clip from "The Daily Show." Now, I had read the headlines about the latest "Joe The Plumber" fiasco somewhere on the Internet and Music Wench elaborated about it on her blog a couple of days ago. But until one actually "hears" this ridiculous man talk about his new "vocation" as a "correspondent" in the Middle East...well... one cannot truly appreciate the sheer lunacy of the situation.

Leave it to Jon Stewart to put things in perspective. The following video is from The Daily Show web site. The clip starts with some lighthearted discussion and "digs" at the White House luncheon this week featuring all the living U.S. presidents and president-elect Barack Obama then transitions to the story about our new "ace" reporter. When all is said and done, it just goes to prove that the world is a pretty screwed-up place. That's why, after I finish this, I'm headed back to bed and TV-Land.

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