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Measuring the "Colbert Bump"
An anonymous reader writes "Democratic politicians receive a 40% increase in contributions in the 30 days after appearing on the comedy cable show The Colbert Report. In contrast, their Republican counterparts essentially gain nothing. Moreover, even a cursory analysis demonstrates that despite being a comedy program The Colbert Report appears to exercise 'disproportionate real world influence' — likely due to the 'elite demographic' of its audience." In my home we refer to Stephen as "Loud Daddy" because my child would scream bloody murder when we paused him (and only him) on screen. Even at 8 months old the kid has strange taste.
Hey, a moocow!
CmdrTaco has a child? And is living with it apparently? That must mean he has a long-term relation with a female... usually children do come with a mother after all. I hope this doesn't mean he's going to be too disconnected from the rest of the /. demographic!
Mods, go ahead, mod me off-topic, I deserve it. I have some karma to burn. I just wanted the above to be said.
Who the f*** is Colbert?
in life & limb alone, they've taken US (& our young) hostage. never mind all the other jackal behaviours. fear is unprecedented evile's primary weapon. that, along with deception & coercion, helps most of us remain (unwittingly?) dependent on its' greed/fear/ego based hired goons' agenda. Most of yOUR dwindling resources are being squandered on the 'war', & continuation of the billionerrors stock markup FraUD/pyramid scheme. nobody ever mentions the real long term costs of those debacles in both life & the notion of prosperity, not to mention the abuse of the consciences of those of us who still have one. see you on the other side of it. the lights are coming up all over now. conspiracy theorists are being vindicated. some might choose a tin umbrella to go with their hats. the fairytail is winding down now. let your conscience be yOUR guide. you can be more helpful than you might have imagined. there are still some choices. if they do not suit you, consider the likely results of continuing to follow the corepirate nazi hypenosys story LIEn, whereas anything of relevance is replaced almost instantly with pr ?firm? scriptdead mindphuking propaganda or 'celebrity' trivia 'foam'. meanwhile; don't forget to get a little more oxygen on yOUR brain, & look up in the sky from time to time, starting early in the day. there's lots going on up there.
http://news.google.com/?ncl=1216734813&hl=en&topic=n
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/opinion/31mon1.html?em&ex=1199336400&en=c4b5414371631707&ei=5087%0A
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/world/29amnesty.html?hp
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/02/nasa.global.warming.ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/06/05/severe.weather.ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/06/02/honore.preparedness/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/opinion/01dowd.html?em&ex=1212638400&en=744b7cebc86723e5&ei=5087%0A
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/05/senate.iraq/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/washington/17contractor.html?hp
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/world/middleeast/03kurdistan.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080708/cheney_climate.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080805/pl_politico/12308;_ylt=A0wNcxTPdJhILAYAVQms0NUE
is it time to get real yet? A LOT of energy is being squandered in attempts to keep US in the dark. in the end (give or take a few 1000 years), the creators will prevail (world without end, etc...), as it has always been. the process of gaining yOUR release from the current hostage situation may not be what you might think it is. butt of course, most of US don't know, or care what a precarious/fatal situation we're in. for example; the insidious attempts by the felonious corepirate nazi execrable to block the suns' light, interfering with a requirement (sunlight) for us to stay healthy/alive. it's likely not good for yOUR health/memories 'else they'd be bragging about it? we're intending for the whoreabully deceptive (they'll do ANYTHING for a bit more monIE/power) felons to give up/fail even further, in attempting to control the 'weather', as well as a # of other things/events.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=weather+manipulation&btnG=Search
http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=video+cloud+spraying
dictator style micro management has never worked (for very long). it's an illness. tie that with life0cidal aggression & softwar gangster style bullying, & what do we have? a greed/fear/ego based recipe for disaster. meanwhile, you can help to stop the bleeding (loss of life & limb);
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/28/vermont.banning.bush.ap/index.html
the bleeding must be stopped before any healing can begin. jailing a couple of corepirate nazi hired goons would send a clear message to the rest of the world from US. any truthful look at the 'scorecard' would reveal that we are a society in decline/deep doo-doo, despite all of the scriptdead pr ?firm?
Can suck my dick.
Conservative views are ridiculous though.
Every time a repub is allowed to speak they come out with hypocrisy and intolerance.
Stewart is a pretentious ass who looks down and mocks conservatives. Colbert does the same, just in character. Conservatives aren't invited to share views, they're invited as fodder for ridicule.
You don't know what the hell you're talking about. Stewart treats conservatives (and liberals) a lot more respectfully than many of them deserve. Have you even watched the show? Do you ever think before you talk? Are you completely devoid of rationality?
Support the Fair Tax. http://fairtax.org/
Ohhhh, guess you are completely devoid of rationality.
So... you are libertarian then. Call it what it is.
Yeah, well you have to disagree with the fairtax because it's not on your teams agenda.
No, I don't play on the "stupid" team.
Now, humor is somewhat subjective, and Limbaugh has a mean streak that comes out at odd times and spoils the party
You mean like the time where he called a 13 year girl a "dog"?
Sorry, that guy is a fucking asshole. End of story.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
They led you where you are now. If you can't say they were all bad, you're fucking blind.
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Eh, NAFTA doesn't bother me that much. Granted, I'm not one of those who were adversely affected by it but I can see the value of promoting free trade right here in the Americas as opposed to doing business with these assholes.
It's a mystery to me why we aren't making more of an effort to expand our trade with Latin and South America. For all the faults of that part of the World most of those countries are actual Democracies. Instead we do the bulk of our business with a Communist directorship that engages in censorship, forced sterilizations, etc, etc.
Yeah, that's logical.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Not really. Back when Democrats were in the White house, Rush Limbaugh was just stupid. Now that Republicans are in the White House, Rush Limbaugh is just stupid.
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
In my opinion, liberalism is labeled progressive because liberalism promotes change. Progress occurs because of change. Conservatism, on the other hand, promotes stability. You have established correlation, but not causation.
Well if liberalism promotes change and conservativism promotes stability (aka stagnation), and progress=change, then in your own terms "liberalism promotes change". Are you seriously suggesting that something other than liberalism actually causes change towards liberalism, other than liberalism itself? If so, I'm keen to hear what that might be.
It sounds more to me like you're just confused. You're not conservative by any chance, are you?
A-Bomb
[blockquote]You mean affluent, employed, or happy?[/blockquote]
I think he means "Canadian."
I used to work for NetQoS. I no longer do, but want to keep the excellent karma attached to this account.
For enabling us to feel like we can ditch our nuclear program? I'd say it's worth the cost.
Keep in mind that you're blaming a budget issue on a Republican president that had a Democratically controlled congress. Last time I checked it was congresses job to create the budget.
They ARE out to get you simply because They are in it for themselves and they don't care about you.