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Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« on: September 23, 2010, 02:22:21 PM »
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"Truthiness" is set to ring out as the comedian/talk show host/political satirist prepares to go before the House.

Stephen Colbert joined the United Farm Workers Association and its president, Arturo Rodriguez, this summer, as part of the group's "Take Our Jobs" campaign. Rodriguez said that if Americans had an issue with illegal immigrants working on U.S. farms, they should apply for their jobs. Colbert duly did, putting in a shift at a corn and vegetable farm, the results of which aired on last night's Colbert Report.

And it's believed that Colbert will testify alongside Rodriguez in character Friday, at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration called "Protecting America's Harvest." It's to be hoped that those listening are familiar with his work otherwise chaos may ring out. And that's the word.


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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2010, 03:12:25 PM »
Nice to know they've got enough time to spare to idulge in a farce like that.  I suppose it at least has the benefit of keeping them from actively screwing up something else while it lasts.
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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2010, 03:16:00 PM »
When someone testifies in front of Congress....who pays their travel and lodging expenses?

The taxpayers, the Congress critters that called them to testify (ultimately still the taxpayers) or does the person testifying pay for themselves?
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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2010, 03:27:57 PM »
When someone testifies in front of Congress....who pays their travel and lodging expenses?

The taxpayers, the Congress critters that called them to testify (ultimately still the taxpayers) or does the person testifying pay for themselves?

Why, we taxpayers do, of course!

But the way it's done is rather unique. In Colbert's case, he hires a taxi driver from Uganda who speaks only Swahili and a smattering of pigeon English, then drives the entire way to D.C. (They stop off for potty and fast food along the way.)

The bill comes to $18,496 but the performance in front of Congress will be worth every penny.
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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2010, 03:47:34 PM »
Why the hell is he going to be "in character??" What...do they think a little humor (that's not funny) is just the ticket for the American public in a time where absolutely NOTHING political is funny these days? This is stupid.


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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2010, 04:42:29 PM »
I figure the Dems will point to the fact that Elmo testified for music education funding in '02. The difference, of course, is that Elmo testified to support a warm and fuzzy issue, whereas this comedian will be doing his O'Reilly schtick to testify about a major problem.   

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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2010, 05:30:44 PM »
This is one of the dumbest stunts I've ever heard of.  If that baseball dude can be criminally charged with lying to congress, isn't this guy doing his shtick the same thing?
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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2010, 06:32:35 PM »
Do the democrats not understand that the reason indies are deserting them is because the indies feel the dems don't take governance seriously?
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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2010, 07:00:04 PM »
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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2010, 07:05:03 PM »
More evidence of the irrelevance of Congress.  And they wonder why we have no faith in them.
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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2010, 08:02:20 PM »
Strange that when the kids and I went to an orchard and offered to pick apples we were told that the owners had enough help from Jamaica.

They paid to fly them in, put them up in one time chicken coops, fed them rice, paid them 50 cents a bushell and flew them home after the season.

I was at a birthday party in the next town from me and the neighbors had a huge corn field.  Outside at the picknick table I noticed these field workers gathering the corn.   I was struck by the fact that all the workers were Jamaican or something other then what I expected to see in a small town in New Hampshire.   I got up  and walked toward the property line to watch, the men seemed to be wearing some kind of skirt when I was pulled back and told not to watch.

Same thing, it is the small farmers that find it cheaper to fly in for 6 weeks, feed and house in tents field workers then to hire locals at minimun wage to do the work.

Big difference between the Huge farms and the small family owned farms, sure they need to survive and hire the cheapest labor they can find even if they have to pay round trip air fare for their workers.

Why????

The tax laws will allow business expense to allowance to farmers that have to pay the air fare, feed and shelter their workers.   They also get benefits for any health problems the workers have, a cut finger is worth $1500.  Seldom if ever are the checked to see their living conditions are humane, if they have have a toilet or hot water.

Another problem, a farmer may receive 15 field workers but only 5 go go home, they are paid in cash and head out looking for others from their country to help them stay here.

Ever wonder why our food is contaminated all too often.?  Could it be that there is no toilets in the fields or hot water to wash hands after going even if they are forced to squart in a patch of broccoli or pee in a lettice field.

Worse food we can eat today is a fresh salad, we can wash the veges but the bad germs will just get a drink of water.   

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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2010, 12:35:42 PM »
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At least one lawmaker was not amused.

Comedian Stephen Colbert had barely seated himself at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing this morning when US Representative John Conyers, Democrat of Michigan, asked him to leave. Conyers said the committee had not seen so many reporters at a hearing since presidential impeachment proceedings in the late 1990s, and he wanted Colbert to leave so that the committee could carry on with its work.

Colbert, however, did not budge, saying that he was present at the invitation of the hearing chair, US Representative Zoe Lofgren, Democrat of California. But Colbert said if Lofgren wanted him to leave, he would.

Lofgren said she wanted him to stay, and a good portion of Capitol Hill was glued to broadcasts of the hearing.

The hearing was about illegal immigrants and farm work. Colbert, host of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central, recently spent one day working on a farm.
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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2010, 12:39:24 PM »
What a farce. Not Colbert!


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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2010, 01:09:31 PM »
I didn't see anything in his routine before the committee that had to do with legalizing the illegals.  Just that the farm workers have to put in a hard days work. BFD, lots of people work hard.

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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2010, 01:14:35 PM »
Oi. Is it November yet? It can't come soon enough for me.
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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #15 on: September 24, 2010, 01:45:09 PM »
I happened to be walking through the living room while Mrs. E was glued to the TV ( what else is new? :whatever: ) and Colbert was on. I saw him actually make his statement that he'd go ahead and work on a farm for one day, because his argument with the Hispanic farmworker guy made the point that Americans would happily work in the fields. The Hispanic guy claimed otherwise (of course) and thus opened the door for Colbert's grand "sacrifice".

While I find Colbert to be an insufferable twit, I do give him kudos for living up to his pledge.

I wonder how many blisters he got that day....

But this appearance before the fuggin' House Select Committee on Slinging Horseshit is just that -- horseshit.
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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #16 on: September 24, 2010, 02:08:22 PM »
I happened to be walking through the living room while Mrs. E was glued to the TV ( what else is new? :whatever: ) and Colbert was on. I saw him actually make his statement that he'd go ahead and work on a farm for one day, because his argument with the Hispanic farmworker guy made the point that Americans would happily work in the fields. The Hispanic guy claimed otherwise (of course) and thus opened the door for Colbert's grand "sacrifice".

While I find Colbert to be an insufferable twit, I do give him kudos for living up to his pledge.

I wonder how many blisters he got that day....

But this appearance before the fuggin' House Select Committee on Slinging Horseshit is just that -- horseshit.

I actually heard on Megyn Kelly's show that he took corn out of a crate and that was it, then there was a comment about how he should have been putting the corn IN the crate, not taking it out.

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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #17 on: September 24, 2010, 02:17:02 PM »
I wonder how much "work" he actually did.  You know, like Dirty Jobs... he shows up somewhere, does a little of this and a little of that for a short period of time, and goes home.  At least Mike Rowe is honest about it.  This guy is just a clown.
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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2010, 02:17:02 PM »
Gee, a comedian on a fake "news" show called to testify................................ :thatsright:  Of course DUmmies think this is the best thing since buttered bread......cuz Comedy Central is news.........right?
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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #19 on: September 24, 2010, 03:08:13 PM »
Wasting the Taxpayers money on shit like this is only going to empower the people! What were these ****sticks thinkin'?

We might sweep both the House and the Senate if these asshats keep this crap up!

I, for one, want a ****in' refund from the idiot congress critters who thought this was a good idea! Just how much of our money did these grandstanding assholes spend on this?

Might be nice to know what the price tag is for each minute our "representatives" spend in the peoples house!!!!!

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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #20 on: September 24, 2010, 03:40:06 PM »
When you consider that we have Al Franken as a US Senator...nothing amazes me anymore.  It is merely a symptom of the plight of our nation.  We have dumb entertainers and hack comedians dictating the direction of this country.  We need statesmen and women that are not afraid to make hard decisions even if it is not the popular decision which might cause a firestorm from the lefty media. 

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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #21 on: September 24, 2010, 04:23:02 PM »
When you consider that we have Al Franken as a US Senator...nothing amazes me anymore.  It is merely a symptom of the plight of our nation.  We have dumb entertainers and hack comedians dictating the direction of this country.  We need statesmen and women that are not afraid to make hard decisions even if it is not the popular decision which might cause a firestorm from the lefty media. 

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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #22 on: September 24, 2010, 04:33:46 PM »
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While people said the same thing when Ronald Reagan was elected president, there was no question about his purpose, his optimism, and the way he communicated. Franken has a hard time in just waking up in the morning and making it to "work".

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Re: Stephen Colbert to Testify Before Congress
« Reply #23 on: September 25, 2010, 08:22:39 AM »
What Bush, the country club RINOs like McCain (remember his offer to pay anyone who wanted it $50/hr to work in Yuma for a season?) and the socialist dipshits who want to flood the country will illegals is this--it's not that they're "jobs Americans won't do," they're, "jobs Americans won't do for $5/hour."

Perhaps Colbert can come up to my house a work a few weekends doing little stuff--you know, clearing out trees, digging irrigation trenches so my yard won't flood come spring or erode my retaining wall, laying down some nice heavy 1/2" plywood sheets in the attic so I can use it for storage, snowblow my driveway at 4 am when a 18 inches of snow fell so I can get to work by 7 am and do a 10-12 hour day there, shovel the snow off the roof so it doesn't collapse, shit like that.

For him (and Lofgren) to imply that illegals are the only people in this country who work hard is enough to make me want to throat-punch the smug little ****er.
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