[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner

2006-05-01 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Rick Archer wrote: STEPHEN COLBERT: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. ... But, listen, let's review the rules. Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner

2006-05-01 Thread anonyff
You would think that Colbert's script/dialogue (whatever you wnat to call it) would have been previewed before he was allowed to speak. I can't help but think that somehow, Bush used this as an opportunity to show what a stand-up guy he is-that he knows he is in trouble and is willing to let

[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner

2006-05-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I couldn't watch Colbert's presentation because nobody was laughing. Reading it here was much easier. Upon reading it, I see its purpose was not to amuse people. It was to speak truth to power. Colbert

[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner

2006-05-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonyff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You would think that Colbert's script/dialogue (whatever you wnat to call it) would have been previewed before he was allowed to speak. I can't help but think that somehow, Bush used this as an opportunity to show

[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner

2006-05-01 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Rick Archer wrote: STEPHEN COLBERT: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. ... But, listen, let's review the rules. Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the decider. The press

[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner

2006-05-01 Thread anony_sleuth_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I couldn't watch Colbert's presentation because nobody was laughing. Perhaps an indication of the degree that humor (and truth) are social contsructs. We find something more funny if others are laughing, less

[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner

2006-05-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anony_sleuth_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam jpgillam@ wrote: I couldn't watch Colbert's presentation because nobody was laughing. Perhaps an indication of the degree that humor (and truth)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner

2006-05-01 Thread anony_sleuth_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anony_sleuth_ff no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam jpgillam@ wrote: I couldn't watch Colbert's presentation because nobody