Philosophy
One could argue that it takes major balls to make the claim that minorities (like blacks and native Americans) owe reparations to white people for past injustices (like the cost of slavery), but a better argument might be that what it takes is a complete lack of a functioning brain.
Thankfully, Stephen Colbert knows how to put things in perspective:
To be fair, King is sympathetic to the plight of some people:
the ridiculously wealthy (who incidentally, are almost exclusively white):
What the hell kind of people voted this douche into office?!?
.
- Patricia Churchland On The Colbert Report
One of the challenges many of Stephen Colbert's guests have, even those who are super educated and smart, is being able to deal with the speed of his wit and sophistry. Of course, philosophers from the time of Socrates have learned how to deal with...
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No, I'm not talking about the fact that the standard practice is to sterilize the needle for a lethal injection (it does make one wonder, though), or even about the fact that the lethal drug has an expiration date... I'll just let Stephen Colbert...
Philosophy
Rep. Steve King Is a Racist Douchebag
One could argue that it takes major balls to make the claim that minorities (like blacks and native Americans) owe reparations to white people for past injustices (like the cost of slavery), but a better argument might be that what it takes is a complete lack of a functioning brain. Thankfully, Stephen Colbert knows how to put things in perspective:
The Colbert Report
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Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Video Archive
To be fair, King is sympathetic to the plight of some people:
the ridiculously wealthy (who incidentally, are almost exclusively white):
The Colbert Report
Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Video Archive
Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Video Archive
What the hell kind of people voted this douche into office?!?
.
- Patricia Churchland On The Colbert Report
One of the challenges many of Stephen Colbert's guests have, even those who are super educated and smart, is being able to deal with the speed of his wit and sophistry. Of course, philosophers from the time of Socrates have learned how to deal with...
- Take The Money, Donald Trump! Do It For The Children!
Apparently Donald Trump wants to help charities, but he won't donate the money without extorting President Obama to release documents that, let's face it, will not satisfy the birthers and their conspiracy theories. Fortunately, Stephen Colbert...
- Stephen Colbert Occupies Occupy Wall Street
Inspired by Dick Armey and how he co-opted the Tea Party and gave their fringe beliefs a national platform, Comrade Che Colbert wants his Super PAC to capitalize on the growing Occupy Wall Street movement. So, he met with two young idealists whose democratic,...
- Bill O'reilly Proves God's Existence?
It kind of sucks when some of us spend years of rigorous disciplined training and research trying to understand the nature of reality only to be one-upped by the supernatural theo-philosophical powers of pundits like Bill O'Reilly. As part of this...
- Tiny Triumphs - Lethal Drug Shortage Irony
No, I'm not talking about the fact that the standard practice is to sterilize the needle for a lethal injection (it does make one wonder, though), or even about the fact that the lethal drug has an expiration date... I'll just let Stephen Colbert...