Moment of Zen:
Barbara Walters, as she was about to start a tour of the Whitehouse interviewing President Bush and the First Lady, "Shall we begin the torture?"
Lead Story:
The Fall G.I. / Charles Granner Jr - abu Ghraib prison torture trial, when asked if he had any regrets replied "No." Lindy England, the woman shown in photos released from abu Ghraib, just had HIS BABY! His mother, standing up for him (YAY MOM!) said "Donald Rumsfeld and President Bush disgraced the country."
FBI's post 911 computer system which cost over 17 million (or was it billion?) to build, doesn't work. Wang! They should have hired some high school kids to do it for them. Robert Mueller, FBI director is "frustrated by the delay and the lack of a modern case management system..."
LOST IN TRANSLATION: Apparently despite the inability to keep up with translation, 20 Arabic/Farsi translators working for the US govt were fired ...for being gay.
Guest: Brian Ross, ABC News...(was with the newsteam who caught Tom Ridge poolside in Waikiki at his "homeland security conference") talked about the 'intersection of money and power" and how companies are influencing politicians to influence their profits...government and corporatons are "actively blocking the truth", "news reports by PR firms" - they spend so much to influence, to "BLUNT" us....
...jon interrupts to ask "are you growing pot in your office?"
...Brian Ross replies, "not enough sunlight"
...jon responds "you know, there's hydroponics..." HEE HEE! Great PUN, now pass me da blunt!
[Note, i'm a full week behind adding my notes from the Daily Show. I could say its cause I pulled a muscle shoveling snow, or that its my carpal tunnel acting up, but that would only be half the truth... I'm not even really sure why i'm doing this, but I can only say that paying this close attention to what is really going on, is getting a bit depressing. Without the Daily Show it would be frankly, unbearable to stay even quasi-informed. Fortunately, the days are getting longer and we're all getting stronger, so this will be fuN! BE the change! ]
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