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"Easy, Pal... for the US Army": Sometimes I forget that there are still people that are scared of homosexuals, especially in the military. Thanks, Daily Show, for reminding of the existence of Elaine "Passive-Agressive Behavior" Donnelly and company. Congress recently had a hearing about gays in the military and the ever-popular "don't ask, don't tell" policy. This was almost as hilarious as whenever I see groups of straight guy-friends go to the movies together and sit with empty seats between each other so they won't be tempted to hold hands or something. Yeah, super-gay hand-holding is definitely worse than alcoholics and convicted felons. Icky.


"Red State Blue State Report: Oil Crisis": Correspondents John Oliver and Rob Riggle filed a report about the liberal/conservative views on our country's current oil situation. I've missed seeing recurring reports, so my fingers are crossed that this one was will stick. I hope this doesn't mean John and Larry Wilmore's reports are totally dead, though. Anyway, this segment was a clever way of poking fun at the extreme views on both ends of the spectrum. I sympathized with John, having to deal with dumpster-diving hippies, fishing old sour cream from Trader Joe's throwaways. Of all the things to pull from a pile of expired food, the last things I would even consider would be sour freakin' cream and fish. I wonder if that's why these hippie types tend to be so thin, they end up violently expelling all the maggot-y stuff they take in. It would have been funny if John's segment ended with him throwing up too. Rob Riggle is at his best when he's acting like an overenthusiastic redneck, so his segment was spot-on as well.



The night's guest was Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, promoting her new book, Know Your Power: A Message To America's Daughters. Despite the fact that her laugh usually gets under my skin, this was a pretty solid interview. She even acknowledged Congress as super-mockable. Right on, right on. The Speaker then went on to talk about the role of Congress under a too-powerful President and then fangirled a little bit over Barack Obama. Obviously, I need to brush up on my oil drilling information, because I found that portion of the interview to be fascinating and full of fun facts. Too bad she's not tight with Plainview jokes.



Moment of Zen: The best comparison Senator Jim DeMint could make to the Democrats was Steve Urkel? What is this, 1994?

On another note, I've been waiting all weekend for TDS to take on Bob Novak's ridiculous hit-and-run. I swear, as horrible as it sounds, before "Oh, my God! I hope that pedestrian is all right!" even crossed my mind, I thought, "Oh, my God! I hope they totally bring back 'Douchebag of Liberty'!" [EDIT: Thanks to reader ChrisG for pointing out that TDS did in fact cover this last week, before the health news hit. I can't believe I forgot. It's like I don't retain it if I don't review it or something.] But then Mr. Novak released the terrible news of his recently diagnosed brain tumor and I knew the show wouldn't be cheap enough to even touch on the hit-and-run. The Colbert Report addressed this beautifully, poking a little fun at the fact that this is really the least either show could do. I felt it was worth sharing.