Stewart v. Cramer

If somehow you missed this last week....enjoy...

http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=220533

Jindal = Kenneth the Page

Pretty funny....I liked the Mr. Rogers comparison, there were some other good ones too.

First WATCH This one:



Then here is Kenneth's response:

Town Hall'n It

Regardless of his politics or what you think of the current Stimulus plan, I have to say that it's (sadly) impressive that President Obama held his town hall rally in Elkhart, Indiana. What's not impressive is that I've never heard of that city...the impressive part is that it turns out that Elkhart has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, as 15% of the people are unemployed (tripled in the last year). It also was not a city that voted for Obama in the general election, and supposedly none of the crowd or people who asked questions were prescreened. This may not seem like much...but to me it's a huge symbol of progress. Normally politicians only speak in favorable environments, where local politicians or groups select who gets to attend, and people asking questions (if even allowed) are scripted or put in place by the speaker's team. It is being reported that none of this went down today...that it was simply first come first serve, and the people asking questions were not operatives of Obama. He actually seemed to be talking to the people and honestly answering their questions/concerns as evidenced by the lady who asked about Obama's cabinent tax controversies. It looked like either she was being booed or hushed or something, but Obama said it was a valid question and went on to address it. Pretty cool that so far he seems to be maintaining his connection to the public that was such a large part of his campaign.

The Dangers of Twitter....

So just heard a story about a congressional delegation that went to Iraq and how one of the Congressmen breached security through twittering haha. These trips are supposed to be a secret, for the obvious reasons is that you don't want to broadcast about our foreign officials in Iraq for obvious security reasons. News outlets that knew of the trip had been told that the information was embargoed, and the congresspeople were also told to stay quiet. Well....genius Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., decided it would be a great idea to twitter about the trip....where he wrote in live time:

"Just landed in Baghdad. I believe it may be first time I've had bb service in Iraq. 11 th trip here. 8:41 PM Feb 5th from TwitterBerry"

"Moved into green zone by helicopter Iraqi flag now over palace.Headed to new US embassy Appears calmer less chaotic than previous here. 10:56 PM Feb 5th from TwitterBerry"

Probably not the smartest idea to broadcast live where you and other congress people are heading, and your existence in the country/itinerary...good to know he was a member of the House Intelligence Committee. :)