Colbert (Briefly) Breaks Character in Testimony before Congress

Words of wisdom. Nice.

So how would you run this country so that it would bring us all nirvana?

A central Bank and fiat system that is FOR the people would be start.

just get rid of the central bank and the fiat system, and THEN it would be for the people. what you speak of is an oxymoron.

I would first get everyone to be as ONE not different races. I would stop all the religion and get people to think about everything. NOT what they taught you. I would get rid of the money and have people live off the land and get this greed EGO out the way. But thats how the religion got you into this slavery.

I like the central bank idea for some things. Not all. Stricter enforcement of regulations with the current system would help. I like local credit unions for personal use such as small loans, savings and checking. And my wife would LUV a free Fiat Panda.

I don't follow a religion. Also I believe Stalin and Pol Pot tried it your way. How'd that work out?

+^d that. U bet.

tis true...

In all seriousness,....I agree with you mostly,....I think,....yep,....thought about it, still think it.
But I would personally like to do a LOT of immigrant labor,....for about 1/3 more wage,....for 2/3 the working day. ( And that IS very close to the 1955 AVERAGE working mans wage )
Work outside,....with your HANDS !?! Kewl !!! I just don't want to starve doing it,...or be so exhausted at the end of THE AVERAGE Day,.....that my "working day" - SUMS UP MY LIFE.
Employers cant "legally" pay the wage they have become acclimated/accustomed to paying for their serfs/peasants.

....anyway,....thats my 2 bits.

"citizenize" all immigrant labor that pulls a paycheck in this country. Make THAT automatic. Things will change.

Ok first off you won't go hungry you will be working in a field full of food. second they pay on how much work you do not by the hour. Third all you have to do is follow the crops and you will find all the work you want. In other words when it's apple season find a apple orchard and hire in picking apples when it's cherry season find a cherry orchard an so on and so forth. The jobs are there for those that want to do them but most w.a.s.p. don't want to do that kind of work.

My uncle did that work. Even if you are a bad ass,...it doesn't really pay an acceptable wage anymore "by the bushel" as it were.( It still can be equated to an hourly wage,....adjusted by individual or crew speed ). If there EVER was a business IN THE WORLD in need of a union.......

p.s. I dig that you wont go hungry,.......but you sure as hell cant afford to "age",...or "break down" in any way. (and I sort of think ALL jobs should leave you enough "left over" after a days work,...to read the library book of your choice for 2 or 3 hours at shifts end most days with some degree of pleasure and focus.

EXCEPTION - - -perhaps the FULLY VOLUNTARY armed forces,....or REAL emergencies,...where you would be doing VIRTUALLY THE SAME THING even if you received NO paycheck for it; "Mississippi flooding" sorts of things.

THAT I fully support. Yep.

Tru dat! as the young folks would say.

i guess im the only one who sees the hypocracy of supporting these migrant workers and pushing for their "rights" to a decent wage. The only reason Americans dont want to do the work (and why we hire them in the first place) is because of the wages. U think there aren't americans who CAN do the work? Bull shit! I'd do it if the money was right. I know all about "back-breaking" work. I was a pool plasterer, mixing plaster for 10-14 hrs. a day in 105 degree weather; but i was properly re-imbursed so i never complained. The main case for hiring migrant workers is the financial situation most farmers are currently facing, yet fight for their rights is an effort to rais their wages? How does anyone think that makes sense? I'm not saying anyone should be treated like dirt, but the low wages come with the territory. If the wages were higher there would be a flood of lower-middle class AMERICAN citizens ready and willing to do the work; I know because i'd be one of them. I am IN NO WAY trying to prevent anyone from making a living for themselves or their family, but there are people already in this country (legally) who are trying to do just that. Lets take care of them first. (and im all for making citizenship more easily attainable, but not illegal work that takes money out of the american economy)

Well the workers I see drive nice cars have nice homes so the pay can't be that bad.

I wonder if the issue is what you are addressing here. Does it have to do with anyone's lack of willingness to do a (maybe undesirable) job? There are plenty of jobs terrible in their own way whatever. You're attacking other's work ethic and their being accustom to a minimum standard in working environments different than those who are filling the jobs. Then you puff yourself up a little bit in a somewhat irrelevant anecdote. But is this the issue with illegal immigrants working in our country?

Right. Our empathy cannot be exploited. It's an undeniable fact of human emotion.

i have read that three times and still I don't understand what your trying to say. can you reword it so I can reply? as far as people not wanting to do the work of course they don't it's hard work to do. maybe if those getting welfare were to have to work these jobs then the Migrant worker would not be needed but the goverment is not going to make people get off there fat ass an go to work they find it so much easier to pay welfare. is that the answer you were looking for? i don't care if ten thousand people come across the border every day so long as they are willing to work. There are jobs here for those that want to work. Do they pay big bucks hell no will you get rich hell no but you can find work if you want to work. I have never had a hard time finding a job when I wanted to work. only those that feel they are above digging a ditch or getting dirty or flipping burgers are without work those that feel that they are above those that will do what it takes to get by are not working those that will stay in the same town or same state because moveing is so hard are not working. What did those of the great depression do ?? they packed a bag and found a new place to call home where they could find work or reinvent them selves. Those that lost there homes because they took out a note that had a ballon payment or the interest went sky high knew that was going to happen when they signed the contract.
So all I can say is it's up the single person to do what is best for themselves. Those that think sitting down and waiting for a hand out is best then let them wait for that hand out. I myself have moved more times than I care to think about to find work but I did and I also found work be it working as a pipefitter or shucking oysters or cleaning horse stalls. there are to many people that are not willing to get out there and do what it takes to get the job done they are soft and lazy. Is that what you wanted to hear HELL no it's not why because it's the truth. People don't want to have to do the hard work they want to sit in a room with AC and get paid big bucks to do squat.

me too

I'm sure He loves you to.

see above post

Oh shit! I wonder what My pit-bull would look like in a dress

Probably better than lipstick on a pig.

There you go, now put the dress on and you have a party!

I do believe I will skip that party.

I love you too bailey

Hey man,...........I got a goat I'm taking to the prom,......but if you got a ticket already,.....

Uhm,.....one word,.....how do you feel about ........."threesome" ?

purely hypothetical question.

plus,....tux is expected.

p.s. +^d

Hah ! +^d

not "goat luv" love,....then ? +^d

Well so long as the goat don't mind being sealed air tight I'm down with it. I don't have a tux but I have the suit we buried my Father in as far as tickets i have a few of them that were never paid so I guess i could use one of them to get in hypotheticaly of course. Um what time will Ya'll be picking me up?

just let me find the hearse,...and the goth/goat related tune loaded on my iPod ...

No problem I have to pull whats left of dad out of the suit. I sure thought he would break down faster than he has. oh well :} time to get him out of it.

sighhh, ok, let's start a current prom. Will you be my prom date? You could wear that paper bag duck outfit, I'll find something to match it.

Nope your to late remanns done asked me out. besides he's bringing a goat for a threesome. nothing like some hot goat sex after a night out

Not to slander goats,....but they HAVE been known to "play the field"......Just wait a bit till the goat breaks up with us,...I'm sure he would hit the sack with you ! ( Or have I let the cat out of the bag ) ? +^d

I thought it was a she goat....tsk tsk, the things that happen after prom.

What??

How ever you judge Stephen Colbert testimony he brought attention to an important issue in the U.S. that other wise no one in this forum would be giving a second thought to.

yes, thats right, democrats want to pay these immigrants..um I mean slaves... a fair wage and acknowlage their "unailienable" rights. Fuck if thats slavery sign my ass up!

Tell me that humans aren't all slaves to money, and I'll point you
towards your nearest boneyard. It's early yet in the day, and I
haven't had a good horse laugh at the idiocy of the human condition.
Money brought humans out of the jungle, but It can't bring the jungle
out of humans. Our reptile brain is too old for that to happen this
soon in the course of human evolution. Webster's Dictionary definition
of slavery involves domination as the essence of it's modus operandi.
So again, tell me that the need for living humans to have enough money
to survive doesn't dominate 80 % of the 6-7 Billion people in this world.

We feed off the death of other living organisms to survive. And we condone
the slavery of Manual Labor, the produce picker, because we have to live
within our means. Mr.Colbert was refering to seeing their human rights
observed, as in recognized, and enforced, because our hypocrisy shouldn't
exceed our sense of decency & chivalry. Caesar Chavez would agree.
I topped some bushels of onions on a muck farm in upstate New York
when I was a teen. It's damned hard work for too little money for w.a.s.p.s
to want to perform. And dat's da fact, jack.

Do you know what a slave who get's paid is called?
An employee.

actualy he called for the exact opposite, but thanks for playing

If your comments weren't so idiotic, I'd respect you. Why? Because, you're very good at what you do. The best on Current at what you do, I shouldn't wonder. In fact, I've never seen an instance where you haven't accomplished what you're good at doing.

Ayipis, you're extremely good at posting comments that:
1. Everyone from all walks of life disagrees with
2. Completely miss the point of the entire article
3. Piss people off/Annoy people/Make people scoff/Make people down vote you

You should stop projecting your own feelings on to others. Most people are better than you.

Mr. Colbert's humor did seem a little out of place, at least at first, in the testimony. However, I think that by approaching the situation with humor, Colbert might have made this situation more accessible to the masses.

If you read between the lines of what Mr. Colbert was saying, he was making some great commentary on how poor the conditions actually are for the migrant farm workers. He did spend a day picking beans with migrant farm workers, and while a single day is nothing compared to making a lifetime career out of field work, Colbert does have some connection with these people, on some level. Are you saying that it's wrong for Colbert to try to defend the rights of migrant farm workers because he hasn't spent a lot of time living as a migrant farm worker?

It's true, Colbert is doing very well for himself. He's got a successful cable TV show, a few books out, and even has a rally coming up in October in Washington, DC. But I don't think that in itself can prove that Colbert is out of touch with people and has no humanitarian goals, as your comment seems to suggest. I sincerely hope you are not confusing Mr. Colbert with Mr. Beck or Mr. O'Reilly.

Have you ever visited Sipiya, Azerbaijan in the Summer? Bet it gets hot there huh? Good to have your insanity back. I like having to spend some time down the rabbit hole to reply to ya.
Is it 4:20 yet?

some people (achem) shouldnt bother with reading between the lines, as the lines themselves are too difficult for them to understand.

It is always 4:20 some where so go ahead an light one up.

Yes, indeed he is imho. I 2nd your emotion, Remanns. Considering how
the Corporations pull their stings...How they vote on Statutes they haven't
" bothered " to read(as if being conscionably responsible were a bother)...
And how they spend $14 Billion on themselves every year, while toying
with the idea that the unemployed shouldn't be supported until the uber rich
get tax cuts to continue the vicious cycle of them squeezing the middle class
wealth into their hands like a tube of toothpaste...If people of character like
him, Dennis Cucinich, and Ron Paul were the norm sitting in the H.R.,while
the Senators get chosen by the States they're supposed to represent we'd
have an America that wouldn't be on the decline. And we'd be voting for
real leaders like JFK who wouldn't cotton to being the CEO of a corporate
conglomerate. People like Ron Paul would have the balls to enforce Executive
Order 11100. And they wouldn't be installing Monsanto into the Dept. of
Agriculture. You bet he's a credit to being human, especialy in a world where
too many are a waste of human skin, not worth their salt looking to sell us
out to the highest bidder, which would have to be the crooks who've stollen
the most money, since honest people don't generaly own that much....

Do you know what's sader ? Like horses, we're sadled with a national
legislature that would make all the founding fathers vomit to death were
they alive to witness their shenanigans. They refuse to tie the minimum
wage with the Silver standard, as it was in 1963 because then they would
have to deal with the can of worms, aka the national debt, they've also
saddled us with, that they've been putting off for the past 40 years of the U.S.
Government's bankruptcy. And worse, they would have to deal with the
root cause of that U.S.Government bankruptcy, the existence of an institution
owned by a foreign Bankster cartel who's been legaly counterfeiting " money "
ready to collapse under the weight of a national debt now over more than
1 year of the GDP of the USA. When NOONE, legals or illegals can be
guaranteed, by law, to work for a living wage, then the uber rich who own
controlling shares of stocks in all the publicly traded Corporations, can
exploit the working class people who are forced to buy produce picked by
cheaper labor than w.a.s.p.s would work for. I heard them laugh at Mr.Colbert's
sarcasm. Why shouldn't they ?. They're in show business too. It's Pelosi
with her ideas of " political correctness " that I'm not laughing at. She's tragic.
Anyone who say's: " We have to pass this bill to know what it contains " is
too tragicly sad for words to express.

+^D

POWER TO LABOR !

Power to the Teamsters !!! And power to We the People !!!