July 2011 archive

Colbert Gets His Super-PAC

Cross posted from The Stars Hollow Gazette

People camped out last night outside the FEC headquarters in Washington,DC to get a seat in the hearing room this  morning. Why? Because Stephen Colbert would be testifying about his request to form a super PAC to raise campaign money. This morning the FEC approved his request:

Stephen Colbert learned an important lesson Thursday at the Federal Election Commission: Even a gifted comedian can’t make campaign-finance law funny.

In a meeting devoid of anything beyond a gentle chuckle, the FEC decided that Colbert could go ahead with his plans to form a self-titled “super PAC” that could raise and spend unlimited money on the 2012 elections.

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The real parody came outside the FEC building, where Colbert began accepting donations from fans for the newly registered “Colbert Super PAC.”

“Some people have said, ‘Is this some kind of joke?’ ” Colbert told the crowd. “I for one don’t think participating in democracy is a joke.”

Colbert continued being coy about the ultimate goal of his new PAC, and whether he would take advantage of a loosened campaign-finance environment to solicit big money from corporations and others. When asked by a reporter when the first ad might run, Colbert said: “I’ve got to get some money first.”

Muse in the Morning

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Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.

I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

–Abraham Lincoln



Blitz 3

Late Night Karaoke

Job Fair

It was a few days ago when I went to see this.  

I was in the D.C. area and since I was recently unemployed I figured “while i’m here” and went to have a look around to see what the climate was like. What I saw was the vision of our job future.

A woman walked out from behind the booth at this one station and screamed “Ok, PhD’s in this line, all others in this line!”

I laughed to myself as I continued to enjoy my sweet potato fries watching this ridiculousness from the sidelines go on.  All these well-dressed people, huddled in lines, and then split by order of their degrees.  

But behold, the tragic comedy reached a new high (or low?) when an Alpha Plus said to the woman “I have my PhD and some of these people on line only have their Masters, shouldn’t I be in front?”

At that point my laughter had become external and highly audible seeing as everyone was looking at us.  

I explained I was a sociologist who was just “enjoying the view”….

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