Tag: sanity

Jon Stewart – Restoring Sanity
ecthompsonmd November 2, 2010

Here is Jon Stewart’s closing speech at his Rally to Restore Sanity. (As I mentioned in my comments earlier today, on this blog, I will insist on a reasonable discussion. I’m happy to discuss the issues with anybody. I will not put up with name calling. It just isn’t necessary. As a matter fact, it is unnecessarily inflammatory. Therefore, certain comments may mysteriously disappear if I don’t think they’re civil. I’m happy to have people disagree with me and others on this blog. It has been said before that it is possible to disagree without being disagreeable. I appreciate everyone who

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Stewart on da’ Factor
ecthompsonmd September 24, 2010

It is customary to try to be polite to a guest even if you are asking tough questions. Bill O’Reilly didn’t even try. Then again, I would have been surprised if he had. There are several interesting moments in this interview. First, O’Reilly suggests that only “dope heads” watch The Daily Show, which is true. I’m doing lines of blow on my computer right now before I go back and listen to another lecture at this trauma conference I’m attending in Boston. Secondly, Stewart mentions something that is really true, that on Fox, O’Reilly is the liberal. He is the closest

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Obama at the White House
ecthompsonmd November 10, 2008

The importance of today’s meeting between Barack Obama and George W. Bush must not be understated. Let’s think back eight years to the White House meeting between President Bill Clinton and President-elect George W. Bush. According to James Moore’s book, Bush’s War for Reelection, Bill Clinton gave George W. Bush the five priorities for his administration. First was bin Laden. Second was the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The third priority was North Korea and the fourth was Pakistan-India. Finally, there was Saddam Hussein. Remember, this was back in 2000. Bush said, “I think you’ve got your priorities wrong. I’m putting Saddam at the top of the

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