Jon Stewart broke the bad news that “we’re all gonna die” on Thursday’s “Daily Show.”
The comedian played a montage of clips warning Americans of the threat of ISIS, Ebola, and “porous” borders.
“While the number of deaths from those things can be counted on two Simpsons’ hands,” Stewart said, “what are we gonna do about it?!”
He aired more clips of politicians declaring that the government must do “whatever it takes” to protect American lives before showing that officials do the opposite when it comes to the dangers Americans actually face: heart disease, a lack of medicaid coverage, gun violence and the threat of climate change.
“All we keep hearing is we must do whatever it takes to save American lives unless it’s stopping the things that are actually killing Americans,” Stewart said. “For some reason, in this country, we’re only afraid of bad things entering our country. Crossing our sacred borders when our shelves are already so stocked with bad shit. It’s like people are saying, ‘When I die, I want to know my preventable death has a label on it that says ‘Made in America.'”
Watch below, courtesy of Comedy Central:
And as usual, John Stewart shows the abject stupidity of the GOP on major issues…by simply showing the video of them speaking.
Why in the name of God would the average someone vote for the GOP?
Guess you can’t fix stupid…
How incredibly sad that it takes a comedian to point this out. He’s right; politicians are soooo concerned with Ebola because it is risky and kills. Yet many of these same people shrug at gun control or fight people having the ability to get healthcare. The absurdity in all this is so depressing.
Meanwhile Germany now offers FREE college education. Thom Hartmann discussed this on his radio show yesterday, pointing out how it’s an investment in the future. The more educated one is, the more likely they will earn more money and thus pay more in taxes, which in turn offers more services like free college education - see, it’s a cycle. Yet you can best believe that will never happen here, because… FREEDOM.
Invisible fears, magical thinking, the threat of death…clearly America’s being sexually molested by the media and winger pols.
Coincidentally, while I was reading the line above-- in the right-hand column of the article’s webpage-- was an advertisement for a McDonalds breakfast.
I’m Lovin’ It!™ (and Dying From It!™)
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Because…
a Randian-dystopia is preferred by an ignorant and criminal political minority.
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