John Mortell's blog » The Colbert Report http://www.johnmortell.com A blog about whatever comes to mind Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:39:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Jon Stewart Vs CNBC http://www.johnmortell.com/2009/03/14/jon-stewart-vs-cnbc/ http://www.johnmortell.com/2009/03/14/jon-stewart-vs-cnbc/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:57:50 +0000 John http://www.johnmortell.com/?p=1036 Very good stuff here, nice to see Stewart back on form & the interview with Jim Cramer is pretty fascinating & rather disconcerting… :

]]> http://www.johnmortell.com/2009/03/14/jon-stewart-vs-cnbc/feed/ 0 Ron Suskind on ‘The Way of the World’ http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/08/31/ron-suskind-on-the-way-of-the-world/ http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/08/31/ron-suskind-on-the-way-of-the-world/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:52:04 +0000 John http://www.johnmortell.com/?p=973 Amazing to hear even more evidence that the Bush administration knew that there was absolutely no evidence that there were W.M.D’s in Iraq:

]]> http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/08/31/ron-suskind-on-the-way-of-the-world/feed/ 0 Stephen Colbert mocks the Bill O Reilly freaking out video http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/05/15/stephen-colbert-mocks-the-bill-o-reilly-freaking-out-video/ http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/05/15/stephen-colbert-mocks-the-bill-o-reilly-freaking-out-video/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 10:34:59 +0000 John http://www.johnmortell.com/?p=861 Good stuff:

You can find the original video of Bill O Reilly freaking out here

]]> http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/05/15/stephen-colbert-mocks-the-bill-o-reilly-freaking-out-video/feed/ 0 Stephen Colbert at the White House dinner http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/04/28/stephen-colbert-at-the-white-house-dinner/ http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/04/28/stephen-colbert-at-the-white-house-dinner/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:00:45 +0000 John http://www.johnmortell.com/?p=838 I remember this video as being one of the first times I was ever exposed to politics in a meaningful sense. While its probably an odd thing to say, this was one of the first times that politics became ‘real’ for me and remains one of the best ‘take-downs’ of the Bush Administration I have seen. What’s impressive (and kind of horrifying) is that a large number of the comments made by Colbert still apply…

]]> http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/04/28/stephen-colbert-at-the-white-house-dinner/feed/ 0 John Edwards goes Al Gore route, appears on Colbert Report http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/04/21/john-edwards-goes-al-gore-route-appears-on-colbert-report/ http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/04/21/john-edwards-goes-al-gore-route-appears-on-colbert-report/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:25:39 +0000 John http://www.johnmortell.com/?p=832 I still think he’s better than any of the canidates that are left…

]]> http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/04/21/john-edwards-goes-al-gore-route-appears-on-colbert-report/feed/ 0 ‘The Word’ on Obama’s ‘Race Speech’ http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/03/21/the-word-on-obamas-race-speech/ http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/03/21/the-word-on-obamas-race-speech/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:42:43 +0000 John http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/03/21/the-word-on-obamas-race-speech/ Cian’s already talked about this, but Obama does it funnier (sorry Cian) (Also, I apologise for the fact that ‘funnier’ isn’t correct English)

]]> http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/03/21/the-word-on-obamas-race-speech/feed/ 0 The Word in an alternate universe? http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/02/29/the-word-in-an-alternate-universe/ http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/02/29/the-word-in-an-alternate-universe/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:16:38 +0000 John http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/02/29/the-word-in-an-alternate-universe/ I love the seague that he has at the end:

]]> http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/02/29/the-word-in-an-alternate-universe/feed/ 0 The new Captain America? Or Captain Colbert? http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/02/02/the-new-captain-america-or-captain-colbert/ http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/02/02/the-new-captain-america-or-captain-colbert/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:44:29 +0000 John http://www.johnmortell.com/2008/02/02/the-new-captain-america-or-captain-colbert/ Joe Quesada on ‘The Colbert Report’ plugging the ‘new’ Captain America (which was a pretty good read btw):

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