A former Vice President of the United States, one Richard Cheney,
promoted the loosening of restrictions on Iranian sanctions regarding oil
immediately before becoming the VP and then subsequently promoting the invasion
of Iraq. The Bush Administration hand-picked former Iraqi President Malaki, who
had strong Iranian ties and was promoted by the Bush administration to lead
Iraq. Iran was subsequently strengthened by the weakening of Iraq…so by
Cheney’s own definition, he would be considered a traitor to the interests of
his own country! This fact was pointed out by Jon Stewart.
Also, Jon Stewart, whose mother was a teacher, made note of
the fact that the recent convictions in Atlanta of the teachers who cheated by
giving out test answers to students to promote their own interests by boosting
the grade results for their schools, was condemned by the Judge. He said their
behavior was sickening and the worst thing he had ever heard. Then Stewart went
on to remind the audience that the ratings agencies on Wall Street had given A
ratings to stocks and holdings that they knew were not warranted, thus
resulting in the eventual collapse of the entire economy and ratings system.
After fines of billions of dollars, no one was ever charged in these
transactions which resulted in the collapse of our stock market and the entire
US economy in 2008.
I found myself again yelling, Yes! to the TV when he pointed
out that Chris Christie was being congratulated for having survived the scandal
of Bridge-Gate. How is it that a man surrounded by his hand-picked staff
survives after promoting a culture of cut-throat revenge politics which
extended to shutting down a major bridge affecting thousands of people?
For that matter, how can Governor Scott Walker brag about
his survival of two elections after the people of his state tried to oust him
from office because of his extremist policies? Why does that qualify you, Mr.
Walker, to run a huge country like the United States?
Many is the time I have yelled at the screen, “Yes!
Thank You!” when Jon Stewart, has covered an issue that was completely
overlooked by the mainstream media.
Again, Mr. Stewart, thank you for calling
attention to Fox News with a special and disturbing montage of clips
illustrating that the business model of Fox is heavily invested in preying on
the poorest Americans and portraying them as leeches and lazy. You don’t have
to do a lot of research to verify the myriad number of times they use this as
an intro to their programming. It’s actually quite disturbing and would not be
funny if Jon Stewart wasn’t lambasting Joe Scarboorough for his callous and
ignorant disregard of the truth.
In closing, all I can say is this
about Jon Stewart’s departure:
“What’ll I Do…when you…are far away
And I am Blue…what’ll I do?
What’ll I do…with just…a photograph
To tell…my troubles to?
When I’m alone with only dreams of you
That won’t come true-what’ll I do?”
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