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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 12:32 AM Original message |
I am really starting to get Pissed-off at Stephen Colbert and his gulping Pain Pills shtick |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. he's blasting the RW pundits like Rush who do this |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 12:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yes, I know that, but he picked a VERY dangerous drug to do it with. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. As I recent college grad, I assure you, I know what he's doing is parody. |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Would you rather he get taken off the air after he's sued by a bunch of angry parents? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. So, you're saying that kids will see him do this |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. NO, I'm NOT saying that at all! |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:37 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Then write him a letter |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:56 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Excellent, that makes two of us. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. But if you're not saying people will emulate his pill-popping... |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 02:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. No, most people do NOT knows you can OD on Tylenol, that's my point and the problem... |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 02:22 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. You still didn't answer my initial question. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. What else shouldn't people do on TV? |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. Could it be he's parodying Rush's Oxycontin addiction? |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's called a joke. |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. It's not the same thing, it's not a harmless joke precisely because... |
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demobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 12:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. What Colbert is doing is Parody, not glorification |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. No, the analogy only makes sense if Colbert was comically chain-smoking and hacking away. |
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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 07:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
44. I have never heard that Tylenol is dangerous. Never. |
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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 07:13 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Do you have a link supporting your claim that Tylenol is dangerous? |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Are you serious? |
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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Thanks dorkulon. Yep, I'm serious as a you know what you know where. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #48 |
60. If you don't know this, you've never read the warnings |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
56. And a funny one at that |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. his viewers are smarter than that, give them some credit |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
8. I kept waiting to see a Rush impersonator run out and steal the bottle from him |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
9. I love it. (Not to be contrary or disrespectful. ) |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. But see, it's NOT out of his Colbert Report character, that's part of the problem. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yes, gulping handfuls is dangerous |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Now you're just insulting us. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. Do you think anyone who watches and understands Stephen Colbert's show |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. Oh my fucking god. |
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Throwing Stones (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
15. lighten up dude, it's called satire |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
16. Wow. Do you hate Hunter Thompson too? |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. No I do not hate Hunter Thompson or what he did! Why? |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 02:23 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. I really don't think many people think Vicodin is safe. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 02:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. . |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. Anyone who can read knows Vicodin is not safe or harmless |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Not always |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. I'd love to know where you were prescribed Vicodin and not given any information about it |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. University of Iowa Hospital |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
17. Are we to censor every possible dangerous behavior? |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 02:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Sorry, I don't watch that show, so I haven't any idea what you are talking about. |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
20. You can always turn your television set off if this really upsets you |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
22. I'm Sorry |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
23. why do you hate |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 02:14 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Why do you ask ludicrous questions on a serious topic? |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 03:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. serious topic? |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #38 |
64. Corks on forks!!!!!!! call congress right now! |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
61. When I see a serious topic here, I'll let you know. |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
30. Before he kills someone? Are you kidding me? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 02:21 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Exactly, good heavens! |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
39. Might I suggest you're overreacting because of your personal pain? |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 06:56 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. You might, and you'd be correct I'd wager |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Anne Rice is a "whore" 'cause she made sadism popular. |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Rice went fundy??? |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #39 |
62. Hey hey! What's this? A voice of reason in the wilderness? :) |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
40. As the great Hunter S. Thompson once said |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
42. Look, sorry for your personal experience, but give me a fucking break. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
43. It's a joke, and not a very original one. |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. So you're saying |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
49. I've never heard him identify the pills except to say they taste like Smarties |
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demgurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
51. Don't worry about it. |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #51 |
65. Canadians aren't just healthier because they |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
55. Odd, I understood it to be a joke. And a funny one at that. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
57. If someone decided to take a bunch of pills because of colbert's joke |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
58. Everyone has a sacred cow. |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
59. PS - it appears that the jury of public opinion has rendered a verditc, |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
68. Jesus, get over it. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
69. ridiculous to suggest minds are so very weak, colbert has the power |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
70. I'm Sorry You Lost Your Friend |
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