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I was going to try and wait until the Daily Show did 2006, 2007 & 2008, but the instant grat kid in me can't wait any longer. So, here is the Daily Show's 2001 - 2005 "Decade in Review" video compilations: Decade in Review - 2001 Relive George W. Bush's inauguration, the dot-com crash, and Jon's heartfelt speech after 9/11 as The Daily Show remembers Decade in Review - 2002 Where were you when Guantanamo opened, Enron crashed, and President Bush choked on a pretzel? Decade in Review - 2003 The Daily Show looks back at weapons of mass destruction, Arnold Schwarzenegger's election and the beginning of the war in Iraq. Decade in Review - 2004 Watch Jon and The Daily Show News Team's wall-to-wall coverage of Indecision 2004. Decade in Review - 2005 The Daily Show remembers George W. Bush's second inauguration, Hurricane Katrina and the ivory-billed woodpecker. var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";Stay tuned for Part 2 of The Daily Show's Decade in Review (2006 - 2008).

"I Deserve Health Care" is a new television ad from President Obama's Organizing for America. It was OFA's winner in their Health Reform video challenge. var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

Sarah Palin quit a book signing event before she had signed all the books, and people who waited on line for hour and hours were not please. From Think Progress: People who didn’t get to meet Palin “went home only with a piece of paper with Palin’s signature.” Video from the event shows angry wristband-holders loudly booing Palin and yelling, “Sign our books!” and “Quittin’ on the job!” read more... UPDATE I: DKTV has more video/news clips: As both Kevin K. and Dave Weigel noted earlier today, Sarah Palin angered and disappointed fans in Noblesville, Indiana yesterday when she abruptly left a book signing promotion even though there were many fans still waiting in line to receive her signature on their newly purchased copies of Going Rogue.Here’s a video compilation of reaction from fans stiffed by Palin broadcast by local Indiana news outlets: Evidently, Plain apologized to her Indiana fanatics through her Facebook page: "I've been told that yesterday there were supporters in Noblesville who stood in long lines for hours in the cold and rain, and the book signing event ended without a chance to say hello to everyone who showed up. I am so sorry. We are working on a solution for those who were left behind. I apologize." UPDATE II: Lawrence O'Donnell, covering for Keith Olbermann, discussed Palin's latest drama with guest Democratic Strategist, Chris Coffinas: Palin angers fans var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

That's what Media Matters is asking: Conservative commentators such as Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Michael Savage frequently employ rape metaphors when discussing progressives or progressive policies. For example, Beck said that New Yorkers are "being raped by [their] government," while Limbaugh, during a discussion of health care, told his listeners: "Get ready to get gang-raped again. read ALL about their rape obsessions: http://mediamatters.org/research/200911190048 var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

Glenn Beck takes fear-mongering to a whole new level. If anyone needs to be stopped, it's Beck. He's mentality unstable and inciting his viewers to take physical action against President Obama. At what point does the Secret Service take him down? After President Obama has been injured or killed? There's a word fro what Beck is doing: Sedition From DKTV: see more from DKTV... var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

Stephen Colbert talks about working with the "Meryl Streep of Presidents" with Dave on last night's David Letterman: var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

Media Matters caught up with News Corps. Rupert Murdoch at The House's Rayburn Office Building to ask him about his agreeing with Glenn Beck that President Obama is racist. Of course, he lied again. var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

During is "The Word" segment on last night's show, Stephen Colbert called Sarah Palin's new book, "Going Rogue," a "steaming pile of shit." LOL. (h/t Raw Story): The Word - Grand Old Pity Party Fact checking and opposition research are the same thing to Sarah Palin because she knows the facts are out to get her. var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

These idiots just don't learn. Think Progress caught Fox "news" using old footage to make crowds look bigger than they are...again. This time, it was for Sarah Palin's books tour crowds. You would think after Jon Stewart Caught them doing this last week they'd be a little gun shy, but no. This is Fox "news" we're talking about. This afternoon, Fox News host Gregg Jarrett proudly announced that Sarah Palin is “continuing to draw huge crowds while she’s promoting her brand new book. Take a look at — these are some of the pictures just coming into us.” But the pictures that the network chose to display on-air appeared to be old file footage of Palin rallies from the 2008 presidential campaign. Individuals in the crowd are seen holding McCain/Palin signs, and others are holding pom-poms and cheering wildly. “There’s a crowd of folks,” an enthused Jarrett observed, referring to the old footage. var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";Media Matters offers, More proof that Fox ran fake video of Palin's book-tour "crowds": Here's a screenshot of the footage of one of the rallies that Fox's Gregg Jarrett showed today and claimed was "just coming into us" as part of the book tour: And here's a photo posted last year by Florida TV station CFNews 13 of a November 1, 2008, Palin rally in Ocala, Florida: And here's a video of that same rally that TPM posted way back in 2008 -- when it actually happened. Here's my Jon Stewart post from last weeks: Fox "News" & Sean Hannity Caught Using Beck's Protest Footage As Bachmann's by Jon Stewart (UPDATED w/ Hannity's Response): Boing! Jon Stewart catches Fox News and Sean Hannity using old footage to make last weeks protest seem much bigger than it was. The file footage of the better-attended, Glenn Beck Sept. 12the Teabagger protest was substituted as if it were from the recent Michelle Bachmann event on the Capitol steps, attended by approximately 4,000. (John uses Politico's/W

One of the most racist, xenophobic and moronic members of the House Reppublican caucus, Rep. Virginia Foxx, just took to the floor to declare: Republicans ‘Passed Civil Rights Bills Back In The 60s Without Very Much Help’ From Democrats No, really. This one is just mind-blowing! You see, it's THE REPUBLICANS who are the progressives in her delusional little world. An apalled Rep. Dennis Cardoza took to the floor to take this vicious, lying southern piece of shit own. From Think Progress: During a debate on the House floor today over designating 21 miles of the Molalla River as “wild and scenic,” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), who opposes the legislation, tried to claim a progressive environmental record for her party. “Actually, the GOP has been the leader in starting good environmental programs in this country,” said Foxx. Foxx then extended her claims of the GOP’s progressive history to the issue of civil rights. “Just as we were the people who passed the civil rights bills back in the ’60s without very much help from our colleagues across the aisle,” said Fox. “They love to engage in revisionist history.” When Foxx finally yielded her time on the floor, Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) passionately rebuked her: Foxx’s claim that Republicans were the real engine behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a common notion among conservatives. But as Cardoza points out, it was President Lyndon Johnson who “choreographed passage of this historic measure in 1964.” In fact, the Republican presidential candidate in 1964, Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-AZ), voted against the legislation. read more....var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog"; This thing has a long history of outrageous statements and mind-numbingly stupid revisionist history: Obama Exaggerating The Numbers On Uninsured Americans” Says GOP’er Foxx Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) disputes President Obama’s claim that 47 million Americans lack healthcare. “There are no Americans who don’

David Letterman has been on a Sarah Palin tear lately. This is just from his November 16, 2009 show: David Letterman - Dave's Monologue, Part 2 Here' is "Top Ten Surprises in the Sarah Palin Book" David Letterman - Seth Meyers Talks Sarah Palin var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

From last night's David Letterman show (November 18, 2009): Want to Subscribe? Sign In or Sign Up now! "Top Ten Highlights of Barack Obama's Interview with Fox News" ar addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

Jon Stewart Reports on Sarah Palin's new book while & John Oliver reports on her book tour: The Rogue Warrior While promoting her new book, Sarah Palin delivers her wisdom as a conservative boilerplate Mad Lib. Excitement Over Sarah Palin's Book Release John Oliver hits a New York City bookstore to witness the excitement over the release of Sarah Palin's memoir. var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

TPM posted this video yesterday from the Judiciary Committee hearing on the 9/11 trials, terrorism and the Fort Hood shooting. In it, Sens. Patrick Leahy riffed on Senator Jeff Sessions about losing the civil war. Anyone who knows Session's history, understands why this was so funny. [...] Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Jeff Sessions (R-AL) finally settled an old score. After Sessions cited Civil War Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in his opening remarks, Leahy said, "I must admit, Sen. Sessions, that I'm delighted to hear someone from Alabama quote, approvingly, Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln. The world has come full circle." "And they were winners, too," Sessions responded. "Well, I appreciate that acknowledgment too," Leahy said. "We probably best leave this one alone." read more...var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

New video from headzup (via their DKos a/c) of Rudy Guiliani explaining why the GOPis so afraid of having Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's trial in NYC: John Boehner cowered. Karl Rove quaked. Bill O'Reilly whimpered that he doesn't care about the Constitution. But none could sum up the right wing cowardice greater than Mr. 9-11 himself, Rudy Giuliani. Take a look. And don't even get them started on holding terrorist suspects in our prisons. I imagine Republicans are drawing up papers to kick Grover Norquist, Bob Barr and David Keene out of the party as I speak.read more...var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

From last night's Daily Show: Law & Order: KSM Samantha Bee fears the media won't be able to handle Khalid Shaikh Mohammed's trial if it's held in New York City. var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

Hey, at least were not Nazi's (today)! From TPM:You may have thought that conservatives had mastered the art of attacking Democratic health care reform proposals. But conservative Fox News host Glenn Beck proved last night that there's always more to learn, comparing the Obama initiative to child rapist Roman Polanski. "We're the young girl saying, 'No no! Help me!' and the government is Roman Polanski. In the end I think we're all going to be cowering in France."read more...var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

"I think uh, since then, she’s left a lot to be — uh, I’ll put it this way — desired as a person who’s seeking votes." Lou Dobbs, on the November 18, 2009 Today Show From ThinkProgress: In an interview on NBC’s Today Show this morning, host Matt Lauer sought former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs’ opinion of Sarah Palin and her presidential prospects. Dobbs — whose rumored next step is said to be a run for political office — provided a critical assessment of Palin as a potential presidential candidate. Dobbs stated that Palin is certainly “staking out her territory,” but he refused to endorse her: read more...var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

Stephen Colbert is very upset that President Obama is bowing to foreign leaders, like the Emperor of Japan. Not. Obama Bows to Japanese Emperor var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

Neo-Nazis & their teabagging allies are turning on each other now, as seen in the video of a rally in Phoenix, Arizona. The Simple Canadian posted this great video at DKos a couple of days ago: A fight eruped between the members of the National Socialist Movement (Neo-Nazis) and the Americans Citizens United. The Neo-Nazis found themselves shut out of an anti-immigration Tea Party protest when one of the Neo-Nazi tried to unfold an Adolf Hitler flag. The event organizer was enraged and tried to snatch the flag. read more...var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";