The Whole Jon Stewart Thing
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-by Valley Girl
Above is Jon Stewart’s statement to a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday June 11th. Rep Steve Cohen (D-TN), a member of the subcommittee the Constitution, civil rights and civil liberties explained to Stewart that "All these empty chairs, that's because [the room] is for the full committee. It's not because of disrespect or lack of attention to you." Still, most of the Republicans on the subcommittee stayed away from the hearing. On Wednesday the full committee passed the 9/11 legislation. Now it goes to the floor of the House for a final vote.
I sent this YouTube to Howie, saying that it was powerful. I chose the one from USA Today (~2,000 views) rather than the one from CNN (over 2 million views) because it shows Nadler’s reaction at the end. Plus, the camera doesn’t stray from Jon Stewart himself.
USA Today’s title for the youtube is "Jon Stewart shames Congress over 9/11 first responders fund | USA TODAY."
Howie asked me to write a post explaining why Jon Stewart’s words had such a powerful effect on me.
That, I can't rationally explain. After all, I am an INFJ/P. I’ll try nonetheless.
It was painful for me to watch because of the terrible fate of 9-11 first responders. Cancer, more cancer, their medical problems being dismissed. The first time I watched it, I had to pause the video a few times because I found it emotionally overwhelming.
And on later watching, Jon Stewart’s powerful repetition of "5 seconds," "5 seconds" for the 9-11 first responders to answer their call of duty. As compared with the House’s time taken to answer their call of duty.
Stewart also tapped into something that resonates with me, and surely must resonate with many others.
At the very beginning Stewart mentions "healthcare and benefits."
4:25 There is not a person here, there is not an empty chair on that stage that didn't tweet out "Never forget the heros of 9-11 ..."
6:18 ....setting aside that no American in this country should face financial ruin because of a health issue .. certainly 9-11 responders shouldn't have to decide whether to live or have a place to live.
I searched online to find a transcript of Stewart's statement, alas without success. So, I typed the above, listening to Jon Stewart.
But in a lesser way Jon Stewart’s words tapped into own frustration and anger about the failure of Congress to start impeachment hearings. They have failed the 9-11 first responders. Why should they give a flying f*ck about failing their Constitutional Oath?
Labels: House Judiciary Committee, Jon Stewart
posted by DownWithTyranny @ 5:00 PM
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When Jon Stewart was doing his show, he often eviscerated the democraps for being "pussies", "corrupt" and a few other epithets. I wish he were still doing his show today for what he would do to Pelosi and Nadler. Not that voters would notice anything.
that he had to appear before the subcommittee for them to pass the lege to the floor for a vote is merely another symptom of how fucked up this shithole has become and how worthless, feckless and corrupt the democraps are (they ARE, in case you forgot, in the majority now for 6 months). We cannot explain why the Nazi majority did not pass it before... after all they "have all the tough people" on their side.
what is "INFJ/P"?
INFJ/P is an abbreviation of two of the Myers–Briggs Type Indicators to refer to one of the MBTI's 16 personality types which combines some of the traits of both types. The MBTI assessment was developed from the work of prominent psychiatrist Carl G. Jung in his book Psychological Types. Wikipedia
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I appreciate Stewart and his advocacy. But this was a stunt tailor made for and by him. A small subcommittee hearings (14-18 members) in a giant committee hearing room (50 seats)… the optics alone are terrible. I wish he would have spent some time being outraged at which "side" of that committee failed to attend (any guesses?). He should take his outrage and his following over to the Senate and stage a sit in in McTurtle's office because even when the "not doing your job" house passes relief, the insane GOP majority in the Senate will bury it next to every other single thing that has hit the Senate this session.
I like Stewart - he commands the loyalty of many. I wish he would turn his and their ire less on "all of them" but more towards the smaller number of true bad actors.
RP
Retired, they are ALL bad actors. Otherwise that bill would have passed months ago if not years.
I get the ire aimed at the Nazis. I do NOT get why that seems to neuter any ire for the OTHER despicable party.
the thing about stewart is that his frequent evisceration of the democraps, even when he was still on camera, was laughed off because his show was a comedy show.
We should not have been laughing.
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