Late Night Video — The Standup Economist
Via Calculated Risk, here is a funny routine from the Stand Up Economist, who does a hysterical run down on the budget mess and other political controversy:
Late Night Video — President Obama Discusses Getting Politics Done
This video is from the White House and comes from a surprise visit President Obama made to a group of College Democrats, Republicans and Independents back in March. This is very compelling -- if anything because this philosophy of governing is very evident in how he has worked to date.
Late Night Video — A Bit of Fry & Laurie
Doing an awesome spoof on It's A Wonderful Life -- this time imagining what Britain would be like if Rupert Murdoch had never been born. Hilarious!
Late Night Video — FDR Wins Again
So did he call it, or did he call it? Somethings just never change -- FDR talking about how Republicans would treat Social Security and employment:
Late Night Video — Informed Constituents Rule!
Charlie Dent (R-PA) met with some of his constituents last week and they wanted to know why House Republicans were holding the debt ceiling hostage in order to NOT raise taxes on the wealthy.
Late Night Video — The Narrative of Conservative Victimization
Jon Stewart breaks it all down for you. Again.
Late Night Video — Worldwide Rebel Song
Tom Morello (as The Nightwatchman) was asked to perform at the Teamsters and rocked the house with the uncensored version of This Land is Your Land and a song he wrote called Worldwide Rebel Song.
Late Night Video — What Killed the Dream?
This is from the Change to Win people, who encourage folks to attend the events of the Speak Out for Good Jobs Tour.
Late Night Video — When Will CNN & MSNBC Stop Giving Air Time to Anti-gay Bigots?
Dan Savage asks this really important question, and observes that society may be close to a tipping point where anti-gay bigotry may finally be unacceptable to the larger American society.
Late Night Video — A Short Film About F**king Bureaucracy
From Roger Ebert's blog -- this great short film that gives the usual travails of dealing with the bureaucracy something of a Tarantino treatment:
Late Night Video: We’re F&#$ing AFSCME
The best commercial ever.
Late Night Video — Hear No Evil
The so-called Libertarian Rand Paul tells Sean Hannity that he is willing to undermine our freedom of assembly in order to round up people who are listening to people talking (just talking) about the overthrow of the US government. So Steven Colbert observes that (according to Paul) apparently we have Freedom of Speech, but not Freedom of Listen: