{"id":545,"date":"2008-10-30T22:18:30","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T21:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/?p=545"},"modified":"2008-10-30T22:20:16","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T21:20:16","slug":"oh-hai-american-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/10\/30\/oh-hai-american-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh HAI, American elections…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have been on a bit of a Jon Stewart<\/a> kick the past few days. I’ve gotten into the habit of listening to audiobooks on my way to and from work, as I can’t read on the bus into town – and one of the books was America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction<\/a> by said Jon Stewart, which totally reminded me why I love that guy and his brain. (I get ‘brain crushes’ sometimes, on seriously smart and funny people like Stephen Fry or Neil Gaiman.) <\/p>\n

So I decided to see if I couldn’t find a place to watch The Daily Show<\/i>, which I’d caught in New Zealand a few times (it aired on the music channel C4 there, on the same day as the US, thanks to the international date line) – and ‘lo and behold, you can actually watch the episodes on the show’s official website<\/a>, no matter where you live! See, that’s why I love the internets… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

And following Jon Stewart of course also means following Obama – I actually remember hearing about Obama’s speech on race on The Daily Show in March:<\/p>\n

And, because it’s less than one week until the elections are finally here, let me be the last person on this planet to post the “Yes We Can” video, because it’s a lot of fun to play “name the celeb” (and because it is a seriously awesome speech, too):
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Okay, enough politics for this blog, I promise! (Actually, in the past – during the 2004 elections, as a matter of fact – I caught serious flak from an “online friend” because I dared to have an opinon about American politics – but, although I’m not American and don’t live in the US, I think it’s safe to say that American politics affect the whole world. Sometimes with… rather tragic consequences.) Umm yes. This was supposed to be a simple squee post about Jon Stewart, but there you go. *g*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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