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Colbert Rally for Truthiness

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I'm surprised this hasn't really popped up anywhere on here ;)

There is a "grass roots" group of people on Reddit, Facebook, Twitter and through private websites rolling with a quasi satire "Colbert Rally" idea that is making waves.

So much so that they have raised over 180,000 dollars in Charity for the DonorChoose.org "Restoring Truthiness Campaign" http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/viewChallenge.html?id=39361

http://www.colbertrally.com/

The way both Colbert and Stewart have played into this is amazing and seeing Colbert's comedic response on Reddit was awesome.

And to think it all started from a post on Reddit and snowballed into real action. Discuss :)
 
It's democracy in action, and brings a tear to my heart.

As a true american (true, I don't have an american passport and only speak some of the language, but in my tearful heart I am America) I endorse this movement. It's my second one today.

For too long now and in the past and in the future, the American ideal has been sneered at by jealous foreigners who wish to impose their warped un-American ideals upon Americans by lying with statistics and facts and all them book learnings that they never got from the one true book.

Yes I'm talking about Stephen Colbert's "I am America, and so can you".

So, finally it's time to begin and start to finish our long march to truly counter this contrary mood with true truthiness and put this truly great truth loving country back on top of the truth-damned mutha-truthy pile of history.

Thank you.
 
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uk_dave said:
It's democracy in action, and brings a tear to my heart.

As a true american (true, I don't have an american passport and only speak some of the language, but in my tearful heart I am America) I endorse this movement. It's my second one today.

For too long now and in the past and in the future, the American ideal has been sneered at by jealous foreigners who wish to impose their warped un-American ideals upon Americans by lying with statistics and facts and all them book learnings that they never got from the one true book.

Yes I'm talking about Stephen Colbert's "I am America, and so can you".

So, finally it's time to begin and start to finish our long march to truly counter this contrary mood with true truthiness and put this truly great truth loving country back on top of the truth-damned mutha-truthy pile of history.

Thank you.
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What he said!

I think ...

wait ...
 
Looks like they're close to breaking 250k raised for Donorschoose.org as well. Love watching how this is coming about
 
Just saw this on the daily show (a bit late in Britain).

Hilarious. But serious too.
"I disagree with you but I'm pretty sure your're not Hitler".
 
This is great. For some time I have been saying that you have to fight people like Beck using their own weapons.
 
I saw this at work today in a waiting area filled with BCT trainee soldiers.

One of them commented "I wasn't aware that sanity had ever been there in the first place".

Bright kid.
 
dudalb said:
This is great. For some time I have been saying that you have to fight people like Beck using their own weapons.
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They're using a far more effective weapon.

"Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand." - Mark Twain
 
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