Comments on: When it comes to fixing what’s wrong with America, Jon Stewart never rests. http://punkassblog.com/2007/03/25/when-it-comes-to-fixing-whats-wrong-with-america-jon-stewart-never-rests/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:36:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: wren http://punkassblog.com/2007/03/25/when-it-comes-to-fixing-whats-wrong-with-america-jon-stewart-never-rests/#comment-38151 wren Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:59:33 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2007/03/25/when-it-comes-to-fixing-whats-wrong-with-america-jon-stewart-never-rests/#comment-38151 Did you see Stewart's interview with the author of Religious Literacy? There was a brilliant moment in which he pointed out such a book should be required reading for politicians, and the author was like, "Yeah, it would be good if they knew something about foreign relations." Stewart was like, "Hold up, let's think about that statement. It is absolutely true. Nevertheless, let us consider the situation of a country in which such a thing needs to be explicitly stated." (paraphrase, of course) Did you see Stewart’s interview with the author of Religious Literacy? There was a brilliant moment in which he pointed out such a book should be required reading for politicians, and the author was like, “Yeah, it would be good if they knew something about foreign relations.”

Stewart was like, “Hold up, let’s think about that statement. It is absolutely true. Nevertheless, let us consider the situation of a country in which such a thing needs to be explicitly stated.”

(paraphrase, of course)

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