Thursday, December 6, 2007

War on Colbert!!!

I hereby declare war on Stephen Colbert!

During a The Word segment called College Credit, that rat bastard Stephen had the cheekiness, the impudence, the audacity, the temerity, the mendacity, to lump linguistics in with classics and comparative literature in the lowest tier of his new pricing system for college majors. His new three tiered system includes the following:

Marketable
Non-marketable
You know this is killing your parents.

Here is my transcription of his profane comment:

...and the lowest tier which includes classics, comparative literature, linguistics. Basically, anything taught by someone who says he lives to teach.
(starts at the 1.08 minute mark)

Now, I’m on board with Stephen’s plan to charge for individual facts, this makes perfect sense (that’ll cost you $1). But I’ll be damned if I’ll let some plastic-haired, thin-lipped, southern-fried ninny sully the name of my chosen profession. This bozo couldn't even get on the ballot in South Carolina years after porn stars, muscle men, and Gary Coleman broke the ballot-box glass ceiling in the California gubernatorial election.

So, be ware! Stephen Colbert (hey, that rhymes), I was a wrestler for 13 years. I know from pain.

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