{"id":208,"date":"2004-10-18T12:37:42","date_gmt":"2004-10-18T17:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=208"},"modified":"2004-10-19T08:54:27","modified_gmt":"2004-10-19T13:54:27","slug":"stop-stop-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=208","title":{"rendered":"Stop, stop, stop."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s great about Crossfire is that they&#8217;re grilling Jon Stewart for not asking hard-hitting questions on his comedy show, and then trying to downplay his opinions by saying he&#8217;s not funny on that &#8220;debate&#8221; show. And he&#8217;s the only one who realizes it&#8217;s ridiculous. <a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/items\/200410160003\">The transcript<\/a> even comes across as Jon Stewart and some idiot partisans who think they&#8217;re funny.<\/p>\n<p>You can also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifilm.com\/ifilmdetail\/2652831\">take it in as iFilm<\/a>, but be warned that the site has more chatter on it than an oak tree covered in McDonald&#8217;s fries.  You know, &#8217;cause of the squirrels.  And their love of grease.  Ask Czeltic Girl.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s takin&#8217; the piss, he&#8217;s takin&#8217; the piss.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s great about Crossfire is that they&#8217;re grilling Jon Stewart for not asking hard-hitting questions on his comedy show, and then trying to downplay his opinions by saying he&#8217;s not funny on that &#8220;debate&#8221; show. And he&#8217;s the only one who realizes it&#8217;s ridiculous. 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