Random Quote of the Day

Both The Daily Show and Colbert Report are off this week, and if there's one thing I hate, it's re-runs. The whole appeal of these shows is that they deliver on their promises. They are the anti-Nightly News for millions of slobbering current events junkies and whenever they take a week off something horrible seems to happen.

Hurricane Katrina, anyone?

Therefore, I present this (from the Onion AV Club)

Truthiness is tearing apart our country, and I don't mean the argument over who came up with the word. I don't know whether it's a new thing, but it's certainly a current thing, in that it doesn't seem to matter what facts are. It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that's not the case anymore. Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything. It's certainty. People love the president because he's certain of his choices as a leader, even if the facts that back him up don't seem to exist. It's the fact that he's certain that is very appealing to a certain section of the country. I really feel a dichotomy in the American populace. What is important? What you want to be true, or what is true?

--Stephen Colbert