I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
With George W. Bush gone from the White House, some wondered what the folks at “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” would do after mocking Bush’s malapropisms and other verbal miscues. So far, the first few days of the 111th Congress and President Barack Obama’s term have supplied plenty of fodder for the satirical news show.
Like yesterday, when Stewart mocked both sides of the aisle at the Senate’s confirmation hearings in a segment they called “Jon Stewart’s Senate Confirmation Roast.” In a badly-fitting tuxedo, Stewart roasted those hoping to be confirmed and those doing the questioning of Obama’s cabinet nominees. And even Sen. Jeff Bingaman couldn’t escape the harsh humor of the Comedy Central host.
When Bingaman was blowing his nose, Stewart said, “He clearly supports the bailout of his nostrils.”
“That’s what I call a shovel-ready project,” Stewart joked.
Other senators were treated even more harshly. “Oh look, Chris Dodd, the Doddster,” Stewart said of the Connecticut Democrat. “Your hair is so white, it makes the Senate look diverse.”
Sen. Richard Shelby (D-Ala.) got compared to Mr. Potato Head and the “first five minutes of Benjamin Button.”
Even the nominees weren’t safe from the “roast.” Steven Chu, now the secretary of energy, was simply mocked by Stewart saying, “Nerrrrrrrd!”
