Beautiful Except from America - The Book (Daily Show)

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

Opening paragraph of Chapter 7, The Media: Democracy's Guardian Angel

"A free and independent press is essential to the health of a functioning democracy. It serves to inform the voting public on matters relevant to its well-being. Why they've stopped doing that is a mystery. I mean, 300 camera crews outside a courthouse to see what Kobe Bryant is wearing when the judge sets his hearing date, while false information used to send our country to war goes unchecked? What the fuck happened? These spineless cowards in the press have finally gone too far. They have violated a trust. "Was the president successful in convincing the country?" Who gives a shit? Why not tell us if what he said was TRUE? And the excuses. My God, the excuses! "Hey, we just give the people what they want." "What can we do, this administration is secretive." "But the last season of Friends really is news." The unmitigated gall of these weak-willed...You're supposed to be helping us, you indecent piles of shit! I...fuck it. Just fuck it..."

In an otherwise unrelentingly hilarious book, this paragraph just shines.

[CubsFan1982]

1. That, and the beefsteak quote, made the whole book for me.

Absolutely spot on.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

2. Ooh, what's the beefsteak quote?

I haven't finished the book yet...

[CubsFan1982]

3. "But beefsteak is delicious!"

Chief Justice William Howard Taft, dissenting opinion in United States v. Beefsteak, 1925. Page 88. :D

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

4. All that typing and only 4 responses. Tisk tisk....

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[asthmaticeog]

5. Validation for Paul kick

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[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

6. Eat me, Aeog kick

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[asthmaticeog]

7. Jesus fuckin' Christ, you try to be nice to someone... kick

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[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

9. If by nice you mean patronizing kick

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[asthmaticeog]

12. Fine, cockcyst, I never liked you anyway kick

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[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

13. I guess I'll just have to pick up the pieces of my shattered life

and somehow find the will to keep living :cry: , choad monger kick

[asthmaticeog]

14. Yeah, loser, whatever, keep on keepin' on kick

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[Wapsie B]

8. That sums things up beautifully.

nominated.

[ovidsen]

10. Worthy of a kick!

"You're supposed to be helping us, you indecent piles of shit! I...fuck it. Just fuck it..."

Priceless. Absolutely priceless.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

11. Yeah, I read it this morning

and it blew me away. The book is just full of great jokes and this paragraph just jumps out at you. It's not funny at all. It's just biting. Ouch!

[CubsFan1982]

15. Kick

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