ToDaZeD Funny, That...
knit yer own granfalloon
Yanno the Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart—his original name was Jon Leibowitz. He makes his living grabbing news stories from the MSM, adding his own comedic/satiric twist, and republishing them on Teh TeeVee.
There’s this other fella… The latest Big Idea is for his outfit to levy a gubbmint fee on websites that link to MSM stories and add their own comedic/satiric twist, then republish them on Teh IntarWebz. That “fee” money would then be given to the MSM because they have a FAILed business model.
Aside: I forget… Did Woodrow Wilson levy a fee on Henry Ford’s cars to give to buggy wheel makers? I do remember he did start the Federal Trade Commission… BTNIN
Seems like that Big Idea isn’t going over too well…
Trial balloons are a fact of life inside the Beltway. When the administration and Congress want to enact a politically controversial policy, they often punt the issue to an independent federal agency whose leadership need not face the wrath of voters. Inside the agency, potentially unpopular ideas are presented first by staff so commissioners can jettison plans that prove untenable. ... The agency’s other commissioners referred questions to the FTC Office of Policy Planning, whose head reports to wait for it [Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz]
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