Must See Colbert Report on Sea Level Rise and Climate Change

Submitted by John on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 10:48

Newsletter:

Last night I got to my hotel - the quaint Emerson Inn by the Sea -- in Rockport, Mass, after a dinner meeting in nearby Gloucester. I was tired but clicked the TV on. Jon Stewart's Daily Show turned into the Colbert Report.  I don't get to watch it very often, and was fading off to sleep. But his opening segment "The Word -- Sink or Swim" was on climate change -- in fact Sea Level Rise. My fatigue disappeared.

He was absolutely BRILLIANT.  He totally skewers the recent efforts by neighboring North Carolina to deal with that "nuisance issue "of rising tides and sea level. Needs no explanation from me. It is VERY funny -- humor, and a pointed message at its best. 

Please, please watch this, and share this with others; just 5 minutes. The link is just below

I should mention that with my book about sea level rise, HIGH TIDE ON MAIN STREET - Rising Sea Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis is finally due for release in the next few months, I am trying to increase the exposure. Getting people to this blog site is part of that.  If you can share it with friends or colleagues via the button to the right, i would really appreciate it.  If you will sign up for notice of the alerts -- only once or twice a week you will receive future notice. To see a page about the book, click on the NEW BOOK tab at the top.
 
Thank you.
John
 

Link to video

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/414796/june-04-2012/the-word---sink-or-swim

 
 

Link to transcript of the Colbert piece -- may even be better than video

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/06/1097792/-Stephen-Colbert-mocks-North-Carolina-GOP-that-wants-to-make-climate-science-ILLEGAL

Comments

Antony (not verified)

Tue, 06/05/2012 - 14:39

Unfortunately, I can't watch this from the UK! Can you post a transcript? Thanks

Craig (not verified)

Mon, 06/11/2012 - 19:27

I don't know if it works in the UK, but this is the link we need to use in Canada: http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-colbert-report/full-episodes/

Beulah (not verified)

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 16:21

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Mon, 12/17/2012 - 14:47

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Thu, 01/10/2013 - 17:33

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Sharon

Fri, 06/08/2012 - 11:26

Hi Antony, I can't find a transcript through the Colbert Report website, but I did find one here:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/06/1097792/-Stephen-Colbert-mocks-...

Let me know if you have trouble with it.

John

Sat, 06/09/2012 - 12:44

Sharon -- thanks for finding the transcript. I enjoyed reading it even more than the video I think. The graphics really help. I have revised the post, so that everyone sees this too.

JOHN

tommy (not verified)

Thu, 09/13/2012 - 03:47

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Fri, 10/05/2012 - 11:41

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alvina (not verified)

Mon, 11/19/2012 - 02:00

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