Post B #6

Dear Stephen Colbert,

I have really enjoyed reading this chapter for it has been both entertaining and educational. Your views on Hollywood are, once again, quite unpolitically correct. I must agree that Hollywood has just been getting worse every year. The only good movies these days are comedies and action movies because all the dramas are filled with liberal propaganda and views that I do not agree with. For any Hollywood people out there who may read this, LEAVE POLITICS OUT OF THE MOVIES! Please, movies are what people watch when they want to get away from politics and what is going on in the world. People don't want to hear some director's political views for two hours.

Today's liberal controlled media obviously advocates Hollywood and supports it with a vengeance, if that makes any sense. Nothing that comes out of either Hollywood or the media can be trusted to be unbiased anymore. The days of Americans reading news that was about the good of America and not all the bad things that are happening has come to an end. Both groups try to show tragedy and spread fear through their creations because that helps destroy our self esteem and puts us citizens in line for them to order around. I'm not sure if this is really true, but it is a view that Stephen T. Colbert would certainly endorse, and thus belongs in this post. Also, the tabloids created because of people's fantasies of being a celebrity/ love of criticizing them have degraded our society. They make us want to be something that we never will be and should never want to be. Actors and Actresses these days have lost their minds and will do anything for attention. I do not believe this is good, and it implies bad morals for children.

Post A #6

Vocab

1. Squalid: Foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy. Adjective (page140).
2. Debased: To reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar. Or to lower in rank, dignity, or significance. Verb (page 143).

Figurative Language

1. Irony: "The Supreme Court hates America" (135). This is an example of irony because, to an extent, the Supreme Court IS America, and thus America hates itself....very ironic.
2. Metaphor: "Hollywood is liberal propaganda" (145). This is a metaphor because it compares Hollywood to liberal propaganda using the word "is".
3. Simile: It was like the Bill of Rights, only for movies, and instead of saying what you could do, it said what you couldn't" (135). This is an example of a simile because it compares the Production Code to the Bill of Rights using the word "like".
   

Quote

1. "I knew a lot of yard guys were illegal immigrants--Blue Collar Banditos stealing manual labor jobs away from Americans who had moved onto something less strenuous. So I let them do the lawn, then asked to see their green cards. They didn't have any, so I went inside and called INS. When Los Federales rolled up, I shouted from the window, 'Enjoy mowing Mexico!' It was an ugly scene. Turns out, they didn't have green cards because they were all Americans. In fact, African-Americans. I explained that I don't see Race. On that subject, I am very enlightened--and equally endarkened. Eventually, everything was smoothed over with some sizeable tips to the landscapers, and to the cops" (149). I thought this quote was just hilarious, but it is also quite significant. It shows how Stephen Colbert "sees no race", and how he views illegal immigrants.

Theme

1. The theme for this chapter will have to be Hollywood and how it has changed for the worse because of the Supreme Court...
   

Post B #5

Deart Stephen T. Colbert,

I certainly admire your directness when it comes to your oppinons, but sometimes it seems almost too much. Anyways, what you have stated in your book thus far is not only hysterical, but unpolitically correct too. Political correctness, in my opinion, is the bane of society. We live in a country with free speach and I uphold that value about nearly all others. Free speach is what makes us different from Communist Russia, North Korea, and, in the case of France, free educated speach separates us from them. The media today certainly has a pole up their anuses when critisizing nearly everyone who has a different view and wishes to express it. If Bush says something stupid, the media swarms to make fun of him as much as possible, but Hillary? If she does something ideotic (every day) nobody concerned with making news even writes a sentance about it. Even if they dislike her, people are scared of being critisized by other newpapers. Liberal Media is everywhere and is corrupting society.

Now on to homosexuals, your theme for this chapter. I certainly agree that there is no need for gays to flaunt their sexuality, and that otherwise there is not a considerable problem with them in general. Only the fact that they are so obnoxious that they talk differently and dress differently. Why do people need to do this? They don't and they know it, gays only do these things to be annoying and I blame that as the main problem people have with gays. Also, it says nowhere in the bible that gays should be married or allowed to be gay, and I, as a christian, certainly agree with the bible too. God's word is more powerful than Hillary's, especially when the majority of Americans are Christian. If the majority of people in a country want something to be one way, who can be selfish enough to oppose it besides maybe the ACLU and a certain woman of Clinton namesake? Which reminds me that the ACLU is anti-american and should be abolished because it is full of atheistic, communistic people that think their ideas are more important than those of American and that what they want should be law.

Post A #5

Vocab

1. Codpiece: "(In the 15th and 16th centuries) a flap or cover for the crotch in men's hose or tight-fitting breeches, usually matching the costume and often decorated. Noun (107)".
2. Flaunt: "To parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly. Verb (109)".
3. Cummerbund: "A wide sash worn at the waist, esp. a horizontally pleated one worn with a tuxedo. Noun (112).

Figurative Language

1. Symbol: "Nowhere in the bible does God say he wants pairs of men to be fruitful and multiply" (112). This is a symbol of what many people, even christians, believe is wrong. When a christian advocates gay marriage, he is no longer a christian that believes in the bible.
2. Metaphore: "Sacrifice is love" (113). This compares love and sacrifice without useing like or as.
3. Irony: "Elbow patches? Just what are these lecherous lectuers doing behind their lecterns that wear out their elbows so fast?" (116). This is an example of irony because Stephen Colbert doubtless has some elbow patches, and he like them, only sits behind a table all day recording the Colbert Report.

Quote

1. "First word we reclaim? "Homosexual." From now on, it's going to mean what it always should have: heterosexual. Think about it. "Homo" means "the same." And we're all born with the same sexual orientation-straight. Ask any baby" (107). This quote is significant because it explains how Stephen T. Colbert feels about gays; very strongly opposed.

Theme

1. The theme in this case is Homosexuals and how they are bad. Stephen cetainly has strong opinions, and this is one he talks about passionately.

Post B #4

Dear Stephen T Colbert,

Your opinions on sex remind me a lot of our public school system in that you seem to think abstinance only until marriage is the right thing to do. As good as it would be if people stayed abstinant until marriage, it's not going to happen. So, what should be done is kids should be incouraged to stay abstinant, but taught about how to prevent STDs and "mishaps" during sexual encounters. If someone isn't taught what to do, they can't really do it...

Also, you seem to make referances to the olympics in your book. I agree that it is bad how very few of our proffessional athletes participate in the olympics. We should win basketball every year but we've never gotten better than thrid because so few pros play. It is almost a disgrace to this great nation that we have such good athletes, but they refuse to represent their nation in an international event.

I admit that I, like you, am not as just as I should be in comparing myself with people that are different. But really, certain professional female sports (basketball, hockey and golf) are best left male-only. It's not that I hate women, it's that I feel it is sexist to seperate the sexes into different catagories. If segregation of races is racist, how is segregation of sexes just? But if women are put into the same teams as men, they'd all be fired because they cannot perform as well as men. Here is where the problem lies. Should women be allowed to perform second-rate in front of secon-rate fans? The numbers just arnt there. But we need to decide about this, female and male professional sports are so different that they are hardly the same sport. Men just perform so much better... So if women have their own catagorie, they can actually compete, which makes sense to do. But, I still believe that seperation of sexes in sports is sexest, and Mr. Stephen T. Colbert surely agrees.

Post A #4

Vocab

1. Sambuca: An ancient stringed musical instrument used in Greece and the Near East. noun (page 77).
2. Hubris: Excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance. noun (page 79).

Figurative Language

1. Imagery: "Greased up naked men slapping hot sweaty body parts against one another's taut and hairless flesh in pursuit of victory" (81). This is an example of imagery because it uses the five sentances to describe what is happening. Well, at least sight, sound, smell and touch. I'm sorry I had to use this quote fore it is quite disturbing...
2. Metaphore: "Sex is power" (87). This is a metaphore because it is comparing sex and power without using like or as.
3. Onomonopia: "Whooo hooo" (83). This is an anomonopia because it is words describing a sound.

Quote

1. "If you think temporary tattoos are okay, perhapse I can interest you in some temporary eternal damnation" (89). This quote is significant because it explains mostly how conservative Sterphen Colbert's views expressed in this book are.

Theme

1. The theme of this book at the moment is sex and dating. Stephen is talking about how and why both humans and animals have sex, which is kinda of awkward to read. But, it is doable because of how funny he makes it and his mock seriousness can be nearly unnerving at times.