Zane Perry's Blog » Politics

CNBC vs. Jon Stewart

Zane Perry — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:00:30 +0000

Over the past 5 days beloved comedian Jon Stewart and the Daily Show staff decided to introduce a level of reality that you rarely see in today’s news. I stayed up late to watch every one and loved it. If you are lacking time jump ahead to the last video. Please post your thoughts about CNBC, Jim Cramer or Jon Stewart as comments below.

Round 1: March 4th 2009 – CNBC Financial Advice

Round 2: March 9th 2009 – In Cramer We Trust

Round 3: March 10th 2009 – Basic Cable Personality Clash Skirmish ’09

Round 4: March 11th 2009 – Jim Cramer Battle

And finally, Jim Cramer performs an interview with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show! (For the record I have tremendous respect for Cramer for doing this show. He fell on the sword like Dwight did last night on the office)

Round 5: March 12th 2009 – Jim Cramer Unedited Interview Pt. 1

Round 5: March 12th 2009 – Jim Cramer Unedited Interview Pt. 2

Round 5: March 12th 2009 – Jim Cramer Unedited Interview Pt. 3

Update 3/19/09: Zucker defends CNBC, Jim Cramer

Update 4/13/09: Hulu removed clips. Links to Daily Show clips still work.

Update 4/14/09: Cramer continues complaining about Stewart: â€˜It was a complete and utter ambush.

Holy Shit!! South Carolina Wants To Ban Profanity!!!!

Zane Perry — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:29:48 +0000

Once again a South Carolina state legislator blows my mind with stupidity! State Senator Robert Ford (District 42 – Charleston Co.) is hoping to outlaw lewd language and is pushing for a bill (S 0056 General Bill) that would prohibit profanity. Under the pre-filed bill, profanity could land you in jail for up to 5 years and/or cost you up to $5,000 in fines. Debra Gammons says, that the First Amendment is not absolute. You cannot say whatever you want whenever you want to.

NBC2 News Story

I have called his office and requested a meeting with the Senator to get his side of the story. I don’t stand for this kind of shit. If his answer isn’t logical I am going to make it my job to get this bill shot down and his ass out of office next election.

Right now S.C. has other things to worry about.

The Economy is headed south
South Carolina ranks 48th out of 51 (includes DC) with an unemployment rate of 8.4% as of Dec. 19, 2008 (CNN)
South Carolina high schools represent roughly 1% of all secondary schools in the US, South Carolina contributes 5% of the total number of high school drop outs. (Source)

Clearly our top priority should be profanity! (thx for the data johnnick)

Please call his office and fwd this blog entry to your local Charleston friends and neighbors. So far only 8 people have called, two of which were in Sen. Fords district (not including myself). His contact information is below.

Senator Robort Ford (Dem)

(H) P.O. Box 21302, Charleston, 29413
Bus. (843) 813-1777 Home (843) 852-0777
(C) 506 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Bus. (803) 212-6124 Home (803) 798-9220

E-Mail Address: RIF@scsenate.org

Here is the digg submission that led me to this story.

I will update this entry with Sen. Robert Fords response if he does reply. I was very polite and respectful but doubt he will. Maybe I should run for office and take his seat!

Coercion-free voting scheme

Zane Perry — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:07:51 +0000

co·er·cion
1. the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
2. force or the power to use force in gaining compliance, as by a government or police force.

I found a patent for Coercion-free voting.

I hope we have verifiable voting by the 2008 Elections. I don’t trust S.C. I want to be able to go home, put a private number or “Key” into a form online and verify who the U.S. thinks I voted for. Not having this is reta… stupid.

Senator Kevin L. Bryant is an Embarrassment to S.C.

Zane Perry — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:29:54 +0000

Today I learned (via a Digg post linking to a Huffington Post article) that a South Carolina State Senator posted this image on his Blog.
Embarrassment

Since this classy Senator decided to post his drug induced opinion on soon to be President Obama’s foreign policy I thought I would take a minute to teach you a little about him.

Senator Kevin L. Bryant (SC)

Current Office: State Senate
Current District: 3
Party: Republican

Background Information
Gender: Male
Married
3 Children
Birth Date: 02/19/1967
Birthplace: Anderson, SC
Home City: Anderson, SC
Religion: Christian
Education:
BS, University of Georgia, 1989.
Occupation: Pharmacist
Professional Experience:
Pharmacist, Bryant Pharmacy and Supply, 1989-present.
Political Experience:
Senator, South Carolina State Senate, 2004-present
Chairman, Anderson County Republican Party, 1997-2001
Delegate, Republican National Convention, 2000.
Organizations:
Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce, 2004-present
Deacon/Tresurer, Concord Community Church, 1993-present
Activities Director, Camp Hope, 1989-present
Vice President, 10th District Pharmacy Association.

Further contact information
In case you would like to share your opinion with him.

Senator Kevin L. Bryant
District 3 – Anderson Co.
Contact Address:
(H) 104-A North Ave., Anderson, 29625
Cell (864) 202-8394
(C) 606 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Bus. (803) 212-6024
E-Mail Address: BRYANTK@scsenate.org

Even Better. Call Glenn F. McConnell (S.C. Senate President Pro Tempore) and tell him what you think about Sen. Kevin Bryant’s trashy political smear.

Glenn F. McConnell
South Carolina Senate
(H) 27 Bainbridge Dr., Charleston, 29407
Bus. (843) 747-7554 Home (843) 571-3921
(C) 101 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Bus. (803) 212-6610

Until I get a published apology I will do everything in my power to return his political favor (I always wondered what would get me into politics). So far I have publicly informed him that he is an embarrassment to our state. I actually posted it twice because I went to another computer and the first comment didn’t show up so I assumed he removed it so I posted it again. When the page reloaded it was there twice (doh!). Oh well. Here it is in case he does remove them both.

Comments found on Kevin’s latest post about his Obama picture: