{"id":9488,"date":"2006-06-27T13:03:34","date_gmt":"2006-06-27T20:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/06\/27\/respect-is-earned-part-2.html"},"modified":"2006-06-27T13:03:34","modified_gmt":"2006-06-27T20:03:34","slug":"respect_is_earn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/06\/27\/respect_is_earn.html","title":{"rendered":"Respect is Earned, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

And, of course, as further evidence<\/a> that The Daily Show<\/em> is not only entertaining, but that politicians are buffoons, I submit yesterday’s review of the Video Game Hearings on Capitol Hill<\/a>.  I mean, it’s not like they have to make this stuff up: <\/p>\n

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Rep Lee Terry (R-Nebraska): As a father of three young boys — 11, 8 and 6 — who are avid gamers, I’m very concerned about the content included in the games. <\/p>\n

Jon Stewart: And as I stand there, watching them play these violent games, helpless to do anything about it, I can’t help but wonder where the system has failed… <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Or this little tidbit: <\/p>\n

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Rep Joseph Pitts (R-Pennsylvania): It’s safe to say that a wealthy kid from the suburbs can can play Grand Theft Auto or similar games without turning to a life of crime, but a poor kid, who lives in a neighborhood where people really do steal cars, or deal drugs or shoot cops might not be so fortunate. […] There’s almost certainly child somewhere in America who will be hurt by these games. Maybe his dad’s in jail or his brother’s already down on the corner, dealing drugs. <\/p>\n

Jon Stewart: Maybe he buys a gun. Steals a car and tries to run. But he doesn’t get far. In the ghettoooo, in the ghetoooo. <\/p>\n

Jon Stewart: Seriously, the House of Representatives is full of insane jackasses. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And, for what it’s worth, there are Democrats up there acting like goofballs, too.  And, equal time and all, Stewart’s report also lampoons games and gamers, too.  And the “live” broadcast from San Andreas, Calif., was priceless. <\/p>\n

The normal media, I’m sure, covered this in 20 second blip, showing lots of concerned Congresscritters uttering profound sound bites.  By pointing out that the emperors just as (if not more) often have no clothes, TDS does the body politic a tremendous service, not a disservice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And, of course, as further evidence that The Daily Show is not only entertaining, but that politicians are buffoons, I submit yesterday’s review of the Video Game Hearings on Capitol…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,22,9,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fourth-estate","category-gaming","category-politics-law","category-media-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4095,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/02\/06\/insecurity_2.html","url_meta":{"origin":9488,"position":0},"title":"Insecurity","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 6-Feb-03 11:52am","format":false,"excerpt":"Why is someone like Rep. 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