The Colbert Report

The Word - Neutral Man's Burden

Season 5 • 07/16/2009

If Sonia Sotomayor's compelling life story forms her judgment in any way, she will destroy America.

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05:58

Douglas Rushkoff
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Douglas Rushkoff discusses the downfalls of operating the world like a corporation and how to weaken corporate influence.
07/15/2009
03:48

Tip/Wag - Assassination Squads, Biblical History & Gay Penguins
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The CIA shuts down its assassination program, Texas wants Christianity taught in history, and two male penguins end their relationship.
07/15/2009
03:30

Stephen Wants to Be the Worst Person in the World
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Stephen tries to make it onto Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World" list by slapping a baby with a puppy.
07/15/2009
00:23

Intro - 7/15/09
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There's bad news for people with target-shaped birthmarks, and Douglas Rushkoff lets Jews and Freemasons off the hook.
07/15/2009
00:13

Sign Off - No Man Is a Failure
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No man is a failure who has friends, unless his friends are failures.
07/15/2009
00:34

Intro - 7/16/09
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Stephen is emotionally dead inside, and Ed Andrews should write about teen vampires if he wants to get out of debt.
07/16/2009
03:14

The Memy Awards
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Stephen announces the nominees for the Memy Awards' one and only category: Outstanding Individual.
07/16/2009
04:45

Edmund Andrews
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Edmund Andrews explains how he fell victim to the mortgage crisis as a New York Times economics reporter.
07/16/2009
05:28

Cheating Death - Diabetes Dogs, Chocolate Milk & Swearing in Pain
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Dogs help fight diabetes, chocolate milk replaces sports drinks, and swearing after an injury alleviates pain.
07/16/2009
00:14

Sign Off - Stephen Wins
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If you've had half as much fun watching the show as Stephen has had doing it, then he's had twice as much fun.
07/16/2009
05:16

The Word - Neutral Man's Burden
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Sonia Sotomayor's personal background should be neutralized the way Band-Aids were when they reached out to minorities.
07/16/2009
02:27

Walter Cronkite Remembered
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Walter Cronkite's passing doesn't get the kind of cable news attention Stephen believes it deserves.
07/20/2009
00:04

Sign Off - Goodnight
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That's it for The Report.
07/20/2009
05:20

Sport Report - Jessica Simpson, Olympic Brothel & Bud Light
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Tony Romo breaks up with Jessica Simpson, an Olympic hopeful opens a brothel, and Stephen loves the taste of Bud Light.
07/20/2009
03:57

Reverse Racism - Geoffrey Canada
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Geoffrey Canada can't find any area where white men are being disproportionately victimized.
07/20/2009
05:14

Bob Park
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Bob Park doesn't understand why humans need go to space when robots can do a better job.
07/20/2009
02:58

Reverse Racism
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As a recent black man, Stephen looks forward to hearing President Obama's NAACP speech.
07/20/2009
03:31

The Word - A Perfect World
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Investigating prisoner abuse will be a political food fight, and that is messier than torture.
07/21/2009
06:44

Better Know a Lobby - Acorn
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Acorn's chief community organizer, Bertha Lewis, needs to know the number of Stephen's sexual partners for her census form.
07/21/2009
00:16

Sign Off - Stephen's Chip
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The opinions expressed tonight are exclusively Stephen's -- the chip in his head only makes suggestions.
07/21/2009
06:16

Aaron Carroll
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Aaron Carroll believes the single-payer system will cost less, cover everyone and lead to better outcomes.
07/21/2009
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