The Colbert Report

Tony Zinni

Season 5 • 08/03/2009

Retired four-star General Tony Zinni explains why he spoke out publicly against the Iraq war.

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Intro - 7/30/09
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Stephen can't start the show because his roommate, Frank, is sitting at his desk.
07/30/2009
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Kathryn Bigelow
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Kathryn Bigelow's war movie, "The Hurt Locker," is getting great reviews, despite not having explosions and ear-splitting sound effects.
07/30/2009
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Tip/Wag - Man-Words & Movits!
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Educators ban man-words from textbooks, and Stephen discovers America's newest pop sensation, Movits!
07/30/2009
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Sign Off - Taco Bell Spokesdog
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Taco Bell's beloved spokesdog, Gidget, is on a farm upstate, playing with other dogs that are dead.
07/30/2009
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MeTunes - Hit of the Summer
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Stephen can't get behind current hits from The Black Eyed Peas, Jeremih and Sean Kingston, so he creates his own song of the summer.
07/30/2009
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Sign Off - Goodnight
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That's it for the show, everybody.
08/03/2009
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Bears & Balls - How to Pay for Health Care
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Democrats want to pay for health care reform by taxing sodas and killing old people.
08/03/2009
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Nailed 'Em - War on Birth Control
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The Fairfax County School Board nails a teen junkie for taking birth control in the cafeteria.
08/03/2009
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Dominic Philip's Book Habit
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Stephen cures Dominic Philip's reading habit by sending him an entire box of books and forcing him to read every last one of them.
08/03/2009
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Intro - 8/3/09
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President Obama finds a way to pay for health care, and General Anthony Zinni will wax Stephen's chest.
08/03/2009
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Tony Zinni
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General Tony Zinni cites David Petraeus, Barack Obama and Richard Branson as examples of great leaders.
08/03/2009
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The Word - Hippie Replacement
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Soon America's grassroots people-power movements will be rid of the one thing that's holding them back: people.
08/04/2009
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Kurt Andersen
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According to Kurt Andersen, the economic and health crises give Americans a brief chance to get things where they want them.
08/04/2009
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Sign Off - Love Makes the World Go Round
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Love makes the world go round, so stop hogging all the credit, physics.
08/04/2009
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Colbert Bump Cocktail - David Wondrich
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David Wondrich serves Stephen drinks from the Great Depression and the Civil War, and invents a Colbert Bump cocktail.
08/04/2009
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Merry Barackmas
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Karl Marx takes gifts from Stephen to give to lazy people who don't deserve nice things.
08/04/2009
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Human Week
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Since sharks don't kill that many people, the Discovery Channel should replace their Shark Week with Human Week.
08/05/2009
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2010 Midterms - Joe Sestak
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Joe Sestak is running against Arlen Specter for the Pennsylvania Senate seat so he can bring health care reform to all Americans.
08/05/2009
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Bill Clinton's Personal Appearance
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Bill Clinton frees two journalists from North Korea, but Laura Ling leaves without her delicious sandwich.
08/05/2009
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Kris Kobach
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Kris Kobach wants to fight illegal immigration on the local level and reward the people willing to come to this country legally.
08/05/2009
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Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight.
08/05/2009
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