2009

The Word - The Audacity of Nope: If Republicans can't have a perfect bill to stimulate the economy, they'd rather have no economy at all. (05:24)
Ponzi Schemes: Bernard Madoff lost less money than AIG and he throws way better parties. (03:28)
Economic Stimulus Debate: Democrats take a page from the Republicans' fear book when selling the economic stimulus bill. (04:38)
The Word - The Audacity Of Hopelessness: Don't lose confidence because of Bear Stearns -- lose confidence because it's the right thing to do. (3:44)
The Word - Pick Sicks: Stephen tries his hand at Oregon's new health care lottery. (4:05)
The Word - Media Culpa: Media, if you want to prove you did your job well in the lead-up to the Iraq war, use the same techniques that McClellan used to sell the war to you in the first place. (4:14)
The Word - U.S. Airweighs: It's embarrassing enough when your doctor tells you to get on the scale. Now replace your doctor with a ticket agent. (4:01)
The Word - Ye of Little Faith: Being eaten alive by the market is better than admitting the government should have any role. (06:41)
The New Word Czar: Michael Steele navigates the subtleties of our language as he talks about the stimulus bill. (02:43)
Bend It Like Beck: Stephen understands what Glenn Beck is going through when the media doubts his sincerity. (06:58)
Let Freedom Ka-Ching: Corporations do everything people do except breathe, die and go to jail for dumping 1.3 million pounds of PCBs in the Hudson River. (06:11)
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission - Jeffrey Toobin: Jeffrey Toobin explains what will happen to elections if the Supreme Court decides in favor of corporations. (04:03)
Learning Is Fundamental: As a fifth grader and small businessman, Andy Gellman has to think about how longer school hours will affect the economy. (05:46)
Arne Duncan: Secretary of Education Arne Duncan wants longer school hours so American students can compete with the rest of the world. (06:30)
Out of the Closet: Republicans and Democrats should march in pride parades and proudly announce their relationship with lobbyists. (05:04)
Death Panels: Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich speak out against death panels even though they don't appear in the health care bill. (02:28)
How to Pay for Health Care: Democrats want to pay for health care reform by taxing sodas and killing old people. (05:14)
The Fight for the Truth Behind Obama's Birth: Stephen wants to hear from one of the sperm that witnessed President Obama's conception in order to verify his birthplace. (06:18)
Health Care Reform Is the Matrix: President Obama's health care reform is a dystopian future filled with chaos and floor-length leather trench coats. (03:04)
Health Care Hell-Scare - Die-agnosis: Mur-DR: Stephen invites expert victims from Canada, France and Spain to relay their horrible experiences of socialized medicine. (05:45)
The Word - A Perfect World: Investigating prisoner abuse will be a political food fight, and that is messier than torture. (03:31)
The Word - Neutral Man's Burden: Sonia Sotomayor's personal background should be neutralized the way Band-Aids were when they reached out to minorities. (05:16)
The Word - Guns, Credit, and Corn: The American government can use the defense budget to pay for health care and just turn sick people into a weapons program. (05:10)
The Word - Ban de Soleil: The sun is a dangerous, unchecked nuclear power that causes global warming, and it must be put out. (05:43)
Commonsense Health Care Reform Infomercial: Barack Obama promotes his health care plan on ABC, while Republicans propose their own health care reform with an infomercial. (06:28)

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