Colbert stole (used?) what I wrote Tuesday Aug 30th about the MLK statue on tonight's show :O

[Electric Monk]

I'm flattered, I guess :D

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4979524&mesg_id=4979581

It was said more than once in that thread, but I said it first.



Could just be GMTA, I suppose, but still...

[me b zola]

1. one time The Daily Show writers borrowed something I penned here

...the joke fell flat on the show. It was in reference to the Apollo Theater, I don't think many in the audience got the reference.

[fishwax]

2. be flattered -- that's cool!

I'm sure TDS and TCR have staffers that read DU -- He stole a joke from me a few years back when Oral Roberts made the NCAA tournament: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4888013

Congrats! :beer:

[Tx4obama]

3. Huh?

That is the quote on the statue.

The inscription reads: I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.

King delivered the full quote in question on Feb, 1968, two months before he was assassinated. “If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice,” King told the congregation at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church. “Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter.”


So, I guess I don't just don't get what it is that Colbert stole from ya ???

[Electric Monk]

4. The super abbreviation which loses all context. Turning it from

“If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice,” King told the congregation. “Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter.”

into



Why not go further still and just say

"I was a drum major."

See my link above.

I'm trying to figure out how to get a screen shot using my new PVR. I recorded tonight's show.

[Electric Monk]

6. 3 screen shots from last night's show

[EFerrari]

5. He owes you fifty dollars! Bill him!

:)