FReepers fretting over fact that Daily Show viewers are educated

[feistydem]

I was getting a chuckle out of the freepers back & forth over whether or not the Daily Show viewers are just "stoned slackers" --as Bill O'Reilly insisted when Jon Stewart went on "The Factor." The funnier part is that a study was done which indicates that Daily Show viewers comprise a larger percentage of college degreed viewers than other shows. Here are some clips and the article that set them all off their crazy rockers (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1228781/posts.

Knock yourselves out over the hilarity of it all:

"Who says a stoned slacker can't have a college degree? Or be a college professor for that matter?"

"'And guess whose audience is more educated?'
Now that O'Reilly has successfully alienated (nearly) the whole of his conservative audience, the answer is obvious."

"Somehow I just cannot and Will Not Believe that Daily Show Viewers are More Educated than Viewers of Fox News."

"Just an interesting side note...
... The only person I know who watches the Daily Show (and does so religiously) is my cousin. He just so happens to be a stoned slacker. (and a hopeless liberal)"

"'Viewers of Jon Stewart's show are more likely to have completed four years of college...' All five viewers."



Uh... will all 5 of you please count off?

On edit, I'll start... One (with a double major)

[Huckebein the Raven]

1. one of those "stoned slackers" checking in

[cheezus]

133. of COURSE the daily show viewers are more educated

anyone who bothers to get a fancy schmancy education is an elitest snob. Damn libruls.

[Huckebein the Raven]

147. I'm on my to getting a degree as well in Computer Science (finally)

[morningglory]

2. Uh, one (advanced degree, here). n/t

[Ready4Change]

3. Heheh.

One college educated Republican here who watches the Dialy Show all the time, and only watches O'Reilly every once in a while to remind myself of why I DON'T watch it anymore. (Takes about 5 minutes to re-convince me.)

[AgadorSparticus]

41. 5 minutes...that long? you have an iron gut or something?

:evilgrin:

[prolesunited]

77. Huh?

One college educated Republican <-- You're a Republican?

[Ready4Change]

95. 'Fraid so.

Strange, isn't it, that I've got more in common with people here on DU that with the mainstream of my own party?

I would say that's because my viewpoints are to the left of standard republican values. But the real point is that the Republican party itself has shifted far right of those values. In my opinion the party should have disowned this Bush administration and elected an opposing candidate to run against Bush/Cheney and Kerry/Edwards. (Allthough, frankly, I've become a fan of Kerry.)

[banana republican]

101. Welcome abord

Glad too see you.

[napi21]

4. 5 viewers? Is that why Jon has made so mand appearances?

I've seen him interviewed on almost every medium imaginable. All hae asked him why his viewers get their news from the Daily Show instead of the majior media? That must be why even the freepers know him! All five of them little people made all this impact!!!

[Nite Owl]

5. Masters degree here n/t

[Cassandra]

8. Same here.

[yardwork]

6. slacker here, not stoned

checking in to be counted, advanced degree in hand

[JimmyJazz]

122. stoned, but not slacking checking in with one a.d n/t

[NightTrain]

7. And how many Emmys has "The O'Reilly Factor" won?

Hmmmmm???

[antigone382]

17. No, see O'Reilly's too good for an award

He said it last night: the intelligentsia that distributes these awards (note the stellar subject/verb agreement there) thinks he's too barbaric.

Guess I'm one of "that" intelligentsia...

(And no, I don't watch the Daily Show, but I would if I had cable)

[NightTrain]

22. If by "barbaric," O'Reilly means "untalented," then I agree!

Get over yourself, Bill! You're just another right-wing douche bag.

[antigone382]

26. Bill? Right-Wing?

But he's not sure who he's going to vote for! He's an independent! He cares about the environment, and he never ever ever spins anything in favor of conservatives...

...and all those RWers shaking his hand and laughing with him at the RNC were just being friendly.

:puke:

[Tsiyu]

55. That just showed what a fake he is, huh?

Claiming to be an "outsider" when it looked like Newt the Horny Nabob and other notable Repukes were calling him the "big man himself" only moments before. What a frickin poser, average-guy-wannabe.

[sffreeways]

69. I thought he won

two peabodys ? Hehehehe. NOT !

[Vickers]

82. No, no, no, he actually one two Nobodies

:P

[prodigal_green]

107. You can watch some of the best bits

on the comedy central website.

[grytpype]

9. Bush supporters are very insecure about intelligence.

They follow a moron, which makes them worse than morons, and they don't like to be reminded of that simple fact.

[juslikagrzly]

10. phd stoned slacker here

[GaryL]

11. Another Master's degree here.

And three bachelors degrees. Currently working on the fourth. Now for all you lurking freepers...shove THAT!

[deadparrot]

12. My parents both have Masters, and are faithful TDS watchers.

[5thGenDemocrat]

13. This just in: Viewers of "The Factor"

Are less educated than viewers of "Clifford the Big Red Dog," too.
John
A.A., Delta Community College (MI), 1991.

[Hamlette]

14. stoned over achiever with a doctorate degree,

wouldn't miss TDS

[jdj]

49. go hamlette

shazamlette!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Checking in...

B.A., J.D., stone cold sober, mad for TDS, would rather stick knitting needles in my eyes than watch Faux News.

[Norquist Nemesis]

16. 4 yr. double major here

Always cracks me up that my degree is a "BS" in Business. LOL!!!

Stoner? Not for about 20 years now.

Slacker? Well, not currently in the workforce...but my house is getting cleaner all the time. :D

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. "Who says a stoned slacker can't have a college degree?

I guess these freepers should know. How else do you explain their support of *.

[AgadorSparticus]

19. a BA and a BS here and I love TDS!

[Catch22Dem]

20. Daily Show watcher, B.S. in Information Systems Management, and...

Starting grad school in the spring. FUCK YOU FREEPERS!!!!!!

ON EDIT: I also have an A.S. in Avionic Systems Technology I earned while serving on active duty United States Air Force. I earned that and my B.S. at night, while I was also a supervisor over the F-15 C/D Microwaves Avionics Test Station area, as well as a full-time parent, and husband. I went to school on my lunch hour, at night, while deployed to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia (again). I'd leave at 0600 in my uniform. I'd get home at 2330 most nights, do some homework, wake my daughter up just so I could have some time with her, then try to get about 3 hours of sleep. Then, I'd get up and defend you fucking freeper pieces of shit again the next morning. So, thank me for your freedom to be complete fucking pricks! Stick that in your warmongering (but non-volunteering) asses!

[juslikagrzly]

25. Damn! Good for you

and excellent post.

[Catch22Dem]

27. thank ya, thank ya, thank ya

It was fun to type. Hope some lurker reads it. :evilgrin: Every word of it is true. It's also the reason I've been putting off grad school.

[yardwork]

28. Thank you for your service!

I appreciate it. My children and husband and family and friends appreciate it.

Just in case any wandering freepers missed your message to them, you said:

Then, I'd get up and defend you fucking freeper pieces of shit again the next morning. So, thank me for your freedom to be complete fucking pricks! Stick that in your warmongering (but non-volunteering) asses!

Who knows? Maybe a freeper will be inspired to join up!

[Catch22Dem]

36. Wow, I really apologize

When I re-read your quote (of mine) I'm really embarrassed that I flew off the handle like that. I'm sorry for being so vulgar. I was getting highly irritated when I was writing that.

[George_S]

138. I loved it.

And your accomplishments are the exact opposite of how the freepers try to stereotype liberals.

If anyone has the right to rant, it's you, and thank you for your service and for laying into them. They deserve it.

However, in the interest of being fair and balanced like Fox, I'll reply for them:

"But I have guns and go to the shooting range!"

[feistydem]

30. We have a winner!

I feel like an uneducated, "slacker" compared to you Catch22Dem.

Thank you.

By the way, this Dem has 2 Marine friends patrolling Fallujah right now. They went over as Republicans and now they vow to vote for Kerry, even if it means they have to stay --they say at least they'll feel hopeful.

[Catch22Dem]

37. Excellent!

I hear there's a lot of that going on. Repuke military changing their tune. It's great news. Too bad it took something like this to bring it about.

I served in Clinton's military. I entered as a Dem Liberal and left as a Dem Liberal!

[mindfulNJ]

103. wow!

Thanks for all you do...glad your're on OUR side!:yourock:

[grytpype]

21. B.S.E.E., J.D. (summa cum laude) here

Face it, Bush supporters are just low grade morons.

[Dudley_DUright]

23. Ph.D. (Physics), College Professor

and faithful Daily Show Viewer.

[jdj]

50. I loved physics so much.

And I sucked at it so bad.

I loved learning about reality, but I would always make some stupid little error in calculation.

Salute!

[Ducks In A Row]

24. you have to know something to appreciate the humor on TDS

O'Reilly relies on ignorance for his viewers to "enjoy" his blatterings.

[More Than A Feeling]

29. What ever number we are on now...

Double major, not graduated yet. I do not drink, smoke, or do any kind of drugs, so they can stick that in their collective pipe and smoke it.

[porkrind]

31. O'Reilly: egocentric douchebag

He is a walking ad-hominem.

(graduate school here) :)

[mediaman007]

32. O'Rile-me = slapstick, Daily Show = irony, word play (more sophisticated)

from a M.S. school librarian.

[neuvocat]

33. I wonder how everyone there feels

when they have to consider the fact that one of those college-educated stoned slackers endorses their paycheck every week.

[bvar22]

34. The Daily Show winning awards for journalism!

<snip>

"WASHINGTON POST - You have to hand it to the Television Critics Association for naming Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" the year's best news and information program. That happened during the 20th annual TCA Awards ceremony over the weekend. We think Stewart was given the TCA Award because his Comedy Central show was the only one early on to ask the tough questions about the decision to invade Iraq."

<end>
http://prorev.com/2004/07/tv-critics-call-daily-show-best-news.htm

Working on Masters, never miss TDS.

[Ravenseye]

35. 2 more college grads...

I went to grad school, but left to work, my wife has a masters degree. We don't smoke pot (and my wife never has), and we watch it whenever it's new, and sometimes when it's old if it's a particularly good rerun.

[Blitzburgh]

38. kick

[0rganism]

39. Two degrees here, avid Daily Show viewer

Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering
I must be, what, number .... 3.83?

[Swamp Rat]

40. My household of Daily Show fans all have advanced degrees,

and are professors. The "stoned slacker" moniker is especially funny since it was said by a troglodyte to his audience of beer soaked brains.

[Tsiyu]

110. No doubt, Swamp Rat

and ALL of the Repukes I know locally partake of the Demon Weed - and do more than that. One is a dealer, tooling around in her convertible with the W'04 sticker on it while she makes "deliveries."

[Eloriel]

42. Hahah. What fun. Here I am -- B.S., Summa Cum Laude, with some

postgrad work.

There was an absolutely wonderful thread in the Lounge a few weeks ago (I apparently didn't save the link, dammit) -- asking DUers to check in with the topic or subject of their thesis. I'm tellin' you, we have some damned educated people here. My poor little B.S. with honors seemed mighty puny.

We also have a pretty darn good collection of bi-(or more) lingual members as well.

Oh -- and as for The Daily Show, hell yeah. More and more and more, it seems, it's the highlight of my tv day.

[St. Jarvitude]

43. Hell, my neo-con brother watches the Daily Show

He thinks it's hilarious.

He's about the most clean-cut anti-stoned slacker you'll ever meet in your life. And he reads FR (but he doesn't post because he says the Freepers are crazy motherfuckas)

[Hello_Kitty]

44. High school dropout here....

(Though I finished h.s. later and am 2 credits shy of a Bachelor's, finally!) But I'm smart enough to know my ass from a hole in the ground. Therefore, I do not waste my time being mis-led by O'Splotchy and choose instead to get good information, laced with comedy, from the Daily Show.

[Mikimouse]

45. B.S. (Nuclear Medicine), M.A., and soon to be Ph.D. (Sociology)

n/t

[Bake]

46. B.A., M.Div., M.B.A., J.D., and I'm NOT stoned

A little tipsy at the moment (I just watched Outfoxed and needed some anesthesia ...), but not a stoned slacker.

Oh, yeah, and I'm gainfully employed too. And mad as hell.

Bake

[Adams Wulff]

47. what am I, like #50?

Masters in Religion, Doctorate of Divinity
and not stoned, or a slacker!

[HEyHEY]

48. Not our fault we can read and converse without saying "Ugh"

[Behind the Aegis]

51. Checking in!

I have a BA in Spanish and a Master's in Education! Kinda a slacker seeing how I have been unemployed for 16 months even with two degrees and five languages under my belt.

I am so glad CC got "mad" and proved that crackpot is an asshat! :)

[mhr]

52. BSEE, MBA, Former Naval Officer, Commercial Pilot - Love The DS

eom

[Cat Atomic]

53. I've got a B.A. So that makes... at least 5 people here with degrees.

They taught me countin' and stuff in school so I'm almost postiff.

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

54. assuming that all five viewers are on DU with multiple accounts,

then we've checked in between four and five times each. :)

Hubby and I are college seniors working our way through school with no parental money whatsoever. He's one semester shy of a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, I'm one shy of a B.A./B.S. in psychology. Attempting to study while working enough to live and pay tuition leaves us no time to understand the meaning of the word "slacker."

Oh yeah, and neither of us have ever even shared a room with a joint, as we are asthmatic enough that it would probably kill us.

We are obsessed with TDS, however (and not just because I think Jon Stewart is hot). It's the only American news we watch, even if it is "fake news."

[aldian159]

56. Howdy

I'm working on a double major in Communication/Poly Sci. My mom is a double major English/Physiology, and my dad has his MBA. We all sit around and watch the Daily Show, whenever we can.

[Joanne98]

57. HAHAHAHAHAHA........

"Somehow I just cannot and Will Not Believe that Daily Show Viewers are More Educated than Viewers of Fox News."

That's a good one......

[EOTE]

146. Somehow I just cannot and will not....

believe that someone with a high school education would capitalize so many word unnecessarily.

Freeping idiots!

[VolcanoJen]

58. Cute story about the wife of The Bossman

The other day, she was musing about Kerry and Bush pulling near even in the polls, after being elated by Bush's sudden surge after the RNC.

"I think I have it figured out," she opined to me over wine one evening last week. "The Democrats that are being polled obviously don't work, so they're home to answer the phone when the pollster calls. Democrats don't have jobs, so they're at home! The pollsters only get answering machines when they call Republicans."

I laughed a bit and suggested to her, nicely and in a funny-ha-ha way since she's the boss' wife, that Democrats are the ones working two to three jobs with no health insurance, so maybe the polls are bullshit.

She laughed heartily and slurped her wine. No further news to report, but it seems as though she, too, might be suffering from Weird Freepy Distortion of Logic Unbecoming of An Otherwise Reasonably Intelligent Woman Disorder.

Hey, at least she has health care, and can fix it after the election. :-)

[REP]

59. Jon Stewart Has a Peabody ... Unlike O'Really

Oh, yeah I'm a college graduate, too, as is my Loved One and my mom, who has two degrees, and we're all loyal Daily Show viewers (and all over 25 - waaaaaaay over).

[Hello_Kitty]

60. Didn't O'Lielly claim he had some award?

That he really didn't, surprise surprise.

[REP]

64. O'Really Lies About Having a Peabody

The Peabody is given for Excellence in Journalism. Jon Stewart won it for Indecision 2000. O'Really claims he got one while working for Hard Copy. Hard Copy got a Polk - a less prestigious award - after O'Really left the program.

[merh]

100. Isn't that like the shrub wearing the medal that he was not

entitled to wear because he was not a member of the unit when the medal was awarded? Seems like * and o'liely have so much in common, like an aversion to the truth!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

61. Ph. D. holder who hasn't been stoned since Nixon was president

and even then, not very often.

[Mandate My Ass]

62. Ivy Grad here

cum laude...

Me loves jawn strwearrrt, hes so fonny but somtymes i dont get his jokse. (my freeper impersonation)

[Donkeyboy75]

63. B.S., M.S. Ph.D. here

I'm a slacker, but I'm not stoned. O'Reilly is a fucknut.

[radfringe]

65. 2 Associate Degrees

plus 29 years of work experience and still paying off student loan

[Jacobin]

66. B. A., J.D. and Board Certified Commercial Bankruptcy Attorney

Jon Stewart Rocks!! Haven't been stoned in 15 years.

Oh'Really is a dimwitted douchebag.

[tom_paine]

67. Typical Nazi reactions to the educated

I guess we should consider ourselves lucky they aren't murdering "intellectuals" yet.

More of a 2050 type thing.

[sffreeways]

68. Sorry no college degree here

but I like Jon Stewart and I enjoy his program. I also am a hard working stoner.

[phylny]

70. Bachelor of Arts degree, AND Bachelor of Health Science degree

AND a Master of Health Science here - plus I'm a licensed professional in New York State and in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Husband who watches has a Bachelor of Science degree.

Daughter is a first year engineering student at University of Virginia, top 7% of her class in high school.

BWAHAHAHA :hippie:

[stanwyck]

71. Highly educated, stoned slacker family

here. Four of us who watch The Daily Show, have been known to indulge in therapeutic herbal remedies, and were and are "gradual students"...continuing our education until we gradually gave up and got jobs. Mom, Dad, and 21-yr. old son and daughter. And we're all too smart for O'Reilly. He's the middle-schoolers choice.

[noamnety]

72. dropped out after 10th grade

The reason I dropped out was that I was in college full time, got my BA as a teen (at Simon's Rock, same as Eli Pariser, woo-hoo!).

My husband has his masters in engineering (optics).

My daughter started college classes at 16.

[LibertyorDeath]

73. Complete fucking imbecile

"Somehow I just cannot and Will Not Believe that Daily Show Viewers are More Educated than Viewers of Fox News."

Does it get any dumber than this. I mean holy fucking shit
they have organic brain dysfunction unparalleled in the history of medical science.

"Somehow I just cannot and Will Not Believe that Daily Show Viewers are More Educated than Viewers of Fox News."

wonder if we could get this freeptard to say this on camera it would be
priceless.

[put out]

74. Heh. I am so enjoying this.

Don't fret about the degree if you don't have one, or don't have the one you want, or are working on it. You are dang smart folks. Y'all make the hair on my arms stand up.

BS in nursing here, doing a little Master's work and need to get more serious about it. I'm a fan of Mr. Stewart. I am the fifth viewer.

So, does this mean I get to smoke pot and lay on the couch all day? Cool.

[baldguy]

75. God, I wish I was a stoned slacker!

I've got two different degrees.

[RobinA]

76. Halfway to a Masters,

BS completed years ago, too young to be a hippie, too old to be a slacker, haven't been stoned in decades. I am, however, a hopeless liberal.

[Javamancer]

78. master's degree here and I watch TDS every night

The only person I know who watches Fox News is my brother-in-law, who's an unemployed high school drop-out and coke addict.

[GiovanniC]

79. Political Science Major, Law Student

And never been stoned in my entire life.

And O'Reilly can choke on my goddamn nuts.

[WolverineDG]

80. BA & JD

but i've never done drugs....hope my being a total square doesn't spoil the Daily Show demographic.... ;)

dg

[JHB]

81. That's like "stone ground wheat", right?

I have absolutely NO idea what else he could be talking about :smoke:

[Mad_Dem_X]

83. Count me in, too...

College grad here...

[johnnie]

84. Not degreed here

I also don't smoke dope and I feel that I am very well educated. My parents couldn't afford to send me through college and I went right out in to the work force.
I sent myself through trade school though and I am currently an Electrical Engineer, and the only one here at my company that does not have a college degree.

[lapislzi]

85. Master's Degree here

proudly earned from a PUBLIC institution.

(Last got stoned in 2002)

[ProfessorGAC]

86. Count Me In

I have a BS in Chemistry, an MS in Quantum Chemistry, an MS in Statistical Mechanics, and an MBA with a focus in Economics.

I have a job that requires me to travel worldwide to optimize processes, and minimize cost, community impact (pollution, mostly), and simplify the operations for the workers while enhancing their understanding of how things work. Part-time, i teach graduate courses of different types.

Guess i'm just an educated stoned slacker.
The Professor

[feistydem]

98. O'Reilly should have called us the 'overeducated smartypants'

[ProfessorGAC]

114. He Should Have Just Shut The Heck Up

The more he talks, the more he reveals his stupidity.

To O'Reilly: Just preach to your choir, Billy, about things they should know, but don't, which makes your lies and ignorance go undetected. Don't talk about those of us who already have accurately read everything about you. You know NOTHING about me, or about 99.9999% of the Daily Show viewers.

Not that i expect an admission of ignorance to either come from O'Reilly or to stop him from bloviating.
The Professor

[flobee1kenobi]

87. another

Slacker with an Assoc.degree A+ and MCSA cert. who is currently a Network Admin.
When O'Riley grows up he wants to be a reporter for a legit news station:-)
Why is it our only truthful news comes from comedians?
(Franken, Garofalo, Stewart, Maher ect ect)

[LuminousX]

88. B.A. PoliSci/B.A. Philosophy and a Daily Show Viewer

Who else would like to see Daily Show viewers pitted against Factor viewers in a Q&A style quiz?

[sldavis]

89. sober workaholic with a doctorate...

and a post-doc fellowship; also married to a loyal TDS viewer with a M.S.

O'Liely is delusional.

[LuminousX]

90. More interesting to see the number of Freepers who hate B.O.

[dpbrown]

91. JD, Hamline Law '93

And I watch The Daily Show.

Take that, O'Lielly.

Dan Brown
Saint Paul, Minnesota

[burythehatchet]

92. Stoned, lazy, slacker checking in

BA - Econ
MBA - Business Strat.
CPCU

Jon Stewart is my hero..

[freeplessinseattle]

93. 1/2 way thru grad degree-in a helping profession

go figure.

guess that may be due to "thinking too much" as I've been accused of, which apparentely greenage kept to a tolerable amount, or heaven forbid, I could have my doctorate by now. for shame.

oh, yeah, and love the Daily Show (and not just b/c Jon Stewart outsexies O'liely 20x to the power of ten)

[Surf Cowboy]

94. B.A., J.D., 'nuff said.

Why don't we just arrange a "college bowl" competition between O'Liely's fans and TDS'. They'd have to tally our score with scientific notation, for Christ's sake.

[Ishoutandscream]

96. BA in history. Masters in counseling

And the Daily Show is the only "political" show I can watch on the tube. It's sad when a comedy show gets it right more often than the mainstream media.

[HootieMcBoob]

97. Stoned Slacker with a Masters Degree here!

Just wanted to be counted :smoke:

[merh]

99. I am humbled to post among the minds here!

Simple BS with 22 years experience and continued education in the field, many CE hours - teaching certificate - former adjunct communitiy college instructor and I love the DS and Jon Stewart and think O'liely is the most disgusting presence on television.

[banana republican]

102. BS

in
Pychology
Philosophy
Business
MS in Tax
M Div

[FearofFutility]

104. BA in Psychology

graduated cum laude. Graduated from nursing school with a 4.0. Love the daily show. Don't smoke pot.

[Butterflies]

105. I watch TDS every night, and I've got a BS

Accounting. They don't know what they're talking about (as usual.)

[Philostopher]

106. Slacker here.

Well, situationally -- bailed out on a BA in journalism during the Reagan years, sort of halfheartedly working on finishing now in some other field. I do get to say 'some college' when I fill out a form.

The Mr. slacked, but finally got his BS recently.

But we've both been working pretty much constantly for the past 20+ years, so I guess we don't really qualify as slackers, per se.

And like the other non-degreed posters in this thread, I may not have a degree, but I'm not stupid -- I've educated myself quite nicely, thank you, by not stuffing my head up my rectum the day I graduated from high school and refused ever to entertain another idea since I was 17 years old, unlike even the degreed Freepers out there. I don't mean for this to sound defensive toward the degreed posters in the thread, don't misunderstand -- I am a little embarrassed, as a National Merit Semifinalist years ago, that I didn't get through college when I started, though I'm glad I'm not a journalist in the current climate, you betcha!

Oh, yeah -- I'm sure there are some Freepers with bachelor's degrees. I'll bet every single one of them who has a bachelor's has a bachelor's in business management with an emphasis on organizational leadership.

Wouldn't know who to call to get dope -- haven't smoked any in a dozen years. Same for the Mr.

[Athletic Grrl]

137. Hey nownow!!!!

That's MY life story!! :toast:

Love, love LOVE TDS. Miss Mo Rocca terribly. :cry:

[prodigal_green]

108. Masters for me

Sister: working on her law degree
Best friend: PhD
Mom: no college degree, but really smart as a whip
and at least a dozen other people in my family alone who ONLY have BAs or BSs.

[settembrini]

109. JD

Top 25 law school, and the Daily Show is one of the few things that keeps me sane. Stoned....well, I'll plead the 5th.

By the way, isn't it 80% of Fox viewers who still think Saddam had something to do with 9/11?

[Hobo]

111. Count me in.

BS and MS in ME. I watch TDS every night. I never watch O'Really or any thing on Fox. In fact I have it blocked on my cable system so when I channel surf. I don't even see it.

Hobo

[GreenPartyVoter]

112. I'm an occasional viewer, w/ a B.S. Edu. Never had a toke in my life.

-----------------------------------------------
And God told His children: "I love you. Play nice."

Would Jesus love a liberal? You bet!
http://www.geocities.com/greenpartyvoter/liberalchristians.htm

[drbtg1]

113. education, stoned, & slacker checklist

B.S. Computer Engineering...check

Doctorate in Dental Medicine...check

stoned...never

slacker...ask my employees, all of whom have health insurance

Daily Show viewer...check

[Cannikin]

115. I love life.

And Jon Stewart.

[Reverend_Smitty]

116. Well...

I am currently working on my BA in Athletic Training with a 3.8 GPA and fully plan to get a graduate degree

I've never been stoned, but I watch Jon religiously

[OnionPatch]

117. Who says you have to be a slacker

if you get stoned? Some of the most productive people I know are stoned-slackers on the weekend.

[deutsey]

118. Master's degree; don't smoke pot and with three kids

have little time to slack off.

[Endangered Specie]

119. I WOULD watch the daily show.. (but I dont have cable TV)...

in my DORM, where I STUDY Engineering, take that O'Really! :flicksbird: A 'friend' I knew is a fan or O'really's show... and, interestingly enough... he aint to bright in the head.


edit: Ok, so I havent technically completed college... odds are (like 99.999%) that I will ;)

and I havent done drugs, yet. (jk)

[WoodrowFan]

120. 3 degrees, no LSD.

3 degress in US History (BA. MA, PhD) and am NOT a stoner. Hell, I don't smoke anything and I don't drink.

OK, I did try pot in college, didn't like it and I still own two tie-dye t-shirts. BUT! I don't like the Dead OR Phish!

[TexasSissy]

121. Which number am I? Four?

I watch it every chance I get, although I'm not what they are aiming at (the show's demographics, that is). I'm middle aged and college educated (well....I didn't quite finish, okay?)

[Skittles]

123. Reagan made idiocy fashionable

to this day, conservatives wear it like a badge of honor

[SW FL Dem]

124. Graduated from a top LIBERAL arts college, a top ten law school and post

graduate work. Proud and well- educated viewer of the Daily Show. Edited to add that I've never been stoned.

[skippysmom]

125. Count two more

Me (a BA from a top liberal arts college plus two MAs)
My husband (BA and MA)

And neither one of us has ever smoked pot.

[stryker18]

126. Stoned slacker checking in

Even though I've never touched the stuff in my entire life, EVER, I guess the fact that I watch Jon Stewart instead of Bill O'Lielly and Sean Spinsannity makes me a stoned slacker.

[Ezlivin]

127. Number 5, Sir!

Sorry, I had a flashback to my boot camp days.

Graduated High School - 1975
Joined US Navy - 1977
Qualified submarines - 1978
Broke back, paralyzed - 1980
BSET, cum laude - 1985
MDiv, high GPA - 1993
Pilot's license (in wheelchair) - 1993
Started own web design company - 1997
Watch TDS - four nights a week
Smoke pot - every night
Slack off - sometimes on weekends
Vote for Kerry - 2004
Die peacefully in my sleep - 2057

(On edit: Okay, I only watch TDS four, not five, nights a week.)

[LibertyLover]

128. Degrees and Daily Show

One BA and two master's degrees for me, I've never done drugs my physician didn't prescribe for me and I watch the Daily Show.

[marlakay]

129. Four for Daily Show all with degrees

All in Business and the young two my daughter and son-n-law got degrees while he is officer in Air Force. Kyle just got his masters my daughter her BA. they love daily show and met Bill Clinton a few months back at book signing in Seattle before they moved again.

Bill O'Reily is just lying once again as per usual. Nice to finally see it in main press!

[troubleinwinter]

130. Stoned (coked-out) + slacker (TANG AWOL)= Chimpy

[LibertyorDeath]

131. Criminology Degree & A+ Certified Computer Tech

TDS Rocks

[Proud liberal Kat]

132. It is one of my favorite shows

I have an undergraduate degree and am working on my Master's and have been full-time gainfully employed since I was 14 years old and was allowed to work by my parents. I have never been fired and I have never quit a job without another one lined up. I find the Daily Show hilarious and a fun way to poke fun at the world we live in.
Kathy

[belle]

134. UCSD BA w/honors, MFA from Yale, both parents went to Harvard grad school

Never smoked pot but twice in my life. Sorry freeps!

[mbee]

135. Some people with college degrees still can't think for themselves.

Freepers as a group tend not to do their homework and just take the word of their party leadership. They make up catchy phrases and spend their time just repeating them and don't even bother to find out whether true or false. They travel in packs and are ready to bully anyone who gets in the way of their agenda. Liberals (degreed or not) tend to know the facts and can speak fairly extensively about issues. They also I believe are more knowledgeable about who their representatives are and what they represent.

[Momgonepostal]

136. FReepers never believe news they don't like

"Hmmm...let's see, that poll doesn't back up my position...it must be flawed...biased...whatever." :eyes:

[Beaverhausen]

139. College Degree and only sometimes stoned

definitely NOT a slacker!

[TransitJohn]

140. Two Bachelor's

Geology
Chemical Engineering

Not as stoned as I was in my early twenties, maybe twice a month.

[mainer]

141. Docctorate here. Not stoned. Would like to be a slacker.

But don't know how.

[librechik]

144. If you got stoned, you would automatically learn how to slack

don't start, tho--it's hard to stop!

:smoke:

[alexisfree]

142. I am blond should i watch oreilly?

two bachelors degree's ,BLOND, 110 pounds, cute and love the Jon Stewart's show..!!!!!

[TransitJohn]

143. Hi

:wave:
Welcome to DU

[lakeguy]

145. another daily show fan here and i've

got a few degrees. guess i should switch to foxnews where all the smart people hang out:puke:

[Dastard Stepchild]

148. Slacker and educated all in one bundle

I was a straight slacker most of my life. Now I am a studious gal with high aspirations and a propensity for procrastination.
That said, many of my friends and family have not completed college, are wonderfully bright and sensitive, and are huge TDS fans. Hate to make this an issue of education, but oh well.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

149. Masters Degree, and watching The Daily Show as I write this!

:D

[nini]

150. Bachelors in Computer Science.. non pot smoker

sorry freepers.....you're WRONG AGAIN

[enki23]

151. my girlfriend and i. she's a semester and a half from a PhD

i'm a semester from a masters, and then on to a PhD in pharmacology.

the thing about the daily show is... it's tongue in cheek, but it's accurate in the facts that it *does* present. it's also, in a sarcastic way, pretty dead on accurate in its outlook. it's not "liberally biased" so much as reality biased. and right now, the liberal outlook reflects reality far more accurately than that of your average conservative.

the more accurate a source is in getting at the truth, the more liberally biased it is. right now, the two are fairly in synch. at least, relative to the outlook of conservatives. bush *relies* on continued ignorance of a number of basic, demonstrable facts. if that ignorance didn't exist, he wouldn't be reelected. this isn't liberal bias, it's simply, and demonstrably true. unfortunately, you can't demonstrate that to the people without the apparatus to do it. the conservatives have the big bullhorn, and to hell with the truth.

[Cronus Protagonist]

152. I've never seen the Daily Show

And I got a C+ in my last IQ test.

"So I don't worry about, and people shouldn't
worry about a draft. . . I think we're in good
shape, I really do. And, if not, we'll -- I'll address
the nation. But I don't see any need to right now."
- G. W. Bush (Source: The Whitehouse)

[Killarney]

153. Bachelors and Masters Degree here

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

154. Um.....wow....this is just redonculous

absolutely dickriculous

[George W. Dunce]

155. Stoned slackers ?

My wife and I do not come from well off families and we got married early in life, JR. high sweethearts, and we have three school aged children. We have since worked very hard and have managed to get three degrees between us,my wife has a BS and I have two ADs,as soon as we finish paying off what is left of my wifes student loans I am going to pursue a BS in computer science. We get stoned and watch the daily show several times a week. Slackers? I think not.

[WilliamPitt]

156. Some of them are funny

"Well, now that O'Reilly has turned to the dork side, the viewership will equalize in numbers of people that have a four-year degree in "Institutionalized Racism, Homophobia and Sexism as it Relates to Subjugation of Diversity and Progressivism During Post-Industrial Societal Evolution Towards Like a More Utopian Totalilitarianist Paradise...man.""

[TiredTexan]

157. Doctorate degree checking in.

And in my family, all religious Daily Show watchers - 2 other doctorates, one masters, 3 undergraduate degrees.

And my 16 year old honor student son, who answered all 6 Annenberg questions correctly without help.

[The White Tree]

158. Count me as one

I watch the Daily Show every day - 4 years college - work 40+ hours a week. I don't think I'm a stoned slacker.

Maybe my mom (by freeper definitions) was. She watched quite a bit of The Daily Show from her bed on medication during the last year of her life while enduring chemotherapy and fighting a battle with lung cancer. It was one of the things that helped her cope.

I didn't find out until last March when we were talking and she brought up how she felt about Bush and the Iraq war and she told me.

I miss you mom.O8)

[Dob Bole]

159. Just finished my bachelors'...never even tried drugs...

ok, so I'm a doosh. Maybe if they were legal, I might...