Wait a minute... This is from TONIGHT'S show, and it was posted on YouTube OVER FOUR HOURS AGO? Granted, they tape earlier in the day, but this has got to be some kind of piracy world record.
Oh, almost forgot the original thing I wanted to comment on. Not only did McCain disappoint Letterman, but Letterman seems to have frightened Olbermann. :)
Don't forget that the show is taped beginning at 5:00, so there's plenty of time to release it to the services.
What struck me is not so much that Letterman was disappointed but the way his attitude seemed to escalate as the show went on. And perhaps McCain's people have learned that if you're going to blow off Letterman, don't do it so that you can do another interview with the same network, where they can find the feed that reveals what you're up to. Next time, go talk to Brian Williams instead.
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A simple grilled cheese sandwich. Something that can be procured anywhere at any time. Nothing too exciting, right?
But what if I put a little butter on the bread before I grilled that sandwich? That would add a little extra zing, right? And what if instead of using plain old American cheese I opted for something a tad more exotic, like Camembert, Stilton or Roquefort? Now we're talking, right?
And what if instead of using bread for my grilled cheese sandwich I used two large blocks of pure platinum? And what if instead of eating the platinum I sold it and then used that small fortune as venture capital for a Beijing-based conglomerate that could take advantage of Chinese local business incentives, cheap labor, lax environmental laws and surging global interest in the fastest-growing economy in the world, thereby ensuring returns in the billions of dollars even in the face of a collapsing U.S. dollar and a massive industrial shift from the technical to service business sector? Wouldn't that be nice?
That's exactly what Francesco Explains It All is. In an endless buffet of indistinguishable tastes, it's the grilled platinum Stilton cheese sandwich that could forever destabilize geoeconomics. Care for a bite?
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Wait a minute... This is from TONIGHT'S show, and it was posted on YouTube OVER FOUR HOURS AGO? Granted, they tape earlier in the day, but this has got to be some kind of piracy world record.
Dan, I believe it was released to news services, much like the Obama interview was. That one showed up on the evening news the night of the show.
Oh, almost forgot the original thing I wanted to comment on. Not only did McCain disappoint Letterman, but Letterman seems to have frightened Olbermann. :)
Don't forget that the show is taped beginning at 5:00, so there's plenty of time to release it to the services.
What struck me is not so much that Letterman was disappointed but the way his attitude seemed to escalate as the show went on. And perhaps McCain's people have learned that if you're going to blow off Letterman, don't do it so that you can do another interview with the same network, where they can find the feed that reveals what you're up to. Next time, go talk to Brian Williams instead.
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