sometimes Jon Stewart is all that keeps me patriotic

Remember Jon Stewart's first show after 9/11?

I still cry when I watch the clip.  I'm trying to sum up why I am so affected by his speech and I can't.  But that night, Jon Stewart made the pain a little more ok.

And now, via a blurb on www.nymag.com (because I can't figure out how to embed this video), his latest proof that dissent and anger can be patriotic.  That there are people in the media, if not the government, who love this country in a way that makes me love it, too.  

Jon Stewart's response to Republican's fillibustering the Zadroga Bill.

I don't intend this blog to be political.  So if you don't agree with my politics, read this as a post about one writer/artist/comedian/journalist's abilities to touch others with his voice.