Where Are My Virtual Push Pins?

Do you remember “my quest”? About nine months before my 50th birthday I began looking for contemporaries. Because I have very few people in my life who are close to my age, I wanted to find some role models in the wider world, who were born between 1953 and 1963. I was specifically trying to find folks with qualities or personality traits or actions I admired. At the time, I mentioned Keith Olbermann, Kathy Griffin and Rickey Henderson.

Well, I can happily add another: Jon Stewart. I’ll gladly pin him up on my virtual bulletin board under “Intelligence”, “Courage”, “Humor” and after his recent call out of CNBC, “Chutzpah”! Did you see it? Sweet Mother it was a thing of beauty! Here’s the link to the entire March 12th episode where he went one on one with Jim Cramer. (You can view the episodes which led up to this by heading to The Daily Show.) I loved how well prepared Jon was. I loved how he spoke for all the investors who have been battered and bruised and worse by the financial crisis. And despite admitting at the end that it was uncomfortable for him, he never faltered, never backed down and never resorted to the childish tantrums and red faced sputterings we see on some networks which shall remain nameless here.

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Intro - Brawl Street: Get Ready to Buy Low! And Sell Die

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things w/ Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Jim Cramer

Thanks to Morgan I was able to find the correct page to get the embed code for the above video!