[Locke]

Heres his bit. I dont follow American politics as closely as I maybe should, but this 5 minute clip shows just how much of a joke that system has become. When you have a comedian delivering an address to a House Committee on an important topic such as this it tells me that they're really reaching and basically flat out of ideas.

Not to mention the fact, that he actually made some very good points, but the Committee might as well have saved themselves the time, that one woman was seriously checking her Blackberry. Wake up! This guy is going to talk for 5 MINUTES! You cant pay attention for 5 minutes?

Now, I know he injected some humour in there, and they were visibly unimpressed, tough crowd, but what were they expecting? They know who they asked to come before them, they know what he does. Thats like inviting Ozzy Ozbourne to speak at women's equality rally and expecting to understand him!

This was actually really well done by Colbert, but the problem is that it isnt going to work because he tried to please too many people. He presented a couple of suggestions that I doubt they even heard because it was sandwiched between a couple of humorous barbs.

All they did was sit there and feel insulted the whole time. Maybe a little humility for them.