Daily Show Lampoons Congressional Second Life Hearing

April 8, 2008 -

Last week, GamePolitics reported on a congressional subcommittee's visit to Second Life.

Last night, on The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart had some fun with the subcommittee hearing video as the assembled U.S. representatives tried to sound knowledgeable about the wonders and/or horrors of virtual worlds.

Stewart, of course, had some funny lines:

Virtual world hearings! It's official. Congress has given up on the actual world...

Look, nobody doubts that terrorists use the Internet. But I don't think that Osama bin Laden is in the basement of his mom's cave, creating jihad-friendly Second Life avatars...

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Submitted by Clever (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 06:34.

And let the searching of YouTube for the video commence...

Submitted by Altair (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 06:39.

Hahaha, awesome! xD

Submitted by Jack Wessels (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 17:54.

Stewart's my hero. That's all there is to be said.

Though Ebonheart had some nice things to say, go check that post out.

Submitted by Twin-Skies (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 06:38.

"Look, nobody doubts that terrorists use the Internet. But I don’t think that Osama bin Laden is in the basement of his mom’s cave, creating jihad-friendly Second Life avatars…"

Dude, is his mom even still alive?

Submitted by Salen (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 07:13.

*falls over* Hah. That was awesome. "Jihad-Friendly Second Life Avatars" is gunna be my new phrase of the day.

Submitted by MaskedPixelante (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 08:13.

all this time I wondered why I had to settle for "glitteracticacookie2"

Submitted by Twin-Skies (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 08:27.

Bin laden in Second Life...

This sort of explains those penis attacks that happened on the MMO some time ago...

Submitted by Vake Xeacons (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 08:38.

Amen to that! If only, if only kicking bin Laden's butt was as easy as sending a couple 100 level orcs into an al Queda base! I still like that Penny Arcade episode at the Pokemon tournament last year.
"Dialga, the Coalition Forces choose you!"

Submitted by axia777 (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 10:01.

John Stewart for President FTW.

BTW, Second Life blows. I always have to say it. It is one of my missions as a game artist to point that out every single time I read about it.

Submitted by Christian Astrup (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 10:26.

Yay Stewart!

Submitted by SimonBob on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 11:06.

I wonder if the other shoe will drop (presumably/hopefully on Colbert.) Well played, Stewart.

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Fangamer

Submitted by CoderJ (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 12:04.

The best part of last night's show (4/7/2008) was the "Your Moment of Zen", in which Rep. Jane Harman states says (sorry, don't have it on my DVR) that the chairman actually called the hearing because he can't get past Level 7 in World of Warcraft, but he should know that as chairman the hearing is only worth 2 experience points.

Between this Zen-moment and Jon Stewart's quote of, "Virtual world hearings! It's official, Congress hasn't given up on the actual world!" Oh, and his rags on Second Life :).

Submitted by Shiro (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 12:42.

"i love me some ta-ta's."
"fish ta-ta's."

(or something like that)

Submitted by Manolito (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 13:34.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=165604&title=avata...

Submitted by Ebonheart (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 13:47.

So, um Congress can we waste my tax money on something useful, like cancer research, or maybe AIDS research? Hell let's spend it on something really useless like fix SOCIAL SECURITY, or maybe even hell I don't know; improving the school system?

Submitted by axia777 (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 16:13.

Ebonheart, that would make sense and would be logical. The Feds are never either.

*cough*Bridge To Nowhere*cough*

Submitted by H (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 17:03.

Dolphin women do indeed exist in SL, as do minotaurs... and crazy protesters, for that matter. A pity that they rendered and animated all that in another program, though. If they had done it on SL in a publicly accessible area, they could have encountered so many other horrors.

Submitted by Ebonheart (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 18:29.

@ Axia

True, true. Whats to bet that in the future congress sesstions will solely be on "Who sux more Alliance or Horde?"

Submitted by Zeke129 (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 19:44.

"Avatar Heroes"? Really? You people are suckers for fonts."

Submitted by shady8x (not verified) on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 21:42.

I loved this episode...but the Olympic torch part was a hell of a lot better...

@Ebonheart
There are actually several cures to cancer out there. I have seen one of them save the life of a stage four cancer patient... it is some sort of an extract from the fins of sharks...

I don't know if the others are real or fakes but one is illegal to research worldwide and all mentions of it are supressed... even though it has been found to defeat incurable cancers in the brains of animals without harming the animals... and apparently only sites like the one below even mention the studies... one guess as to what this drug is...
http://cannabisculture.com/news/cancer

the government even opposed(and still does) cervical cancer vaccines cause it would make girls have sex more or some other idiotic reason... Apparently saving lives is a lot less important than keeping our kids(and every adult) from the horrors of enjoying themselves or making children in the first place without the threat of death...

So them focusing on non-real world instead of the real world is much more important, because they at least don't have enough time to screw over the population...

Submitted by Cypher (not verified) on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 01:08.

The thing is though... Jihadies do actually get into these social networks and MMOGs to recruit and spread ideas and beliefs and even plans.

It's a way to communicate to cells.

Submitted by Ebonheart (not verified) on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 12:07.

@shady8x

I knew there where some cures out there, and of course the feds would block them thanks to special intrest groups owning politics. Theres always more more in treating the symtms than treating the cause. Business is life itself (please tell me I got the Umbrella qoute right)

Submitted by shady8x (not verified) on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 16:41.

@Cypher
Wouldn't Skype be a little easier and more private to use?

Submitted by StealthKnight (not verified) on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 20:55.

glalacticcookiekitty is pretty hot despite how ridiculous the whole committee is. They need to come up with better things to do then this crap

Shout box

Andrew Eisen: I have it. The problem, so far as I can tell, is neither of them allow me to overlay my webcam feed or text links to my Extra-Life fundraising page.10/19/2014 - 4:08pm

quiknkold: and yes, its free10/19/2014 - 4:05pm

quiknkold: should grab Hauppauge capture. has mic support and can upload directly to youtube10/19/2014 - 4:05pm

Andrew Eisen: The former.10/19/2014 - 4:00pm

quiknkold: was it StreamEez, or the StreamEez feature in Hauppauge Capture? cause I know Capture has alot more support from the devs.10/19/2014 - 3:54pm

Andrew Eisen: I actually tried StreamEez last week. Flat out didn't work.10/19/2014 - 3:53pm

quiknkold: I use the Hauppauge Capture software's StreamEez. Arcsoft showbiz for recording. I just streamed a few hours of Persona 4 Golden with zero problem using the program. Xsplit is finniky when it comes to Hauppauge10/19/2014 - 3:40pm

Andrew Eisen: Trying to capture console games and broadcast with Open Broadcaster System because I've had technical difficulties using XSplit 3 weeks in a row.10/19/2014 - 3:37pm

quiknkold: and what are you trying to capture?10/19/2014 - 3:31pm

quiknkold: same one I have. ok. what program are you using?10/19/2014 - 3:31pm

Andrew Eisen: Haupaugge HD PVR 210/19/2014 - 3:28pm

quiknkold: What Capture Card are you using, Andrew10/19/2014 - 3:26pm

quiknkold: I know Biddle isnt Kotaku. he's just a employee. Its up to Kotaku if they want to punish him for being a public representative of Kotaku...well...I wouldnt be against it.10/19/2014 - 3:26pm

Andrew Eisen: Lovely, my capture card is not (yet) compatible with the broadcaster I want to use. Let's hope my workaround works!10/19/2014 - 3:19pm

Andrew Eisen: If you find Biddle's statement off-putting, then you're certainly directing your distaste at the correct entity.10/19/2014 - 3:18pm

quiknkold: as somebody who once had his skull fractured behind a grocery store as a kid because I was a nerd. Sam Biddle can eff himself with barbwire10/19/2014 - 2:59pm

Matthew Wilson: I dont agree with it, but that doesnt mean its not true sadly.10/19/2014 - 2:36pm

Andrew Eisen: Which I find to be (in most cases) extraordinarily petty.10/19/2014 - 2:34pm

Matthew Wilson: I get the joke andrew. In the social media age, if you say somthing stupid people will take it out on the company you work for.10/19/2014 - 2:30pm

Papa Midnight: It's Gawker. I'm not sure his comments can really do much to lower whatever modicum of perceived crediiblity that network of sites may have.10/19/2014 - 2:27pm

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