And they never tied in the whole "Saint" thing...

Posted at 7:09 AM on March 29, 2006 by Bob Collins

It was a big night for Minnesota on the Comedy Channel.

OK, anytime St. Paul is mentioned on the Comedy Channel it's a big night, I guess. Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report focused on Bunnygate, happening even as we speak in St. Paul's City Hall. It included one of the more controversial graphics I've seen, even by Comedy Channel standards, in which Christ was shown shooting it out from behind the rock that covered his tomb as "War on Easter" was splattered across the top of the screen. I'm going to guess there'll be no rioting in the streets today, but we'll see. No video up on the Colbert Report Web site, but maybe later, since the St. Paul story was the basis of last night's "The Word."

Which brings us to The Daily Show last night whose guest -- and I admit I usually shut it off before the guest -- discussed the immigration "problem."

I bring this up because in my morning read of area blogs, I stumbled across a couple of screeds on the issue and I was reminded of one of the points of the guest. who was the editor of Newsweek International.

Immigration is the one thing this country does better than anybody else, and these people want us to be more like France?

It was another moment of Zen when I realized -- again -- that in the age of blogs, and multiple media, it's a comedy show that at least gets us thinking about the possibility that maybe there's another perspective to consider.

I wonder if it works that way in France?

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