My tiny school gets some lame bureaucrat for my commencement--Condi Rice.  Knox College in Illinois scores Obama last year and the king of "Truthiness," Stephen Colbert this year.  I knew I should've transferred.

Colbert Tells College Graduates: Get Your Own TV Show

...Colbert considered the immigration debate: “It’s time for illegal immigrants to go — right after they finish (building) those walls." People keep saying immigrants built America, “but here's the thing, it's built now. I think it was finished in the '70s sometime. From this point it’s only a touch-up and repair job."

He added that the border with Canada also has to be secure so Canadians cannot bring their "skunky beer" into the country. He backed English as the official language of the United States — “God wrote (the Bible) in English for a reason: So it could be taught in our public schools.”

At the beginning of the speech Colbert admitted he played a right-wing character on TV also named, "Stephen Colbert," who "...looks like me, and talks like me, but who says things with a straight face he doesn’t mean." Later he offered some real Colbert wisdom. Me likey!

"Cynics always say no. But saying yes begins things. Saying yes is how things grow. Saying yes leads to knowledge. Yes is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes.

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