What would Stephen do?

As we head into the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008, we should be asking ourselves a vital question.
What would Stephen Colbert do?
What would he do about global warming? (We may never found out thanks to those wimps in South Carolina who wouldn't put him on the ballot.)
What would he do about the major issues?
What would he do about minor issues?
What would
Stephen Colbert do? (add echo effect here)
Some people will say, look in his book.
But it's been so long since we've heard his words in first run. We need to know!
What would Stephen Colbert do?
(OK, we admit. We're killing time on a Sunday night. But it's a good question.)

Colbert to return Jan. 7

The Comedy Channel announced Thursday that Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart will both be returning to the air Jan. 7 whether the writer's strike is settled or not, reported the Associated Press. Already, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel have all said that they will resume programming Jan. 2 with or without their writers.
The AP story quotes Colbert and Stewart from a joint statement: ""We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence."
Though we want the show to come back, we're disappointed they're doing it without the writers. The writers are asking for something they have the right to get -- the residuals from internet and DVD use of their material.
So, if you support the strike as we do, go Strike Swag, a website set up to sell t-shirts and other things in support of the writers.
And let's get them back on the air where they belong.

The word is .... missing

We're missing Colbert. Reruns are ok, but the real thing is better. I'm on the writers' side, but I wish this thing would be settled.
Colbert for Christmas. Sounds nice.

I need first-run Colbert!

I support the writer's strike. I believe they should get revenue from use of their work on the 'net and on DVDs.
But not having Stephen Colbert each night is killing me! I miss the Word! I miss the interviews! I miss the theme music!
Don't tell me I can watch the DVD "The Best of the Colbert Report". I've done that. I need first-run Colbert!
So, to the studios and writers, please please settle your dispute. Us Colbert fans shouldn't have to suffer!