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pelley: Hey, everybody,
Welcome to dale dale.
My name is jon stewart.
My guest tonight saima wahab,
She'written a book about her
Experience going up in
Afghanistan and portland,
Oregon.
(laughs)
Sister cities.
You know the saying "you are
Where u eat?""
You don't?
Because I have made that up.
And yet for the country's
Leading conservatives.
Tweet ago picture of themselves
With chick-fil-a rently became
A grt way to express
Opposition to same-sex marriage.
A litmus lch, if you will.
Palin, huckabee, lmbaugh, even,
Surpsingly, this middle aged
Lesbian.
(laughter and applause)
Has a...
(laughter).
(laughs)
Are you sure?
That's actually south carolina
Senator lindseyraham.
(lauter)
Lindsay's a boy's name?
No.
No, that's a lesbian!
Okay.
Anyway, last week graham posted
His picture on facebook saying
"as a long time chick-fil-a
Fanic I stand with
Chick-fil-a.
We had it for breakfast tay
But my usual order is the number
One ord we are law is and a coke
Zero.
" coke zero!
Doesn't he know that is the
Gayest coke!
(laughter)
Even diet caffeine free ce is
Like "give it a rest, coke
Zero."
(laughter)
But did you know that social
Media can be a double-edged
Sword?
I'm waiting in line, next in
Line, pretty excited about my
Free water.
you know why I'm getting a
Free water, right?
I do not.
because chick-fil-a is a
Hateful crporation.
I disagree, I wouldn't... We
Don't treat any of our customer
Differently.
jon: That gentleman is a
Supporter of same-sex marriage
And he's apparently confusing
This well-mannered hourly shift
Worker for mrs. Chick-fil-a.
(laughter)
I mean, everyone knows
Chick-fil-a company policy is
Set by the guy working the
Waffle fries.
(laughter)
Look, man, oh, man, this guy
Wasn't dun speaking truth to
Powerlessness.
I don't know how you live
With yourself and work here.
I don't understand it.
This is ahorrible corporation
With horrible values.
we're here to rve you in
Any way that you need.
I hope off really nice day.
I ll.
I did something really good.
I feel purposeful.
Thank you very much.
jon: Oh, I should clarify,
My purpose is to be a dick.
(laughter)
The best part of that deal?
That dude posted that video!
Himsf!
(laughte
He uploaded that to a comter
And is like "wait until the
World sees this!"
And why not?
He had nothing to be personally
Ashamed of.
I'm a nice guy, by the way.
And I'm tally heterosexual.
I'm not... Not a gay in me.
I just can't stand the hate, you
Know?
(laughter)
jon: Your company sucks and
I don't blow dudes so, up...
(laughter).
So just... I think your company
Should be respect, I don't
(bleep) guys.
(lauter)
That's all I'm sayg is I think
You should have a talk with them
About their policy.
(laughter)
By the way, quick message to
Chick-fil-a h.Q.: Give this
Woman a raise!
(cheers and applause)
She's a saint!
(cheers and applause)
Not easy to find that type of
Foreign take a thankless fast
Food job.
an employee at a local taco
Bell has been suended for a
Piture he posted on twitter.
jon: Please don't be a
Picture of someone peeing on
Nachos.
Please don't be a picture of
Someon peeing on nachos.
that picture appears to be an
Employee urinating in a nacho
Bell grande.
(audience reacts).
jon: No!
Not a nacho bell grande!
(laughter)
Unless... Is that what makes
Them grande?
(laughter)
I don't speak spanish.
All right, let me see.
Oh!
(audience reacts)
Actually, that's a fake, unless
This person has learned to pee
Out of his knee.
(laughter)
And, by the way, quick editorial
Notenote: Reporting this sry pas
Me deeply.
Not only because taco bell I a
Major sponsor of this program
But because nacho bell grande
Are so delicious.
(laughter)
Jon: There's a problem with
Social media.
It easy to forget the whole
World can see what you post.
Not to mention your identy.
the fort wayne county
Department of health confirmed
That employee is cameron
Jankowski.
I'm told he has since been
Suspended.
(audience reacts)
(laughter)
Stphaoupb wow.
I've got to tell you, I didn't
Know who did this, but that's
The kii would guess did this.
(laughter)
That picture is basically just
Him saying "yeah, I peed in your
Nachos.
Now, if you'll ecuse me, I'm
Taking your daughter out for a
Night of bon hits and street
Racing.
Don't worry, pops, I brought
Condoms.
Here,have some (bleep)ing
Nacho"
By the way, the kid didn't pee
In the nachos, it was just
Mountain due and he was pranking
His fends leading to this new
Show "jankin' it!"
Ironicallylso sponsored by
Taco bell.
Except for you, you're immortal,
Eat siximes a day!
So it seems the social
Media/prepared foods hybd
Media event is becoming an
Entire genre of a thing.
My favitexample has to be
This one from minnesota.
This gay marriage opponent taped
His protest of the gay marriage
Supporting company that makes
Cheerios.
this is really the treat, now
With the homosexuals and this is
Our protest of general mills,
They're advocating same-sex
Marrias.
(laughter)
You knowi thini know the
Best wayo putthat fire out.
Jankowski!
(laughter)
We'll be right back.
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jon: Welcome to the show.
You may remember last week that
Harry reid said mitt romney
Hadn't paid taxes for ten years.
It usually doesn't gain traction
As non-high schoolers but it's
Been picked up as fact by some
On the floor of the senate.
so the rd's out that he
Hasn't paid any taxes for ten
Years.
Let him prove he has paid taxes
Because he hasn't.
jon: You don't get to say
The word is out!
As though tat's evidence of the
Truth of something when you're
The one who put out the word.
(laughter)
What are you, a one man mormon
Blackernacle choir?
Can you trademark that for me?
Thank you.
Blabbernacle.
We'll make t-shirts and hats and
Go on a tour.
Do we need to see romney'stax
Returns when almost every deal
He's ever made are the
Personification of the issues at
Hand.
Like this deal he made.
dating back to his time at
Bain capital.
While romney was c.E.O., bane
Boht a telephone directory
Company from ily's government
Which was rsold for 25 times as
Much just two years later.
roey himself probably made
More than $50 million and as
Much as $60 million.
jon: Wow, no rm there.
Smart, Italy moves to privatize
Phone directories.
Bain sees an opportunity, steps
In, rides the crest of the
Internet bubble, sells it back
From an italian company at the
Peak of its value.
What's the problem?
they funneled their profit us
Thereubsidiaries in
Luxembourg.
That's a common practice by
Firms looking to reduce tir
Tax liilities.
jon: Oh!
Sohe corporation that benefits
Greatly from the infrastructure
Of Italy and the United States
Takes that profit and makes sure
Italy and the United States get
As little of it as possible by
Funneling it through luxembourg.
A country that exists solely as
The world's financial dialysis
Machine.
(laughter)
Of course, to romney, all that
Sleight of hand isn't a
Ability, it's an asset.
romney campaign spokeswoman
Michelle davis goes further
"wh ts instment, mitt
Romney and bain capital with its
Consortium partners partnered
With a new management team to
Transform this company an grow
It into a tremendous success.
Mitt romney is running for
President to put that experience
To work."
jon: See america?
We don't need fundamental
Changes in our policy making
Mechics or the ruilding of
Our structure.
Jt need better accountants.
Oh, I can't wait until we funnel
South carolina to luxembourg.
(laughter)
By the way, how did the italians
Feel about this deal?
one company shareholder who
Opposed the deal said "the
Government got ripped off, it
Was the beginning of the
Destruction of italian
Industry."
the republican candidate seen
As a "persona non gr there.
jon: Wow.
Mitt romney's business practices
Are too shady fortaly.
(laughte
Italy.
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Mitt romneyhas to say to Italy
"I'm a legitimate businessman."
(laughter)
Italy.
A country where the prime
Minister, the heaf the
Country's largest media
Conglomerate, and the host of
Their finest bunga bunga parties
Is the same (bleep)ing guy.
(laughter)
E'll be right back.
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jon: Welcome back.
My guest tonight, a native of
Afghanistan, a former advisor to
The eyes army.
Her book is called "in m
Father's country: An afghan
Woman defies her fate."
Please welcome to the program,
Saima wahab.
(applause)
How are you?
doing good.
jon: Thank you so much for
Being here.
you're welcome.
jon: And sharing your story
With us.
"in my father's country."
Man, you know, I'm not crazy
About my childhood.
(laughter)
But wow.
What you went throughas a child
Is remarkable in your ability to
Persevere over that and to find
Purpose in your life.
It's shocking.
Shocking in som extent bause
Of the strength you have to show
And shocking for how it
Apparently common it is for n
Our country for youngirls.
yes.
jon: You want to explain
When you left afghanistan.
when I left afghanistan I was
So young I didn't even realize I
Was what I was going through.
Writing this book was in n a way
Going back and reliving your
Childhood and if it wasn't
For... Fun the first time it
Wasn't the second time when
You're writing as an alt but
As I wrote it I realized how
Common it was and that became
Harder because I got lucky.
I was very lucky to have the
Family that I did and some of
The members in the family, they
Were able to support me and make
It possible for me to come out.
jon: This was... Your
Village was attacked during the
Russian invasion.
Yes.
jon: And so... Andou
Lived... Describe the living
Arrangement for the folks who
Have condos.
(laughter)
the living arrangement was
Basical a big building which
Is called... The literaleaning
Is castle and basically the
Walls are eight feet tall and
You're stuck in the walls and
You don't come outside... As a
Female you don't come outside
Those walls and youu leave that
House when you are a bride, grow
To your husband's castle and
You're in those walls and you
Leave that when you die as a
Dead body to go to the cemetery.
For me to come out o those
Walls a lot had to happen and
One of those things that made it
Possible is the russian invasio
Becau it made it psible for
My family to leave that castle
And go to pakistan.
Once you go to pakistan you
Start thinking aout things that
Could happen, that... Since
Comg to america and that
Became a possibility and that
Only happened because my
Grandfather, he refused to l
The boys in my family come to
America without the girls.
And that's why I'm sitting here
Today.
jon: But this is... It's
Very unusual in many respects
Your grandfather or your baba
Who is aullah, one of the most
Important people in the town.
he was the village elder,
Yes.
jon: The village elder.
He had very progressive values
When it came to women.
You talk about your friend whose
Family was nothat way and she
Had an arranged marriage at
Very young age, her brothers
Beat her.
How did you cope with knowing
Your frien is dealing with that
And you're in this other
Situation?
a lot of guilt.
There was a lot of guilt.
I'm living with that guilt
Today, too.
It's very hard for me to joy
Normal day life in america
Because I know my friend, my
Best friend, is in afghanistan
And she looks 30 years older
Than I do and it makes me very
S because she was a beautiful
Person and her brother used to
Beat her up and my brother would
Tease me and say "you better
Watch out or I'm going to bat
You up, too."
And I would tell him you would
Never be able to do that becse
Of my grandfather and my mother
And the reason my grandfather
Was that wa was because my
Father was takeby the k.G.B.
Agent he made my grandfather
Promise to make sure his
Daughter went to the same school
As his son did.
jon: That was inresting.
Your father was a very unusual
Guy and was taken by the
Russians.
There'sç a tradition when they
Say the male child is born they
Shoot off guns but when you were
Born your ther did the same.
yes.
and his friends saidare you
Crazy, you don't do that for a
Daughter?
Why are you doing that?
Ande sai "my daughter's going
To be btter tha many sons and
She's going to do a lot more for
Some people."
Ich was his own purpose.
D thiwas the reason why he
Was taken by k.G.B. Because he
Was a big activist for phtun
Ande didn't want anyone else
To come and interfere with
Pashtun culture a tradition.
So said that and a n a lot of
Ways t's what motivates me
And that's what motivated know
Write the book because I feel
Like that was something that
Changed my life.
If he hadn't said that I wld
Be sitting n a village and I
Would have no idea that your
Show exists.
(laughter).
jon: And wouldn't that be
The real tragedy here?
(laughter)
totally!Tq3
it's interesting because
You... There's so many
Frightening moments in the book
Where you dodged death.
You have the story of being hit
By a bus and in a coma.
Nobody thought you would
Survive.
The bombing of that khala when
The russians bombed it and you
Emerged from the rubble.
I was sleeping inning the
Room, yes.
I was sleeping in the room and
The bomb dropped and it didn't
Explode.
It was just one of those things
That I guess I wasn't meant to
Go.
It didn't explode, it made the
Walls crush down on one side so
I walked out all dusty and my
Mother was really shocked and
She said "I didn't know you were
Sleeping there."
I was like I know, that's how
Children in afghanistanñr are.
jon: The beautiful way you
Are able to smile and find
Little moments of humor within
This book is just wonderful.
It's wonderful to read.
The pashtun element of silt
Interesting because I kep
Wondering people don't identify
As afghans.
Theydentify more tribally,
Pashtun being about 40% of
Afgnistan.
more than 40%.
And if you go to te villages
It's 100% pashtun.
If you go into kul you have
More non-pashtun there is
Because they gravitate towards
The central country which is
Basically kabul.
jon: So that would be the
Cities, pashtun are more..
the villages.
The villages are more pashtun
And that's where spend most of
My time because that's where my
Family is from.
jon: Now the pashtun
Culture seems to mean everything
To them and there are very, very
Important rules of pashtun
Culture.
for everything.
For everything from the time y
Wake up in the morning until the
Day you die.
There are rules and regulations
For erything and everybody
Knows these rules.
If I do something that was
Against on of the rules before
I get home my familyould know
I did something I wasn't
Supposed to do and it has
Happened quite a few where
People will tell my family "your
Daughter did this."
jon: Even when you came to
America and your brother and
Sister went to a video store.
yes.
(laus).
jon: And you got busted
Even there, pashtun rules in
Portland, oren.
and I didn't speak enough
English to tell them.
To say "please don't tell my
Uncle.
I'm not supposed be here."
jon: (laughs)
you went back with the u.S.
Army and helped them understand
That culture in these villages.
uh-huh.
joow did that play with
Yor mind and your loyalty?
Where did you feel a partf?
I got a good idea of what it
Means to have multiple
Personalities in your head.
A lot of times I felt very
Conflicted.
I loved the soldiers, the
American soldiers.
I loved them because I knew they
Were giving up a lot.
I was giving up by choice I went
There, they were giving up
Because they had to do it.
And so I realized...
jon: I would think by now
They're already starbucks is
Probably over there.
jon:
(laughter)
there is something like it
But notstarbucks.
It's equally horrible.
(laughter)
And as expenve.
jon: (laughs)
and my sister is going to
Kill me!
jon: No, that part of the
World, it's fine.
Listen, if you could survive the
Russian invasion, starbucks
Can't touch you.
(laughter)
Lieve me, they're equal in
Power but...
(laughter).
jon: Get this book.
I am not doing justice to the
Depth of it and to what your
Personal journeys and all tt
You have given back to the
Pashtun people and the united
States and everything else and
It's an honor to have you on the
Show.
"in my father's country."
You have to check this out.
Saima wahab.
(cheers and applause)
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jon: That's our show.
Join us tomorrow night at 11:00.
Chris rock will be joining us in
The studio.
Here's your moment of zen.
as far as harry reid
Concerned, listen, I know you
Might want to go dn that road.
I'm not going to respond to a
Dirty liar.
you just called him a dirty
Liar.
Yostand by that?
You
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