Peace Corps + the Daily Show = AWESOMENESS!

I love the Daily Show. Jon Stewart is hilarious, and it's probably my biggest (only?) source of news when I'm at home. My sitemate Löki, who is a bigger Daily Show aficionado than I, has recently started a Twitter campaign to get the Director of the Peace Corps, Aaron Williams, to be a guest on the Daily Show to honor this year's 50th anniversary of the PC.

Wouldn't this be awesome??? (YES!) FYI: here's some basic info about PC (from Wikipedia of course):

The Peace Corps was established by Executive Order 10924 on March 1, 1961, and authorized by the Congress on September 22, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Public Law 87-293). The act declares the program's purpose as follows:

To promote world peace and friendship through a Peace Corps, which shall make available to interested countries and areas men and women of the United States qualified for service abroad and willing to serve, under conditions of hardship if necessary, to help the peoples of such countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained manpower.

Since 1961, over 200,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps, serving in 139 countries. Many former volunteers have risen to national prominence, not least the four who have served as Peace Corps Directors.

PC's current director, Aaron S. Williams, served as a volunteer in the Dominican Republic (YEAAAAH!!) from 1967-70. He was sworn in as director in 2009. To read more about this (awesome) dude go here.

So here's what you should do right now: if you have a twitter account, you should totally retweet this:

50th Anniversary PCV present! Calling on @TheDailyShow to invite #PeaceCorps Dir. Aaron Williams to #ComeOnJonStewart on March 1st!

Or you can just click here and do it straight through Löki's twitter page.

Let's make this happen people!