The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry which led to many consumers being trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.
AL FRANKENNo one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.
More Al Franken Quotes
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Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
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Does the mainstream media have a liberal bias? On a couple of things, maybe.
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The Republican agenda is a radical vision in which Medicaid is slashed to the bone – in which we start to balance the budget on the backs of, literally, our most vulnerable citizens.
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I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
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This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw ‘The Killing Fields,’ and I’ve got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.
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When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government.
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The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it – politics – was important… that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.
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The Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to Silicon Valley. And you can’t impeach Google if it breaks its ‘Don’t be evil’ campaign pledge.
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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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I’m angry at the right wing media. And by that I don’t mean the media is right wing.
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If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces.
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I didn’t realize he meant our nation.
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They’re trying to pay for health care and send their kids to college, they’re worried about declining home values, they’re scared for a loved one they have serving in Iraq.
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Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus.
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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