But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, ‘Hi’ to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.
AL FRANKENBut I think it’s a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.
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The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.
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When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn’t exist.
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There’s plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it’s a serious business.
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It’s hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it’s impossible to have that debate.
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My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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Good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.
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In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest.
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For 35 years I was a writer. I wrote a lot of jokes. Some of them weren’t funny. Some of them weren’t appropriate. Some of them were downright offensive. I understand that.
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During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
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Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.
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They had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.
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Anyone with an Internet connection and a few dollars can obtain personal information they should never have access to, including a user’s date of birth, e-mail address, or estimated income.
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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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If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I’ve got a problem, I should take their advice.
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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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