Why don’t we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children, and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.
AL FRANKENI also focus on Bush and his administration – who do a lot of lying – and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn’t be able to get away with.
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I’m for Israel’s right to exist.
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I mean, there is a part of the media that’s not the mainstream media. That’s Fox, that is ‘The Wall Street Journal’ editorial page.
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And the problem with the mainstream media is that it has these other biases that are much more important.
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I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.
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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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It’s really building Air America that I’m focused on, and for me, that almost only means doing a good show.
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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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There’s an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we’re morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that’s a bit dangerous.
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As someone who’s spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda,
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Liberals like me love America. We just love America in a different way.
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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.
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I think Hell exists on Earth. It’s a psychological state, or it can be a physical state.
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I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.
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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’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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