Net neutrality isn’t a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.
AL FRANKENNet neutrality isn’t a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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I don’t know what happens to you after you die. I’m not banking on there being, like, a heaven.
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Being a comedian, you’re under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform – to deal with pressure without stress.
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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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By best, I mean when I have a real sense of doing the right thing and doing good for people and the connected universe of everybody.
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I might think they use a little bit too much oil; some people might think it’s a little dry. But the problem with al Qaeda is they want to kill us.
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Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement.
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The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important ’cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.
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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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That’s bad news for everyone else – and for our democracy itself.
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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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There’s an element of that that’s either God-given, a talent that you’re not necessarily responsible for.
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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I 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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The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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