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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My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
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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 only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products.
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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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They’ve had local rightwing guys who’ve become national rightwing guys, and who build slowly, and that’s how it goes. We haven’t had that. It isn’t like we have a farm team.
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Service dogs raise their masters’ sense of well-being.
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If you use a cell phone – as I do – your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.
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I anticipate that Apple’s fingerprint reader will in fact make iPhone 5S owners more likely to secure their smartphones.
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Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn’t do the only job they’re supposed to have.
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That he armed the Mujahideen, that he armed Saddam, that he armed Iran, that he armed two-thirds of the Axis of Evil, and that he funded terrorists in Central America. He was, in my mind, a terrible president.
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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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Gary Bauer is a very good – he’s a good friend of mine.
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I’m the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.
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If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
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I wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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