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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I know that it’s probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician.
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I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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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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Technology is an incredible tool – it connects people to each other.
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I want to reclaim ‘liberal.’ I’m a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.
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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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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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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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My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so magnificent, that there had to be something behind it all.
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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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Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
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You see, they love America like a 4-year-old loves his mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. To a 4-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad.
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The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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You can’t change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret.
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