My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
AL FRANKENI believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it.
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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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Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn’t been a satirist or a political satirist who’s done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign.
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We know that the Russian’s interfered in our election and they did it to benefit President Trump. The intelligence agencies confirmed that.
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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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And terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.
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Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
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Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we’re getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.
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Antitrust law isn’t about protecting competing businesses from each other, it’s about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.
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It is my fondest wish that in the fullness of time, the American people will look back on the Franken presidency as something of a mixed bag and not as a complete disaster.
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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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I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.
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Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He’s helped me out on a couple of occasions when I’ve given speeches to corporations where he’d have a good… He’d give me some good information.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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