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.
AL FRANKENWe love America just as much as they do. But in a different way.
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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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Looking at a tableau of Ford, Carter and Nixon, Dole said, ‘There they are: Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Evil.’
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I think there are all kinds of different hells. It’s not a place you go to after you die.
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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 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 hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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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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Google’s screen for privacy settings does give you more options for what you share than Apple’s does. But it’s not a complete list, and people aren’t aware of whether or not that information will go to a third party.
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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 way I see it, I’m not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I’m going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.
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It’s hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it’s impossible to have that debate.
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This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw ‘The Killing Fields,’ and I’ve got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.
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I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.
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And we didn’t need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.
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