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I'm from the Vietnam generation. I didn't serve.

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Al Franken
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 21
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No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.
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But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we're an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we're going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.
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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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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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There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.
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Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive?
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It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.
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I 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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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families. 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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I'm a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I'm invited to all the inaugural balls.
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There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.
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I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys - and the challenges - of marriage to anyone. Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation.
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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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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. 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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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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Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.
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There are as many forms of advice as there are colors of the rainbow. Remember that good advice can come from bad people and bad advice from good people. The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
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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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Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document.
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