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   Paddy on July 1, 2009 at 4:57 pm

   Was how all the guys in the theatre “awwwed” over Jamie Lee’s boobies.

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     BooMan on July 1, 2009 at 5:55 pm

     yes, I remember that as well.

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     judybrowni on July 3, 2009 at 1:26 pm

     Al Franken played Baggage Handler #1 in Trading Places.

     It’s actually a rather meaty set piece with an important subplot, and Franken plays the stupid baggage handler with comic grace.

     But then again, I’m a student of comedy, the Department of Odd Information, and I made Al Franken laugh, once.

     At the BEA, big publishing conference, a friend insisted we bother Franken at a Starbucks so she could tell him how she looooooooooved Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot.

     I reluctantly came along for the ride, and when Franken said, “To be fair, Rush has lost a lot of weight.”

     I interjected, “So now he’s just an idiot.”

     Franken laughed!

     I made Al Franken laugh! Of course, he may have heard this retort before and that was a polite laugh.

     But still…I made a sitting Senator laugh!

      

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       Alice on July 3, 2009 at 1:34 pm

       Congratulations!

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   budr on July 1, 2009 at 6:40 pm

   Oklahoma Legislature to Consider Proclamation Linking the Economic Crisis to Obama’s Immoral Policies « JONATHAN TURLEY

   Recently, Rush Limbaugh explained how Obama economic policies were the cause of Republican Gov. Mark Sanford’s affair with a beautiful Argentinian woman. But what caused the economic problems that caused the stimulus package that aroused Gov. Sanford? Oklahoma Rep. Sally Kern has finally answered that question: our sins. Kern has drafted a resolution that puts the current economic crisis squarely on the backs of libertines and godless people who have produced a moral crisis. This includes Obama’s refusal to “uphold the long held tradition of past presidents in recognition of our National Day of Prayer.”

   I hang my head in shame.

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   Real History Lisa on July 1, 2009 at 6:41 pm

   I just turned down a chance to be a part of a Discovery Channel documentary. Certain JFK programs end up being really awful, and I just couldn’t, in good conscience, participate in one I felt destined to end that way.

   It sucks having a conscience at times, but ah well. I wouldn’t trade it away. (And I don’t follow it often enough as it is!)

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   Chris Bellomy on July 1, 2009 at 7:57 pm

   I wonder what Tom Davis is up to these days.

   Lisa, good for you!

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     Real History Lisa on July 1, 2009 at 8:57 pm

     Thanks. I hate turning things down like that, but I have my principles.

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     Real History Lisa on July 1, 2009 at 8:58 pm

     And re Tom Davis – I have this awful feeling he died. I hope I’m not spreading a false rumor. I thought I had heard that, somewhere…

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       Paddy on July 1, 2009 at 9:44 pm

       Still alive.

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   Mum on July 2, 2009 at 12:46 am

   Well . . . that should definitely prepare him to do some heavy lifting in the Senate.  (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)

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   aliza on July 2, 2009 at 6:26 am

   that should definitely prepare him to do some heavy lifting in the Senate…
   but i think you are opposing it to some extent.