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I think folks are freaking out not over this as comedy but instead over the idea that some folks don't recognize the ideas as stupidly humrous but seem to think that the the notions in the 'plan" would actually be a good idea.

 

The fact that these ideas are faily Un-American in terms of our aspirations to be beacon of freedom for the world, and also would undercut American business which wants cheap labor seems lost on those who think that this plan has good ideas.

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No, I think folks are freaking out over stupid comments being mis-attributed to popular people in an effort to make the comments sound more palatable (i.e., if Robin Williams or George Carlin said this, then it MUST be good stuff).

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No, I think folks are freaking out over stupid comments being mis-attributed to popular people in an effort to make the comments sound more palatable (i.e., if Robin Williams or George Carlin said this, then it MUST be good stuff).

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Was watching the Bill Mahr show last week(on tivo via suggestions and it was 5.00am) and George Carlin was on. He is a genuinely scary, crazy dude. Insisted the US was a facist state, that all elections are bought, etc etc etc.

 

BTW, that me be the worst show on TV. Almost devoid of humor, and super intelligent Bill Mahr(at least in his own mind) just is an arrogant as.

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Hard to believe such conservative  common sense logic coming out of Hollywood.

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I'm not sure I see this as "conservative common sense logic." Isn't it supposed to just be funny? Or at least somewhat amusing?

 

For example, there's a reason that we have a military presence throughout the world, and there's a reason why it's still there despite the break up of the Soviet Union, right? Why do you think that is? More importantly, what would happen to US diplomatic muscle and US business interests if it were removed? Remember, the US has tried the whole isolationism-thingy a few times before and it didn't really work.

 

Maybe I misread some of the plan attributed to Williams, or maybe I misinterpreted your post, but let's just take it for what it is and not pretend it's some idealistic dogma to which we should aspire.

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Subject: Robin William's Plan (it's great!)

 

You gotta love Robin Williams...... Even if he's nuts! Leave it to

Robin Williams to come up with the perfect plan. What we need now is

for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this message.

 

Robin Williams' plan....(Hard to argue with this logic!)

 

I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a

plan for peace. So, here's one plan."

 

1.) "The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in

their affairs, past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin,

Tojo, Noriega, Milosevic, Hussein, and the rest of those 'good ole

boys,' We will never "interfere" again.

 

2.) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting

with Germany, South Korea, the Middle East, and the Philippines.

They don't want us there. We would station troops at our borders. No

one allowed sneaking through holes in the fence.

 

3.) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together

and leave.  We'll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the

remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless

of who or where they are..

They're illegal!!! France will welcome them.

 

4.) All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90

days unless given a special permit!!!!!!!! No one from a terrorist

nation will be allowed in. If you don't like it there, change it

yourself and don't hide here. Asylum would never be available to

anyone. We don't need any more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.

 

5.) No foreign "students" over age 21. The older ones are the

bombers. If they don't attend classes, they get a "D" and it's back

home baby.

 

6.) The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient

energy wise. This will include developing nonpolluting sources of

energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan

wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while.

 

7.) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a

barrel for their oil. If they don't like it, we go some place else.

They can go somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week

of the wells filling up the storage sites would be enough.)

 

8.) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world,

we will not "interfere." They can pray to Allah or whomever, for

seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides most of what we

give them is stolen or given to the army. The people who need it most

get

very little, if anything.

 

9.) Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island some place. We

don't need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the

building would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal

aliens.

 

10.) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no

one can call us "Ugly Americans" any longer. The Language we speak

is ENGLISH.....learn it...or LEAVE.....

 

Now, isn't that a winner of a plan?

 

"The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying 'Give me your poor, your

tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and she's

yelling,

'You want a piece of me?' "

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Robin is too much of a liberal to come up with a plan like this. I smell internet hoax.

 

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Was watching the Bill Mahr show last week(on tivo via suggestions and it was 5.00am) and George Carlin was on. He is a genuinely scary, crazy dude. Insisted the US was a facist state, that all elections are bought, etc etc etc.

 

Of course all elections are bought. Especially when your guy loses. :)

 

 

BTW, that me be the worst show on TV. Almost devoid of humor, and super intelligent Bill Mahr(at least in his own mind) just is an arrogant as.

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Bill Maher used to be funny before he sold out to become a shill for the left wing.

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Of course all elections are bought.  Especially when your guy loses.  :)
They're bought even when your guy wins. Don't believe me? Quick, name 5 presidential candidates from the last election. If you're like most of us, you'll name 2 for sure, 3 possibly, 4 is unlikely, and 5, darn near impossible. What do the two candidates most people can name all have in common? (hint: $$$).

 

Bill Maher used to be funny before he sold out to become a shill for the left wing.

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I dunno. He can still be pretty funny - you know he does bust on Dems as well as the GOP. His biggest "shilldom" seems to be railing against the gov't for sticking their nose in peoples' business - which is something I agree with him on.
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Yeah, a "very nice guy" who cheated on his wife with his kid's nanny, left his wife for his kid's nanny, then tried to nickel-and-dime the wife during the divorce settlement.

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did you check that through snopes?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams

 

Scroll about 1/2 way down.

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Dennis Miller used to be funny before he sold out to become a shill for the right wing.

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I never thought he was funny, which is why the right wing can have him. He belongs there. He always made my skin crawl just to look at him. And he REALLY sucked on Monday Night Football.

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