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OrlandoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 08:56 PM
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Just like in Shakespeare, the Fool is the only one who speaks the truth.
And I don't mean "Fool" in an insulting way, but rather the one character in the plays who is the insufferable smart-ass yet is always speaking the truth...the jester.

We're living Shakespeare right now. The Fool is Jon Stewart. How sad that he's our only source of truth anymore.
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:12 PM
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1. I Have Had Same Thought As Well.
TOUCHSTONE: When a man's verses cannot be understood, nor a man's good wit seconded with the forward child Understanding, it strikes a man more dead than a great reckoning in a little room.

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dweller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 10:00 PM
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9. RIP Robin Cook
...no, i'm not responding to the wrong thread.

dp
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Son of California Donating Member (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:19 PM
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2. Jon is the only one telling the truth
and in times like these, who else could do that but a Fool, a comedian?
It's funny because it is true.
I am sure as the years go by, Mr. Stewart will be revered more and more as one of the great champions of common sense in an age of amazing stupidity.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:47 PM
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6. Oh yes
I tape every show since late last year and have the indecision 2004 video and his book so one day I can tell my future kids about him. ;)
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lvx35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:23 PM
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3. I really wish he'd write more.
And I don't mean like America the Book, I mean like about his thoughts. I think he's an incredibly intelligent man.
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:35 PM
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4. My poor fool.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:46 PM
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5. It is really sad
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ailsagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:48 PM
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7. "Lord, what fools these mortals be"
Will would turn over in his GRAVE if he saw how low we've sunk.
:(
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 09:51 PM
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8. there are plenty of others out there; they just don't have his platform
have you heard David Cross's latest album?

any of Lewis Black's CDs? they're peppered with antifascist humor

firesign theather? they get zero pub, but some of their antiBush stuff is right there
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Literate Tar Heel Donating Member (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 10:03 PM
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10. what is David Cross's latest album?
I have Shut Up, You Fucking Baby and It's Not Funny ... is there one since It's Not Funny? ... he is one funny mofo
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i miss america Donating Member (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 10:12 AM
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11. Bingo!
How ironic and sad that the self-described fake news show is the only one that consistently reports the truth.
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OrlandoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 10:41 PM
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12. Kick.
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