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OF NATIONS RR. >> P.J. O'ROURKE, WHAT DO YOU WRITE ABOUT? >> Guest: I WRITE ABOUT THINGS THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I WRITE ABOUT THINGS THAT I'M IGNORANT...
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WASHINGTON BUT WHAT'S ALWAYS INTERESTED ME, WHAT'S
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MADE ME INTERESTS AS A REPORTSER THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THINGS. MAYBE I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. I DON'T UNDERSTAND MOST THINGS SO I GO...
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THERE WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH -- FIRST PRESIDENT BUSH --
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VISITED AFTER HE HAD LOST THE ELECTION BUT BEFORE HE WAS OUT OF OFFICE
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SO IT WAS CHRISTMAS TIME. I SPENT CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS OF 1992
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IN MOGADISHU WORKING FOR ABC RADIO AND WE HAD -- WE COULD NOT STEP OUTSIDE THE COMPOUND WITHOUT ARMED GUARDS. WE HAD 40-SOME ARMED GUARDS IN OUR COMPOUND....
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FAMINE IN ETHIOPIA WHEN THE COMMUNISTS WERE STILL IN CHARGE WHEN THE RICE NEVER GOT OFF THE DOCKS, WHERE IT ROTTED ON THE DOCKS SO AT LEAST IN MOGADISHU...
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THE CUSTOMERS ALLBEIT NOT IN THE WAY THAT THEY EXPECTED OR HOPE. >> YOU SAID YOU WRITE ABOUT THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. YOUR LETEST BOOK THE WEALTH...
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HOPE THE READER WILL GET SOMETHING OUT OF THIS Y. ALWAYS FIGURE I'M AN AVERAGE GUY. I'M AN AVERAGE INTELLECT, AN AVERAGE CAPACITY
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FOR UNDERSTANDING. ONE OF THE SUDOKU PUZZLES THAT GET HARDER AS THE WEEK GOES BY, I'M GOOD THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, FORGET...
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WAS SIMPLY THE WAY THAT WE MAKE OUR
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LIVING AND HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WAY THAT WE MAKE OUR LIVING IS DE-- DEPENDENT UPON THREE PUROGGATIVES, THREE INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS....
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LIVING. INVISIBLE HANDS. THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS PEOPLE PICKED UP FROM ADAM SMITH AND AND AS USUAL WITH A DEEP THINKER, THEY DIDN'T PICK UP THE...
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INVISIBLE HAND IS USUALLY USED TO MEAN THE WAY THAT CAPITALIST SYSTEM NATURALLY PROMOTES EVERYBODY'S WELFARE AND NATURALLY GROWS RICHER. IT'S NOT AT...
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A MARXIST TERM, IT'S
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AN IDEA THAT, THAT THE ACCUMMULATION OF EXCESS LABOR
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| 00:09:39 |
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AND WEALTH IS NECESSARILY -- NECESSARY TO FUEL A MODERN ECONOMY. THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE CAPITAL TO FUEL A MODERN ECONOMY. AND IN A LIMITED SENSE, IT'S...
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| 00:12:07 |
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IN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO E-MAIL IN, QUESTION FOR P.J. O'ROURKE. WE WE'LL BEGIN TAKING THOSE CALLS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. DO YOU CONSIDER --. >> Guest:...
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| 00:12:39 |
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CALLS SCREENED OUT FROM PEOPLE WHO THINK THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND CONTROLS ALL THE GOLD IN THE WORLD
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| 00:12:45 |
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OR THAT FORT KNOXXES, YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE
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| 00:12:49 |
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MARTIANS IN FORT KNOX. >> Host: WE DO SCREEN THOSE CALLS OUT. WE HAVE HAD THOSE CALLS ON C-SPAN BEFORE. >> Guest: I CAN HANDLE THEM. >> Host: P.J. O'ROURKE...
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YOU KNOW, SORT OF MAKES ME THINK OF, OF
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LONELY DIVORCED PEOPLE WITH
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| 00:13:17 |
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AN INTEREST IN THE CRAFTS. AND, AND TAKING AMATEUR
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| 00:13:24 |
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PAINTING COURSES ON WEEKENDS AND, AND, AND GARDENING MORE THAN IS PROBABLY HEALTHY FOR THEM. PEOPLE, IN OTHER WORDS, WITHOUT ENOUGH TO DO. SO LET'S GET...
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| 00:14:08 |
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LITTLE FUNNIER THAN SOME PEOPLE'S REPORTING
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ALTHOUGH -- WELL, MAYBE MY REPORTING IS A LITTLE MORE INTENTIONALLY OR AT LEAST I MEAN IT TO BE INTENTIONALLY FUNNY. >> Host: HOW MANY BOOKS HAVE YOU...
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| 00:14:39 |
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SO THERE MUST BE A BUNCH
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| 00:14:40 |
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OF THEM OUT THERE. I SEE THEM IN THE REMAINDERS. SECTIONS IN THE USED BOOKSTORE ALL THE TIME SO ON THE OTHER HAND, I -- OBVIOUSLY NOT A ENOUGH OR I'D...
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| 00:15:14 |
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DEAD TO THE RIGHTS THERE, AND JIM, IF YOU ARE LISTENING, WHEN JIM LACKS REPORTING, HE FALLS
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| 00:15:22 |
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BACK ON SERIOUSNESS. JIM'S VERY GOOD AT BEING SERIOUS. IN FACT, NOBODY DOES IT QUITE LIKE HIM. IT'S SOMETHING I THINK HE GOT IN THE
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| 00:15:33 |
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CARTER ADMINISTRATION AND HE HASN'T LET LOOSE SO THERE, JIM. WE'RE EVEN. >> Host: HERE ARE SOME OF THE P.J. O'ROURKE'S BOOKS. HERE'S THE MOST RECENT...
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| 00:15:58 |
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BOOK. I OFTEN HAVE THE TITLES LONG BEFORE, BEFORE IN, THE BOOK HAS OCCURRED TO ME. "PEACE KILLS" IS SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY ASKED ME TO PUT IN THEIR...
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| 00:16:16 |
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MARK THROUGH IT, AND, AND SIGN IT TO ME, "PEACE KILLS". IT WAS A KID IN TORONTO AT A UNIVERSITY IN TORONTO. "GIVE WAR A CHANCE" WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS...
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| 00:17:12 |
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WHEN WAS THAT TAKEN? >>. >> Guest: I WOULD GUESS 71. NOT QUITE POSITIVE. >> Host: AND WHAT WERE YOUR POLITICS IN 71? >> Guest: I THINK THAT MARTIAN
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LEFT. WOULD, WOULD, BE THE EASIEST WAY TO,
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| 00:17:25 |
Host, -
TO, SUM IT UP. I WAS A LEFT
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Unidentified Speaker, -
WINGER BUT
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| 00:17:29 |
Host, -
I DIDN'T MAKE ENOUGH SENSE TO
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ACTUALLY BE A COMMUNIST OR
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| 00:17:33 |
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A TROTSKYITE OR ANYTHING. >>
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| 00:17:35 |
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Host: AND WHEN DID THE TRANSFORMATION
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| 00:17:37 |
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OCCUR? >> Guest: WELL IT WAS GRADUAL Y. MEAN IT TOOK PLACE OVER --
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| 00:17:40 |
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IN FACT, I JUST WROTE ABOUT THIS. THERE IS A BOOK COMING OUT FROM THE, THE, THE HOOVER INSTITUTION IS, IS, IS BACKING THIS EDITED BY MARY
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| 00:17:56 |
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EBERSTADT CALLED WHY, WHY
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| 00:17:58 |
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I TURNED RIGHT. AND IT'S THE STORY OF A BUNCH OF US AND WHY WE BECAME RIGHT. IT ACTUALLY IS -- IT IS A LONG STORY, AND I WON'T TELL IT BUT I'LL GIVE...
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| 00:19:47 |
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EX--LEFTIST, 60s RADICAL DROPOUT. WROTE FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE PERMANENTLY STONED AND BUMMED OUT AND PARANOID IN THE
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| 00:19:54 |
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60s THEN SAW
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| 00:19:55 |
Host, -
A LIGHT PUT ON A COLLER AND TIE AND HAS BEEN CASHING IN THIS CHIP EVER SINCE AND HAS A TERRIFIC SORT OF FOLLOWING AS
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| 00:20:03 |
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A HUMORIST FOR HIS BOOKS OF ESSAYS, ONE, THE FIRST ONE QUITE FUNNY CAW CALLED "REPUBLICAN PARTY REPTILE". AND THE NEXT ONE WAS CALLED "HOLIDAYS IN...
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| 00:20:46 |
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CORRECTNESS. YOU KNOW, OKAY SO PEOPLE TRY NOT TO MAKE JOKES ABOUT AIDS, PJ WILL MAKE A JOKE ABOUT AIDS. OKAY IT'S NOT FUNNY TO LAUGH AT CRIP LEDS...
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LONG PAST THE POINT WHERE I CAN CLAIM TO BE A YOUNG REPUBLICAN BUTTON DOWN OR NOT. I'M AN OLD REPUBLICAN NOW AND LIKE MOST MIDDLE-AGE WHITE GUYS I...
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| 00:21:58 |
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ORIGINAL EDITION OF THAT WAS 1983. >> Host: EAT THE RICH RR. WAS WAS --
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| 00:22:03 |
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WHAT WAS THIS SNUBT. >>
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| 00:22:05 |
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Guest: "EAT THE RICH" GOT ME STARTED UP ON WHAT WOUND UP BEING ADAM SMITH I WAS PUZZLED, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
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| 00:22:14 |
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WHY SOME
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| 00:22:15 |
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COUNTRIES WERE RICH AND SOME COUNTRIES WERE POOR SO
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| 00:22:18 |
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I STARTED POKING AROUND GOING TO RICH COUNTRIES AND POOR COUNTRIES TRYING TO
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| 00:22:22 |
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SEE IF I COULD FIGURE OUT WHY THIS COUNTRY WAS RICH AND OTHER COUNTRIES WERE POOR AND IT WAS
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| 00:22:26 |
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FROM THAT EXPERIENCE THAT TOBEY MONDAY THE EDITOR OF GROVE ATLANTIC IN ENGLAND WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR A SERIES OF BOOKS, BOOKS THAT CHANGED THE...
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| 00:23:19 |
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SUSPECT NEVER WORE THE UNIFORM AND I SUSPECT FROM HEARING ABOUT HIS POLITICS IN THE VIETNAM ERA WOULD'VE DONE
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HIS DARNEDEST
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| 00:23:28 |
Host, -
TO AVOID WEARING THE UNIFORM CAN BE
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SO UTTERLY FLIPPANT ABOUT WAR. WE HAVE A WAR NOW THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD BY MY LIGHTS AND YEVGENY PLUSHENKO TO HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN FOR 50 YEARS...
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| 00:24:47 |
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PROMPTLY CHICKENED OUT Y. WENT TO MY DRAFT PHYSICAL IN 1970 WITH A DOCTOR'S LETTER ABOUT MY
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HISTORY OF DRUG ABUSE. THE
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| 00:24:53 |
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LETTER WAS 4.5 PAGES LONG WITH THREE AND A
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HALF PAGES DEVOTED TO LISTING THE DRUGS I HAD ABUSED. I WAS
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SHUN UNDER TO THE OFFICE OF A ARMY PSYCHIATRIST WHO AT THE END OF A 45-MINUTE INTERVIEW WITH ME WAS POUNDING HIS DESK AND SHOUTING YOUR EFFED UP, YOU...
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| 00:31:35 |
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IT'S UNSEEMLY TO ATTACK YOUR BETTERS THIS EARLY ON SUNDAY. >> Guest: WHEN WE SHOULD ALL BE IN CHURCH. >> Caller:
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EXACTLY. KMAKTLY. WELL I FELT THIS WAS A WORTHY OCCASION
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TO STAY HOME AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH
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YOU. ONE THING I WANTED TO TO ASK YOU. I AM FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF YOUR WORK AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS SO INTERESTING TO ME IS IN YOUR TRAVELS...
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PEOPLE LIKE TONY -- AND I'M PROBABLY
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MANGLING THESE NAMES, --. >> Guest: YEAH, TONIES IS A ROUGH ONE. YOU NEVER KNOW THAT FROM HOW HE SPELLS IT. >> Caller: RIGHT. AND I JUST -- IT WAS, I...
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THING TO ME ABOUT THAT IS TO WORK WITH REAL WAR CORRESPONDENTS AND
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REAL SOLDIERS BECAUSE JUST I ADMIRE THEIR COURAGE FOR ONE THING AND ALSO BECAUSE I'M UTTERLY MYSTIFIED BY T. I HAVE COVERED SOME WARS AND SOME CIVIL...
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CAN GET UNDER THE TABLE WITH NO SHAME WHATSOEVER. WE CAN MAKE THINGS UP. WE CAN COVER -- THE TERM FOR IT IS COVERING THE WAR FROM MAHOGANY RIDGE. ...
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| 00:36:30 |
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STUPENDOUS WRITER. AND SINCE THAT TIME,
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I HAVE FOLLOWED YOUR BOOKS AND I, ALSO HAVE
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STUDIED A LOT OF THE LATE WORKS OF
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MARK TWAIN. AND I, I JUST, I SEE SOME, SOME SIMILARITIES IN SOME PHRASEOLOGIST -- PHRASEOLOGY, AND I WONDERED IF YOU HAD READ A LOT OF TWAIN. THAT'S...
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BE, "INNOCENCE ABROAD" HAS BEEN A HUGE INFLUENCE ON ME. I'M ALSO OF COURSE VERY FOND OF, OF, I MEAN, IS EVERY THINKING PERSON MUST BE, OF, OF, OF "HUCKLEBERRY...
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THERE, AND IN FACT PUT AN EXCERPT FROM THAT IN MY TEXT BOOK "THE INFORMED CITIZEN". >> Guest: WELL, THANK YOU. >> Caller: REALLY, NOW, AFTER HAVING...
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Guest, -
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CHBLGS AND SEEING THE AFTERMATH OF THAT INTERVENTION, I'M AMADESED THAT REPUBLICANS FAIL TO POINT OUT, IN FACT, THERE'S ALMOST -- THERE'S
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| 00:39:30 |
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A BLACKOUT ON
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THE WORD BOSNIA AND KOSOVO. NO ONE ADDRESSATHIZE FALLED -- FAILED POLICY OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION IN THE BALKANS AND RIGHT NOW I WOULD BE INTERESTED...
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REASONS THAT, THAT
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THE REPUBLICANS HAVE FAILED TO CRITICIZE CLINTON'S POLICIES WHICH WERE FAILED. ONE WAS THAT MUCH AS CLINTON'S POLICIES WERE A FAILURE OVER THERE,...
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| 00:42:29 |
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COURTS, PHILADELPHIA CASE SETTLED IN ENGLAND. ILLEGALITY
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AND IMMORALITY
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| 00:42:34 |
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OF SLAVERY WAS
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Caller, -
PROVED AND THAT ECONOMY WAS BEING DESFRIED BY
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| 00:42:39 |
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THE JUDICIAL THIRD
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| 00:42:41 |
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LEG ON GROUNDS OF HUMAN RIGHTS SO THEREFORE YOU CAN ALSO MAKE THE CASE THAT THE FOUNDING OF AMERICA WAS FOUNDED TO PRESERVE SLAVERY. VERY SIMPLE TO DO...
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IS A HORRIBLE BLOT ON THE -- I
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MEAN, IS THERE ANY WORST VIOLATION OF FREE MARKETS IN THE -- AND, AND OF, OF ECONOMIC FREE DEMOCRATS THAN THE EXISTENCE OF SLAVERY? ADAM SMITH WAS...
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| 00:46:44 |
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CLAUS IS A DEMOCRAT AND GOD IS A REPUBLICAN. WOULD YOU SAY THIS APPLIES ANYMORE GIVEN THE BIG TAX
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Guest, -
CUTS UNDER ANY MONIED
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| 00:46:52 |
Host, -
FAMILY'S CHRISTMAS TREE AT A TIME OF WAR AND RISING DEFICITS, MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION PILLS IN EVERY STOCKING AND THE BUNDLES OF
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| 00:47:00 |
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CASH THAT NEW SABDA HAS
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| 00:47:02 |
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DROPPED ON IRAQ AND THE NEW COAST SINCE IT HAS BEEN HOOVERED UP BY A GAGGLE OGRINCHES AND ARE YOU ENJOYING THE MERCEDES THAT SANTA BROUGHT YOU LAST...
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| 00:47:33 |
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UNMENTIONED MIGHT ACTUALLY BE WATCHING DAD. ON -- SO THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT WHICH WE CAN'T SPEAK. YOU GET ME DRIFT. >> Host: HOW SMALL ARE...
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| 00:48:02 |
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OF COURSE. WE DON'T WANT
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| 00:48:04 |
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THE SECRET SERVICE BUSTING IN HERE. REPUBLICANS, IN THEIR YEARS THAT THEY --
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| 00:48:12 |
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SINCE THEY TOOK OVER CONGRESS HAVE PROVED THEMSELVES TO BE HUGE WASTERS OF MONEY. JUST UNBELIEVABLE TO ME, PARTICULARLY SHOCKED BY THE, THE MEDICAID...
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| 00:49:41 |
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HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO OUR FELLOW
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CITIZENS TO HELP THEM WHEN THEY CANNOT HELP THEMSELVES. NOT TO HELP THEM WHEN ITS INCONVENIENT FOR THEM TO HELP THEMSELVES. NOT TO HELP THEM WHEN GOSH...
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NOT
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THEIR INCLINATION TO SPEND THE FACT OF THEIR SPENDING. THE FACT OF THEIR SPENDING IS ATROCIOUS. >> Host: HOW OLD ARE THE KIDS? >> Guest: THEY ARE,...
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| 00:51:10 |
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IS MRS. O'ROURKE. >> Guest: A
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FORMER RR -- PR EXEC IN THIS TOWN AND NOW A STAY AT HOME -- STAY AT HOME EVERYTHING. SHE IS THE
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| 00:51:22 |
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ACTUAL CEO AND SHE'S NOT ON THE SOFA. >> Host: AND YOU MARRIED
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IN 1995, MARRIED IN 1995. >>
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| 00:51:30 |
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Host: ARE YOU A WELTY MAN. >> Guest: I'M MODERATELY PROSPEROUS. I MANAGE TO MAKE A PRETTY DECENT LIVING FROM
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| 00:51:36 |
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SOMETHING THAT THAT THAT THE IT IS NOT EASY TO MAKE A DECENT LIVING FROM. ON THE OTHER HAND IT'S A CONTINUAL STRUGGLE. IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE YOU ...
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| 00:51:47 |
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IF YOU HAVE ONE BEST SELLING BOOK THAT SOMEHOW OR
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| 00:51:50 |
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OTHER THAT FOREVER AFTER CHECKS WILL KEEP COMING IN THE
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| 00:51:53 |
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MAIL. WELL FOREVER AFTER TURNDS OUT TO BE SIX MONTHS. YOU KNOW, THEN CHECKS GETTING LITTLER AND LITTLER AND LITTLER UNTIL THEY GO AWAY COMPLETELY...
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| 00:52:44 |
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IS JUST YOU KNOW, ZBLL DEAN SPRAGGENS. GRADUATED FROM THE AIR FORCE KPAE IN 1945. LIVES IN HILL CITY SOUTH DAKOTA. COULD PJ EEXPOUND ON HIS RELATIONSHIP...
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| 00:53:32 |
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AGITATION WITHIN ESPECIALLY THE ENLISTED RANKS AND FLUTE JUST THE ENLISTED RANKS THERE WERE OFFICERS TOO WHO WERE -- ESPECIALLY AS THE VIETNAM WAR STARTED...
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| 00:57:45 |
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TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND IF THEY JUST QUIT CALLING ME SIR AND TELLING ME, QUOTE, YOU'RE THE SAME AGE AS MY MOM, THEY WOULD BE THE SALT OF THE EARTH....
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MIND IS VERY QUICK. >>
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| 00:58:21 |
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Guest: BLESS YOU FOR THAT EXCUSE.
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| 00:58:24 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I THOUGHT I WAS JUST LAZY AND SOMETIMES DRUNK. NOW I KNOW THAT IT'S ACTUALLY THAT MY MIND IS TOO QUICK AND BELIEVE
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| 00:58:31 |
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ME I'M STEALING THAT AND I'M USING IT. >> Host: MARIETTA, OHIO. >> Caller: HI, PJ, HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> Guest: I'M FINE. I
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| 00:58:43 |
Guest, -
KNOW MARIETTA. >> Caller: GOT SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FOR YOU. >> Guest: OKAY. >> Caller: AS A MIAMI ALUMNIST DO YOU HAVE ANY REFLECTIONS ON YOUR...
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| 00:58:56 |
Host, -
NOT A HOT BED OF
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| 00:58:59 |
Caller, -
RADICAL DISSENT IN THE LATE
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| 00:59:01 |
Guest, -
60s AND ALSO WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE BREW HAA OF A FEW YEARS AGO ON POLITICAL
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| 00:59:06 |
Caller, -
CORRECT NAMING OF THE
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| 00:59:08 |
Guest, -
SPORTS TEAM AND REDSKUNS ARE
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| 00:59:10 |
Caller, -
GOOD ENOUGH FOR D.C.. >> Host: WHATS THERE ARE THE NEW NAME OF THE MIAMI --. >> Guest: DUST BUNNIES. >> Host: THE DUST BUNNIES? >> Guest: NO THEY'RE CALLED...
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| 00:59:34 |
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DO WITH? >> Guest: I DON'T THINK THAT'S A
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BIRD. IS THERE SO SUCH A THING
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| 00:59:38 |
Host, -
AS A RED
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| 00:59:40 |
Guest, -
HAWK? THERE'S A RED SHOELEDARDS
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| 00:59:42 |
Caller, -
HAWK BUT THAT'D BE
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| 00:59:44 |
Caller, -
A WEIRD FOOTBALL TEAM. NO MIAMI
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| 00:59:46 |
Caller, -
WAS A NOT A HOT BED. 1966 OR 67 AND IS A CAMPUS OF 10,000 STUDENTS I PROBABLY KNEW EVERYONE WHO SMOKED
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| 00:59:55 |
Guest, -
POT BY NAME. YOU CAN FIT THEM ALL IN THIS STUDIO WITH NO PROBLEM BHAUVS. -- WHATSOEVER. BUT, NONETHELESS, A FEW OF US MANAGED YOU KNOW TO, TO FAKE...
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| 01:02:02 |
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Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU DO PROFESSIONALLY, AND THE LEAST ENJOYABLE? >> Guest: THE LEAST
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| 01:02:15 |
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ENJOYABLE PART IS THE WRITING. WRITING REQUIRES A COUPLE OF SKILLS, NEITHER OF WHICH I'M OVERLY BLESSED WITH. ONE IS IT'S ALMOST A
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| 01:02:35 |
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THREE-WAY TRANSLATION. WE THINK, WE DON'T REALLY THINK IN WORDS. WE THINK MOSTLY IN IMAGES AND CONCEPTS, AND JUST IN ORDER TO SPEAK, WE HAVE TO TRANSLATE...
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| 01:05:52 |
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DAY LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? >> Guest: I GET RIGHT TO IT. I GET UP, GET A CUP OF COFFEE, AND GO RIGHT TO IT. THAT'S THAT. I FIND I'VE GOT FOUR HOURS OF...
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| 01:06:10 |
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ALL. AND SO I HAVE TO GET MOVING RIGHT IN THE MORNING. AND IF
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| 01:06:15 |
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THINGS GO WELL IN THAT FIRST THREE OR FOUR HOURS, THEN I CAN PUSH THROUGH FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. BUT IF I TRY AND DO SOMETHING FIRST, EVEN SOMETHING...
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| 01:07:54 |
Host, -
THEM. MOST OF MY FRIENDS HAVE GONE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND THERE IS NO MARKET FOR THEM WHATSOEVER, SO
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| 01:08:03 |
Guest, -
THEY GIVE THEM TO ME. WHEN
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| 01:08:05 |
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IT BREAKS, AND IT -- STURDY THOUGH
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| 01:08:10 |
Guest, -
THEY ARE, THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK, AND EVERYBODY WHO CAN FIX THEM WILL DIE OFF, I'VE GOT SPARES. >> Host: YOU MUST HAVE FRIENDS TO TELL YOU YOU'RE...
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| 01:08:41 |
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STORIES, I'M NOT A HUGE STEPHEN KING FAN. I MEAN, HE SEEMS LIKE A VERY NICE MAN, BUT STEPHEN KING SAID WHEN HE FIRST GOT A
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| 01:08:51 |
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COMPUTER, HE SAID OH, MY GOODNESS, AND IS AMAZING. I COULD HAVE WRITTEN THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF STUFF IF I'D HAD A COMPUTER, AND I THOUGHT, SAINTS...
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| 01:10:05 |
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BETWEEN WHEN I WAKE UP AND LUNCH
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| 01:10:09 |
Guest, -
WHEN MY BRAIN WORKS. >> Host: YOU HAVE AN ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA? >> Guest: I'VE GOT A FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION, WHICH IS GREAT, THREE VOLUMES...
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| 01:10:37 |
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AND I GO TO ALL THE TIME, I HAVE THE
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| 01:10:41 |
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11TH EDITION OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, WHICH CAME OUT IN 1911, AND THAT WAS A GREAT MOMENT IN HUMAN HISTORY BECAUSE THEY KNEW EVERYTHING AND...
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| 01:11:35 |
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SLOPE. >>
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| 01:11:40 |
Guest, -
Host: WE ARE BACK ON IN DEPTH. WE HAVE ANOTHER TWO HOURS WITH OUR AUTHOR, P.J. O'ROURKE, THE LATEST IS LATEST P.J. O'ROURKE ON THE WEALTH OF NATIONS.
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BOOKT WE HAVE JUST ONE BURNING QUESTION. IF YOU MUST VOTE DEMOCRAT, OBAMA OR CLINTON? >> WELL, I'VE GOT TO GO WITH OBAMA, JUST FOR THE NOVELTY FACTOR....
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BOOKS. I'M NOT GOING TO AGREE WITH OBAMA EITHER, BUT I HAVEN'T READ HIS BOOKS, BUT I HAVE READ HERS, AND I DON'T WANT TO READ ANY MORE OF HERS, WE...
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Host: AM WONDERING HOW YOU VIEW THE WHOLE PUBLIC TREATMENT OF DRUG USE AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO THE LAWS? >> Guest:
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LEGALIZATION IS THE ONLY ANSWER. WE
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HAVE A DE FACTO LEGALIZATION IN ONE SENSE. THIS IS ACTUALLY -- TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION FOR A MOMENT, BECAUSE THERE'S A PARALLEL
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HERE, I WAS TALKING TO SOME FRIENDS OF MINE IN TEXAS, RICH REPUBLICAN FRIENDS OF MINE IN TEXAS,
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THEY HAVE RANCHES ALONG THE BORDER. THEY ARE FINDING DEAD PEOPLE ON THEIR RANCHES. THEY ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS. THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO...
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Caller: IT KICKED OFF A LIFELONG LIFELONG
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FERRARI LOVE. HOW DID YOU GO FROM WHAT WAS BASICALLY A WILD MAN TO ACTUALLY A
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SEMI SERIOUS THINKER WHO HIDES BEHIND HUMOR? >> Guest: JUST AGE. JUST AGE. THE
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WHOLE WILD MAN THING KIND OF CEASES TO WORK OUT AFTER A WHILE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T STAY UP TO BE WILD ANYMORE, OR, YOU KNOW, OR IF YOU TRY AND BE...
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NEED AN ACT TWO IN THERE SOMEWHERE. ACT TWO IS USUALLY PRETTY PATHETIC, AND I HAVE A FEELING MINE IS ALSO, BUT NOT TO HAVE AN ACT TWO MAKES YOU WINDS...
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RICH." IT GOT ME INTO ECONOMICS IN HIGH SCHOOL. TO WHAT DO YOU CHALK UP THE WIDESPREAD
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MISINTERPRETATIONS ABOUT ECONOMICS? >> Guest: CALLER, HOW OLD ARE YOU
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NOW? >> Caller: I'M 22. >> Guest: I'VE GOT IT IN ONE WORD. WELL, TWO WORDS. ZERO SUM THINKING IS THE ABIDING SIN OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS ECONOMICS. WHICH...
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TERM. THE IDEA THAT WEALTH IS
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A PIZZA AND IF I EAT
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TOO MANY SLICES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EAT THE DOMINO'S BOX. THAT'S ZERO SUM THINKING. PROBABLY THE GREATEST SINGLE CONTRIBUTION TO ADAM SMITH MADE...
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REFERENCE AND I AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT ITS CERTITUDE. >> Guest: THAT'S THE THING FOR
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PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, IN THE EARLY 1900S, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA CAME OUT AND THEY HAD BERTRAND RUSSELL AND
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ALL OF THE TOP AUTHORITIES ON THIS. NOT ONLY IS THE INFORMATION CORRECT AS IT COULD BE IN 1911, OBVIOUSLY, A FEW THINGS HAVE BEEN LEARNED SINCE THEN...
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THEM. AT ALL. I SUPPOSE ONE OF THESE
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DAYS I'M GOING TO HAVE TO FIND OUT BECAUSE BASICALLY THE REFERENCE LIBRARY HAS MOVED TO THE INTERNET, AND THERE'S REALLY NO CHOICE. BUT I JUST DON'T...
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KNOW A GUY UP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE THAT STILL KNOWS HOW TO FIX THEM. >> Host: WHY TOM WOLFE WAS THE ONLY PERSON YOU PUT DOWN AS MOST
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INFLUENCED YOUR CAREER? >> Guest: IT WASN'T AN AESTHETIC MATTER, I LIKE TOM WOLFE'S WRITING BUT IT'S NOT THAT HE BLEW ME AWAY. HE WASN'T MY KEATS
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OR SHELLEY, THOSE PROBABLY AREN'T THE BEST EXAMPLES, BUT FOR ME, A PERSON
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THAT JUST STOCKED ME OUT WHEN I FIRST DISCOVERED HIM WAS EVAN EVELYN WAUGH. I HAD LOOKED AROUND FOR THE EASIEST GRADUATE PROGRAM TO TAKE, AND I FOUND...
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THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING. I AM A PHYSICIAN, WHICH MEANS I CAN
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MAKE MONEY. I HAVEN'T
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MADE MONEY SINCE THE
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STORM. MY WIFE IS AN ATTORNEY, SHE'S STRUGGLING, I GUESS
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IS THE WORD, AND I HAD TO MAKE THE CHOICE, DO I HANG ON THE LINE TO TALK TO YOU OR DO I KEEP
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WORKING. THE BOTTOM OF MY HOUSE IS STILL COMPLETELY GUTTED, I'VE WALKED IN THROUGH A VERY HORRIFIC LANDSCAPE, ALL AROUND US IS HORRIFIC. ANYWAY,...
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ONLY THING I CAN SAY IN ITS FAVOR IS IT'S BIPARTISAN, SO IT'S NOT JUST REPUBLICANS OR JUST DEMOCRATS WHO ARE IDIOTS, IT DOES PRETTY MUCH INDICT THE...
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STAYED THE SAME SINCE THEN. >> Guest: I HONESTLY HAVE
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CHECKED. SOME OF THE PLACES THAT WERE REALLY MESSED UP WERE SO MESSED UP THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO GET UNMESSED UP ANYTIME
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SOON, LIKE HAITI. THERE'S NO DATE ABOUT
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THAT. IN TANZANIA, I THINK A FAIR
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| 01:29:31 |
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AMOUNT OF PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. ONE THING, IN SOME WAYS, I'M MORE INTERESTED IN GOING BACK TO THAT BOOK THAN WHAT KIND OF PROGRESS THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES...
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A HANDSOME YOUNG PEOPLE, CUTE 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL BOUNCING ON HER DAD'S LAP, HE PULLED A BACK OF MARLBOROS FROM HIS PACK AND GAVE IT TO THE LITTLE GIRL....
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NOT
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ANTHROPOLOGISTS. WE CAN ONLY REPORT WHAT YOU SEE. I AM NOT -- I DON'T HAVE
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THE INTELLECTUAL STATURE TO SAY ALL PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES ARE EXACTLY ALIKE. SO HERE I AM MAKING THIS CASE TO THIS WIRE SERVICE REPORTER THAT THESE ARE...
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CULTURES. THERE ARE MY DRUNK, ANGRY, IRISH UNCLES, JUST
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FOR STARTS. ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN TO A LARGE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL KNOWS THERE ARE SOME INFERIOR CULTURES. THE HITTERS, THE GREASERS, THEY'RE NOT GETTING...
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ON WHAT YOU -- HOW YOU PERCEIVE HIS REACH IN
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AMERICA, DO YOU THINK HE WAS LIMITED BY AN EXPOSURE TO A YOUNGER, MORE SUBVERSIVE
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AUDIENCE AND BECAUSE ALL
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OF THOSE YOUNG SUB VERVERVERSIVES WORK FOR TELEVISION STATIONS TODAY? >> Guest: JACKSON POLLACK, CAN YOU IMAGINE A WORSE INFLUENCE? THINK OF THE YEARS...
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REALIZE HE WAS A GENIUS. THERE WAS AN OBIT FOR HUNTER THAT WAS BRILLIANT, IT WAS THE BEST OBIT THAT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT HIM, ABOUT HOW HUNTER THOMPSON...
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OF NATION"? >> Guest: THAT THE CORE OF THE BOOK WASN'T ABOUT ECONOMICS, IT WAS ABOUT MORALITY. TOM PALMER AT THE CATO INSTITUTE IS A REAL ADAM SMITH SCHOLAR...
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MORAL SENTIMENTS, THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE WEALTH OF NATIONS UNLESS YOU READ THE MORAL SENTIMENTS, AND OTHERS TOLD ME THAT, CHARLES...
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HAVE A
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NATURAL HOSTILITY TOWARDS EVEN THE WORD
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IMPERIALISM, AMERICAN EXPANSIONISM, I HATE THAT TERM, BUT IT BEING FUNDED ABROAD AND WHAT IT WILL DO IF WE WANT INTO GO TO EVEN LIMITED ACTION AGAINST...
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OXY OXY OXY OXY MORONS. PURSUING A POLICY OF PEACE FOR PEACE SAKE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE YOU SAFE. I'M SITTING AROUND WITH MY PUBLISHER, AND HE SAYS,...
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THERE AND HAD A CLEAR VISION OF HOW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. WERE THERE ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE? MAYBE THERE WERE.
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WHO KNOWS. BUT YEAH, IT REALLY -- AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE I WENT SO WRONG ON THIS, AND MORE TO THE POINT, WHERE MY FRIEND MIKE KELLY,...
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ILLITERATECY, MY EXPERIENCE, I HAVE A FOUNDATION CONNECTED TO IT,
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OUT OF ALL THE RESEARCH DONE FROM THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF INSTITUTIONAL PEOPLE, PROFESSORS, WHO THE LAWLESS, 99% OF THE AMERICANS CANNOT DEFINE FREEDOM....
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1940 BY WENDEL
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WENDEL WILKE AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT TO COUNTERACT AMERICAN ISOLATIONISM, TO GET AMERICANS RAMPED UP FOR THE WAR AGAINST INTERNATIONAL FASCISM, AND THEN...
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MEMOIR, IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M FROM THERE. I WANTED TO WRITE ABOUT A RANDOM PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES AND A RANDOM PLACE THAT WASN'T TOO SUCCESSFUL. BUT...
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IT'S NOT EAST ST. LOUIS, BUT THEN AGAIN, IT'S NOT A SILICON VALLEY EITHER. IT'S TOLEDO. AND WHAT'S MORE RANDOM THAN WHERE YOU WERE BORN? PLUS, IT TURNS...
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QUESTION I STARTED WITH, P.J. SAID A LITTLE WHILE AGO THAT DESPITE
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HIS LONG FRIENDSHIP WITH HUNTER THOMPSON THAT IN THE END, HUNTER HAD ANYTHING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO OFFER, NO POSITIVE STATEMENT TO GO WITH HIS ABSURD...
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A QUANDARY CAUSED IN SOME WAYS BY HIS FANS. I CONSIDER HUNTER TO BE THE BRILLIANT ABSURDIST OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HE IS THE GUY THAT TOOK "WAITING FOR...
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YOU GET OFF HOLD, YOU
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A FORGET WHY YOU WERE ON HOLD AND SECOND PLACE YOU HAVE HEARD ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. >> Caller: WELL FIRST OF ALL I AM FROM BUFFALO SOW YOU HAVE...
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AS TOLEDO EAST. >> Caller: EXACTLY RIGHT. EXACTLY RIGHT. IT IS IN SUCH DISARRAY NOW. I AM NOW FROM MASSACHUSETTS, NORTH AN DOVER MASSACHUSETTS WHICH...
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Guest: I KNOW, I KNOW RIGHT WHERE IT IS. ABSOLUTELY. >> Caller: SO YOU HAVE, I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE A NEIGHBOR. >> Guest: YEAH,
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WE PRACTICALLY ARE. >> Caller: I AM A WRITER. I AM A POET, AND WHEN YOU SAID YOU
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DON'T LIKE TO WRITE, AT FIRST I THOUGHT, OH, MY THAT'S ABHORRENT BUT NOW I UNDERSTAND. BUT YOU DO IT
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TO PUT BREAD ON THE TABLE. >> Guest: THAT'S
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THE TRUTH. >> Caller: AND IF YOU
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WRITING
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IT FOR JOY, YOU SAID YOU WERE A CLOSET POT WHEN YOU WERE WRUNGING OR TRIED TO BE A POTTER WHEN YOU WERE YOU ARE YOUNGER I BELIEVE EVERY PIECE WRITTEN...
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SAID
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WRITERS, REPORTERS DO NOT GO DEEPLY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO YOU SEE HUNTERS AND GATHERS ARE TWO PEOPLE IN THEWORLD AND GRAZERS MIGHT BE THE THIRD, WHICH...
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ON THE SHEEP IN THE FOLD. AND, AND, AND, BOTH IN PERSONALITY TYPES BUT TO GET BACK TO SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT THE CALLER SAID EARLIER, THERE IS...
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BACK INTERESTING THINGS. OR THINGS THAT SEEMED INTERESTING AT THE TIME. SOMETIMES YOU GET THEM BACK AND THEY AREN'T INTERESTING AT ALL, AND MY WIFE...
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US ARE VERY INTERESTED IN ART AND VERY INTERESTED IN DESIGN. WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT WE HAVE FUN WITH IT. AND SO QUITE A FEW OF THE THINGS...
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ROMANIA. WALKING DOWN THE
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STREET IN ROMANIA. SAW AN ART GALLERY, AND JUST LIKED IT. SO ENDED UP BRINGING BACK THAT FROM ROMANIA. AGAIN, THE PERSON IN THE GALLERY WAS ROMANIA --...
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SKPFBS THIS IS SOMEONE GETTING SHOT RIGHT ON THE STREET
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AND OF COURSE THIS HAPPENS IN HAITI ENTIRELY TOO OFTEN Y. BROUGHT THIS MASK BACK FROM WEST AFRICA JUST BECAUSE I LIKE THE WAY THAT IT LOOKED. BUT I WAS...
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LEFT. WE WILL PUT THEPHOBE NUMBERS UP ON THE SCREEN AND THE E-MAIL ADDRESS. LOTS OF E-MAILS HAVE COME IN. P.J. O'ROURKE, WHILE IN COLLEGE -- THIS IS...
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ALCOLLEGE I HAD A SUBSCRIPTION TO LAMPOON. I HAD TWO ROOMMATES. WHEN
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IT CAME WE WOULD LAUGH OUT LOUD. OUR FAVORITE TWO ISSUES WERE THE ONES WITH THE TEXANS AT THE ALAMO RAISING THEIR ARJS IN THE AIR TO SURRENDER AND THE...
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CLOSEST TO AT THE NATIONAL LAMPOON. HE WAS THE GUY THAT PRETTY MUCH BROUGHT ME IN THERE. AND, AND HE WAS ONE OF THE THREE GUYS THAT FOUNDED IT. HE JUST...
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REPUBLICAN. >> Guest: I CAN'T HEAR HIM AT ALL. >>
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Host: VENTURA HOLD ON. >> Guest: I CAN'T HEAR HIM AT ALL. >> Caller:. >> Guest: TRY AGAIN. >> Caller: I WAS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA...
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FUN. >> Caller: I WAS --. >> Guest: IT WAS ONLY A 4-YEAR PROGRAM. >> Caller: WELL, I
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GOT THREE DEGREES
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THERE SO I
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DIDN'T ENTIRELY
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WASTE MY TIME. MAYBE IN
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LAW SCHOOL BUT OTHER THAN THAT. AND I BECAME A STAUNCH REPUBLICAN DUE TO LYNDON JOHNSON AND DUE TO THE EXCESSES OF
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BERKELEY. AND I HAVE AN
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OVERPOWERING FEELING NOW THAT
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THE CONSERVATIVE CAUSE THAT I HAVE ENJOYED
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AND WORKED IN FOR THESE NUMBER OF YEARS HAS ABSOLUTELY PEAKED AND IT IS DOWN HILL FROM NOW ON. DO YOU HAVE THAT FEELING? >> Guest: BOY, I FEAR YOU ARE...
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THE MOMENT IT WASN'T AS BAD AS IT WAS IN 1932 FOR INSTANCE AND THAT WAS INDEED A LONG, LONG RECOVERY. YOU REMEMBER, YOU ARE OF AN AGE YOU LIKE -- LIKE...
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HAVE A VERY GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR. PHIL TURSIAN THE LITERARY EDITOR HE WRITES THAT PARODY ON THE LAST PAGE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
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THAT. PHIL, YOU'RE BUSTED. >> Host: FORMALLY WITH THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL. >> Guest: THAT'S RIGHT. ANDY FERGUSON IS A VERY -- MATT LABASH IS FUNNY,...
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HE NOR FRED SPECIALIZE IN
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FUNNY WRITING ALTHOUGH THEY BOTH DO HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR PRIVATELY. RIDICULOUS IS ANOTHER MATTER. YOU KNOW, I JUST -- I HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE
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WHOLE CRISMAN -- CHRISTIAN
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RIGHT. NOT BECAUSE I'M NOT A CHRISTIAN AND NOT BECAUSE I'M NOT A RIGHTIST J JUST HAVE TROUBLE WITH, GOD TALKS TO ME ABOUT LOT OF THINGS BUT NOT POLITICS....
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I'M AN ELECTRICIAN. >> Guest: WELL, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE
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THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE
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GONE THROUGH THE
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ENTIRE COLLEGE EDUCATION AND DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING
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USEFUL
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ANYWAY. >> Caller: ANYWAYS, I GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS IN 69. LIVED
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THROUGH THE VIETNAM
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WAR, SERVED FIVE YEARS IN THE ARMY, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO DO
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MY SHORT-TERM IN TIPLAND SO I NEVER HURT A SHOT FIRED IN ANGER BUT I DID SIT ON TONS OF BOMBS. >> Guest: WOW. >>
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Caller: ANYWAYS MY DAUGHTER IS CURRENTLY IN IRAQ FLYING BLACK HAWKS IN BULAD. >> Guest: THAT'S GREAT. BLESS HER SOUL. >> Caller: WELL I LOOK DAY TO...
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VIETNAM, KOREA, AND
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IRAQ. IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER THE POLITICIANS IN CONGRESS AND OUR PRESIDENTIAL
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LEADERSHIP ARE MORE
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THAN HAPPY TO PUT OUR SOLDIERS IN
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HARM'S WAY AND ARE NOT WILLING TO
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COMMIT THE COUNTRY TO WHAT I WOULD SAY IF WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT OUR MEN TO A WAR, OR SOME KIND OF CONFLICT, WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO COMMIT THEM TO...
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MEAN INSANE IS THAT? THAT IS LIKE WALKING INTO A BIKER BAR, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, SAY, 165 POUND WIMP LIKE ME, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND START,...
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AFTERNOON? [LAUGHTER] THAT'S FROM DUANE OF KENTUCKY. >> Guest: BETTER MEMORY THAN I DO. AT THE COMMODORE HOTEL IN BEIRUT THERE WAS A PARROTANE CAGE...
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MY IMITATION WAS ALL THAT GOOD ANYWAY, BUT THE THING IS THAT PARROT HAD GREAT TIMING. IT WOULD WAIT UNTIL THINGS HAD BEEN QUIET FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND...
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IT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT THE ISRAELIES HAVE BOMBED ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK THEY BOMBED THE SUMMERLAND IN PARTICULAR. IT WAS THE BEST OPERATING HOTEL...
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KIDNAPPED IN
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1985. I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS 85. AND AFTER THE HOSTAGES WERE RELEASED, THAT WAS AN AMAZING STORY. I JUST FLEW. THERE I WAS IN ITERALLY, -- ITALY AND...
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OKAY. >> Guest: WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU TO GUESS ZPL CAPTAIN JEFF HUFF STEAD OF MOUNT
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PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA, I WAS EXPOSED TO MY FIRST TASTE OF GAUNSO JOURNALISM IN AN EPISODE OF "ROLLING STONE". THE
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AUTHORER WAS
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WRITTEN BY INHALED
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NITROUS OXIDE
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AND TURNING LOOSE
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A
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RAPID DOG DO YOU REMEMBER THAT STORY AND MISS THAT ALTOGETHERER IT SEEMS SWINGING TO THE EXTREME RIGHT IS THE DEATH OF A SENSE OF HUMOR. JUST ASK DENNIS...
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GOT TO BE HUNTER -- HE'S TALKING ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SWINGING TO THE EXTREME RIGHT BEING THE DEATH OF SENSE OF HUMOR. EVIL AND WA ONE OF THE...
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BEING SO CRABBY AND HE WAS SO KRAUBY FOR SO LONG ABOUT SO MANY TRINGS. IT WAS JUST VERY REFRESHING AND ESPECIALLY AS I GET OLDER AND MORE CRABBY YOU...
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NOT REMEMBERED AS WELL CHOOSE DAYS ABOUTH.L. MENGEN AND BEARS MENTIONING IS THAT HE WAS THE AUTHOR OF A REALLY WORTHWHILE MEMOIR, I HATE THE MEMOIR...
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TELL. I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A COUNTRY WHERE I DIDN'T ENJOY MYSELF. I MEAN, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ASPECT OF IT THAT I WASN'T TOO HAPPY
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WITH AND I HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY AND FOR THE MOST PART VERY COMFORTABLE IN MOST CULTURES, MOST COUNTRIES, AND I WOULD SAY THE EXCEPTION IS PARIS, DURING...
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DOES HE THINK OR DO YOU THINK THAT
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THE ARROGANCE OF THE PEOPLE WHO PLAN THE WAR AND FORGOT TO PLAN THE PEACE, DO YOU THINK THAT THEY HAD A POSSIBLE MINDSET COLONIAL MINDSET BY IGNORING...
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AMERICANS IN AMERICA AND AS A MATTER OF FACTADS YOU DRIVE INTO TOLEDO FROM THE NORTHEAST FROM THE CORN FIELDS DEAD FLAT OHIO YOU KNOW THIS, THIS, THIS...
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| 02:38:40 |
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VERY SPECIFICALLY IT SHOWS THAT PRESIDENT BUSH PRIOR TO THE WAR WAS WILLING TO DO ANYTHING
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TO GET US INTO IRAQ. >>
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Host: DOWNING
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STREET MEMOS. >> Guest: YEAH, YEAH, I SHOULDN'T DOUBT T. BUT THAT ISN'T WHY I SUPPORT THE WAR IN IRAQ. IT'S NOT BECAUSE I LOVE PRESIDENT BUSH. I...
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WASN'T THE AFTERMATH Y. GOT IN
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THROUGH A FLUKE, A MISTAKE. I, I GOT IN TO KUWAIT BEFORE THE ALLIED TROOPS DID. I WASANE LITTLE CONVOY OF REPORTERS AND AIDE WORKERS, AND WE ACCIDENTALLY...
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MOVE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE TO TAKE OVER THE STATE. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THOSE LIBERTARIANS IT'S A VERY UNLIBERTARIAN MOVE TO TRY TO TAKE OVER A STATE,...
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| 02:41:14 |
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TIME AND NEW HAMPSHIRE PEOPLE ARE QUITE GOOD AT IGNORING YOU AND THEY ARE EVEN PRETTY GOOD AT MINDING YOUR OWN BUSINESS. SO COME UP TO NEW HAMPSHIRE...
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| 02:41:53 |
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IS JUST SO -- IT'S JUST SO ETHNIC. I'M ONLY A QUARTER IRISH AND MY FATHER WAS CLIFFORD. MY MOTHER THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS KIND OF
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| 02:42:03 |
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A SILLY -- MY MOTHER I DON'T THINK HAD EVER MET AN IRISHMAN BEFORE AND SHE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS KIND OF --
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| 02:42:09 |
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WASN'T IRISH ENOUGH SO SHE
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| 02:42:11 |
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USED TO CALL HIM PATRICK AND WHEN I WAS BORN I WAS NAMED PATRICK. SO 17 YEARS OF SCHOOL OR HOWEVER MANY IT WAS THAT I WENT, MAYBE HAVE BEEN MORE, DEPENDING...
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| 02:43:36 |
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ABOMINATION FOR KINGS TO
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| 02:43:40 |
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COMMIT -- I WANTED TO KNOW
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| 02:43:42 |
Host, -
WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT
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| 02:43:43 |
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THAT AND TALK ABOUT THE BUSH TAX CUTS AND WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE CONTROL OF CONGRESS WHAT HE THINKS THE REPUBLICANS CAN GET FROM THEM IN TERMS OF ALL THE...
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| 02:44:15 |
Host, -
TIME. I DON'T THINK ON THE OTHER HAND THAT HE'S DOWN
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| 02:44:18 |
Guest, -
IN THE LOCAL POLLING PLACE. >> Host: RICK ROBINSON. >> Guest:. >> Guest: FROM KENTUCKY? >> Host: IS THAT THE RICK ROBINSON. >> Host: WHILE "PARLIMENT...
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| 02:44:41 |
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JOB. IN ANY EVENT, CATO JUST PUBLISHED AN
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| 02:44:44 |
Guest, -
ARTICLE STATING THAT
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| 02:44:46 |
Guest, -
LIBERTARIANS SHOULD LOOK-FOOT DEMOCRATS AS POSED TO
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| 02:44:49 |
Host, -
THE GOP IN THE NEXT
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| 02:44:51 |
Host, -
ELECTION. ANY THOUGHTS? >> Guest: THEY'RE WRONG. YOU KNOW, AND
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| 02:44:55 |
Guest, -
RICK, I THINK I MIGHT
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| 02:44:57 |
Host, -
BE SLIGHTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT TOO. BECAUSE I WAS TALKING TO THE GUYS OVER AT CATO AND I WAS SAYING YOU KNOW FOR YEARS NOW, FOR UNDERSTANDABLE REASONS,...
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| 02:45:13 |
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ON REPUBLICAN STAFFERS ON, ON INFLUENCING REPUBLICAN STAFFERS. CATO LIBERTARIAN INSTITUTE HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CAREFUL TO BE NONPARTISAN AND IT'S HARDLY...
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| 02:46:34 |
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RELIGIOUS RIGHT AND ONE OF ITS PILLSERS ANTIGAY PART. I MEAN, THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE. MY QUESTION IS WHAT CAN WE...
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| 02:47:12 |
Guest, -
INTERFERES WITH INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY. ALWAYS IMPORTANT SIDE OF LIRER -- PEOPLE THINK LIBERTARIANISM MEANS-WEEK I CAN DO...
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| 02:51:03 |
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SENATE, EDMARKY, BARBARA McICALSKY. DO WE HAVE A PERMANENT POLITICAL CLASS IN THIS COUNTRY. >> Guest: OH, YES WE DO. WE CAN THANKSGIVING OUR LUCKY STARS...
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| 02:51:29 |
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BONERIZE BURIED OR DO YOU WANT A DOG WHO WILL DIG UP THE WHOLE YARD SKBL SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND. GO AHEAD. >> Caller: YES, MY NAME IS JOHN McMILLEN....
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| 02:51:56 |
Caller, -
MAYBE BLACKS AS BLACKS ENTHIS COUNTRY TODAY. OR, THE OTHER QUESTION IS, WHY HAS THIS COUNTRY FAILED TO DEAL WITH THE SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND, AND...
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| 02:52:41 |
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IN MY HIGH SCHOOL WAS BECAUSE WE WERE MISSING OUT SOME REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYERS SO FINALLY LIKE THE FOOTBALL FANS, THERE WAS LIKE, IT WAS PRETTY...
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| 02:54:49 |
Host, -
HELPMENT -- HELP. THIS IS THE KEY DIFFERENCE. WHEN YOU TRY TO CREATE A, -- WHEN ONE TRIES TO CREATE A
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| 02:54:57 |
Guest, -
FREE SOCIETY, THAT FREE SOCIETY HAS TO BE BASED UPON RIGHTS AND THOSE RIGHTS HAVE TO BE WHAT ARE CALLED NEGATIVE RIGHTS. THEY ARE THE RIGHT NOT TO BE...
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| 02:56:19 |
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CHANCE", "HOLIDAYS IN HELL", "ALL THE TROUBLE IN THE WORLD", "MODERN MANNERS". "PEACE KILLS", AND THE MOST RECENT, P.J. O'ROURKE "ON THE WEALTH OF NATIONS"....
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| 02:56:57 |
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AM ONLY
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| 02:56:58 |
Host, -
SLIGHTLY CRAZY TODAY FOR THE
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| 02:56:59 |
Guest, -
PREVIOUS SIX I HAVE BEEN NUTS OUT
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| 02:57:01 |
Host, -
OF MY MIND. YEAH,
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| 02:57:02 |
Guest, -
THIS IS -- WE'LL SEE HOW THIS GOES BUT YOU KNOW, I'M PUSHING THE BIG 6-OH, I CAN'T, I
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| 02:57:08 |
Host, -
CAN'T KEEP THIS STUFF -- WHEN I FOUND MYSELF IN INHALING CIGARS, BIG PIG BOAT CASTRO CIGARS I THOUGHT SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE HERE. >> Host: LIKE YOU...
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| 02:57:37 |
Host, -
REAIRS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN AND NEXT SATURDAY
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| 02:57:40 |
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AT 9 A.M. EASTERN. . .
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