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	<title>Comments on: Al Franken Makes Play To Be Most Awesome Senator Ever</title>
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		<title>By: Sean D. Martin</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176587</link>
		<dc:creator>Sean D. Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Frank DiSalle: &lt;i&gt;I guess I’m jealous. I’m thinking there were very faint lines that he penciled in, not because of the geographical knowledge — I know where all the states are, and what they look like, but I could never draw them. Not even Colorado or Utah .&lt;/i&gt;

Translation:  &lt;b&gt;I&lt;/b&gt; couldn&#039;t do that, so rather than be impressed by his skill I went with my natural knee-jerk reaction that &lt;b&gt;he&lt;/b&gt; must have cheated.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Frank DiSalle: <i>I guess I’m jealous. I’m thinking there were very faint lines that he penciled in, not because of the geographical knowledge — I know where all the states are, and what they look like, but I could never draw them. Not even Colorado or Utah .</i></p>
<p>Translation:  <b>I</b> couldn&#8217;t do that, so rather than be impressed by his skill I went with my natural knee-jerk reaction that <b>he</b> must have cheated.</p>
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		<title>By: Sean D. Martin</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176584</link>
		<dc:creator>Sean D. Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wilfredo: &lt;i&gt;*sigh* Why violence? Frank wasn’t commenting to any one person in particular.&lt;/i&gt;

In &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/25/cia-documents-rebut-cheney-assertions/#comment-174474&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;another thread&lt;/a&gt; Frank called me a &quot;Keyboard Commando&quot;, someone who is real brave at arm&#039;s length but wouldn&#039;t say things to a persons&#039;s face (He said this to me while careful sitting behind his own keyboard miles away, of course.) and threatened to &quot;kick your ass so bad , your children would apologize&quot;.

So I called this coward on his bluff.  I offered to tell him exactly where I am and to meet him anytime he wanted to show up.

And, naturally, he immediately started coming up with excuse after excuse as to why he wouldn&#039;t follow thru on his threat.  (Not least of which was my promise to not fight back and to give him a free shot.  That &lt;B&gt;really&lt;/b&gt; seemed to make him nervous.)  His final excuse was that he was sick, and I told him I&#039;d wait patiently until he got better and then give him his free shot.

The cowardly, hypocritical wimp is still cowering behind his keyboard.  And we have enjoyed reminding him of it on occasion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wilfredo: <i>*sigh* Why violence? Frank wasn’t commenting to any one person in particular.</i></p>
<p>In <a href="http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/25/cia-documents-rebut-cheney-assertions/#comment-174474" rel="nofollow">another thread</a> Frank called me a &#8220;Keyboard Commando&#8221;, someone who is real brave at arm&#8217;s length but wouldn&#8217;t say things to a persons&#8217;s face (He said this to me while careful sitting behind his own keyboard miles away, of course.) and threatened to &#8220;kick your ass so bad , your children would apologize&#8221;.</p>
<p>So I called this coward on his bluff.  I offered to tell him exactly where I am and to meet him anytime he wanted to show up.</p>
<p>And, naturally, he immediately started coming up with excuse after excuse as to why he wouldn&#8217;t follow thru on his threat.  (Not least of which was my promise to not fight back and to give him a free shot.  That <b>really</b> seemed to make him nervous.)  His final excuse was that he was sick, and I told him I&#8217;d wait patiently until he got better and then give him his free shot.</p>
<p>The cowardly, hypocritical wimp is still cowering behind his keyboard.  And we have enjoyed reminding him of it on occasion.</p>
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		<title>By: Sean D. Martin</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176577</link>
		<dc:creator>Sean D. Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Frank DiSalle: &lt;i&gt;I can say the alphabet faster backwards than you can say it forward.&lt;/i&gt;

Given how backward your thinking is on most things, that really doesn&#039;t surprise me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Frank DiSalle: <i>I can say the alphabet faster backwards than you can say it forward.</i></p>
<p>Given how backward your thinking is on most things, that really doesn&#8217;t surprise me.</p>
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		<title>By: freD</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176520</link>
		<dc:creator>freD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The rest of that story - Frank had to retake that class seven times.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The rest of that story &#8211; Frank had to retake that class seven times.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank DiSalle</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176422</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank DiSalle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If I had a line drawing , I could name all the states ... I had a professor for history and global economics -- we were together for 21 credits (!) -- who was freaky about geography.
He gave us a test where all the states and all the countries of the world were in outline.

60 countries and 40 states had numbers in them . On the last page was an answer sheet with 100 blanks where you put the name of the state or country that matched the number.

I got 100 correct every time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I had a line drawing , I could name all the states &#8230; I had a professor for history and global economics &#8212; we were together for 21 credits (!) &#8212; who was freaky about geography.<br />
He gave us a test where all the states and all the countries of the world were in outline.</p>
<p>60 countries and 40 states had numbers in them . On the last page was an answer sheet with 100 blanks where you put the name of the state or country that matched the number.</p>
<p>I got 100 correct every time.</p>
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		<title>By: Wilfredo</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176398</link>
		<dc:creator>Wilfredo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Frank, as I stated before, there&#039;s very few folks that can do that from memory. There is no shame in me admitting that I&#039;m not one of those few. My talent lies elsewhere...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Frank, as I stated before, there&#8217;s very few folks that can do that from memory. There is no shame in me admitting that I&#8217;m not one of those few. My talent lies elsewhere&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Frank DiSalle</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176396</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank DiSalle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jaim, never let it be said that I interfered with your progress towards becoming the lamest douche bag ever .

C B : I guess I&#039;m jealous. I&#039;m thinking there were very faint lines that he penciled in, not because of the geographical knowledge -- I know where all the states are, and what they look like, but I could never draw them. Not even Colorado or Utah .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jaim, never let it be said that I interfered with your progress towards becoming the lamest douche bag ever .</p>
<p>C B : I guess I&#8217;m jealous. I&#8217;m thinking there were very faint lines that he penciled in, not because of the geographical knowledge &#8212; I know where all the states are, and what they look like, but I could never draw them. Not even Colorado or Utah .</p>
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		<title>By: Jaim</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176393</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Derf and Jaim: That boat has sailed; that train has left the station; it’s water under the bridge; it’s as cold as yesterday’s mashed potatoes.&quot;

Nope.  I&#039;ll never let you forget what a chickenshit coward of a punk you are, loser.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Derf and Jaim: That boat has sailed; that train has left the station; it’s water under the bridge; it’s as cold as yesterday’s mashed potatoes.&#8221;</p>
<p>Nope.  I&#8217;ll never let you forget what a chickenshit coward of a punk you are, loser.</p>
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		<title>By: canadian bacon</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176389</link>
		<dc:creator>canadian bacon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lighten up Frank, it&#039;s a pretty cool thing Al did.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lighten up Frank, it&#8217;s a pretty cool thing Al did.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank DiSalle</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176388</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank DiSalle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Derf and Jaim: That boat has sailed; that train has left the station; it&#039;s water under the bridge; it&#039;s as cold as yesterday&#039;s mashed potatoes.

Is that clear enough for you imbeciles? If not, go out of the basement and show it to your Mom.

Here&#039;s an English lesson for you, Jaim:

I am done.

You are done.

We are done.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Derf and Jaim: That boat has sailed; that train has left the station; it&#8217;s water under the bridge; it&#8217;s as cold as yesterday&#8217;s mashed potatoes.</p>
<p>Is that clear enough for you imbeciles? If not, go out of the basement and show it to your Mom.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an English lesson for you, Jaim:</p>
<p>I am done.</p>
<p>You are done.</p>
<p>We are done.</p>
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		<title>By: freD</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176382</link>
		<dc:creator>freD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Watch out for Frank.  Once he gets his denture shank finished he’ll be one bad mother (shut your mouth)!</description>
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		<title>By: Jaim</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176376</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s not anger, it&#039;s amusement.  Frank and the other wing-nut trolls here are cowardly jokes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s not anger, it&#8217;s amusement.  Frank and the other wing-nut trolls here are cowardly jokes.</p>
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		<title>By: Wilfredo</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176361</link>
		<dc:creator>Wilfredo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Jaim - I did link to that, and what Frank did made no sense to me, but you were so blinded by anger that you didn&#039;t see that he used the word &quot;anyone&quot; incorrectly; it&#039;s why I used it correctly in the last comment. It would&#039;ve been cool if it were a spelling error, though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Jaim &#8211; I did link to that, and what Frank did made no sense to me, but you were so blinded by anger that you didn&#8217;t see that he used the word &#8220;anyone&#8221; incorrectly; it&#8217;s why I used it correctly in the last comment. It would&#8217;ve been cool if it were a spelling error, though.</p>
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		<title>By: Jaim</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176344</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Frank threatened another commenter here with physical violence once he &quot;got healthy.&quot;  Just wanted to check in and see what his status was.

God forbid yet another wing-nut troll here makes a threat of physical violence and then weasels out like a punk-bitch.

God forbid!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Frank threatened another commenter here with physical violence once he &#8220;got healthy.&#8221;  Just wanted to check in and see what his status was.</p>
<p>God forbid yet another wing-nut troll here makes a threat of physical violence and then weasels out like a punk-bitch.</p>
<p>God forbid!</p>
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		<title>By: Wilfredo</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176338</link>
		<dc:creator>Wilfredo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>*sigh* Why violence? Frank wasn&#039;t commenting to any one person in particular.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>*sigh* Why violence? Frank wasn&#8217;t commenting to any one person in particular.</p>
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		<title>By: Jaim</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176334</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Frank, are you healthy enough to get you ass kicked by Sean yet?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Frank, are you healthy enough to get you ass kicked by Sean yet?</p>
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		<title>By: Colorado Dave</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176327</link>
		<dc:creator>Colorado Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, that is impressive. I also would love to hear his narration as well.
I can name all 50 states. I can certainly draw the outline of the country with my limited drawing skills. But there is no way I could start with a rectangle for Colorado (we&#039;re one of the big square states out west!) and draw the entire country. I could probably do the country west of the Mississippi fairly well but I doubt I could get all the eastern states right.

Now I gotta try.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, that is impressive. I also would love to hear his narration as well.<br />
I can name all 50 states. I can certainly draw the outline of the country with my limited drawing skills. But there is no way I could start with a rectangle for Colorado (we&#8217;re one of the big square states out west!) and draw the entire country. I could probably do the country west of the Mississippi fairly well but I doubt I could get all the eastern states right.</p>
<p>Now I gotta try.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank DiSalle</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176316</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank DiSalle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, think of what he might be drawing inn private industry! 

An impressive parlor trick...

I used to bet everyone in a bar that I could spell anyone word they could think of -- I paid them a dime if I got it wrong, they paid me a nickel if I got it right... I never lost money.

I can say the alphabet faster backwards than you can say it forward. 

Woo hoo ! A Senator&#039;s life for me. Another Harvard grad in the Senate ! That never happened before ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, think of what he might be drawing inn private industry! </p>
<p>An impressive parlor trick&#8230;</p>
<p>I used to bet everyone in a bar that I could spell anyone word they could think of &#8212; I paid them a dime if I got it wrong, they paid me a nickel if I got it right&#8230; I never lost money.</p>
<p>I can say the alphabet faster backwards than you can say it forward. </p>
<p>Woo hoo ! A Senator&#8217;s life for me. Another Harvard grad in the Senate ! That never happened before &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Jaim</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176297</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He&#039;s shaping up to be something the GOP has none of -- a smart, engaging US Senator.

He might be president some day.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He&#8217;s shaping up to be something the GOP has none of &#8212; a smart, engaging US Senator.</p>
<p>He might be president some day.</p>
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		<title>By: Ted</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/09/08/al-franken-makes-play-to-be-most-awesome-senator-ever/#comment-176286</link>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Al Franken is too smart for the U.S. Senate, but I&#039;m glad he&#039;s there.  

I&#039;d like to see any one of the master,duh, bating trolls in this thread do that parlor trick. 

And then I&#039;d like to see any one is Washington, including Obana, talk as straight as Franken did at the state fair. 

And then, um, I&#039;d like a millyun dollars, and uh, single-payer health care.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Al Franken is too smart for the U.S. Senate, but I&#8217;m glad he&#8217;s there.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to see any one of the master,duh, bating trolls in this thread do that parlor trick. </p>
<p>And then I&#8217;d like to see any one is Washington, including Obana, talk as straight as Franken did at the state fair. </p>
<p>And then, um, I&#8217;d like a millyun dollars, and uh, single-payer health care.</p>
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