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Monday, June 23, 2008 12:00 AM

Partial score: George Carlin, 71

The comedian, who died Sunday, talked about sports rarely, but he was funny and insightful when he did.
King Kaufman

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  • Tuesday, June 24, 2008 01:57 PM

    Que, what ya call yer, pasa...

    King -

    The character was Hal Sleet, not Al. Otherwise a fitting tribute.

    As for the rest of these intellect vs. faith constructions -

    very interesting, I'm sure. You all carry the mark of faith in your arguments, though none of you invented them. Maybe I'll write a monograph on the phenomenon and call it "Origin of the Specious".

    All I know is that if you laid all the people that attend church in this country end to end, they'd be more comfortable.

    Yes, I stole that.

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