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George Carlin delivered a monologue titled, "I Am a Bad American." The essay includes these statements: "I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some mid-level governmental functionary who wants to give it away to crack addicts squirting out babies.... I believe it's called the Boy Scouts for a reason.... I believe that if you're selling me a Big Mac, you'd better be doing it in English." George Carlin?! Sounds more like something Rush Limbaugh would say, but the actual author appears to be a guy calling himself "bootyist-monk" on FreeRepublic.com, a conservative Web site....

"Ebert & Roeper" to air early-bird preview of "Passion" posted by tvbarn on February 18, 2004 04:03 PM FILM CRITICS ROGER EBERT AND RICHARD ROEPER TO AIR EXCLUSIVE EARLY REVIEW OF THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST ON “EBERT & ROEPER,” FEBRUARY 21-22, 2004 After months of intense controversy that reached all the way to the Vatican, this weekend America’s most prominent film critics, Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper, are set to air an exclusive early review of the completed version of Mel Gibson's new film The Passion of the Christ. This special edition of "Ebert & Roeper" will air in...