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    How Carly Simon Got Orrin Hatch To Free John Forte
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    11/26/08

    In reply to How Carly Simon Got Orrin Hatch To Free John Forte
    John Forte was hardly privileged - he was on a full scholarship which Exeter offers to underprivileged minorities every year - a feel good about themselves policy. Thing is, minorities on scholarship at Exeter were made to do things like, the dishes, every night, just to remind them where they have come from! In any case, I think this was a righteous pardon. This is like a story that is only there so the blogger (H. Nolan) can push the funny headline. . . . lack of any real insight . . . . I'm just saying; glad he is out.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    11/26/08

    @dontread: The issue isn't so much whether Forte deserved it, it's how many people who didn't have the good fortune to go to Exeter (and whatever his personal background is, I'm sure Forte would be the first to say that he was pretty fucking fortunate to get that break) deserve it, too, and aren't getting it. The War on Drugs is nearly as costly and ultimately pointless as the one in Iraq, maybe even more so.
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    11/26/08

    In reply to How Carly Simon Got Orrin Hatch To Free John Forte
    Unfortunately, my friendship with iCarly doesn't carry the same kind of clout.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/26/08

    In reply to How Carly Simon Got Orrin Hatch To Free John Forte
    You've got to love a meritocracy.
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    Image of Private Hangnail Private Hangnail
    11/26/08

    In reply to How Carly Simon Got Orrin Hatch To Free John Forte
    Does this mean that You're So Vain is really about Carly's lifetime love of liquid cocaine?
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    Image of Nice Beaver Nice Beaver
    11/26/08

    @Private Hangnail: You're thinking of You're So Vein.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    11/26/08

    @Private Hangnail: No, I think that's "Anticipation".
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    11/26/08

    @Nard: .."You probably think this coke is fo-or (two syllables) you".
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    11/26/08

    In reply to How Carly Simon Got Orrin Hatch To Free John Forte
    Hatch also arranged for Forte to have the Mormon Tabernacle Choir croon Old Tymie tunes with him in prison, a perk not afforded many inmates.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    11/26/08

    @MrInBetween: That is, right up until the riot.
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    11/26/08

    In reply to How Carly Simon Got Orrin Hatch To Free John Forte
    You probably think this pardon's about you.
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    11/26/08

    In reply to How Carly Simon Got Orrin Hatch To Free John Forte
    How deeply annoying to have a guy with a guitar in the cell next to yours
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    Image of Helman Helman
    11/26/08

    @zaropa: Ha! So true.
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    Image of gawkimo gawkimo
    11/26/08

    @zaropa: "Old pirates, yes, they rob I / Sold I to the merchant ships / Minutes after they took I / from the bottom-less pi..." (Sound of man with guitar getting shivved.)
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    11/26/08

    In reply to How Carly Simon Got Orrin Hatch To Free John Forte
    Liquid coke led me on a google image search which eventually brought me to this:



    Somehow, it is relevant.
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    Image of bringmemyTofu bringmemyTofu
    11/26/08

    In reply to How Carly Simon Got Orrin Hatch To Free John Forte
    There's a 3 way we can all be thankful for this holiday season: Simon, Forte and Hatch. They Eiffel Towered Hatch. Don't ask me how.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    11/26/08

    @bringmemyTofurkey: Thank you for contributing "Eiffel Tower" as a verb to my lexicon.
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    11/26/08

    @MissNormaDesmond: Yeah, I didn't know if that would work, but there you go.
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    11/26/08

    In reply to How Carly Simon Got Orrin Hatch To Free John Forte
    At least she didn't approach Ashcroft and agree to record Let the Eagles Fly.
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    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    11/26/08

    @llamalash: I believe that is "Let the Eagle Soar".
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    11/26/08

    @Nic Fit: Admit it, you're a fan.
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    11/26/08

    @Nic Fit: That's frightening. You're correct of course, but I'm happy I was not!
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