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I, for one, welcome all Kent Brockman allusions

I am touched (sincerely) that a number of people have written in to explain that the headline I mentioned liking yesterday -- "I, For One, Welcome Our Chinese Banker Overlords" -- was based on a famous riff by Anchorman Kent Brockman on The... ...full story at James Fallows

from James Fallows on Fri, Oct 10 2008

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