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Television From Its Inception Had The Number One Goal To Alienate As Few People As Possible. That's Why If You Look At 1950s, 1960s American Sitcoms, The Characters Don't Live Any Place In Particular, Religion Is Never Discussed, Politics Is Never Discussed, You Never Really Know What Anyone's Job Is; Nothing That Could Make These People Seem Different From You Is Ever Discussed.

The Monica Lewinsky Scandal Was Happening At The Very Time I Was Writing The West Wing Pilot And It Was Hard, At Least For Americans, To Look At The White House And Think Of Anything But A Punch Line. Plus A Show About Politics, A Show That Took Place In Washington, Had Just Never Worked Before In American Television. So The Show Was Delayed For A Year.

The Real Problem With All Drugs Is That They Work. Fantastically. They're Great, Right Up Until The Moment They Kill You.

A Hero Would Die For His Country, But He'd Much Rather Live For It.

We Lead The World In Only 3 Categories: Number Of Incarcerated Citizens Per Capita, Number Of Adults Who Believe Angels Are Real, And Defense Spending, Where We Spend More Than The Next 26 Countries Combined, 25 Of Whom Are Allies. Now None Of This Is The Fault Of 20 Year Old College Student, But You Nonetheless Are Without A Doubt A Member Of The Worst Period Generation Period Ever Period, So When You Ask What Makes Us The Greatest Country In The World I Don't Know What The F...k You're Talking About.