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Tuesday, September 2 - 12:30pm

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It's not an exact quote but it's the closest I could get. Miller is a very astute observer.

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Tuesday, September 2 - 3:52pm

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If you get a DVR (TiVo) you won't have that problem.

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Wednesday, September 3 - 4:55am

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Was Miller referring to home schoolers and autodidacts or did he offer some other context?

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Wednesday, September 3 - 7:25am

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He was giving a 1 hour special (HBO, I think) and he just keeps giving a continuous stream of sometimes obscure references and throw-away lines that are a challenge to keep up with. The episode must have been near the start of the Iraq war, judging by some of the references. No, there wasn't any other context that I remember. IMO he's the most intelligent comedian out there and he has been on Bill O'Reilly every week.

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Wednesday, September 3 - 9:55am

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Here's where Dennis Miller used the analogy in a different context.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,268662,00.html

MILLER: Do you know the syndrome Munchausen by proxy disease, Bill?

O'REILLY: I've heard of it. I've heard of it. But it's far beyond my intellectual capacity, so explain it to us.

MILLER: Well, people — there are people who theorize that they make their children sick so they can then save their children. And I think some of the people who are really out on the far left as far as the global warming thing like to keep the planet in a perpetual state of triage, because then they are able to rescue it and feel integral to the process.

O'REILLY: OK.

MILLER: I think that might be what's going on here.