{"id":448,"date":"2011-05-07T16:31:50","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T20:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=448"},"modified":"2011-05-07T16:31:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-07T20:31:50","slug":"only-in-america-can-we-find-humor-in-everything-live-from-abbottabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/only-in-america-can-we-find-humor-in-everything-live-from-abbottabad.html","title":{"rendered":"Only in America Can We Find Humor in Everything &#8211; Live from Abbottabad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ENJOY! \u00a0ENJOY! \u00a0ENJOY!<\/p>\n<p>LIVE FROM ABBOTTABAD!<\/p>\n<p>LOL! \u00a0Only in America do we have humorists with the ability to make\u00a0sarcasm\u00a0you can laugh at in good times and the worst of times. \u00a0If nothing else in this video, &#8220;Live from Abbottabad,&#8221; you&#8217;ll see the hilarious rendition of Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s plastic face! \u00a0Loved it! \u00a0I&#8217;m still LOL!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/photos2.fotosearch.com\/bthumb\/OJO\/OJO179\/pe0063066.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"128\" \/>Ben Crystal is the &#8220;star&#8221; of &#8220;Live from Abbottabad.&#8221; \u00a0He is a 1993 graduate of Davidson College and has burned the better part of the last two decades getting over the damage done by modern-day higher education.<em> (Mr. Crystal and I have a lot in common. &#8211; Donna Calvin)<\/em> Ben lives in Savannah, Ga. now, where he has hosted an award-winning radio talk show and been featured as a political analyst for television. Currently a principal at Saltymoss Productions\u2014a media company specializing in concept television and campaign production, speechwriting and media strategy\u2014Ben has written numerous articles on the subjects of municipal authoritarianism, the economic fallacy of sin taxes and analyses of congressional abuses of power. \u00a0(Ben Crystal&#8217;s bio copied from Bob Livingston&#8217;s, free email newsletter,\u00a0Personal Liberty Digest,\u00a0Post Office Box 1105,\u00a0Cullman, AL 35056, May 7, 2011)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Live from Abbottabad\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/32tvSPNRcMo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENJOY! \u00a0ENJOY! \u00a0ENJOY! LIVE FROM ABBOTTABAD! LOL! \u00a0Only in America do we have humorists with the ability to make\u00a0sarcasm\u00a0you can laugh at in good times and the worst of times. \u00a0If nothing else in this video, &#8220;Live from Abbottabad,&#8221; you&#8217;ll see the hilarious rendition of Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s plastic face! \u00a0Loved it! \u00a0I&#8217;m still LOL! 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