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  <title>Who is your Dream Graduation Speaker?</title>
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        <body>I agree 100% with this list. LD would make a great keynote speaker, especially if Susie did the intro! It would have everyone doubled over in their seats laughing.</body>
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        <body>Stephen Colbert.</body>
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        <body>For their outstanding ability of communication and their extensive vocabulary.</body>
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        <body>Emmit Smith and Bill Walton</body>
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        <body>Larry Bird- great player who used every bit of talent he had with hard work and a quality coach. He knows the game and is a class guy.</body>
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  <body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/sioncampus/05/12/syracuse.lax/vent_ld.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Commencement season is upon us and as usual, there are some high profile speakers (&lt;strong&gt;George W. Bush&lt;/strong&gt; at Furman University, &lt;strong&gt;Al Gore&lt;/strong&gt; at Carnegie Mellon), some low profile speakers (&lt;strong&gt;Allan Houston&lt;/strong&gt; at Dowling College, &lt;strong&gt;Bill Nye&lt;/strong&gt; at Harvey Mudd College) and some choices that just leave us scratching our heads (&lt;strong&gt;Bianca Jagger&lt;/strong&gt; at Simmons College). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The best commencement speaker we ever heard was &lt;strong&gt;Tom Brokaw &lt;/strong&gt;addressing the graduates of the University of Pennsylvania earlier this decade. However, if we could pick anyone in the world to give a speech it would be the following:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5. Sam Cassell &lt;/strong&gt;-- It would just be funny to hear him talk for 30 minutes straight. &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=-EQJjv108W8&amp;amp;feature=related&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Just ask Kevin Garnett.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. Tila Tequila &lt;/strong&gt;-- We&amp;#39;d love to see what the parents think about the host of a bisexual dating game being the &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; keynote speaker. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. Larry Bird&lt;/strong&gt; -- He might not say much, but his message will be blunt and wise. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Jose Canseco&lt;/strong&gt; -- Who knows which professors have been using performance-enhancing drugs at our school?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Larry David&lt;/strong&gt; -- In all seriousness, we can&amp;#39;t think of anyone who&amp;#39;d make a more entertaining speech than LD. Bonus points if &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com/watch?v=IYNrWKEEzn4&amp;amp;feature=related&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Susie Essman introduces him.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Those are our five choices. Who is your dream graduation speaker?</body>
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