Bill Maher - classic!

No, sorry, Maher OTM.

It's not that's he seems like a centrist. It's that he seems like... a Democrat.

No, sorry, Shakey Mo Collier OTM.

Well at least we're all sorry.

even when Maher's right he's a fucking idiot (stopped clock etc) - his analysis is about as deep as a kiddie pool

And what is your analysis of his analysis? Do you want a sticker?

I don't particularly like defending Maher but sometimes shallow analysis has its place. One potential problem with deep analysis is the paralysis that can come with not knowing all of the twists and turns of a situation; the ability to accurately summarize a situation and take action is arguably more important than the ability to unravel the intricacies of a situation and present a fully-baked argument.

Note that I didn't follow the link so I have no idea if he's talking sense or not.

ILXor Dems = Peewee Herman "i can't hear you la la la la"

I have no idea if he's talking sense or not.

Oh you should watch it. It gets good right around the 2 minute mark.

I hate hate hate Maher, even when I agree with what he may be saying. He just seems so slimy and full of himself. I cannot stand the way he smirks at his own "clever" jokes before he even finishes the punchline. Or how he looks out at the audience as if to say "oh yeah, I went THERE! aren't I terribly clever?".

I have my own problems with him, as expressed on several other threads I'm sure, but this is a pretty classic rant.

I dislike him pretty intensely, but the view that Obama's sizzle is burning the steak is one I'm pleased to see penetrate HBO.

really, is there anyone else on television saying this?

"It made some liberals very angry, my phone rang off the hook, my email filled up and Nancy Pelosi got so mad her face moved. Look, folks, I like Obama too, I'm just saying let's not make it a religion. And as far as you folks on the right who think that we're now somehow in league, we're not in league. I was criticising Obama for not being hard enough on the corporate douchebags you live to defend. I don't want to be on your team, pick another kid."

"Shouldn't there be one party that unambiguously supports cutting the military budget, a party that is straight up in favor of gun control, gay marriage, higher taxes on the rich, universal health care, legalizing pot, and steep direct taxing of polluters? ...What we need is an actual progressive party to represent the millions of Americans who aren't being served by the Democrats, because bottom line: Democrats are the new Republicans."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/21/bill-maher-democrats-have_n_218593.html

did you see harper's magazine cover story this month:

Barack Hoover Obama:
The best and the brightest blow it again

no, but I think Jon Stewart interviewed the author last week.

his analysis is about as deep as a kiddie pool

He's a comedian. Still classic.

I'm enjoying watching this schmuck go off the deep end.

I haven't been paying attention. do tell!

anti-vaccine nonsense?

here's a starter:
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/10/the_2009_recipient_of_the_richard_dawkin_1.php

such ignorant drivel, and the same shit spouted by Beck and Limbaugh.

OMG, watching Chris Mathews and Alex Baldwin totally made a fool of Maher.

http://vodpod.com/watch/2363121-video-chris-matthews-gettin-real

it doesn't get much healthier than young men between the ages of 18-22 in the military.

actually, I think it does.

when he's good, he's pretty otm:

If an election between Obama and Sarah Palin were held today, and only white men could vote, Sarah Palin would be president. Did you know that in 1788, when there were four million people in America, only 39,000 of them -- the richest white men -- got to vote? That doesn't sound good to you? Well, what if I threw in a picture of my cock?

a Jewish cock.

when he's bad, he's really bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_U3TYloQ_c

And who's that woman who thinks sharia law is all over the UK?

So depressed that he just read the Daily Mail and repeated it as if it were news and/or true and, seemingly, didn't take one minute to check with anyone else whether there was more to the story than that.

women is a Fox News Anchor.

He infuriated me in that episode.

Really swayed back and forth during the O'Reilly interview. Then again, I appreciate O'Reilly.

tell it

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/real-time-bill-maher-explains-how-america-is-like-a-dog/

oh man Kennedy is a libertarian nutjob.

Which one, the chick from MTV? Yeah, she has an elephant tattoo for a reason

aye, MTV one. Unions are a cult, atheism is a religion and you can trust her because she majored in philosophy, and every intelligent libertarian economist she talked to assured her that the bailout was wrong.

and no taxes on anything etc etc etc

how long did it take Maher to explain who Kennedy is?

nah it was more wtf is this rep calif dude spouting; kennedy is like the last thing that needs explanation on bill maher

I had honestly forgotten about her existence until last night. Also, between her and that republican blowhard, I think Martin Bashir got about one sentence in.

atheism is a religion

oh, you're one of *those* kinds of 'libertarians' pls foad

probably the 4 brightest words she's ever said

sorry had no idea she'd done anything since '98

really

w/ ppl like Maher, atheism is a mania

point taken, but what's the saying -- 'atheism is a religion' like not collecting baseball cards is a hobby etc

He was super obnoxious during the first interview on last night's show. He was interviewing someone about the psychology and motivations of terrorists and every time religion was brought up as a possible justification he would sit back and smirk and say "There's that word again". Then he would go into something about how Islam is a worse religion than Christianity, and then kind of fake out when he got accused of inciting Islamaphobia on his show. You can really tell he was getting on the interviewer's nerves by the end.

Watching last night's ep. He's blaming the internet for radical Islamists now. He's sort of arguing that something needs to be done about the internet, and uses drone-killing robot assassinations as a precedent for going that extra mile to snuff out the terrorists. Hello, idiot! Could it be that flying robot assassins have a little more to do with radicalizing people than some guy talking on youtube?

kimmel seemed kinda nervous on this

havent gotten there yet. seeming nervous is his thing, right?

oh wait i confused him w Jimmy Fallon

hah i just realized i have been confusing the two for the past few weeks now

The way to enjoy Kimmel is to pretend he's Edgar G. Robinson's deadbeat grandson and he was handed all this through that one connection.

Greenwald rips fuckface a new one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB-itn_LJuM