America is "dumb" because it remains the most religious country in the western world. This according to Bill Maher, who made such a statement on the September 30 edition of "The View." Appearing to promote his new documentary "Religulous," Maher continued his soapbox rants against organized religion. Elisabeth Hasselbeck set up Maher noting his comparison of President Bush to Osama Bin Laden, and noted that many presidents such as John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, spoke publicly of a higher power. Maher likewise replied "of course, it’s, it’s a religious country, unlike every other civilized western democracy in the world, this country is still extremely religious because we’re young and dumb."
After denying judgment in his film, Bill Maher chastised those of faith for lacking "critical thinking." Hasselbeck followed up wondering if he believes those of faith are lacking intelligence. Maher denied he subscribes to such a sentiment, but added intelligent people of faith have a "neurological disorder" who "walled off part of [their] mind."
At the end of the segment Sherri Shepherd wondered if the comedian " ever just talked to God and asked God what does He think." Maher answered Sherri with the question "did he answer you?" When Shepherd answered in the affirmative, Bill Maher suggested she suffers from a mental disorder.
Before quickly moving to religion, Maher weighed in on the presidential campaign. On the subject of Sarah Palin, the comedian made an unintentionally funny line: "If Joe Biden made some of the comments she made to Katie Couric, we would think he had brain damage." Actually, the opposite holds true as, as NewsBusters has documented, the networks have been much quicker to jump on Sarah Palin’s gaffes than they have Joe Biden’s. Sherri Shepherd was quick to note Biden’s comment that FDR appeared on television when the stock market crashed.
Maher also, in his rant against Sarah Palin, labeled the Alaska governor a "bimbo," but very quickly added a bimbo can be a man or a woman. In an attempt to recover more, Maher also called Dan Quayle a "bimbo."
Relevent portions of the transcript follow.
BILL MAHER: It’s very unnerving when the secretary of the Treasury was on his knees in the White House.
JOY BEHAR: That’s usually Monica Lewinsky.
[laughter]
[...]
MAHER: If Joe Biden had made some of the comments she made to Katie Couric, we would think he had brain damage.
ELISABETH HASSELBECK: He did.
MAHER: If Joe Cocker had said those things-
SHERRI SHEPHERD: Joe Biden actually did make- I mean he made the comment about Roosevelt and the TV comment and, you know, we laughed it off and said "that’s just Joe Biden."
BEHAR: Don’t underestimate- because look at George Bush, W. He was idiotic in the thing and they won. Dan Quayle, moronic, and they won.
HASSELBECK: Are you saying Sarah Palin’s moronic?
MAHER: Right, because-
BEHAR: Moronic, Dan Quayle-
HASSELBECK: No, no, are you equating Sarah Palin-
MAHER: I will.
[laughter and applause]
BEHAR: I’m not going there.
MAHER: Let me tell you, this Repu- this Republican party is so cynical, this is the third time in 20 years, Bush, Quayle, and now Palin, they have nominated a complete bimbo, which is a man or a woman.
SHEPHERD: Wow.
HASSELBECK: You say that in case-
MAHER: They have bimbos, like Dan Quayle I remember in the debate, that asked him something like, I forget what the issue was, but it was like "what would you do if it was nuclear" or something catastrophic. And he of course, started to crap himself and had that look in his eye. And he went "well, first I would say a prayer." Yeah, that’s right, talk to your imaginary friend while the world is full of death, because that would really effectively do something.
HASSELBECK: You said before that George Bush is a religious fanatic like Osama Bin Laden. Equating the two I think is strange. But why do you feel this way just because he believes in God or because he, he does pray?
MAHER: Well, it affects his foreign policy. He says that.
HASSELBECK: But what about John F. Kennedy do you feel the same way about him because he’s said, you know I have right here, asking his blessing and his help here on Earth, God’s work must truly be our own, FDR used similar comments, Lincoln-
MAHER: Of course, it’s, it’s a religious country, unlike every other civilized western democracy in the world, this country is still extremely religious because we’re young and dumb.
[...]
MAHER: And this movie- one reason why it got such good reviews- and even religious people who watched it liked this movie is, we don’t judge. We don’t point fingers. We’re not making anybody feel bad. I’m just asking questions that nobody asks because this is the last taboo subject.
[...]
SHEPHERD: How do you feel about faith, because there are a lot of men, great men, who during times of trouble relied on their faith, Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Mandela when he was in prison? How do you feel about faith, not organized religion?
MAHER: Well faith, faith, if you mean believing in something with no reason to, I’m not a big fan of that. Faith means lack of critical thinking. Every politician in this country says "faith guides me." And I go, why is that a good thing in your job?
[...]
HASSELBECK: Do you think someone with faith is then stupid and irrational automatically?
MAHER: I don’t because this is what we were saying, neurological disorder, it’s just because there are intelligent people who are religious. They just walled off a part of your mind.
[...]
SHEPHERD: Because I know in believing in God you have to suspend a lot of logic in believing in God. But when you did this movie, you talked to a lot of people about God. Have you ever just talked to God and asked God what does He think?
[applause]
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: You better answer quickly baby because we’re running out of time.
SHEPHERD: Because God will talk to you Bill if you-
MAHER: The question is, the question, did he answer you?
SHEPHERD: Did he answer- he answered me? Absolutely.
MAHER: We should call Bellevue if you think-
SHEPHERD: No, we don’t need to call Bellevue.
MAHER: Because that’s just a voice in your-
SHEPHERD: No, it’s not a voice.
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Some might say ...
September 30, 2008 - 14:59 ET by MeanderingThat because of the Religous nature of our country is the REASON the USA is the greatest nation in the world! I guess according to Maher we are all crazy and unitelligent. Funny that if you can't look around and see the hand of God in ALL things, you are the crazy one. Satan's plan is not to have people believe in him, but to convince people neither he nor God exists. You can't discuss such things with a half-wit like Bill Maher
Secondly, Biden has made worse comments than Palin, but Maher ignores them as he can't "think critically". What a baffoon!
~Fools mock, but they shall mourn!
Judeo-Christian Philosophy
September 30, 2008 - 15:12 ET by mbs6Our nation, the greatest that has ever existed in the history of the world, was the brainchild of what basically amounts to a group of CHRISTIAN THINKERS. What terrific system of societal organization has been brought to us via atheist thinking? I'll leave the response to that question to the student.
The real danger of people like Maher is that in his world his mind is literally god. God is the giver of rights, not government. If you believe there is no god, or that your mind is god, or government is god, then rights are not transcendent and can be defined and shifting. This is a dangerous philosophy.
Yeppers
September 30, 2008 - 16:07 ET by acumenI guess according to Maher we are all crazy and unitelligent.
In Maher's own words - “America has finally found someone (Palin) dumber than they are.”
Help me out here. Is Maher suggesting he is not an American or does he just have low self-esteem?
what maher is saying is
September 30, 2008 - 18:43 ET by porpoiseboythat he and his liberal elitist friends are all smarter than the rest of us. the dumbs cons....oh, and the poor who they convince to vote liberal because they throw a pittance at them to keep them poor. that's what he's saying.
so what i am saying is that anyone who goes to see his "movie" is worse than michael moore by stretch.
if that idiot makes a penny on that movie there truly is no justice.
acumen,
September 30, 2008 - 19:23 ET by Indiana JoeMaher and his ilk consider themselves above "Americans." They are smarter, they are more logical and sensible. They are our "elite," our "best and brightest," and if we fools would only realize that, we'd make them our leaders for life, and all these problems from the budget to hunger to global warming to ending war for all time would be quickly and finally dealt with.
But they don't expect stupid, crazy Americans to figure that out. It's not our fault we're sub-standard. They just want to help us.
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
...As opposed to Bill, who
September 30, 2008 - 15:00 ET by Tim the Enchanter...As opposed to Bill, who is old and dumb. (Couldn't resist- the title literally begged for this response!)
bill certainly is crying
September 30, 2008 - 15:10 ET by TruthMongerbill certainly is crying for help
massive ignorance on parade
liberal posterboy
Journalism is the opium of the liberals
Fail.
September 30, 2008 - 15:02 ET by TheCynicBill Mahar certainly displays an epic inability to understand humanity. He seems to have confused us for robots. I'm also glad to hear that science has discovered everything about the universe and I look forward to reading that report.
the same civilized Western countries that kicked us out??
September 30, 2008 - 15:02 ET by wizardjrHey butt biscuit, "unlike every other civilized western democracy in the world" is referring to all those wonderful countries that kicked out our ancestors all those years ago. In the mean time we've become the most powerful and rich country on the planet. But yet we're supposed to stop that and become like 'them'???
I must have missed something Mr. Maher. How does that benefit America?
Just as in the other post I recently made
September 30, 2008 - 15:09 ET by jefflebowskiI got rid of HBO because of liberal BS shows like Maher's. I don't respect him or any trash that falls from his bitter, valueless lips. He has the 180 degree principle with me....whaever he says or believes, I am 180 degrees to it.
I don't support these liberals and I recommend that any conservatives do likewise.
Jeff Lebowski
www.angrywhitedude.c...
Agreed.
September 30, 2008 - 15:45 ET by FinerThingsClubMemberInTrainingYep, me too. Recount put it over the top for me. Plus, there is no Curb this season. Maher = Suck
jeff... We got rid of HBO
September 30, 2008 - 15:56 ET by bigtimerjeff...
We got rid of HBO for same reasons...even before Maher was on...
Couldn't take it any more with what we were paying them a month...not worth 2 red cents.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
We cancelled HBO over 20
September 30, 2008 - 16:59 ET by celatorWe cancelled HBO over 20 years ago. It was pure garbage then, and even more so now.
The major media report only half the news. Why are they surprised they have only half the potential audience?
Whatta country, though.
September 30, 2008 - 17:01 ET by celatorWhatta country, though. Even the village idiot gets to have his moment on TV. ;+}
The major media report only half the news. Why are they surprised they have only half the potential audience?
He speaks...
September 30, 2008 - 15:11 ET by inquiringmindBill Maher... whatever.
Listening to Maher on Religion
September 30, 2008 - 15:14 ET by c5thenIs like listening to a homeless man tell you how to get your life in order.
Bill has denied that he has a father, so he denigrates anyone who has come to a different realization.
Did it ever occur to him (and any atheist) that we are here specifically to make a choice and that total freedom to make that choice means that there must be both good and evil in the world. The "devil" or "satan" is not the inventor of evil nor it's perpetrator, he is simply trying to make as many people as possible make the wrong choice, as he did with Chavah (Eve). We are perfectly capable of evil all by our selves. Pride is usually where it starts.
really?
September 30, 2008 - 15:17 ET by Mindwerkz... *cough* church of england *cough* ...
how is his view any diffrent than shiira law where there is only one authorized religious view, in his case, athesim. We have the greatest religious freedom on earth where people are compleatly free to choose their own belief and he has a problem with that because people dont think just like him. Good thing Im a liberal democrat that is open minded unlike maher and his closeted republican oppressive methods... oh wait...
When did liberals become so stupid...
When were liberals smart?
September 30, 2008 - 16:17 ET by MeanderingWhen were liberals smart?
This man seems intent on
September 30, 2008 - 15:19 ET by Chris NormanThis man seems intent on offending as many people as he possibly can. His air of intellectual superiority is so pompous and pretentious, though, it's almost humorous. He's just an old comedian, once middling at best, now in decline, kept afloat temporarily by HBO. The only way he can get attention is by saying outrageous things - kind of pathetic.
McNotObama '08
Here's the sad part.
September 30, 2008 - 15:33 ET by Mike BrattonMaher used to be funny.
Still has excellent timing, mind you, but gave up humor a long time ago. He traded it for overarching selfishness, otherwise known as atheism. How nice it would be to spend five minutes on a stage with him, just to let him know that we aren't at all the idiots he wishes we were--and to let him know that we have nothing but compassion for him.
A long time ago, it seemed Maher would become the next Mort Sahl. Instead he's become the next Rosie O'Donnell. Unfortunate.
--Mike
www.thebrattonreport...
No, he traded it for
September 30, 2008 - 16:51 ET by motherbeltNo, he traded it for liberal humor. Which is basically saying whatever hateful things you have in your mind about people you hate, and then yelling "just kidding!" or "it's a joke!"
As for him bashing religion: I wonder why this is even news any more!
It's the quintessential "Dog bites man" story.
What is it with some
September 30, 2008 - 17:03 ET by Chris NormanWhat is it with some comedians and their decisions that humor isn't enough for them? I wonder what comes first, the self realization that they aren't funny anymore or the decision to become a "serious" social commentator and provacateur? Is it a matter of them saying, "I don't make them laugh anymore, so I'll savage and trash their most profound personal beliefs". I know it's ego-driven, but it's such a negative path to go down.
McNotObama '08
Mike,
September 30, 2008 - 19:50 ET by Indiana Joe"A long time ago, it seemed Maher would become the next Mort Sahl. Instead he's become the next Rosie O'Donnell."
That's a great line! Almost a classic quote, fit for Bartlett's.
Nail, meet hammer.
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
It says "Joe Cocker" instead
September 30, 2008 - 15:25 ET by FairlightIt says "Joe Cocker" instead of "Joe Biden" at the top of this transcript.
That's correct
September 30, 2008 - 15:27 ET by Justin McCarthyThat's what Bill Maher said, not an error on my part.
That's weird. Guess the
September 30, 2008 - 15:46 ET by FairlightThat's weird. Guess the hosts weren't paying attention either.
For God's sake. . . .
September 30, 2008 - 15:28 ET by kdizzydazeWe get it Bill - there is no God and you know this for sure. We are all stupid, those of us that have faith in God or even simply a higher power.
Bush and all things Republican or conservative are stupid and evil and bad and anyone having anything to do with them are stupid and evil and bad as well.
What a boner
those unfamiliar
September 30, 2008 - 15:35 ET by WR JonasTo poster C5. the devil is the father of lies and murder and has been so since the beginning .
To Bill Maher, here is dumb , or perhaps clueless as defined by liberals .
Yesterday 10 power producers in northeastern states participated in a government mandated cap and trade carbon auction as required by the law creating RGGI.The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative raised 36.5 million dollars and the authority was ecstatic " that we appear to have a robust cap and trade industry."
Guess who will be seeing a robust increase on their utility bills soon ? All of those smart liberals who allowed themselves to be screwed again. Dumb? You people are dumber than gravel. Wouldn't you love to see the list of people who will be sliding their sticky fingers into that honey pot ?
Ticks Me Off
September 30, 2008 - 18:28 ET by Copperhead RidgeWhat bothers me about this stuff is that liberals are wealth ticks. They make their regions, states, and cities unliveable because of high taxes and high costs of living, and people leave them. Liberals follow the wealth and attach themselves again. They'll bleed another area dry and cause it to go into decline.
I live near a small city of about 50,000 people. It's a classic Southern college town. All the enlightened liberal faculty pushed the city council to raise taxes to advance all of their haughty urbanist agenda. People fled the city into the surrounding county to escape increasing occupational and property taxes.
Guess what. They're coming after our wealth now. They're pressuring the county to shake us down to fund their pet projects. They use the local media to pressure county leaders into making these bad decisions. Thankfully, it looks like, for now, the county leaders will lose their seats, but that tick keeps crawling out to us.
Inexplicably, we have Californians moving here. Several have infested my area. They flee expanding government and over taxation for other areas, but they bring so many of their leftist political principals with them. They look down their noses at people like me who fight for low taxes, unobtrusive government, and to be left the hell alone.
A couple of professors purchased property down the road from mine. Before they ever took down the FOR SALE sign they put up an Obama sign. Sheesh! Do these people eat and drink Obama? They are the first flies of the swarm, and they'll gnaw at our wealth until they run us off or make us insolvent.
It's a microcosm of Cloward-Piven principal, of which, I believe, Barack Obama is a disciple.
In the northeast, they'll run up the cost of energy, and more people will leave. Eventually more liberals will follow and push their agenda in another area.
Very astute, CR
September 30, 2008 - 19:57 ET by Indiana JoeGood observation. You're absolutely right, this is what's happening in rural areas all over the country. "Urban sprawl," it's called near cities, maybe "getting away from the rat race" further out. But you're right, they flee the results of their social and economic experimentation, yet bring those same ruinous ideas with them, to infect another productive area. I thought "smart" people were capable of "learning." Of course, I'm not that smart, because I believe in God.
They need to be quarrantined. And we need to be vaccinated.
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
Very Good CR
September 30, 2008 - 20:16 ET by general companyThis is very true, our Parish has been under assault by these elitist. They bring their drugs and crime and try to change the way we have been living and getting along. Some of these folks (very few) come up here to enjoy our way of life, but then their are those that come up here and try to change our schools, complain about every thing and try to raise our taxes to support their idea of a "quality" of life. I have spent more time in Counsel meetings in the last 5 yrs then in my whole life. Our school system is in it's 11th law suit with the ALCU. We used to love it out here, now it's just a hassel. If you dont fight them though, they will just take it.
Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Arizona was a nice place when I was a kid
October 1, 2008 - 14:21 ET by jakewashereI can't help but think that the de-nice-ification of this state, and the Phoenix Valley in particular, is the result of idiot Californians moving here to get out of the humidity. They move in, buy huge-ass houses in our two richest districts (Paradise Valley and the Biltmore Hotel area), and get to work making this place a little more like what they left.
In another twenty years, this state is going to turn blue with a vengeance -- California minus the mudslides. And the worst part is that I don't want to leave my hometown or my state (I haven't been outside Phoenix for something like five years now, and I can't afford a vacation anyway), but these morons are going to make the place completely unlivable by the time I've got kids. And there's no place you can go to get away from them -- even with legal abortion, the libs and lefties on the Coast keep breeding like rabbits.
California falling into the sea would not be a disaster. It would be the equivalent of a national tumorectomy.
Standard answer
September 30, 2008 - 15:35 ET by ricklailI think I am going to start using this standard answer to people like this fool. (God calls him a fool not me.)
"But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned," (Matt. 12:36, 37).
If pro is the opposite of con what is the opposite of progress? Congress!
Suggestion, Rick,
September 30, 2008 - 19:59 ET by Indiana JoeYou better adopt that as your new tag-line before someone else steals it.
Someone like me. ;^)
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
Pathetic Maher
September 30, 2008 - 21:02 ET by ckbennetttnVery well stated, of course, it would be, since it is Jesus Christ. I really feel sorry for this guy, Behar, Whoopi, and their ilk, that the split second they die they will know they were wrong and it will be too late.
Psalm 14:1-4
{14:1} The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.
{14:2} The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God.
{14:3} They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.
{14:4} Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” --Thomas Sowell
We should all worship the Global Warming crowd
September 30, 2008 - 15:41 ET by Carl KolchakDon't all of you know that you should worship Gore and the Global Warming crowd, and not question anything they tell you.
Antarctica is shrinking!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHH, worship the Global Warming Crowd.
Greenland is turning green!!!!! AAAAAAAAHHHH, worship the Global Warming Crowd and do not question them.
Bill Maher will probably tell us Global Warming is upon us and if we don't act, we'll all be extinct!!!!! AAAAAAHHHH, worship Bill Maher and the Global Warming Crowd, or we'll all be extinct.
Deserts are getting hotter!!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHH, Bill Maher and Company might tell us we must all move to the North Pole, because no other part of the Earth will be inhabitable.
Do not question the Global Warming Crowd. Remember, only the Global Warming Alarmists can prevent forest fires.
Hey Night Stalker. Haven't
September 30, 2008 - 15:44 ET by PeskyDaneHey Night Stalker. Haven't waved hello in a while. How was the weekend?
I'm sure Maher goes home on
September 30, 2008 - 15:42 ET by PeskyDaneI'm sure Maher goes home on the weekends to work out the kinks in anti-matter theory. How's that warp-drive coming along, Bill?
Here it is for screwballs like Bill Maher...
September 30, 2008 - 15:48 ET by AtillaKahunaI tried to verify the accuracy of this, but whether or not Ben Stein said it, it is still correct. Sadly, salted nut-rolls like Maher will never get this. They readily use "satan" and "evil" as terms, but can, with straight face and no feelings of hypocrisy say that God does not exist. Well I'll tell you what. The Devil certainly believes in God, and these liberal mind-numb robots believe in the devil.
What's the mathematical formula? If A = B, and B = C, then A = C. Liberals believe in Satan, Satan believes in God, but Liberals don't believe in God. Yup. That proves it. Liberals have no reasoning ability whatsoever.
Kahuna
Ver y Profound!
September 30, 2008 - 16:33 ET by Meandering'How could God let something like this happen?'(regarding Katrina) Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, 'I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get outof our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?'
So true, but liberals will never understand.
Poor lost
September 30, 2008 - 15:51 ET by bigtimerPoor lost soul Maher...
I would pray for his tripe to fail, but you don't pray for things like that.
....so...here's hoping.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
BT, I do pray that his
September 30, 2008 - 21:16 ET by Trix RabbitBT, I do pray that his tripe will fail. I would also hope for financial failure for the lunatics and the studio that produced this cinematic excrement.
Without even seeing it I can tell you the entire premise of this farce. Maher is a supreme intellectual. All Cris-chuns and people of faith are nose-picking morons. Those of superior knowledge would gladly pay to see this. Cris-chuns don't have enough synaptic power to understand it.
I am tired of being visually assaulted by this primate called Bill Maher, and there is little one can say for him other than his obvious need for psychotropic medication and a few history lessons.
Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell
I'm thinking that all of you here are missing his point
September 30, 2008 - 15:59 ET by FastEdThe american people ARE "young and dumb" -
BUT, not in the way he mentions. How else would you explain, Carter, Clinton, Maher (himself), liberalism and the media?
Lucky for us, there is us, those who can see that there are plenty of fools out there, who for whatever reason, believe what billy has to say (and think it's funny), while we work hare trying to educate and show the "great unwashed", that there is truth out there. Problem is, the present day media won't allow most of it to show through. They 'hint' at the truth, so they can spin a reply when they are caught telling the half-truth.
Oh, and who is this guy anyway??
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
I wonder if...
September 30, 2008 - 16:09 ET by MightyMouthBill "numbnuts" Maher knows that nearly 95% of the humans on the planet believe in some form of God. And that a good portion of them are unhinged and get really mad when their "GOD" (however they spell it) is mocked!
So the question is: Does Maher just mock the Christian God? or is he an equal opportunity offender and mock...oh say.. Allah, just as an example. I doubt he has the stones for that, but just in case he might want to beef up his personal body guard count after the movie comes out.
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Mighty... It would be
September 30, 2008 - 16:12 ET by bigtimerMighty...
It would be advisable wouldn't it...lol.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
BT
September 30, 2008 - 16:23 ET by MightyMouthThis guy has got to be a serious idiot. I mean even Michael Moore wouldn't do something this stupid (probably because he's a much bigger target). Looks like Maher fancies himself a Mel Brooks type, problem is, the world has changed since Mel mocked ogranized religion decades ago. Some people now days take their religion very seriously, ala 9/11.
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
delete
September 30, 2008 - 16:59 ET by motherbeltdelete
MM... Maher knows damn
September 30, 2008 - 21:22 ET by Clear thinkerMM...
Maher knows damn well he can't pick on Muslims, he'd be dead in a week!
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if people in the US are religious because they are ...
September 30, 2008 - 16:22 ET by pmohbuck"young and dumb" ... then i'd love to hear his explanation for the societies that are older than the US and embrace...
hinduism, judaism, islam, catholicism that dominates western europe/central and south america, taoism, buddhism, eastern orthodox, shintoism, sikhism etc.
i really think maher believes he has some high degree of intelligence ... which may explain the humor often associated with him ... read a book bill, you may actually learn something.
i really think maher
September 30, 2008 - 17:01 ET by motherbelti really think maher believes he has some high degree of intelligence
That reminds me of the cartoon with an atheist (I think it was Carl Sagan) standing in front of God on his judgment day, looking up at Him and thinking....OOPS!
oops!
September 30, 2008 - 17:08 ET by pmohbuckthat's classic
In all his ranting aginst
September 30, 2008 - 22:27 ET by ckbennetttnIn all his ranting aginst religion does Maher ever go after other religions like Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, or does he pretty much limit it the Judeo-Christian tradition? He can see what happens when you make fun or say anything negative about Islam and he's afraid of what they'll do.
Matthew10:28 "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."
“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” --Thomas Sowell
Does anyone else see Bill Maher looks like 80 year old Hefner?
September 30, 2008 - 16:24 ET by Lame CherryI had the sound down last night on Conan, but does anyone else notice that Maher is trying to impersonate sex hound Hugh Hefner in looks?
Now the scientific question is this:
I'm reading some analysis by Jewish historian Yair Davidy who studied with Jewish scholars various strange things in people transplanted from one nation to another actually developed different head shapes from round to long.
In noting this, can there be a scientific reason why Hugh Hefner who bases his entire life on perverted sex and Maher who couches everything in his life in perverted sex both look like those old lounge lizards preying on women and seeing the entire world as in secular anatomy parts.
Now Willum Maher will never make a movie about that phenom which is as plain as the Hefner impersonation he has grown into, but as I have noted that liberals all have psychological schisms which create them, there is a definite reasoning that people become a "look" when they base their inner being on specific criteria.
Unless Hefner fathered this bastard son, he and Maher are mirror image of a psychological type that is manifesting in appearance by their inner persona carried out into the physical actions of life.
If one has ever seen people with dimentia, they will literally change in photos as the mind looses muscle control to appear as somone else. That is often why deceased people do not look like they do in life due to muscle tension.
So that would equate certain muscles for lack of a better definition makes a pervert like Maher, look like his penis as that is what he focuses on.
In that analogy, Maher does not think with his penis, but actually in mirror looks like it as he thinks about it all the time.
Amusing.
This is why Elizabeth Hasselbeck looks like she does as her focus is on discipline of conduct and a Higher order. If you notice Ms. Goldberg and Ms. Behar both are vacant and struggling as they do not have a connection with God on His terms.
Maher though has to tear down all things which remind him of his fallacy of outlook.
You are what you eat and you look like apparently by definition in Maher's classification the appendage you focus on.
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I regret that have but one...
September 30, 2008 - 16:27 ET by PrieblesHBO Subscription to cancel for my country. And I used that one up when this dweeb called the Pope a Nazi back in April.
Y'know - I haven't missed it.
LOL, and kudos to you.
September 30, 2008 - 17:31 ET by lotrLOL, and kudos to you. Trust me, your sacrifice will add up to up to a hefty chunk of change that hurts.
Maher has two fundamental
September 30, 2008 - 16:56 ET by marvlMaher has two fundamental problems, a lack of talent and a small pecker.
Maher
September 30, 2008 - 17:03 ET by thomaspI do believe in God. However, I admit that I am not a good christian because I HATE Bill Maher and everyone like him
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Duh!!!
September 30, 2008 - 17:09 ET by northoneWell, gosh darn, now I know my problem. I'm just a another young, dumb American who holds to an irrational faith. Thankfully, I'm not too stupid to recognize that Bill Mahr is a pompous, pseudo-intellectual ass.
Duh!!!
September 30, 2008 - 17:09 ET by northoneWell, gosh darn, now I know my problem. I'm just a another young, dumb American who holds to an irrational faith. Thankfully, I'm not too stupid to recognize that Bill Mahr is a pompous, pseudo-intellectual ass.
Utter rubbish.
October 1, 2008 - 21:15 ET by lotrUtter rubbish. A religion like Christianity would not have survived 2000 years (not including all the centuries of Judaism leading up to it) if it were self-evidentally irrational. Faith comes into play only because it cannot be proven in a rigorous sense. But, then again, neither can atheism be proven.
If there is no God, then why does he care whether or not Palin, Bush, Obama, Lincoln, Kennedy, et al. are religious? What does it matter? Rational, critical thinking leads to only one conclusion: That it simply does not matter, that nothing matters. It is all meaningless, including his puny, impotent movie:
And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all. -- Edgar Allan Poe
I cancelled HBO because...
September 30, 2008 - 17:54 ET by jawebster1of this guy. Even though I never, ever watched his show because I can't stand his voice, his looks, his personality and his politics, I knew that by taking HBO, I was helping him in some small way. If others do the same, a loud and clear signal will be sent back to HBO. I confess, when I see Maher on shows like "The Factor", I see a "rodent" quality about him. Perhaps that is the real reason I don't like him. Jim Webster
Keep going back to your vomit, Maher
September 30, 2008 - 18:11 ET by usbeefLike a dog that returns to its vomit, is a fool who repeats his folly - Proverbs 26:11
"Push back the liberal hordes!!" - Mark Levin
Pass the taters
September 30, 2008 - 18:12 ET by the strugglerI could eat dinner while someone sawed this a--hole's head off and wouldn't miss a bite.
James 2:19 says that even
September 30, 2008 - 18:18 ET by LilyPearlJames 2:19 says that even the demons believe in God and tremble. Hmmm...I wonder what that says about Bill Maher. I am still praying for the man's salvation.
I am a Christian . . .
September 30, 2008 - 20:07 ET by King of the Britonsand I pray that Bill Maher someday finds Christ. It makes me mad to hear him say what he says, but I don't hate him. I pray for him.
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!´´
--Patrick Henry
You need proof
September 30, 2008 - 20:13 ET by Indiana Joethat Maher is a complete nut-job, brainless, clueless, and totally without any redeeming qualities whatsoever?
He makes Shepherd and Behar look smart and sophisticated.
'Nuff said.
And I'm sure he knows something about neurological disorders first-hand. Psychological disorders (which is what the no-wit meant) even more so.
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
Bill could you tell us a
September 30, 2008 - 21:49 ET by E7-2521Bill could you tell us a little about your girlfriend?
I bet your mother is proud.
On the bright side of
September 30, 2008 - 21:49 ET by Trix RabbitOn the bright side of Maher's movie is that it will ultimately amount to nothing and it will end up in the bargain bin at WalMart/Target/Kroegers/Walgreens before the end of the year.
Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell
You probably won't see it
September 30, 2008 - 22:29 ET by ckbennetttnYou probably won't see it at WalMart.
“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” --Thomas Sowell
maher
October 1, 2008 - 12:59 ET by east tennessee johnHere's a guy who was washed up 20 years ago or more when ABCcancelled FRIDAYS, a SNL rip-off, is going to tell me about an eternity he doesn't believe in because he can't "rationalize" it. Of course the brave Mr. Maher limits his criticisms to Christianity, as if the believers of other religious ideas are more "rational" than Christians. Does that seem "rational" to you or does the non-brain dead Maher have an agenda? If our rights don't emenate from God, then where, the State? You sir are a fool, if you believ in that.