Update (Jan. 7 | 14:30): This was mentioned earlier in the comments thread. You can see Maher's offensive comments beginning about 1:35 into the video posted on YouTube here.
Appearing on the Friday "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," comedian Bill Maher took repeated swipes at the Republican Party and conservatives as idiotic, bigoted, homophobic, you know, all the usual epithets.
Although his material was registering mostly nervous laughter from the audience, Maher plunged further into his assault on traditional values, attacking Christians, particularly Catholics, by insisting that one has to be "schizophrenic" to go about life normally for six days a week only to, on the seventh go to church and believe that when drinking communion wine one is drinking "the blood of a 2,000-year old space god."
I caught this line while watching live and didn't have a tape handy to catch the comment on video, however an "NBC Video Rewind" of the program should be available at NBC.com later today.
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Someone needs to attack
January 5, 2008 - 03:22 ET by clarkfkSomeone needs to attack Bill Maher for his idiotic belief system that the liberals are actually *helping* the country.
So we should just dump our "space god" and worship you then, Bill? Cuz if you're going to go off telling people how Christians are mindless idiots who idolize and follow another idiot, then what does that say about *your* audience?
Pay him no attention
January 5, 2008 - 16:22 ET by KC MulvilleMaher is ignorant, but he does crave attention. That drives him to say whatever will get him attention, even when it completely reveals his own ignorance. The more you ignore him, the more insulting he becomes. Sooner or later he'll say something so off the wall that he'll get fired, and then he'll be just a bitter nobody.
Maher is an ex-Catholic, but he hates Catholics most of all. He's the sophomore who hates nuns because some nun cracked his knuckles with a yardstick many years ago. He has no grasp of the theology behind the sacrament, and doesn't want to let answers interfere with his hatred.
Ignore him.
Ought to...
January 5, 2008 - 03:25 ET by Sua Sponte 75drop him and the network a line to see if he has the brass to say and do the same with the Religion of Peace...Come on Bill, step up to the plate and take a swing...
"You're either part of the solution or part of the problem"
Does anyone have a way to
January 5, 2008 - 07:39 ET by motherbeltDoes anyone have a way to contact NBC? I went to the website and hit the "contact" button and it brings up a survey. I don't want to go through all that to leave a comment (besides, why should I help them out?)
This is just more proof that Christians in general, and Catholics in particular, are the only groups in this country that can be insulted with impunity.
Bill Maher is a hateful little man.
NBC contact
January 5, 2008 - 10:38 ET by KC BeachWhen I was trying to complain about KO being on the Sunday night football pregame I could never send an email message from the nbc site. I finally sent a snail mail to voice my displeasure.
As long as KO doesn't
January 5, 2008 - 11:04 ET by JerAs long as KO doesn't inject politics into a sports show, I don't object to his presence--any more than I did Limbaugh's on ESPN. Unfortunately, Rush couldn't resist and was given the boot. If KO can't, then he should suffer the same fate.
Jer
Unfortunately, KO thinks it
January 5, 2008 - 11:13 ET by Roger the ShrubberUnfortunately, KO thinks it is imperative that he injects his own special brand of "comedy" into his newsreading. It is as painful to watch and listen to as it is to hear mushmouth Shannon Sharpe. Ugh.
OK Rog, but where is
January 5, 2008 - 11:54 ET by JerOK Rog, but where is Sterling Sharpe these days? I thought he was pretty good.
Jer
I think he is in NBC now. I
January 5, 2008 - 13:17 ET by Roger the ShrubberI think he is in NBC now. I always thought he was good, too.
Help Jer
January 5, 2008 - 12:03 ET by acumenForgive my ignorance Jer but what exactly was the political interjection that Rush couldn't resist? I can't recall Rush mentioning politics on ESPN so could you please bring me up to speed with his political quote that caused ESPN to give Rush the boot?
acumen...you can probably
January 5, 2008 - 12:18 ET by Jeracumen...you can probably google the exact quote, but it had to do with Rush's claim that Donovan McNabb was an affirmative action quarterback...untalented but hyped by liberals who wanted a black to succeed at that position.
Jer
Interesting Jer
January 5, 2008 - 13:15 ET by acumenThe Rush Quote -
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: I've been listening to all of you guys, actually, and I think the sum total of what you're all saying is that Donovan McNabb is regressing, is going backwards --
TOM JACKSON: Mmm-hmm. (Nodding)
RUSH: -- and my... I'm sorry to say this, I don't think he's been that good from the get-go. I think what we've had here is a little social concern. I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well.
TOM JACKSON: Mmm-hmm. (Nodding)
MICHAEL IRVIN: (Nodding)
RUSH: I think there is a lot of hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't really deserve. The defense carried this team, I think.
TOM JACKSON: But Rush -- But Rush somebody went to those championship games.
RUSH: Oh, they "went."
TOM JACKSON: Somebody made those plays that I saw running down the field, doing it with his legs, doing it with his arm. He has been a very effective quarterback for this football team over the last two or three years –
RUSH: Yeah, but you take –
TOM JACKSON: -- and they didn't have any more talent then than they do now.
RUSH: Oh yes they did: on defense. On defense, they did.
MICHAEL IRVIN: (Nodding)
TOM JACKSON: (Nodding) Oh, on defense they did. I'm talking on the offense side of the ball.
RUSH: Well, that's what I'm saying. I think he got a lot of credit for the defensive side of the ball winning games for this team.
STEVE YOUNG: But I'll tell you what. I'll say it even more strongly, Tom. When they're winning, nobody makes more plays --
TOM JACKSON: Right.
STEVE YOUNG: -- with his arm than Donnvan McNabb. That guy is one of the best in the league at making plays, BUT making plays does not win championships. Running the offense does. So at some point --
TOM JACKSON: Gotta run the offense.
STEVE YOUNG: -- I think that Koy Detmer looks like a better option because he'll go in there, drop back, and throw the ball correctly.
CHRIS BERMAN: Isn't it odd that last year with the broken leg – I know it was Arizona – but the one time he was in the pocket he looked great. Right?
STEVE YOUNG: He had to run that offense.
TOM JACKSON: So Rush, once you make that investment though – once you make that investment in him, that's a done deal.
RUSH: I'm saying it's a good investment. Don't misunderstand. I just don't think he's as good as everybody says he has been.
MICHAEL IRVIN: Rush has a point.
STEVE YOUNG: Well, he (McNabb) certainly hasn't matured.
MICHAEL IRVIN: Rush has a point.
END TRANSCRIPT
Hmmm. No mention of "affirmative action", "liberal" or anything I can determine to be political. Interesting...
acumen, see my reply to
January 5, 2008 - 13:49 ET by Jeracumen, see my reply to motherbelt below. This is unbelievable. I was trying to quickly reply to your initial post and give you a sense of the political nature of Limbaugh's statements about McNabb with the suggestion that you could probably get the exact quote by googling.
Why don't you spend some time reading a few of the multitude of entries on the subject and then decide if there were any political connotations associated with his remarks. Interesting, indeed.
Jer
Thanks Jer
January 5, 2008 - 14:33 ET by acumenDon't want to get into a long back and forth here Jer. My only point is nothing Rush said on ESPN was political.
Sure there are a lot of others that want to make it political (sound familiar?). Regardless, the point remains Rush did not make a political statement on ESPN (as you stated) much as the left would like to make it one (along with racist).
I would prefer not taking the time to correct obvious innacuracies but by doing nothing I consider myself as an accomplice to enabling mischaracterizations about people I admire such as Rush that are taken as truth by others. That's just not fair to Rush and/or others.
Like the demedia and assorted moonbats, if you so desire you can rely on hearsay that distorts Rush's comments to fit any preconceived notion you may have, but in the end the Rush transcript I provided speaks for itself. Good luck Jer, that's all the time I have to devote to this subject.
Fair enough, acumen. This
January 5, 2008 - 16:48 ET by JerFair enough, acumen. This isn't intended to be critical, but when I first read your initial post, I thought you were being completely serious, and thus assumed you really weren't familiar with the controversy, or aware what Rush had stated on ESPN, or how politics had arguably been injected into a sports story.
Based on that, I was attempting, to the best of my recollection [it occurred over four years ago], to summarize the essential points of Rush's comments within the context of how his words conferred certain political implications which many--including myself--felt were inappropriate. As I pointed out then, and later, it was not a direct quote. Hell, I couldn't recall exactly what he said, but I was trying to highlight what I believed to be the politically sensitive areas, even if it meant using a shorthand phrase--like "affirmative action". And, again, I was trying to give you a quick response to a query that could be easily googled anyway.
In hindsight, if I had known I was going to be cross-examined by motherbelt and you [and correct me if I'm mistaken, but I believe you were considerably more familiar with the matter than you initially indicated], I would have responded in a much more measured fashion.
To summarize what I said to motherbelt: My characterization could have been better, and I should have made it more clear that what I was stating included political inferences which, in my opinion. could be reasonably drawn from Limbaugh's words. So I apologize for my lack of clarity.
Anyway, have a good weekend.
Jer
First of all, Jer, he
January 5, 2008 - 13:15 ET by motherbeltFirst of all, Jer, he never said that McNabb was an "affirmative action" quarterback. Your characterization of what he said is completely wrong.
Here is the exact quote (from the ESPN.com story):
"I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well,'' Limbaugh said. "There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve. The defense carried this team."
Secondly, days later, other sports commentators agreed with Limbaugh's assessment of the defense's role.
The color commentators talk about the media and their biases and their coverage all the time; if that's not allowed, there's going to be a lot more silence in the press booth. (not that there's anything wrong with that!)
C'mon, motherbelt...I
January 5, 2008 - 13:28 ET by JerC'mon, motherbelt...I wasn't even pretending to quote Limbaugh, and I suggested that acumen could google his exact words. I was trying to give him a sense of the politically controversial nature of Rush's opinion of McNabb expressed on ESPN.
True, I used the term "untalented"...when Rush actually said "Sorry to say this, but I don't think he [McNabb] has been that good from the get-go" (BTW, motherbelt, why did you omit that part of Rush's remarks?)
I also said "affirmative action" where Rush said "a little social concern in the NFL".
I said he referred to liberals wanting McNabb to succeed at that position; while Rush actually said "the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well." [You aren't suggesting Rush doesn't believe these media personnel are liberals, are you? Don't you agree with Limbaugh that the terms are interchangeable?]
It's one thing to give proper credit to the defense, but if you can't see the fundamental insensitivity of Limbaugh's remarks, then I can't help you. Yes, I concede my "characterization" wasn't absolutely on the money. But, "completely wrong"? Not by a long shot.
Jer
"I said he referred to
January 5, 2008 - 16:34 ET by ckc1227"I said he referred to liberals wanting McNabb to succeed at that
position; while Rush actually said "the media has been very desirous
that a black quarterback do well." [You aren't suggesting Rush doesn't
believe these media personnel are liberals, are you? Don't you agree
with Limbaugh that the terms are interchangeable?]"
He may believe it, but that has nothing to do with what he said. He referred to the media because they are the ones who report on these athletes. What was he supposed to say, that it is the garbage men who built up McNabb?
"True, I used the term "untalented"...when Rush actually said "Sorry to
say this, but I don't think he [McNabb] has been that good from the
get-go" (BTW, motherbelt, why did you omit that part of Rush's remarks?)"
Why not? Maybe for brevity, as there's nothing insensitive or controversial in the part you quoted. It's not like she was trying to hide anything by leaving that out, as there is nothing there to hide.
The only reason it was considered "insensitive" was because he was talking about a black guy. Had he said the same thing about Steve Nash winning the MVP in the NBA, he would have gotten a promotion. He(or a black guy in his position) certainly wouldn't have lost his job over it.
Thanks, ckc, that's EXACTLY
January 5, 2008 - 19:26 ET by motherbeltThanks, ckc, that's EXACTLY why I left out the latter part of the quote. It was a long quote and I included what I considered the pertinent part. Rush saying he didn't think McNabb was that great had nothing to do with the controversy.
And Jer, you did say Rush said McNabb was an "affirmative action" quarterback.
(emphasis mine):
... it had to do with Rush's claim that Donovan McNabb was an
affirmative action quarterback...untalented but hyped by liberals who
wanted a black to succeed at that position.
And why is is OK for you to skip parts to, as you said you were
trying to quickly reply to your initial post and give you a sense of the political nature of Limbaugh's statements about McNabb,
but sinister on my part to not include the whole thing?
I didn't even read the entire conversation to the end, because I was just looking for that famous quote about McNabb that got Rush into trouble, since that's what the conversation was about.
motherbelt...Why was it OK
January 5, 2008 - 20:57 ET by Jermotherbelt...Why was it OK for me to skip parts? Are you kidding? How many times do I have to say this: I wasn't quoting Limbaugh...I hadn't even looked at the quote from Limbaugh...I was summarizing from memory what I recalled as the sensitive political implications from remarks made more than four years ago.
I did so as part of an immediate reply to acumen's initial post to give him the sense of a controversy he indicated he knew nothing about. I wasn't trying to mislead him, you, or anyone else...and I added that the exact quote could probably be easily googled.
Read my last post to acumen. I said in hindsight I should have couched my response a little differently for the purposes of clarity, and apologized for not doing so. What else do you want from me?
And if Limbaugh's remarks were absolutely appropriate, why did he resign or allow himself to be forced out without raising an incredible stink, and why did his tens of millions of fans not boycot ESPN and demand he be reinstated?
Jer
BTW, Tim Graham posted a blog earlier in which the headline indicated a Newsweek editor had referred to Huckabee as a yokel. For the life of me, I can't find in the article where the term was used. Perhaps Tim was utilizing a shorthand summarization. In the interest of consistency, I think you should take him to task for his glaring error.
Jer, at the end of my last
January 6, 2008 - 00:08 ET by motherbeltJer, at the end of my last post I had written "Glad you realize you could have phrased it differently." Apparently I edited again and it fell off when I c/p'd. I do realize you said that.
But you seem to have a habit of jumping down people's throats with stuff off the top of your head, and then when you are called on what you said, you dissemble and make excuses for not having your ducks in a row before you responded.
It might be better to take a minute and do a bit of research before you say that Rush, or anyone said "something like.."... especially since the remark was from four years ago. I knew exactly what Rush had said, but I still took 30 seconds to "google" it to be sure I had it correct before I posted it. It would have taken you just that long to have Rush's comment in hand, and would have saved a lot of time and aggravation.
Unless, of course, your aim is to get into arguments with people overhow they misconstrued what you said and should cut you slack because you just shot from the lip with the first thing that popped into your head.....
A serious accusation, motherbelt
January 6, 2008 - 02:27 ET by JerBut you seem to have a habit of jumping down people's throats with stuff off the top of your head, and then when you are called on what you said, you dissemble and make excuses for not having your ducks in a row before you responded.
Wow...that's a fairly serious accusation, motherbelt. I hope you will provide me with some examples to support the charge, because it is a habit I was certainly not aware of, and, if true, one I certainly wish to break.
As far as my googling before responding to acumen, I suppose the same advice [to google] would have been appropriate, probably more so, for acumen, since he was the one ostensibly interested in Rush's comments regarding McNabb. Alternatively, he could have availed himself of your photographic memory--in light of your revelation that you "knew exactly what Rush had said" even though it was over four years ago. I'm certainly impressed.
In any event, I'll eagerly await those examples. Don't disappoint me with avoidance like you did after I invited you to check the NYT archives concerning the Clinton editorials.
In all honesty, I am troubled by the tactics in which you say I engage. It definitely is not my intent, and if I'm guilty of it, I want to know.
Jer
Sorry Jer, I'm going to be
January 6, 2008 - 09:08 ET by motherbeltSorry Jer, I'm going to be out all day today; taking our daughter back to college. Just thought I'd let you know, so you don't accuse me of "avoidance."
As for the NYT archive, I don't even remember that, in spite of my "photographic memory"...so the chances are that I just didn't get back into that thread. I also don't keep a list of threads that I have commented in; sometimes I get back into them and sometimes I don't. And sometimes I just let things go; things move along here pretty quickly as new things get posted. It wasn't my intention to "avoid" anything. When I am proven wrong here, I admit it. On more than one occasion, I have posted the phrase "I didn't know that" or "I stand corrected."
And I don't keep a log of people's posts here, so I'm afraid I don't have a long list of your posts handy. It's more of an impression I have gotten over time...maybe I'm wrong. If so, I apologize, but you definitely did it here.
(See how that works?)
(emphasis added):
As far as my googling before responding to acumen, I suppose the same advice [to google] would have been appropriate, probably more so, for acumen, since he was the one ostensibly interested in Rush's comments regarding McNabb. -Jer
I hope the next time you post a question, the first person to answer tells you to do a Google search. In fact, don't post the question; just "Google it." It sounds like that's what you think acumen should have done.
Yes, acumen could have googled it, but he asked here instead. The point is that if you didn't know what Rush said, you should have just told him to do a Google search. But you told him to search AND jumped in and said Rush called McNabb an "affirmative action" quarterback..(and please don't insist you said "something like" or "something about"...the point is you specifically said "affirmative action quarterback.") who was "untalented." (He also never said that; his remarks were directed specifically at McNabb's actions in that one particular game.) And then you used the fact that you were just "winging it" so so speak, to give acumen a sense of the political nature of Limbaugh's statements about McNabb as an excuse for being inaccurate. That happens frequently with people who paraphrase Rush, because of preconceived notions of what he is, as acument so aptly pointed out. That's why it's important to be accurate when claiming someone said a certain thing.
I really don't have any more time this AM to devote to this, and I think we could just go on for days, so I'm going to let this go. That OK with you? I hope so.
Have a great day.
Wow...that's a fairly
January 6, 2008 - 09:25 ET by Jack BauerIs it really? Serious?
Aren't you being a tad melodramatic?
This is a fast-moving forum with maybe a dozen new threads everyday.
And we are all fairly anonymous posters (most with pen-names) commenting on the threads and other people's comments.
I don't even take real life THAT seriously.
But cyber-life, it's just that. It ain't real. It's ephemeral. It's OVER the moment you log off.
Maybe you're right, Jack
January 6, 2008 - 10:59 ET by JerMaybe you're right, Jack...but the fact that someone essentially accuses me of habitually ambushing people here and then intentionally trying to deceive them does bother me...but maybe I'm being overly sensitive about it. Are you really saying it wouldn't concern you?
Jer
drop him and the network a
January 5, 2008 - 14:24 ET by cleverpigdrop him and the network a line to see if he has the brass to say and
do the same with the Religion of Peace...Come on Bill, step up to the
plate and take a swing...
He has and he will. Maher is very liberal, but he is not PC. He's come right out and said he thinks racial profiling is a great idea-- that airport security should stop wasting their time looking through little old white ladies handbags and instead frisk everyone with a middle eastern accent.
He is clearly a jerk, but I like that fact that there is someone on TV who will say things no one else in their right mind would say. People on the fringe make us think, even if they just make us think how nice it is not to be on the fringe!
Maher is nothing more than
January 5, 2008 - 03:28 ET by Captain RepusMaher is nothing more than a typical left-wing scum bag who is wasting my oxygen. I eagerly await the day he gets busted with a bag full of crack and his face all over a pretty little 12 year old boy. He will be even more popular in prison than he is to his democrat worshipers.
I am at a loss as to why 1) anybody watches this moron or 2) why any tv host has him as a guest.
BTW, did anybody notice that Huckabee bowed to this moron and appeared on his tv show recently? Speaks volumes about Iowan Republican voters in my mind.
Maher
January 5, 2008 - 03:43 ET by David N MONo, Maher is a shameful little man who has no idea of what it means to be Christian. If he has read the Bible it was apparently side by side with the Koran and he got the two mixed up. I truly wish he would sit down with all of his lefty friends and read the New Testement. Even if he doesn't see the light one of them would.
As Christians it isn't our responsibility to change the heart, God does that. It is our job to simply live the life and to tell the story.
Just replace Christan with
January 5, 2008 - 03:32 ET by mlongJust replace Christan with Muslim and 2 things...
1-He wouldn't say anything.(out of fear).
2-If he did say the same thing he would be Imused.
"I was in favor of Illegal licenses before I was
against them but before I was for them but after I was against them but
before I was for them......" Hillary Clinton
Of course because we have
January 5, 2008 - 04:05 ET by red_dragon311Of course because we have to respect religion, as long as it's not a religion where Jesus Christ is the savior, and I am by no means religious at, I used to be a born again christian, but things happened and now I am looking in to budism,
"Get off the phone you big dope!!!!!!!!!!" Mark Levin
"Used to be" a born again
January 5, 2008 - 12:10 ET by misterbee241"Used to be" a born again Christian? You cant become unborn spiritually anymore than you can become unborn physically. Maybe you're searching for something, but if you are truly God's, then God WILL call you back. He may allow you to wander in the wilderness as He did me, but He will call you back. I speak from experience.
I wish you well in your search, red dragon, but I pray you'll be the Prodigal Son.
There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745
He speaks out of ignorance
January 5, 2008 - 04:34 ET by rbosqueHe speaks out of ignorance and arrogance. He doesn't understand the Sacraments how is he supposed to respect them? I pity him.
Bill Maher has slammed Islam too
January 5, 2008 - 04:51 ET by HeikiMr. Maher may be "an atheist libertarian schmuck and wise guy" as one poster at JihadWatch put it, but he has in fact also gone after Islam, though his favorite (since it's more familiar to him) target is of course Christianity.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/015428.php
Isn't worth the time
January 5, 2008 - 06:24 ET by richb313I was going to comment. My time is worth more to me than the likes of Bill Maher.
Another example of the double-standard of the left...
January 5, 2008 - 09:00 ET by goldenthroatAnd they fired Don Imus for his "nappy-headed ho's" comment?
"Yeah! That's the ticket!" - Tommy Flanagan
Catholics do not have a
January 5, 2008 - 09:21 ET by Roger the ShrubberCatholics do not have a smear machine at their disposal like the black mafia or gay mafia do. Catholics need to find their own Al Sharpton...
shoot the messenger!!
January 5, 2008 - 12:51 ET by STANISZWhere is bill donoghue on this? The real problem here is the agents with no B--LS!!> The baba wawa,s, conans ob,s, letterman,s oprahs, That are making the moolah and are all 5th columnists in the media.
These rants are the way
January 5, 2008 - 09:08 ET by MidAmericaThese rants are the way maher gets his notariety because otherwise he would be just another forgettable stuggling comic. The real culprits here are the people who give him a platform to spew his venom. NBC has plenty of options to fill airtime and they choose to let this guy come on and attack a large part of the American public. Imus was fired for insulting some innocent women. Maher also under the guise of 'comedy' insults freely a huge group of Americans. Has NBC offered an apology for airing this drivel? If not, then you have to believe they approve of it.
More religious bigotry from Maher
January 5, 2008 - 09:30 ET by ClericalGalExample #1,347 why I will never subscribe to HBO as long as they have this religious bigot on their payroll. I guess Maher got tired of cooling his heels because of the writers' strike, so he had to go spew his venom on another show. I hope the WGA will go after him for crossing the picket line, but I doubt it.
I continue to pray for Bill
January 5, 2008 - 09:49 ET by LilyPearlI continue to pray for Bill Maher's salvation.
Bill has my pity too...
January 6, 2008 - 00:21 ET by TruthMongertypical lib - all we can do is try to keep him comfy, change his drool bucket once in a while, etc...
I never have understood
January 5, 2008 - 10:42 ET by Mr. PaulI never have understood why people have it in for Catholics and their beliefs. It is bigotry plain and simple. The very things these "liberals" supposedly despise. I just could not be so two faced as these people. I am 58 years old and leaned about these double standards when I was in college. And that my friends was a Looong time ago.
"After eating you should not wipe your hand until you have either licked your fingers or given them to someone else to lick. Sahih Muslim vol.3 book 21 no.5037-5042 p.1119-1120"
You can watch the clip now
January 5, 2008 - 12:02 ET by FryeYou can watch the clip now at youtube:
http://www.youtube.c... (pt. 1)
http://www.youtube.c... (pt. 2)
This is HDTV! It's got better resolution than the real world!
Transubstantiation
January 5, 2008 - 12:00 ET by OklahomaIsShapedFunnyMaher is a bad-hearted person to the max and it's ridiculous the freedom he has to mock deeply held beliefs.
Transubstantiation is pretty odd though.
Jesus used lots of analogies... I am the door, I am the vine, I am this bread, I am this wine.... Aren't they all word pictures?
Maher finished it by saying, "2,000 year old SPACE god"
Is the punchline the word "space"?
He references communion and one group of Christians approach to it... that's fine... but where did he get "space god"?
Oh... he was just being mean?
okay.
Maher is the epitome of what the left say they are against
January 5, 2008 - 12:03 ET by c5thenYet they love him.
Maher does have one point, although he makes it in the meanest and most bigoted way, simply that most who call themselves "Christains" do not behave any differently then others, except they go to church on Sunday.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.
If you truly call yourself
January 5, 2008 - 12:19 ET by misterbee241If you truly call yourself a child of God you cant be a Saturday sinner and a Sunday saint. You have to keep Jesus all week, not just Sunday. But I know lots of people dont.
There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745
delete
January 5, 2008 - 12:30 ET by motherbeltwrong place
When you believe nothing is
January 5, 2008 - 13:06 ET by drillanwrWhen you believe nothing is greater than your phallic-self (as in Bill Maher, and other's, case) then it is oh so cheap and easy to stomp all over the beliefs of others that believe in greatness outside themselves.
Where's Keith when you need
January 5, 2008 - 14:04 ET by wiwfWhere's Keith when you need him. His anti-catholic rhetoric is PERFECT for this topic!
Has Bill ever talked to a priest about why it is what it is (communion)? There's certainly lots of answers for transubstantiation (sic, right word?) on the internets I believe...
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wiwf
January 5, 2008 - 14:20 ET by botgyou may wish to start here at Catholic Answers
GoHunter08
botg
January 5, 2008 - 15:38 ET by wiwfIt's not for me, it's for Bill!
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wi
January 5, 2008 - 15:40 ET by botgunfortunately aside from 'Nothing is impossible for God' Bill is pretty hopeless
GoHunter08
I know, guess I was just
January 5, 2008 - 17:43 ET by wiwfI know, guess I was just hoping against hope :/
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Bill Maher is amusing Mr. Shepherd
January 5, 2008 - 14:52 ET by Lame CherryMr. Shepherd, Bill Maher is extremely amusing, but you have to educate the Newsbuster family in how to listen to Maher.
I will use the example of Conrad Dobler, the notorious dirty playing football hero to many in the 1970's. Conrad never got penalized, because he was so good at cheap shots. I remember one game where the whistle was about to blow and some dolt was just letting his guard down and Conrad went over and belted him flat. All legal, but quite Conrad.
In this Merlin Olsen from Little House on the Prairie, Mr. Nice Guy of the Fearsome Foursome of the LA RAMS played against Dobler...........10 years after he played Dobler, Merlin was still talking about Dobler and how he played.
Conrad would just smile at that as that is exactly what he wanted.
In this Bill Maher is squawking about the one thing he can not get away from in his Conrad Dobler. Conrad is the Catholic religion........it plagues Maher, convicts Maher.............and little Bill in his lights turned off fornicating moments always hear's the Nun whispering, YOU ARE A SINNER BILL.........and takes aways Bill's sexual self medicating bliss.
People speak what they are most bothered by. Bill is bothered to paranoia about God, because Bill is a sinner and no matter how hard Bill plays...........there is that Catholic or Republican as soon as Bill lets his guard down hitting him with the fact that there are no time outs in this game.
So if you listen to Maher rant, you can be amused as this guy never has any peace. EVERY NEWSBUSTER blogger digs under Maher's skin 24 hours a day. That is amusing as much as Bill is terrified of a bunch of little old men and women in the Catholic religion dressed in black.
But look at Bill Maher........really LOOK at him, because he sees even more than you do.
Bill Maher is the dork from school with the smart mouth people would beat up.
Bill Maher is the turd who the only way he got sex was either on some drunk or doped up girl he was conning and lying to.
Bill Maher is ugly and repulsive and HE KNOWS IT. HE KNOWS ALL HE DID..........HE KNOWS CENTERFOLDS ONLY DATED HIM BECAUSE OF HIS JOB and wouldn't give him anything but scorn in real life.
That is why Bill Maher hates people who tell the Truth as they all remind him of his lies and how all the people who surround him are just as miserable and the only women he is using for sex are only there to use him.
That is why Bill Maher is amusing as you are watching a deranged individual frothing at the mouth locked in a cell of his own manufacture.........but screaming like all the people who hate George Bush that it is someone else's fault.
Ken Shepherd just lives his life discussing things he sees with contentment and Bill Maher is driven literally nuts by it.
That is what winning looks like and that is quite amusing.
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Back when I was a liberal,
January 5, 2008 - 15:49 ET by tracheostomyBack when I was a liberal, I used to watch Politically Incorrect a lot during the mid-90s.
Then right up to 2000 or so, I started to swing right and noticed that Bill was one of the higher profile libs who was actually helping to push me in that direction. Right before I turned it off, I was only in it for Huffington.
Then 9/11 happened and his "coward" comments that got him booted really started to tick me off.
Bill, you really don't know where your priorities begin or end. I don't know if you're just insane or what, but I'm really starting to believe LC up there. I can't believe I used to take you seriously. Folly of youth I suppose.
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07
You will always be welcome
January 6, 2008 - 04:04 ET by JerYou will always be welcome back, trach...
Jer
Lame Cherry
January 5, 2008 - 15:53 ET by SeptemberSo if you listen to Maher rant, you can be amused as this guy never has any peace.
Well said. I think of Keith Ogre-man in the same way. If you've ever been in the place of no peace, that is a terrrible place to be. It's the gnawing state, and it wears people out (and those around you).
Maher doesn't get under my skin like he used to. I read it somewhere, a quote, but remember: When you know a gentle person, those are the folks with a solid cushioning between them and the world. Maher is just the opposite.
Attention audience! Respect has left the room...Maher is here.
Say no to HBO
January 5, 2008 - 18:01 ET by ammo johnBill Maher is the reason I'm canceling my HBO. Anymore, the crap that's on HBO just doesn't appeal to me anymore.
A-Hole Bill Maher
January 5, 2008 - 18:02 ET by richardThis little arrogant prick is going to get his clock cleaned one of these days by those he mocks.
What was it B.M. said just
January 5, 2008 - 23:58 ET by drillanwrWhat was it B.M. said just a couple months ago to a taunting 9-11 Troofer?
Oh, yeah ... Something like, "Do I have to come down there and kick your ass myself?"
Wise Words from St. Augustine
January 6, 2008 - 03:15 ET by maryerin"You sons of men, how dull hearted you
are. Life descended to you. Why won’t you ascend to
Him and live? But how can you ascend, when you fancy that you are now on
high and you
screech against the true
heavens?
Come down from your
pedestal, so that you can go up, all the way to God. For your attempts to rise
against Him have only taken you lower.”
The Confessions of Saint
Augustine