CNN’s King Plays Along With Maher’s Americans ‘Are Too Dumb’ Scenario

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During an interview with Larry King, Bill Maher went on a diatribe about the stupidity of the American people, because he is dumbfounded by 2/3 of Americans who believe that offshore drilling will bring gas prices down. King, not realizing he was about to insult the average caller who phones into his show each evening along with the millions who watch him in his own audience, simply asked Maher if he agreed with essayist H.L. Menken who said, “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.”

 


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"King, not realizing he was

"King, not realizing he was about to insult the average caller..."

King doesn't realize when he's about to pee his Depends. 

Komrade Maher's time is almost up, but King's time is way up. 

Two peas in a pod

Two peas in a pod here...dumb...and dumber.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

No one ever went broke underestimating...

Menken was right. Turn on the TV and scan the shows. Enough said.

Oh yeah, Bill Maher displays classic symptoms of CRC syndrome - cranial-rectal convergence.

Why do liberals persist in

Why do liberals persist in denying common sense and the laws of economics and calling it "intelligence"? I guess they have to make every answer complicated so only government bureaucrats can pretend to understand what they're doing.

McNotObama '08

because they live Thru The Looking Glass

by making decisions based on flash, emotions, or knee jerk reaction is called "intelligence" to liberals. Look at their idols-movie stars, fancy advertised products..they think of themselves as "intellignet" and "worldly" because they automatically reject any thought, methodology or ideology that's customary. If it's an old way of doing things, get rid of it. Think about the children! ban anything scary...

which means the opposite for them is true. Planning, research, truth, consideration before reacting, using your brain, logic...these things therefore must be the opposite of "intelligence".

So yeah, not being a knee jerk reacting, madison avenue controlled, tree worshipping, america hating, drug using,  no brain thinking twit means you're "stupid". And common sense is a "bad" thing. Also, having any long term memory or a set of consistent morals , also not a "good liberal" trait.

Look to the social experiments of subsidizing poverty, and promoting slave-class illegal immigration, and givin criminals more rights than law abiding folks-decades these attitudes were tried in good faith, but they've been proven failed, but that doesn't keep the same stupid attitudes from growing and becoming even deeper seated policy at all levels of government.

"to call an illegal immigrant an "undocumented alien" is the same as calling a streetcorner drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist".

"You spend your money anyway you want and respect other's rights to do the same"

Does Maher still support John Edwards?

Wow, I wish we all could be as smart as Bill Maher thinks he is.  I'm surpised Maher even lets us vote.  He and his sleazy Hollywood cronies should just rule the country as an oligarachy. 

Just think, if all Democrats were only as smart as Maher, John Edwards would be the Democratic candidate now. What a keen, intellectual insight Maher has. Perfect for leading us all to ruin. 

 

Maher

Funny thing here is at one time Bill Maher was a Republican. It was only when a Liberal TV station tossed his show off the air that he probably internalized that he will never work in this town again unless he changes his ideological affiliations.

In other words, the dumb putz drank the koolaid.

 

 

Well, when he went over - he

Well, when he went over - he went over all the way and then some.

McNotObama '08

Lemme correct you right

Lemme correct you right quick -  he went over all the way and then a whole hell of a way further.

Murrow turning over in his grave
Murrow turning over in his grave
Ed Murrow had a child and the damn thing went wild
- Lindsey Buckingham

If I'm not mistaken,

Those lyrics sound like Ram Jam's "Black Betty"!

Black Betty had a child,
The damn thing run wild.

Whoa, Black Betty...

Ironic

I find it Ironic because Almost everyone in the world has profited because of the American People.  The Germans, the Soviet Union and many other Communist countries have also gone broke underestimating the American People. But I guess he spoke too soon because his quote was before the World Wars. He should have knocked on wood as he said it.  

Bill Maher is a scum bag and I can't believe that Larry Kings alive still.

While I don't agree with

While I don't agree with much of anything he says, I do agree that americans as a group aren't very smart.

americans know more about american idol contestants than they do about G. Washington.

young people cannot name their senators let alone their representatives  

americans just take on debt while politicians encourage it.

Americans believe that bush was behind 9/11 or that obama is a muslim.

and americans believe our presidents when they say we'll be off oil by this date or that date (which always changes) 

...the list goes on, not too smart 

 

 

Quote

"A person is smart; people are dumb panicky dangerous animals and you know it."

Tommy Lee Jones, in Men in Black 

 

Unfortunately sajc05 I'm

Unfortunately sajc05 I'm going to have to agree with you. There is also a correlation between smartness and education. With the high school dropout rate close to 50% in some of the schools, I don't expect it to get better anytime soon.

Of course, you can be educated and not be very smart. I'm referring to educated liberals who are adamant that:

1. Bush lied us into an unjust war

2. We and the people of Iraq would be better off  if  Sadam Hussein was still in power.

3. Along with Harry Reid (and Barry Hussein Obama) that "this war is lost, and this surge is not accomplishing anything ..."

4. Barry Hussein Obama is more qualified than John McCain to be  president.

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“The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

I beg to differ

It seems America was smart enough not to vote for John Kerry.And I believe they'll be smart enough to throw Obama out on his ear.

 

Don't misunderestimate us.

the struggler

I probably could have been clearer in my comments. The majority of the people in this country were smart enough in 2004 to choose the right candidate, as you pointed out.  I hope you are correct about Obama as well. But keep in mind that over 59 million people voted for John Kerry (who by the way served in Vietnam) or about 48 percent of the popular vote.

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"He sees this country as the focus of evil; he sees this country as the reason bad people are bad, both in this country and around the world," ~ Rush Limbaugh on Barack Obama

Rush fan...

How can anyone with a clear head believe #4? Seriously! 

Just exactly what the hell are Obama's credentials? For those of you who like Sports analogies... Obama as POTUS would be like taking a first year, Pop Warner Football Coach, and hiring him to Coach the Patriots and expect him to take the team to the Super Bowl.

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Clear thinker

I couldn’t agree with you more, and your analogy is on the mark. That’s why it amazes me that the race is still so close, and when the election is held, half of the voters will probably vote for Barry Obama, just as they voted for traitor-to-the-military John Kerry (who by the way served in Vietnam).  Now if that isn’t foolish and unintelligent I don’t know what is.  

Rush Limbaugh provided one reason for Obama’s popularity on his show today: “The Democrats live in a world of fakery, fraudulent phoniness.  We live in a world of reality.  For example, liberals will fall, did fall hook, line, and sinker for the John Edwards story.  Those of us on the other side in politics saw a fraud from the get-go.  At the same time, the Drive-Bys and the libs and the Democrats have fallen for the Obama story.  And then a genuine story of war heroism in a prisoner of war camp in Vietnam is said by the libs to be a fake one.  They support fakes, they nominate fakes, they promote and market fakes, and they look at real stories and condemn them as fakes.”

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"How difficult must it be for her to find somebody less qualified than Obama?" ~ Rush Limbaugh on Caroline Kennedy vetting Obama's veep choices

LMAO I usually use the

LMAO I usually use the analogy of taking the Kitchen manager from Red Lobster and making him the VP in charge of operations. Sure, he's got a little experience, at a low level, but he's got nowhere NEAR enough experience at the higher level.

It used to be, in private business anyway, that people were promoted to their first level of incompetence. In government these days, they hit that first level of incompetence, and we try to promote them out of it.

Fascism is a religious conception in which man is seen in his imminent relationship with a superior law and with an objective will that transcends the particular individual - Mussolini

"There is also a

"There is also a correlation between smartness and education."

So, when did you drop out? ;>)

(Just bustin' yer chops a little.)

"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008

RESTLESS 1

Sometimes I have my doubts about my 'smartness', but I know that your smart. You're a NewsBusters supporter. Actually, I am also. I feel better about myself already!

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"He's been programmed to believe what he believes, and he's going to be loyal to those who have put him where he is." ~  Rush Limbaugh on Barack Obama

Actually,

Joining this site is one of the few signs of intelligence I have exhibited lately. :)

"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008

the americans the MSM talk to aren't that smart

the MSM loves the image of the Stupid American. They interview only the dumbest, most short sighted people they can find. They make shows to elevate the mediocre.

But don't make the misake that the "stupid Americans" that you see promoted by the MSM is any more accurate or true representation of the whole of America, than any other presentation of any other issue. Global Warming, leftist politics, losing the war in Iraq...all of these BS spin issues are known by NB members to be a crock of shite at the very least. You can count on it that the Stupid American myth is just the same. This is all part of the attempt to legitimize the revocation of Democracy andpersonal choice/responsibility. Media tells us we're all to stupid to handle our retirement, our money, our health, our environment. And conveniently, the Liberals are right there offering to "help" while treating themselves as elite and talking to us with condescending tones. A Coincidence? "Don't You Believe It!"

The problem is, the minority of stupid people are in charge. In charge of Politics, the Media, and Entertainment. Even Business.They can't handle the idea that there are people much smarter than themselves, so they do everything they can to make their "subjects" appear even more clueless than themselves-helps their egos as well as their agendas. Because even smart people can fall victim to a consistent, overwhelming and long term propaganda assault.

We're not quite to "Idiocracy" yet.  Until you get to the State and Federal capitals, anyways.

"to call an illegal immigrant an "undocumented alien" is the same as calling a streetcorner drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist".

"You spend your money anyway you want and respect other's rights to do the same"

Larry King is still King

I like watching LKL because he gives his guests opportunities to speak without overtalking them and arguing with him like my favorite shows on Fox News.  Most of what Larry says is not scripted, so it's bound to happen that he slips up every now and then.  So I have nothing bad to say about Larry King.

However, Bill Maher is a joke and he's nothing more than a stand-up comic with an opinion.  Maher seems to think he knows more than everyone else and is the end-all-say-all in politics.  He pokes fun at everyone, but in the end, he doesn't sway anyone to one belief or another.  No one takes what he says seriously.  It's all a joke.  So Larry King was just playing along, making his guest feel comfortable on his show.  Bill brings in ratings due to his delusional antics and sense of humor.  That's it.  End of story.

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Take it easy!  We're not making a western here.
      ~ Uncle Junior
 
 (The Sopranos)

Oops, wrong thread

On Edit: Opps, wrong thread! I hate it when that happens!

Just the thought that

Just the thought that America was seriously going to drill for oil would send the price of a barrel of oil DOWN to $50!!!

 

I'm a refugee from the Democratic Party.

 

I can understand how Maher comes to his conlusions

when he looks out upon his audience each night. Actually, I think most people are smarter than most give them credit for they are just lazy and do not seek the truth which leads them to believe the first thing they hear.

 

 

"I need more cowbell!" SNL

Every time I think Bill

Every time I think Bill Maher can't say anything more stupid than his previous comments, he proves me wrong.

WhatAMaroon

Stupid...

  Imagine if this were an argument over food.

  Food prices continue to rise because the demand for food continues to go up while the supply remains stagnant.

  Food production hits 80% import, while only 20% is produced domestically.

  Worldwide 86 million tons of food is consumed daily while only 84 million tons are produced per day.

  Dictator governed countries account for 20% of our imported food needs, and can easily cut that supply in half or more on a whim.

  Speculators, seeing a money making opportunity, buy as many food stores as they can and hold those stores as long as possible betting that food supplies will continue to dwindle and thus raising demand and prices even more.

  One major political party holds up more domestic production of food, in favor of "alternatives."

  There is an easy solution to counter all of this.  PRODUCE MORE FOOD!!!!  Opening up more federal lands for food production would have an immediate effect.  The threat of more domestic supply flooding the market would immediately cause a sell off by speculators.  No speculator is going to be willing to hold on to their food stores and lose their profit, or even worse lose their initial investment.  The lowering of bulk prices would lead to regional and local sellers to lower their prices in an attempt to defeat their competition.  Producing more domestic supplies would also lower our dependency on foreign sources which would make us less susceptible to the whims of foreign dictators.  It would also put pressure on those foreign sources to produce more themselves or be unable to compete when domestic sources do come online.

  It would be completely nonsensical to claim that, "we can't plant our way out of this," or even worse place yet another tax on the profits of those food producers to invest in unproven food "alternatives."  Yet, this is the very thing that Liberals are trying to do with oil.

  The fact that so many Liberals actually believe what Bill Maher and his ilk are shoveling, just goes to show that despite all of their education and training, intelligence is a rare commodity among leftists.

 

But they own leases on

But they own leases on desert land! Surely they can grow food there!

3strikes

I saw that movie too.

Charleton Heston dies at the end when he finds out where they get the alternate food source.

I ♣ my seal

But the results won't be seen until next years crops come in...

So the mantra would go:  because the crops would have to be planted and grown and harvested and the livestock would have to be born and raised from the low levels we currently have, we wouldn't see the benefits of the newly produced food for at least another year!  What good will that do NOW?!? It's useless to produce any new domestic food unless we can get it to the table next week!

This short sighted political power mongering by the left will keep us all paying higher prices for EVERYTHING that depends on gas to produce and deliver it until the people wise up and realize they are being played like a cheap harmonica by liberals who have a social agenda to force on us all, regardless of how much it costs us all.  

Anyone who doesn't see that is either blind, stupid or part of the agenda.

Everyone in the MSM seems to have missed (intentionally ignored?) the fact that almost immediately after Bush rescinded the executive order banning offshore drilling, the price of oil per barrel dropped several dollars within a couple of days.  This was due the SPECULATION (hello McFly!) involved in the price of oil. The fact that there COULD be more potential oil added in the FUTURE (i.e. speculation) caused the speculators to speculate that the supply would be greater, hence the price would go down, hence the immediate price went down. Does no one in the media have a clue about supply and demand economics?  This is elementary stuff, my 4 year old can understand! 

"The moment you give up your principles and your values, the moment you laugh at those principles and those values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period." - Oriana Fallaci

kirch...

I was about to comment on this subject when I saw your post. You saved me a lot of writing. Good job!

 

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Oil Speculation did not drop prices Supply and Demand Did

Speculators react to market events. Bush announcing his lifting of the offshore oil ban does not mean their will be drilling in the future because Congress has to lift the ban too. Speculators are aware of this. It was China's reduced demand and Saudi Arabia's increased supply which caused the prices to go down.

China cut it's oil subsidies, Saudi Arabia increase oil production by 700,000 bbl a day and China took over 1.7 million cars off the road for the Olympics.

 

The Anti 'Man-Made' Global Warming Resource

Bill the Pill

No Bill, you are the moron, smoke a little more Pot and even the stupid theories you like to float will seem even more logical to your addled mind.

I stopped watching Bill a long time ago when he refused to put more than one opposing view on his show and brow beat people he knew wouldn't fight back.  All I can say is that if I was on his "Panel" and he came off with the stupid crap he does the amount of cuss words used would make even HBO blush.

You have to understand that

You have to understand that Bill Maher is an economic illiterate.  He's paid well, and he thinks he's smarter than everyone else, but he's utterly clueless about the way the world operates.  Unless Hugh Hefner cuts him loose as the Playboy Mansion's shoe-shine boy/boudoir janitor, the only markets he's going to have to comprehend are for hookers and rohypnol.

 "Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan

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Maher

More and more, Maher sounds like he belives Barry is going to lose this election. He's quite afraid of that. Moreover, these comments simply demonstrate the elitist, "liberal" thought process. Anyone who disagrees with them is ignorant in their eyes. Ironically, it's just the opposite. Most "liberals", including Maher and King, are  ninnyhamers, IMHO.

NEVER,NEVER trust a"liberal"

Hi isia.... He and tons

Hi isia....

He and tons of others are getting scared shiteless....

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

BT

Hi, BT:

The recent "debate" in the church, the last two shows about the "character" and "experience" of John McCain vs. B.O., and now McCain up by 5. Could these be a sign of things to come in September and October? I think the Dims fear it. After all, Barry's not a strong closer.

NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"

isia... Oh yeah...I think

isia...

Oh yeah...I think so..it's looking bad for the O Man...I am enjoying it.

We think we've seen bias and hypocrisy in the msm, we ain't seen nothing yet.

You have to know they are very very scared...along with the messiah and team...the sock puppet is running on empty and after the convention there isn't going to be anything they can do about it....

Expect desperate measures in the msm like we've never seen, by desperate leftist lemmings who brung him here....

...this is one I am going to enjoy.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

A Slapfest

I could see Olbermann and this ass hat fighting over a pink purse at Macy's.

Dumb is as dumb gets!

Maher: Americans ‘Are Too Dumb’

Suspicions confirmed.  Now we know who Maher’s audiences are.

I'm glad I don't listen to Maher.

Bill Maher went on a diatribe about the stupidity of the American people, because he is dumbfounded by 2/3 of Americans who believe that offshore drilling will bring gas prices down.

An article in Bloomberg, posted on December 20, 2006, regarding the shortage of deep-sea drilling rigs in the Gulf, had some information in it that I found interesting.

Rig Shortage Slows Chevron Bid to Tap Offshore Fields
By Joe Carroll
December 20, 2006

[...]

A global shortage of deep-sea drilling rigs is costing Chevron precious time as it taps the Gulf, and the equipment deficit may keep oil prices high. A prime example is the $3 billion field dubbed Jack. Chevron and partner Devon Energy Corp. announced the deepest-ever well test there on Sept. 5.

[...]

... the deep Jack test, which showed for the first time that energy companies could exploit a layer of rocks that may hold as much as 15 billion barrels of oil.

Oil prices dropped 7.8 percent in six trading sessions after the Chevron and Devon statements Sept. 5. Chevron shares have climbed 15 percent since then.

[...]

I guess Maher considers me stupid for even thinking there might be a correlation between Chevron's announcement on September 5, 2006 and the following drop in oil prices of 7.8 percent.

I'm pretty sure that Maher would summarily dismiss this type of correlation, because it doesn't fit into his particular view of the world and how he thinks things should work.

"Americans are too

"Americans are too dumb..."

And that, in a nutshell, sums up the attitude of the people who consider themselves liberal elitists - even if they won't openly admit it to people other than those in their elitist circle. The thing is, a lot of dumb people identify with liberal elitism, because it makes them feel "smarter" and better than the "masses".

McNotObama '08

Being called dumb by Bill Maher....

Being called dumb by Bill Maher is like being called racist by Barack H. Obama.

Liberals really can't debate an issue with reason, so when met with a dissenting opinion, they declare, "You're too stupid to talk to!"

Bill Maher is a presumptuous yeasty pusillanimous pup who wouldn't have a job if his liberal media friends didn't prop him up as relevant.

I'm smarter than you

I have a Masters Degree.

In Social Work?

And your point would be?

Sweetie, anyone who has to wear it on her sleeve, put it on her business card, or use it as a screen name needs alot more therapy than your clinical supervisor can afford to do with you. 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Troll, you decide

This account reeks of troolhood. Been a member for 2 years and just started posting this week. Did somebody's primary account get banned? 

 

"I don't have time for this. You all can continue your co-dependency posts and make yourselves feel all chummy... Frankly, you all don't represent where America is going and you might as well get used to it."

--The Dooper

A Masters in what? Nose-picking? Booger-eating? Bed-wetting?

WHAT?

-Dave.

Vote None of the Above in '08!

"I'm smarter than

"I'm smarter than you".

You don't seem all that smart. You seem like a little bitch to me.

(Hope that smarts)

"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008

R1, I'm guessing a Master's in "Women's Studies."

-Dave.

Vote None of the Above in '08!

Dave

I have to admit, I give anyone credit  that can actually understand women :-)

You guys are right though anyone that starts a post by sayin "I'm smarter than you" deserves all the flames they get.

Real life video games are cool

shawn, Women's Studies has little or nothing to do with...

...understanding women.

LOL-All it really does is turn them into flag-waving man-haters!

Trust me, I once briefly dated a girl who went to Agnes Scott College here in Atlanta.

Bad news, that was.  :-(

-Dave.

Vote None of the Above in '08!

Ouch!

My condolences on that one. Glad to see you made it out with your skin.

Hope she at least had some nice....qualities. :)

"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008

R1, there was nothing wrong with her, ah, "qualities."

It was the space 'twixt her ears that was amiss.

Although I often sensed some inner turmoil within her, as if her common sense wasn't exactly meshing with what she was being "taught," in the end, she was just too far gone. 

Damned shame, that was.   :-(

-Dave.

Vote None of the Above in '08!

mswsocialwork

why be redundant redundant?

"You can not support the Troops if you do not support their Mission" 

Hey socialworker

Come in here flashing your credentials and you'd better have your ducks in a row. And if it's skooling your bragging about, get your spelling straight.

The plural of Master's Degree is Master's Degrees. Are you saying you have more than one Master's Degree?

What is a Masters Degree? Were your classes at Augusta?

I ♣ my seal

IN WHAT, INDEED!

Our public school district hired a woman with a PhD in parapsychology (for a general education position - something’s wrong there to begin with), we used to call her Dr. Vinkman, and she was useless and ended up getting fired for being an incompetent boob. So your point about having a degree holds little weight to impress here unless you clarify for what that Master's Degree was awarded. Based on the types of classes our indoctrinating universities call fields of study, the type and field of degree means more than simply having one. 

"The moment you give up your principles and your values, the moment you laugh at those principles and those values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period." - Oriana Fallaci

A masters in social work?

A masters in social work? Worth about 30 to 40K a year here and points south. And thats if your working in the private sector. A little more if you can get on with the VA. It has been my experience you dont need to be very smart for social work degrees. One reason the pay is so low. Most do it to feel good about themselves. Very few do it to really help others. My oldest has a masters in social work. I know alot of his friends, who also have masters in social work. The degree is worthless. None of them work in social work. They started out there, but bailed into business's and other things.

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

Come on, bass!

An M.S.W. degree merely teaches one how to be a more inefficient bureaucrat.  As if...one needs an advanced degree in how to be a little b***h!

I am so totally underwhelmed.

We need a better class of troll, here.

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

I am praying that

someone will remember all these stupid statements by the lefties like that POS Maher...and will demand retractions when all the idiots are proven wrong....Maher would never have the stones to admit he was wrong if we drill and the price of oil comes down...the left is INSANE...the only ideas they have are idiotic. Lefties want acres and acres of windmills, yet their own loony environMENTAList wackos will sue to stop the construction of power lines to get the electricity to the cities!! The lefties are nuts because they scream about overpopulation, yet sue McDonald's for selling unhealthy food!!! AGHHHHH!!

Maher

I think Mr. Maher makes very legitimate points about the intelligence of the American people.

 

Most can't name who the Prime Minister of Great Britain is. Most don't know that the Democrats have the majority in the House and Senate.

Besides, America hates intellectuals. We will always choose someone that we can have a beer with (like the guy who owns 8 houses and wears $520 Ferragamo loafers).

Like the guy who graduated in the bottom 1% of the Naval Academy and then managed to crash 5 planes and surrender. 

BTW...Why won't Senator McCain sign Standard Form 180? 

I think Mr. Maher makes

I think Mr. Maher makes very legitimate points about the intelligence of the American people.

Maybe he'd have "legitimate points about the intelligence of the American people" if he was directing these points at the correct "American people"...but he's not directing them at the ignorant, arrogant libs.

Most can't name who the Prime Minister of Great Britain is. Most don't know that the Democrats have the majority in the House and Senate.

If they can't name the Prime Minister of Great Britain, they can thank the imbeciles running the public schools into the ground...the Teacher Unions.  Unfortunately, we all know that the Democrats have the majority in both Houses of Congress.  Since Stretch Pelosi and Land Scam Reid assumed leadership, their anti-American, anti-business, pro-Socialism, "environmental" agenda has doubled gas prices and brought the economy near recession.

Besides, America hates intellectuals. We will always choose someone that we can have a beer with (like the guy who owns 8 houses and wears $520 Ferragamo loafers).

America doesn't hate intellectuals.  America resents self-absorbed pseudo-intellectuals in Hollywood, academia and the press...people who don't have a stake in the economy, who don't have a clue about how to create jobs, promote business or build an economy yet act like they are the ultimate authorities on all such subjects.  Besides for all the empty rhetoric about the Republican Party being the "party of the rich", I sure read a lot of articles complementing Nancy Pelosi's expensive, "tastefully-tailored" dress sense in contrast to the "rumpled" appearance of Dennis Hastert.  The $520 Ferragamos are typically the trappings of a Democrat's "obscene" wealth, not those of a Republican's.

Like the guy who graduated in the bottom 1% of the Naval Academy and then managed to crash 5 planes and surrender. 

True, our Party has claim to an actual war hero...as opposed to some clown who may have secured Purple Hearts through self-inflicted "accidents".  But focusing on McCain's academic qualifications is a bit rich given that your party is very close to nominating an admitted plagiarist who tried to claim he finished top of his law school class when he finished bottom as Obama's running mate (and that your most worshipped Senatorial icon got kicked out of Harvard for having someone else take his...get this...Spanish test...and that was before he got away with drowning a campaign aid).

But you're right, Bill Maher has a point

 

 

 

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan

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Standard form 180

Will Senator McCain ever sign it?

Wow! Way to miss the forest

Wow! Way to miss the forest for the trees there. You ARE a good little liberal troll.

"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008

Please.  Enlighten us. 

Please.  Enlighten us.  What is the significance of "Standard Form 180"?  If, as you suggest, John McCain has not signed "Standard Form 180", what is the practical meaning of that?  What would it mean to you if he did sign it?  I smell talking points...

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan

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Sociaworker is asking if McCain will release his military records so she can find out if he ratted out any of his buddies to the VC when they broke his arms and legs.

You see, socialworker wants to compare McCain's piddly little stint at the Hanoi Hilton with the grueling ordeal John Kerry went through in three entire months on a Swiftboat.

I'm thinking socialworker spent a lot of time in the corner back in "Masters School"

Of course there's always the possibility she earned it the hard way.

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Cool,

Of course there's always the possibility she earned it the hard way.

LOL-And I would wager that he/she/it is making all of about $8.00/hr for their troubles, too.

-Dave.

Vote None of the Above in '08!

I'd bet money RD

Socialworker is a she.

She's out googling Webster's online to prove she didn't spell "Master's Degree" wrong.

It's the equivalent of putting her in a round room and telling her to pee in the corner.

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mswsocialwhack,

Most can't name who the Prime Minister of Great Britain is

That would be primarily due to the fact that our schools were taken over by the government five decades ago, and have been run by liberals like you ever since.

-Dave.

Vote None of the Above in '08!

You tend to make his point

"I think Mr. Maher makes very legitimate points about the intelligence of the American people."

You do tend to make his point for him due to the rather low level of intelligence you display in your post.

"Most can't name who the Prime Minister of Great Britain is"

Most Americans don't live in Great Britain so this information is merely trivia to us.

"Most don't know that the Democrats have the majority in the House and Senate."

Don’t know, or won’t admit? Refer to their approval ratings before answering. Being the majority in Congress right now isn’t really something to be proud about and Americans tend to make themselves forget about the most embarrassing aspects of our leaders.

"Besides, America hates intellectuals."

No, we don’t. We respect intellectuals. What we hate are SMUG intellectuals who like to parade their credentials around in an attempt to impress us with their supposed intellect. Impress us with your actions, not your credentials.

"We will always choose someone that we can have a beer with (like the guy who owns 8 houses and wears $520 Ferragamo loafers)"

If he has that much money, he better be buying the next round!

"Like the guy who graduated in the bottom 1% of the Naval Academy and then managed to crash 5 planes and surrender. "

Do you know what else we hate? We hate juvenile comments like this that are designed sol