Raspy left-wing talk show host Lionel (no surnames needed) hailed fellow leftist Bill Maher Friday on the Huffington Post with an article titled "God Bless Bill Maher." Lionel says he should win, without any challenge, "the award for best critical thinking by a television news commentator." (He quickly steps on that analysis by adding, "Bill Maher and Jon Stewart have earned my seal of approval for cogent commentary.") Why the honor? The atheism is apparently lovable:
Bill Maher has a point of view shot through his own perspective barrel with its own rifling. You can see his comedic ballistic marks. We know his frame of reference. Personally, I love his take on religion and [Maher's film] Religulous is brilliant. I'm biased. As is he.
While on the subject, it's perhaps one of the best compendia of religious and Biblical lore. Lore, mind you, not fact. He learned a very serious lesson when he dared to make a crack about the bravery of the 9/11 hijackers. Let's hope that issue doesn't recrudesce; that's history. I will say that the event certainly gave Bill an obvious hypersensitivity to the issue. Maybe that's why he has bought the official version hook, line and stinker -- er, sinker -- thus earning him the ultimate label of disparagement among the 9/11 truth-seekers: Gatekeeper. But that's for another time.
Alert for Maher and Jon Stewart: beware being hailed as "cogent" by someone who thinks 9/11 may be a Bush conspiracy. Lionel announced that he loves how Maher is not on Obama toady, since he is a "stoner" and thinks that the Crocodile Hunter deserved to die:
Bill has his perspective, his take, his riff, his biases. No doubt. (Did I mention I love "New Rules"?) All right, enough with the paeans. Bill Maher is not a lap dog for Barack Obama. He's not a fawning, obsequious toady whose eyes flutter when you dare mention B.O.'s name. He doesn't immediately jump on the DNC or progressive bandwagon. He's got gonadal elephantiasis. He agrees when he agrees. He's obviously a stoner and makes no bones about it. He agrees with me that the late Steve Irwin met his demise by unnecessarily annoying a stingray. It was self-defense for Chrissakes. That's very non-progressive. Remember, liberals and progressives are smart, not brilliant, and not necessarily funny.
Lionel does lack a certain compassion for humanity when he suggests animals are more precious than humans. But all kinds of liberals oppose the "slavery" of zoos, like Cher, for one. Lionel, of course, believed that in any zoo combat between a tiger and a human spectator, the tiger should win:
Call me wacky, but hurray for the tiger that killed the kid who was...taunting him. Now, I know this is not right...but let's hear it for the wild...I loathe zoos. I'm still cheering the fact that some stingray whacked that Aussie pain-in-the-ass Steve Irwin.
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.




















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not brilliant, and not necessarily funny.
March 27, 2009 - 13:53 ET by upcountrywaterWhich god do you pray to?
What a view into an OAF voter, skull full of EVIL.
P.R.I.N.T. Money 30 sec YT
poor lionel
March 27, 2009 - 13:59 ET by larry on LIlooks like a clinical trial subject, gone terribly wrong.
It's wrong to pick on someone for their looks...
March 27, 2009 - 14:42 ET by WhoIsJohnGalthowever, since we're on the subject...that's not a forehead, it's a FIVEhead!
I had the same thought
March 27, 2009 - 14:55 ET by ApacheAt first I thought it was a photoshop job. It's Herman Munster. He proves Maher wrong without even realizing it. God invented radio to keep him off TV.
Re Herman Munster
March 27, 2009 - 15:42 ET by slickwillie2001There are rare occasions when I can look at a picture and simply conclude -gay.
I thought it
March 27, 2009 - 16:42 ET by Dan Diegowas John Cusack's uglier brother, Joan being the just plain ugly brother.
BTW, I'm sure the guy won't
March 27, 2009 - 15:07 ET by ApacheBTW, I'm sure the guy won't find any of this funny. Look how highbrow he could get with that thing.
At least he admits that
March 27, 2009 - 14:01 ET by motherbeltAt least he admits that both he and Maher are biased.
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
Lionel
March 27, 2009 - 14:02 ET by The ButcherI used to be one of the 7 listeners who occasionally tuned in to his radio show on 77-WABC in NY. It good to see he hasn't changed any in the 15 years since I last heard him. He's an effeminate dope still...
how can anyone - even a liberal - be so unkind?!?
March 27, 2009 - 14:04 ET by clinging to my guns and my religion"I'm still cheering the fact that some stingray whacked that Aussie pain-in-the-ass Steve Irwin."
steve irwin did more to elevate wild animals in the hearts and minds of the younger generation than anyone else i can think of. he left behind a beautiful family, and many, many adoring fans. on the other hand, bill maher has proven over and over again that he has no redeeming qualities. lionel's remark just proves he is lower than pond scum!
"i believe he will not stop until we are all jobless, homeless, hungry, and cold!"
coliseum
March 27, 2009 - 14:13 ET by boomerconThis guy, and his love object, give credence to the idea of re-opening the coliseum, complete with lions...and this time the "non-christians".
Just a thought...
agree, but do you really...
March 27, 2009 - 14:41 ET by clinging to my guns and my religion...want to torture the lions like that? think of the indigestion from eating all that you-know-what!!
"i believe he will not stop until we are all jobless, homeless, hungry, and cold!"
Lions eating libtards?
March 27, 2009 - 16:54 ET by RukusNah, they'd just scratch sand over 'em.
Gary
"Things can only bother you if you let them bother you" -My Dad
Thankfully, neither Maher nor Lionel
March 27, 2009 - 14:39 ET by WhoIsJohnGalthave yet seen it wise to procreate, and in the case of Lionel...it would appear that nature has seen fit to tell him and his ilk, "No, it doesn't work that way, you need one of each to make this offspring thing work."
Not that there's anything wrong with being gay...the gays have always been a polite people, ever since they emigrated from France.
france?
March 27, 2009 - 14:53 ET by AJBI thought they all floated here from England...
lionel
March 27, 2009 - 14:08 ET by frannyThis guy changes sides more than Arlen Spector. He used to be a very right talk show host in Tampa, not a very good one either. I guess he found a spot on Huffy for a little while.
Shouldn't Billy boy
March 27, 2009 - 14:11 ET by tmullen20736"God Bless Bill Maher."
Shouldn't Billy boy be offended by this remark? Since he is an atheist shouldn't he be screaming on his next show and telling the Huff post to keep their brain dead religulous thoughts to themselves.
The best day of my life was when I cancel HBO I was so tired of this pointless Maher creeping into my surfing through the channels. He is a dweeb
January 20, 2012 - Nobama
its lucky for bill God does
March 27, 2009 - 22:41 ET by TruthMongerits lucky for bill God does bless him all day long - life, air, water, food, clothing, free country, five working senses, protection from a zillions major diseases, his mother didn't abort him, etc etc etc x 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
who's worst prez ever now?!!
Lionel is a host who was on
March 27, 2009 - 14:15 ET by Conserv1Lionel is a host who was on both WOR and WABC in NYC off and on between 1994 and 2007, before going to Air America. He used to always call himself an independent, but sharply went to the left around 2004, and became a complete liberal. I'm not sure if he even has dropped the independent label now, but he's definitely to the left. All he does now is make fun of conservatives, but overall he was a very boring host. When he arrived on WOR in the spring of 2003, he said he didn't care if we find any WMDS were found in Iraq, because the invasion went so well. He also said he could never believe that 9/11 was an inside job no matter if it was a Republican or Democratic administration in charge, and now he criticizes those who buy into the official story. The guy failed in radio on WOR from 2003-2007, and apparently has failed on Air America.
Stoners and crackheads
March 27, 2009 - 14:17 ET by Joe CamelHey, stoners and crackheads are what is feeding the violence in Mexico. Maybe we should hold all those libtards responsible, but..no, no..it is the gun..yes, yes, that evil gun is causing the issues..turn away, and don't watch me consume my drugs..nothing to see here.
These people are pathetic, and as far as I am concerned, about as funny as watching cancer slowly take someone's life.
Edit..the crackheads currently reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, DC..
"He learned a very serious
March 27, 2009 - 14:36 ET by Bettendor"He learned a very serious lesson when he dared to make a crack about the bravery of the 9/11 hijackers."
He certainly did. Christians typically don't fight back in a violent way, so he is safe from harm.
Lionel, step in front of a train
March 27, 2009 - 15:50 ET by jefflebowskiLionel says about Maher, "I'm biased. As is he." No, you're stupid and annoying, as is he.
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Bill is agnostic, SO...
March 27, 2009 - 18:20 ET by Radar_One"Unknown, unseen possibly real or imagined thingy bless you"
Barack Obama= Half Honkey...ALL Donkey
What's Wrong With Being An Agnostic?
March 27, 2009 - 22:05 ET by The7SticksI became an agnostic Jew a few years ago when my mother died. I kept wondering to myself, why would God do this to my mother? Why would He take away a son's mother when he needed her now more than ever to make it through life? Was it because she was so sick and in pain that she needed to be freed from the shackles of life so she could go up to heaven? Was it because God enjoys putting my family through all sorts of suffering? Was it because I didn't believe religiously enough? I contemplated many of these thoughts in the interim after my mother died. After that, I simply couldn't accept that God was just anymore, or that perhaps God didn't exist.
That's why I became an agnostic. I didn't give up on God, per se, but I have a highly strained relationship with him. I believe this is also the explanation as to why Darwin became more secular. The loss of a loved one always brings so much doubt that there is a God for many of us. I don't know why it happens, but it just tends to for a lot of us converts to agnosticism, atheism or secularism.
This is also one of those things that conservatives tend to do to alienate moderates or liberals who might be inclined to re-register as Republicans. It's not so much that there is too much religion being preached, but rather that they tend to look with distain to us non-believers or semi-believers. That is certainly one of the reasons I simply cannot in good conscience join the Republican party. Why must I be part of something where I may agree with them 70 or 80 percent of the time, but it's the 20-to-30 percent that I dissagree with that is always unacceptable or, dare I say it, blasphemous?
your mother isn't dead -
March 27, 2009 - 22:26 ET by TruthMongeryour mother isn't dead - her human body is just gone - if that helps...
God knows how you feel - He lost a son...
who's worst prez ever now?!!
Me Too! Bill is so very very brave.
March 28, 2009 - 06:05 ET by JWFBill is so brave to take on the relatively benign turn the other cheek religion that is Christianity.
Cuz hey, don't want to take on that other religion that beheads anyone it has deemed to have issued an insult against it. You know that religion that is misongynist, homophobic, and backward as all hell. You know that religion that tolerates no other religion. BILL IS SO BRAVE TO NOT INSULT THEM.
GO BILL! You take on those christians. HEAD ON! Cuz hey, they won't kill you in the street like Theo Van Gogh now will they.
Bill is my hero.
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.
That picture
March 28, 2009 - 01:18 ET by RukusI see Eddie Munster is sporting a beard now. Crazy times.
Gary
"Things can only bother you if you let them bother you" -My Dad
Lionel
March 28, 2009 - 09:25 ET by VinncyGWhen Lionel first started with WABC radio he was a Conservative/Independent. All of a sudden he is this big leftist liberal on WOR radio. He stand for absolutely nothing but whatever gets him a pay check. Actually Pink is a good color for one.