Maher is back: New Rules

Last night marked the return of Bill Maher's Real Time after a two-month hiatus. As usual, his show was marked with humor, lots of wit, and yes, some serious political discussion. His all-woman panel focused almost exclusively on the economy, and how much trouble we really are in. Not a great way to end an already downtrodden Friday, but we need plenty of frank political discussion like this - we sure aren't getting enough of it in our mainstream media.

I'm glad to see that Maher is continuing his tradition of finishing his show with the New Rules segment - I never miss it. Last night's was more funny than serious, & not his best, but still worth a listen. I'll cut him some slack, since he's just coming back from such a long layoff.

Maher's skewering of Republican Minority Leader John Boehner was particularly funny - seriously, why is this guy so tan? Of course, I can't add much to what Maher said, but I do find it pretty funny. And by the way, I'd like to know just how one comes up with the pronunciation BAY-ner with that spelling? God, the poor guy - he must have been mercilessly teased as a child - that's a lot of anger to be carrying around. His anger took a pretty funny turn last week, which I'll discuss in just a bit.

Set your DVRs for Friday nights at 10 - it's must-view TV for Progressives.