Maher's New Rules

I forgot to post these last weekend, but they are still apropos and worth a listen. Plus, Maher is taking a week off, so his show won't be seen tonight on HBO; normally it airs every Friday night at 11 p.m. with lots of repeats throughout the week. So, here's a clip to tide you over until his show returns next week.

I won't try to add much to the clip above - it stands on its own, but I love how he dealt with the already trite "3 a.m. phone call" adverts from both the Hillary and Obama camps.

He's also spot on about people who are willfully misinformed and/or uninformed. It's quite amazing to me how many people there are in America today who fit one or both of the above descriptions, and some of them I know personally. Newsflash, people - if you're getting your information from one source, you're not really getting news - you're just getting that source's bias and slant on the news. (This is why I have such a big issue with the sheeple who watch Fox News - their version of reality is hard to reconcile in even the most forgiving of circumstances.)

Maher deserves credit for taking a stand against the 9-11 conspiracy theorists, too; I happen to share his opinion that 9-11 was not an inside job, but is it so far out there that I'd be completely blown away if it ever were revealed that it was? Nope - that's how little credibility this administration has.

Anyway, he wraps up with what is no doubt his line of the year...

How do I know 9-11 wasn't an inside job? Because it was a success! It took lots of planning!

Amen.

Friday's New Rules are Maher's best yet

I've been singing Bill Maher's praises for some time now, and last night, on his HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher, he was at his ball-busting best during his New Rules, which he ends every show with every week.

My favorite part about this one was the very end - the total falsehoods and lies that are bumping around the Internet as "facts" when it comes to Barack Obama. Maher also strikes gold when he mentions how Republicans are bastardizing the memory of the late William F. Buckley, a reasonable yet well-spoken conservative and founder of The National Review. Buckley represents old-school conservatism, which is a trip down Sensible Street when compared to the likes of the scum that occupy most of the far right today; Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Lielly, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter and Dr. Michael Wiener Savage among them.

I'll my own personal thoughts of the use of Barack Obama's middle name soon in a separate post.