An article on ignorance, courtesy of Bill Maher

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I didn't call it stupidity, but Bill did....

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Bill Maher: New Rule: Smart President ≠ Smart Country (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-smart-president_b_253996.html)

New Rule: Smart President ≠ Smart Country

New Rule: Just because a country elects a smart president doesn't make it a smart country. A few weeks ago I was asked by Wolf Blitzer if I thought Sarah Palin could get elected president, and I said I hope not, but I wouldn't put anything past this stupid country. It was amazing - in the minute or so between my calling America stupid and the end of the Cialis commercial, CNN was flooded with furious emails and the twits hit the fan. And you could tell that these people were really mad because they wrote entirely in CAPITAL LETTERS!!! It's how they get the blood circulating when the Cialis wears off. Worst of all, Bill O'Reilly refuted my contention that this is a stupid country by calling me a pinhead, which A) proves my point, and B) is really funny coming from a doody-face like him.

Now, the hate mail all seemed to have a running theme: that I may live in a stupid country, but they lived in the greatest country on earth, and that perhaps I should move to another country, like Somalia. Well, the joke's on them because I happen to have a summer home in Somalia... and no I can't show you an original copy of my birth certificate because Woody Harrelson spilled bong water on it.

And before I go about demonstrating how, sadly, easy it is to prove the dumbness dragging down our country, let me just say that ignorance has life and death consequences. On the eve of the Iraq War, 69% of Americans thought Saddam Hussein was personally involved in 9/11. Four years later, 34% still did. Or take the health care debate we're presently having: members of Congress have recessed now so they can go home and "listen to their constituents." An urge they should resist because their constituents don't know anything. At a recent town-hall meeting in South Carolina, a man stood up and told his Congressman to "keep your government hands off my Medicare," which is kind of like driving cross country to protest highways.

I'm the bad guy for saying it's a stupid country, yet polls show that a majority of Americans cannot name a single branch of government, or explain what the Bill of Rights is. 24% could not name the country America fought in the Revolutionary War. More than two-thirds of Americans don't know what's in Roe v. Wade. Two-thirds don't know what the Food and Drug Administration does. Some of this stuff you should be able to pick up simply by being alive. You know, like the way the Slumdog kid knew about cricket.

Not here. Nearly half of Americans don't know that states have two senators and more than half can't name their congressman. And among Republican governors, only 30% got their wife's name right on the first try.

Sarah Palin says she would never apologize for America. Even though a Gallup poll says 18% of Americans think the sun revolves around the earth. No, they're not stupid. They're interplanetary mavericks. A third of Republicans believe Obama is not a citizen, and a third of Democrats believe that George Bush had prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks, which is an absurd sentence because it contains the words "Bush" and "knowledge."

People bitch and moan about taxes and spending, but they have no idea what their government spends money on. The average voter thinks foreign aid consumes 24% of our federal budget. It's actually less than 1%. And don't even ask about cabinet members: seven in ten think Napolitano is a kind of three-flavored ice cream. And last election, a full one-third of voters forgot why they were in the booth, handed out their pants, and asked, "Do you have these in a relaxed-fit?"

And I haven't even brought up America's religious beliefs. But here's one fun fact you can take away: did you know only about half of Americans are aware that Judaism is an older religion than Christianity? That's right, half of America looks at books called the Old Testament and the New Testament and cannot figure out which one came first.

And these are the idiots we want to weigh in on the minutia of health care policy? Please, this country is like a college chick after two Long Island Iced Teas: we can be talked into anything, like wars, and we can be talked out of anything, like health care. We should forget town halls, and replace them with study halls. There's a lot of populist anger directed towards Washington, but you know who concerned citizens should be most angry at? Their fellow citizens. "Inside the beltway" thinking may be wrong, but at least it's thinking, which is more than you can say for what's going on outside the beltway.

And if you want to call me an elitist for this, I say thank you. Yes, I want decisions made by an elite group of people who know what they're talking about. That means Obama budget director Peter Orszag, not Sarah Palin.

Which is the way our founding fathers wanted it. James Madison wrote that "pure democracy" doesn't work because "there is nothing to check... an obnoxious individual." Then, in the margins, he doodled a picture of Joe the Plumber.

Until we admit there are things we don't know, we can't even start asking the questions to find out. Until we admit that America can make a mistake, we can't stop the next one. A smart guy named Chesterton once said: "My country, right or wrong is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying... It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'" To which most Americans would respond: "Are you calling my mother a drunk?"

[FORD]

I thought Chimpy was the dumbest person to ever get mainstream media attention. Then came Sarah Palin. And just when I thought that had to be scraping the bottom of the proverbial Alaskan oil barrel, this braindead birther Oily Twatz shows up.

Only a stupid person would give credibility to any of the three.

[jhale667]

Maher nailed it, as usual.


:guitar:

[Seshmeister]

Yeah he's very good, you can get a podcast of his show free on iTunes.

The thing is that there are lots of dumb people in all countries. The stats he quotes are scary but I don't know if it's a failure of polls that only collect the thoughts of people too stupid or bored to avoid pollsters. The difference that some people in the US need to get over though is that most countries don't then want to elect the dumb people. They might elect assholes in fact they usually do but retards usually don't make it, never mind to the top.

[Baby's On Fire]

Yeah he's very good, you can get a podcast of his show free on iTunes.

The thing is that there are lots of dumb people in all countries. The stats he quotes are scary but I don't know if it's a failure of polls that only collect the thoughts of people too stupid or bored to avoid pollsters. The difference that some people in the US need to get over though is that most countries don't then want to elect the dumb people. They might elect assholes in fact they usually do but retards usually don't make it, never mind to the top.


Sesh....they really ARE STUPID PEOPLE. Welcome to the USA....Sorry dudes...I love the USA...but Bill Maher is right like he is always.....the smart people are the exception...the vast majority are dumb cunts...like those who elected Bush twice..and who blame Obama for the woes of the country.

Fucking truly an amazing study of human stupidity. USA USA USA

[FORD]

It's by design. The corporate TV/print media and all the Limpdick/BecKKK types on the radio are the most obvious examples.

[Guitar Shark]

Sarah Palin says she would never apologize for America. Even though a Gallup poll says 18% of Americans think the sun revolves around the earth. No, they're not stupid. They're interplanetary mavericks. A third of Republicans believe Obama is not a citizen, and a third of Democrats believe that George Bush had prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks, which is an absurd sentence because it contains the words "Bush" and "knowledge."


Just in case you missed it, FORD, he's talking about you. :hee:

Great post VA

[Seshmeister]

But I think there is something distinctly American with this anti intellectual inverse snobbery thing that you don't see so much in other Western countries.

Actually its basically a US Republican thing as Clinton and Obama are obviously smart just as Bush and Raygun weren't.

I don't understand why people would want a dumb ill informed person in charge of their country. I want someone much smarter and more responsible than me running stuff. I wish some of these asshole Fox commentators would use the same selection criteria they do with their love of Palin when choosing their doctors...

[GAR]

Yeah he's very good, you can get a podcast of his show free on iTunes.

I actually saw a full episode of his show a few years ago, he's the boring comedian-turned-satire talk showhost if I'm not mistaken..

[FORD]

Just in case you missed it, FORD, he's talking about you. :hee:

Great post VA

Well, there's absolutely no doubt that Chimpy had prior knowledge of the attacks. Only a degree of involvement which could have been anything from ignorance to incompetence to involvement, depending on which theory you believe.

But there's no question that he had enough information to know that his old family friend (and father's "former" employee) Osama was planning an attack on the US.

[GAR]

We'll see how great Barry Stanley/Soetero/Obama/or whatever the fuck it is he wants to call himself this decade really is like on the warpath when he flies in to take credit for Bin Laden's capture, and the great photo op Pelosi will flaut because of it.

.. to which the Dow will shoot up 300 points in a day, to which Pelosi will take credit for THAT too.

[bueno bob]

Maher.

NAILED IT.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

This was actually his last "New Rule" on last night's show.... He ended it with the Old/New Testament line...

[jhale667]

Had to share this...Facebook post from my birther co-worker about this (it came out strangely well before his show aired last night on the Huffington Post, and I'd posted it on FB too)

"Ah yes the fool of fools speaks again, his own ignorance and ridiculous buffoonery is such that no one really take this idiot seriously"

THEN the asshat went on to praise Sarah Palin's despicable lie about the "death panels"
GO SARAH, SPEAK THE TRUTH FOR US ALL.

Fucking stupid indeed....:rolleyes:

[bueno bob]

Had to share this...Facebook post from my birther co-worker about this (it came out strangely well before his show aired last night on the Huffington Post, and I'd posted it on FB too)

"Ah yes the fool of fools speaks again, his own ignorance and ridiculous buffoonery is such that no one really take this idiot seriously"

THEN the asshat went on to praise Sarah Palin's despicable lie about the "death panels"
GO SARAH, SPEAK THE TRUTH FOR US ALL.

Fucking stupid indeed....:rolleyes:

I'm tellin' ya...kick him in the nuts! :D

[hideyoursheep]

Well, there's absolutely no doubt that Chimpy had prior knowledge of the attacks. Only a degree of involvement which could have been anything from ignorance to incompetence to involvement, depending on which theory you believe.

But there's no question that he had enough information to know that his old family friend (and father's "former" employee) Osama was planning an attack on the US.

Yeah.

I mean, how the FUCK do you blow off a memo entitled Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the US?

I guess when my electric bill comes, I can ignore it.

[hideyoursheep]

Had to share this...Facebook post from my birther co-worker about this (it came out strangely well before his show aired last night on the Huffington Post, and I'd posted it on FB too)

"Ah yes the fool of fools speaks again, his own ignorance and ridiculous buffoonery is such that no one really take this idiot seriously"

THEN the asshat went on to praise Sarah Palin's despicable lie about the "death panels"
GO SARAH, SPEAK THE TRUTH FOR US ALL.

Fucking stupid indeed....:rolleyes:

Perfect example of how Joe Dumbass has gotten away from choosing leaders in favor of cheerleaders.

[jhale667]

I'm tellin' ya...kick him in the nuts! :D

I'm fully going to now...this is the latest one...

"Sara Palin is the heart and soul of America. She is honest and she is a wonderful person. I am proud to have her in our camp, and that she represents who and what most Americans really are."


It'd be :lmao: were it not so :mad:

[LoungeMachine]

I'm fully going to now...this is the latest one...

"Sara Palin is the heart and soul of America. She is honest and she is a wonderful person. I am proud to have her in our camp, and that she represents who and what most Americans really are."


It'd be :lmao: were it not so :mad:


So this guy agrees with Bill Maher then. We're a country of idiots

:gulp:

[WACF]

It's by design. The corporate TV/print media and all the Limpdick/BecKKK types on the radio are the most obvious examples.

I have always found it odd...to me it seems the media in the US likes to tell you what they think...what stars or celebrities think...and are not concerned with letting you think.

Your more well know news people/shows like to give their angle on the facts...instead of just the facts.

In some cases...our media is terrible too...I hate it.

[Baby's On Fire]

The Canadian media is just boring, except for some shows like W5 or Fifth Estate.

60 Minutes is certainly credible and unbiased, and so is Dateline to some degree.

I had respect for CNN at one time, but now I see they've become tabloid TV.

[jhale667]

Perfect example of how Joe Dumbass has gotten away from choosing leaders in favor of cheerleaders.

It's fucking pathetic.
Joe Dumbass is currently busy being convinced he needs to "Take his America back"...from the Black President and the Hispanic Supreme Court Judge...:rolleyes:

[FORD]

The Canadian media is just boring, except for some shows like W5 or Fifth Estate.

60 Minutes is certainly credible and unbiased, and so is Dateline to some degree.

I had respect for CNN at one time, but now I see they've become tabloid TV.

60 Minutes isn't even what it used to be, unfortunately. I think Morley Safer is the only one of the old guard who is even on the show anymore (aside from Andy Rooney's editorial commentary at the end of the show) and some of the more recent replacements are typical corporate media whore types. Scott Pelly is a useless tool who has to be embedded by the CIA. And they even have Anderson Vanderbildt Cooper on far too often, which brings the uselessness of post- Ted Turner CNN into the former credibility of CBS. Lara Logan is pretty good though (and she's kinda hot, for that matter)

[Baby's On Fire]

When the great Mike Wallace left the show, I knew it would never be the same.

I'm not sure if even Don Hewitt is still producing......But Lesley Stahl is a good reporter, and I have no problem with Anderson Cooper.

I never did like Dan Rather being on that show. It gave it a flavour of corporate shilling.

[LoungeMachine]

I'm not sure if even Don Hewitt is still producing.......

Not since like 2004

Don Hewitt, "60 Minutes" Creator, Has Cancer (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/18/don-hewitt-60-minutes-cre_n_176633.html)

:gulp:

[Baby's On Fire]

Well I haven't been following the show much like I used to.

Mike Wallace is a legend. I remember watching a piece where he walked in on the owner of some sham business, and the guy took off and ran. Mike Wallace and the cameraman were chasing the guy through the back halls like it was that Beastie Boy's Video...Sabotage. Knocking over garbage cans and stuff/

Mike Wallace even then was in his 70's...what a badass.

[Nickdfresh]

60 Minutes...
Lara Logan is pretty good though (and she's kinda hot, for that matter)

What's amazing is that she is so hot, and such a great journalist at the same time -unlike the Fox barbie dolls. And her Aussie accent makes me touch myself...

[Nickdfresh]

When the great Mike Wallace left the show, I knew it would never be the same.

I'm not sure if even Don Hewitt is still producing......But Lesley Stahl is a good reporter, and I have no problem with Anderson Cooper.

I never did like Dan Rather being on that show. It gave it a flavour of corporate shilling.

I too have no problem with Cooper, he's a decent, solid reporter even if he is a bit of a camera whore that resorts to silly 'action man' antics from time to time. Stahl is decent, and I want to like Rather. But he's definitely a fish out of water on that show. I don't think of him as "corporate," but I do think he is totally out of his element there. But I can never quite put my finger on why...

[Nickdfresh]

Well I haven't been following the show much like I used to.

Mike Wallace is a legend. I remember watching a piece where he walked in on the owner of some sham business, and the guy took off and ran. Mike Wallace and the cameraman were chasing the guy through the back halls like it was that Beastie Boy's Video...Sabotage. Knocking over garbage cans and stuff/

Mike Wallace even then was in his 70's...what a badass.

What the hell happened to his seed? Man, his idiot son is one pandering, soulless douchebag...

[jacksmar]

"A part of me wanted to punch him right there."

Yes, Fucktard shit-stain Barry H Obama is a fucking genius. FBHO is an unlettered prick with a racial hair trigger. B Ho is a bigger A Ho than Marion Barry.

Keep sucking that hope and change diarrhea cocktail, sheep.

It’s easy to bullshit the gullible.
:finger33:

[jacksmar]

Oh and for the fucking record, I’m through with the Republicans. The dumb cock suckers couldn’t get shit correct when they had a chance ( pay down the national debt, kill the NEA, flat tax) and President Bush pissed away the opportunity to flatten Fallujah; no survivors, no questions.

They all need to go in 2010. EVERYONE.

[FORD]

It’s easy to bullshit the gullible.


As the 8 years of continuous Bush worship from yourself and others on this board proved beyond any reasonable doubt.

[Baby's On Fire]

Oh and for the fucking record, I’m through with the Republicans. The dumb cock suckers couldn’t get shit correct when they had a chance ( pay down the national debt, kill the NEA, flat tax) and President Bush pissed away the opportunity to flatten Fallujah; no survivors, no questions.

They all need to go in 2010. EVERYONE.

Flatten Fallujah...no survivors huh?

And what of any innocent people who might get hurt? Fuck 'em right?

You should be at ease. All the innocent people butchered in Iraq should make up for the lack of slaughter in Fallujah.

And President Bush missed a lot of opportunities. Like perhaps get Osama Bin Laden. Or maybe restore the respect the USA once had in the World.

Nah....Iraq was more important.

[jhale667]

There you go confusing him with logic again...;)


Ironically, I'd also posted this at uh....at another site....:D and the people complaining the loudest about it are exactly the kind of people Maher's talking about...:hee: much like my co-worker...

[jacksmar]

Fuck Fallujah. Fuck Iraq. If the whole point was oil, why don’t we have all of it?

FORD, pull your fist out Ray Daniels ass and put down the diarrhea cocktail. You’re deep in the line to get to FBHO’s bath water. The only Bush worship happening here is the same Cindy Sheehan syndrome you have for Bush. Without Bush, you’re just another noob

FBHO quote: You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to wean ourselves off Middle East oil, through an energy policy that doesn’t simply serve the interests of Exxon and Mobil.

Obviously the unlettered shit stain hasn’t moved from Middle East oil. That’s why FBHO bent over in the Middle East. Not smart.

"Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain...administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change." --Amman, Jordan, July 22, 2008; Direct quote from FBHO, not smart.

None of you picked up on this genius. What the fuck was FBHO trying to say? Who the fuck is Robert Malley? Why did FBHO give this man a job? FBHO surrounds himself with people who are anti-Israel advocates and stutters and mumbles this bullshit? Not smart.

The genius here is that Wright taught FBHO to blame 911 on America because of our foreign policy. Not smart.

FBHO is dumber than Carter. :finger33:

[hideyoursheep]

FBHO is dumber than Carter. :finger33:

Yet smarter than Reagan, Bush, Quayle and Palin combined.



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[Big Train]

I didn't call it stupidity, but Bill did....

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Bill Maher: New Rule: Smart President ≠ Smart Country (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-smart-president_b_253996.html)

New Rule: Smart President ≠ Smart Country



And these are the idiots we want to weigh in on the minutia of health care policy? Please, this country is like a college chick after two Long Island Iced Teas: we can be talked into anything, like wars, and we can be talked out of anything, like health care. We should forget town halls, and replace them with study halls. There's a lot of populist anger directed towards Washington, but you know who concerned citizens should be most angry at? Their fellow citizens. "Inside the beltway" thinking may be wrong, but at least it's thinking, which is more than you can say for what's going on outside the beltway.

And if you want to call me an elitist for this, I say thank you. Yes, I want decisions made by an elite group of people who know what they're talking about. That means Obama budget director Peter Orszag, not Sarah Palin.

Which is the way our founding fathers wanted it. James Madison wrote that "pure democracy" doesn't work because "there is nothing to check... an obnoxious individual." Then, in the margins, he doodled a picture of Joe the Plumber.

Until we admit there are things we don't know, we can't even start asking the questions to find out. Until we admit that America can make a mistake, we can't stop the next one. A smart guy named Chesterton once said: "My country, right or wrong is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying... It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'" To which most Americans would respond: "Are you calling my mother a drunk?"

So, Bill Maher's take isn't that we are so dumb because we bow to our corporate masters, it's that we are so dumb because we don't bow to our Democratic masters who clearly are the smartest and know what's best for us.

That is some powerful Kool-Aid Barry is serving. Bill is using it in his bong water.

Bill Maher is a self serve elitist in the worst sense. He is right and if you disagree, you are absolutely wrong and probably beneath him. He represents everything that has gone wrong with intellectual discourse in this country. It's now just intellectual coarse. There is no debate. It's "My idea is right and if you disagree, I mock you".

Now again, since I HAVE to say this to cover at least 6 replies, YES there are others on the right who are just the same. They also represent what is wrong.

If this "that set em straight" essay is being held up as a shining example of what is right, that is what is wrong.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I take it you missed this episode ???

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[Mushroom]

This might be mind blowing to you blowhard Liberals, but I voted for Bush twice, because I said Fuck Gore, and Fuck Kerry. Even more mind blowing is the fact that I knew all these answers, and more, BEFORE I Voted for Bush. And you may be even more surprised to know that I also voted for OBAMA. What?? And get this: believe it or not, I know some intellectual Republicans – holy shit! Republicans? Yeah! They have their reasons too.

What does the following say? That there is a clear Bi-Partisan distinction between who knows these answers and who doesn’t? WRONG. But ask yourself this: how many people blame poor education in inner-city ghettos for not knowing the answers to these basic questions? Are not those areas generally Liberal voters? Yes they are (Yes I Can). Ok, what about poor education in metropolitan areas, in general? Same thing, in general, the metropolitan areas are liberal.




Iraq War, 69&#37; of Americans thought Saddam Hussein was personally involved in 9/11 (NOT ME)

Four years later, 34% still did (NOT ME, again)

Polls show that a majority of Americans cannot name a single branch of government (YES I CAN)

Explain the Bill of Rights (YES I CAN)

24% could not name the country America fought in the Revolutionary War (YES I CAN)

More than two-thirds of Americans don't know what's in Roe v. Wade (I DO)

Two-thirds don't know what the Food and Drug Administration does (I DO)

Nearly half of Americans don't know that states have two senators and more than half can't name their congressman (I DO)

A Gallup poll says 18% of Americans think the sun revolves around the earth (NOT ME)

Did you know only about half of Americans are aware that Judaism is an older religion than Christianity? (I KNEW THAT)

My point is that we have stupid people on both sides of the aisle; and we have intelligent people on both sides of the aisle. It encourages me to say Fuck You Self-Righteous Democrats :fufu:

[Nitro Express]

Sesh....they really ARE STUPID PEOPLE. Welcome to the USA....Sorry dudes...I love the USA...but Bill Maher is right like he is always.....the smart people are the exception...the vast majority are dumb cunts...like those who elected Bush twice..and who blame Obama for the woes of the country.

Fucking truly an amazing study of human stupidity. USA USA USA

No need to worry. Create a swine flu panic by releasing a man made virus in Mexico and let it spread. Then hype the problem all summer in the media. In the Fall vaccinate the dumb people who fall for it with tainted vaccine and kill them off.

[jhale667]

Great, Mushroom...you're a "smart one". Congrats. :rolleyes:
Interesting the guilty-conscience Repub types here who took Maher's statement to mean he was ONLY talking about Republicans...he's the first one to say there's idiots on both sides on the aisle, and he continually criticizes Democrats as well.
But that doesn't fit your agenda, does it?

[Nitro Express]

This might be mind blowing to you blowhard Liberals, but I voted for Bush twice, because I said Fuck Gore, and Fuck Kerry. Even more mind blowing is the fact that I knew all these answers, and more, BEFORE I Voted for Bush. And you may be even more surprised to know that I also voted for OBAMA. What?? And get this: believe it or not, I know some intellectual Republicans – holy shit! Republicans? Yeah! They have their reasons too.

What does the following say? That there is a clear Bi-Partisan distinction between who knows these answers and who doesn’t? WRONG. But ask yourself this: how many people blame poor education in inner-city ghettos for not knowing the answers to these basic questions? Are not those areas generally Liberal voters? Yes they are (Yes I Can). Ok, what about poor education in metropolitan areas, in general? Same thing, in general, the metropolitan areas are liberal.




Iraq War, 69% of Americans thought Saddam Hussein was personally involved in 9/11 (NOT ME)

Four years later, 34% still did (NOT ME, again)

Polls show that a majority of Americans cannot name a single branch of government (YES I CAN)

Explain the Bill of Rights (YES I CAN)

24% could not name the country America fought in the Revolutionary War (YES I CAN)

More than two-thirds of Americans don't know what's in Roe v. Wade (I DO)

Two-thirds don't know what the Food and Drug Administration does (I DO)

Nearly half of Americans don't know that states have two senators and more than half can't name their congressman (I DO)

A Gallup poll says 18% of Americans think the sun revolves around the earth (NOT ME)

Did you know only about half of Americans are aware that Judaism is an older religion than Christianity? (I KNEW THAT)

My point is that we have stupid people on both sides of the aisle; and we have intelligent people on both sides of the aisle. It encourages me to say Fuck You Self-Righteous Democrats :fufu:

I threw my vote away the last three elections because I say fuck them all. I wrote my dog in the last election. Sadly she had to be uthanized but she was a very smart dog. Smarter than most politicians.

[Mushroom]

Great, Mushroom...you're a "smart one". Congrats. :rolleyes:
Interesting the guilty-conscience Repub types here who took Maher's statement to mean he was ONLY talking about Republicans...he's the first one to say there's idiots on both sides on the aisle, and he continually criticizes Democrats as well.
But that doesn't fit your agenda, does it?

golly, thanks :rolleyes: actually, it's the fingerpointing by both sides that makes me sick, and each side thinking they're better than the other. But it's obvious Here at this board, it's mostly the Democrats that like to fingerpoint, and think they're are so special and enlightened.

[Seshmeister]

Illegal wars and bankruptcy will do that.

Actually years ago this board used to be mainly finger pointing Republicans.

[jhale667]

Actually years ago this board used to be mainly finger pointing Republicans.

Yeah, they're all at Rothfans now... :rolleyes: ;)

[Big Train]

I take it you missed this episode ???



Why, because the meaning of the essay was unclear? Pictures and sound completely change the meaning of those words?

[Seshmeister]

Yeah, they're all at Rothfans now... :rolleyes: ;)

I heard that Rothfans was going to be upgraded to be a chain letter due to it's popularity but noone wanted to give Savicki their address...

[Big Train]

Great, Mushroom...you're a "smart one". Congrats. :rolleyes:
Interesting the guilty-conscience Repub types here who took Maher's statement to mean he was ONLY talking about Republicans...he's the first one to say there's idiots on both sides on the aisle, and he continually criticizes Democrats as well.
But that doesn't fit your agenda, does it?

Well, if only because his "critical" scathing balance of Democrats is that they just make bad decisions from time to time. Republicans however, are morally wrong, deeply flawed horrible people. It's a subtle distinction you may not have picked up if you tend to judge along the same line he does.

[jhale667]

Republicans however, are morally wrong, deeply flawed horrible people.

There's got to be at least one exception to that rule, but I haven't seen them yet...;)

[Big Train]

Lol, I KNEW as I was typing that sentence that "This is the one he will make a quote out of" and I was right. Good thing I toned it down....

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Why, because the meaning of the essay was unclear? Pictures and sound completely change the meaning of those words?

No, the intent is to show that, when warranted, Maher provides criticism to Democrats as well....

[ELVIS]

I doubt there's enough coolaid to go around for you sissies...

[jhale667]

Aren't you late for a Klan meeting?

[Nitro Express]

No, the intent is to show that, when warranted, Maher provides criticism to Democrats as well....

The problem with Democrats is they want everybody dependant on them and they want to control everything. It's no longer the party of the working man that stood for workers rights.

[Blackflag]

I doubt there's enough coolaid to go around for you sissies...

I think kool aid is spelled with a 'k.'

[Va Beach VH Fan]

The problem with Democrats is they want everybody dependant on them and they want to control everything. It's no longer the party of the working man that stood for workers rights.

The Bush Administration didn't want to control everything ?? Seriously ??

[davehagarfan]

The Bush Administration didn't want to control everything ?? Seriously ??


Yes they did and they did a piss poor job.....but the Democrats have ran the House for how long with the exception of 4 years in the 90s and 4 years in the 2000s.....we've only had the budget balanced and ran a surplus...atleast as far as I know...for a short time in the late 90s and that was when the Republicans were the majority in the House.....it's their job to balance the budget and make sure the country's check book is reconciled each quarter and they.....both Democrats and Republicans...very rarely accomplish that......so instead we get nutjob, crazy, asshole Congressmen from Bumfuck, Tx to blame all of Congress' incompetentcies on The Federal Reserve by lying through his ass....the sad thing is a bunch of kooks on the internet actually believe him.....


From how I understand it...it's really Congress and The President working together to make sure the Country pays it's bills and is in the black not the red but it's primarily Congress' job....Democrat and Republican alike and they've failed us time and time again.....

[Warham]

I heard that Rothfans was going to be upgraded to be a chain letter due to it's popularity but noone wanted to give Savicki their address...

We might not be upgrading any time soon, but as long as I'm still taking in air, the place ain't going anywhere. ;)

[LoungeMachine]

I heard that Rothfans was going to be upgraded to be a chain letter due to it's popularity but noone wanted to give Savicki their address...

:lmao: