Bill Maher rants on how the Genesis story of Noah's Ark. Maher saves most of his snark for God.
"What kind of tyrant punishes everyone just to get back at the few he's mad at? I mean, besides Chris Christie."
"Hey, God, you know you're kind of a dick when you're in a movie with Russell Crowe and you're the one with anger issues."
"You know conservatives are always going on about how Americans are losing their values and their morality, well maybe it's because you worship a guy who drowns babies."
"If we were a dog and God owned us, the cops would come and take us away."
Congressional candidate Alan Grayson raised $416,270.77 from 11,031 individuals.
“The success in the 3rd quarter proves that Grayson is virtually the only candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives who has consistently shown the ability to raise money from small contributors who want nothing in exchange for their money but good government,” the release said.
Grayson will not know what district he is running for until the Florida legislature has finalized the redistricting map. Grayson was recently on Bill Maher's show and spoke out in support of Occupy Wall Street.
Bill Maher's appearance on The Last Word sent the Obamabots into a frenzy on Twitter. Maher told Lawrence O'Donnell that Obama was arguing about the debt ceiling on Republican terms. Which is absolutely true. Maher also said he likes Obama and the president is dealing with an unreasonable opposition party. The Obamabots reacted like Maher accused Obama of treason.
Bill Maher calls President Obama "one efficient, steely-nerved, multitasking, black ninja gangsta president."
Maher says that Republicans can no longer claim to be fiscally conservative or strong on defense. Obama has the upper hand on defense with the killing of Osama bin Laden.
I did a joke on Twitter awhile back saying Kendrick Meek needs to channel Barry White to get more voters. I see Bill Maher does the same shtick with Obama's alter ego Barry Whitehouse. Maher uses humor to illustrate why it is important for Democrats to vote this election cycle.
Litbrit has a post about free speech and Bill O'Reilly's series of inflamatory against George Tiller. I agree with Litbrit's assessment that O'Reilly's speech is protected. I question if O'Reilly believes half the opinions he spouts on his show. A man whom pals around with Jon Stewart and Bill Maher isn't as conservative as on The Factor. Maher publicly said so on his show.
Bill O'Reilly exists because conservatives create a market for shock jocks. The more outlandish the statement the higher the ratings. O'Reilly is his generation's Morton Downey Jr.
In the 1980s, Downey was a talk show host at KFBK-AM in Sacramento, California,[1] where he established his abrasive and much imitated right wing, populist style, relentlessly deriding anyone who disagreed with him or had a liberal point of view. Downey's success, coupled with the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine, laid the groundwork for more aggressive, opinion-based talk radio. His work led to the "trash talk" genre of Jerry Springer, Maury Povich, Ricki Lake, Steve Wilkos and many more. His quarrel with fellow radio talk show host Wally George (with each charging that the other was not conservative) on George's talk show led to police tackling Downey to the ground.[2] The man who succeeded Downey at KFBK was Rush Limbaugh.
Downey's largest effect on American culture came from his very popular, yet short-lived, syndicated mid-1980s television talk show, The Morton Downey Jr Show.
O'Reilly got into a shoving match with an Obama staffer and settled a sexual harassment case out of court. O'Reilly behavior would get him fired by most employees. Rupert Murdoch's bottom line is shock pundits creating controversy. Controversy makes people take notice. Ratings begin the spike. Journalistic accuracy and civil discourse take a back seat to the mighty dollar.
There will always be people like Bill O'Reilly. Ignorance and fear create a market for hateful speech. Education and tolerance is the best way to put O'Reilly out of a job.
