During his final New Rule on November 5, 2010, Maher lamented the Stewart-Colbert rally and, at several points during the commentary, he sounded just like me.
You see, Republicans keep staking out position that is further and further right and then demand that the Democrats meet them in the middle. Which is now not the middle anymore.
Sound familiar? It should because I've been saying it for years now. In a non Bizzaro world, I am center left. In a world that has been consumed by the right wing blogsphere and the likes of pathological ideologues like Thomas Sowell, I am condemned as a communist.
Of course, it's not entirely their fault.
Until more people stand up and call the Right for what it is now, we will continue to have this distorted view of reality. Unfortunately, this is going to either require large quantities of cash or for people not care about cash and actually think. The latter is going to be a tough row to hoe.
And the biggest mistake of modern media has been this notion of balance for balance's sake; that the left is just as cruel and violent as the right; that reverse racism is just as damaging as racism.
Until more people stand up and call the Right for what it is now, we will continue to have this distorted view of reality. Unfortunately, this is going to either require large quantities of cash or for people not care about cash and actually think. The latter is going to be a tough row to hoe.
The simple fact is that these people have convinced millions of American citizens that donating money to rich people is a good thing. And protecting the wealth of rich people against the Big Bad Wolf (government) is the very definition of freedom. Talk about useful idiots....
Here's the full clip:
Martin Luther King spoke on that mall in the capital, and he didn't say, "Remember, folks, those sheriffs with with the fire hoses and the German Shepherds, they had a point too!" No. He said, "I have a dream. They have a nightmare."
Indeed. Make no mistake about it. It IS a nightmare. Like Bill, I'm through pretending.
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Ah, the warm balm of Maher telling you how smart and on the side of angels you are. Feels good eh?
>Like Bill, I'm through pretending.
Er.. How could this possibly be a change from your usual stance?
I'm amused that you would take a swipe at Sowell, a man who has forgotten more economics than you have ever understood. Talk about a mouse going after an elephant..
And the biggest mistake of modern media has been this notion of balance for balance's sake; that the left is just as cruel and violent as the right; that reverse racism is just as damaging as racism.
Ah... so what you're saying is that Bill Maher's racism is okay? That Sarah Palin saying we need to "target" certain political races is a threat of violence against the republic, but liberals, say, biting people's fingers off are no big deal?
In short, you burned about a foot of page space to say, "It's not really _______ when we do it!"
Really, HAPLO9? Show me where his ideas and theories have worked He's a hard driven libertarian who accepts nothing outside of his ideology. He refuses to adopt his economic philosophies to fit the changing world. Worse, he ridicules liberals to ridiculous ends. It's no wonder he's a hero to right wing nutholes.
>He's a hard driven libertarian who accepts nothing outside of his ideology. He refuses to adopt his economic philosophies to fit the changing world.
Heh. You are aware, no doubt, that Sowell was a Marxist earlier in his career, right? So yeah, he's adapted his philosophy all right, just not in a direction you'd prefer.
>Worse, he ridicules liberals to ridiculous ends.
Oh no! He ridicules liberals! The horror! Maybe he would stop, if liberals would stop proposing economically illiterate policies, like thinking they will lower the cost of heathcare by insuring more people, or that the supply of something won't be affected by price controls, or that the price of something won't be affected by regulation. You know, common sense stuff, that you guys are a notably lacking in.
This is funny - bringing up Thomas Sowell in the context of a love letter* to Bill Maher.
Anyone who thinks that Bill Maher is more of an intellect than Thomas Sowell is a mouth-breath idiot. That would be like comparing Cass Sunstein (whom I often disagree with) and Rush Limbaugh. You have to be joking to even make the attempt - there just isn't a microgram of seriousness there.
What next Jon Stewart or Albert Einstein?
*Happily not in the style of a letter to Penthouse.
He said, "I have a dream. They have a nightmare."
I won't bother with the Mahersterbation, so is that HIS claim or YOURS?
Because I've heard the King speech, and that second sentence isn't in it. I'm wondering who is making shit up. I know how badly you butchered the Goldwater quote, so I would expect this to be you - but you seem to be quoting Maher, in which case the egg is on his face.
Or did he say that just for the comic effect?
...and the likes of pathological ideologues like Thomas Sowell...
Since he's black, I suppose by the standards you apply to how people treat Obama that makes you "obviously a fucking racist", right?
DT, yes.
I thought about this one today while doing things for a living that Mexicans won't do.
You see, Republicans keep staking out position that is further and further right and then demand that the Democrats meet them in the middle. Which is now not the middle anymore.
I'd really like to address this, and find out if what Mark is saying is as ridiculous as what he appears to be saying here.
Cos what it comes off as is:
John McCain is to the right of George W. Bush.
George W. Bush is to the right of George H. W. Bush. (This one I'll actually agree with.)
George H. W. Bush is to the right of Reagan.
Reagan is to the right of Nixon.
Nixon is to the right of Goldwater.
And therefore, poor "center-left" liberals have had to settle for...
Obama
...whose mentor and one of his cabinet members both referred to themselves as "communists", and who has another member of his team who considers Mao to be one of his favorite philosophers
...who is to the right of
John Kerry
...who is considered a hero of the Vietnam War... in Hanoi
...who is to the right of
Al Gore
('nuff said)
...who is to the right of
Bill Clinton
...who was a draft dodger during Vietnam
...who is to the right of
Jimmy Carter
(okay, I'll give you that one, Bill Clinton is right of Carter)
...who is to the right of
LBJ
(Mr. Guns and Butter, the guy who came up with Welfare, no?)
...who is to the right of
JFK
Is this really what you're suggesting?
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