Bill Maher, the GOP is waging a war on common sense

2012-04-23 Thread Vivec
http://gawker.com/5903939/bill-maher-the-gop-is-waging-a-war-against-common-sense This was quite amusing... more so because it seems true ;-) ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion

RE: Bill Maher (warning: long; SoC; mostly pointless)

2006-11-13 Thread Ray Champagne
; -Original Message- > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 3:18 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bill Maher (warning: long; SoC; mostly pointless) > Importance: High > > I know I got hammered on Saturday night watching my unranked

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2006-11-13 Thread Dana
things in moderation. > > > > Unless it is beer. > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 3:13 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Bill Maher (warnin

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2006-11-13 Thread G Money
> Unless it is beer. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 3:13 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Bill Maher (warning: long; SoC; mostly pointless) > > > > Sorry, I could give you

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2006-11-13 Thread Ray Champagne
All things in moderation. Unless it is beer. > -Original Message- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 3:13 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bill Maher (warning: long; SoC; mostly pointless) > > Sorry, I could give you a

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2006-11-13 Thread Dana
Sorry, I could give you an answer on this post, but it might annoy some lurker by being political ;) joke, really :) On 11/13/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone in the US even remember that they got busted for spying on > US Citizens? > Does the general voting public remember that

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2006-11-13 Thread Vivec
Does anyone in the US even remember that they got busted for spying on US Citizens? Does the general voting public remember that? Heck...do even the Democrats bring that up on their campaign platforms? And this whole thing on suspension of rights, legalising torture and habeas corpus...have any o

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2006-11-12 Thread Dana
definitely not by reading the local bush apologist rag. My only answer is Google News. You can't believe everthing that turns up there, but it certainly gives you a diversity of points of view. On 11/12/06, Denny Valliant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/12/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

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2006-11-12 Thread Denny Valliant
On 11/12/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a million legal ways to invade Iraq. > Perhaps, but would the population have supported the move so heartily > if all it involved was 'Doing the right thing'? At that point, I'm pretty sure the pop would have gone along with whatever. He could d

Re: Bill Maher

2006-11-12 Thread Larry Lyons
>Oh, right, I'm wrong, it wasn't a video camera, it was an 8mm film camera >that must have been quite bulky and heavy. Just what a guy needs tooling >around in the jungle in Vietnam. I can't believe you guys buy his BS. > [snip] >So a Yale grad (BA Political Science - focus on American Government

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2006-11-12 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > he obviously should have avoided service by joining the Air National guard. > LOL! yeah ... ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by you

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2006-11-12 Thread Dana
he obviously should have avoided service by joining the Air National guard. On 11/12/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > RoMunn wrote: > > (1962), and vocal critic of US foreign policy in Vietnam was lugging around > > an 8mm camera just to shoot some personal memories in the jungles of

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2006-11-12 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > (1962), and vocal critic of US foreign policy in Vietnam was lugging around > an 8mm camera just to shoot some personal memories in the jungles of > Vietnam? Rght. > Ok, so let's say Kerry was a critic of US foreign policy and went to Vietnam to prove his point. He still ser

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2006-11-12 Thread Robert Munn
Oh, right, I'm wrong, it wasn't a video camera, it was an 8mm film camera that must have been quite bulky and heavy. Just what a guy needs tooling around in the jungle in Vietnam. I can't believe you guys buy his BS. >From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry): In his sophomore

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2006-11-12 Thread Larry Lyons
>i'm not especially defending bush, what i am saying is that bush is no >different than a lot of other people at that time. as for kerry, why did he >take a video camera? the guy obviously planned a career in politics and he >wanted some hero footage. i never dissed his service, but to suggest that

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2006-11-12 Thread William Bowen
> > why did he take a video camera? > > HOLY CRAP! I didn't know you were thinking of running for President! Not only that, it proves the Kerry + Alien infiltration link, as everyone knows if he had only used available tech at the time, we'd be none that wiser!!! Why oh why John Kerry did you no

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2006-11-12 Thread Larry Lyons
>blah blah blah. everyone who could get a deferment or hide from Vietnam duty >did, that was the rule, not the exception. > >John Kerry volunteered for service so he could shoot a war movie for his >later run for Congress, which is exactly what he did. His elitism was clear >when he came back and d

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2006-11-12 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > why did he take a video camera? HOLY CRAP! I didn't know you were thinking of running for President! I mean you brought that camera with you to the Far East which can mean only one thing: you're running for President. If not, why would you have brought it with you? ~~

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2006-11-12 Thread Jerry Johnson
Robert, So you are saying that every service man that takes a camera, or notebook, or diary to war is doing so to further a some-day-in-the-future political career? That all of the pictures of Abu-Ghraib were taken for that purpose? Or is it just John Kerry who had that particular motive? Secon

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2006-11-12 Thread Nick McClure
It was Fortunate Son by CCR. > -Original Message- > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 8:43 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bill Maher (warning: long; SoC; mostly pointless) > > you might be saying something, but

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2006-11-12 Thread Vivec
*claps* ^_^ lol lol a million legal ways to invade Iraq. Perhaps, but would the population have supported the move so heartily if all it involved was 'Doing the right thing'? Nope. I don't think Americans would have gotten behind that for so long. A move like that would not have won Bush two ter

Re: Bill Maher

2006-11-12 Thread Robert Munn
i'm not especially defending bush, what i am saying is that bush is no different than a lot of other people at that time. as for kerry, why did he take a video camera? the guy obviously planned a career in politics and he wanted some hero footage. i never dissed his service, but to suggest that he

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2006-11-11 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > and yes, john kerry did what he did gambling that he would be ok and that he > would make a political career out of it. It's far deeper than you know. His Grandfather purposely has his Mom who purposely had him because the Grandfather knew that the Mom would raise a son who woul

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2006-11-11 Thread Denny Valliant
On 11/11/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my father volunteered, too. my point is that everyone who wanted deferment > and had some way to qualify for deferment did it. you didn't need to be a > senator's son to get deferment. bush managed to get into the texas national > guard, big dea

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2006-11-11 Thread Denny Valliant
On 11/11/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you might be saying something, but all i hear is waa waa waa. there is a > reason kerry isn't the president. and it was neil young, not jimi hendrix. HOW DARE YOU! Neil Young would /never/ mess with the votes, or try to disenfranchise anyone!

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2006-11-11 Thread Robert Munn
my father volunteered, too. my point is that everyone who wanted deferment and had some way to qualify for deferment did it. you didn't need to be a senator's son to get deferment. bush managed to get into the texas national guard, big deal. the whole thing is just lame. and yes, john kerry did wh

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2006-11-11 Thread Robert Munn
you might be saying something, but all i hear is waa waa waa. there is a reason kerry isn't the president. and it was neil young, not jimi hendrix. On 11/11/06, Denny wrote: > > On 11/11/06, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > blah blah blah. everyone who could get a deferment or hide f

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2006-11-11 Thread Denny Valliant
On 11/11/06, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > blah blah blah. everyone who could get a deferment or hide from Vietnam duty > > did > > Bullshit. My father qualified for four exemptions, including college. > My grandfather attempted to use his connections in the Arkansas and > Lousiana s

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2006-11-11 Thread William Bowen
> blah blah blah. everyone who could get a deferment or hide from Vietnam duty > did Bullshit. My father qualified for four exemptions, including college. My grandfather attempted to use his connections in the Arkansas and Lousiana state legislatures to prevent my father from going to Vietnam. Wh

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2006-11-11 Thread Dana
__ > > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Fri 11/10/2006 6:17 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bill Maher > > > > Kerry VOLUNTEERED for COMBAT service! What the hell about THAT says, > "I'm special"?? >

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2006-11-11 Thread Gruss Gott
> Nick wrote: > You don't think he could do worse? > > You can always do worse. > I thought so until Bush was elected and now I know that a monkey could do better. Why you ask? Because a monkey reacts to what's actually happeneing - facts, what he observes - not to what he'd like to happen. Tha

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2006-11-11 Thread Nick McClure
You don't think he could do worse? You can always do worse. From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 11/11/2006 12:25 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Bill Maher > Nick wrote: > but implies that his identical education and intelect co

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2006-11-10 Thread Gruss Gott
> Nick wrote: > but implies that his identical education and intelect could in some way > enable him to do a better job. That's obvious isn't it? He couldn't do worse. ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 p

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2006-11-10 Thread Nick McClure
f the republicans to spin the statement. When it comes to my opinions I am clear, I don't sidestep, and i am not a hypocrite, From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 11/10/2006 10:03 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Bill Maher Fair enough. I

Re: Bill Maher

2006-11-10 Thread Jerry Johnson
Fair enough. I (and most people on earth) think you are wrong, but at least you have the stones to say you think he actually meant it that way. I can respect that. On 11/10/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I do think he meant it, i don't think he meant to say it that way, I >

RE: Bill Maher

2006-11-10 Thread Nick McClure
EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 11/10/2006 7:39 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Bill Maher Do you truly still believe that is what he meant? That it was the service people he was talking about and not George Bush? No evasions, no "I'm not sure", no equivocations. Do you believe he sp

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2006-11-10 Thread Nick McClure
EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 11/10/2006 7:54 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Bill Maher > Nick wrote: > You aren't born an elitist. > > I don't know kerry directly, but the comment about education and end up in > Iraq Geez, how many people have only heard the spin and

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2006-11-10 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > I don't like Eagleburger. Gates is OK. Next thing you know we're going to > have Kissinger back, like that would be freaking helpful. > Ahh ... that's how we got into this mess in the first place. Kissinger was advising Bush. ~

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2006-11-10 Thread Robert Munn
I don't like Eagleburger. Gates is OK. Next thing you know we're going to have Kissinger back, like that would be freaking helpful. On 11/10/06, Gruss wrote: > > > RoMunn wrote: > > Elitist and cynical > > all in one. > > > > Could be. > > Hey, enough about Kerry, how about Eagleburger! He's tak

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2006-11-10 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > Elitist and cynical > all in one. > Could be. Hey, enough about Kerry, how about Eagleburger! He's taking Gates' place on the Baker-Hamilton board. This is getting better and better! I'm stoked! No more moron ideologues. FINALLY we're going to get some leadership in Iraq.

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2006-11-10 Thread Robert Munn
blah blah blah. everyone who could get a deferment or hide from Vietnam duty did, that was the rule, not the exception. John Kerry volunteered for service so he could shoot a war movie for his later run for Congress, which is exactly what he did. His elitism was clear when he came back and did the

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2006-11-10 Thread Gruss Gott
> Nick wrote: > You aren't born an elitist. > > I don't know kerry directly, but the comment about education and end up in > Iraq Geez, how many people have only heard the spin and not actually listened to what Kerry said? He was saying that Bush is moron who didn't "make the most" of his educat

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2006-11-10 Thread Jerry Johnson
Do you truly still believe that is what he meant? That it was the service people he was talking about and not George Bush? No evasions, no "I'm not sure", no equivocations. Do you believe he specifically meant the troops in that statment, yes or no? What do you think he meant? On 11/10/06, Nick

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2006-11-10 Thread Nick McClure
#x27;t smart enough to get a real job, or to go to college. Was that what he meant? I don't know, he didn't do a very good job with the statement. From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 11/10/2006 6:17 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: B

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2006-11-10 Thread Jerry Johnson
Could not agree more. Good story. On 11/10/06, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For what it's worth he still picked up his paper at the local 7-Eleven (at > least when I worked there 10 years ago). > > He didn't strike me as elitist. Not particularly outgoing but not at all > snobbish. > >

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2006-11-10 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: >1. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or >groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, >as in intellect, social status, or financial resources. > Now if that isn't John Kerry in a nutshell, I don't know what is. B

RE: Bill Maher

2006-11-10 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 10:52 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bill Maher > > Well, to be fair, Kerry _is_ an elitist. He is even considered so here > in Mass, where the standard i

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2006-11-10 Thread William Bowen
> Of course people like their way best, it is when you flaunt your way or > belittle somebody else's way. It doesn't take the "elitist" to belittle the "regular joe" for the regular joe to think of the elitist as "elitist" /* Look at that environmental _elitist_ over there in his battery powered

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2006-11-10 Thread Dana Tierney
I find these perceptions very interesting. I was not aware, for instance, that Kerry was in favor of "favored treatment" for anyone least of all the rich. Bush on the other hand has shown us by his actions that he is >yep. from answers.com: > >http://www.answers.com/elitist&r=67 > >e·lit·ism

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2006-11-10 Thread Robert Munn
yep. from answers.com: http://www.answers.com/elitist&r=67 e·lit·ism or é·lit·ism (ĭ-lē*'*tĭz'əm, ā-lē*'*-) [image: pronunciation] *n.* 1. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority,

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2006-11-10 Thread Dana
actually you know I just went out for coffee with a friend and at the (independent) coffeehouse we ran into an acquaintace of my friend's who works at Starbucks. He agrees with the idea that a lot of their customers are buying the cup not the coffee. On 11/10/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

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2006-11-10 Thread Nick McClure
No, the regular Joe isn't saying you are stupid or evil for drinking the other stuff. He is simply saying he prefers the taste. Of course people like their way best, it is when you flaunt your way or belittle somebody else's way. > -Original Message- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

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2006-11-10 Thread Gruss Gott
> Nick wrote: > People driving SUVs, and buying folgers at Wal-Mart are down-to-earth. > Doesn't everyone do things because they think they are the best things to do? If someone is a big Folger's drinker and says things like, "I'm a regular Joe who likes his joe regular" aren't they saying that t

Re: Bill Maher

2006-11-10 Thread Jerry Johnson
Oh, yeah. He is a politician, and has probably loved every side of every issue at times. I just hear all the time that he has continued to show contempt and hatred for the troops, and I can't find history of that in his words or actions. There is no doubt that he said some things I really don't l

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2006-11-10 Thread Russel Madere
No, I'm not an ass, I'm an asshole. I was an ass before I entered the service. I am also fat, ugly, evil and despicable and capable of ... much. I am not, however. stupid. I have NO intention of entering politics. > >And further, the day Russ runs for office is the day people come out >of th

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2006-11-10 Thread Russel Madere
I can think of som ill conceived comments he made on education and then crawfished on. 30+ years of history is tough to get over. > Can you name some specific behaviors over the past 10 years that prove > it? > > I'd really like to have some, since everyone says there are, but I > haven't noti

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2006-11-10 Thread Nick McClure
ginal Message- > From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 2:25 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bill Maher > > whose perception? > > Elitist and liberal are wedge words, just like neo-con. They're used > to set up an &quo

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2006-11-10 Thread Jerry Johnson
th > > perception. > > > > People driving around in little 'green' cars drinking fair trade coffee and > > going to the organic food store are elitist. > > > > People driving SUVs, and buying folgers at Wal-Mart are down-to-earth. > > > > See the

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2006-11-10 Thread William Bowen
food store are elitist. > > People driving SUVs, and buying folgers at Wal-Mart are down-to-earth. > > See the difference? > > > -Original Message- > > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 10:42 AM > > To: CF-

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2006-11-10 Thread Nick McClure
I didn't say Bush isn't an Elitist. I think most people in national politics are. > -Original Message- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 2:12 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bill Maher > > hmm. So is there an

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2006-11-10 Thread Dana
hmm. So is there an acceptable reason to drink fair trade coffee in your eyes? In a plain paper cup? I am having trouble with the concept that I should shop Wal-Mart in order to not be elitist Would I have to watch television too? What I find especially interesting is that I think Bush is someone

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2006-11-10 Thread Dana
gt; From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 10:42 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Bill Maher > > > > > > On another note, I always find it ironic that Kerry, the decorated > > volunteer combat veteran who&

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2006-11-10 Thread Nick McClure
An Elitist isn't somebody that IS better. An Elitist is somebody that thinks they are better. People that buy hybrid cars because it is cool, not because of the environment are an example. > -Original Message- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What does elitist even mean?

RE: Bill Maher

2006-11-10 Thread Nick McClure
difference? > -Original Message- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 10:42 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bill Maher > > > On another note, I always find it ironic that Kerry, the decorated > volunteer combat ve

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2006-11-10 Thread Dana
yes, I see your point about the effectiveness of the tactic On 11/10/06, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kerry has hated the troops since he came back from Viet Nam and called all > soldier over there war criminals. That isn't a recent thing that Rove > started. Kerry is just an eli

RE: Bill Maher

2006-11-10 Thread Nick McClure
Bill Maher is a comedian, he used to be a good one, then he got overly political, same problem with Dennis Miller. Take his Halloween costume, he didn't do it to be funny, he did it to offend people, for shock value. I was offended, I didn't think it was funny. > -Ori

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2006-11-10 Thread Sam
Thanks, I need to read more about this guy. >From what I've read so far Maher is way off but that's expected of him. Strauss was more about the common man not being able to or caring to read between the lines. Not making up lies. Now to claim the neo-cons made Kerry say something that offended th

Re: Bill Maher

2006-11-10 Thread Gruss Gott
> JJ wrote: > I think that he thinks the elite are the "right kind of people", have > more money, more intelligence, more enlightened views on things, > aren't redneck Republicans or the crazy Religious Right, and are > generally more evolved. > I wonder when I'll get my elitist club card ... mayb

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2006-11-10 Thread Jerry Johnson
I think that he thinks there is an elite. I think that he thinks the elite are the "right kind of people", have more money, more intelligence, more enlightened views on things, aren't redneck Republicans or the crazy Religious Right, and are generally more evolved. I think that he thinks he is in

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2006-11-10 Thread G Money
On 11/10/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've met Kerry, albeit briefly, and I found him to be warm, friendly, > intelligent, and accessible. But when I watch him speak I see a > totally different guy. Funny..i hear the exact same thing about Bush. -- When I was young I wondered

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2006-11-10 Thread Gruss Gott
> JJ wrote: > Well, to be fair, Kerry _is_ an elitist. What does elitist even mean? Is it that you think he's part of a ruling class that is genetically better than someone not in the ruling class? > But, should that be the only measure of electability? I wonder how > Thomas Jefferson was as a p

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2006-11-10 Thread Jerry Johnson
Well, to be fair, Kerry _is_ an elitist. He is even considered so here in Mass, where the standard is pretty high. He also is a horrible public speaker. It's as uncomfortable to watch as a stammering computer nerd asking out the head cheerleader while her parents snicker. But, should that be the

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2006-11-10 Thread Gruss Gott
> JJ wrote: > Can you name some specific behaviors over the past 10 years that prove it? > It's a fair challenge but the truth of it is that some people form opinions based on less than facts and certainly less than personally meeting someone. This is clearly such a case. My opinion is that Kerr

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2006-11-10 Thread Jerry Johnson
Can you name some specific behaviors over the past 10 years that prove it? I'd really like to have some, since everyone says there are, but I haven't noticed any (but was not paying particular attention) On 11/10/06, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kerry has hated the troops since he c

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2006-11-10 Thread Russel Madere
Kerry has hated the troops since he came back from Viet Nam and called all soldier over there war criminals. That isn't a recent thing that Rove started. Kerry is just an elitist who thinks everyone still in the service is an idiot. His behavior over the past 30+ years proves it. >Which >is

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2006-11-10 Thread Jerry Johnson
I liked Kinky's definition better: Politics - comes from "poli" meaning many, and "ticks", a blood sucking insect. On 11/10/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/10/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > All those Republicans parroting the talking point re Kerry knew it was

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2006-11-10 Thread G Money
On 11/10/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All those Republicans parroting the talking point re Kerry knew it was > bullshit but they didn't care because it was an effective myth. "Politics" n. paul-uh-tiks. The act of parroting talking points to further an agenda without regard to th

Bill Maher

2006-11-10 Thread Gruss Gott
[Any means of keeping Democrats out of power] also ties into the so-called father of neo-conservatism, the philosopher Leo Strauss, who argued that the only way to stop liberalism from ruining society was for the elites (a.k.a his neocon followers) to exploit myths (religion) or create new myths (t

RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-21 Thread Mark Smyth
I agree with the other MS Imagine listening to his opinions if you are directly affected by the tradegy. Theres just no excuse -Original Message- From: Mark Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 September 2001 16:56 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly I

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2001-09-21 Thread Mark Stewart
I don't think people are upset about the fact that Bill Maher is able to say what he says. I think it's more of, it was very distasteful and bad timing. I'm so right that when I walk, I tilt to the right. Even as bad as I dislike the guy, he has every right to speak his mind ju

RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-21 Thread Gary P. McNeel, Jr.
LOL. Nothing personal, but I could say the same of you and me. ;) -Gary > -Original Message- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 10:31 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly > > > Annd r

RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-21 Thread Mark Stewart
is carefully planning and gaining intel and making their case. Our retalliation is 100% warrented and is going to happen whether we like it or not. And I have the utmost confidence in our leaders that they'll do the right thing. Bill Maher? I won't even waste my breath on the dick head.

RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-21 Thread Gary P. McNeel, Jr.
Hear. Hear. -Gary > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 10:36 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly > > > I watched Bill for the first time in a long time last n

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2001-09-21 Thread Gary P. McNeel, Jr.
Knock. Knock. Hello. I said I agree with the "sizable element". There is. And I do. And it does figure. As for Bill Maher, yeah, you are right. Let's see, where did I put that First Amendment. Oh, while preaching my right wing rhetoric I conveniently put it away so those damn lef

RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-21 Thread Angel Stewart
Annd really..why the hell does anyone care what this one entertainer thinks and what his opinions are?? I can't see why it warrants an analysis of the man and an article in Salon trying to label him as a Libetarian, or a Democrat or whatever. I mean who really gives a flying f***? At least the gu

RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-21 Thread Angel Stewart
Well..I think what the guy meant to say was that the terrorists THEMSELVES weren't cowards in committing suicide for their cause (a coward wouldn't do that), but what they DID was a cowardly act, and their 'cause' itself is just stupid and heinous. Did he clarify what he meant afterward? I rememb

RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-21 Thread howard
I watched Bill for the first time in a long time last night. Very different show. It started out much more somberly. He had a conservative radio host on -- who's name I now forget -- and this guy really stood up for Bill Maher. He pointed out, and agreed with Bill, that nobody has been

Re: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-21 Thread Lee
On Friday, September 21, 2001 10:17 AM, Kevin Gilchrist wrote: >I read this a while ago and found it again. > >Salon article, "Is Bill Maher a libertarian?" > >http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2001/08/01/maher/index.html > That's a good article in that it su

RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-21 Thread Mark Smyth
t: 21 September 2001 16:03 To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly On Friday, September 21, 2001 9:45 AM, Gary P. McNeel, Jr. wrote: >> There must be a sizable element of the American public that feels >> this way. > >I agree. That figures. Wrong again. Th

RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-21 Thread Kevin Gilchrist
I read this a while ago and found it again. Salon article, "Is Bill Maher a libertarian?" http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2001/08/01/maher/index.html -Original Message- From: Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 11:03 AM To: CF-Community S

Re: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-21 Thread Lee
On Friday, September 21, 2001 9:45 AM, Gary P. McNeel, Jr. wrote: >> There must be a sizable element of the American public that feels >> this way. > >I agree. That figures. Wrong again. The timing and context of Maher's statements make him a total ass. He also allowed his guest to describe t

RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-21 Thread Gary P. McNeel, Jr.
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 10:12 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly > > > You know, when I first read this ... I thought this guy was off > his r

RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-20 Thread howard
arget because you know you're doing it for the right reasons, but you also know you are killing people who probably do not deserve to die. H. -Original Message- From: Mark Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 6:53 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Bill Maher

RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-20 Thread Mark Stewart
, September 19, 2001 1:24 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/headline/entertainment/1053183 Talk about insensitive. I usually enjoy PI (missed this particular episode) but holy cow - Bill Maher really made an ass of himself... Howie

Re: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-20 Thread Judith Dinowitz
I (missed this particular episode) but holy cow - Bill Maher really made an ass of > himself... > > Howie Hamlin - inFusion Project Manager > On-Line Data Solutions, Inc. - www.CoolFusion.com > 631-737-4668 x101 > inFusion Mail Server (iMS) - The Intelligent Mail Server > &g

Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly

2001-09-19 Thread Howie Hamlin
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/headline/entertainment/1053183 Talk about insensitive. I usually enjoy PI (missed this particular episode) but holy cow - Bill Maher really made an ass of himself... Howie Hamlin - inFusion Project Manager On-Line Data Solutions, Inc. - www.CoolFusion.com