Cornel West on Real Time with Bill Maher

[seemslikeadream]

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[wildbilln864]

1. I didn't see Real Time on my HBO last night....

Was it on? It's usually on at 11 pm here in EST. :hi:

[iamthebandfanman]

2. yup n/t

[wildbilln864]

11. so it was on but....

wasn't listed in my HBO program listings. Hmm. It's listed tonight at midnight anyway so I'll catch it then.
:hi:

[Blue_Roses]

18. same here...

I watch it every Friday night and it didn't list it here. Showed that Live with Bryant Gumbell was on. What's up with that?

:wtf:

[ejpoeta]

3. conservatives only love their america

just as they see our trying to let them have their views while letting others have their views also as somehow infringing on their beliefs. even though of course they think it's just fine and dandy to try to legislate their beliefs and force them on the rest of us.

[Myrina]

4. "We need a Lincoln, not someone who's winkin'" LMAO!!!

West: "She's (Palin) not on the Dean's List"
Maher: "Dean's List? She's not even on Craig's List!"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[fascisthunter]

5. Republicans Whining about Redistribution of Wealth is so Ironic and Hypocritical

since the fifties they have gotten their f'ng tax breaks and while they have done so, our middleclass has erroded. You can not have a healthy democracy without a healthy middleclass. What Republicans and greedy dems have done is redistributed wealth to the upperclass for years and years. Now they want to bitch about redistribution of wealth. My god are these people over-privileged or what?

[jimmil]

7. I remember in Reagan's reign...

We got a tax cut, true, if you only looked at how much they took out for how much pay. However, what no one seems to remember is that we got a whole lot of write offs taken away. Health care spending was changed to having to be 5% of your net income before you wrote off that expense where it was all medical payments before. Interest on credit cards was written off prior to Reagan's tax cuts. As we all know, SS payments went up. Reagan didn't cut taxes.

[fascisthunter]

8. On Top of That... He Agreesively Attacked the Middleclasses Right to FOrm Unions

so that average American workers couldn't collectively bargain with companies for wages that reflected inflationary costs. That directly results in hardship and from there we all see drug abuse, violence, teen pregnancy and all other pervasive errosions of own communities.

When we democrats try to proactively prevent our communities from erroding with social programs, these same privileged-pampered idiots bitch about "socilaism". It must be nice to live in a system that benefits the wealthy more when your wealthy. "Socilaism" for the rich... how disgusting....

[bulloney]

9. That, and the crazy deficit spending Reagan ushered in has resulted in a hidden tax

in terms of higher interest rates, lower value of the dollar and other factors.

[knixphan]

6. We need a Lincoln, not someone who's winkin'!

Kick for that!

:kick:

[pberq]

10. Great video!

[Number23]

12. I LOOOVE Dr. West

I've almost been able to forgive him for that hideous cameo he did in "The Matrix." :)

And John Legend is sooo adorable... (sigh)... thanks for posting this....

[Muttocracy]

13. That pie chart is awesome. nt

[avaistheone1]

14. Great clip.

I never heard Cornel West before. He is awesome.

Thanks for posting this video.

[aaronbees]

15. What a great discussion

And Dr. Cornel West is one of the coolest people on the planet. He really gets it.

[progressoid]

16. "She's not even on Craig's List"

:spray:

[BigBearJohn]

17. Sent to my address book! K/R