Maher's comment on "conspiracy theories" is going to cause

[Horse with no Name]

much discussion on here--I predict.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. And what comment was that?

My psychic receiver is on the fritz tonight.

[lurky]

3. Yes, for those of us who missed it. What'd he say?

:shrug:

[Horse with no Name]

4. Basically that they were nuts and needed Paxil. n/t

[EFerrari]

10. At least he didn't strain himself constructing a counter argument.

lol

[HCE SuiGeneris]

24. ...

:spray:

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Perhaps we should remind him that Watergate

WAS a conspiracy

What about Iran Contra?

Perhaps this road to war would qualify.

Oh wait, he just repeated a corporate message pushed forth since oh WATERGATE broke... coincidence?

And I thought he was brighter than that, but then again we speak corporate frames from time to time

[greyl]

28. Perhaps you should watch what he actually said and remember why ABC fired him after 9/11

before inserting foot into mouth.

[LeftCoast]

29. Oh, didn't you hear? Universal Health Care is just a plot to chip us all.

:crazy:

[rwheeler31]

2. Hmmm

Can we hear ?

[Duer 157099]

5. Problem is he used a straw man argument

1) he mentioned jet fuel, but doesn't say anything about how it burns and
2) he neglects to mention building 7 that was NOT hit by a plane

[Horse with no Name]

7. This is true.

Shocked me to hear him tell people to quit emailing him about it though.

[defendandprotect]

21. Maybe a few more e-mails will wake him up -- ???

I can see Bill being a late-bloomer on this --

But, Maher isn't infallible -- trust me!!

[Gabi Hayes]

9. wonder what he has to say about that wacky Nixon/Watergate conspiracy theory.

or Iran Contra

or Saddam 911

or WMDs

those weren't conspiracies, were they, Bill?

[Touchdown]

18. Ok, so he's not your champion then.

Find someone who is.:eyes:

[liberalmuse]

6. Maher is great, but sometimes..

he says stuff that pisses me off. However, he gets it right so much of the time I can't get too irritated with him.

Edit: What the hell? I left out two "he"'s. I need to go to bed!

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. When I met him back in 2001 he irritated me

Was a total little (and he is very short) rude diva.

[liberalmuse]

11. And he's friends with Ann Coulter...

Well, I'm not surprised he's a diva. He does wear a lot of makeup, LOL. And come to think of it, why are a lot of famous short guys so testy?

[Whoa_Nelly]

12. Guess you missed the memo re: short man syndrome

:rofl:

[lurky]

15. Yeah, let's bash short people...

:eyes:

[Whoa_Nelly]

16. bash short people?

naw...that's too easy

But, thanks for asking.

[Mojambo]

13. I'm a pretty laid back conspiracy nut myself

I believe in a few out there things, but I rarely get worked up when other people dismiss them.

Too many people get all crazy about this shit.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

14. The contrarian bit wears a bit thin, unitl he aims it those with whom I disagree.

Then, I applaud him.

His show provides one facet of the prism. MKJ

[Snot Hannity]

17. I like Bill 90% of the time. But

rest of the time I believe that he is a RW enabler.

[0rganism]

20. compare that to the new Democratic majority in congress...

we should be so lucky as to see them hit 90% on a regular basis. Of course it's comparing apples and oranges, or maybe apple vs. crateful of oranges, but still. The saving grace for their batting average is that Holy Joe is now the sole congressional member of the "Connecticut for Lieberman" party instead of a Democrat.

[mmonk]

19. While Maher gets a lot of things right, he doesn't allow

for stepping out of parameters of what he judges real. While I'm not a big conspiracy person, the whole neoconservative rise to power is packed with conspiracies that would rock the public. It's a false sense in the reasonableness of others.

[melody]

22. It was an ignorant remark that suggests a neurotic drive to ignore negatives

Sounds like HE needs Paxil. lol

I love Bill, but he's a sexist pig and he has a closed mind about many things.

[daninthemoon]

23. Bill was talking very specifically about twin tower conspracy theory,

and asked people to stop asking him to talk about it, to get some paxil instead. Pretty funny if you ask me. Now, I'm a real conspiracy theory kind of guy, but I've seen the video of those planes hitting those towers. I think that one is fairly straight forward. Now, did bushler and company have some knowledge? that I don't know. He certainly had the inteligence briefing / warning about al-queda using planes for an attack, and his actions that day are bizzare to say the least. Nevertheless, I think al-queda flew those planes into those buildings, and that destroyed them.

[Webster Green]

26. Of course the planes hit the towers....but did that cause the collapse?

It looked like a controlled demo when the towers fell. I'm not saying it was, but it sure as hell looked like it to me.

I wouldn't doubt that the big dick and the chimp had something to do with 9/11. They are obviously traitors, and obviously very evil.

[greyl]

27. Here's the awesome video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxOljd9oOzo

[gateley]

30. It's just his shtick. He's a comic, don't take him too seriously. nt

[2rth2pwr]

31. They must have something on him

or he is in on it.

[LeftCoast]

32. Ah, so if you're against CT's then you're part of the CT, eh?

Nice circular logic...but hey, if it works for ya go for it.

:crazy: