Maher: NEW RULES February 26th - Hurry and watch it while it lasts!

[Tx4obama]

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[Rhiannon12866]

1. K&R! My favorite part of the show... Thanks!

:woohoo:

[11 Bravo]

2. "It makes you a Sarah Palin supporter." I literally spewed beer through my nose.

Thanks for the link!

[AlbertCat]

7. "...Or any of the other things Glenn Beck suffers from"

Yes it was good, wasn't it?

[LaPera]

3. Bill has become more progressive as the years go by - I now love to watch Maher.

[suede1]

4. Great!

[pleah]

5. K&R

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[icee]

6. Boy, he's great..

[UrbScotty]

8. Okay, how does any of the Tiger Woods episode prove that religion

makes things worse?

Frankly, I'm waiting for any reasonable proof that religion is bad for the world, but that's another story.

[Fearless]

15. "Religion" is a vague word like "good" or "evil"

Of themselves each has arguments for and against. For instance if all you experience is good then when evil occurs you are not prepared for the consequences.

Religion into and of itself encompasses many good aspects and many bad. Fortunately all of the good can be found with other activities as well for those who do not believe in a god. Likewise, so too can the bad.

[Selatius]

17. Probably because religious nutjobs assert "sex addiction" is a real psychiatric disorder. nt

[demwing]

26. You mean those "Religious Nutjobs" at the WHO?

http://apps.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10online/?gf50.htm+f527

[AlbertCat]

31. I'm waiting for any reasonable proof that religion is bad for the world

Well, most secularized nations are doing "better" for their citizens than religious ones. In fact...there's a correlation.... the worse the country is at providing for its citizens, the more religious. Of course it's not clear if the religion causes the crappy conditions, or if because their government sucks, the people turn to religion for comfort.

But I don't see how relying on and depending on or even hoping for supernatural solutions to problems is helpful in any way. Religion is useless for explaining how things work. It hinders a lot of progress because of it's lust for power it wants to hold on to.

[demwing]

9. Maher is a smug weenie with a mean streak

who happens to understand politics and is occasionally hilarious.

[hisownpetard]

11. Perfect description.

[Autonomy]

13. Agreed

and this episode was not one of those occasions. I didn't even laugh at the 'Sarah Palin supporter' line, and she's usually a sure thing for a laugh. He reminds me of Chris Matthews: he got very liberal when the Rah-Rah American nationalism thing was dying down. Previous to that he was an intermittent supporter of the Iraq War Fiasco. He is more attitude than insight imo.

[teknomanzer]

28. Maher just got progressive? He's like Matthews?

I seem to recall Mr. Maher getting pitched from a major network for comments made during that time of insane patriotic fervor. I've been watching Bill for quite a while now and unlike Chris Matthews he's been very consistant on his stances.

[Autonomy]

32. I guess you don't remember his mixed messages

on Iraq and the "patriotic" fervor that was going on a few years ago.

[teknomanzer]

34. Mixed messages?

Like what? That the 9-11 attacks were perpetrated by dangerous religious fanatics not by cowards? Or that its easy to be a warrior in this country when most of your killing is done by remote? Or that there was likely no WMD's in Iraq and the invasion was likely for oil? Or that use of military force is likely to increase the number of people that want to retaliate? These are examples of things I heard Maher say during the Bush years. What did you hear?

[Autonomy]

39. Support for the Iraq incursion

if WMD were found, or if democracy worked, and different 'mainstream' messages like that.

[teknomanzer]

40. Your answer is pretty vague...

but in your defense the best I could come up with is that he appeared to be less skeptical when the first elections were taking place in Iraq. Before the invasion he was against it, and has since asserted that it was a complete failure.

But I was hoping you would at least come up with a quote or a you tube clip - I wouldn't mind proven wrong... I certainly don't share all of Maher's opinions... but on this issue he has been more consistant then the "professional" news media.

[Autonomy]

41. I never intended to dig up any 'proof'

You asked what I meant, and I answered. Don't get me wrong. Maher is often funny and spot-on, but he's far from my favorite political comedian. So, yeah, 'mixed' feelings about him is my opinion of him. I am not trying to talk anyone out of liking him, though.

[northofdenali]

10. Best. Sarah. Palin. Line. EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for those who don't, I think Maher is hysterical. :rofl::rofl::rofl::toast::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Fearless]

14. K&R!

[Wetzelbill]

12. I love that one girl's laugh!

:)

[Locut0s]

16. God damn I have a huge crush on Olivia Wilde....

I could watch that woman all day just filing her taxes. :loveya:

[Divine Discontent]

18. the more I watch him over the years the more negative and hateful he seems. Sad.

[mwb970]

24. That's strange, I find him funnier and more insightful then ever.

To each his own, I guess.

[Divine Discontent]

30. That's odd, I don't see how one couldn't see it, but to each their own.

[ro1942]

19. thanks for posting,enjoyed

[spicegal]

20. I'm a huge Bill Maher fan, but have to say he can be a little over the top with his

anti-religion. I too have some discomfort with organized religion, but also recognize its value to society and for many people. The problem I have is with the extremists, which are present in every denomination. I have problems with religious hypocrisy and cherry picking versus from scripture to support a cause, while conveniently ignoring others. I recently had this "debate" with a very religious person about homosexuality. He was an older man, and very nice. I'm sure I got no where with him. He believes what he believes. I also think it's ridiculous to interpret the Bible literally.

[DisgustedInMN]

21. Thanks..

.. nothing better to start a Sunday morning with, than watching a sharp mind skewer the insanity that is religion.

[Red Knight]

22. I doubt he's ever read a book on Buddhism

or has any real understanding of the religion or philosophy at all.

It sounded more like he came armed with some wikipedia stuff or perhaps visited a website or two--and relied on the simple myths that create an image of nuttiness to this type of religion.

I can just see him in the make-up room talking to an assistant who is trying to explain it and him joking and nodding and thinking of lines with a dismissive, I get it, I get it, remark.

I love his political stuff. Some of that seems really insightful--but he sometimes misses the mark on religion because he can only pluck things from the surface.

And before anyone jumps on me for being a religious nut--no.

I like to read it from a philosophical point and that's pretty much it. I'm an atheist.

And by the way--Buddha pretty much said----"Try it--if it works for you, great. If not--try something else."

Like all religions--Buddhism picked up things along the way--particularly in Tibet--which added some pre-existing religious ideas to Buddhism when it got there.

At its most basic it read more like a philosophy than anything else.

[Number_Six]

25. Or did Tiger?

For Tiger to quote..supposedly...says he didn't bother to read anymore than Bill did about the process of enlightenment, but then, you've got the same within any religion: Those who think they know what it means and those who do, but just grin and snicker at the rest.

[Joe Chi Minh]

23. Yeah? Who ever heard of a tropical, indoor carpet-bowls champion?

[Grassy Knoll]

27. Really funny. n/t

[Mad_Dem_X]

29. OMFG - too funny

[colsohlibgal]

33. So Glad He Is Back

Hate it when he's on hiatus. Olivia Wilde was awesome but who shocked me last week was Norah O'Donnell - I didn't see her as any kind of liberal from her work so I was pleasantly surprised as she came off more liberal than I thought.

Try as I might not to, when I learn about the politics of actors it does change my view of them. Even with dead ones. I love watching old movies on TCM and my opinion of Irene Dunne sure plummeted when I found out she was a 100% right wing tool. Conversely I always admired Myrna Loy, love the "Thin Man" movies with William Powell, but my opinion went even higher when I read how progressive she was, she really took some stands for civil rights way back in the day.

Whatever, it's sure nice to have Maher back, one more popular voice to call out the likes of Palin.

[ProgressOnTheMove]

35. Well there's wisdom in it in want, want, want as far as consumerism ain't helping eco wise...

it's more about the give, give, give of ourselves to make it a nicer place. I think Tiger was saying it wasn't about his needs first, he should of prioritized those of his wife. At the same time the whole sex addict notion is just a get out clause, maybe you can have faithfulness guidence than to say liking sex is wrong.

[Greyhound]

36. Are you the spammer that posts these?

The website that these videos promote tries to install dozens of traps and trackers on the visitors system.

[Tx4obama]

45. Greyhound

I am not a spammer - I am just a DU'er like most other folks here :)
The version of the 'new rules' video that I posted here on DU was the only one available on YouTube.
It's really hard to find any video at all of 'new rules' most of the time.
No one had to leave to DU to watch the video I posted here on DU... I know nothing about the other website you are referring to.

[DeSwiss]

37. YES, YES, YES!!!

- K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[penndragon69]

38. Sometimes he's a total ASS.

Everyone would be screaming if he said those kinds of things about christianity or jesus.
But if it's about the Buddha or eastern religions, he gets a chuckle and a pass.
Just another religious hypocrite.

But the rest of his stuff is still pretty funny.

[Endangered Specie]

42. Ummm, I do believe hes bashed Islam, Judaism, and Islam on his show

and has recieved similiar laughter...

Take for example his Muslim fashion show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhLZN2G81yk

I hear people mostly laughing

[LeftyMom]

43. He says those things and a lot more about Christianity all the time. Did you watch his movie?

[Bullet1987]

44. Maher is funny, but the religion-bashing does go overboard sometimes

We get it Bill. You hate religion and want to see it wiped off the face of the Earth and the billions of people who follow various teachings with it.