tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post8324277124526937033..comments2023-10-26T05:08:20.977-04:00Comments on Connecting.the.Dots: Goodbye, Bill MaherROBERT STEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999996852219220599noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-1794756173296437122011-01-18T19:17:47.550-05:002011-01-18T19:17:47.550-05:00Stein, right on the money, as usual. Maher just ca...Stein, right on the money, as usual. Maher just can't seem to get enough of himself. He has a gift for the obvious, delivered w/ sophomoric rancor.<br /><br />You've been moving steadily up my favorite bloggers list. It's about wisdom.McGuirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-15598135539930970492011-01-16T19:25:19.433-05:002011-01-16T19:25:19.433-05:00"The best lack all conviction, while the wors..."The best lack all conviction, while the worst <br />Are full of passionate intensity" (Yeats).<br /><br />Bill Maher's rhetoric serves neither to incite violence nor hate but rather attention. I don't think he's trying to be mean when he lets his opinions loose. There is much wrong with the world, and politics is emotional. <br /><br />And Maher is a political satirist. I admire Maher especially more than Jon Stewart because of Maher's inclination to be politically incorrect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-2241980056177641752011-01-16T17:13:35.068-05:002011-01-16T17:13:35.068-05:00i still enjoy bill maher. he makes me think about ...i still enjoy bill maher. he makes me think about both sides. but then i always did because i am a libra or at least i was until the new zodiac came out. if glenn beck,limbaugh, scarborough,and faux news along with chris mathews can say what they want, why not a policical commentator/comedian. i like his show and have followed him since p.i. and will continue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-23177290032067709722011-01-16T10:57:02.981-05:002011-01-16T10:57:02.981-05:00Sometimes it is hard to distinguish "snark&qu...Sometimes it is hard to distinguish "snark" from humor. Right now there is not much in politics to smile about.<br />The references did get me reading Thomas Paine again. That is not a bad thing.Yellow Dog Donnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-33536272512679329232011-01-16T01:50:21.898-05:002011-01-16T01:50:21.898-05:00I used to enjoy Bill Maher on Politically Incorrec...I used to enjoy Bill Maher on Politically Incorrect, and maybe it's just me, but he seemed to be more thoughtful and less knee-jerk mean-spirited then. Because I don't watch him at all now and have only seen some of the clips of his more offensive and angry rants, I'm probably not qualified to assess him these days, so I'll take your word for it. <br /><br />I do agree that in the ways that Maher was assessing the founders--based on class and privilege--that few in the Tea Party would meet their status. However, there is little doubt that today's left has drifted so far from the Democratic Party's previous focus on "the common working man" that the founders, who after all gave us a government of, for, and by the people, would be appalled by the big government involvement in every aspect of citizens' lives. <br /><br />Class warfare is nothing new, of course, but it's really sad to see the Democratic Party abandon its role as champion of the working classes to revel with such condescension in being "like the Founders" in terms of education, wealth, and world travel, while ignoring the limits upon government that the documents they produced reveal were their ideological grounding. A grounding and ideology shared by the Tea Party.Fuzzy Slippershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021615731454709413noreply@blogger.com