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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
by Jane Mayer
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by Jane Mayer
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05/04/2007
Bill Maher
A conversation with Bill Maher
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A conversation with Bill Maher, comedian and host of Real Time with Bill Maher.
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Certainely one of the most patriotic american! One who is not afraid to tell the truth which so many americans are afraid to hear. Sorry, but America is not the greatest country in the world, if it was, misery in this country would not exist.
Maybe bill maher is a tv star, but he is intelligent enough and concerned enough and brave enough to speak, question and accuse when and where it is needed. My hats off to him for his ability to weed thru the flak about this country and the myth that we are the greatest, smartest, bravest, kindest nation on earth. those who say so have never seen us from afar thru the eyes of others around the world. We have made grave mistakes during our brief history here and we are now paying the price. Money rules this country and we let it and that is WRONG...PERIOD! Our government has gone to the well of taxation and spending too many times and we have no way to stop it. Vote for an independent polititian who cares about the common man, not the common company.
The kurds found Saddam Hussein, not the Americans!!. I like Bill Maher, he is more aware than a lot of Americans!. I enjoy watching him!
Catching up with Bill Maher & Charlie Rose. Bill is intelligent & aware & speaks for a lot of people. Thank you.
The decline of a society begins when the public prefers to listen to people who rather shit on everything it is and stands for under the allusion that it's comedy. I find it quite distasteful to watch two people who think their the elites of society because their on t.v (which actually is the opposite , T.V is as common as you get) laughing about the stupidity of the American public and if we only were as informed as them, would we then make the right decisions. The only answer to that is, maybe we are stupid, to find a degenerate comedian's opinion worthy of debate on foreign policy or the state of our country.
You are my Hero. Have you ever had the Clintons on your show, will you?
Bill Maher is a GREAT guest. Please have him on more often than once every five years!
It should be noted that most US technology is a spin off from military technology
If you don't watch Real Time, it's great.
I agree with bill on health care. I was surprised to see charlie defending many health issues
Bill Maher is brilliant. So is Christopher Hitchens. What an intelligent show. Thank you.
As a practicing physician in both family practice and geriatrics, I support Bill Maher's assertion that taking care of oneself, physically and psychologically, does more to ensure personal health than the technological advances in diagnosis and treatment of the last 20 years. Most of these advances do more to raise the cost of medical care. Very few, such as "statin" drugs for cholesterol control, have actually accomplished significant changes in health outcome. The medical diagnostic industry have created more discrete information on diagnosis, but most of the time clinicians defer to this expensive technology rather than risk using their clinical judgment. It has made good clinical and diagnostic thinking "rusty" since one can easily order a CT scan or an MRI scan without clearly thinking through what the history and physical exam of a patient's problem fully indicate. Hence, I am skeptical that technological advances in medicine has really made significant improvement for the populace at large. Thank you for providing this space for my opinion.
Bill Maher has really evolved into one of the best--if not the best--political satirists in the country. You can disagree with him, as many do, but the guy usually is ahead of the curve on the issues and accurate in his assertions (e.g. his facts are usually correct). Plus he is funny as hell. He really has a sharp wit and a great delivery (very old school Jack Benny/Johnny Carson style). I go to his tapings as often as I can. Great episode. Please have Bill Maher on more often.
I would just like to ask, Charlie, why you are so invested in the United States being the greatest country in the world? Would it be so awful if we were only second-best or third-best? This interview showed yet again your arrogance and ego, particularly in your sputtering claim that we're making great progress in medical technology and curing cancer! Of all the absurdities. Wake up and realize that you were bamboozled by those medical researchers to get funding for their projects. You seem blind to people's motivation to make money, perhaps because you deny it in yourself.
Great show on TV. Intelligence, funny, etc.... Pls invite him more often !! Also the Christopher Hitchens interview although I wished his audio would be louder. Pls invite him more often !! Pls less cross talk.
I am always riveted by Bill Maher. Love him...Thank you very much. Hitchens is always engaging as usual. Oh and please have Anthony Bourdain on the show.
Bill Maher is a dweeb (look it up) who talks a good talk. But, for the most part, he's just more hot air. I'd love to see him run for the oval office against any of his heros and see how far he gets. I'm betting if he had to actually hold down a job like that,s while other took cheep pot shots at him every day so they could profit from it, that he would flip flop and flounder around as would any fish out of water. Charlie, please don't waste your time our ours with him again in the future.
As much as his humor and his edge, we love Bill Maher's intelligence and insight. Thank you for having him on.
Itâ??s ironic to watch you arguing with Bill Maher about medicine achievements while both of you are correct. Bush administration is destroying academia as fast as they can and not just because they donâ??t increase NIH budget. They waste the money that is already there because they appointed leadership that is completely incompetent just as they did in other areas of the countryâ??s business just as Bill argued. The NIH road map is as much meaningless as the Middle East road map to nowhere.
Quite thought provoking.
yeah BILL!!!! You inspired me..I bought a wonderful electric bicycle to commute cross town..I even live in the big Sougthern hills...I LOVE IT!!! 5 cents a charge and it is soooo quiet...now Bill....I want a car like yours!!! I LOVE BILL>>>>>