Is it me or is Bill Maher slicked haired douche?

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kage69

Lifer
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Yeah it's you.


Just saw Religilous the other day, and was impressed by Maher's insightful skepticism. Guy has a brain, that's for sure, which is more than I can say about a great many of his detractors. I like anyone who calls a spade a spade, and he certainly does exactly that. :)
 

Lemon law

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There are a lot of public figures that make some people angry with their comments, Bill Maher is no exception.

But there has to be a special pedestal to place the set of people who think, that by simply calling them douches, that will, in and by itself, make those set of public figures go away or even alter their views.
 

Red Dawn

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Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
Bill Mahar is like Al Sharpton. Half the things he says are very profound and right on the mark. The other half are so far out there that it undermines everything that might fall in the previous category.

No Bill is like the shit I flushed down the toilet.
Well in this case it seems you are what you flushed,well at least your post is.
 

heyheybooboo

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It's you.

Bill Maher is an entertainer on HBO - formerly on Comedy Central. I imagine HBO pays him a greatr deal of money and he has other substantial income from DVD sales, stand-up shows in Vegas, etc. He dates porn stars.

You, on the other hand, post whiny threads at AT.
 

retrospooty

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Originally posted by: heyheybooboo
It's you.

Bill Maher is an entertainer on HBO - formerly on Comedy Central. I imagine HBO pays him a greatr deal of money and he has other substantial income from DVD sales, stand-up shows in Vegas, etc. He dates porn stars.

You, on the other hand, post whiny threads at AT.

LOL +1
 

KK

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
Bill Mahar is like Al Sharpton. Half the things he says are very profound and right on the mark. The other half are so far out there that it undermines everything that might fall in the previous category.

No Bill is like the shit I flushed down the toilet.
Well in this case it seems you are what you flushed,well at least your post is.

Good one old man, you got me.
 

Red Dawn

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Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
Bill Mahar is like Al Sharpton. Half the things he says are very profound and right on the mark. The other half are so far out there that it undermines everything that might fall in the previous category.

No Bill is like the shit I flushed down the toilet.
Well in this case it seems you are what you flushed,well at least your post is.

Good one old man, you got me.
Old Man is right, turn the Speed Limit tomorrow:shocked:
 

retrospooty

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Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
Bill Mahar is like Al Sharpton. Half the things he says are very profound and right on the mark. The other half are so far out there that it undermines everything that might fall in the previous category.

No Bill is like the shit I flushed down the toilet.
Well in this case it seems you are what you flushed,well at least your post is.

Good one old man, you got me.

I may be off, but i think he was referring to the content of your post. Instead of offering any insight, or opinion, or even relevant comment. You really didnt say anything at all other than an insult. Being that Maher doesnt visit this forum, even that is irrelevant.
 

ScottyB

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Maher is a douchebag to the highest magnitude. I am very far to the left, and I cannot stand this guy. Every word he speaks comes out covered in slime. He speaks about everyone else as if they are below him intellectually and morally. He is a blowhard and a malcontent. The man is a failed comic and he knows it. His opening monologues are pathetic; he has to chastise his audience for not getting his jokes or not finding them funny.

A few weeks ago, I watched a segment where he was railing against "big food" with some former FDA official. They were comparing the food industry with the cigarette industry and discussing its negative aspects in society. The scientist stated that we now know that sugar, fat, and salt make people crave food and the food industry is using those ingredients to basically trick Americans into eating their products. Well, no shit Sherlock. People know that junk food is junk. Its not as if there is some giant conspiracy against the American populace by food manufacturers. Every ingredient and the caloric information is clearly labeled on the packaging. Just shut the fuck up already.
 

feralkid

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Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
Bill Mahar is like Al Sharpton. Half the things he says are very profound and right on the mark. The other half are so far out there that it undermines everything that might fall in the previous category.

No Bill is like the shit I flushed down the toilet.



Your shit used to date Ann Coulter?

Let me guess; you flushed it in a fit of idealogical jealousy.
 

KK

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Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Old Man is right, turn the Speed Limit tomorrow:shocked:

Congrats :thumbsup:, is that interstate speed limit or state road speed limit?
 

KK

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Originally posted by: retrospooty
Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
Bill Mahar is like Al Sharpton. Half the things he says are very profound and right on the mark. The other half are so far out there that it undermines everything that might fall in the previous category.

No Bill is like the shit I flushed down the toilet.
Well in this case it seems you are what you flushed,well at least your post is.

Good one old man, you got me.

I may be off, but i think he was referring to the content of your post. Instead of offering any insight, or opinion, or even relevant comment. You really didnt say anything at all other than an insult. Being that Maher doesnt visit this forum, even that is irrelevant.

I know I didn't add anything, you don't have to tell me. In fact nothing said on this forum really does matter. People are set in their ways and you aren't going to change their minds.
 

fskimospy

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Originally posted by: ScottyB
Maher is a douchebag to the highest magnitude. I am very far to the left, and I cannot stand this guy. Every word he speaks comes out covered in slime. He speaks about everyone else as if they are below him intellectually and morally. He is a blowhard and a malcontent. The man is a failed comic and he knows it. His opening monologues are pathetic; he has to chastise his audience for not getting his jokes or not finding them funny.

A few weeks ago, I watched a segment where he was railing against "big food" with some former FDA official. They were comparing the food industry with the cigarette industry and discussing its negative aspects in society. The scientist stated that we now know that sugar, fat, and salt make people crave food and the food industry is using those ingredients to basically trick Americans into eating their products. Well, no shit Sherlock. People know that junk food is junk. Its not as if there is some giant conspiracy against the American populace by food manufacturers. Every ingredient and the caloric information is clearly labeled on the packaging. Just shut the fuck up already.

You don't have to like him, but he's certainly not a failed comic in any way, shape, or form. Comedy Central has him as #38 on the top 100 comics of all time, he's authored half a dozen books, had about 10 HBO specials, been in more than a dozen movies, etc... etc... etc. There's a reason he's in so many things, and it's because a lot of people like him. That is unless you've had 11 HBO specials or something.
 

ScottyB

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Originally posted by: eskimospy
Originally posted by: ScottyB
Maher is a douchebag to the highest magnitude. I am very far to the left, and I cannot stand this guy. Every word he speaks comes out covered in slime. He speaks about everyone else as if they are below him intellectually and morally. He is a blowhard and a malcontent. The man is a failed comic and he knows it. His opening monologues are pathetic; he has to chastise his audience for not getting his jokes or not finding them funny.

A few weeks ago, I watched a segment where he was railing against "big food" with some former FDA official. They were comparing the food industry with the cigarette industry and discussing its negative aspects in society. The scientist stated that we now know that sugar, fat, and salt make people crave food and the food industry is using those ingredients to basically trick Americans into eating their products. Well, no shit Sherlock. People know that junk food is junk. Its not as if there is some giant conspiracy against the American populace by food manufacturers. Every ingredient and the caloric information is clearly labeled on the packaging. Just shut the fuck up already.

You don't have to like him, but he's certainly not a failed comic in any way, shape, or form. Comedy Central has him as #38 on the top 100 comics of all time, he's authored half a dozen books, had about 10 HBO specials, been in more than a dozen movies, etc... etc... etc. There's a reason he's in so many things, and it's because a lot of people like him. That is unless you've had 11 HBO specials or something.

I don't see how he is ranked so highly, but I suppose other people have different tastes. I barely get a chuckle out of his entire monologue. It seems like his audience doesn't either. Maybe his stand up is better; I don't know as I haven't seen any. But I don't care too either. I really want to like the guy as I think he has some good ideas. But he just lays on the douchebag act too thickly for me to take him seriously.
 

retrospooty

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Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: retrospooty
Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: KK
Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
Bill Mahar is like Al Sharpton. Half the things he says are very profound and right on the mark. The other half are so far out there that it undermines everything that might fall in the previous category.

No Bill is like the shit I flushed down the toilet.
Well in this case it seems you are what you flushed,well at least your post is.

Good one old man, you got me.

I may be off, but i think he was referring to the content of your post. Instead of offering any insight, or opinion, or even relevant comment. You really didnt say anything at all other than an insult. Being that Maher doesnt visit this forum, even that is irrelevant.

I know I didn't add anything, you don't have to tell me. In fact nothing said on this forum really does matter. People are set in their ways and you aren't going to change their minds.

One non-post and one comment about teh uselessness of internet forums in general. If you cant stay on topic, why bother?
 

Lemon law

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Our constitution guarantees free speech, for those who do not like Bill Maher, America also offers another wonderful option called called the off switch.
If you do not like Bill Maher, don't listen to him, do not watch him, and its not exactly like anyone is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to listen
to Bill Maher. Unless someone is holding a gun to your head and compelling you to listen, you get zero sympathy from me and why are you wasting our time
with your wittle bitty cognitive dissonance problems?

In terms of my Lemon Law list of all time douches, Bill Maher does not even crack the top 50, but since I do not believe in censorship, its a matter of suffering fools gladly, and letting them discredit themselves.
 

JEDIYoda

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Originally posted by: brandonbull
I was channel surfing and Bill Maher was on a rant about how the 4k people being eliminated by Amex were worthless. The nerve of that used car salesmen to go on tv and talk about somebody's job not contributing to the economy. His job has to top the list of worthless jobs. The guy is a typical leftist elite.

He sits on his soap box and cries about how unfair it is for credit card companies to charge high interest rates. FYI Bill, nobody makes people use credit cards and if the rates are not acceptable, do not use them. I know that is a radical concept.

That guy is 100% waste of space and does not deserve to earn more than 50k/yr. I'm sure while he is driving around in his $100k+ cars the thought of how badly he is overpaid and how congress should enact laws to limit his pay never crosses his mind.

It`s totally you!!
 

TheSlamma

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Religulous was one of the most fun movies I have seen in a theater in a long time. The audience was so into it and wow did it let religion really make fun of itself, he didn't have to add much.
 

Lemon law

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brandonbull asks, "Originally posted by: brandonbull

Topic Title: Is it me or is Bill Maher slicked haired douche?"

Kinda hard to say, without a picture of brandonbull to validated compare that slick hair question, we might lump in Ronald Regan, Elvis Presley, the Fonz, and brillcream. But brandonbull might think twice about alienating the legions of Elvis Presley, Fonzie, and Ronald Reagan fans.

Surely by now, brandonbull has alienated nearly everyone who has slick hair or respects someone with slick hair.
 

senseamp

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Bill Maher is awesome, OP is a slick haired douche, is the answer to the title question.
 

Pliablemoose

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I dunno, am on the fence, tempered with the knowledge that the guy has made millions with his shtick.

Categorized as infotainment, I have no real problems with him.
 

UberNeuman

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Originally posted by: brandonbull
Originally posted by: SilentZero
Bill Maher rocks! OP is a douche.

/thread

At least you lived up to part of your name with the value of your input.

and you lived up to it with part of your name as well..