Heads up 10 mins to Real time w/ Bill Maher

[Momof1]

This week, Bill's guests include comedian Steve Harvey, Rep. Kay Granger, former Rep. Bob Barr and reporter Cokie Roberts.

As the Campaign of 2004 heats up, Bill Maher and his guests examine the minds and motives of George Bush and John Kerry.

http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/

[Connie_Corleone]

1. Thanks for the head's up!

I almost forgot.

[mountainvue]

2. What a lame lineup.

So help me God, if Maher panders to them I'm shutting him off. After last weeks brilliance, it would be too much of a disappointment.

[Momof1]

4. I know, but

He will be nice. Last season it seemed one week he went off on them like crazy, then the next week he was easy on them.

Why else would the high profile idiots agree to come on? If they are gonna get the shiite kicked out of them every week.

[mountainvue]

52. Agreed. But I couldn't

see it getting real exciting with Cokie Roberts or Boob Barr on the panel.

[Cush]

3. the Ronco Head Saver

[Cush]

5. Congresswoman Kay Granger up first

[southernleftylady]

6. Ridge has made my violent death boring lol lol n/t

[southernleftylady]

8. "Good Dodge!" lol how funny! n/t

[Momof1]

7. Maher: * is pretending to implement it. (9/11 recommendations)

Wow... I can't keep up with Maher explaining this stuff. LOL

[Momof1]

9. Since when is Czar a good word?

It reminds me of Russia. So how is that good?

[jayfish]

10. Razor Sharp Tonight...

and up to the minute. Wonder if Bill has been lurking.

Jay

[RummyTheDummy]

18. Very sharp

I haven't seen him this sharp since early last season. Very good stuff. Cheney all the Maher doubters!

[Momof1]

11. Bob Barr-- wrote a book about Clinton

Jeez...GIVE IT UP!!!

[AlCzervik]

12. Bob Barr's recent lawsuit against Carville

and Hillary Clinton just got tossed out of court. he is the ultimate douchebag.

[Momof1]

14. I can tell. I don't think I ever heard of him before

n/t

[AlCzervik]

16. oh geez, go google his lying ass

you wont even beleive what you will find. When he is being introduced it should really go something like this..."And on tonights show we have disgraced former congressman bob Barr."

[tonyraytx]

13. I like Steve Harvey.... but

He don't need to be there.

[Momof1]

15. I think he is just there to get his cousins a job...lol

n/t

[Maddy McCall]

24. Actually, he's kicking ass tonight...

He just rebuffed Cokie's lame claim that Osama is to blame for Iraqis' hatred of Americans.

[Maddy McCall]

17. Iraqi kid...how will Barr respond?

[Maddy McCall]

20. Barr actually ADMITS that the war created terrorists...

Dumbass Cokie says that they are wrong to be mad at Americans--they should be mad at Osama. WTF? Didn't she get the memo that Saddam had NOTHING to do with 9/11?

[RummyTheDummy]

22. He said earlier Bush was using terrorism politically

That shocks me. True, he said Kerry was doing it too, but I never thought I'd hear that out of Barr's mouth.

[BlueStateGirl]

19. Did Cokie Roberts just says Saddam Hussein is the reason 9-11

happened?

[Maddy McCall]

21. Tangentially...

She said that children in Iraq and all Iraqis are finally getting mad at the person who is truly responsible for their desperate plight...Osama.

Go figure. (She's out of her mediocre league tonight.)

[BlueStateGirl]

25. She's really not that bright, is she? I thought I heard her say

Saddam was responsible.

[Bluebear]

28. I think she said Saddam was responsible for 9/11

Where in the hell has she been?

[Momof1]

23. Do you think that Harvey will end up punching Barr

by the end of the show?

[RummyTheDummy]

26. Maybe

I did a spit take when Barr blurted out something about Harvey playing the race card -- before he had finished what he was saying. It was surreal.

[Maddy McCall]

27. He just shut Cokie up.

Actually, Barr just agreed with Maher that the war created terrorists in Iraq that weren't there before the war.

[tonyraytx]

31. No

Because Barr will leave before the show end like the last guy.

[johnfunk]

29. Why aren't either Nina or Bill mentioning that O'Neill's...

... coauthor of the Regnery smear book is an anti-Catholic bigot? That would explain his contempt for Kerry -- but only somewhat...

[Maddy McCall]

30. Maher just kicked Nina Easton's ass...

Brought up awol, and the crowd roared.

"You mean he (Kerry) pussied out because he got wounded." LMFAO!

[Maddy McCall]

33. HAHAHA!! "You mean he used the Vietnam war as a springboard

for political action while the real patriot stayed in Alabama." Made her look like a fool.

Maher is rocking tonight!

[Fuzz]

32. LMAO

Kerry could have used his medals as a roach clip for a pot party with Ho Chi Min and it would still be better than dodging the draft and hanging out in Texas.

[Maddy McCall]

34. He's on fire, isn't he? :-)

[Momof1]

35. The corn pictures,

Maher going on about the high fructose corn syrup again. I think that is his personal crusade.

[Maddy McCall]

37. It's a good subject...

He's right. Look at damned near everything you buy. fructose is in it.

[RummyTheDummy]

40. I agree with him on

Corn syrup. I disagree that corn in the ear on a grill is unhealthy for you. The processed stuff definately is though.

[Maddy McCall]

49. Read up on how American Indian health suffered after the shift to

corn agriculture during the Mississippian Period.

[Eloriel]

51. The REST of the story about corn

is actually twofold:

1. GMO corn, which is in everything (well, a lot of things).

2. All corn has a high glycemic index, which means it drives up your blood sugar and insulin response as well. This causes an energy crash later, and ultimately cravings for the wrong foods. I always discounted that "sugar high/crash" business until I went on the South Beach diet (with its emphasis on low glycemic index foods) and had absolutely no cravings from Day 1 of the diet. Now I can observe it working firsthand when I eat too much high glycemic index foods (certain vegetables like potatoes, corn, green peas, all grains and grain products, all sugar and added sugar products, and all fruit).

There's more to what he was saying about feeding corn to cattle as well (as opposed to grass-fed beef). The grassfed beef has less fat in general and more of the "good fats."

So, basically, when Maher talked about corn being responsible for making us a nation of obese people, he was absolutely 100% correct. I wouldn't pass it off to JUST corn (and corn syrup), but corn is a big piece of it.

[Catt03]

36. Cokie making sure that everyone hear that George the Dad

was a hero but notice silence with Kerry.

[BlueStateGirl]

38. Cokie Roberts is a fool. An absolute fool.

[Momof1]

39. completely agree. n/t

[zuzu98]

48. She redeemed herself a little

with the gay marriage thing. "If you want to defend marriage against something, defend it against divorce."

[LiviaOlivia]

41. Cokie Roberts is such a giant asshole.

That woman needs to retire and never be heard from again.

[BlueStateGirl]

42. Anybody wanna bet that Cokie Roberts doesn't have a chemical plant

within 50 miles of her home?

Honestly, how can they make lite of that and then get their knickers in a bunch about a bunch of bank buildings?

[tonyraytx]

43. Hey Bob

Piss in the cup, Asshole

[Momof1]

45. ROTFLMAO n/t

[Feanorcurufinwe]

44. Barr and Roberts are so transparently lame.

They are sitting there pretending there is no chemical lobby, no corn lobby, no pharmaceutical (sp) lobby.

:wtf:

[BlueStateGirl]

46. Bob Bar you moran! The Constitution is the Federal Government..

[Maddy McCall]

47. Cokie..."Defend marriage against divorce" if "they want to defend...

...marriage against something." I'm shocked. :wow:

[tonyraytx]

50. Well, at least

Barr stay till the end

[demgrrrll]

53. People like Cokie Roberts make a good bit of money

speaking to corporate groups. I think somewhere in the neighborhood of $10,000 - 30,000 per speech. I was thinking that even if the people are not directly connected to a particular corporation they may have their eyes on a future engagement with the company and tailor their remarks to present and potential engagements.