Bill Maher’s New Rule Promotes Culture of Death
April 11, 2011 at 8:00 am | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: abortion, Bill Maher, Collectivism, Communism, Death, HBO, individualism, Life, NewsReal Blog, pro-choice, pro-life, Real Time
by Walter Hudson, contributed to David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog
In a period when we face a fiscal emergency and the threat of Islamist death worshipers, social issues have taken a sideline in our political discourse. To an extent, that makes sense. Our ability to deal with social issues depends first and foremost on our continued existence. Whether homosexuals can obtain a marriage license is a lesser concern than whether we can feed ourselves or keep our throats from being slit.
Even so, social issues remain a prism through which we can discern the priorities of those who would lead us. On Friday, Bill Maher offered a troubling glimpse through that prism on HBO’s Real Time.
New Rule: If you can force a woman to look at a sonogram to see what will happen if she has an abortion, you also have to let her see a crying baby, a bratty five-year-old, and a surly teenager to see what will happen if she doesn’t. And you have to tell her it costs $204,000 to raise it until it turns 18 in 2028, where it will be a slave to the Chinese in a radioactive world with no animals, fish, or plants.
Bill Maher Thinks Lenin and Stalin Were “Right-Wingers”
February 14, 2011 at 10:00 pm | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: authoritarianism, Bill Maher, Hollywood, joseph stalin, Left, Libertarianism, NewsReal Blog, Political Spectrum, Right, The Concession Stand, Vladimir Lenin
by Walter Hudson, contributed to David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog
It’s not unusual for Bill Maher to accuse his ideological opponents of being flat-earthers. But he took the concept to a new extreme over the weekend in his analysis of history and the political spectrum. According to Maher, when you go too far to the Left, you end up on the Right.
“Both [the Russian and French] revolutions got hijacked by the right-wing – and the Iranian Revolution,” Maher added.
However, Maher explained that you could argue the Russian Revolution was “hijacked by the left-wing,” but due to the nature of it being that far left, it was really right.
“I suppose people would say the Russian Revolution was hijacked by the left-wing,” Maher said. “I think when you go that far left – you’re really the right-wing. I consider Lenin and Stalin right-wingers. Don’t tell Rush Limbaugh.”
Is Bill Maher Calling for Political Wives to Get Back in the Kitchen?
February 7, 2011 at 1:00 pm | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: anthony weiner, Bill Maher, Clarance Thomas, Hollywood, Jenny Thomas, NewsReal Blog, ObamaCare, Real Time, tea party, The Concession Stands, The Feminist Hawks' Nest
by Walter Hudson, contributed to David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog
Somehow I doubt Bill Maher will soon invite The Wall Street Journal’s John Fund back onto HBO’s Real Time. That’s because the unpretentious columnist publicly eviscerated both Maher and Democratic Congressman Anthony Wiener without breaking an intellectual sweat.
In a segment embedded at Fox Nation, the fireworks began as Maher and Weiner attempted to pass off juvenile insults as legitimate analysis.
Weiner: [Glenn Beck] has less than 300,000 viewers. So that’s about 150 shoes in his audience…
If you don’t get the joke, you’re not alone. After a few seconds of confused silence, Weiner explains that he was trying to be funny.
Read on at David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog…
Tackling Bill Maher’s “NFL Is Socialist” Rant
January 31, 2011 at 9:00 am | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: Bill Maher, Capitalism, Economics, Football, HBO, Hollywood, huffington post, NewsReal Blog, nfl, Real Time, Socialism, The Concession Stand
by Walter Hudson, contributed to David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog
Americans must realize that what makes the NFL so great is socialism. Such is the thesis of Bill Maher’s most recent “New Rule” on HBO’s Real Time, and a companion column in the Huffington Post.
I can only imagine the delight with which Maher concocted this clever-sounding notion and unleashed it upon the world. It’s quintessential Maher, the kind of rhetorical titty-twister he regards as legitimate intellectual combat. Of course, as is so often the case with Maher’s superficially sound arguments, this latest exercise in carnival cognition unravels upon cursory examination.
It’s no surprise that some 100 million Americans will watch the Super Bowl next week… Because football is built on an economic model of fairness and opportunity, and baseball is built on a model where the rich almost always win and the poor usually have no chance…
Read on at David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog…
Is Religion Ridiculous?
December 4, 2010 at 10:30 pm | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: Bill Maher, Hollywood, Miracles, NewsReal Blog, religion, Religulous, Science, The Concession Stand
by Walter Scott Hudson, contributed to NewsReal Blog
In a recent post answering the anti-religious zealotry of Bill Maher’s documentary-style film Religulous, I concluded that the film’s topic is “the argument of our time.” That is to say, our political paradigm is founded upon our spiritual paradigm, how we define and perceive the nature of man.
If you believe mankind to be the product of an ongoing, emergent, evolutionary process, then you will tend to believe that human consciousness can be applied to drive evolution in a favorable direction. This belief tends to metastase into an elevation of some men above others. Whether the basis for distinction is national identity, race, creed, intellect or some other factor is irrelevant. The end result is the same – a loss of freedom, and often life.
Conversely, if you believe mankind to exist in a state of sin – moral retardation, then you will abandon the futile task of perfecting man and work toward maintaining a society which minimizes the potential for abuse by defusing power and maximizing individual liberty. This was the position of the American Founding Fathers, who wrote and spoke extensively regarding the fallibility of man (even those with crowns) and the necessity to bind them with the chains of the Constitution.
In this follow-up, I would like to answer some thoughtful points raised by one of our readers. Continue Reading Is Religion Ridiculous?…
“Religulous:” 9 Answers to Bill Maher’s Anti-Religious Zealotry
November 28, 2010 at 4:45 pm | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: atheism, Bill Maher, Christianity, Doubt, freedom of religion, Hollywood, Judaism, NewsReal Blog, religion, Religulous, richard dawkins, Sam Harris, Skepticism, Steven Weinberg, The Concession Stand
by Walter Scott Hudson, contributed to NewsReal Blog
This much I guarantee, if you care at all about the world in which you live and hold to a particular view which dictates how that world may be improved, you will be offended by what you are about to read. Given the nature of the subject matter, provocation cannot be avoided. We’re going to exam the most sacred and fundamental beliefs which undergird our thoughts, feelings, traditions, and actions. We’re going to consider ideas people die for. We’re going to consider about ideas people kill for. We’re going to do so because debate has sprung up in America, and around the world, regarding whether people of faith ought to have the right to live according to their beliefs. The stakes of that debate are nothing less than individual liberty, and extend to matters life and death.
One of the chief voices in popular culture articulating the anti-religion argument is Bill Maher, host of HBO’s Real Time and among the most antagonistic leftist ideologues participating in our public discourse. In 2008, Maher produced Religulous, a documentary-style film in which he interviews “some of religion’s oddest adherents.” The film is more than a critique of religion. It is a call to arms for the purpose of uprooting and destroying religion. Cinema Blend critic Josh Tyler articulated the purpose succinctly.
Early on in Religulous, Bill Maher throws up a bar chart illustrating the number of people in America who are non-religious. That number is 16%, more than blacks, more than Jews, more than numerous other minority groups who seem to have no problem making themselves heard and getting Congress to do their bidding. Maher wonders aloud why non-religious people are so underground, and why they aren’t having an impact on the national discussion. His film is aimed squarely at that 16% of the country, and almost no one else. His goal, and he clearly has one, is to give those people the motivation they need to come out of the closet and do something… before it’s too late.
Continue Reading “Religulous:” 9 Answers to Bill Maher’s Anti-Religious Zealotry…
Maher and Moore: “America Is Like a Dog”
November 15, 2010 at 1:00 pm | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: Bill Maher, dog, Evolution, healthcare, Hollywood, Michael Moore, NewsReal Blog, ObamaCare, The Concession Stand, tyranny
by Walter Scott Hudson, contributed to NewsReal Blog
In the face of opposition to their radical agenda, President Obama and his administration have made statements to the effect of, We haven’t done a good enough job explaining our policies to the American people. These comments reflect a profound arrogance which assumes that the only reason a rational person would oppose a leftist idea is because they do not understand it. Egregious as that attitude may be, it at least supposes that Americans are capable of understanding proposals which are properly explained.
Left-wing zealot Bill Maher doesn’t give us that much credit. On Friday’s Real Time, he took the elitist sentiment further.
“America is like a dog,” Maher began, explaining “It cannot understand actual words. It understands inflection, it understands fear, but you can’t actually explain issues to a dog.”
Time Editor Smacks Down Bill Maher’s Ridiculous Read on the Election
November 10, 2010 at 11:00 am | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: Bill Maher, Fareed Zakaria, healthcare, Hollywood, NewsReal Blog, ObamaCare, Public Option, Real Time, The Concession Stand, Time Magazine
by Walter Scott Hudson, contributed to NewsReal Blog
Bill Maher was befuddled by last week’s election as he discussed the results with his Real Time panel, which included Time magazine editor-at-large Fareed Zakaria. Maher could not understand why voters would cast their ballots for Republicans.
The leftist ideologue stubbornly refused to accept the simplest explanation, that voters parted with President Obama and his Democratic party on ideology. In fact, the simplest explanation was so unpalatable to Maher, he conjured up a nonsensical alternative.
[The blue dogs] lost on Tuesday. Those [Democrats] who said, “You know what? I’m not with Obama. I disavow him, even though he’s my president in my party.” They lost.
Leftist Ideologue Bill Maher Befuddled by Mid-Terms
November 9, 2010 at 11:00 am | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: Bill Maher, Communism, Dana Gould, Darrell Issa, elections, Fareed Zakaria, Fiscal Policy, Hollywood, NewsReal Blog, Ownership, private property, Real Time, Republicans, Socialism, The Concession Stand, Wealth, Wealth Redistribution
by Walter Scott Hudson, contributed to NewsReal Blog
One difference between a political commentator and an ideologue is that the former understands his opposition. Here at NRB, one of our primary objectives is to seek and convey an accurate understanding of the ideologies we oppose. As a result, it never surprises us when a socialist acts like a socialist, or when an Islamist acts like an Islamist. We do not have to agree with people in order to understand their point of view.
Despite a professed capacity for empathy, pundits on the Left seem to have more difficulty than conservatives when it comes to understanding those with whom they disagree. Bill Maher is such a pundit. On Friday’s Real Time, he asked panelists Dana Gould, Fareed Zakaria, and Rep. Darrell Issa to explain last Tuesday’s election results.
How could people who are struggling – really struggling, economically, worse than they have in so many decades – Why did they pull the lever for the party that says out front, “We’re not gonna extend unemployment benefits.” [The Republican’s] big plan seems to be give… rich people more money, or let rich people’s kids inherit more money. I just want to know why they voted Republican…
Continue Reading Leftist Ideologue Bill Maher Befuddled by Mid-Terms…
Failed President Jimmy Carter Asserts Nation More Polarized Today Than During Civil War
November 1, 2010 at 5:45 am | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: Bill Maher, federalism, George Clooney, HBO, Hollywood, Jimmy Carter, NewsReal Blog, Real Time, states rights, The Concession Stand
by Walter Scott Hudson, contributed to NewsReal Blog
If there is one point upon which conservatives and so-called liberals can agree, it is that our political discourse has become polarized to the point of dysfunction. Former President Jimmy Carter made an extraordinary statement to that effect on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher.
Maher: President Obama? How would you rate his term so far, two years in?
Carter: I think superb, under the circumstances, because he’s inherited a political polarization in this country that’s unprecedented – I would say even during the Civil War days…
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