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| Congressional Republicans and other spoiled brats are like this baby. |
Bill Maher summed up the week’s news with two words “Real mature!” on Real Time with Bill Maher, episode 346, which aired on HBO on March 13, 2015.
The letter to Iran
“Real mature,” was Maher’s summation of the letter to Iran.
It was spoken sarcastically and it referred to the 47 Republicans who signed
the letter to Iran in order to undermine the negotiations that Obama and the
leaders of other allied countries are having with Iran to prevent Iran from
obtaining nuclear weapons. Iran responded saying the letter was condescending.
[It was—it lectured them on American politics while getting the facts wrong. The
negotiations are not a treaty and thus Congressional approval is not needed. }
Prior to sending this letter some Democrats were actually on the same side as
the Republicans, but the letter ended that. Real stupid! And I don’t mean that
sarcastically.
Only 7 senators did not sign the letter. Some of those who
did are doubling down and some are backing off. Senator McCain said he signed
it because it was snowing and he was in a hurry to get home. Now I feel better.
(That is being said sarcastically.) Senators sign things without knowing what
they are signing because they are in a hurry to go home.
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| Thrive: Arianna Huffington |
Arianna Huffington
is the editor in chief of The Huffington Post, author of several books. Her
newest book is Thrive:
The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being,
Wisdom, and Wonder. She said that Republicans want to go to war,
but they have no idea of how to pay for it. My response: It is just Republicans
being immature again. If they love was so much, can’t they get their jollies
playing video games? Our economy is just finally recovering thanks to Obama, and
they want to plunge us into deficit spending again.
Senator Marco Rubio is either an idiot or else he just plays
one on TV. He thinks Iran is with ISIS. Secretary of State Kerry has
emphatically told him that he is wrong on this, but Rubio is too immature to
understand.
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| Sean Penn |
Sean Penn, an actor and human rights
activist. (Penn has won two academy awards, one for Mystic
River and one for Milk;
his newest movie is The Gunman which Maher described as an intelligent action thriller. Penn. Has
also been very involved in relief programs for Haiti and Katrina.)
Penn said, “There is a division in the generations in Iran.
There is progressive people thinking among young people and they are for separation
of church and state. Maher pointed out that may people in Iran are sophisticated
and westernized. They could be won over. Can the Republicans just go to their
rooms and play video games, and let the adults handle things.
Hillary’s email
The other big thing in the news is Hillary’s email. This is
all Republicans have to talk about. Real mature! [Sarcasm again.] Let’s say
Hillary had two email accounts as some people think she should have had. Couldn’t
she have used her personal account for state department business if she wanted
to keep some email secret? One account or two--someone who wants to hide
something can hide it. I think they are just pissed they can’t get their hands
on her personal emails to go fishing for something embarrassing. A fight with
Bill, spending too much for Chelsea’s wedding—anything they could use against
Hillary.
Hillary says she turned over all relevant emails. Maybe she’s
telling the truth; maybe she isn’t. Until a recipient of a hidden email comes
forward, I’m going to take her at her word.
Maher said they won’t be satisfied until they find an email in
which Hillary says “I hate America and I love scissoring.” He added that
Republicans attitude is like saying “We’re not saying she is a witch, we’re
just asking why she won’t let us dunk her in a pond.”
Rape on campus
The interview was with Andrea
Pino and Annie Clark, co-founders of The End Rape on Campus"
group and producers of the documentary, The Hunting Ground, about rape on college
campuses. These two well spoken young women want us to know that one in every
four or five women on campus are sexually assaulted. Colleges are not taking
this seriously. Maher said it was like with the Catholic Church—they act not to
protect the victim, but to protect the institution.
Racial issues
More immaturity from men on campus. A California fraternity
was caught on tapes singing chants about how no blacks were allowed in their
fraternity. They didn’t say “blacks;” they used the N-word. Maher said, “The
fraternity got in big trouble for the chants, but they would have gotten away
with sexual assault. “  |
| Racism in America |
Maher said, the U.S. is definitely not post racial despite
what the Supreme Court ruling said when they struck down the voting rights act.
Sharyl Attkinson, journalist, and
author of Stonewalled:
My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and
Harassment in Obama's Washington, showed
her conservative stripes by responding “You can’t find any place where people
don’t have thoughts against others.” Definitely no maturity in that response. Yes,
Sharyl “haters gonna hate,” but does that mean we should just shrug our
shoulders. Maher pointed out that in Fergusson people were fired for racist
emails, but not for the shootings.
As the Obama said at the Commemorative March on Selma just
because we have made progress doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot more that needs to
be done. Tom Rogan, a contributor to National Review Online, The Daily Telegraph, and a blogger at TomRoganThinks, gave a mature response. Talking about how only one
Republican member of Congress showed up for Selma (and he decided to go only
the day before the March) while 100 or so Democratic members were there, Rogan
said, “It was noticed in Republican circles.” I’m sure it was noticed in
African-American circles also.
The report on Fergusson proved that as it proved that there
is systematic oppression of black people. Fergusson is not an isolated case.
Mid-show comedy segment.
The mid-show comedy segment was a parody campaign ad for
Cletus J. McClintock, a fictional (I hope) character with the campaign slogan “Faith
Flag and F-You”. In the ad, McClintock says he is the biggest Obama hater of
them all and proves it with such stunts as mooning the president. New Rules: Heir Supplies
The rich are opposed to taxes on inheritances—they call it
the death tax. (Maher pointed out that the best time to be taxed is when you
are dead. NB: Maher has no children.)
“The one thing they believe more than the value of hard work
is to leave all their money to their kids.” Maher then showed us video clips of
Paris Hilton’s little brother, Conrad Hilton, an obnoxious young man, acting like
a very spoiled rich brat on an airplane—the crew had to put him into restraints.
Maher quipped, “Why can’t we book this kid on Malaysian Airlines?”
Maher then spoke about another kid who never knew “the
dignity of work.” Ethan Couch killed four people while driving under the
influence. He got away with it—no prison time only rehabilitation. His defense:
he suffered from a disease dubbed “af-flu-enza.” He was too rich to know boundaries.
(In other words, he was too immature to be responsible for his actions because
he was a spoiled rich brat.)
Maher concluded: “Ask your doctor if being rich is right for
you.”
Final word
Too bad there is no pill for immaturity. There are quite a
few in Washington who need that prescription.
Bill Maher’s Guests March 13, 2015
The interview is with Andrea Pino and Annie Clark, co-founders of The End Rape on Campus" group and producers of the documentary, The Hunting Ground, about rape on college campuses.
The mid show guest is Sean Penn, an actor and human rights activist. He won two academy awards, one for Mystic River and one for Milk. His Newest movie is The Gunman which Maher described as an intelligent action thriller.
The panel guests are:
Arianna Huffington, editor in chief of The Huffington Post, author of several books. Her newest book is Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
Sharyl Attkinson, journalist, and author of Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama's Washington
Tom Rogan, a contributor to National Review Online, The Daily Telegraph, and a blogger at TomRoganThinks
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