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Posted: May 4, 2010 12:46 PM

New Rule: Ship Of Fools

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12:14 AM on 05/10/2010
Back in the good old days when movies were made by genius film makers and not bohemian in group nepotism, there was this true story set in Turkey called Midnight Express. Watch it.
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StephenJK
All your consciousness are belong to us
03:28 PM on 05/11/2010
THat is a great movie.
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raffa657
04:24 PM on 06/02/2010
I agree. Midnight Express is a great movie and I second the watch it suggestion.
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DD2005
12:22 PM on 05/09/2010
In one minute he managed to insult those of Turkish and Iranian descent and people of all faiths. He's got a right to his opinion though, and SO DE WE. Bill.... all commedy aside, because I do admit you are funny when adressing the issues of the day BUT LEAVE RELIGION out. Because in MY opinion, you come off as a bigot.
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StephenJK
All your consciousness are belong to us
03:29 PM on 05/11/2010
Atheists tend to have a "holier-than-thou" attitude when speaking about religion. As funny as that sounds.
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Dislikessocialism
Conservatives have better ideas
08:49 AM on 05/09/2010
Bill is an elitist racist. He hates coorporations but works for one. Hipocrit anyone???
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FantasticFourFan
No one on the right is a christian.
10:17 PM on 05/11/2010
There are no liberal elites, only cons are elites.
04:45 AM on 05/09/2010
I generally enjoy Maher but he needs to tone down his xenophobia. Turkish scientists are very highly respected by American and European academia, in fact Turkey's scientific community is one of the few in the world with a very high proportion of female scientists. And don't forget that Iran has been building nuclear facilities with no help from the Western nuclear powers - clearly their scientists know their stuff...
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04:22 AM on 05/09/2010
So, do people really think that science should conform to religious dogma? I thought that was overturned during the Enlightenment. I was wrong, obviously (and so was history).
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Michael Johns
09:49 PM on 05/07/2010
A great highlight clip of Bill Maher on This Week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJPG1mWiow8

Bill gives his take on the oil leak, immigration, Charlie Crist, and Jay Leno's performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner. The extra web-only Green Room segment is also included.
01:52 PM on 05/07/2010
Bill Maher and his ilk in the audience find "Turkish scientists" so laughable, yet absorb everything Global Warming fear-mongering scientists here so believable ('scientists' like Algore), almost as if it were their own "Gospel According to Al"
no questions asked!

funny how that works
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FantasticFourFan
No one on the right is a christian.
12:15 AM on 05/08/2010
Yeah! How dare those global warming scientists have actual science on their side!
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uniquindividual
I'm unique and so are you
12:17 AM on 05/09/2010
Science is not something that can be agreed with only when we find it convienent. Your ability to post your comment is a result of the work of scientists. There are many cultures in human history that failed to deal with reality and they are no longer part of this world.

Ignore science and you or your prodginy will eventuallly be on the wrong side of history.
12:13 PM on 05/07/2010
Bill is well informed and one of the best progressive voices out there. He is the closest thing to George Carlin and fame and fortune hasn't made him sell out. Thank you Bill and good weed to you.
11:51 AM on 05/07/2010
racist.
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rlcapps
12:37 PM on 05/07/2010
No it's xenophobia or perhaps classism since his implication was that another country doesn't have very good scientists.
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Helzapoppin
Don't Piss Down My Back And Tell Me It's Raining.
12:54 AM on 05/09/2010
no, actually, it's called a JOKE
02:18 AM on 05/07/2010
News! Platypus footprint found next to Noah’s ark.
01:46 AM on 05/07/2010
Ark seekers why waste time with arks made of rotting wood? Go find the tower of Babble. That should still be a big bunch of rocks.
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01:20 PM on 05/08/2010
Oh, the remains of the Tower of Babel have been found many times. Only the discoverers couldn't understand what it was they found.
11:45 PM on 05/06/2010
Mr. Maher is one of those liberals who is utterly intolerant of anyone who doesn't share his exact views concerning the importance of tolerance.
02:33 AM on 05/07/2010
I think he's hilarious, but you are right-- he's as dogmatic in his atheism as religious fundamentalists are in their literalism. Practices the same thing that he condemns in others unfortunately.
10:06 AM on 05/07/2010
Nah... he just thinks "true believers" (of any stripe) are crazy. And he uses humor, vs. hate. Big difference, there.
07:13 AM on 05/07/2010
Tolerant doesn't mean not arguing against lies and nonsense.
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PWM
Eisenhower Republican. Mitt is no Ike.
09:51 AM on 05/07/2010
"Ridicule is he only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them..." — Thomas Jefferson
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cbates
09:13 PM on 05/06/2010
This is a free country. I don't agree with much BM has to offer.
07:50 PM on 05/06/2010
Religion is first and always a device used to control women. LDS like to have as many sex partners as possible, Islam treats women like cows and so on and so forth. Wars, rape murder all associated with religious wackos.....I like American religion, Goldman Sachs, Enron, WorldCom, no oppression of women with OUR state religion....MONEY!!!
09:47 PM on 05/06/2010
Women are still oppressed in secular culture. they are treated as disposable commodities whose value is quantified by the amount of sexual pleasure they provide. It's just a more subtle form of oppression But I agree that most societies have used religion to justify the subjugation of women. However, it's debatable whether this problem is inherent to religion itself, or a function of male social dominance. .
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weekendpartier
I need some money!
10:43 PM on 05/06/2010
Uh, SEX came before religion, therefore I bet it's safe to say uh, men, uh, are, dogs by nature!
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rlcapps
12:41 PM on 05/07/2010
Plenty of women rulers have been known to oppress. Plenty of racist sexist homophobic women out there too. Perhaps this isn't just a male trait.
conservo
Tea Partier, Atheist, Libertarian, Objectivist
01:07 PM on 05/07/2010
gods don't kill people. People with gods kill people.
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ShakeYourComplacency
Commonsense Progressive
08:27 AM on 05/09/2010
Never heard it quite put that way...lol.
07:45 PM on 05/06/2010
Who let evangelicals into Turkey? Someone has some 'spaining to do!!