Despite whatever philosophical disagreements I may have with Bill Maher, I do enjoy watching his show. I was one of the people on his side when he got fired from ABC for saying that the terrorists were not cowards, a statement I still agree with.
But tonight he's doing his usual schtick on HBO, getting on his knees for Obama, and claiming that Bin Laden got "lazy" because he was finally caught in the same place he had been hiding for the past 6 years. If only he would listen to what he himself is saying- the man was in the same hiding spot FOR OVER 6 YEARS without being caught. Why should he leave that spot? He brings up Salman Rushdie, and his changing apartments every day to stay alive. I don't know, Bin Laden did survive for a good TEN YEARS with his strategy, when the entirety of the world was looking for him. meanwhile, those looking for Salmen were a bunch of ignorant motherfuckers, who only happened to look for him when he would release a book that was detrimental to them. Hmmm... good comparison Bill...
Bill, how about you try to how anywhere for 7 days without being caught... Feel free to go back to your home country under the cover of darkness- I still think you'd be found in about 2 days. And if you found a safe house where you lasted 3 days, you'd probably stay there indefinately... And Bill, as much as you like to claim that the Koran and the Bible preach hatred towards other people, you can say the same thing about the book your people worship as well.
But the worst thing he said tonight was in asking why we can't claim that the war on terror is over now that Bin Laden is dead. Hate to break it to everyone but for the past 10 years Bin Laden has been a figurehead. If anything, the amount of money spend trying to find him versus the benefit of finally killing him has been part of what has been bankrupting this country. And guess what? The POTUS is just a figurehead as well. In reality, they both had about the same amount of real powers. Osama could motiviate his jihadists, if they were able to hear what he had to say. If anything, he had more power than Obama, who could TRY to push his own agenda, but in reality could only veto bills he didn't agree with, or sign off on things that were already passed.
The only thing that will get this country back on track is increasing taxes across the board, but keeping the social stability nets that are necessary for the poor, while at the same time giving them the means and desire to take advantage of said social stability nets. But in reality, even though Obama has claimed to want to increase taxes on the rich, as president, he has still taken advantage of the very same loopholes that he claims to want to close... As president he should be leading the way, and taking the standard deduction on his taxes, "paying it forward" instead of just talking a talk that he doesn't believe in. So should all rick folk- nothing is stopping them from paying more in taxes than they owe...
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