REAL TIME, Oct. 21: Bill Maher preaches the working class blues

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2011/10/22
REAL TIME, Oct. 21: Bill Maher preaches the working class blues

Guests: Rachel Maddow, Thomas L. Friedman, Joshua Green. Interview Guests: Lisa Jackson, Toure There was the smell of class struggle in the air on the latest Real Time, with an all centre/left panel that managed to serve up a few sensible ideas, albeit while continuing to demonstrate the left’s complete lack of understanding of fundamental character traits among the right. The tone was set early when host Bill Maher’s monologue dipped not once, but twice into the wellspring of comedy bleakness that is the U.S. economy. Maher noted Moammar Gadhafi had been found “in a hole with a gun...
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Oct. 14 Real Time With Bill Maher: Diversions, delusions, deep faith

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2011/10/19
Oct. 14 Real Time With Bill Maher: Diversions, delusions, deep faith

Interview Guests: Dr. Robert Jeffress and Penn Jillette Panelists: Michelle Caruso-Cabrera; John Fund; Thomas Hartmann. People’s beliefs tend to lead to the subject being changed frequently during a Real Time debate. This shouldn’t be surprising: many of Bill Maher’s guests rely on fundamental beliefs with respect to market and political forces. If you rely on something as being fundamentally true, it implies a consistent position. Sociologically, consistent positions are important. A consistent position allows people to group together, a subconscious element of survival instinct that takes advantage of our natural recognition of strength in numbers. That sense of group...
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This blog offers a perspective on the big political and social issues discussed weekly on Real Time with Bill Maher. Maher's show is a weekly fishbowl into human behaviour, usually featuring fairly polarized debates and lots of ideology and belief, making it prime for discussion and debate.