I didn't believe it

[Widge 0]

I don't hide the fact that I find Bill Maher amusing at times, I also find some of the facts revealed on his show amazing but last weeks talking point on Monica Goodling was utterly horrifying that someone so unqualified could be in such a position I found inbelievable, so much so I did some checking on google and it is widly reported that the facts are so. This is the piece from Maher, what is this wonderful country coming too?

"And finally, New Rule: Now that liberals have taken back the word, "liberal," they also have to take back the word, "elite." By now, you've heard the constant right-wing attacks on the "elite" media and the liberal "elite," who may or may not be part of the Washington "elite," a subset of the East Coast "elite," which is overly influenced by the Hollywood "elite." So, basically, unless you're a sh*t-kicker from Kansas, you're with the terrorists.

You know, if you played a drinking game where you did a shot every time Rush Limbaugh attacked someone for being elite, you'd almost be as wasted as Rush Limbaugh.

I - I don't get it. In other fields outside of government, "elite" is a good thing, like an "elite" fighting force; Tiger Woods is an "elite" golfer. If I need brain surgery, I'd like an "elite" doctor. But, in politics, "elite" is bad. The "elite" aren't down to earth and accessible like you and me and President Sh*t-for-brains.

Which is fine, except that whenever there's a Bush Administration scandal, it always traces back to some incompetent political hack appointment, and you think to yourself, where are they getting these screw-ups from? Well, now we know. From Pat Robertson. I'm not kidding.

Take Monica Goodling, who, before she resigned last week, because she's smack in the middle of the U.S. Attorneys scandal, was the third-ranking official in the Justice Department of the United States. She's 33 years old. And though she never even worked as a prosecutor, she was tasked with overseeing the job performance of all 93 U.S. Attorneys.

How do you get to the top that fast? Harvard? Princeton? No, Goodling did her undergraduate work at Messiah College. You know, Messiah, home of the Fighting Christ-ies? And then went on to attend Pat Robertson's law school. Yes, Pat Robertson, the man who said that the presence of gay people at Disney World would cause earthquakes, tornadoes and possibly a meteor, has a law school.

And what kid wouldn't want to attend? It's three years, and you only have to read one book. U.S. News & World Report, which does the definitive ranking of colleges, lists Regent as a Tier Four school, which is the lowest score it gives. It's not a hard school to get into. You have to renounce Satan and draw a pirate on a matchbook.

This is for people who couldn't get into the University of Phoenix.

Now, would you care to guess how many graduates of this televangelist's diploma mill work in the Bush Administration? 150. And you wonder why things are so messed up. We're talking about a top Justice Department official who went to a college funded by a TV host. Would you send your daughter to Maury Povich U.? And if you did, would you expect her to get a job at the White House?

In 200 years, we've gone from "We, the people," to "Up With People." From "the best and the brightest" to "dumb and dumber." And where better to find people dumb enough to believe in George Bush than Pat Robertson's law school?

The problem here in America isn't that the country is being run by "elites." It's that it's being run by a bunch of hayseeds. And, by the way, the lawyer Monica Goodling just hired to keep her a$$ out of jail, went to a real law school."

http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/new_rules/

[Marc and Olga 0]

[KHURRAM SERAJ 0]

I don't hide the fact that I find Bill Maher amusing at times, I also find some of the facts revealed on his show amazing but last weeks talking point on Monica Goodling was utterly horrifying that someone so unqualified could be in such a position I found inbelievable, so much so I did some checking on google and it is widly reported that the facts are so. This is the piece from Maher, what is this wonderful country coming too?

"And finally, New Rule: Now that liberals have taken back the word, "liberal," they also have to take back the word, "elite." By now, you've heard the constant right-wing attacks on the "elite" media and the liberal "elite," who may or may not be part of the Washington "elite," a subset of the East Coast "elite," which is overly influenced by the Hollywood "elite." So, basically, unless you're a sh*t-kicker from Kansas, you're with the terrorists.

You know, if you played a drinking game where you did a shot every time Rush Limbaugh attacked someone for being elite, you'd almost be as wasted as Rush Limbaugh.

I - I don't get it. In other fields outside of government, "elite" is a good thing, like an "elite" fighting force; Tiger Woods is an "elite" golfer. If I need brain surgery, I'd like an "elite" doctor. But, in politics, "elite" is bad. The "elite" aren't down to earth and accessible like you and me and President Sh*t-for-brains.

Which is fine, except that whenever there's a Bush Administration scandal, it always traces back to some incompetent political hack appointment, and you think to yourself, where are they getting these screw-ups from? Well, now we know. From Pat Robertson. I'm not kidding.

Take Monica Goodling, who, before she resigned last week, because she's smack in the middle of the U.S. Attorneys scandal, was the third-ranking official in the Justice Department of the United States. She's 33 years old. And though she never even worked as a prosecutor, she was tasked with overseeing the job performance of all 93 U.S. Attorneys.

How do you get to the top that fast? Harvard? Princeton? No, Goodling did her undergraduate work at Messiah College. You know, Messiah, home of the Fighting Christ-ies? And then went on to attend Pat Robertson's law school. Yes, Pat Robertson, the man who said that the presence of gay people at Disney World would cause earthquakes, tornadoes and possibly a meteor, has a law school.

And what kid wouldn't want to attend? It's three years, and you only have to read one book. U.S. News & World Report, which does the definitive ranking of colleges, lists Regent as a Tier Four school, which is the lowest score it gives. It's not a hard school to get into. You have to renounce Satan and draw a pirate on a matchbook.

This is for people who couldn't get into the University of Phoenix.

Now, would you care to guess how many graduates of this televangelist's diploma mill work in the Bush Administration? 150. And you wonder why things are so messed up. We're talking about a top Justice Department official who went to a college funded by a TV host. Would you send your daughter to Maury Povich U.? And if you did, would you expect her to get a job at the White House?

In 200 years, we've gone from "We, the people," to "Up With People." From "the best and the brightest" to "dumb and dumber." And where better to find people dumb enough to believe in George Bush than Pat Robertson's law school?

The problem here in America isn't that the country is being run by "elites." It's that it's being run by a bunch of hayseeds. And, by the way, the lawyer Monica Goodling just hired to keep her a$$ out of jail, went to a real law school."

http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/new_rules/

LOL

[Niels Bohr 72]

[eric&gen 0]

[JayJay 4]

Eheheh

Ouch though - I'm at Phoenix University!

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

B)

[homesick_american 1]

Eheheh

Ouch though - I'm at Phoenix University!

There's no shame in that. Phoenix actually has a pretty good rep.

[Cinders 0]

Can I here you say Amen brother!

[DeadPoolX 9]

Eheheh

Ouch though - I'm at Phoenix University!

I wouldn't take anything Bill Maher has to say seriously; he is, after all, supposed to be something of a comedian. I don't find him amusing, but his job description isn't that of university evaluator, it's entertainer.

Anyway, I looked up the University of Phoenix at U.S. News & World Report's website for rating universities, and it's listed as "unrated." I'm not quite sure why it's "unrated," being an American college and all, but it is. Perhaps the website isn't making a distinction between the actual on-site campus location and their online component? Whatever the situation, there's not a whole lot of information regarding the school.

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I'd laugh if it were so true.

[Robor007 0]

Hopefully this kind of problem will be fixed in November of 2008.

[DeadPoolX 9]

Hopefully this kind of problem will be fixed in November of 2008.

Hmmm... but are any of the candidates much better? As far as I can tell, none of them (Republican or Democrat) are even worth my vote. Maybe this year I'll actually vote Libertarian!

[Sinergy 3]

i love Bill Maher !! Not only is he funny, but he is one of the few who says it like it is. I mean, since he DOES know more about politics then most of the polititians and i love how FOX news fired him for speaking his mind about Bushy (atleast someone on FOX news had some balls). Bill Maher is my hero