Gays did us well proud on Bill Maher tonight

[dsc]

The wonderful Barney Frank and the amazing Ian McClellan were on the panel. Both of these men are over standard retirement age and still able to run intellectual circles around just about anyone. Barney Frank should be Speaker in a just world. Sadly we don't live in a just world. If you have a chance catch Real Time this week. You won't see a better panel anywhere.

[Name removed]

1. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Maddy McCall]

5. How about you tell us, briefly, what it says.

:shrug:

[Suich]

7. One thing I've learned on DU is never underestimate MM!

:thumbsup: Well said!

[Maddy McCall]

13. LOL.

I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks. :hi:

[bliss_eternal]

9. Hi friend--

:hug: :pals: :hi: Always good to see you!

[Maddy McCall]

14. Hi, sweetheart.

How are you doing tonight?

:pals: :loveya:

[bliss_eternal]

15. I'm good love, how are you?

:loveya: ;)

[Maddy McCall]

20. Couching it with MMjr watching movies.

Took a break to check in on DU.

:hi:

Back to the movies. :bored:

[bliss_eternal]

2. Hey you! Weren't they great?

I really enjoyed their contributions tonight. I learned Frank was gay when he said it on the show. :hi:

[BlueJazz]

3. You know ..this is gonna' sound rather biased but I'll say it anyway.

It seems to me that, in my life, the folks that I have encountered who are Gay and the Friends that
I've had/have that are Gay (Generally speaking) are usually pretty damn bright bulbs in the cerebral dept. :)

[bliss_eternal]

4. ...you're merely speaking the truth.

;)

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

6. I agree.

I really enjoyed tonight's show. Sir Ian McKellan and Barney Frank truly rocked...

I loved Ian's comments about living in London and walking down the street and actually talking to people. Truer words...

One other thing I have to give Ian kudos for is pointing out the fact that between the oil companies and automakers in the US in the 1950's and 1960's, the light rail systems (streetcars)in the cities of the US were destroyed.

[bliss_eternal]

8. The walking point was so profound--

few people ever consider it, as they just take this sort of lifestyle to be "the way it is." Having been one that lived for many years in a major city without a car I know how different life can be in that sense. It was debilitating in some ways because southern california's public transportation is abysmal.

I really noticed the difference when I moved to Chicago--a city where many people walk, use public transportation, etc. It was quite a revelation to be among those that didn't feel superior because they had a car, and I didn't. There seemed to be a commonality of humanity in a city where so many people walk, use public transportation and don't even own a car. It was refreshing in ways I hadn't considered prior to living there.

[dsc]

10. I had a car when I lived for a few months in Chicago

but actually prefered to use public transportation due to both the hassle parking was and the hassle driving was. I used the car to drive to suburbs and the like but public transport for anything within Chicago.

[bliss_eternal]

12. Public transportation was so convenient...

:hi: Where in Chicago did you live?

[dsc]

16. Melrose

I was about three blocks if that from the lake.

[Warren DeMontague]

11. Have to watch it on the TIVO. I'm assuming you mean Ian Mckellen

He's one of the most talented actors in the world, bar none.

McClellan is that other guy.

[faithnotgreed]

17. ian mckellan yes

and not just so talented but consistently a good person
he really seems to be a deeply caring man so it was wonderful to hear him

[Zen Democrat]

18. Sir Ian MacKellen?

[EFerrari]

19. They were terrific. And I finally figured out that Freeperville

is in Victor Davis Hanson's basement in Fresno.

What a lunatic. He rattles off all these "encouraging" signs in Iraq when our casualties are the highest they've been in five months.



http://victorhanson.com/

[Warren DeMontague]

24. I always wondered who that fuckin' guy was.

Now I have a mental image to go with the off-the-wall wingnut rants in the Chronicle.

[EFerrari]

26. I've never seen Bill Maher look the way he did when he was

listening to this dissociated ideologue - like he was looking into the Abyss.

[sandnsea]

21. It was a really great one

I agree, Barney Frank would make an outstanding speaker. I loved how he just kept pointing out solutions to problems and work he and Democrats were doing, without doing any bashing at all. Clear and concise. Excellent show tonight.

[dsc]

23. He is a brilliant man

and was being groomed to be Speaker by Tip O'Neil but then he came public as a gay man and that was the end of that. I was amazed when the party designated him as one of the three offical spokespeople from the House early on in the Bush Administration. He, of course, did brilliantly.

[SeattleGirl]

22. It was a great panel.

And I also liked the segment with George Clooney.

[B Calm]

25. Still would like to see Mike Malloy & Randi Rhodes on the panel