Who do YOU want to see on Bill Maher's panel? Let's make it happen!

[helderheid]

I would LOVE to see Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson on the show. If you don't know why, go here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2018747

And buy the bumper sticker here:

http://www.cafepress.com/blindobedience

Keith Olbermann NEEDS to be on the panel as well!

Who would you like to see on the show? I think we need to make some noise.

[babylonsister]

1. Katrina Van den Heuval, Amy Goodman, KO, Jonathan Alter. nt

[babylonsister]

2. OK, I'll throw this out there; Don Imus...

(ducking)
:hide:

[IChing]

10. I think that would be a good idea

I can't stand Imus but he would make a great panel member with
somebody like Amy to put him in his place.

I don't think Imus would have the guts though to show without his entourage

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

31. The Imus gimmick would be destroyed

America would find out he really doesn't know what he's talking about, and he's not that sharp anymore.

[GalleryGod]

47. OUR GUY !

[helderheid]

3. Excellent! Amy Goodwin especially. OH OH! JON STEWART and COLBERT!!

[alternativethot]

11. Amy Goodman - another vote

[babylonsister]

15. alternativethot, welcome to DU!

:toast:

[greyl]

4. George Carlin, Jon Stewart V dennis miller & fred phelps

For an hour. That would be fun.

[Liberal Veteran]

My dream panel.

Michael Stipe
Helen Thomas
Wesley Clark

[XOKCowboy]

5. Jim Hightower

and Molly Ivins are two that come to mind. In the same Texas vein, is Ann Richards still alive? I always like hearing give her viewpoint. Mike Papantonio and Laura Flanders would be good guests.

Now how to get Bill to have them as guests.

[babylonsister]

8. What a great list! And Ann Richards is still alive, AFAIK. nt

[XOKCowboy]

18. Oh good deal...

I Love Ann Richards. Molly Ivins talks in her books of spending evenings drinking with Ann in her home. I'd love to have been there for those talks! :)

[babylonsister]

22. Really! I didn't know that! I also love Ann Richards and voted for

her, and was shocked when the blivet won in TX. I wasn't too politically aware, except I knew I didn't like him and he was bad news.
I wish there wasn't so much to 'know' about him now.

[babylonsister]

6. John Kerry, Chuck Hagel, Katherine Harris for levity before

it's too late!

[mikelewis]

7. Me, Karl Rove and Dick Cheney

[babylonsister]

I'd pay to see that! nt

[mikelewis]

40. I'd need a couple of weeks to prepare but I'd fucking nail 'em.

With the help of DU, of course.

[Fuzz]

9. Me! After spending time in the green room with Bill's bong

That's not a euphemism. :)

[babylonsister]

13. Hmmm.... green room, gardening, cigars...?

:rofl:

[IChing]

12. Who the hell is forgetting Malloy?

[helderheid]

14. ME! WOAH!!!! MALLOY would be EXCELLENT. Damn!! Sorry! That was dumb of me!

[IChing]

17. He has time off right now too!!!!!1

And he knows all the facts.

[helderheid]

20. I had a magic thought. Malloy, Skinner, and Will Pitt. :)

[babylonsister]

24. Magical!

:thumbsup:

[IChing]

26. Malloy needs the work that I think could be done now

He has won best talk show host of Chicago and New York
he could take on anyone on a panel and it's HBO (language) LOL

That is something I think which needs to be posted on DU
there are many people that know him personally here
and the power of DU to send to Bill a message could be overwhelming to put him on his show as a panel member

Skinner and Will would be great too, but I think Mike would really rock.

[LostInAnomie]

16. Bill Clinton

enough said.

[XOKCowboy]

21. Now THAT would be interesting...

Big Dog would decimate any right-winger on the panel. Wouldn't ya like to see him and AnnTheMan on the same panel?

[LostInAnomie]

36. Yeah, especially if should would call him "gay" again.

He'd make her/him look even more like a drooling idiot than she/he already is.

[stranger81]

19. Mike Malloy, more Cornel West, more MED {eom}

[babylonsister]

25. Dr. West! He's one of my favorite guests! nt

[helderheid]

23. how do we get Bill Maher aware of this thread?

[minkyboodle]

34. Maher doesn't give a shit about this thread

Nor does he care about the people who fill his studio...
I thought that would be obvious to people by now. Unless
you are a talking head or a political figure Bill wants
you to shut the fuck up both in his studio and on his
blog on posts on Huffington.... This should be obvious
by know IMO

[helderheid]

44. oooooooooookay

[GreenTea]

27. Jon Stewart & Keith Olberman--I will subscribe just for that - Fat chance

considering Mahler's ego. Colbert too of course.

[minkyboodle]

28. JUAN COLE!!!

Don't hold your breath. I've actually got a
friend who is tight with one of Bill's producers (works on the show).
2 years ago my friend asked me for possible guests
as it seemed the show was looking for fresh blood.
I suggested Mr Cole and was told by the contact of
the show that Maher ruled it out in lets say *colorful*
terms. True story.

[IChing]

29. I tend to believe the story after viewing Bill lately

I think he said the same thing about Randi Rhodes, but called her a bitch or something.
But he brings on Coulter a lot.

[babylonsister]

35. I read that also about Randi. Okay, so think of someone you

love and could convince Maher to actually go for. I don't think he's unreasonable, though I didn't like his characterization of Rhodes.

[ikojo]

49. I think he's slept with Ann Coulter

:scared: :puke:

[helderheid]

30. by the way - can't make these happen without recommends (just sayin')

[cdsilv]

32. Jimmy Carter, Al Gore vs Joe Lieberman , Zell Miller

True Dems vs. DINO's.

Destructive to the dem party? Perhaps. Purifying? Again, perhaps.

[IChing]

33. I voted

[Roxy66]

37. Randi Rhodes or Bernie Ward

[LaPera]

38. Mike Malloy!

[immoderate]

39. I think Elaine Boosler would be great.

She did such a good job filling in for Stephanie. Richard Bellson is always good. He's very lefty, and a friend of Maher's. People work best that are witty, and interact with others. Sam Sedar would work. Barbara Boxer is articulate, maybe not funny but smart.

I can see Maher's reluctance to have Randi; she's not a team player. Though I like listening to her show. I cringe when she doesn't let anyone else speak.

--IMM

[Beelzebud]

41. How about a guest host that isn't a faux progressive neo-con...

[Nay]

42. Greg Palast, Gore Vidal (again), Al Gore

[martymar64]

43. Bill Hicks via Seance feed

Bill would tell it like it is.

[and-justice-for-all]

45. Marilyn Manson

[Unbowed]

46. John Kerry. It's overdue.

[helderheid]

48. welcome to DU

:hi:

[AZBlue]

50. Bush!

It would of course never happen, but wouldn't it be fun to see Maher lay into him? Bush would be even more dumbfounded than usual - it makes me laugh just to think about it.

[Bzzzz]

51. Definately...

Lewis Black!!!

[republicansarewhores]

52. Get Malloy on

Like YESTERDAY!

Stephanie Miller would be fun too.

RAW

[tiptoe]

53. !!! 9/7- Steven E Jones, Prof, BYU, PLACED ON LEAVE re 9/11 !!! Available?

BYU places '9/11 truth' professor on paid leave Sept 8, 2006, by Tad Walch, Deseret Morning News

PROVO — Brigham Young University placed physics professor Steven Jones on paid leave Thursday while it reviews his involvement in the so-called "9/11 truth movement" that accuses unnamed government agencies of orchestrating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
BYU will conduct an official review of Jones' actions before determining a course of action, university spokeswoman Carri Jenkins said. Such a review is rare for a professor with "continuing status" at BYU, where Jones has taught since 1985.
...
Jones became a celebrity among 9/11 conspiracy-theory groups after he wrote a paper titled "Why Indeed Did the World Trade Center Buildings Collapse?" The paper was published two weeks ago in the book 9/11 and American Empire: Intellectuals Speak Out and lays out Jones' hypothesis that the three towers fell because of pre-positioned demolition charges — not because of the planes that hit two of the towers.
When Jones began to share his demolition theory publicly last fall, he politely declined to speculate about who set the charges other than to say terrorist groups couldn't have been the source.
Then, later, he started to speak publicly about research conducted at BYU on materials from ground zero. He said he found evidence of thermite — a compound used in military detonations — in the materials.
In recent weeks, after becoming the co-chairman of the group Scholars for 9/11 Truth, Jones seemed willing to go further, implicating unnamed government groups but not President Bush.
...
"BYU has repeatedly said that it does not endorse assertions made by individual faculty," the statement said. "We are, however, concerned about the increasingly speculative and accusatory nature of these statements by Dr. Jones."
...
Efforts to reach Jones prior to press time Thursday night were not successful. He later declined comment. Jones told the Deseret Morning News on Wednesday that his paper had gone through an unusual third round of peer review in what is now an apparently unsuccessful effort to quell concerns on campus.
...
Jones, also known for his cold fusion research, provided academic clout to the 9/11 truth movement. C-SPAN repeatedly broadcast a conference that featured Jones this summer. Recent articles about Sept. 11 conspiracy theories that focused at least in part on Jones have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian in London and other publications.
Recent rebuttals to the demolition theory have been released by the State Department and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which published a 10,000-page report on the towers' collapse.
A modified version of Jones' paper was scheduled to be published this week in the online Journal of 9/11 Studies. Jones is a co-editor of the journal.
...

9/11 Revisited: Scientific and Ethical Questions

Which one of these is not like the others? Image 55

Pentagon's OBL (E) not the same as AL Jazeera's Image 56

Sept 16 & 28, bin Laden denies 9/11 involvement Image 57

With much fanfare, administration released the "smoking gun" video 13 Dec 2001 Image 58

Bin Laden video on Dec. 27, 2001 -- after release of Pentagon "confession tape" Image 59

Bush admin. bin Laden (12/13/2001) vs. Aljazeera bin Laden (12/27/2001) Image 60

Osama bin Laden: Convicted on TV. What other suspects were even investigated? Image 61

So what happened after 9-11? Image 62