On "Real TIme" with Bill Maher tonight:

[babylonsister]

Bill Maher welcomes actor Michael McKean, fmr. Homeland Security inspector general Clark Kent Ervin and women's rights advocate Gloria Steinem. Plus, via satellite, conservative Pat Buchanan and correspondent Christiane Amanpour.

[marmar]

1. I loved last week's episode with Rob Thomas....

I gained new respect for Thomas after that show (clearly a liberal, appeared in High Times magazine)...and Maher's closing monologue was classic: "Sometimes bad presidents happen to good people." :rofl:

[babylonsister]

2. I thought his show was excellent last week (except for Netanyahu)!

Sounds like Bill is just about fed up, too.

[marmar]

3. Agreed. Netanyahu was a downer....but the rest was great.

:)

[babylonsister]

4. Last kick. nt

[otohara]

5. Buchanan & Elenor Clift Were Going At It on The McLaughlin Group

John McLauglin was furious about the Torcher-er in Chief

[Cush]

6. "Wilco Face of Fear" hologrpahic projector

The real Patriot Act is shitting your pants

[SeattleGirl]

7. "Because the REAL Patriot Act is shitting your pants."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[babylonsister]

10. I actually guffawed at that! Guffawed!

Hard to do, doesn't happen often!

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

8. Pat Buchanan,

:puke: :puke:

This guy is so far out there it isn't funny...

[Sydnie]

9. What's with the crowd applauding him?

Did he bring his posse? :shrug:

[Tarheel_Dem]

11. that's what i was wondering....

is this a conservative audience? or have the racists been successful? why do we always have to have a boogey-man? :shrug:

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

12. I have no idea if he brought his posse, but his arguments

are the exact same ones that were used against the Irish in the 1840's and 1850's.

He should be ashamed of himself.

[babylonsister]

14. Trying to be polite?

Hi, Sydnie! :hi: :pals:

[Sydnie]

16. Hi Sis!!

:hi: :hug:

[aquaman]

34. There were like 1% of the audience clapping......

It's okay......

[FyurFly]

13. Call me whatever..,

But Buchanan makes some sense good points on immigration

[babylonsister]

17. whatever..,! nt

[Sydnie]

20. Hi

;)

[question everything]

33. Especially in California (nt)

[Sydnie]

15. Bin Bush! Go Gloria!!!

:rofl:

[Cush]

18. Bill: ABC must want favors from Bush (thats why they aired the 9/11 thing)

[Sydnie]

19. I love Christiane!

She tells things like they are everytime. Even if I don't want to hear it sometimes, she says what needs to be said.

[babylonsister]

21. Yes, she tells the truth and has the inside skinny on what's happening.

I didn't know she had/has a connection to Iran as Maher inferred. Is she part Iranian, do you know?

[Sydnie]

22. I thought she was french?

But, what do I know? :shrug:

[babylonsister]

23. Oooh, no. From Wiki:

Biography

Shortly after her birth in London, her mother Patricia and father Mohammed, an Iranian airline executive, moved the family to Tehran. The Amanpours led a privileged life under the regime of the Shah of Iran. At age 11, she returned to England to attend first the Holy Cross Convent School in Buckinghamshire, England, and then the New Hall School, an exclusive Roman Catholic girls' school. Her family had to flee Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Christiane moved to the United States to study journalism at the University of Rhode Island.

After graduation, she worked for NBC affiliate WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1983, she was hired by CNN. In 1989, she was posted to Frankfurt, West Germany, where she reported on the democratic revolutions sweeping Eastern Europe at the time. However, it was her coverage of the Persian Gulf War that followed Iraq's occupation of Kuwait in 1990 that made her famous. Thereafter, she reported from the Bosnian war and many other conflict zones. From 1996-2005, she contracted with CBS to file four to five in-depth, international news reports a year as a special contributor on that network's newsmagazine program, 60 Minutes. These reports garnered a Peabody Award in 1998, adding to the Peabody she was awarded in 1993.

Based out of CNN's London bureau, Amanpour is one of the most recognized international correspondents on American television. Her willingness to work in dangerous conflict zones has reportedly made her one of the more highly (if not the highest) paid field reporters in the world. She speaks English, Farsi, and French fluently. Forbes magazine has named her one of The 100 Most Powerful Women


Personal life

The daughter of Mohammed Amanpour and Patricia Amanpour, her sister, Lizzy Amanpour is a producer for British television broadcaster, Channel 4.

In 1998, she married James Rubin, who at the time was spokesman for the US State Department. A son, Darius John Rubin, was born in the year 2000. The family resides in London, where Rubin works for Sky TV

[Sydnie]

30. Well, I have learned something wonderful today now

Thanks Sis. I didn't know that.

[JI7]

24. yes, she is Iranian, at least on her father's side

she was born in London though raised in Iran.

[Cush]

25. Bill is slamming CBS's 'Free Speech' segment

they asked him to do it, but they wouldn't let him talk about religion, they gave him a list of topics

[boolean]

27. LOL!!!

"free" speech, my ass!

[babylonsister]

26. Gloria Steinem giving props to Couric. I'm surprised.

I guess women have to stick together. :eyes:

[EFerrari]

28. idiocracy!

"Who's running your campaign, FEMA?"

:rofl:

[Cush]

29. It stays cool, the food gets hot, its a mystery, Lets worship it!

talking about microwaves

[babylonsister]

31. Prefaced that w/religion-very funny! nt

[mountainvue]

32. He gave a shout out to Randi. n/t