The Hour: Bill Maher

[cookieyy]

I m guessing he means DEFCON 1 not 5

[maurieer]

Bill Maher, a great comic with a bonus. His political views are right to the point

and IMO, Bill knows what He is talking about.

[Pulpgimp]

Great interview

[MiloMatrataMusic]

man i love this guy ! no homo but he is seriously the man. A fellow athiest who speaks the truth.

[JimmyeDallas]

Does Bill Maher forget that Spanish flu killed over 50 million people in the early 20th Century? If a strain of influenza evolved to spread at the rate of seasonal flu, and had the mortality rate of the Avian flu, millions upon millions of people would die. Civilization as we know it, with it's global interconnected trade and movement, would cease to function,

[ccheng21]

hmmm I agree with his political points but Bill Maher's stance on medicine is primative and highly inaccurate. Western medicine eliminated smallpox, and polio, it has also increased the lifespans of humans significantly and in addition is on the edge of cloning replacement organs. Its failures are far outnumbered by its successes.

[willythewildwino]

Wow, Bill Maher and Strombo in one room. Someone should have firebombed the place. Throw Michael Moore in there and we'd have far left douchebag BBQ

[aceofspades477]

@willythewildwino

yes and wanting people dead isn't acting like a total douche bag

[TheREGISMarkV]

@willythewildwino yeah, firebomb the rational and independent thinkers.

[TheSpeedygonzalez23]

Dont get me wrong i love Bill Maher, I think he is hilarious and seems to have a lot of common sense plus his movie Religulous is great.. Anywho even though this man is quite smart this video just goes to prove that you cant believe everything people say even if they are very knowledgeable in a certain field. Just in this video he has made about 4 comments related to chemistry and health that are so incredibly wrong im not sure what to do with myself..

[prateek523]

i like how this canadian show has no debating, but when you look at any other bill maher videos on cnn or any other american network the blood pressure goes through the roof

[afrosteviac]

How many bullets do you think it would take to kill three wolves?

[Lynsey17]

Uhh, there are actually some pretty good reasons why jello is served in hospitals. It is a great source of protein that people are likely to actually eat, especially sick people who need protein and often have little appetite.

[tml4873]

@Lynsey17 Uh, no. "Although gelatin is 98-99% protein by dry weight, it has less nutritional value than many other protein sources. Gelatin is unusually high in the non-essential amino acids glycine and proline (i.e., those produced by the human body), while lacking certain essential amino acids"

[Lynsey17]

@tml4873 The most nutritious source of protein in the world will do nothing if it remains uneaten. Sick people on meds who have little appetite are at least likely to eat the jello since it is easy to eat (no chewing) and presented as a treat. No, it isn't fair to call jello "healthy" but it does provide protein and the human factor is important to consider.

[tml4873]

@Lynsey17 It does not contain complete protein, and the protein it does have is negligible. Perhaps there's a placebo effect, but there's no nutritional justification for serving it in hospitals. You'd be exponentially better off just giving patients a small amino acid pill.

[flyworld3]

It's a small thing, but hearing Bill Maher swear on this show makes me glad that in Canada, people are allowed to swear on TV and not get sued for it.

[deathandpain]

@thestoriesofbob we are open minded.

@klutz94306 get out bro, we dont want you here with that attitude.

[Axelparisian]

An Atheist or Agnostic has no reason to be "pissed" when religion propagates their ignorant views against us as unlike you we don't have beliefs we have FACTS not Bronze age hearsay. You don't need religion to believe in a creator, however belief in a god through the myriad of religions out there is completely redicilous. Rather than a "pissed" feeling most of us feel more of a dissapointment that so many religous fanatics are still holding us back from advancing and being a happier people.

[mmcrosbie]

I agree about hospitals feeding people Jello. Now an old-fashioned gelatin dessert that is made with real fruit is another thing.

[klutz94306]

Stay the fuck out of Canada you atheist piece of shit.

[Rocketman1971]

@klutz94306 Fuck you.

[investinottawa]

@klutz94306 Canada welcomes Bill Maher with Open Arms - and what would your Zombie leader ( Jesus ) think of you using that language?

[thestoriesofbob]

@klutz94306 and i thought Canadians were supposed to be open minded....

[klutz94306]

@thestoriesofbob I don't care if they're atheists out there, but all I ask is to keep your beliefs to your self. You don't have go on fucking telivision and bash religion acting like a smartass. He bashed my religion christianity which fucking pisses me off. If there was a christian or jew going around bashing atheisim wouldn't you be pissed?

[thestoriesofbob]

@klutz94306 well i will say that there have been many Christians who do bash on atheists and other religions. On subways, you see signs like "God is good", and what not. It also it depends on where you are. In The United states for example, u have Christian priests who denounce Gays and what not. So to u good sir, I say opinions of any kind should be considered and welcomed. For its difference of opinion that helps make the world progress and turn. (oh and im catholic)

[larrybird1011]

@klutz94306 athiests bash religion in the same way that people mock natzis. Most athiests dont just hate religion for no reason theres alot of problems with religion that effect everyone not only the people who believe in it. Religion has effected the way our world is run in an extremly negative way and so atheiest's have good reason to bash religion where as religous people really have no reason to bash athiests. BTW im not even athiest just so you know

[yelir92]

@klutz94306 get the fuck out of Canada you narrow minded piece of shit. Who the fuck do you think you are? Would your "god" appreciate that language? haha

[hoopteechooptee]

Bill Maher must be Canadian

[monox2k]

He avoided a shoe lmfao..

[roder51]

The man's a political Religious environmental genius.Bill Maher is a god.

George needs more people like this on "The Hour"

[AngryRaptor]

Honestly, I think Bill should have Mr S on the panel on his own show. I would love to see what George can serve up on Real Time.

[jesterua67]

911 was an inside job... sorry bill , freak. GS is a great interviewer... cheers

[somewhatlongdong]

Every little thing that happens in America causes instant "hystaria." It's the media coverage that makes little things seem enormous. In most cases, it just takes the next "controvertial" story to eliminate the previous event to evaporate.

[Hashishin13]

WOW, I am astounded by Bill Maher right now. I never thought he would come down on the anti-vaccination side after he had the 9/11 truthers thrown out of his show. I know they are different things entirely, but they both have a "conspiracy esque" side to them and usually people in the public eye are either all for or all against conspiracy related things.

Good on him for speaking the plain truth.

[spin1200s]

Strombo is the man.

[blavallee4]

Fuck off with the adds youtube. I just want to watch the video.

[Boomoutgothelights]

pussification

[KenGold666]

America would be better off if it consisted of 300 million Bill Mahers

[spiderpig85]

@KenGold666 I dunno how much work would get done. Bill does smoke a lot of ganja... lol

[CanningParrsboro]

@KenGold666

yer weird.

[LadyScorpio39]

bill is right about vaccines!! they are filled with crap that kill you!! dont get them!!! population control.....destroy us from the inside.

[emperormai]

What a distinctly Canadian show :)

[Righton2000]

I had an afro. I grew it on purpose. And I'm in my twenties!

[illuminatedrecoil]

George should take over real talk when Bill retires!

[spiderpig85]

@illuminatedrecoil George pussyfoots around a little too much.

[nestorrfortuna]

i am so proud to live in Canada, i look forward to become a citizen...

the best country i have ever lived.

[ccheng21]

@nestorrfortuna and we are glad to have you here!

[Brizdyn]

Bill is a good guy and this was probably one of George's better interviews. Sometimes I find his questions lead nowhere but Bill is a great story teller so he just rolls with it and indulges him.

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

This interview is tedious and somnolent.

[NATOvsENEMIES]

and your sentence is pompous

[logicaleo]

this guy is so nervous, he doesn't even know hot to sit in front of bill maher or even the camera.. what a tool

[StrawberryFields1421]

What did Bill do or say that got him fired?????

[tmgreen122]

@StrawberryFields1421 I think it was something along the lines of that despite their methods, terrorists are committed. They aren't afraid. But it was taken out of context and it was made to sound like he was supporting terrorists.

[MegaBeamish]

@StrawberryFields1421 On Politically Incorrect someone had said that the hijackers of 9/11 were cowards and he said that the Americans were the ones launching cruise missles at people from thousands of miles away. Say what you want to about the terreorists but staying on the plane while it crashes takes balls. Or something to that effect.

[DwayneJKing]

Bill's got a 357 mag

lolzzz

[bNaturalSpirituality]

Bill Sweetie;

when it come to 'in your face' you and I are on the same page.

I have NEVER had a flu shot; am 48 and healthy and young looking. Although I have the 1 - 2 times a year hotdog without condom ;(

Keep going @ being Genuine and Genius, like me!!!

[Antigodboy]

Who is this guy? He has Bill Maher on his show and yet he is making the show boring with asking silly questions.

[RyJ]

@Antigodboy

Your opinion. I disagree; the questions covered a variety of topics and events. P.S.: the host is presenting Bill Maher to a Canadian audience. HBO Canada was just created; you need to cover Bill Maher's basics.

[Makonu2]

He was having an intellectual conversation with Bill... I know it's not the same as the typical cookie cutter talk shows you're used to where the host asks dip shit questions, like what his favorite color is or what he ate for supper last night

[CyeOutsider]

I love BIll Maher. He offers a kind of jaded common sense that seems to cut through all the bull inherent in US politics.

I don't agree with all of his views, but usually he's right on the money.

[TheRationalOptimist]

@CyeOutsider

What?! He's nothing more than a Democrat cheerleader.

[elektrikheat]

@TheRationalOptimist Libertarian cheerleader*

[909540]

idiots go die of polio. vaccines are perhaps the most life saving invention OF ALL TIME!!!!

[creedstruth]

@909540 Swine flu vaccines wont save any said people. So get fucked ^_^

[Rndlle]

Why do you hate my mother? Why do you hate? Are you too afraid of love so you hide your fear behind a curtain of hatered? Like a chained dog?

[billbenblue]

Your mom.

[RevolutionaryMJ]

That man is my political idol.

[Rndlle]

What's a "liberal"?

[zio5q]

your mother.

[mrjamesb56]

...WOW!....that's Clever!.....not!.....

[freddythecanine]

wasn't trying to be clever. I was telling the truth. I bet you're like Maher...you suffer from low self-esteem, so you need to constantly put down other's intellect to make yourself feel better

[mrjamesb56]

You mean like George W Bush and Sarah Palin's Intellect?....

[raunchbear]

Its not their intellect. Its their determination combined with their lack of intellect that forms the monkey wrench that we need to throw into the machinery of Washington politics today.

[BreakOutStudio]

bill maher haha

[iLuvAkeys4ever]

Your wrong, , these terrorists were cowards becaucse they wanted revenge! A strong man never wants revenge, he wants justice, and killling thousands of innocent people is not justice its murder and murderers are cowards! Turn the other cheek next time!

[billbenblue]

Yeah! I agree! Kinda the same way Bush and other jinogist fucks wanted revenge by goin' after Iraq after 9/11 and slaughtering tens of thousands of Iraqis! The funny part is THEY HAD NOTHIN' TO DO WITH IT!

Stupid piss brain blowhard redneck hick fuck. Shut your goddamn mouth and go down on your cousin.

[BAM5636]

So in your view the US response was also cowardly?

[icaru34]

the US response was about oil, the US was pissed that Saddam cut them out of an oil deal, remember 9/11 had nothing to do with Iraq. and like billbenblue said, Iraqi civilians had nothing to do with it either

[BAM5636]

Wasn't talking about Iraq I was talking about the US response which was Afghanistan. I know Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 unlike what the republicans tried to make everyone (and fairly successfully) believe. Keep in mind, I merely am asking a question about the logic of the stance the original poster used...Thats all. I am still waiting for that answer.

[PokrPro21]

Damn I love this guy!! He's one of the coolest motherfuckers on the planet!! That is so me 30 years from now!! I respect this man's brain so much along with George Carlin's! It's people like this that hopefully bring the rest of us out of the "Dark Ages of Propagated Bullshit!" Cheers Everyone!!

[Paxx23]

Bill Maher says "Chicago" like an Italian! Go Bill!!

[jwervel16]

I've been a huge Maher fan for as long as I can remember, but this vaccine issue really makes him look like an ignoramus. Bill has a fantastic political brain, but he's out of of his depth when it comes to science. He uses anecdotes, fallacies, and discredited woo when he talks disease -- atypical of his usual approach.

I hope anyone imbibing this stuff as "skepticism" bothers to do the footwork. Dawkins is not with Maher here. Check out Respectful Insolence for a scientific perspective.

[brownmanbob]

how does his views on the vaccine make him look ignorant?. His points are valid. The whole Swine flu thing Has been blown out of proportion. Did you know 13,000 people died world wide from the swine flu?, compare that to the 250,000-500,000 thousand deaths from the regular flu each year....... Just because the large pharmaceutical companies want to vaccinate the whole world over a petty flu, and bill maher doesnt, Does not make him ignorant. I think your the ignorant one.

[priorzola]

his stance on vaccines isn't based on his belief that they don't work but his belief that Americans would rather mask their problems with the standard quick fix (but still long-term hinderance) solutions. This includes our medicine and diets. He understands that vaccines work in the short term but they often, through coercing stronger mutations of a virus, have long term ramifications (particularly vaccines that are rushed to the market). Americans accept pharmaceuticals w/o question.

[kutthroatkillers]

@jwervel16 You must work for a pharmaceutical company? Polio was real, mumps and measles real... swine flu please! Stop eating crap and go for a walk, we have immune systems for a reason.

The old and the sick may benefit from this vaccine but a young healthy person would not.

Writing this Nov 16 2010 after the swine flu scare, it was blown out of proportion the world did not die and pharmaceutical companies got rich, Bill was right!

[dcarse07]

It's Strombo!

[hisbigal]

I just want to know who the host is, because he's fucking sexy!

[andyx1205]

he hosts the show, "The Hour" in Canada.

[kenleemar]

Too Fucked to Save...lol

[mojotruth]

Ahh, finally an honest person (Bill Maher) who calls out all the bullshit

[TheHonda550]

Bill Maher (along with all the other left and right wing pundits) = the de-evolution of the American mind.

[crazygolfer333]

...and you are an example of the evolution of the Canadian snob.

[jakefree25]

@crazygolfer333 an elitist?

[TheHonda550]

Yes, I am an elitist. (?) I live in a small town Ontario. I work with my hands for a living. When I need to learn about something, I go to the library. I visit the Biology section for biology, the Philosophy section for philosophy, etc. I don't go to Comedy for religion or medicine or political history.

[crazygolfer333]

You're so amazing! (?) Please let me be your apprentice... Explain to me how a comedian cannot have a grasp for religion, medicine, or political history. Last time I checked they could get library cards too.

[TheHonda550]

About Maher (I was not criticizing him specifically - he IS funny and excellent in what he does or I wouldn't watch him) Comedians have traditionally played the role of lampooning the media, not becoming the story. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert do this very well. They lampoon the very concept of the "expert" commentary. What these pundits are really expert in , as all media personalities are who become popular, is in moving the dial. Ratings.

[crazygolfer333]

Agreed.

[kutthroatkillers]

@TheHonda550 you've never watched real time then.

[downcard11]

So true about young comedians just being someone else. I do stand up, I see it all the time, and I've done it. Thanks for posting.

[miranger]

not everyone is the next carlin what do you expect? you think he didnt see bad comics? lol

[forestskog]

It's refreshing when Bill Maher gives decently informative, interesting, REAL responses to questions about getting his career started etc. Almost no actor/TV type does that. Just bland "oooh I worked with such WONDERFUL people blah blah"

[lmaozedong99]

all this guy does is talk shit....all the time.

[muszles]

thanks!

[TheDentist27]

Bill is the man. As real as it gets.

[NathanielFaunce]

He's just a comedian.

[USNChiefC]

Ahhhh, wise and eloquent words from a journalist. The Armed Forces Radio went to shit when we lost our military journalists to the liberal wing nuts currently embedded with our troops. Youd rather hang a fellow American to cloak your righteous elitist views. Your time is numbered, America has Awakened.

ASC(AW) Chief C, USN(RET)

[jakefree25]

@USNChiefC You mean they actually reported instead of parroting back command propaganda? When someone talks about elitists, what they really mean is "someone not a stupid, common conformist like me"

[Char1165]

Hooya, Good description Chief.

[jockay]

Great guy

[colemckelvie]

it's a shame that the people running things aren't more like Bill Maher. But normal people like Bill Maher just like to make fun of the people in power.

[SaerdnaOoOoo]

I also thought of that.

[redbrest]

interesting

[gqsmoothie]

I don't know why the CBC is posting this now/again. I saw this a few months ago, I think it was the CBC that had it on youtube, but it could have been another user.

Oh well...Bill is still the man.

Feb 12 and 13th Raleigh NC Memorial Auditorium.

[AlphaHorizon]

Whats the 12th?