Caught the premier of the new season of Bill Maher. He started the season off right after last season was lackluster in my opinion. This week's guests were James Carville (Democratic strategist), Mike Murphy (Republican Strategist), Chrystia Freeland (Global Editor-at-Large of Reuters), Elizabeth Warren (Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) and Marin Short (entertainer). Great debate took place. I urge everyone to watch it, right or left. I think you would learn a thing or two...or at least be exposed to contrary opinions which may make you think about your own opinions.
Two great quotes from the show:
I'd like to see a better linkage between the gun control stuff we have now and the crazy-filter. Because if you look at Virginia Tech and you look at this guy, it is too easy for mentally ill people to get guns; because there’s no mental screening anymore.
- Mike Murphy
There’s ten “birthers” in the House of Representatives. So they ask the Speaker, they said, do you believe Obama was born in the United States? He said, I do. And they say, so what about these ten people? He said, it’s not my job to tell them what to do. Of course that’s your job! You have a whip. You have a majority leader. You crack people into line. You go to them and you say, you’re an embarrassment to the Republican Party.
- James Carville
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