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Bill Maher: "This Whole War Has Been Run On Slogans" [VIDEO]

Posted by Adam Howard at 6:06 AM on August 23, 2007.


Maher says, "George Bush...when you pull his string he says about five things and they all have to be under ten words."
Bill Maher On the Iraq War Slogans

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The video to your right is a short, funny little bit from Bill Maher's stand up special called "The Decider", where Maher ridicules Bush's utterly stupid justifications for the war, which as Maher points out, never contain more than ten words. Maher's personal favorite and mine: "We used to think oceans could protect us!" Check out the video to your right for more.

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Adam Howard is the editor of PEEK.


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Posted by: pathways on Aug 23, 2007 6:53 AM   
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George Bush is not the only Black-White guy in a full-spectrum universe, he is just their leader. Let's face it, it's a lot easier to be the Decider when all decisions involve only two choices, one of which is 100% good, the other 100% bad. These people don't need much explanation. They just need a leader.

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The problem
Posted by: orwellwasn'tdreaming on Aug 23, 2007 6:55 AM   
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is that too many people don't seem to be able to process more than these snappy bumper sticker thoughts. For better or worse, winning public opinion is nothing but marketing, so we ought to be getting much better at sound bites ourselves--the damned things work.

At least perhaps our lines might have some connection to reality.

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» RE: The problem Posted by: taureandevi
The Bushes
Posted by: bettyn on Aug 23, 2007 7:55 AM   
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have always been about slogans. I've heard "cut and run", "tax and spend" and all the rest of this garbage until I'm ready to explode. Bush, his old man, and his brother sound like a bunch of parrots. I'm sick of all of them.

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He's a Sheeple Kinda Guy
Posted by: LeftCoastProgressive on Aug 23, 2007 8:01 AM   
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The collective mental level of the sheeple out their is close to 75. The sheeple leader needs to have something to say that not only he but the sheeple can understand. Can you see the writers of this drivel testing every phrase with the BUSH-DUH Test?

Then there's Congress?? They have been drinking too long from the same Kool Aid bowl as the DUH Leader. Pelosi/Reid are just moaning all the way to the bank. The DUH voters bought it, now all of us have to cringe and wretch forever.

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A first in American history
Posted by: Doubtom on Aug 23, 2007 11:32 AM   
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In the entire span of our admittedly brief history, has there ever been a more stupid person in the presidency?

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» RE: A first in American history Posted by: zipper696
Alien Scientist
Posted by: pathways on Aug 23, 2007 2:21 PM   
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I've figured Bill Maher out. He's not from Earth at all but is an alien scientist from far out there come to study our planet and report back on its problems. Evidently his ship crashed on arrival and he lost his companions and fancy equipment but he gamely struggles on. Observing, analyzing, cataloging, and trying to report using Earth's primitive communications equipment. He seems to know he can't ever get word back home again but maybe he can contact a few intelligent beings somewhere. Keep it up Bill, it is infectious.
John.

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Mind Conrol isn't pretty
Posted by: Susan Kipping on Aug 23, 2007 2:43 PM   
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Bill is pointing out an important weapon that is used constantly on the American people. It is called propaganda or mind control. You say the same thing over and over and people believe it. Using fear and threats helps push it all along.

I pity the little children that are sent off to school where they will be indoctrinated with incorrect information, taught to conform, and not to question. They will not be able to leave the school system until they can no longer think for themselves. They will serve the nation well. They will shop, consume, fight and work the way they were meant to all the time paying heavy taxes. All of this mind control has been worked down to a science. All you have to do is look at the state of our country. We either know what is happening is wrong and accept it or we truly believe we have the right to destroy whomever or whatever we want.

I say save the children, their minds and spirits are precious.

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Posted by: kepstein7777 on Aug 23, 2007 11:46 PM   
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Spot on.

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stupid children
Posted by: KaptainSpiffy on Aug 24, 2007 3:22 AM   
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our educational system no longer teaches one how to think independently. we have self-absorbed, narcisstic children who CAN'T THINK INDEPENDENTLY or mentally manipulate facts to draw a real conclusion, or even desire to want to really question what they think they know; and thus are so easily manipulated. you start them out with 6 weeks at home with mom, and then, off to the kiddie ranchers and then to school for the constant 'teaching for the testing' "no child left behind that can think" government sponsored 'education' with it's failures so apparent in what our schools produce. idiots who really expect to get a good job. sorry. grandma and grandpa cashed in those chances for a ride on wall street and we sold those jobs overseas for dividends and retirement money to pay for our perscriptions. so long. oh, and sorry about the environment. pfft! who knew?

*has sip of tea*

even the poor in spirit are having trouble seeing god right now.

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