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Bill Maher, Michael Moore Back Tony Bennett on His America ‘Caused’ 9/11 Comments

Bill Maher and controversial filmmaker Michael Moore defended singer Tony Bennett’s earlier comments this week that America “caused” the Sept. 11 attacks.

Bennett later clarified and apologized for his remarks, but on “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday, Maher said there’s now a “club” of people “accused of 9/11 hate speech” for simply stating their views.

“I‘m not offended by what he said and I think it’s a brave thing to say,” Moore said, agreeing with the sentiment that American policies provoked a terror response.”If you have a pitbull in your neighbor’s backyard and you keep kicking that pitbull and then the pitbull bites you, you don’t say, oh hey why did that pitbull bit me? Cause you’ve been kicking the dog!” Moore said.

Former Democratic Congresswoman Jane Harman disagreed, saying that while the First Amendment protects Bennett’s right to say what he wants, when it comes to events like Sept. 11 or the Holocaust, “a lot of people take it very personally and that’s totally understandable that they do.”

Maher cut in at that point to say there needs to be “an adult discussion” where it‘s understood that comments like Bennett’s have nothing to do with the individuals who died on Sept. 11.

“Nobody is saying that those specific people who died had it coming. No one is saying that. That’s how it becomes interpreted,” Maher said. “What we’re saying is that the United States has almost half a million troops in over 150 countries around the world. That is an empire. If you want to have an empire, and this country by its acquiescence of that fact certainly does, if you want to have that big a footprint, yes, there is going to be some kind of blowback.”

Moore agreed, saying Bennett’s remarks generated so many threats this week on “AM hate radio” and recalled his own now-infamous comments about the “fictitious reasons” behind the Iraq War during his 2003 Oscar acceptance speech.

Watch the full HBO segment, via Mediaite:

In the same appearance Friday, Moore also defended the health care law and similar ones around the world, saying the only “things you maybe have to wait for” are knee replacement surgery or cataract treatment.

“Things that are not life-threatening,” Moore explained. “The reason why you have to wait sometimes in those countries is they let everybody in the line. We make 50 million people out of the line so the line is shorter, so sometimes you have to wait as long. If you are a patriotic American, you want every American to be covered the same as you. No, not ‘I’m going to get ahead because I have health insurance and they don’t.”

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  • eat-more-bacon-USA
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:06am

    Bill Maher, Michael Moore, B. Hussein’O and every muslim terrorist on the planet agrees with Ron Paul on this issue – Do you?

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    • eat-more-bacon-USA
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:09am

      …and of course, Tony Bennett…

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    • HKS
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:17am

      Birds of a feather, all communist.

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    • TheBMT
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:23am

      Damn right I do.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:31am

      Ron Paul has the “9/11 Truthers’ behind him… lol.

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    • TheBMT
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:33am

      You would be surprised to know many military members think the same thing. The CIA does as well. Pretty much the rest of the world does. But as Americans we want to wrap ourselves in “exceptional ism” as if we could do no wrong. Well we are wrong and actions have consequences.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:47am

      >THEBMT. You don’t think America is exceptional? You sound rather apologetic in your posting, even America hating. You sound like Rearend J Wright and Obama, or maybe even worse…

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    • Svt4Him
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:47am

      MM is the same guy who says we don’t have to wait for CT scans here in Canada? He really is stupid. Eight months. But the one I paid for? Two days.

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    • cous1933
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:53am

      I usually disagree with Maher and Moore on nearly every word they say, however in this story, if you read their qoutes they sound perfectly reasonable. I know that doesn’t sit well with those who buy into the “they only hate us because of our freedom” nonsense, but it certainly makes a lot more sense that the hate is caused by our presence in their lands and politics. Very qualified and conservative experts in middle east relations, such as Michael Scheuer explain blowback and also agree with Ron Paul (and Maher, Moore, Bennett and many others).
      In fact those who get angry at the concept of our aggressive foreign policy causing resentment and aggressive retaliation, only want to hear that America is the greatest and can do no wrong. The things that made America great in the first place like liberty, individuality and true free market capitalism have been hijacked by the progressive movement for the past 100 years. If you honestly believe that our government can do no wrong and does nothing but good around the world, then maybe you are too naive for your own good.
      It seems to me that what todays “conservative” (actually neocon is the correct description) uses to determine who is a good conservative is how much one hates those who disagree with him. The more one hates opposing opinions, the better “conservative” he is. Traditional American conservatism is rooted in Christianity, which has no place for the hatred and vitriol that neocons spew.

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    • AZindependent
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:58am

      Ok, I’ll take the bait. So here is a question for all the flag wavers here at the Blaze, China decides due to their economic interest (a $1.2 trillion dollar loan) in the United States to set up six Chinese military bases around the US. Obama fearing the Chinese will dump their T-bonds, oks the Chinese bases. In addition to the bases, the Chinese start flying drones around the US to monitor activities of the new patriot militias that have been taking pot shots at the Chinese bases.

      Do you feel betrayed by your government? Do you take action to force the Chinese to leave your country? Are you willing to do anything, including giving your life, to destroy the Chinese bases? Would you be willing to participate in a mission that would involve taking action against the Chinese in China? Do I have to go on with these questions, or can you thick skulled, blind sheeple get the picture? Walk in another man’s shoes for just a little while, before you let your emotions take control of your brain.

      This was blowback and escalation, we do it, too. This will continue, and you “patriots” will lose all your beloved freedoms because of it.

      “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin

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    • Pujols
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:12pm

      Of course Billy ‘The Fool’ Maher & Comedian Michael ‘Lard-Azz‘ Moore defended ’Washed -up’ singer Tony Bennett. They’re all Hollywood Brain Dead Rose Colored Glasses wearing LibTerds.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:17pm

      Go back and read the arguments of prominent GOP liberals as to why America should not intervene in World War I or World War II, striking dated references, and you would think you were reading the latest Ron Paul press release. George Norris and LaFollette Sr. were both vocal opponents of World War I, for instance, blaming “greed” (LaFollette) and “munition” makers, the early 20th century version of Paul’s attacks on “neoconservatives” or the military-industrial complex.

      The one prominent exception on this score was the decided anti-New Dealer, Ohio Senator Robert Taft. Senator Taft was viewed as the pre-eminent conservative in his time in the U.S. Senate (elected in 1938, he died as the new Senate Majority Leader in 1953). But even Senator Taft ran straight into a part of the problem that Congressman Paul is encountering. While he was known as “Mr. Republican,” Taft’s non-interventionist streak which was considerable and thoroughly cloaked in the language of constitutionalism was seen by conservatives in the day as a confounding break with his conservatism. Snapped Taft’s thoroughly conservative Uncle Horace Taft (brother of Taft’s presidential father William Howard Taft) to conservative friends over his nephew’s unwillingness to understand the danger posed by Adolph Hitler: He (Robert Taft) was “one of the best fellows in the world but dead wrong on foreign policy.”

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    • Pujols
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:18pm

      THEBMT, You need to move to Iran or France, if they’ll have you? NOT!
      You’re a American apologizing jackass.
      Hey You could go on tour with Obama.

      We do get some things wrong, ALOT in the last 2-1/2 years, but we are still the best on this Planet.

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    • TheBMT
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:20pm

      @yepimaconservative

      you just sound ignorant. You can’t even fathom thinking for yourself, yet just recite rhetoric because that is just the easy thing to do. I am not blaming you or me, or the people of this country. I am BLAMING the freaking FEDERAL GOVT!! We think they do a poor job on everything else, yet when it comes to foreign affairs they are just A-ok. If you want to live in that fairy tale of a world, so be it. But don’t dare refer to me as some kind of American apologist. That is just absurd.

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    • LibertariansUnite
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:32pm

      The State does an excellent job at associating The State with the people.

      However the people, are not the State.

      The State is the one through it’s aggressive actions in the middle east have incited blow back against us, the people.

      Then what does the State do? It tells the people that they ARE the State, and by more or less political guilt trip, makes individuals feel they have to support the State and their unholy occupations.

      What should we as the people do? First, disassociate yourself from the State, secondly, acknowledge that the State’s actions can be bad, just as they can be good.

      If we can separate ourselves from the State, then we are making progress against the brain washers in this country.

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    • RabidPatriot
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:38pm

      Three examples of Amerocarcinomas or American cancerous growths. They need to be treated before they spread and kill the country.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:54pm

      >BMT. That’s it… disagree with a Paul supporter and you’re just ignorant, can’t think for yourself, regurgitating the Neo-Con talking points, living in a fairy tale world, etc. We know the drill. Surprised you didn’t throw a moron in there for good measure there Lib. lol.

      Fact is… I live in the REAL world, Paul supporters live at the friggin’ Gulch naive to the world around them.

      Don’t worry though. We Neo-Cons, lol, are here to protect you from the world… and yourselves…. just like those other Liberals. We are dealing with the same old enemies within America… while also dealing with and taking the fight to some of our enemies around the world. There is much more to be done however…

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    • spooner29
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 1:59pm

      I don’t know about any of these other guys but I agree with Ron Paul. If you honestly believe that the reason these terrorists attacked us is because we are “free” or because we are “infidels” then you are sadly mistaken and I pity you.

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    • Any_One_But_Obama
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 2:28pm

      The talking points of Bill Maher, Michael Moore, and MSNBC come from the same book. MSNBC’s Anchor claims that the GOP likes slavery: http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2011/sep/msnbc_gop_slavery.html How is this considered unbiased and balanced?

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    • HumbleMan
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 2:44pm

      I think MM is taking your advice. He’s been eatin big macs and bacon cheeseburgers like WAY more than his fair share.

      Michael: ONLY EAT YOUR FAIR SHARE!

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    • TheBMT
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 2:47pm

      -IAMAConservative

      We can agree on one thing. We both think the other side is wrong.

      You want to whine about how I called you ignorant, yet you want to accuse me of being an apologist, somebody worse then Rev. Wright, Obama, or something worse…? Come on, man up, and suck it up.

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    • AZindependent
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 3:20pm

      Come on NEO CONS, what would you do if Obama let China set up military bases in the USA? Saudi Arabia’s ruling family did just that, when they allowed the United States to set up shop in Saudi Arabia. What would you do? Would you become “Patriot/Terrorists” and do everything you could to force China out of your country?

      When the urban riots start here in America, will you tolerate UN peacekeepers in our major cities?

      When Obama, Bloomberg and Finestien come for your guns, will you be law abiding citizens and turn in your guns? or will you become terrorist, outlaw gun nuts shooting federal gun confiscation personnel?

      Oh I know, that is a different subject than 9/11. We were attacked by Saudi Arabian nationals whom “hated our freedom loving nation”. Give me a break. Are you people that stupid? Don’t forget the “Founding Fathers” were terrorists in King George’s eyes. George Washington was the Osama Bin Ladin of his time.

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    • Steve
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 3:20pm

      TheBMT
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:33am
      You would be surprised to know many military members think the same thing. The CIA does as well. Pretty much the rest of the world does. But as Americans we want to wrap ourselves in “exceptional ism” as if we could do no wrong. Well we are wrong and actions have consequences.

      ___________________________________________________________________________

      Bloating without a inch of factual evidence.

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    • Steve
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 3:31pm

      cous1933
      THEN EXPLAIN THIS.

      What Jefferson heard when he went with John Adams to wait upon Tripoli’s ambassador to London in March 1785. When they inquired by what right the Barbary states preyed upon American shipping, enslaving both crews and passengers, America’s two foremost envoys were informed that

      “it was written in the Koran, that all Nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon whoever they could find and to make Slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.”

      Ambassador Abd Al-Rahman did not fail to mention the size of his own commission, if America chose to pay the protection money demanded as an alternative to piracy

      The level of tribute demanded began to reach 10 percent of the American national budget, with no guarantee that greed would not increase that percentage, while from the dungeons of Algiers and Tripoli came appalling reports of the mistreatment of captured men and women.

      Were we in pushing our exceptionalism at this time? It would be wise to understand history of the enemy of the United States Of America before you defend them. This way your posts don’t seem awash with stupidity and ignorance.

      Your boy Paul uses stats from hamas linked CAIR employees. States that OBL hates us because we tried to build a sharia state in Saudi Arabia and cuddles up to Code Pink ideas an

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    • Steve
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 3:44pm

      spooner29

      Then explain this quote told to Jefferson and Adams when they asked why American men, women and children were being attacked, sold into slavery, raped and killed.

      “it was written in the Koran, that all Nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon whoever they could find and to make Slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.”

      Were we in Afghanistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Beirut, Africa,or anywhere in the middle East? Were we supporting Israel at the time? Why then would they attack America. Could it be BECAUSE THEIR IDEOLOGY COMMANDS THEM TO? Or would that just be to freakin simple.

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    • Steve
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 3:55pm

      AZindependent

      Your example which by the way is about ten years old and your simply regurgitating failed past BS talking points is a utter fail by the second sentence.

      China would have to be invited by the ruling goverment to set up shop here. Or war upon us and conqueror us as Islamic Ideology mandates all good Muslims to do. No I’m not implying China is an Islamic country. I‘m implying that Islam is a conquering iridology weather we’re there or not.

      Do us all a favor explain to all of us here why Muslims said this over 200 years ago to two Americans who asked why they were attacking men women and children, driving them into slavery, rapping and murdering them. That it was written in the Koran to do so! Explain it and stop being a useful idiot to the Islam and the enemy of the United States almost from it’s conception.

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    • AZindependent
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 4:16pm

      Steve Let’s see, because this scenario was brought up ten years ago, it’s irrelevant. Your examples of Islamic aggression is over 200 years old, yet it is relevant to today’s problems?

      So let me understand you. All Muslims are bad because they have a flawed religion which advocates violence and aggression. There is no living with these people, so we are going to have to kill them all to stop them. 9/11 was an act of aggression by this religion on a “peace loving, Christian nation that has done nothing to deserve this type of terrorist action”. Four thousand tragic deaths that day, must be answered by close to one million additional deaths of guilty and mostly innocent Muslims. We as Americans are bound by our Constitution to bomb nations that harbor members of this religion. Our mission will be over when every last Muslim is dead and every Koran burned. Then and only then will the Islamic threat be over, until then we will bomb and kill, send our kids to be killed and maimed, give up our basic rights here at home and bankrupt our country doing this. Do I understand the “problem” now?

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    • Bluefish49
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 4:58pm

      Anyone that actually thinks 9/11 was an inside job needs to really have their head examined…idiots.

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    • Zer0
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 5:05pm

      The problem that Progressives, Communists, and “truthers” have with 9/11 is that one singular event invalidates almost the entire far-left’s view on global socio-politics. Their bizarre, Chamberlain-esque, appeasement strategy was proven naive and deadly, so what is their response? It was an inside job, of course! If you don‘t agree you’re a racist, Zionist/NAZI, or whatever.

      Besides, Moore is the most audacious hypocrite EVER! Not only is that Communist-puke filthy rich…he’s also morbidly obese. He is a living, breathing, example of your typical “Capitalist-pig/oligarch” in the eyes of your typical leftist (of course Soros, Buffett, and Bloomberg as well).

      Sometimes I seriously think that Moore‘s and Maher’s parents must be related, they’re so incredibly stupid.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 5:13pm

      And THIS is NEWS ?? com’ on Blaze..

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 5:33pm

      Lol… Okay BMT. I’ll suck it up. Now I feel bad for comparing you to Rearend J. Wright and Obama. That’s extreme. I’ll just leave it at… “maybe worse” without prefacing it. Lmao… only kidding.

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    • Steve
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 5:47pm

      Well lets see.Islam and it being our fault for 9/11 is the subject not some ridiculous comparison that makes no sense.
      My example of 200 years ago shows the ideology of it’s aggression to non believers you silly fool. Its wasn’t as Paul said or the stats he uses. His and your understanding of Islam is wrong.

      All Muslims follow a political ideology that mandates that the world submit to it’s rule weather they convert or not. That is not a religion that is a political ideology.

      I never said we cant live with them it’s they who cannot live with us. and as for killing who exactly is doing that?

      Explain to me what exactly is an innocent Muslim. Someone who only subscribes to a quarter or a half of what the Koran, hadiths and Sira command?

      If your implying we slaughter every Muslim then that would be kind of silly wouldn’t it. Then again your post in general is silly. Bound by our constitution come on what are you in 11th grade?

      You understand nothing. Your idea to slaughter all Muslims in the name of peace is rather silly. We as a compassionate nation must wait for them to slaughter us first then we can PROTECT OUIRSELVES from their aggression. Let me make a suggestion. When Islam does raise it’s ugly head here in the States again can you submit your name and those of your family to be the first to become American Martyrs. That way those like you who embraced Islam and defended it‘s mantra The Religion Of Peace will be the first to feel it’s Loving sting.

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    • AZindependent
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 7:06pm

      Sure Steve there are no “innocent” Muslims due to their beliefs of what is written in the Koran. If they are guilty by belief, then what is your solution. You say killing them all is a “silly” option. The Constitution reference was sarcasm, btw so was my killing them all comment. I really love how our government has convinced the people that the Islamic threat is real and at everyone’s doorstep. The latest boogyman to be afraid of. It’s as if our government has used “1984” as a playbook to control the minds of the people.

      So Steve, you seem to have all the answers. What’s next bomb Iran (they have really scary beliefs, a crazy leader and maybe, just maybe, WMDs? Or should we take on North Korea with their nukes and crazy leader, concentration camps, etc… Aren’t there some more countries in Africa that we could bomb? How about those damn Chinese with their $5/day labor and rigged currency, shouldn’t we carpet bomb them (then we don’t have to pay them back the trillion bucks we owe them)? Look at those sneaky Russians, they are back in the game again. How about those unemployed, PTS vets, Janet says to keep an eye on them.
      Steve let’s just drop the big one, and clean up this world for “peace and freedom loving Americans”.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du3WhHrrNgs&feature=related

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 8:08pm

      They should be so proud for they are now in the same company as the murdering terrorist
      Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad… so proud!

      He also thinks so.. they should feel so proud.

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    • Steve
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:55pm

      AZindependent

      How has Government convinced us of the Islamic threat. Students of history only have to understand it’s murderous culture of the past 1400 years and early American history. Did our early goverment convince our small nation that Islam was a threat when it went to war for the first time? As John Adams said “We ought not to fight them at all unless we determine to fight them forever” So we opted on the side of peace and paid them what amounts to jizya tax. Till The level of tribute demanded began to reach 10 percent of the American national budget, with no guarantee that greed would not increase that percentage, while from the dungeons of Algiers and Tripoli came appalling reports of the mistreatment of captured men and women. Yusuf Karamanli, the pasha of Tripoli, declared war on the United States in May 1801, in pursuit of his demand for more revenue. That was over 200 years ago. Your misrepresentation of the facts about the threat shine a glaring light on your lack of knowledge of Islam and blame America for it’s hatred towards us.

      I’m not saying that tomorrow we will fall under Sharia. What I am saying is that Islam as presented from folks such as yourself and Dr. Paul give at best inaccurate information while applying left wing talking points.

      Obviously you skipped over when I said.“We as a compassionate nation must wait for them to slaughter us first then we can PROTECT OUIRSELVES from their aggression” and went off on some typical rant.

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 10:27am

      now a “club” of people “accused of 9/11 hate speech”<<<<<< Sort of like, being in the " racist club for disagreeing with obama's policies " , huh Bill ? Doesn't feel too good does it ? Fool..

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 10:30am

      @TheBMT.. It’s gotta suck living in a country that you hate , huh ? You do realize that Cuba is only a coconut raft away, right ?

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 10:39am

      @cous1933.. So in other words you’re saying if we left today, ALL those lands @ countries that you speak of and even apologized, while threw them money as reparations.. That they will stop hating us and stop trying to kill us .. STOP and think of what you are saying ..

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    • hud
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 11:36am

      I believe that the USMC attack on Tripoli in 1805 started a deep festering wound, and the mooslim attack on the twin towers is the result of this hatred. Based on this thought pattern Bennett, and he other clowns are right.

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    • TheBMT
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 5:17pm

      I don’t hate my country. I love it.

      That is the same argument the libs use when they say we want to eliminate the Dept of Education or other things.

      As for Steve: I will take what you say into account and will study some more. Thanks. But yes there are people like Michael Scheuer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Scheuer who believe different from you. Soooo, yes I will have to learn more for sure.

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    • AZindependent
      Posted on September 25, 2011 at 6:11pm

      Freedom is the right to say two plus two make four. If granted, all else follows.

      –George Orwell

      From the totalitarian point of view, history is something to be created rather than learned.

      –George Orwell

      Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

      –George Orwell

      In general, the greater the understanding, the greater the delusion: the more intelligent, the less sane.

      –George Orwell

      If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.

      –George Orwell

      In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

      –George Orwell

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  • atrain
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:06am

    If it we did not have idiots like these, we would have nothing to laugh at.

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    • knockered
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:36am

      Just another entertainer talking about something he should keep his stupid mouth shut about. Because he made money, and is rich, entertaining does not make his words worth anything. Him and the others are nothing but stupid aholes.

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    • n8isgrate
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 3:26pm

      I actually sat and watched this last night I found out I got hbo for free for some reason anyways bill and micheal are on another planet. Bill doesnt think anyone should ever make more than a million dollars so if everyone 300 million americans made 100 k or less how would anyone pay for someone else to have a job and then how would the government have enough revenue with taxes to offer the jobs for every american.
      to offer 300 million americans it would take 15000000000000 dollars which is 15 trillion dollars. and if everyone made 50k a year they would have to be taxed at 100 percent to break even. So you tell me how this works out cause now you have to have free healthcare for 300 million people free schooling free everything because no private company will be able to provide it because nobody is allowed to make over a certain amount of money. The logic just isnt there for socialists which is why every country in europe is in a financial crisis worse then ours and ours is right behind them because we have adopted many socialist policies.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 5:19pm

      “A CLUB” ? OK, More like a Circle of Idiots mixin’ kool-aid…

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    • Vital
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:09am

      I came across that poor excuse for a comedian last night while flipping channels.
      It was Bill Meyer’s PITY PARTY

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    • Brizz
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:21am

      So true!

      Can’t wait to get my fair share of their $$$.

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  • MidWestMom
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:06am

    So Michael, just how long are you willing to wait if you need a replacement knee or cataract surgery??
    How’s your schedule looking in six months or so? Book signings, filming, drivel spewing speech….? Ok, we’ll pencil you in then and get back to you.

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    • obama-mecca-me-sick
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 12:02pm

      He should get that gastric by-pass surgery before ObamaCare kicks in or we’ll have to spend another decade looking at his fat communist face.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 5:31pm

      WOW !! M & M, One is a wannabe “Intellectual” and the other
      is a mega rich “Hobo” Both are Phonies..

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    • Bluefish49
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 5:33pm

      I think he should be in for a stapled stomach or better yet a stapled mouth would kill two birds with one stone.

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  • mikee1
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:05am

    They also blame the Jews for the Crucifixion. They blame the white man for all evil. They blame Israel for all the problems in muslim mofo world. They blame the victim for the crime. But here are some things to which you will never here these LIBERAL LUNATICS ATTRIBUTE BLAME: They will never blame Iran for hanging queers. They will never blame the muslims for stoning feminists. They will never blame the criminal for the crime. To them, the gun did it. They will never blame Odumbo Inc. for the wreckage of the country. They will never blame the drunk for the DUI. They will never blame the Sun for Earth’s warming and cooling. LOL. These lunatics have to be taught to fear the Christian today, as lunatics like them did 500 years ago. You know how they treated them.

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  • CanDan
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:04am

    I am still shaking my head at the fact we still let Islamist in our country.

    like there is no War being waged against us, pretend it’s not there it will go away?

    We fail to listen at what our enemy is saying, at our own peril, and instead have people listening to these clowns.

    They have it written in the Quran what the plan is and it isn’t nice, supremice ideologies never are.

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  • truthseekerusa
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:03am

    Unless these people are running for political office, who cares what they think except for those Baby Boomers who are still stuck in the Woodstock muck. How they miss those hippie days but at least these jokers can keep it alive in their memory. The demented following the demented.

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    • Dustoff
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:34am

      Hey Bud. I’m a baby boomer and NEVER fell for that stuff.

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    • republapig
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 1:37pm

      I’m a boomer too, born 1951. I was a John Bircher, if you know what that is.
      We weren’t all hippy A-holes. A lot of us are still Patriots!

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  • Viking64
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:03am

    You have to give these two twisted liberal idiots some credit for getting rich off the fools that support them, I personally think being a brainless clown appealing to dumb sheep does not make one smart. Would not waste a dime or a minute of time listening to either of these freaks. I find little Billie Maher even more disgusting than big Mike! They should have a brain storm meeting soon and get Maxine Waters, Pelosi, etc to speak

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:13am

      The fact that they got rich and have an audience at all is pretty telling about what we get with a public school education (aka BS indoctrination). This country seems to have been stuck on stupid the past 40 years.

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  • dgktowntx
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:59am

    Hate speech..kind of like the tea party being called racist for their views….

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    • Shasta
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:37am

      Just a group of clowns that hate this country. The audience seemed to agree. Sad

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  • NHwinter
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:57am

    Don’t you just love these people that made their money through a Capitalist system, then bash everything about it and America. It isn’t just Bennet that is senile, Maher and Moore have early dementia. That is the sickness of the liberal mind. The sad thing is that Alzheimers is a devasting disease, these people have a self inflicted disease of the mind. That, and just plain stupidity. I wish they would all leave America and go to Iran, Cuba, somewhere, anywhere but America. All of Hollywood too. Its time we had decent movies with morals and wholesome story lines. Take Morgan Freeman with you please. Acting does not make you intelligent, it only means you can read script.

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  • V-MAN MACE
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:56am

    America didn’t “cause” 9-11.

    The CIA PERPETRATED 9-11.

    Ron Paul didn‘t agree with Bin Ladin’s “motives” for 9-11.

    Ron Paul simply repeated what Bin Ladin stated himself (in a more-than-likely CIA-produced video), that the reason the WTC was attacked was because the financing of foreign wars on their “holy” soil.

    If Bin Ladin really wanted to attack the base of financial terrorism for wars on their “holy” soil, then he would have attacked the FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS who finance all the foreign incursions.

    He didn’t.

    The reasoning behind the 9-11 attacks was a farce. It wasn’t to attack the financial district as Bin Laden (CIA asset Tim Osman) wanted us to believe.

    The reason 9-11 was perpetrated BY OUR OWN GOVERNMENT was to disarm us and initiate us into the globalist police state.

    They have been unimaginably successful, nullifying every single amendment of the Bill of Rights.

    Are you awake?

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  • CanDan
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:54am

    Michael Moore is a victim of hate, if you want to have that big a a$$print, yes, there is going to be some kind of blowback.

    and he’s comparing who to dogs ? LOL fatwa on you.

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:54am

    Waiting for medical treatment is not patriotic – it’s stupid an inhuman.
    Also, this puts the healthcare system on a very slippery slope.
    Palin was/is right – the government will have death panels.

    Entertainers hurt my head!

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  • AnotherCoverStory
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:53am

    It looks like greed caused 9/11. Too bad no one can report on it
    http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/

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    • barber2
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:28am

      Gee, they must be missing your comments in the New York Times. The favorite mouth -piece of the lunatic International Left! And that is no “dirty little secret !”

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:31am

      In some way greed did cause 9-11. We had to pay below market oil prices so we supported the saudi toryal-cut deals with them to pay less oil then any one else. And greedy for military bases there from which we can control the world[especially the muslims who se dictators did our bidding in the cold war and didn't hesitiate to torture and kill all muslim leftists or funadamentalists].Our greed fo , cheap oil, military bases ,power and influence in faCT DID LEAD TO 9-11 WHEN THOSE UPPITY SAUDIS SHOWED US THAT WE COULD NOT BE SURE OF ACTING IN THE WORLD FOR OUR GREEDY INTERESTS WITH IMPUNITY ANY MORE.

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    • republapig
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 1:44pm

      Roe-Smellin. A typical product of public schools.

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  • cjherin
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:53am

    The following comment was posted by Moore on his own website shortly after 9/11/2001. He promptly flushed it down the memory hole after condemnation by even his lefty friends:

    “Many families have been devastated tonight. This is just not right, They did not deserve to die. If someone did this to get back at Bush, then they did so by killing thousands of people who DID NOT VOTE for him. Boston, New York, D.C., and the planes’ destination of California—these were the places that voted AGAINST Bush.”

    So in Moore’s twisted world, the terrorists would have been justified in attacking Utah or Wyoming but not New York. That quote alone is why I cannot watch this cretin on TV.

    Source: http://www.city-journal.org/html/13_3_michael_moore.html

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    • dave 3433
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:00am

      CJ, you have just offended all cretins. LOL Dave

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  • MrMagoo
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:51am

    I have a question.Is it just me or do LIARS have thin lips?Matthews,Olberman,Moore,Baldwin,Schumer Maher,..etc.Something about the hard left and those thin,lieing lips.
    Everytime I see these folks,and the pie hole opens,I know right away that they are LIEING to me.Maybe its a gift from God,to me.:)

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:01am

      Did you miss Maxine Waters lips? lol

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:15am

      I don’t know about that, but liberal woman are almost universally butt ugly.

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    • MrMagoo
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:19am

      NHwinter,for sure.Maxine..and Harry Reid!Its a weird thing with Libs/Progressives.Thin lips & lies.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 6:03pm

      @NHwinter
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:01am
      Did you miss Maxine Waters lips? lol

      That one is just a nasty, crooked POS.
      She has been under Investagation for over two years…
      The Botox Lady said she would clean things up too..
      They need to put some of these Thieves in JAIL, put
      some FEAR in them..guess it’s hard to do when it
      goes all the way to the top dog’s.. At one point I
      thought Rep.Issa was going to start cleaning house..
      NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, Think they are all CROOKS..
      Like Pelosi’s net worth up 64% in a year,Red Flag? NAAA !!
      They are ALL shareing our Wealth..Yet, NO COLA, 3 years..
      WTF ?????

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  • UlyssesP
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:51am

    “Rich capitalist fat cats”. They’re on that list.
    That’s why they spout this crap.
    Not so their friends will still invite them to parties but so they will have some street cred with the dupes that are their audience. You know, the ones camped out on Wall Street.

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  • YepImaConservative
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:47am

    Maher says he’s a Libertarian (well, Libertine maybe… but nutty just the same). Moore is just a dope. And Bennett? There comes a time when your depends put on too tightly tend to cloud your better judgement and let your arse do your talking for you.

    This is your mind (Maher’s mind) and what it looks like when you’re on drugs. Just imagine how many more nuts will be out there if it’s legalized.

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  • Sy Kosys
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:47am

    they have no care, and no accountability, and certainly no class

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  • smackdown33
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:46am

    Our policies are the reason for the attack, not the justification. There is no justification for these attacks, just as there was no justification for the Zionist bombing of the King David Hotel.
    We just think that we are different, but we are not.

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    • TheBMT
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:27am

      But people don’t want to think about that. The Federal Govt plays along with the Media to ensure that the majority of Americans NEVER think constructively. We only caused 9/11 through WRONG actions. Was the response warranted, of course not! But to think that playing with fire will never get you burned, some people never learn.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:46am

    Van Jones, Bill Maher, Michael Moore, and Bennett — Ultimate examples of people who refuse to see what is really going on, mass conspiracy theories of conveinence for their ideology, and then use it to push their own agendas.

    Look at how this particular theory has come to evolve now — especially with these four idiots:

    a. Bush bombed the WTC.
    b. Cheynee bombed the WTC.
    c. America bobmed the WTC for our terrorist activities.

    So what will be the next incarnation of this for these idiots to spew when this is also proven to be nothing more than another progressive-socialist lie and fabrication?
    http://artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (cat folk art)

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  • Jim in Houston
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:45am

    And we should give a sh#t what they think – WHY?

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    • txbigfoot
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:48am

      Agreed
      And where is the voluntary money the hollywood elite should pay if they really wanted to pay the debt and distribute the wealth. What about that POS Moore, he made money do you see this hypocrite paying his fair share? Do you see him taking deductions? Of course, typical do as i say not as i do ******

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  • papaweez
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:43am

    The only problem with the argument about taking people out of line for knee replacemnts etc is that the doctor performing them are specialists and so would not be involved with those needing critical care such as bypass surguries. So now you are saying in a free market a person does not have the right to choose their procedures in concert with their doctor, you now have government bureaucrats deciding who gets what based on the government dollar. This is what is flawed with one size fits all socialized medicine, and this is what opponents to Obummercare are against, not people recieving medical care they need. Does this argument also suggest the the same bureaucrats will redirect doctors to perform procedures they normally wouldn’t do? The government can not give to one person that which it has not already confiscated from another!

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  • ronaldreaganthegreat
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:42am

    Phat @$$ moore and lil billy are communist caulk suckers:-)

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  • RIGHTHOOK
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:34am

    Bill Maher and Michael Moore?? Both should be tried for treason along with the vast majority of Hollywood. Those millionaire hypocrites words are worthless and Tony‘s words are like Buffett’s; senile.

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  • starman70
    Posted on September 24, 2011 at 10:30am

    Just another case of THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND!

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 3:20pm

      No -just another instance of denouncing the self serving irrational narrative that” they hate us cause we’re not muslims”to deny the reality that our policies there finally cost us something at home. That upset of power is the source of your anger-not your valuing human life as your history is one of mass murder and dropping bombs on men women and children through the last c and now this c.Finally the false narrative itself getting some blowback after 10yrs. In another 50 yrs. what bennett and moore and these other corageous souls are saying will be the conventional wisdom.

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    • Steve
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 4:07pm

      rose-ellen expalin this.

      But one cannot get around what Jefferson heard when he went with John Adams to wait upon Tripoli’s ambassador to London in March 1785. When they inquired by what right the Barbary states preyed upon American shipping, enslaving both crews and passengers, America’s two foremost envoys were informed that

      “it was written in the Koran, that all Nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon whoever they could find and to make Slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.”

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    • Steve
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:05pm

      The sound of rose-ellens response or rather lack there of is deafening!

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