MEDIA
April 09, 2011
by Glenn Davis, Mediaite
Maher: America Needs “A Class War”
Bill Maher was his usual understated self on Real Time tonight, urging everyday Americans to begin "a class war" on Wall Street. And he illustrated the need for such a fight by drawing a comparison to the backlash received by one Charlie Sheen after his disastrous show in Detroit.
Bill Maher was his usual understated self onReal Time tonight, urging everyday Americans to begin “a class war” on Wall Street. And he illustrated the need for such a fight by drawing a comparison to the backlash received by oneCharlie Sheen after his disastrous show in Detroit. And as much as we groaned initially about having to hear Sheen’s name again, we’ll admit Maher got in some good lines.
Here was the common ground Maher found between what Sheen’s Detroit audience said, and what America as a whole should say: “This is bullshit, and I want my money back.” And after a mini-digression into the idiocy of paying to go see Sheen, Maher circled back around to the class topic:
“And if you think a guy living large, and rubbing your nose in it that you’re not, is funny, here’s one you’ll really love: you have to pay your taxes next week, and General Electric doesn’t.”
Taking the Sheen analogy a step further, Maher suggested, “I’ve already got your money, dude” as a slogan for the U.S. economy, demonstrating how it might apply to credit card companies and “too big to fail” bailout money recipients. And we won’t spoil Maher’s last line, but we’ll say that porn stars and Red Lobster are both involved somehow. Video of a pretty strong effort from Maher – again, making Charlie Sheen a worthy topic of discussion is no easy task at this point – below, via HBO.
Does he mean like the class war Hollywood has declared on the poor and homeless in Los Angeles? The same Hollywood who would go into an area wear there are 10,000 homeless and have them locked into buildings because Hollywood is in the area filming. Who would do NOTHING in regards to helping them find employment? The same Hollywood who use the streets of Los Angeles as a studio and tell area residents the are not allowed to go to their homes or prevent people from getting to their jobs? Well, I think this butt hole and his brethren have already done that!
The HATE of Hollywood
MEDIA
April 09, 2011
by Glenn Davis, Mediaite
Maher: America Needs “A Class War”
Bill Maher was his usual understated self on Real Time tonight, urging everyday Americans to begin "a class war" on Wall Street. And he illustrated the need for such a fight by drawing a comparison to the backlash received by one Charlie Sheen after his disastrous show in Detroit.
Bill Maher was his usual understated self onReal Time tonight, urging everyday Americans to begin “a class war” on Wall Street. And he illustrated the need for such a fight by drawing a comparison to the backlash received by oneCharlie Sheen after his disastrous show in Detroit. And as much as we groaned initially about having to hear Sheen’s name again, we’ll admit Maher got in some good lines.
Here was the common ground Maher found between what Sheen’s Detroit audience said, and what America as a whole should say: “This is bullshit, and I want my money back.” And after a mini-digression into the idiocy of paying to go see Sheen, Maher circled back around to the class topic:
Taking the Sheen analogy a step further, Maher suggested, “I’ve already got your money, dude” as a slogan for the U.S. economy, demonstrating how it might apply to credit card companies and “too big to fail” bailout money recipients. And we won’t spoil Maher’s last line, but we’ll say that porn stars and Red Lobster are both involved somehow. Video of a pretty strong effort from Maher – again, making Charlie Sheen a worthy topic of discussion is no easy task at this point – below, via HBO.
Does he mean like the class war Hollywood has declared on the poor and homeless in Los Angeles? The same Hollywood who would go into an area wear there are 10,000 homeless and have them locked into buildings because Hollywood is in the area filming. Who would do NOTHING in regards to helping them find employment? The same Hollywood who use the streets of Los Angeles as a studio and tell area residents the are not allowed to go to their homes or prevent people from getting to their jobs? Well, I think this butt hole and his brethren have already done that!
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