Bill Maher Drops the Ball... on Purpose

Bill Maher, well-known hater of Arabs and blind supporter of Israel and its well-documented war crimes against Lebanon last summer (more on that coming up), has the perfect opportunity to ask Jason Alexander, who used to play George on the sitcom Seinfeld, about his experiences in the Palestinian Territories. However, as soon as Alexander mentions that he was part of a grassroots peace initiative involving both Israelis and Palestinians, Maher clams up and says nothing more.

Maher is terrified that Alexander might say something positive about Palestinians or something negative about Israel. If Alexander had said that he was pelted by Palestinian stone-throwers and called a dirty Jew, Maher would have milked it for all it was worth, launching into one of his classic harangues about how Arabs and Muslims are backward, hateful, useless, and should be bombed to the Stone Age. However, since Alexander visited Ramallah and lived to tell the tale - in fact, enjoyed his experiences with Palestinians, as he has said on numerous occasions - Maher could not take the chance of letting him discuss it on air.

How did all of this start? Another pundit on Maher's show arrogantly posits that Seinfeld was not popular among Arabs, and Alexander quickly rebuts him, saying that his experience in the West Bank indicates otherwise.

Watch the clip from 1:27 to 2:10.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Zykrh-jQCII

Maher is not interested in peace or in peace initiatives, but in Israel waging war on its neighbours and gobbling up more land. For a man who claims to be neither liberal nor conservative, but simply an independent and rational thinker not swayed by illiberal passions or wanton bloodlust, Maher sure does salivate a lot at the prospect of mass murder of Arab peoples, especially Palestinians. (No, he doesn't say this in the clip, but it is coming up as I figure out how to work this blog.)

Michael Moore Goes Crazy on Wolf Blitzer (former lobbyist for Israel)

If somehow you haven't seen this elsewhere, you may be living under a rock. If you have seen it, this is your handy-dandy link to referencing it more easily.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bs_LBXD69w&eurl=

What are you, some kind of sicko?

A word after watching Sicko in the cinema:

The film is not about promoting socialised medicine, but about promoting socialism, period.

After watching the movie, my wife wants to emigrate to Canada, or possibly, to the UK. While it's certainly possible to make more money in the States than you ever could in Canada or the UK (how many Bill Gateses or Warren Buffetts are from Canada?), it requires an immense investment of effort, time, and yes, money; conversely, if you're interested in working only a reasonable or even negligible amount of time, you can live well in Western Europe or Canada, whereas you'll live like a dog in the States.

This is the power of the film: it can convince ordinary, law-abidin' 'mericans to want to pack up and skip town... forever.