Saturday, October 18, 2008
I Just Saw "Religulous" by Bill Maher
We went to see Bill Maher's RELIGULOUS a few hours ago. My awesome friend Maryanne told me I would go nuts when I saw it. Well, we used a coupon I cut out to get in for $3.25 each, the normal price is $6.50 each for a matinee, I was already hyped up. The Esquire Theatre on Ludlow is the perfect setting for a movie like this. The crowd had many older people in attendance, let's say 60 plus as the age group. They were laughing the loudest, except for me of course. I have been in touch with the inside joke of organized religion for a long time. Like I always maintain, if you can belief what the Republicans are selling you sure as hell can believe what the bible is selling. I liked the way Bill talked to out of the way people, the truck stop folks and the assorted preachers and nut jobs. Going to Mecca and the Vatican were excellent ideas. Hitting the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky was just perfect, and funny. I've always been a fan of the hypocrisy of religion, it's just understood, no one questions it, they just keep on giving, sweet, I'm in the wrong business. Maryanne was wrong I did not go nuts at all. It's more like "I told you so", I am outspoken about religion and politics as they intertwine in the world and makes people in charge do idiotic things when it comes to domestic and foreign policy. I'm buying the DVD when it comes out for sure. I recommend the movie for any person who leans toward the religious side. It makes all three major religions, Muslim, Xtian and Jews look pretty stupid. I could get killed by a crusader for saying that. Things never change they just get more religulous every day.
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David Letterman wrote this; it's the David we
> >> don't often see...
> >> ' As most of you know I am not a President
> >> Bush fan, nor have I ever been, but this is not
> >> about Bush, it is about us, as Americans, and it
> >> seems to hit the mark
> >> 'The other day I was reading Newsweek
> >> magazine and came across some Poll data I found
> >> rather hard to believe. It must be true given
> >> the source, right?
> >> The Newsweek poll alleges that 67
> >> percent of Americans are unhappy with the
> >> direction the country is headed and 69 percent
> of
> >> the country is unhappy with the performance of
> >> the President. In essence 2/3 of the citizenry
> >> just isn't happy and want a change. So being the
> >> knuckle dragger I am, I started thinking, 'What
> >> are we so unhappy about?''
> >>
> >>
> >> A.. Is it that we have electricity and
> >> running water 24 hours a day, 7 Days a week?
> >>
> >>
> >> B.. Is our unhappiness the result of
> >> having air conditioning in the summer and
> heating
> >> in the winter?
> >>
> >>
> >> C.. Could it be that 95.4 percent of
> >> these unhappy folks have a job?
> >>
> >>
> >> D.. Maybe it is the ability to walk
> >> into a grocery store at any time and see more
> >> food in moments than Darfur has seen in the last
> >> year?
> >>
> >>
> >> E.. Maybe it is the ability to drive our
> >> cars and trucks from the Pacific Ocean to the
> >> Atlantic Ocean without having to present
> >> identification papers as we move through each
> >> state?
> >>
> >>
> >> F.. Or possibly the hundreds of clean
> >> and safe motels we would find along the way that
> >> can provide temporary shelter?
> >>
> >>
> >> G.. I guess having thousands of
> >> restaurants with varying cuisine from around the
> >> world is just not good enough either.
> >>
> >>
> >> H. Or could it be that when we wreck
> >> our car, emergency workers show up and provide
> >> services to help all and even send a helicopter
> >> to take you to the hospital.
> >>
> >>
> >> I.. Perhaps you are one of the 70
> >> percent of Americans who own a home.
> >>
> >> J.. You may be upset with knowing that
> >> in the unfortunate case of a fire, a group of
> >> trained firefighters will appear in moments and
> >> use top notch equipment to extinguish the
> flames,
> >> thus saving you, your family, and your
> >> belongings.
> >>
> >> K.. Or if, while at home watching one
> >> of your many flat screen TVs, a burglar or
> >> prowler intrudes, an officer equipped with a gun
> >> and a bullet-proof vest will come to defend you
> >> and your family against attack or loss
> >>
> >> L.. This all in the backdrop of a
> >> neighborhood free of bombs or militias raping
> and
> >> pillaging the residents. Neighborhoods where
> >> 90% of teenagers own cell phones and computers.
> >>
> >>
> >> M.. How about the complete religious,
> >> social and political freedoms we enjoy that are
> >> the envy of everyone in the world?
> >>
> >>
> >> Maybe that is what has 67% of you folks
> >> unhappy.
> >>
> >>
> >> Fact is, we are the largest group of
> >> ungrateful, spoiled brats the world has ever
> >> seen. No wonder the world loves the U.S. , yet
> >> has a great disdain for its citizens. They see
> >> us for what we are. The most blessed people in
> >> the world who do nothing but complain about what
> >> we don't have, and what we hate about the
> country
> >> instead of thanking the good Lord we live here.
> >>
> >>
> >> I know, I know. What about the
> >> president who took us into war and has no plan
> to
> >> get us out? The president who has a measly 31
> >> percent approval rating? Is this the same
> >> president who guided the nation in the dark days
> >> after 9/11? The president that cut taxes to
> >> bring an economy out of recession? Could this
> >> be the same guy who has been called every name
> in
> >> the book for succeeding in keeping all the
> >> spoiled ungrateful brats safe from terrorist
> >> attacks? The commander in chief of an
> >> all-volunteer army that is out there defending
> >> you and me?
> >>
> >>
> >> Did you hear how bad the President is
> >> on the news or talk show? Did this news affect
> >> you so much, make you so unhappy you couldn't
> >> take a look around for yourself and see all the
> >> good things and be glad? Think about
> >> it......are you upset at the President because
> he
> >> actually caused you personal pain OR is it
> >> because the 'Media' told you he was failing
> > to
> >> kiss your sorry ungrateful behind every day.
> >> Make no mistake about it.
> >>
> >>
> >> The troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have
> >> volunteered to serve, and in many cases may have
> >> died for your freedom. There is currently no
> >> draft in this country. They didn't have to go.
> >> They are able to refuse to go and end up with
> >> either a ''general'' discharge, an 'other than
> >> honorable'' discharge or, worst case scenario, a
> >> ''dishonorable' ' discharge after a few days in
> >> the brig.
> >>
> >>
> >> So why then the flat-out discontentment
> >> in the minds of 69 percent of Americans?
> >>
> >>
> >> Say what you want but I blame it on the
> >> media. If it bleeds it leads and they
> >> specialize in bad news. Everybody will watch a
> >> car crash with blood and guts. How many will
> >> watch kids selling lemonade at the corner? The
> >> media knows this and media outlets are
> for-profit
> >> corporations. They offer what sells, and when
> >> criticized, try to defend their actions by
> >> 'justifying' them in one way or another Just ask
> >> why they tried to allow a murderer like O.J.
> >> Simpson to write a book about how he didn't kill
> >> his wife, but if he did he would have done it
> >> this way......Insane!
> >>
> >>
> >> Turn off the TV, burn Newsweek, and use the New
> >> York Times for the bottom of your bird cage.
> >> Then start being grateful for all we have as
> >> country. There is exponentially more good than
> >> bad. We are among the most blessed people on
> >> Earth and should thank God several times a day,
> >> or at least be thankful and appreciative.''With
> >> hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud
> >> slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing
> up
> >> the country from one end to another, and with
> the
> >> threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, 'Are
> we
> >> sure this is a good time to take God out of the
> >> Pledge of Allegiance?'
> >> David Letterman
> >> Please keep this in circulation. There
> >> are so many people who need to read This
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