Bill Maher:"We have been the cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building -- say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."
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Video of his speech from last night.
How does this SON OF A BITCH still have a job. He lied on his app., he spouts garbage and still bends young minds to his crap every day. The president of the college wants to take 30 days to decide if he has violated any rules. Why should it take 30 days????????
This is the sentiment of most of the left and of a number of powerful people in the GOP and business, as well (provided it doesn't damage their stock portfolios). In fact, it's pretty much the main project in the works of the elite.
when describing the death of 3000 Americans
For the sake of accuracy it should be remembered that a significant number of those killed were not Americans.
In my heart of hearts, I don't believe that this was what the founding fathers sought to protect when they wrote the First Amendment.
See what I mean by saying some in the GOP want the U.S. out of North America? It's also a typical chick reaction - people shouldn't be allowed to say thing that are hurtful or cause trouble. It is to be resisted.
"I don't agree with what he says but I will defend his right to say it." However, being a college "professor" there needs to be a level of accountability, or academic contribution. Bombthrowing is not allowed but provide your facts and we can debate them. The notoriety he's receiving is more than he deserves. The market place is where his ideas will find their value. I'm glad his face will be identified with his statements as it should be. Punishing him will only increase support.
Anyone notice that Churchill blamed the 911 attack on Iraq? I wonder if he changed his thinking and joined the leftist mantra that there was no connection between Bin Laden and Iraq.
Anyway, the University of Colorado should fire him for falsifying his ethnicity. The guy was probably a phoney affirmative action hire, promoted to head the phoney affirmative action major. Actually, a better solution would be to just close down the whole department. It serves no purpose other than to provide easy courses for minorities to train to be radical activists.
I'm so sick of hearing why we are the bad guys. What's disgusting about the Left and their excuses for Muslim anger (including Israel) is that they have no historical perspective about these so-called grievances. Islam's anger with the West didn't just start in the last century...and it certainly didn't have anything to do with oil, or even Israel...for that matter.
From its founding, Islam has been an expansionist ideology. For all the whining we hear about the humiliation they suffered over their deconstructed Ottoman Empire, it was they who created its collapse. Heck, the empire was in shambles to begin with because of tribal warfare...but to make things worse, it was the Ottoman Turks who decided to side with Germany in WWI. What became of their empire was no different than what became of the empires of Germany and Austria/Hungary, as these empires were also carved up because of their aggression. To the victors goes the spoils...something that Islam has been intimately familiar with for centuries.
While the League of Nations and the victors of WWI did take special interest in the crumbling Ottoman Empire...instituting mandates to be governed by Britain and France, the Muslims of this region have no one to blame but themselves. This was a group of people who were engaged in the worst holocaust against indigenous people outside of that which occurred in Germany in WWII (surprise...many Muslims sided with Hitler).
From the Christian Assyrians to the Armenians to the Greeks, Slavs and Jews...Muslims had been ethnically cleansing Asia Minor of non-Muslims for centuries. As this threat encroached further into the "soft underbelly of Europe," the victors of WWI decided it was time to put a stop to this 2nd Jihad, which had not only killed millions of people, but was continuing to threaten Europe...again.
Yes, Muslims can bitch and moan, and play the perpetual victim of evil America and European colonization...and Leftists can defend them and help make excuses for their hatred and anger. Ironically, one could use Churchill's own argument against Islam...in that Islam was now reaping what it had sown; we were the ones finally striking back. This was a religion, that within its first 100 years, conquered more land and people than the Romans did in their storied history. Amazingly, liberals seem to have a short historical memory when it comes aggression and retribution.
And here's some irony about Islam's hatred for the Great Satan. For all the abuse America takes from these ingrates, it was America who led the way in pressuring Europe to recognize Arab independence after WWII. The Atlantic Charter, which proposed giving power to the people to determine their own governments was one of the first steps in moving the Mid-East away from their former mandates and colonial heritage. Sadly though, it was still "Europe"...and even the UN, who were the major architects in planning the fate of Mid-East statehood.
During the Suez Crisis, it was America who recognized Egypt's right to nationalize the Suez Canal...despite the fact that both France and Britain had purchased those rights earlier and financed its construction. The same can be said for the oil production in these lands, which were also expropriated after Western nations invested millions of dollars in these infrastructures and technology, since these people didn't have the skill to do it. Sure, America also had it's own interest in this region...but those interests only became relevant when, again, some Muslim nations decided to side with the enemies of freedom (USSR). For all their whining about their oppression, it has been their leaders that have sided with some of the worst tyrants throughout history.
From the Muslim secessionist movement in India (Pakistan) to financial and military aid during the Cold War and support in the Gulf War, Americans have stood with Muslims and defended them against aggressor nations and persons. In our own naivety and ignorance, we have even supported Muslims against Christians, whether it was the Muslim secessionist movement in Kosovo and the Balkans...or stopping such Christian movements from occurring in Indonesia/East Timor. Heck, after a decade of complete appeasement, with financial and military aid going to Muslim governments that we knew were also committing atrocities against minority populations (Turkey, Albania/Balkans and Indonesia)...we still got attacked on 9/11.
While Muslims like to lament the further division of their territories following the World Wars, these were necessary acts to thwart continuing tribal and religious differences...not to mention the threat that this "empire" posed before its division. The truth is, Muslims not only have a problem living among non-Muslims...they have a problem living among themselves, as many have butchered their own.
One of the biggest hoaxes perpetuated by the Left is their reporting of Israeli violence against the Palestinians, when their own Arab brethren have committed far worse atrocities against them. Heck, the number-one killer of Muslims, are Muslims...with Saddam right up there at the top. Sadly, we don't hear these details from people like Ward Churchill, who only see the USA as the true evil in the world.