Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!tomockey.ddo.jp!news.tornevall.net!news2.arglkargh.de!feeder.erje.net!tudelft.nl!txtfeed1.tudelft.nl!feed.xsnews.nl!border-1.ams.xsnews.nl!68.142.88.75.MISMATCH!hwmnpeer01.ams!hwmnpeer01.lga!news.highwinds-media.com!hw-filter.lga!newsfe12.lga.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Reggie User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.activism.peacefire,alt.peace,fj.soc.war-and-peace,humanityquest.peace Subject: Bill Maher: Gate Keeper or Coward? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 58 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:19:16 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.121.65.207 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cv.net X-Trace: newsfe12.lga 1193015912 69.121.65.207 (Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:18:32 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:18:32 MST Organization: Optimum Online Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.soc.war-and-peace:560 Bill Maher lost his job first time around for a remark about the alleged hijackers of 9/11. I suppose he's been warned that any discussion of 9/11 that does not follow the Bush/PNAC line will mean the end of his career. It seems that Bill Maher, like so many others, has his price.' Maher is a comedian who hosts a weekly discussion about relevant current political topics. He has no qualms about broaching very controversial topics and is an equal opportunity host on any issue OTHER THAN 9/11. On that topic, he has unequivocally labeled as fools all who raise questions about the official story. Maher's histrionics last night... having to show his macho skill at running into the audience to personally oust the 9/11 truth-seeking protester was one for the record books. It seems that he will talk to anyone, no matter how extreme or controversial, from Ann Coulter on, but the one taboo topic for the Bill Maher show remains 9/11. Maher went so far as to say that on this single topic, of all the controversies of this administration... on this ONE topic, he agrees with George Bush. Those were his words last night. You have to wonder why he would totally close the door to any possible discussion of the one event that made all the other horrors possible. Duh.... There were a number of scenarios he might have followed to deal with the protester. For starters, he could have offered to invite someone of repute to come on the show and present their case at a later date. That would have quieted the protester as well as others in the audience who were angered by Maher's dismissal of anyone and everyone who dared to doubt the official lies offered by Bushco. His ridicule of the 9/11 Truth Movement is way out of character for someone so willing to call all the other Bush lies what they are....and you have to wonder who got to him and whose back he's covering. One can only conclude that Bill Maher is either a coward, sacrificing principle to protect his job, or a Gatekeeper of the first order, working to keep any open discussion of 9/11 from ever reaching the public. This is not about what Maher believes or does not believe about 9/11. It's about the refusal to consider that there might be another side to the discussion, especially in light of all the evidence to that effect that has been unearthed by scholars and scientists... not idiots or nut jobs, as Maher insinuates. In case you want to promote this argument, here's something I've posted before, which you might have missed: AND THEN THERE WAS ONE: THE FINAL HOLDOUT, 9/11 http://tvnewslies.org/blog/?p=648