WWIII: Thoughts from a Republican Who Watched Bill Maher
February 25th, 2006 | by steve |I hurt my back pretty bad the other day. I seem to have wrenched jumping out of my pick-up or jumping off of a ladder or something. The doctor told me this morning it was like a sports injury and not due to lifting heavy objects or something like that. It took almost a day to see the doctor because of my screwed up HMO. (I won’t get into my health care provider too much because, I’ll just inflame some liberals, like Cranky). I did as a consellation prize, get a bottle of Vicodin last night.
When I take Vicodin, I get up. It’s more like speed than something that knocks you out. Most people pass out or go to sleep easy. Not me, I get keyed and can’t sleep. So I pulled all of the blankets down to the basement and turned on the TV. Flipping through the channels I discovered Bill Maher on HBO.
Normally, I cannot stand Bill Maher. I don’t laugh when he tells a joke. I think he is some recovered drug addict that is hell bent on making fun of Republicans. Danny Glover, some Muslim author lady I cannot recall the name of, and former Senator, Gary Hart, who appears to be knocking on heaven’s door sometime soon.
So here I am, laying on the couch after popping a couple vikes, spinning out of my mind and I am watching Bill Maher. A startling revelation hit me even though it is reality. We are heading towards World War III. Let’s think about this for a second. You have a really fractured country in Iraq that without Saddam, looks like a mess. Is the US a cause? I don’t know, it’s debatable. You have some freaks in Iran that will get nukes unless we (the West) stop them. America is lucky because on that one, we will get help from Europe and other nations. You have Darfur in Africa. You have craziness in Israel. Upset Palestinians and other Arabs. Al Qaeda attacking Saudi Arabia. Looks like a huge war brewing from Africa to Pakistan to me. You have elements of fascism in Iran and Darfur. You have escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. We’re so poised to exchange blows with each other, it’s a scary sight. The world will significantly different by 2010. And we’ll still be sitting here as Americans debating Bush, the next President and our troops overseas, while some serious bloodshed will be taking place. All this while Glover, the Muslim lady, Hart and Maher were joking about it all. Should we be sitting there and making fun of all of this?
Maybe I was tripping, I don’t know. Bill Maher starting referring to the left as whackos. He talked about colleges making rules like calling sex with a woman under the influence of alcohol rape! He even joked how politically correct we’d have to be to be considered left these days. That got me thinking. I don’t really know anyone that is “left”. Do you? I mean I know members of the right. I have some customers that are pretty whacked out righties who instantly believe that if a Democrat is in power that they’ll be taxed out of business and will have their religion outlawed. But true leftists? I don’t think I see them too much. I really can’t recall them any unless they are protesting in Frisco alongside Pier 39. It’s an interesting thought. It got me thinking that I have to watch Maher again next week. I may not agree with him. But he was interesting to watch. It is amazing how far from the center I have to turn my head to see the people I can’t stand.
2 Responses to “WWIII: Thoughts from a Republican Who Watched Bill Maher”
By Steve O on Feb 25, 2006 | Reply
Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Share the drugs dude, I’d like to think the U.S. wasn’t the cause because we could race in like heroes like we did in WWII but sorry dude, we caused this one and we are all gonna have to take a bite of the big shit sandwich!
By icoman on Feb 25, 2006 | Reply
I still see a lot of the Left. In fact, I was at a meeting of mostly Left leaners today. Some of us were discussing how we could show the difference between the Left and the Right in a few words. After, discussing this topic we all agreed that it is nearly impossible to put everyone into just two separate camps. But basically the picture we see for most is that the Democratic Party usually supports the workers, community and people who care for others. The Republican Party usually supports the owners, individualists and people who are mostly in it for themselves. Yes, there are a lot of crossovers but I think this sums it up fairly well. It certainly shows in Bush’s budget which has cut out many responsible social programs for the less fortunate while boosting funds for defense and big corporations. There will also be a continuation of the tax rebates which mostly benefit a wealthy few.