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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:00 AM

The Fix

Did Cruise put the kibosh on Katie's sex scene? More Frey fabrications? Plus: Bush on "Brokeback"!

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 06:41 AM

Women have gotten the world into trouble?

So Bill Maher, with his latest "witty" quip, believes women are not capable of handling the U.S. presidency because women such as Margaret Thatcher have caused problems. To blame either gender for the world's problems is ignorant beyond words, but especially blaming women, who have largely been left out of the political process until recent years, is absurd! This is more fuel for my argument that Maher is a creepy, chauvanist asshole who is way less clever and culturally important than he believes himself to be.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 07:29 AM

It's called tongue in cheek - Mr. Maher was making a joke....

I would say something about humorless feminists,but I consider myself one....

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 08:06 AM

frey even more of a liar, I"m not surprised

If you read the Times article on Frey, it says that a Hazeldon counselor who had been on Oprah before, told an Oprah producer BEFORE FREY WAS ON OPRAH'S SHOW, that his descriptions of rehab were not true.

So, Oprah knew beforehand that he lied about his rehab experience.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 08:44 AM

The Rancher

Why do we keep letting this guy style himself as a "rancher" and a "cowboy" when the most basic skill needed by either is one he lacks, the ability to ride a horse?

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 09:06 AM

Seems someone lost their funny bone

It was a JOKE, Bill Maher is a comedian. Sensitive, sensitive.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:05 AM

No it's not a joke, he really feels that way

The man honestly hates women. He dates the kind of women that men who hate women love to date.

That's why he ended up getting sued for palimony by his last girlfriend. It was a BS lawsuit, but in a way, he totally asked for it, because his negative attitudes about women keep him from dating the kind of women who aren't just using him for money or VIP lounge access.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:11 AM

bush is not a rancher

Bush isn't a rancher. He's a trust fund baby who pays people to maintain his family home with the appearance of a ranch.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:10 AM

Rancher?

Bush is a brush clearer, not a rancher. And his estate down there is not a ranch, not remotely.

But letting that go, what on earth would make anyone assert to Bush that he'd love the movie?

Was that deliberately provocative, or just dumb?

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:43 AM

Maher was NOT joking.

Maher is a misogynist wanker, he always has been. I feel like I need a shower just watching him on the telly.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:37 PM

Five Years Too Late

If "Brokeback Mountain" had come out five years ago, would Bush have run for the presidency as the make-believe cowboy? The only consolation is that this movie may spare us from future politicos who come out of their gated communities, take off their silk ties, put on a Stetson fresh out of the box and pretend to be cowboys.

And for the Bush fans out there, sorry, but cowboys don't come from New Haven, Connecticut and they don't get their schooling at the Phillips Andover Academy in Massachusetts.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 01:36 PM

He reminds me of a woman I know

She thinks all men are heartless jerks.

Guess what kind of guys she picks to date.

It's a nice little closed universe she lives in.

It bugs me that Bill Maher is that way because he's a major spokesman for medical marijuana, and it's not helpful to the cause that he's so hooked on carping about women.

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