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Bill Maher vs. the "talking snake"

The HBO host and comedian talks about "Religulous," his onslaught against the religious idiocy that threatens to deliver America to Sarah Palin and her fellow "space god" worshipers.
Andrew O'Hehir

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  • Wednesday, October 1, 2008 08:22 PM

    @isisdagmar

    We don't live in a democracy. To repeat a famous quote: "democracy is two wolves and sheep deciding what to have for dinner". We live in a Republic. Or at least we were supposed to. Mob rule is what it's come to, it seems. Maybe reciting the pledge of allegiance will jog your memory.

    It's not your fault you don't know this. The President doesn't get this either. Nor any other contemporary American politician, nor the MSM. Is it any wonder this country is going down the drain?

    —rodian Read rodian's other letters

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