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[reilo]

New Rule: Now that liberals have taken back the word, "liberal," they also have to take back the word, "elite." By now, you've heard the constant right-wing attacks on the "elite" media and the liberal "elite," who may or may not be part of the Washington "elite," a subset of the East Coast "elite," which is overly influenced by the Hollywood "elite." So, basically, unless you're a sh*t-kicker from Kansas, you're with the terrorists.

You know, if you played a drinking game where you did a shot every time Rush Limbaugh attacked someone for being elite, you'd almost be as wasted as Rush Limbaugh.

I - I don't get it. In other fields outside of government, "elite" is a good thing, like an "elite" fighting force; Tiger Woods is an "elite" golfer. If I need brain surgery, I'd like an "elite" doctor. But, in politics, "elite" is bad. The "elite" aren't down to earth and accessible like you and me and President Sh*t-for-brains.

Which is fine, except that whenever there's a Bush Administration scandal, it always traces back to some incompetent political hack appointment, and you think to yourself, where are they getting these screw-ups from? Well, now we know. From Pat Robertson. I'm not kidding.

Take Monica Goodling, who, before she resigned last week, because she's smack in the middle of the U.S. Attorneys scandal, was the third-ranking official in the Justice Department of the United States. She's 33 years old. And though she never even worked as a prosecutor, she was tasked with overseeing the job performance of all 93 U.S. Attorneys.

How do you get to the top that fast? Harvard? Princeton? No, Goodling did her undergraduate work at Messiah College. You know, Messiah, home of the Fighting Christ-ies? And then went on to attend Pat Robertson's law school. Yes, Pat Robertson, the man who said that the presence of gay people at Disney World would cause earthquakes, tornadoes and possibly a meteor, has a law school.

And what kid wouldn't want to attend? It's three years, and you only have to read one book. U.S. News & World Report, which does the definitive ranking of colleges, lists Regent as a Tier Four school, which is the lowest score it gives. It's not a hard school to get into. You have to renounce Satan and draw a pirate on a matchbook.

This is for people who couldn't get into the University of Phoenix.

Now, would you care to guess how many graduates of this televangelist's diploma mill work in the Bush Administration? 150. And you wonder why things are so messed up. We're talking about a top Justice Department official who went to a college funded by a TV host. Would you send your daughter to Maury Povich U.? And if you did, would you expect her to get a job at the White House?

In 200 years, we've gone from "We, the people," to "Up With People." From "the best and the brightest" to "dumb and dumber." And where better to find people dumb enough to believe in George Bush than Pat Robertson's law school?

The problem here in America isn't that the country is being run by "elites." It's that it's being run by a bunch of hayseeds. And, by the way, the lawyer Monica Goodling just hired to keep her a$$ out of jail, went to a real law school.

http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/new_rules/

'Tis too good to be true? Can anyone confirm?

 

[Y2Kev]

Wow, I had no idea about that...

Pat Robertson has a ****ing law school?!?! And it's accredited?

I'm so ****ing sick of George W. Bush and I'm going to cartwheel naked down the street when this shitty administration is wiped from the slate.

I don't care if "other people" do it too. This is just hysterical.

 

[mckmas8808]

http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/new_rules/

'Tis too good to be true? Can anyone confirm?

Yes it's true. I thought we all knew this at GAF.

 

[perryfarrell]

Yeah, that story about that Goodling woman is outrageous.

I mean, it's one thing for the Bush administration to have certain values, or to go about solving problems in certain ways. Democrats can, and should, be able to live with that.

But the level of corruption, untransparency and old-boys-network tendencies in this administration is really baffling--nobody should be able to live with that. Nobody should allow obviously unqualified people to occupy important positions.

Here's a good write-up on 'How Pat Robertson' Law School is Changing America' by Dahlia Lithwick.

 

[He Wants Chalupas]

1/20/09 man, 1/20/09.

 

[bggrthnjsus]

i didn't know about that whole law school business. 150 us attorneys from a fake school? wtf.

 

[BlueTsunami]

That totally reads like an Onion article. Pat Robertson School of Law? :lol :lol :lol

 

[Escalation]

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard this bullshit. And just now this is coming to light after all these years?

 

[bob_arctor]

i didn't know about that whole law school business. 150 us attorneys from a fake school? wtf.

Something out of a dark comedy, isn't it? Like "Oh, look, I'll put these infinitely unqualified people beholden to a speech-impaired buffoon, who happens to be President, in positions of enormous power and influence. Ooo! And they're Christian. But not just any Christians. Evangelicals!"


*mails manuscript to Hollywood*

 

[bggrthnjsus]

Something out of a dark comedy, isn't it? Like "Oh, look, I'll put these infinitely unqualified people beholden to a speech-impaired buffoon, who happens to be President, in positions of enormous power and influence. Ooo! And they're Christian. But not just any Christians. Evangelicals!"


*mails manuscript to Hollywood*

it's like jesus camp only x10000, which is horrible, because it's not just evangelical children they are messing with, it is humanity

 

[Outdoor Miner]

I said WOW.

 

[worldrunover]

WE LOVE YOU HARRIET MEYER!!

 

[siamesedreamer]

Bill Maher could at least be accurate with his anti-Christianity drivel.

One book? Lemme guess - he's talking about the Bible.

If that were true, then why has the school been accreditted since 1996?

.......anyway, he's right about the cronyism. Its not like that should come as a surprise.

 

[BlueTsunami]

Heres the school motto (the University is called Regent University)

The school's motto is "Christian Leadership To Change the World,"

http://www.slate.com/id/2163601

 

[bob_arctor]

Heres the school motto (the University is called Regent University)



http://www.slate.com/id/2163601

Also, they've deleted the "Over 150 graduates serve in the Bush Administration!" from their website.

 

[levious]

Bill Maher could at least be accurate with his anti-Christianity drivel.

One book? Lemme guess - he's talking about the Bible.

If that were true, then why has the school been accreditted since 1996?

.......anyway, he's right about the cronyism. Its not like that should come as a surprise.

That's why I don't like him, he makes good arguments/statements then ruins them by including cheap shots. He's no better than O'Reily.

 

[bggrthnjsus]

i am absolutely sickened by the reach of these evangelists. between this and jesus camp, i hope we elected atheist scientists for presidents for the next 100 years.

 

[reilo]

Bill Maher could at least be accurate with his anti-Christianity drivel.

One book? Lemme guess - he's talking about the Bible.

If that were true, then why has the school been accreditted since 1996?

.......anyway, he's right about the cronyism. Its not like that should come as a surprise.

He's a comedian. That's his shtick. O'Reilly isn't.

 

[CharlieDigital]

This is so awesome

Spoiler

ly fv*ked up

on so many levels.

 

[BocoDragon]

Bill Maher could at least be accurate with his anti-Christianity drivel.

One book? Lemme guess - he's talking about the Bible.

If that were true, then why has the school been accreditted since 1996?

.......anyway, he's right about the cronyism. Its not like that should come as a surprise.

Yeah, thinking it's ridiculous that a school is based around a storybook is "drivel".

 

[siamesedreamer]

Yeah, thinking it's ridiculous that a school is based around a storybook is "drivel".

What difference does it make? It was accreditted by the ABA back in 1996. It had to meet a standard that all other law schools have to meet - including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc.

Believe it or not, there are law schools out there not Bible based that are not accreditted. Heck, there's one in downtown Atlanta - John Marshall.

 

[dynamitejim]

Bill Maher could at least be accurate with his anti-Christianity drivel.

One book? Lemme guess - he's talking about the Bible.

If that were true, then why has the school been accreditted since 1996?

.......anyway, he's right about the cronyism. Its not like that should come as a surprise.

Except he's not making fun of Christianity. He's making fun of the fact that a crazy televangelist runs a law school. He even notes the school is rated as Fourth (lowest) tier.