TRUTH

Bill Maher may very well save our country.
His brilliant television program "Real Time" returned to HBO last week. And in concluding the hour long program, he finished with this entire pearl necklace of wisdom in regards to the current Bush Administration's wire tap controversy.


"So, yes, on the downside our lives here in America are now an open book. But on the upside, BUSH DOESN'T READ BOOKS!
And really people, if you're so worried about the privacy of your cell phone calls STOP MAKING THEM WHEN YOU'RE IN LINE AT STARBUCKS!
Please! Americans don't want privacy. They want ATTENTION! They'll put a camera in their shower and show it on the internet! To get on television they'll marry strangers and eat a cow's rectum and ice dance with Todd Bridges! They're TRYING to get on a show CALLED Big Brother!
We are a nation of exhibitionists. From ME to Shining ME! And what we really fear isn't that someone's listening. It's that NO ONE'S listening! This whole country is one big desperate cry for somebody to LISTEN TO ME! PHOTOGRAPH ME! GOOGLE ME! READ MY BLOG!!!"

[crowd erupts into uncontrollable laughter. He continues.]

"READ MY DIARY! READ MY MEMOIR! It's not interesting enough? I'll MAKE SHIT UP! Did you know that I could go on the internet right now under my alternate screen name (Cherry Triple X 69) and get complete strangers to email me a picture of their scrotum? I tell you this country gave the finger to privacy a long time ago. In fact, I have reason to believe I'm being videotaped RIGHT NOW!"

[crowd erupts again. He thanks his guests and then continues.]

"...That's our show!...THANK YOU FOLKS!"


I swear to you, the truth will set you free. It will. The truth will set you free.