Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime - Episode

[@Virtual-Media]

Banning political advertising is one of the best ways I've heard to fix some of our political problems. I've never seen nor heard a political ad that changed who I vote for. Debates on the other hand gives a better sense of who the candidates are.

[@JamesDavis-kc6kk]

I like your idea about banning political ads. What can anyone get out of a 90 second ad? Also I think if they donated the amount of money they pay for TV ads to any charity it would make more of a difference than any ad. Campaigns are a tremendous waste of money.

[@rosefernandes4433]

Bill Maher 2 thumbs up. U get my vote 100% all the time. Go Bill go.

[@SerketTheODST]

I really wish the whole show was streamed online every week in addition to being on HBO :/

[@jpfrssnv]

There are no term limits for lobbyists or the Koch Brothers.

[@dannyfrog]

I agree about the Cock Brothers and limiting donations to $100 won't stop the Cock brothers either. They will find a way around that just like they do everything else.

[@MrSERGEANT100]

dannyfrog Those bastards are evil... Anyone ever notice they don't seem to come out in public? Those guys don't seem to spend time outside their mansions. Probably because they've done enough shit in their lives to know that someone on the fringes will happily take their heads off at long distance.

[@MrSERGEANT100]

kananga309 Still, when you're dealing with folks with as much... "potential" as they have, It becomes very dangerous for them to live in a "black and white" world. Anyone who's opened their mind past their own selfishness for a few seconds knows damn well the world ain't like that. People who think like that are NOT rational people, consequences don't exactly exist in their thought patterns.

[@dannyfrog]

Like Harry Reid or not he has his own KZbin channel and you can see the entire speech on his channel. He hits a lot of nails on the head and knows how corrupt and crooked they really are. So what if he took up the floor to use it as a platform to get the word out but he's concerned and rightfully so. They were behind Karl Rove and the little Faux Noise tantrum Rove threw on election night on live television.

[@MstrJediKyle]

YES! Ban political advertising! That would be fantastic!

[@amfanmagician]

If we got money out of politics, we wouldn't need term limits.

[@jackburton-u7f]

My question to you guys is, if a crime (robbery) causes someone to lose his family, his house, his life, pretty much destroys everything that they have built, shouldn't they be charged with like murder or in case of thousands of ppl genocide? What I'm getting at is, should the punishment fit the crime a little bit better? I mean the ppl in Wall St. destroyed ppls lives completely in some cases, its almost as bad or in some cases worst than murder and in some cases it is outright murder (example: someone dies because they lost their money and cant pay their medical bill).

[@jackburton-u7f]

What I'm trying to say is robbery enough? Should they come up with a new term or type of sentence for this types of crime? Anyone knows if 1 already exists?

[@fabfashionista13]

simon schama as always has such a dramatic and charming way of speaking...

[@KO-OG-Passport-Bro-1997]

One of the things I LOVE about Maher is that he hates all religion but he knows a LOT about all of them!! He doesn't just talk about something he doesn't know about

[@Stingerbillion]

There needs to be campaigning law: Ban lobbying entirely. Cannot donate more than $100. Ban gerrymandering on federal level, and Corporations are not people, my friend.

[@johnpm14]

Get the whole show on so us Brits can watch it in full!

[@ryan0883926]

Bill Maher is the shit !!!

[@fordhouse8b]

Why do we have to choose between sending bankers to prison and taking their money? I suggest few years I. Prison follows by a lifetime on parole/probation. Their parole/probation requirements should include living on no more money than minimum wage earner could make in a year with only one job and no overtime. They should be prohibited from receiving any kind of gifts or subsidies, including meals, housing. Everything they own, use or consume would have to be paid for with their own (minimum) wage. They should only be allowed to work in fields that normally pay wages at or close to the legal minimum. Jamie Dimon and his ilk should currently be serving up burgers, picking fruit or working as a nanny for some Indian diplomat.

[@PasadenaMMZ]

I think a simpler and possible solution would be to allow corporations to absorb civil suits but a criminal offense, even within a corporation, should fall on the offender's shoulders, not the corporation. It's game theory breaking...now, if a person commits fraud within a corporation, they reap huge rewards and when it gets discovered, the corporation pays the fine...there is no reason in our current system for a financial professional not to commit fraud.

[@IrishEyes1989]

Hear, hear. The scary thing is that most of those Wall St. big whig types are legitimately amoral enough to be considered psychopaths, so that type of punishment might not actually change their views or make them feel remorse for their actions. I think a few of them should be joining Bernie Madoff in the slammer for the next thousand years or whatever his sentence is.

[@excession444]

"First of all, I hate all religion..." Brilliant

[@ShailendraSingh-ir1js]

Bill maher is in my view, one of the great thinkers in our times. He's more ethical & moral than most religious people. Only people like him can change something.

[@irisryu6437]

He said in this video that He loves that Israel people can finally stand up for themselves or somethings. Not sure what that means but Israel has been fucking Palestine people for a long time now. what a great thinker to approve that message.

[@CameronKerrBocher]

No need for term limits if all donations are restricted to residents within ones district. Lobbyists moneys should also be restricted to ones own district and should be 100% disclosed immediately.

[@Relbl]

While the idea of staggered elections is a good one, the fact that the ENTIRE Congress is up every two years is silly. Give em four years with half the seats up every two, and continue with the Senate rotation. Personally, I think the President should get five or six years: four years is too short a time to affect much and they need to campaign too hard too soon for the second term. I think there would be a LOT more one term PotUSs if the terms were six years. And if they got six then very strong PotUS could stay in power 12 years. Bush43 would've been a one-term guy FOR SURE; Obama might have been, Bush41 might've been a two term guy... Also, campaigning should be limited to 2 months. The whole drama of primaries and conventions and blahblahblah is so putrifying. People are in the know about who's running - they *are* generally people in the news all the time already - so a quick delegate poll should be easy to conduct in early September, then two months of debates and then a Polling Day where nobody works (or only half days).

[@MasalaKoala]

Bill Downunder.Lets get Real Time to Australia.

[@barrynichols2846]

+Greg Howard and NZ

[@lukemilton1964]

Great show Bill!!!!

[@intorpere]

What's Bill's problem with Errol Morris? He seems ridiculously hostile towards the guy..

[@InfinteIdeas]

I think the best solution is to have the entire state vote for all the representatives of congress, that way gerrymandering will have no affect at the state level

[@sheltondk43]

It would be a great law to disallow representatives from becoming lobbyists, at least for four years after leaving office. Many people have to sign a "non-compete clause" in their professions for a length of time. It could make a difference in outcomes.

[@TempestTossedWaters]

Good show this time!

[@montgal53]

Limit to $100????? That will N-E-V-E-R happen under ANY circumstances. As you all know the U.S. Supreme Court has just decided corporations, lobbyists, PACs, and even foreign governments can give as much money as they want to any candidate.

[@paulstillman2878]

Can't ban election advertising. Would violate 1st Amendment.

[@MrEherndon5]

these are good ideas.

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

This term limit thing was discussed before 2016. Now that we are past 2016, do you guys want to debate term limits again? Just to see what happens.

[@dupersuper1938]

Is last weeks Overtime going to be posted? I can't get it to play on HBO.com any more.

[@Just_Brigood]

In the words of Shane Smith "you get the government you deserve"

[@TheRadPlayer]

Shane Smith on Real Time... awesome.

[@ticnatz]

Get money out of politics! wolf-pac.com, or whatever it takes!

[@aminizrael7097]

Iris is correct!

[@meledge55]

Why in the world would someone not be in favor of term limits????? Yes there are some cons but on balance it is clearly needed!

[@timjacklin4821]

What sort of stupid question? I'd imagine any billionaire with ill gotten gains would be 'happy' to spend 10 years in 'jail' if they could come out with their cash intact.

[@Mrbrklyn212]

STOP JERRY MANDERING

[@freedom_323]

lobbyist are the major issue..they have been for the 30 yrs I've been paying attention.. "special interest" ring a bell? Term limits are not in the citizens best interest... advertising for political office should be completely structured to remove political contributions influence from politics period....So much of our current political issues would fix themselves if we removed the "money" influence and control...period, end of story..all else is simply diversion

[@adventuresondrz8145]

Who's the Brit? What's his book's name?

[@dcgfhgjnzgfnjcbgn5828]

Damn! That english dude is DRUNK!

[@stevencassidy6982]

What's Simon Schama doing on that show?

[@headrockbeats]

Ohohoh, Simon Schama is so wrong about Netanyahu it isn't even funny anymore. Damn, it's 2014, how much evidence do you still need in order to realize exactly how much he absolutely does look for "stumbling blocks" wherever he can find them? Of course, this is not to say that the Palestinians are eager for peace - because hell no they are not - but giving credit to Netanyahu's "efforts" is, at best, laughable.

[@Just_Brigood]

How do you have the great Shane Smith on and NOT ask him a question... pshh

[@PasadenaMMZ]

Only the reduction of corporate protections for criminal offenses will affect the financial industry to any degree, I think that there needs to be a reduction in corporate protection for criminal offenses. We should run it like RICO...The low level guys get prosecuted and they get shortened sentences if they roll on their superiors.

[@enkiea52]

This professor seems to forget one of the most horrible genocidal episodes that has ever occured and thats here in America. Native Americans have suffered a shit ton of discrimination and were almost exterminated in the United States.

[@thosewhoslaytogetherstayto3412]

Take their money or spend money keeping them in jail. GG... wait. why not both

[@ilq00477able]

Arab Israelis don't suffer any discrimination. You want to see discrimination look at any middle eastern country except Israel.

[@Vinnimaniac]

Bill your always entertaining but you have to invite on Cenk Uygur from The Young Turks I would subscribe to HBO just to see it!!!

[@SuperLuckyLad]

Imagine what Bill Maher would have said if someone had proposed that the USA should be a Christian nation or a White nation in the way that he accepts that Israel should be a Jewish nation.

[@intorpere]

Israel is surrounded by an oppressive culture that would practically wipe them out, otherwise. Israel has a population of only 8 million. Without reinforcing their Jewish independence, demographics alone would force them into becoming another Islamic state, under Sharia law.

[@SuperLuckyLad]

Joshua Abell that in principle is the same argument the Afrikaners had, that they did not want to be submerged by an alien majority. And I don't think the likes of Bill Maher would have much time for it. Seems to me he has one attitude for Jews, whom he regards as his people, and one for everyone else.

[@intorpere]

SuperLuckyLad Completely different situation in so many ways.. One of which being that this is the only country Jews have. They're not just fighting for yet another place to colonize, but for their cultural survival. A culture that existed in the Mid-east for thousands of years, before they were expelled, just a few hundred years ago.

[@SuperLuckyLad]

Joshua Abell The Afrikaners only had one country themselves, and Israel is not about culture, its about race. If it was about culture then you would not need to be a Jew to be part of the Jewish state that Jews want to create. And should you be wondering, I am not an Afrikaner myself, I used that to demonstrate how Bill Maher has double standards.

[@artsHscience]

Why is the atheist, Bill, saying "to god's ears" still?!?!

[@artsHscience]

Palestinians are genetically closer to the Jews than any other group. Palestinians are like most modern Mexicans, modern Welsh and so many other ethnic groups, native genes overridden with invaders' culture. Demographic genetic studies show that ethnic groups tend to stay in their home region even when conquered. or when culture waves spread over them. Since they are native people, with native genes, they have a right to a section of land. They should have been given a contiguous borders of the ancient state of Judah minus Jerusalem. The idiotic Partition plan was a recipe for non-stop war.

[@YorickReturns]

All this talk about term limits and restrictions on donations and campaigning is an attempt to deal with the symptoms of a problem and not the problem itself. The problem is, people are fucking stupid and wilfully ignorant. People get the government they deserve. How so? Well, the people so ountumber the rulers that, if the people deserved a better government, there would be nothing that the rulers could do to prevent the people from having it.

[@realnshu]

Simon Schama, you're a good man but the next time you're on TV please, please, please make sure your shirt collar isn't rumpled inside your jacket. I love your work but that just drove me bat crazy. You looked like my alcoholic uncle roaming about skid row.

[@jackchorn]

now the supreme court just ok'd unlimited donations. justice saying that money is speech and has freedom, what a disgusting joke we have become when our justices can openly say this with a straight face and on record. He will go down in history as one of the people responsible for the decline of western civilization. Makes you wonder where they want us to go. Look at the economic philosophy imposed on Chile in 73 and followed by Argentina, look who was responsible. These economic practices couldn't have been introduced without the use of force and dictatorship. 30 years ago this economic policy was unleashed on the US (and the rest). Now look where we are, on the edge of a cliff. I only hope it is not the intention but a complete collapse would reset everything and give certain people exactly what they can't do now. Chicago school of economics.

[@911elijah]

Fart at 8:09

[@allenblasco8157]

3/21/14

[@vmwindustries]

I love that! I hate all religions! So good!