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Any time he pays a visit to late night TV, Bill Maher can be 
counted on to court a little controversy.  True to form, Tuesday 
on �Conan� he managed to weigh in on virtually every hot-button 
issue of the day, including Pope Benedict XVI�s resignation, gay 
marriage, the drug wars, gun control and, of course, Donald 
Trump�s genetic origins.

Apparently unfamiliar with the concept of �satire,� Trump is 
currently suing Maher for not following through on a promise to 
pay him $5 million if he could prove that he is not the love 
child of an orangutan.

Maher helpfully pointed out that making a joke on the air is not 
the same thing as a contract. �In the world of late night talk 
comedy, there are no binding agreements. You of all people 
should know this,� he told O�Brien, a sly reference to the 
host�s messy �Tonight Show� battle.

He expressed irritation at having to engage with someone who is 
more a �pop reference from the �80s� than a real person -- �It�s 
like having a spat with J.R. Ewing� -- and scolded the Donald 
for clogging the legal system with frivolous lawsuits. �It�s not 
a toy for rich idiots to play with, it�s not a collection agency 
for billionaires,� he said.

Asked whether he thinks Trump will proceed with the lawsuit, 
Maher fired off his sharpest insult of the night: �How do I know 
what�s in this man�s head? It�s like they took Lenny from �Of 
Mice and Men� and made him a billionaire.�

With the subject of Trump sufficiently exhausted, the 
conversation turned to other matters. Maher riffed for a while 
on President Obama�s inaugural address, which he insisted was 
not quite as liberal as many pundits seemed to think.

While he was impressed by the president�s resounding endorsement 
of gay marriage, he didn�t understand why the same open-minded 
attitude didn�t extend to his own relationship with pot.

�I just wanted to say, �Well, Mr. President, I�m gay for 
marijuana. I�d like to be treated equally under the law,� Maher 
(sort of) joked. �We met in high school and we�ve been together 
ever since. Sometimes we forget each other�s sentences.�

Somewhat more seriously, he suggested that Democrats had made a 
mistake by shying away from the issue of drug legalization. 
�This could be a wedge issue, something that would get a lot of 
new voters into the booth � probably on the wrong day.�

Leaving no controversial stone unturned, Maher also managed to 
squeeze in some cracks at the Roman Catholic Church (�98% of 
Catholics use birth control. Apparently the only ones who don�t 
are the priests�) and gun enthusiasts (�I always say I�m not a 
proud gun owner, because that�s stupid. That�s like saying I�m a 
proud remote-control owner�).

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-
bill-maher-gay-marijuana-guns-trump-20130213,0,786713.story

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liberals while you are both under fire by foreign agents of the 
outlaw Obama administration?

No.  Shoot the liberals immediately so they can't stab you in 
the back while you are defending yourself, then return a 
controlled rate of aimed fire.  ��

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