Bill Maher: His time has come to an end?

Politically Incorrect was one of the best TV shows to me. I rarely watch the Tonight Show, another my favorite before 2002, when PI was canceled. The best format of the show is that you can hear the story from both (if not all) sides.

Although I do not like Bush, Bill Maher's comment after 9/11 is just plain stupid. His subsequent firing by ABC may further fanned his hate about George W, which has been shown in his stand up shows in HBO. In "Real Time with Bill Maher," he inherited the format from Politically incorrect while adding a whole lot more self centered political commentaries. The latter, sadly, concentrated too much on his own political stand, where I find to be too much in Bush bashing and too little in real issues. He also have developed a habit of cutting off his guests, particularly those from the other side.

It seems that he and the show are going down further in a path that makes both irrelevant. Last week, when he made fun of formal Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, he said that Bush should look at Home Depot's parking lot for evenly qualified candidates. Everybody knows what he implies. But is it okay to make this type of jokes now, even it's on HBO? Not to me. The comment is much more racism to me than the recently infamous Imus comments.