Bill Maher: Liberty University Giving Out Diplomas ‘Cheapens’ Everyone Else’s

[Tx4obama]

VIDEO here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/bill-maher-liberty-university-giving-out-diplomas-cheapens-everyone-elses/

In honor of Mitt Romney‘s commencement speech at Liberty University last week, Bill Maher used his show-ending New Rule tonight to question the validity of the entire university’s credentials and argue that when they give out diplomas, it “cheapens my degree from a real school.” Maher said that because of Liberty’s religious bent, the university isn’t on par with “legitimate” universities that provide students with a comprehensive education. -snip-

Note: The video is the final rule of the segment.

[Arctic Dave]

1. That was one of his best.

Asterisk, for sure.

[ingac70]

2. Liberty accredited by SACS same as Vanderbilt...

no fooling....

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Yeah, I don't really want someone who has been taught "faith based" aerodynamics designing my plane.

I mean, what if the pilots forget to pray for the invisible angels to hold the wings up?

[nxylas]

4. Surely employers are capable of distinguishing a Liberty degree from a Cornell degree?

Not all universities are created equal, and I don't see that Liberty cheapens Maher's degree any more than the existence of crappy Midwestern "degree factories" does.

[Jamaal510]

5. What happened to secularism in this country?

[HopeHoops]

6. "If you're in college and you can't kiss or drink..."

[calimary]

7. I have to agree. Include the so-called Regent "University" too.

They teach with a Biblical filter to all their law instruction, brushing past any facts or objective legal interpretations.

Remember those young guns from alberto gonzales's Justice Department who were hauled in before Congress, especially that little blonde cookie who admitted to vote caging? "I crossed the line," she said. Wonder if she was ever disbarred? She should have been. Is that the kind of shit they're teaching you guys at Regent University (which I believe is where she got her "degree&quot ?

Btw - I just looked it up. That was Monica Goodling. Brainwashed bible-bimbo "lawyer" for george w bush's "Justice Department."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/23/AR2007052300728.html

We probably should start a meme or a framing in which every written mention of Liberty "University" or Regent "University" is put in quotation marks. Indicates its alleged "status" in the "well, not REALLY" category.

Because if they're teaching a Bible-based agenda instilling that kind of slanted filter into them against which they'll measure EVERY legal issue from here on, in their careers, that is frickin' BOGUS!!!!!!!! It's like the aspartame people sneaking into the Hershey's factory and THAT'S what gets snuck into the sugar vat instead of genuine sugar when Hershey chocolate is blended.

I wish there was a way to stop this shit. It's polluting our justice system.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

8. Bill Maher watched the Willie commencement speech so I wouldn't have to

[Xedniw]

9. Marr's guest from CNBC was deceptive about Glass Steagall

The conservative CNBC reporter on last night's show said that none of the bank failures could be credited to the fall of Glass-Steagall. Her statement mirrors the business press and their desire to prevent any reform reinserting the wall between commercial and investment banking.

But as the PBS Frontline series makes clear, the first two major Wall Street players to fall (Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers) were stuffed to the gills with CDOs based on subprime mortgage debt. The bleeding of these CDOs, originally intended for large corporate players (like Exxon) to move risk off their books, into the commercial mortgage market was what made the toxic instruments that brought all of Wall Street down.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/money-power-wall-street/#a

It also becomes clear from Frontline that the fall of Glass Steagall actually caused the focus of banks and other financial institutions to change from financing businesses, governments, and other projects, to making money for themselves. The investment banking part of these institutions grew much, much larger than the commercial banking side in the run-up to the crash of 2007/8.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/money-power-wall-street/#d

PBS has a great series on "Money, Power, & Wall Street" and some great info on Glass Steagall.

Watch the 4-part series here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/money-power-wall-street/

[knitter4democracy]

10. He has no idea just how right he is.

I went to an evangelical Christian college, and there was a constant conflict between those of us actually trying to get a real education and those who just wanted a longer version of church summer camp and to find a Christian spouse. It's hardest on the professors--most of ours were real profs and were doing their dead-level best to get us to think critically and do well in their field while fighting against censorship and all kinds of fallout.