The New New Rules
Books | Political Science / Essays
3.8
Bill Maher
From bestselling author and host of HBO's Real Time, Bill Maher's new book of political riffs serves up a savagely funny set of rules for preserving sanity in an insane world.A follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The New Rules, The New New Rules delivers a series of hilarious, intelligent rants on everything from same-sex marriage to healthcare, from Republican agendas to celebrity meltdowns, with all the razor-sharp insight that has made Bill Maher one of the most influential comedic voices shaping the political debate today. With another presidential campaign on the horizon and a stellar set of real-life characters to have fun with - "New Rule: If Charlie Sheen's home life means he can't have a TV show, then I say Newt Gingrich can't be president"-this enlightening and important book may be the best thing you pretend to read all year.
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Author
Bill Maher
Pages
368
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2011-11-14
ISBN
1101552158 9781101552155
Ratings
Google: 3
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"I am a huge Bill Maher fan, so with that said, I don’t think this particular book of his, full of some of his tossed aside jokes, has aged very well. Some of the pop culture and political references I have to think for a second before I can really enjoy them for what they are. Some of them are just not funny anymore because of this. It came out in 2011 and WOW has the world changed. We went from having this man president for two terms (Barack Obama) to Trump (man baby)<br/><br/>However, these are just a few of my favourite “New Rules” from this collection: <br/><br/>Sea to shining C: keep your government hands off my Medicare <br/>Orbitchuary: since our new position on science is screw it, we prefer witchcraft, lets not just retire the space shuttle Atlantis, lets drive it to one of the five stupidest states and have the local beat it with sticks.<br/>Right Said Ped: stop telling me your toddler is going to be a heart breaker or that she’s flirting with me; its just creepy and makes me regret having lunch alone at Chucky Cheese<br/>Million meh march: don’t try to pretend that the insanity is equally distributed in both parties. Two opposing sides don’t necessarily have two compelling arguments. <br/>Yahoo news: Bill points out the sheer irony of civil war reenactors <br/>The party of stinking: now that its clear that the republicans are neither fiscal conservative, nor strong on defense, they have to tell us what exactly they’re good at."