Sears, which said it is a small advertiser on the show, received dozens of complaints about comments made by the host, Bill Maher.

``Sears took this action after reviewing a transcript of the September 17 conversation among Maher and his guests in which the U.S. military was described as cowardly,'' the company said in a statement.

According to a transcript on ABC's Web site (http://www.abc.com), Maher made the reference while discussing past U.S. military campaigns. ABC is owned by Walt Disney Co.

``We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away,'' he said. ``That's cowardly.''

Maher contrasted the U.S. military actions to those taken by attackers who flew hijacked commercial airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon last week. President Bush has called the attacks ``cowardly acts''.

``Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly,'' Maher said.

ABC did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

FedEx said the company had received some calls on Tuesday expressing concern over the show and decided to pull the ads.

``We pulled and ad (from Maher's talk show) based on some content in his Monday night show,'' said FedEx spokeswoman Carla Richards.

Just a friendly reminder from your fellow AMERICAN.

Bill Mahr is NOT a "Liberal"........He is a "Libertarian", and there's one hell of a difference between the two..........!!

He has "ALWAYS" supported our Military, and is "AGAINST" big government.......or government meddling in our lives of any kind !! Yes he speaks out against government, and calls em like he sees' em.......

Ya might want to check into it a little more before you jump off the bridge........
In fact......you might check into it a hell of a lot more.

It seems like some of you are believing just what our Lyin-ass Media wants you to believe........

Not tryin to upset anyone, and I don't agree with a lot he says, but he ain't the bad guy in this case............

so please excuse me.....!!

And I WILL NOT be doing any business with Sears, or FedX till they get it right...!!

[ September 20, 2001: Message edited by: CJ Allan ]

I'm glad you would defend to the death our rights of free speech to fellow Americans.

Now for a moment place yourself on the front line. Alone. Knowing death is certain as you face those who would take that right away from the rest of us. Meanwhile, we do nothing but criticize.

Now Imagine the rest of America calling you a coward for your actions.

I'd be willing to bet that there are Liberals, Libertarians, Vegatarians and Saggitarians on the way to defend our country from terrorists.

It's not fair to catagorize americans into political segments when they lined up side by side to protect our right to be different politically.

[ September 20, 2001: Message edited by: Mikes Mischeif ]

[ September 21, 2001: Message edited by: old paint ]

Hey, Ever wonder where the term "Red Blooded Americans" come from?"

As a final note. I just saw Bill appear on O'rielly Factor to apologize for being taken out of context by (in his own words) "shock-jocks" on the radio.

It was agreed upon that the advertisers acted in haste. Perhaps I did too, But then again, I don't pay $200,000 a minute to promote my signs during his show.

With so many talking heads, odds are one of them is gonna speak without thinking and then have to apologize for it later. Lots of that going on lately. If Bill gets fired, thats one more american out of work.

I will still tune in for the entertainment value. I will still buy craftsman tools.
I will still absolutely positively have it shipped overnite by fed-ex.

Damn the media! can't live with them, can't live without them.

Man I never in the world would have believed I'd be defending Bill Mahr........About everytime time I see his show, I end up throwing stuff at my TV.......But one thing ya can't take away from the guy.......He is a Patriotic American, and ain't afraid to call a spade, a spade.....or a scumbag, a scumbag!!
Now the "Bottom-Feeders that he's called out, are trying to get him shut up!!

1) He has said on his show that he voted for both Clinton and Gore.

2) Bush was an idiot.

3) Government hasn't done nearly enough to "help the poor" (whatever that means today) and that Clinton should never have signed the "Workfare" bill offered by Congress in 1995.

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``We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away,'' he said. ``That's cowardly.''

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``Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly,'' Maher said.

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I've read the transcript ( http://abc.go.com/primetime/politicallyincorrect/pi_home.html ). It did imply that it was the military who were the cowards. However, I also know that sometimes when you try to be funny, there are those who jump to conclusions and assume the worst.

That said, Maher's back-peddling has got me wondering.....So if it were the "politicians" who were cowardly, as Maher is saying now, who was the politician doing it? Clinton. And, who has said repeatedly that Clinton was one of the best Presidents we've ever had? Maher.

So let me get this straight, Bill Maher. Does that mean that Clinton was the "Best Cowardly President" we've ever had and you voted for him?

[ September 21, 2001: Message edited by: Glenn Taylor ]

Our ABC affiliate pulled the show so I won't be tuning in after all. I guess you can't get away with that stuff if everyone at the pentagon watches.

I interpreted it as a hit against the "politics" of most of our situations. I did not think he was making a statement about the men and women in our military. I believe it was a statement about the leaders who make the decision of what our military forces do.

After all, if we took a little more forceful approach in the past, maybe outcomes would have been a little different? I don't know.

Think about it..

Who watches Politically Incorrect?

Answer: People who wanna fight.

Who's responding to this post about Maher?

Answer: People who wanna fight.

Maher's done his job, which is to get his show's panel and the public fired up about a topic..

Who wants to watch a debate show where everyone's kissin' each other's butts and sipping tea? - Nobody..

If ya dont like the show you dont have to watch it, and if you don't watch it often you really dont have a clue who Bill Maher is or what he's all about.

If Bill Maher was such a horrible person his show wouldnt have been on the air for the past ten years!

The problem here is now Maher's show is on a channel that EVERYONE can watch and unfortunately not everyone can stomach what he has to say. Before his show was put on ABC he lived on the cable network Comedy Central where he could say anything he wants and didn't have to worry about it because no one could touch him. He didnt have to worry about advertisers because cable TV revenues help pay for the shows.

The basic truth is the people who hate Maher are his show's biggest fans. People tune in to see what he has to say just so they can disagree with him and possibly get fired up enough to pick up the phone.

Howsomever, on Glenn's reply about friends of Foxnews, and The Deeply Concerned About Hurting People's Feelings-------- I think I am gonna start a new religion, or church, or something. I will start it, but I aint gonna join it. I think I will call it The Church Of Our Lady Of The Easily Offended, Always Angry, And Perpetually ****ed.

Never re-read your own posts after you have posted. I just noticed I have been asterisk-bleeped.

My free-speech rights have been trampled upon by the Mayor. I may have to join the above mentioned new church.

I feel so---so---so----- violated. Whimper-- sniff sniff snivel.

Reeeelax. Just kidding.

Persons of all persuasions; faiths or lack of, political or not, etc. are welcome.

[ September 21, 2001: Message edited by: Bill Preston ]

[ September 21, 2001: Message edited by: old paint ]

1. Americans really have a hard time with wanting things to fit into a nice clean segregated partisan catagory. Example: Bill Maher states his opinion about someting on his probram like his support for Clinton, and suddenly he is labeled a liberal. See how quickly one little view, or opinion creates a label? I very much support Bush, but I am no more a republican than Al Gore is. People seem to have a hard time with this. Maybe our media is to blame? maybe ourselves are to blame?

2. As americans we want problems solved, but we don't want to get our hands dirty and be the "bad guys" This recent tradgedy sure seems like it is changing that a whole lot. I've seem more patriotism, and more solidarity in this counrty in the last 10 days than I have in years. I'm a young guy, but I'm not blind to the world around me. I applaud Mr. Maher for having the courage to say what he feels on national TV and not buckle under this politically correct society to please advertisers and avoid offending anyone. I really can not believe these advertisers are pulling their adds.. Ummmm.. let's see.. the name of the show pretty much sums it up.. "Politically Incorrect" ??? hmmmmm... here's you're sign.........

3. As Americans I don't think allot of us do not understand nor accept that it is perfectly ok to have differing opinions. We need to learn to respect that, and not feel this overwhelming urge protect eachother from anything that might be offensive to someone. If you find something offensive change the channell. If you are afraid that you're children are going to view something that you do not approve of then pay more attention to what you allow your children to access.

I want peace as much as the next person, but I also believe that there is a time to stand up for yourself, and there is a time for our nation to stand up for itself. I see allot of people confusing our military efforts with this idea that we are going to enter the middle east and wreak havoc just in the name of revenge. I think our nation, and our military is more mature than that. If we do not act, what kind of message are we sending to these people? Is it wrong for us as a nation to have pride and not allow ourselves to be defeated?

I also agree that it would be nice if we could solve our problems with kindness, and goodwill. Handing out food to starving muslims would be a very humanitarion thing to do, but I don't see how that would solve the current crisis. Sure.. those who we help may be grateful, but does anyone honestly see Osama Bin Laden or the Taliban changing their hatred for Americans based on our generous acts? I'd be willing to bet that we would still come out on the bottom and our acts of kindness would be portrayed by them as just more American involvement in a world where we don't belong. That is the bottom line. Those extremists hate what we stand for, no matter if we feel we were wrong or right. I don't feel as though it is possible to change that. But I also don't feel that we can walk away from what these terrorists have done, and will likely continue to do to the free world.

Bill Maher should be commended for his strength to say what he truly feels. You do not have to agree with him, but respect his opinion, and value the fact that WE all have the right to speak freely. The right for Bill Maher to state his political opinions on national TV, and the right for us to watch, oppose, and debate publically in this very forum are EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP! Try moving to Afghanistan and calling the Taliban's actions cowardly in public. I'd be willing to bet that may be the last time you speak up like that. Better yet, ( this is for LE, try being a woman in Afghanistan, and show a piece of skin, try to drive a car, read a book, get a job, speak your mind... etc.. Let's not forget the entire reason our great country exists. Let's not forget that we had to fight for our freedoms we so easily take for granted, and let's not forget that we may have to from time to time fight and shed blood to keep them.

The Drill Instructor is addressing his troops:

"I am not racist! I don't care if you are white, black, yellow or purple! You are all equally worthless!"

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Meanwhile, Andrea Peyser has something to say.

http://www.nypost.com/commentary/32767.htm

I kinda like her.

[ September 21, 2001: Message edited by: Glenn Taylor ]