Everyone but Bill Maher is running away from this "white powder" hoax in Palm Springs, CA.
An average day in Los Angeles, and Bill Maher is dealing with yet another death threat. A personally addressed hate package, containing sinister powder, potentially anthrax, has been discovered at the Palm Springs auditorium where the 53-year-old comedian, chat show host and scourge of America's Right and Left was to perform his stand-up routine. The venue has, naturally, been shut down, the gigs before and after have been cancelled while the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating. And yet Maher remains surprisingly phlegmatic. “Americans always panic,” he says with a sigh. “Looking for anthrax and all that bullshit. But it's just someone trying to get at me. You can't worry about that stuff. I assume there are bigger fish to fry than a comedian.”
Good for him. At least he's keeping it all in perspective. Of course, the white powder was harmless, but the Boz Scaggs concert had to be canceled. It's a shame that the FBI and local cops can't figure this pattern out.
Maher is a "scourge" of the American right and left?
Posted by: Andy | 02 April 2009 at 01:02 PM
He is, actually very libertarian, to my understanding. He spares none. It's just that the right says more stupid things and creates a larger target.
Posted by: J. | 02 April 2009 at 01:36 PM