Guests:Elizabeth Warren, TARP Overseer; David Simon, creator of HBO's The Wire; Amy Holmes, political commentator; Richard Brookhiser, journalist and historian; Dan Savage, columnist

Maherisms

I'm speechless. Which is more than I can say for Dick Cheney.  Bill Maher

Republicans keep changing their story on torture. First, it was, 'We didn't torture.' Then it was, 'Okay, we tortured, but it worked.' And now it's, 'Nancy Pelosi said we could.  Bill Maher

Newt Gingrich...called Nancy Pelosi a "trivial" politician. Pretty strong words from a guy who goes on CNN just to swipe food from the Green Room.  Bill Maher

On the Bank Bailout

If you don't ask the banks what they're going to do with the money, then it's not possible to track whether they do it or not.  Elizabeth Warren

On Republicans

[Dick Cheney] steals the oxygen from rising stars in the Republican Party.  Amy Holmes

Bobby Jindal has a not-enough-oxygen-to-the-brain problem already.  Dan Savage

We're in a bad situation now; maybe the answer isn't to throw teabags at the guy who is trying to get you a job.  Bill Maher

Trillion is the new billion.  Richard Brookhiser

I think some people feel that the difference between the Democrats and the Republicans now is not ideological so much as intellectual.  Bill Maher

On Global Warming and the Environment

The only thing that didn't happen [during Bush's presidency] was plagues of locusts.  Richard Brookhiser

When one party has no position, then it's like, 'excuse me, you go watch Glenn Beck; let the adults work this out.  Bill Maher

If you're going to solve problems, people are going to have to sacrifice. Presidents are not magicians. Not even 'chocolate Jesus.  Bill Maher

On Gay Rights

The Democratic position on gay marriage is becoming antiquated and untenable.
 Bill Maher

On Drugs

The drug war has morphed into a war on the underclass.  David Simon

I am for jury nullification on non-violent drug offense...if there's not an act of violence in it, I am not sending another person to prison.  David Simon

Not all drug use is abuse.  Dan Savage

On the Decline of Newspapers

It was at that critical moment before the Internet arrived that all [newspapers] did was take profits.  David Simon