Guests: Jay Leno, TV Host; Chuck Todd, journalist; Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL); Sam Harris, author; Jeremy Scahill, journalist

Maherisms

Stupid is a pre-existing condition.

Stop acting so surprised that 90% of our paper money has cocaine on it. This is America. You're lucky it doesn't have gravy on it. Besides, if it weren't for the coke, a dollar wouldn't have any value at all!

Conservatives think apologizing is a sign of weakness. It's what liberal p*ssies do when they're not busy driving electric cars and feeling empathy.

I mean, that's what American democracy has come down to at these town hall meetings: old people and gun nuts. Which is a terrible combination. I heard somebody yell, 'AK-47,' and a lady yelled, 'Bingo!'

When the left is paranoid, it's because it's true. Karl Rove really was firing federal prosecutors; Bush really was faking terror alerts.

Apologies can do great things and they can enable great things. And if you still don't believe me, I have three words for you: make-up sex.

On Religion

Atheism is not a belief system. It is the rejection of a certain style of dogma.  Sam Harris

That there is a core of truth to religion that we should be interested in. There's the fact that people do have transformative experiences.  Sam Harris

The problem is that you can be a working scientist and still believe unsupportable religious bullshit...because nobody challenges it.  Sam Harris

On the Healthcare Debate

It's up to the public to inform themselves. But, people don't. So, you wind up with [the government] you deserve.  Jay Leno

Public option. It sounds like a toilet at the train station.  Bill Maher

The Democrats p*ssy-out to begin with, and so the compromise position becomes punting from their own end zone.  Bill Maher

On the Media

I always hate this when I hear media people say 'the story will be,' because I think, wait a second, you're the guy who's telling these stories.  Bill Maher

You know who the best journalists are? The ones who used to do it.  Chuck Todd

Glenn Beck is supposedly part of the media. I never invited him to the club.  Chuck Todd

I find more and more newsmen, they want to be liked, like a comedian or an entertainer.  Jay Leno

On Guns

If you're talking about Congress wimping out on guns, we've really wimped out.  Rep. Jan Schakowsky

It's astounding to me that people think that they would be safer carrying guns.  Bill Maher

On Blackwater

You prevent future torture by prosecuting past acts of torture.  Jeremy Scahill

We pay our own soldiers shit, and we treat them like shit in many different ways. But these [Blackwater] guys are six-figures.  Bill Maher

The Bush Administration made sure that [Blackwater employees] were immune from any prosecution... and, unfortunately, it continues under Obama.  Jeremy Scahill

It really masks the scope of the wars that we're involved in, because we don't even count [private contractors] when they die.  Rep. Jan Schakowsky

Blackwater is a repeat offender. They have jeopardized our mission over and over again.  Rep. Jan Schakowsky

[Blackwater] literally are a paramilitary force that answers to one branch of government and is not held accountable by the other branches of government. I believe this is unconstitutional... Jeremy Scahill

Obama is continuing some of the worst of Bush's policies when it comes to foreign affairs.  Jeremy Scahill