it s not a sport. it s a dare. you know, this poor guy who died. i don t know what he died for. and i don t know why people are acting so shocked. oh, a guy going head long down a mountain side on a sheet of ice and then suddenly gone. shocking. larry: you don t like skiing? i ve never skied. i don t get that. you ski? larry: no. are you kidding? are you out of your mind? ice skating. skate racing. you don t ski? larry: own the mountain. that s an old joke. that s the old joke. that s been around. that s henry youngman. then that is an old joke. but i don t believe this. this is silly. i mean, this is sometimes just being a provocateur. i mean, the olympics are what is causing the strife in the world? no. it was great when jesse owens beat hitler and i mean, that
everybody. have a great night. larry king live starts right now. tonight bill maher is back, telling it like it is as only he can. democrats have moved to the right and the right has moved into a mental hospital. larry: speaking out, sparing no one. sarah palin, dick cheney, president obama are all in his sights. bill maher for the hour, and he s taking your calls, too, next, on larry king live. larry: doing this program i get a chance to welcome bill maher back to the program, host of the hbo special, but i m not wrong. you must see this. hysterical. this friday night, february 19th on his happy home, hbo. thanks for coming back. a little grayer, but you look great. gray hair is just commenting on these times. you can t stop it, can you? larry: no, you can t. it s better than making foolz fools of ourselves and having plastic surgery. we re happily old. larry: senator evan bayh, the latest senator saying goodbye. what do you make of senator bayh sayin
abirached: this week on world business. : fighting off a modern greek tragedy, greece has been facing serious financial turmoil. but the new government is determined to recover, we ask finance minister giorgos papakonstantinou how. : the public sector is very inefficient, the public sector wage bill has got to be controlled. : planning one of the largest road rollouts in history, why india needs to invest in infrastructure now. : infrastructure is the biggest single bottle neck we have for india s future. : and as president obama begins his reform of the banking sector, we speak to chairman of the us housefinancial services committee barney frank ; the sheer volume of the bonuses makes it bogus when the banks argue they can t afford higher taxation. abirached: hello and welcome. i m raya abirached and this is world business, your weekly insight into the global business trends shaping our lives. the last few weeks have been especially tense for the greek government. pr
abirached: this week on world business. : fighting off a modern greek tragedy, greece has been facing serious financial turmoil. but the new government is determined to recover, we ask finance minister giorgos papakonstantinou how. : the public sector is very inefficient, the public sector wage bill has got to be controlled. : planning one of the largest road rollouts in history, why india needs to invest in infrastructure now. : infrastructure is the biggest single bottle neck we have for india s future. : and as president obama begins his reform of the banking sector, we speak to chairman of the us housefinancial services committee barney frank ; the sheer volume of the bonuses makes it bogus when the banks argue they can t afford higher taxation. abirached: hello and welcome. i m raya abirached and this is world business, your weekly insit into the global business trends shaping our lives. the last few weeks have been especially tense for the greek government. pres