Comments on: O’Reilly: Easter Bunny Under Attack! http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:48:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Think Progress » John Gibson Hypes ‘A War on Easter’, Announces Easter Bunny Under Attack http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-7/#comment-2053524 Think Progress » John Gibson Hypes ‘A War on Easter’, Announces Easter Bunny Under Attack Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:34:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-2053524 [...] “a War on Easter.” Last year, Bill O’Reilly suggested the Easter bunny was “under attack.” After embarrassing himself and his colleagues, O’Reilly eventually acknowledged, [...] [...] “a War on Easter.” Last year, Bill O’Reilly suggested the Easter bunny was “under attack.” After embarrassing himself and his colleagues, O’Reilly eventually acknowledged, [...]

]]> By: progfn http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-7/#comment-1712941 progfn Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:09:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-1712941 <blockquote>Considering that the resurection ends up as a foot note in consumerism, and the saviors birth is largly overlooked at christmas, I would say the war on christmas has effectively been won by crass consumerism.</blockquote> Which is typical wing-nut hypocrisy. Who's encouraging all this crass consumerism? Large corporations. Who owns and runs the large corporations? Wing nuts, of course. Complete fabrication (along the lines of the crock about the "liberal media") intended to get the uneducated (or in some cases just plain stubbornly stupid) to vote and act against their own self-interest. Business--in every sense--as usual for the bottom-feeding right-wing slime.

Considering that the resurection ends up as a foot note in consumerism, and the saviors birth is largly overlooked at christmas, I would say the war on christmas has effectively been won by crass consumerism.

Which is typical wing-nut hypocrisy. Who’s encouraging all this crass consumerism? Large corporations. Who owns and runs the large corporations? Wing nuts, of course. Complete fabrication (along the lines of the crock about the “liberal media”) intended to get the uneducated (or in some cases just plain stubbornly stupid) to vote and act against their own self-interest. Business–in every sense–as usual for the bottom-feeding right-wing slime.

]]> By: Germy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-7/#comment-1243315 Germy Fri, 08 Dec 2006 03:58:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-1243315 Spudge_boy is totally right, christianity has nothing to do with christmas or easter, it got tied into it becouse of the beleifs. It's all about patton holidays bill should really do his research Spudge_boy is totally right, christianity has nothing to do with christmas or easter, it got tied into it becouse of the beleifs. It’s all about patton holidays

bill should really do his research

]]> By: nullMitchell http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-7/#comment-1081109 nullMitchell Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:56:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-1081109 Its kind of sad that his show is the top rated cable news show in the US. I live in australia and i'll admit i watch his show. I started watching because i was and still am intrigued as to how he was given a show in the first place, but i spose it is FOX news, the masters of missing the point. Oh and his book "culture warrior" would be a great book for anyone studying mental illness. Its written in the format of a paranoid schizoprenic talking about alien abduction or big foot or something Its kind of sad that his show is the top rated cable news show in the US.
I live in australia and i’ll admit i watch his show. I started watching because i was and still am intrigued as to how he was given a show in the first place, but i spose it is FOX news, the masters of missing the point. Oh and his book “culture warrior” would be a great book for anyone studying mental illness. Its written in the format of a paranoid schizoprenic talking about alien abduction or big foot or something

]]> By: Think Progress » Shep Smith Embarrassed by O’Reilly’s ‘War on Easter’? http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-7/#comment-508272 Think Progress » Shep Smith Embarrassed by O’Reilly’s ‘War on Easter’? Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:10:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-508272 [...] Apparently not everyone at Fox News buys into talk of a ‘War on Easter.’ [...] [...] Apparently not everyone at Fox News buys into talk of a ‘War on Easter.’ [...]

]]> By: Forget the moon, Iran… it’s a war on Easter! at blogdisease.com http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-7/#comment-507631 Forget the moon, Iran… it’s a war on Easter! at blogdisease.com Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:54:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-507631 [...] Yes, well it was bound to happen. The liberals have declared war on Easter! Good thing we don’t have more important things to think about, like say, World War IV? [...] [...] Yes, well it was bound to happen. The liberals have declared war on Easter! Good thing we don’t have more important things to think about, like say, World War IV? [...]

]]> By: Think Progress » O’Reilly Reversal: “There Is No Attack On Easter” http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-7/#comment-507189 Think Progress » O’Reilly Reversal: “There Is No Attack On Easter” Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:18:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-507189 [...] Gosh, where could Tucker have gotten the idea that talk show hosts like O’Reilly claimed Easter was under attack? Bill O’Reilly, 4/11/06: [...] [...] Gosh, where could Tucker have gotten the idea that talk show hosts like O’Reilly claimed Easter was under attack? Bill O’Reilly, 4/11/06: [...]

]]> By: Buck Batard http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-6/#comment-507169 Buck Batard Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:58:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-507169 Actually, the Easter Bunny is under attck. So we blogged about it this morning. If you grew up on a farm, click URL link. Otherwise, you might be wise to avoid it. Actually, the Easter Bunny is under attck. So we blogged about it this morning.
If you grew up on a farm, click URL link. Otherwise, you might be wise to avoid it.

]]> By: Chaos Digest http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-6/#comment-507078 Chaos Digest Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:29:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-507078 <strong>Diversifying!...</strong> Christmas is just too far off to have any real marketing impact at this point, so the Fox News juggernaut is branching out. There's now a war on...wait for it...Easter bunnies! Coming soon: The War On Shrovetide! The War On Pancake Day! And, The W.... Diversifying!…

Christmas is just too far off to have any real marketing impact at this point, so the Fox News juggernaut is branching out. There’s now a war on…wait for it…Easter bunnies!

Coming soon: The War On Shrovetide! The War On Pancake Day! And, The W….

]]> By: Zimzone http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-6/#comment-506982 Zimzone Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:24:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-506982 <strong><em>CHENEY SHOOTS EASTER BUNNEY!</em></strong> Film at 11:00 CHENEY SHOOTS EASTER BUNNEY!
Film at 11:00

]]> By: Terry http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-6/#comment-506920 Terry Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:50:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-506920 The really sad part about O'Reilly is that a lot of people listen to him and actually believe the shit that comes out of his mouth. This country really has been dumbed down. Every day becomes a little more frightening than the last. I wish there were a God that would smite the nasty bastards that are lying, cheating and killing in the his name. I'd pay to see that judgement day. The really sad part about O’Reilly is that a lot of people listen to him and actually believe the shit that comes out of his mouth. This country really has been dumbed down. Every day becomes a little more frightening than the last. I wish there were a God that would smite the nasty bastards that are lying, cheating and killing in the his name. I’d pay to see that judgement day.

]]> By: bigfated http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-6/#comment-506873 bigfated Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:22:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-506873 <em>Dear Bill O'Reilly; when you have a moment free from playing phone sex with your assistant and have finished your "hide the loofa" routine, try reading something. Maybe Sinclair Lewis, who said: "WHEN FASCISM COMES TO AMERICA, IT WILL BE WRAPPED IN THE FLAG AND CARRYING THE CROSS."</em> Dear Bill O’Reilly; when you have a moment free from playing phone sex with your assistant and have finished your “hide the loofa” routine, try reading something. Maybe Sinclair Lewis, who said: “WHEN FASCISM COMES TO AMERICA, IT WILL BE WRAPPED IN THE FLAG AND CARRYING THE CROSS.”

]]> By: bigfated http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-6/#comment-506870 bigfated Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:08:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-506870 <strong>Don't you believe it folks. there is no truth to the rumor that Bill O'Reilley and Rush Limpdick are the unmarried homosexual parents of Sean Hannity. Ann Coulter is their only child. Hannity is the son of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell. Please! Get your facts straight!</strong> Don’t you believe it folks. there is no truth to the rumor that Bill O’Reilley and Rush Limpdick are the unmarried homosexual parents of Sean Hannity. Ann Coulter is their only child.
Hannity is the son of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell. Please! Get your facts straight!

]]> By: bush's bane http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-6/#comment-506793 bush's bane Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:37:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-506793 I have to apologize to those #72 and beyond (at this point it's #303),but how could anyone even think they could be any more succinct or profound after reading #71? My hat's off to an almost biblical profundity,stated so exquisitively and efficiently (also so humorously),that there was no need to seek Nirvana...oops,wrong religion. Commentators, where do you go after summiting Mt. Everest? Why bother? Great job "highschoolcivicsteacher" I have to apologize to those #72 and beyond (at this point it’s #303),but how could anyone even think they could be any more succinct or profound after reading #71? My hat’s off to an almost biblical profundity,stated so exquisitively and efficiently (also so humorously),that there was no need to seek Nirvana…oops,wrong religion. Commentators, where do you go after summiting Mt. Everest? Why bother? Great job “highschoolcivicsteacher”

]]> By: Down with Absolutes! » Blog Archive » The Left is at it again! http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-6/#comment-506713 Down with Absolutes! » Blog Archive » The Left is at it again! Fri, 14 Apr 2006 01:18:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-506713 [...] Apparently, Fox News’s alleged War on Christmas wasn’t enough. Now they’ve postulated that liberals have engaged in a war on the Easter Bunny. [...] [...] Apparently, Fox News’s alleged War on Christmas wasn’t enough. Now they’ve postulated that liberals have engaged in a war on the Easter Bunny. [...]

]]> By: Vern in LA http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-6/#comment-506622 Vern in LA Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:03:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-506622 The name itself is Pagan not Christian! And as luck would have it, the Easter Bunny was a symbol of the Goddess Eastre and carried colored eggs for childern in the Pagan Rites of Spring! SO THERE Billy O'Reilly The name itself is Pagan not Christian! And as luck would have it, the Easter Bunny was a symbol of the Goddess Eastre and carried colored eggs for childern in the Pagan Rites of Spring!
SO THERE Billy O’Reilly

]]> By: Mike in Arkansas http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-6/#comment-506562 Mike in Arkansas Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:19:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-506562 Must be a slow day for "a 'war' on Easter" to make the news -- or maybe it's just an obligatory 'tis the season -- in this case Easter -- news story. Must be a slow day for “a ‘war’ on Easter” to make the news — or maybe it’s just an obligatory ’tis the season — in this case Easter — news story.

]]> By: jerry savage http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-6/#comment-506427 jerry savage Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:54:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-506427 <strong></strong><strong> If there is a war on Easter , Does that make Jesus a war God? The Pope a war Pope? All the Evangelist war evangelist? The Easter bunny a war Bunny...... and so on and so on</strong> If there is a war on Easter , Does that make Jesus a war God? The Pope a war Pope? All the Evangelist war evangelist? The Easter bunny a war Bunny…… and so on and so on

]]> By: Buck Batard http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-6/#comment-506393 Buck Batard Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:42:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-506393 You guys can blame me. I think O'Reilly must read our site. I did a snark post on this topic a week or so ago. Suddenly out of the blue O'Reilly steals my idea? Can I sue the bastard? See: <a href="http://badattitudes.com/MT/archives/003808.html" rel="nofollow"></a> You guys can blame me. I think O’Reilly must read our site. I did a snark post on this topic a week or so ago. Suddenly out of the blue O’Reilly steals my idea? Can I sue the bastard?

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]]> By: Tirebiter in Sector R http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/comment-page-6/#comment-506323 Tirebiter in Sector R Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:06:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/#comment-506323 Next thing you know, the PC Police won't let us have our pogroms. What's becoming of this country? Next thing you know, the PC Police won’t let us have our pogroms. What’s becoming of this country?

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