O’Reilly on Blogosphere: ‘I’d Go in With A Hand Grenade’
O’Reilly on Blogosphere: ‘I’d Go in With A Hand Grenade’
Last night on The O’Reilly Factor, political strategist Larry Sabato bemoaned the “blogs on left and right” and “the things they come up with daily, the vitriol, the vile nature of the comments.”
O’Reilly said that he knew “for a fact that President Bush doesn’t know what’s going on in the Internet.” O’Reilly then said, “I have to say President Bush has a much healthier attitude toward this than I do. Because if I can get away with it, boy, I’d go in with a hand grenade.” Watch it:
Transcript:
SABATO: It’s very personal. And you’ve mentioned the blogs earlier.
O’REILLY: Oh, it was off the chart.
LARRY SABATO: Well, we both have experienced this. The blogs on left and right, and I mean way left and way right, the things they come up with daily, the vitriol, the vile nature of the comments. And then they have hundreds and hundreds of people e-mailing.
O’REILLY: I know for a fact that President Bush doesn’t know what’s going on in the Internet. I know that for a fact because I did ask around.
SABATO: Well, he’s lucky.
O’REILLY: But.
SABATO: He’s lucky.
O’REILLY: He is lucky, because these are hired guns. These are people hired — being paid very well to smear and try to destroy people. And that’s the difference, Dr. Schiller. That had never happened before. I’ll give you the last word.
BROWN POLITICAL SCIENTIST WENDY SCHILLER: Well, I think that one thing is for sure. The millions of voters that go to the polls in 2006 aren’t spending most of their working hours during the day reading blogs on the Internet. They’re working for a living. They’re taking those kids to school. They’re going on with their lives. So yes, there’s a lot of vitriol out there. It’s a marketplace of ideas. It’s a free country last time we all checked. And it still is. It’s a great country.
O’REILLY: All right.
SABATO: It’s free for that reason.
O’REILLY: I think – I have to say President Bush has a much healthier attitude toward this than I do. Because if I can get away with it, boy, I’d go in with a hand grenade.
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“Vitriol” compared to “hand grenade.”
Hmmm.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:07 pmSo, a champion of the Reich has just admitted that if he could get away with it, he would commit premeditated murder.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:09 pmBring it Billo! But he’d never show up, armed or otherwise.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:11 pmKill what you cannot control. If it loves you it will live and be a Real American and that will be good.
//Fox keyboard sarcasm off
October 19th, 2006 at 1:12 pmFrag those tubes Billy O’Silly!
October 19th, 2006 at 1:13 pmWhat? Only a hand grenade, no falafel?
October 19th, 2006 at 1:14 pmWe’ve reached a tipping point…the Old Media are no longer in total control of the narrative. And some people are freaking out about this new development. There is a lot of members of the MSM that would like to throw grenades at those opinionated bloggers!!
October 19th, 2006 at 1:14 pmO’Shrill: – it’s called Freedom – what’s your problem with that?
October 19th, 2006 at 1:15 pmI have a suggestion for O’Liely and the placement of his hand grenade. I would not want to be in the same room with him when it goes off, however.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:15 pmDang those blogs and their ever watchful eye; making sure that talking heads don’t get away with inaccurate statements or broad brush assumptions.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:15 pmI also love O’Reilly’s explanation for his ‘fact:’
I know for a fact that President Bush doesn’t know what’s going on in the Internet. I know that for a fact because I did ask around.
Hey, I asked around at my office if they think Miller Lite tastes great or is less filling. They all said less filling. Therefore, I know for a fact that Miller Lite is less filling. I know what for a fact because I did ask around.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:16 pmI know “for a fact that President Bush doesn’t know what’s going on in the Internet†or anywhere outside his insulated little neocon world.
“Because if I can get away with it, boy, I’m going in with a hand grenade” which I would promptly stick up my a** and blow my brains out.
“These are people hired — being paid very well to smear and try to destroy people” and it’s costing me alot of money to get them to back me up.
“I’ll give you the last word” or maybe not.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:16 pmIf Bill saw the song parody I wrote about him on my blog (click on my name), I’m sure he’d leave more than just a hand grenade. For a guy who thought that anyone who disagreed with the president’s decision to invade Iraq should “shut up”, he sure does seem to enjoy his own freedom of speech.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:17 pmSeriously, O’Reilly clearly showed us all the neocon moral compass when he said “if I can get away with it”. Not if I “could”, but if I “can”. Not with a better argument, but with a hand grenade. Stay the corpse (as a fellow progressive traveler so well put it).
October 19th, 2006 at 1:21 pmI find it interesting that the Bush worshipping trolls that pollute this site are always talking about how liberals have “anger management problems”. Take a look in the mirror, freaks.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:22 pmGee, B.O. sure does threaten a lot of people with bodily harm. I think there’s a risk of him actually carrying out these threats. Didn’t he say he wanted to shoot Al Franken “between the head?” He’s just nutty enough to do it.
Judd, maybe you need to have the ThinkProgress Security folks go over and pay Bill a visit.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:22 pm“the things they come up with daily, the vitriol, the vile nature of the comments.â€
Bemoans the man who routinely spews the most vitriolic, vilest comments on the air.
If you pay attention to what O’Reilly says, what he is really sad about is not what’s being said in the blogosphere but the fact that people can express themselves -because, you see, in O’Reilly’s world he should have an absolute monopoly on vitriol and vile comments.
These are people hired — being paid very well to smear and try to destroy people.
Says the man who has no compunctions about smearing political opponents -like when he asked for te FBI to arrest the people at AirAmerica because they are “traitors”.
Bill, hypocrisy is your middle name.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:24 pmHelp me here, but isn’t that a thinly-veiled terrorist threat?
What would happen if I wrote a letter to my local paper to bemoan what I perceived to be a conservative bias and told them, “If I thought I could get away with it, I’d go in there with a hand grenade!”.
Think I’d have a visit from the local authorities…?
October 19th, 2006 at 1:25 pmBill, you ignorant slut.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:25 pmYour voice is heard Nationally by many people.
Given the fact you’re a liar & a supreme asshole,
should you actually have the right to speak at all?
NO!
But, you do, don’t you? That’s called freedom of speech.
You wingnuts wanting a 1 party system can move to
China or N Korea. Take your hand grenade with, you’ll
need it. I hear Mongolia is nice this time of year.
Bloggers, take some credit here…we’re driving them
absolutely nuts!NUTTIER?
LOL big bad O’Reilly > come after me with a grenade you dumb pompous fascist fool > I will stuff that loofa sponge you like so much up your ass!
October 19th, 2006 at 1:27 pmNow O’Reilly’s sounding like the neighborhood gossip: “I know for a fact that old man Bush doesn’t know what’s going on out behind his garage. I know that for a fact because I did ask around.”
October 19th, 2006 at 1:27 pmTypical neocon killer mentality.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:27 pmFor some reading pleasure on criminal thinking patterns, do an internet search on “Samenow thinking errors”. Then compare them with comments and “reasonings” used by BushCo and the neocon talking heads.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:29 pmHey Bill, I know a couple of my buddies from Phu Bai could give you a few pointers on fragging.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:30 pm1. Remember, after you pull the pin, open your hand up and pee your pants.
2. Bend over, way way over and kiss your ass goodbye.
Isn’t it funny the way he thinks that bloggers are paid character assassins? Well, it’s funny that he thinks that about LEFTY bloggers …
October 19th, 2006 at 1:31 pmdid anyone watch keith olbermanns special comment lastnight?
only, if only he could say that to his face.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:31 pmSorry folk’s, it appear’s O’Lilie is more important than our civil tight’s and I am not ammused…Nearly every week there is a thread on this miserable excuse for something living…Slow day, TP? Oh well the text is still a nightmare and nothing worth my time so will just leave…..
October 19th, 2006 at 1:32 pmThey would kill all, everything that of good that existed if they could. And in a violent manner, at that. The use of violence is their only “solution”.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:33 pmBill lives by the sword and will hopefully die by the hand grenade.
He will never accomplish his mission. But die in lonely obscurity.
I was on YouTube last night and noticed Sen. Ted Kennedy has a video up talking about the net neutrality issue.
There are some people who can adapt in order to reach through to younger people using the latest tools, and then there’s tools like O’Billy and similar talking-head nitwits who hopelessly wish they could get rid of and/or control those information outlets.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:35 pmBill doesn’t like it because it exposes how crazy he is. And that he is a lying hypocrite shilling for the idiotic president. Mr. No Spin Zone is a farce and he gets all choked up, in tears and trembles whenever he interviews the Decider or other person in power.
The only reason to watch him, is for a laugh once in a while.
Bo-Freakin-hoo O’Rielly. Given a hand grenade, you’d likely stick it up your ass.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:38 pmHopefully Billy won’t be able to throw the grenade in time.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:40 pmO’Reilly does not even know how to use a grenade! He has not served in the military, so he would pull the pin with the lever out and blow himself to bits before throwing it > lol.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:40 pmO’Reilly wouldn’t join the military to save the United States but he would fight like hell for Satan aka Bush now that tells alot. O’Reilly is a coward and a sicko who only hits on women for his sick sex needs and he fits right in with the other GOP group. Ask O’Reilly is he still paying back the money Fox news paid for his sexual harassment suit. O’Reilly and Ann Coultar make a great couple of wing nuts. Oh but Katie Couric is running a fast second place as CBS hits rock bottom in the ratings.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:41 pmO’Reilly got mad last night because the Blogs outed Sen. Larry Craig as a Gay/Bisexual man, who visits restrooms to find men to have sex with him > remember O’Reilly himself got outed as a pervert, who calls up young women trying to get them to shower with him > lol.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:44 pmIt’s time for FOX News Channel to rename the program The O’Liminationist Rhetoric Factor
October 19th, 2006 at 1:48 pmif he’s as good at lobbing hand grenades as he is at telling the truth, we have nothing to worry about
October 19th, 2006 at 1:48 pmThe blogs are a threat to disingenuous pigs like O’liely.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:49 pmI am sure that the powers that be would love to limit the internet and the free speech that is possible because of it. If Bill O’Reilly had his way, no one but the radical right would be allowed to put forth an opinion. In much the same way, his good buddy Ann Coulter suggested that certain people should not be allowed to vote.
The Rs are going to have to change because the internet is here and in full vigor for this exciting election season. People (myself included) are getting a chance to participate in ways not thought possible just a few years ago. More and more, the main-stream media is picking up its tips from the many blogs out there. Politicians can no longer tightly control their message through the media as used to be the case.
Why, citizens just might get a clue and take back this country. A government of the people. What a novel idea, eh?
October 19th, 2006 at 1:49 pmWhere was O’Rielly when the Country needed for him to toss a couple of grenades in Nam?
October 19th, 2006 at 1:50 pmWe are well paid for smearing O’Reilly? Where’s my check? I’ve been doing it for free just because he deserves it.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:50 pmThis is no joke. This is a terrorist threat. There are a specific, ascertainable number of ‘bloggers’ and O’Reilly has threatened them with real violence which he would (considering his fanatical suppliers) be able to bring about. This individual should be arrested on charges of a criminal terrorist threat (as defined by criminal codes in most states). This is not First Amendment protected activity anymore than threatening to kill someone.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:51 pmI’m staying up nights just waiting for you, asshole.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:55 pmI can see it now “ComandO’Reilly” defender of ignorance, injustice and the republican way.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:57 pm#42 – my thoughts exactly. and while they’re out picking up people who make terrorist threats, they might want to get Ann “creme brulee” Coulter.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:58 pmThis is a ‘terrorist threat’ as defined under state criminal codes by any aggressive prosecuter. This is not 1st amendment protected speech, just as someboy threatening to do the same to Fox News would not be protected speech and why nobody makes such threats.
October 19th, 2006 at 1:58 pmBill said I was well ” Well Funded “…… Where’s my check ?
http://thank-you-keith-olbermann.blogspot.com
October 19th, 2006 at 1:59 pmI think a number of complaints to the FBI would be appropriate. After all if they have to investigate this they won’t have so much time to run surveillance on middle aged Quakers!
October 19th, 2006 at 2:00 pmHonestly, I think millions of voters ARE trolling the blogosphere at work. Or at home, because that’s where the facts are readily available and it’s fun to join in. And working sucks and most of us are working for bumpkis and can’t afford high speed internet at home and it’s our way of screwing the man.
At least I hear things like that. I’m on “break”.
Besides, if the so called liberal media won’t do their Constitutionally mandated JOB and provide some checks and balances, someone has to step up to the plate. Thanks, Think Progress.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:01 pmOT, but Riverbend has a new post up.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:05 pmYeah bill . . . with any luck, just as you were drawing the grenade back to give it a heave . . . it would fall down the back of your shirt.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:05 pmI know for a fact that President Bush doesn’t know what’s going on in the Internet. I know that for a fact because I did ask around.
I wouldn’t be surprised to know that dubya doesn’t know about what’s going on on the internet….he doesn’t know what’s going on ANYWHERE! That’s the basic problem with GWB. How in the world could anyone who’s charged with leading the United States of America NOT be aware of internet content directly addressing his competence and the success/failure of his foreign policies? I think the real point is that dubya doesn’t really care what us “regular people” think. After all…he’s the “decider”.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:06 pmThese are people hired — being paid very well to smear and try to destroy people. So says the hypocrite of broadcasting.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:08 pmBO doesn’t see that he is up there with Limbaugh and Coulter in spewing distortions, exaggerations, fabrications and outright lies to his audience.
With so many different “internets” out there GW doesn’t know which one to look at. Good thing for him Billdo is on the job.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:10 pmFools, you are being baited. Now, all you have to do is respond in a manner that could be construed to be a “threat” and presto, you can be designated an “enemy combatant” and whisked away into the never-never land of top secret detention, a.k.a “disappeared”.
You think such is not legal and cannot happen in the USA? You are wrong on both counts. It has been happening in the USA right under your noses and you do nothing. And, of course, it is also legal because you, through your elected REPRESENTATIVES, voted for it to be so. Deny that all you want but that is how your system of government works whether you acknowledge it or not.
Welcome to your hell. What is astounding, I must say, is that instead of actively climbing out of the hell in which you have placed yourselves, you spend your time complaining that some of the demons down there are “meanies”.
Good luck to you on that.
May peace be with us all.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:14 pma quick poll….how many of your “hired guns” are getting paid for this?
October 19th, 2006 at 2:15 pmPost 56 > I get paid with peanuts, I work cheap > lol.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:20 pmHumanist…how is it that YOU are somehow insulated from inclusion in our “hell” that WE created? Most of us here are progressive thinkers who love freedom and that’s why we are speaking out. And trust me, most of the people on this blog are well aware of how our rights are being eroded and our freedoms threatened by the current administration and their neoconservative ideology.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:26 pmWhere are the all the assassins?????? Somebody pleeeeeeeeeease take this satan worshiper out of his misery!
October 19th, 2006 at 2:30 pm{paints a hand grenade to look like a falafel and slips it into BORes dressing room}
Go Assrocket!
October 19th, 2006 at 2:32 pmjustthetruth,
I am not in your “hell”, no. Nor will I be joining you.
In regard to your rights and freedoms being eroded and taken away from you, you are mistaken. You see, rights and freedoms cannot be taken from you, they can only be surrendered. That is not opinion, but fact and you should probably educate yourself on that.
Peace.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:34 pmI know for a fact that President Bush doesn’t know what’s going on in the world.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:41 pmHumanist
Most of the posters here voted Democrat or Independent in the last three elections. While it is true twelve Democrats stabbed them in the back, for the most part it wasn’t their representatives, nor their will that got America into the position it is in now.
Anyway, as to your argument that they are doing nothing, the first step to problem solving is identifying the problem.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:42 pmIf he got his handgrenade momentarily confused with a falafel or a loofah, he might still be holding it when it went off. Isn’t that wonderful to think of?
October 19th, 2006 at 2:43 pmHumanist…rights and freedoms are taken away from individuals and groups on a daily basis by criminals, terrorists, and unfortunately by elected officials who believe they are an instrument of god. You’re right about one thing though…we have created a mess here in the US. Watch us in November though and see how we are going to take back our country.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:43 pmShrub doesn’t read the newspapers, read blogs or news on the internets, watch television news,listen to opposing opinions,eat pretzels etc. etc
October 19th, 2006 at 2:44 pmI’ll kill you with a hand grenade if you say things I don’t like.
as opposed to the ‘islamofacists’
I’ll kill you if you say my religion is intolerant.
-ps
“free country” Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaa, ah ha-hah-haaah ha ha ha etc.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:46 pmBO the imaginary Vietnam war hero would throw the pin and hold the grenade
October 19th, 2006 at 2:48 pmO’Lielly certainly is correct about one thing – BUSH DOESN’T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 19th, 2006 at 2:48 pmThe odds should be good that O’Reilly’s infelicitous comment should make Olbermann’s nominee for Worst Person in the World Award on his show tonight.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:50 pmO’REILLY: I know for a fact that President Bush doesn’t know what’s going on in the Internet. I know that for a fact because I did ask around.
Bush has no clue what is going on around him PERIOD.
Isn’t is amazing how O’Reilly et.al. (i.e. Ann Coulter) get away with the vitriol, the vile nature of [their] comments yet when others do it, it somehow becomes horrific.
O’REILLY: … I have to say President Bush has a much healthier attitude toward this than I do…
Isn’t ignorance bliss!!?
October 19th, 2006 at 2:56 pmBruce+Gorton,
Good thing that law only applies to the people whose representatives voted for it. Oh, wait, that’s not how it works.
And I agree that you need to identify the problem before you can solve it. What is remarkable is that you all seem to think that Bill O’Really, Foley, and missing white chicks are your problems. Judging from what you all talk and do things about.
October 19th, 2006 at 2:57 pmI’m wondering if Liberal progressives should…
…employ Bushiva’s preemptive defense initiative…
…against al Cracker Billy boob?
…after all…
…isn’t what he said considered to be…
…a terrorist threat?
October 19th, 2006 at 2:58 pmFree speech really get under O’rally’s goat.. How dare these “hired guns & commentors” spread lies and hate! That’s FOX News job!!! So, be warned.. SO WATCH OUT PEOPLE! OTHERWISE O’RALLY IS GOING TO PULL THE PIN ON HIS FALAFAL AND YOU’LL ALL BE PITA MEAT.
October 19th, 2006 at 3:03 pmjustthetruth,
Believe me, I’m watching. Unlike you all here, I see the murder and atrocities committed by the USA in Iraq. I see the exploitation of the “disadvantaged” and “underprivileged”. I see the abandonment of your elderly. I see the tossing aside of the poor and needy.
What you all see is a political football game and a scoreboard that has no relevance aside from either bolstering or demeaning your own sense of self worth, depending on which “team†you are cheering for.
There is some truth for you. Would you like more or do you feel comfortable in your self-imposed ignorance?
May peace be with us all.
October 19th, 2006 at 3:04 pmBlogs are what really can go on between the eyes.. below the mind surface.. the o’reillys don’t like the free thought that goes through people’s fingertips on to the screen.. it shows that there are those folks that don’t see eye to eye with him or the administration.. it shows free will (not always of course..) the tool allows for a glimpse of just about anyone to say whatever is on their mind.. kind of a finnegan wake… subconsciousness exposed.. this needs to be “handled” it needs to be stifled and controlled and harnessed.. no one must share thoughts outside of how you should be thinking! You are all insane!!!!! But I digress..
October 19th, 2006 at 3:11 pm(this is an example of itself.. did not mean to drone on and on)
What is remarkable is that you all seem to think that Bill O’Really, Foley, and missing white chicks are your problems. Judging from what you all talk and do things about.
Comment by Humanist
These things ARE a huge part of our problem as our representative democracy depends upon transparency in government and informed citizenry. When our politicians and our media lie, distort, or withhold information we cannot make sound decisions on who to elect, what to complain about, or to demand changes.
October 19th, 2006 at 3:14 pm>
Isn’t it a tad rich O’Reilly talking about “SMEAR & DESTROY PEOPLE… HIRED GUNS” ?? Isn’t that HIS job description?
And where does a flunky of RUPERT MURDOCH… disseminator of STATE PROPAGANDA (the Chinese version of “Fox news”) for COMMUNIST CHINA… get off calling any of *us* mere American citizens “traitors”?
And when Ann Coulter made her “9-11 widows are millionaires ABUSING THEIR CELEBRITY” snearing comments – wasn’t she goring HER OWN OX?
I must say, I’m a bit dumbfounded that others have noticed or pointed out these glaring “pot calling kettle black” hypocricies.
October 19th, 2006 at 3:16 pmO’RLY? What is needed is a Second Life project where Bill can log in after a nice, strong cup of coffee in the morning, then frag bloggerbots all day to his heart’s content. This will make the boop tube kinder, gentler….
October 19th, 2006 at 3:17 pmHumanist…I think you’re missing the point. Most of the posters here agree with you (and me) that there are atrocities being comitted by the US all over the world. Like you, we deplore the exploitation of the disadvantaged and the oppressed and we are trying to let our voices be heard by our administration. This is much more to us than a “football game” and most of us are here because we want moral and ethical representation in our government and we are fighting in any way we can, against an ideology that is trying to hijack our way of life. We know the US is no longer considered to be the moral compass of the world, but we are pissed off about it and we want to change things. I suspect you and I would be friends if we met at a pub and I strongly suspect we share the same ideas about what is right and wrong.
October 19th, 2006 at 3:20 pmI think we would all be much better served if we dont blow out of proportion a silly comment from a blow-hard like O’Reilly. O’Reilly says so many more pertinent ridiculous comments that are really off the charts that we could talk about. This simply wasnt one of them – looking at the video, he was obviously not serious and for us to make a big deal of this makes us look stupid, ridiculous and petty. Remember, the reason Dems are ahead in the polls across the nation is not because they are making petty attacks, but because they are finally attacking and challenging the real issues. This should be our focus. This blog and Huffington Post is better than that.
October 19th, 2006 at 3:30 pmThe dumbass would probably blow himself up with it.
October 19th, 2006 at 3:30 pmThe world not going according to Bill and FAUX propaganda. Why do you hate democratic expression so much Billy? Loosing audience and control? GOOD!!! I have heard enough of your repulsive smear. Now we are equal an you HATE that, I know. Get used to it pal!
October 19th, 2006 at 3:31 pmAnd do what you pusscatore
October 19th, 2006 at 3:34 pmBill, Bill, Bill….do yourself a favor and come out of your closet! All the GOP is doing it. And if not, put that hand grenade up inside your nasty bowel and blow your ‘brains’ out. Now that’s entertainment!
October 19th, 2006 at 3:38 pmjustthetruth,
I hear what you are saying, but I don’t agree that the level of urgency is understood here in this blog or, for that matter, in the USA. You see, for far too many these issues are matters of life and death. There are no issues more urgent than that.
But for the american middle and upper classes, you are either too insulated or too removed to comprehend the urgency and magnitude of these issues. I fear that it will not become clear to you until the matters of life and death are brought to your doorsteps, at which time it will probably be too late. But make no mistake, it is coming and it is a whole lot closer than you can imagine.
I hope that you all reverse the course and that we may share in libations and friendly discourse. Keep in mind that the world is not your enemy, but your actions are such that you are becoming the world’s enemy.
Peace.
October 19th, 2006 at 3:42 pmI have this great sick image of “Oh Really?” with a hand grenade in one and and a …..loofa in the other.
“Oh Really?” ready for action!!!
October 19th, 2006 at 3:45 pmIs that a death threat?
October 19th, 2006 at 3:46 pmHumanist
Read this
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12055360/cover_story_time_to_go_inside_the_worst_congress_ever
It explains a lot.
October 19th, 2006 at 3:47 pm“If only the Fuhrer knew!”
October 19th, 2006 at 3:51 pmLoofah, Falafel, Hand Grenade….
What’s the difference?
October 19th, 2006 at 3:53 pmBill’s verbal fisticuffs have now turned into a threat of physical battery. I have never seen a man so continously combative and angered over the discussions that occur on his show. Most of his guests with a different point of view are usually bombarded with vitriol or threats. The latest is his hand grenade warning to the internet. Bill is either neurotic or psychotic. A neurotic believes that 2+2=5. A psychotic knows that 2+2=4, but he’ damned mad about it. I believe Bill is psychotic.
October 19th, 2006 at 3:56 pmSay it ain’t so Papa Bear!
October 19th, 2006 at 3:57 pm“for a fact that President Bush doesn’t know what’s going on in the Internet.â€
He doesn’t know what’s going on period.
October 19th, 2006 at 3:59 pmHey Bill….you’re a neocon shill hack wannabee that earns his wages teabagging the right-wing nutsack. And your president sucks too.
Check please…
October 19th, 2006 at 4:01 pmWhy isn’t Larry Sabato decrying the “vitriol” of Bill O’Reilly?
October 19th, 2006 at 4:13 pmI emailed Bill O’Reilly about his interview with President Bush but he censured it. This is what I wrote to the best of my recollection:
Your interview of President Bush reveals your other side. You threw softball and leading questions. You were passive and agreeable, not confrontational. You did not interrupt him. You were so unlike when you interview liberal or democratic guests whom you love to insult and put down. That shows you have a split personality that makes you an interesting specimen for a scientific study on human behavior.
Hermie, Los Angeles, CA
October 19th, 2006 at 4:24 pmAnyone see Bill O Lielately “not trust” this republican administration?
I hear he promised that if there were, in fact, no WMDs, he would never trust them again.
Bill is so f-ing disgusting. I know it’s faux new but how can they keep this disgusting freak on the air.
Anyone know that freaky lady on the religion channels? She has this white wig the size of Canada with fake eyelashes that poke her fellow gests and she carries a sponge in her right hand to suck the tears from her eyes. Perhaps Faux should hire her to do the news. It would keep the theme going with their freaky news anchors that they host.
I suspect their going to have to institutionalize Bill here but I’m afraid they may have to be careful…he did threaten to use a hand granade. He did say he can’t really control himself.
Insane in the membrane, insane in the brain.
October 19th, 2006 at 4:32 pmBill O’Reily hates their freedom [to express themselves]! Time for Bush to declare warn on him?
October 19th, 2006 at 4:36 pmIT WAS A JOKE, IDIOTS!!! People LAUGH at how desperate you look, trying to make a joke look like a mad declaration of war! Pathetic liberals.
October 19th, 2006 at 4:40 pmit was a figure of speech, give me a break.
October 19th, 2006 at 4:42 pmNew York Slimes on their front pages throw hand grenades daily at the president… Each morning it is a new bomb though up by their hack and slash ideologues.
Enough of this left chicken wing power mongering it is sickeningly unbecoming..
October 19th, 2006 at 4:45 pm#72
You know, Humanist, I can play that game, too. For example, what good is it to get all worked up over the military tribunals bill, which can hypothetically be overturned or changed, when we’ve got the threat of rigged elections looming which could make it impossible to overturn or change that law or any laws.
Why do you waste your time thinking about anything else but election fraud, purged voter rolls, and hackable electronic voting machines with no paper trails? Your concerns are trivial in comparison.
See how it works? So, apart from trying to shame everyone for not focusing like a laser on the military tribunals bill and the loss of habeas corpus, what exactly are you doing to remedy that situation? I’m glad that you’re concerned about it, but the fact that some of us can pay attention to other things at the same time doesn’t mean we’re any less concerned.
October 19th, 2006 at 4:50 pmTio Sider,
Welcome to the slippery slope of your dimented perspective on reality. It was a joke, you say. All in good fun.
If you truly think that to be the case then make a call to the DC police and joke about doing the same thing in the halls of congress. Be sure to let me know how funny they think it is. Assuming, that is, that you do not die from the torture that you voted to allow your “gubment” to perform on you.
October 19th, 2006 at 4:54 pmHumanist…I only wish the “leadership” of this country could read what you have to say. God knows, an increasing number of Americans are starting to understand. We abhor what the word “American” has come to mean to our global neighbors and we won’t stop until we succeed in routing out the scoundrels. Please understand that there are MANY of us here who DO see the urgency of our situation and who DO understand that so many of our government’s policies are hurting our own citizens and so many others around the world. Don’t give up on us yet.
October 19th, 2006 at 4:55 pmbill is one of those not likely to survive the jump to reality. hate radio has always been popular, and will be to some. but facts are a bitch, and they can’t tolerate that. this will marginalize him further, which will make his great big melon, implode. I will pay per view for that if he opts out on smothering the grenade.
October 19th, 2006 at 4:58 pmchimpeach,
You are looking for things to complain about and doing nothing to fix the problems. That is the issue.
Piles of dead Iraqis? Not your fault, you were misled into the “war”.
Abandonment of your poor and needy? Wish you could do something but, after all, you do have those Hummer payments to make.
Exploitation of the “disadvantaged”? Hey, their just doing jobs that americans don’t want to do.
Suspending of Habeas Corpus? Gee, us ‘merikans don’t speak Latin and its all Greek to us.
Torture? Well, that’s all in the eyes of the beholder.
But, if your “team” doesn’t win the game (election), well call down the wrath of God because we have an important issue going on.
Yes, chimpeach, you are on the ball. Good luck to you on that.
Peace.
October 19th, 2006 at 5:07 pmwow. Empty tough talk towards internet tube blogs.
what a patriot.
October 19th, 2006 at 5:07 pmDon’t worry. He throws like a girl.
October 19th, 2006 at 5:14 pmjustthetruth,
I, like you, truly hope that the voices of reason and peace rise up and take control of the travesty that the USA has become. But, please understand that it has to happen very soon. The results of the complacency and ignorance of the american people cannot be tolerated any longer. Far too many Iraqi’s have paid the price. Heck, far too many of your own people have paid the price.
You have to adopt a sense of urgency or the wave of retaliation will be devastating. It is now a matter of self defense, and one can only accept the excuse of “we’re working on it” for so long. Understand that that time has passed.
May peace be with us ALL.
October 19th, 2006 at 5:17 pmHumanist….some of us understand and more are joining our ranks every day. You and I share the same dream….peace to you
October 19th, 2006 at 5:20 pmAttacking the Internet would be TERRORISM.
Bill O’Reilly must be detained IMMEDIATELY and sent to Gitmo where he can be waterboarded until he confesses all.
October 19th, 2006 at 5:24 pmI know for a fact that Billy Boy’s a nutjob. I know for a fact because I did ask around.
October 19th, 2006 at 5:30 pm“O’REILLY: He is lucky, because these are hired guns. These are people hired — being paid very well to smear and try to destroy people. And that’s the difference”
Wow, O’Reilly is actually spot on about this. What a shame his audience doesn’t realize he’s actually referring to the $1.6billion of pro-neocon propaganda paid for each year by the Bush administration.
October 19th, 2006 at 5:31 pm[...] If you’re interested in reading about how much of a dick Bill O’Reilly is, click here. [...]
October 19th, 2006 at 5:38 pmhand grenade…. how christian
October 19th, 2006 at 5:50 pm“Go in?” Where? Is this another one of those people who think the internets is a physical thing or place?
O’Reilly is primarily upset that blogs are encroaching on his own industry – that of disseminating partisan political opinion. I wouldn’t be suprised if he were actually more upset about right-wing bloggers than left-wing bloggers.
October 19th, 2006 at 5:54 pmWow, you people are so desperate to criticize him.
October 19th, 2006 at 5:56 pmHold that Hand Grenade close to your chest, Bill… we would want you to waste it… and remember… just think of it… those virgins are waiting for you…
October 19th, 2006 at 6:11 pmOctober 19th, 2006 at 6:11 pm
[...] O’Reilly edition O’Reilly said that he knew “for a fact that President Bush doesn’t know what’s going on in the Internet.†O’Reilly then said, “I have to say President Bush has a much healthier attitude toward this than I do. Because if I can get away with it, boy, I’d go in with a hand grenade.†[...]
October 19th, 2006 at 6:20 pmBill sounds just plain crackers, although in a different way than that old priest that just confessed to playing water babies with his little darling boy Foley… skinny dipping/saunas/priests/pedophiles/pages/blaming Clinton… The gop beat just goes on and on… And the old priest wants to blame it all on a drug-induced stupor/19th nervous breakdown. Not one of these faggy fascists can take any personal responsibility for their own behavior…
This November 7th election will bring the end of the Neo-conical version of the Republican Party: “Oops, no mowe buwwuts,” as they say in the cartoons… Fear and fascism have seem to have lost their charm for the American people…
October 19th, 2006 at 6:42 pmCheers.
Just another fat white guy afraid of change. Hey, have you seen my loofa?
October 19th, 2006 at 6:50 pmPOLICE….billie just threatened people WITH A HAND GERNADE….he talks so tough ,safe behind that mic.
October 19th, 2006 at 6:53 pm118 – Criticism of Bill is not something anyone’s desparate for – it’s too damned easy – it comes to mind the second he opens his yap to lie about everything under the sun. Bill is worthless, utterly – a waste of broadcast time. He informs no one; if anything, he actually sucks away some of the intelligence of those who watch/listen to/read the garbage he produces. Has nothing to do with his politics or personality – he simply sucks/ is of questionably low quality, like any other bad product might be.
Seeing him off into has-been land is the only thing anyone’s desparate for, before he recruits yet another soft-headed American into his “Legion of Duhhhhh”. He and Limbaugh and the rest of that gang have done more to make America stupid than drugs, lead poisoning, and television combined. The FDA should regulate them, to keep exposure to them to a safe minimum.
October 19th, 2006 at 6:58 pmWhat O’Reilly REALLY means is that he should gargle a grenade since he’s always shooting off his mouth. snark.
October 19th, 2006 at 7:00 pm
OReilly will be talking with Senator Stevens to figure out just which tube he needs to crawl into to emerge in the blogosphere so he can drop that grenade.
October 19th, 2006 at 7:14 pmNah, O’Really would go in with a loofah, not a hand grenade.
October 19th, 2006 at 7:20 pm… ” I’d go in with a hand grenade. †Bill O’Reilly
Yeah … and he would leave with the grenade and my boot shoved way up his motherf#cking ass.
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October 19th, 2006 at 7:34 pmBill yearns for the good ole’ days where he could stifle dissent by sending Fox Security to the houses of the callers, chucking hand grenades at bloggers, and calling for the destruction of American cities for votes he doesn’t like.
He would have made such a good German.
Such tough talk from such a puny little man.
“Put down that pipe and get my pipe up.” Bill O’Reilly
October 19th, 2006 at 7:42 pmBush, Cheney and Condoleezza are TRAITORS. This is not a charge, its a FACT.
The Constitution defines traitor as one who adheres to America’s enemies, giving them aid and comfort. China is our REAL enemy, but whether you say “China” or you define our enemy as “Al Qaeda”, in either case BUSH AND HIS GANG HAVE MADE BOTH CHINA AND AL QAEDA STRONGER AND HAVE MADE AMERICA ITSELF WEAKER, AND THEY HAVE DONE IT CONSCIOUSLY AND ON PURPOSE. This is treason.
Why is treason not grounds for impeachment proceedings? When a burglary in which nothing was stolen (Nixon) and an affair (Clinton) were considered “high crimes?” Neither Nixon nor Clinton sought to destroy this country, Bush has and does.
October 19th, 2006 at 8:30 pmBush, Cheney and Condoleezza are disloyal. This is not a charge, its a FACT.
The Constitution defines traitor as one who adheres to America’s enemies, giving them aid and comfort. China is our REAL enemy, but whether you say “China” or you define our enemy as “Al Qaeda”, in either case BUSH AND HIS GANG HAVE MADE BOTH CHINA AND AL QAEDA STRONGER AND HAVE MADE AMERICA ITSELF WEAKER, AND THEY HAVE DONE IT CONSCIOUSLY AND ON PURPOSE. This is treason.
Why is treason not grounds for impeachment proceedings? When a burglary in which nothing was stolen (Nixon) and an affair (Clinton) were considered “high crimes?” Neither Nixon nor Clinton sought to destroy this country, Bush has and does.
October 19th, 2006 at 8:31 pmOnly good old bill could be angry at the truth. Sure is a shame, I know for a fact someone in the fox news office is taking a peek at my blog at least weekly in the logs. Seams he doesn’t like my mocking him almost weekly for his bullshit he calls a news program.
October 19th, 2006 at 8:31 pmhe’s never touched a hand grade.. chicken hawk.
October 19th, 2006 at 9:00 pmHand grenade? What do you know! In the past, O’Reilly seems to have preferred the “Loofa Sponge” for his agressive outbursts.
October 19th, 2006 at 9:07 pmYou guys are so funny. He was using a metaphor for wanting to get rid of the blogs which are filled in idiotic chatter and uninformed slurs. To take it literally is exactly the type of idiocy that plagues the blogs.
October 19th, 2006 at 9:10 pmStop paying attention to the like of O’Reilly. He’s like that evil spirit that gains power from your emotions. Ignore him and suck out his power. I wonder how much of O’Reilly’s ratings are due to liberals just looking for things to get angry about…
Let him rant in obscurity.
RT
October 19th, 2006 at 9:21 pmI don’t think anyone takes O’Reilly seriously except the most ignorant and uneducated rednecks. He’s like a real life version of Wyle Coyote. I haven’t watched FOX news in years.
October 19th, 2006 at 9:31 pm# 137
Why don’t you take YOUR idiotic chatter and go f#ck yourself.
Was that “vitriolic” enough for you?
Now, make sure you don’t get pissed off.
I was only using a ‘metaphor’ for wanting to get rid of the blogs like yours which are no more than idiotic chatter. To take it literally – well – that would make you “so funny.”
October 19th, 2006 at 9:31 pmIt seems that poor O’Reilly has finally lost it, Please y’all keep up the good work so we can continue to irritate him at least half as much as he irritates those of us who choose to think and not just doggedly follow a great deal of pointless yellow journalism. He obviously needs to sit on the hand grenade and not bother to throw it.
October 19th, 2006 at 9:32 pm
The extraordinary ignorance of Bill O’Reilly, and the fact that people actually watch him is evidence of a much larger problem in American Society, regardless of your political orientation. If it weren’t for his Rupert Murdoch sponsorship, he would be a sanitation engineer or a street sweeper.
October 19th, 2006 at 9:40 pmThe interesting thing to me about Bill O’Reilly is that he is against everything that makes America the great nation it used to be. He is some kind of neo communist who believes in total government control of the people. The fact that he calls himself a conservative is laughable. He is as radical as they come. He should be in jail.
October 19th, 2006 at 9:44 pmYou guys are so funny. He was using a metaphor for wanting to get rid of the blogs which are filled in idiotic chatter and uninformed slurs. To take it literally is exactly the type of idiocy that plagues the blogs.
Comment by Scott Matthews — October 19, 2006 @ 9:10 pm
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Spare us the condescension. Bill O’Reilly has platforms where he casually spews out “metaphors” day in and night out. Interesting how his “metaphors” usually have something to do with harming American citizens who happen to disagree with him.
If you don’t like the idea of ordinary Americans venting over and responding to Bill’s crap on blogs like this then I’d suggest you’d get your porno from some other site.
October 19th, 2006 at 9:49 pmHmm, Bill threatning all of us bloggers. I would have to say that could be considered terrorism. Under the newly passed Military Commisons Act 2006 he could be taken away to a prison and tortured into submission. Maybe this bill aint so bad after all :)
October 19th, 2006 at 9:55 pmYeah, look at the ratings; Oreilly is falling down past 1.6 million viewers a night. That is in a country of 300 million? Insignificant really, particularly as his numbers have been falling steadily. Then look at little Alex Jones with his seat of the pants websites; 9 million readers a month. David is taking on Goliath and winning.
October 19th, 2006 at 10:04 pmI’m glad to see how Sabato handled himself there. He said “blogs” then made sure everyone knew he was talking about both sides (”From the left and the right”), and then said that he was only talking about the extreme partisans blogs (”i mean way left and right”).
And on the way left and right there is a lot of vitriol.
Unfortunately, while he didn’t say anything “wrong” from his point of view, most everybody heard “All partisan blogs are nuts”.
October 19th, 2006 at 10:30 pmThen, gee bill, don’t go online and read them. It’s just that simple.
October 19th, 2006 at 10:36 pmO’Reilly’s only trying to woo Ann Coulter. Right now, “grenade” is code for “Let’s try the luffa tonight”. It’s showtime, boys and girls. Give Billy the Tongue a chance and he’ll go after Coulter with a little too much saliva. But if there’s any truth in the truthiness, Coulter probably turns green at the sight of Bill’s falafel.
October 19th, 2006 at 10:38 pmWe all do go on and on about this guy, but what can you say about him that hasn’t already been said? He is either willfully stupid, or he is genuinely stupid. If willfully, it’s to boost his book sales; if genuinely, it’s sad. Take your pick. But stupid he is, in either vein, and attacks by those of us who revile his stated views don’t do much to dampen his influence among the voters who are not especially well-versed or keyed in to the political drama that obtains today.
October 19th, 2006 at 11:40 pmI say we laugh – not among ourselves, as we do so smugly – but out loud in what ever media outlet we can capture. “He’s an idiot! And no one can say otherwise!”
Laughter at this jerk and his slithering insecticsibs is the best medicine.
Because if I can get away with it, boy, I’d go in with a hand grenade.
You’ve got the talking done, Bill…
October 19th, 2006 at 11:59 pmBill O’Reilly admits that he would be a suicide bomber!! Why doesn’t someone pick up on this?
October 20th, 2006 at 1:59 amWhat is wrong with him? He just isn’t completely sane.
October 20th, 2006 at 2:29 amHumanist – You are correct to assert that we own the actions of our gov’t no matter how we voted, and yes there are times when events assume a life of their own, but where is the evidence that such is happening now? Nothing you’ve written about is more than another spoke on the wheel of american life, we cycle through it again and again. At each spoke there is always someone to shout alarms and dispise those too wise to over-react. This Republic is a lot more resilient than we give it credit for. Yes we have gone far astray… but that’s hardly a new thing for us Americans, is it? By the way, I don’t want to own a hummer, but yes I am quite involved in raising a family, and all the time and money pressures that entails… but I do take time to fight extremism and negativity where I see it, and to volunteer in my community… and yes, I do wish peace for humanity, peace to build our families and communities, and in that desire, shared by millions of my countrymen, is the strength and resilience of this nation.
October 20th, 2006 at 2:44 amI got 10 bucks saying Bill-O will pee in his pants the first time he ever sees a real hand grenade up close.
October 20th, 2006 at 6:40 amFalse conservative, pervert, sexual abuser…he is only into this for the money. The guy has NO convictions at all. If being leftist would give him more money, he would be a leftist.
October 20th, 2006 at 7:15 amHow Americans pay attention to this Bozo is beyond my understanding.
Christ, O’Reilly makes me sick to the stomach, this guy should have been taken off the air years ago, and especially after his ‘malmady’ comments not so long back.
October 20th, 2006 at 7:23 amWhy how christian of you Mr. Bill O’Really. It is apparent that he is just upset because he is a senior citizen, and he is realizing that he is afraid of more and more as he ages. I doubt he posses the tensile strength to pull the pin on a hand grenade. I’m not surprised that Billy O’Silly is threatening the internet. If he was serious though he would have threatened to take a shower with it and use his loofah. Quick call Fox security.
October 20th, 2006 at 7:24 am#71 ,
It’s a direct example of Doublethink. If your government does it, it’s okay, but if the enemy does it, it’s terrible.
Nice post guys.
- JC
October 20th, 2006 at 8:01 amYeah, except that he would be too much of a chickenhawk to actually “go in with a hand grenade”. That kind of work is done by poor people who have to join the military to make a living.
October 20th, 2006 at 8:07 amI’m sure O’Reilly was being facetious in his bullying way. Who cares about him any more, anyway. I started watching Olbermann in his time slot months ago.
October 20th, 2006 at 9:30 amIts obvious why Bill is so anti-Blog. When you’re as unpopular as the President, of course you’re going to blame the messenger, and skip the whole self-introspection stuff.
October 20th, 2006 at 10:08 amO’reilly is the man. This is the stupidest blog I’ve ever seen. Let’s pick apart and snip everything that he says on a website where we can all bash him and laugh about it…. You guys are some real cowards
October 20th, 2006 at 10:28 amShrill O’Biley is the highest paid character assassin and smear artist of them all. Even if you sometimes agree with his position, his ignorance and arrogance are unbearable. He is a real-life caricature of the asshole captain on the spaceship Lexx. Anyone remember that?
October 20th, 2006 at 11:14 ammaybe we could be so lucky to have o’reilly blow up himself.
October 20th, 2006 at 11:15 amSooooooooooo, Bill is a wannabe Suicide Bomber now? I think an I.E.D. would be a better choice of weapons. They seem to be most effective. Just ask the Marines.
October 20th, 2006 at 11:26 amYeah, o’really…a draft dodger and coward like you with a grenade!! What you really need to do is (step 1) pull pin; (step 2) insert where you keep your walnut sized brain aka your ass; (step 3) smile….
You will have done humanity a great favor….
October 20th, 2006 at 12:10 pmWhat I heard loud and clear was another rightwing talking head on tv using the public airwave to encourage murder of his countrymen for exercising their right to free speech and free press and having the nerve to disagree with him. Isn’t this what he has been doing all along? He is plainly calling his believers to arms against peaceful and law-abiding American citizens. If this is the fear that he intends to instill in the American public, then I thing the fear should be OF HIM and HIS FOLLOWERS who have murder and mayhem on their tiny little brains.
October 20th, 2006 at 12:31 pmYou’re full of it; I watched the show and he said it tongue-in-cheek, as a joke. Besides, I’m sure you say the same thing about him in your liberal circles (like this one).
October 20th, 2006 at 12:48 pmIf people are getting paid to call Bill O’Reilly a hypocrite and an asshole, then I need to call someone because I’ve not gotten my check yet and I’m in need of a new PC.
By the way, just before the start of your webclip, Bill O embellished himself a bit by referring to himself as an “historian”.
October 20th, 2006 at 1:16 pmGood lord, I love election years… you get to watch all the sheeple come out and nail everyone for everything they say in any context whatsoever, after reading these posts (if this were a room) I’d literally run in with a hand grenade and put you all out of your angst filled misery, though O’Rielly was speaking in the metaphorical sense.. I am not!
for the record, I am 100% Registered Independent, voted 95% Liberal my whole life … and it’s B.S. like all of your posts that push people like me further to the right and that pisses me off to no end!
October 20th, 2006 at 1:47 pmBush now has all the authority he needs to control the November elections. Watch for a false attack on the US and Martial Law to be placed in effect for quite awhile
BUSH BAITER AND HATER!!!!!
October 20th, 2006 at 1:59 pmisn’t this considered a crime committed in these days of wartime??
October 20th, 2006 at 1:59 pmthere is a TEENAGER FROM HIGHSCHOOL being questioned by the FEDS over one of her (old) pictures on her MYSPACE PAGE…and O’REILLY can say this on teevee with no consequences?!?!?!?!?
i see a double standard revealing itself.
Bush has all the power he need’s now to control the November elections. Watch for a false terrorist attack and MARTIAL LAW to be declared!
BUSH BASHER AND HATER!!!!!!
October 20th, 2006 at 2:02 pm#171
If you came anywhere near me with a grenade – you too would leave with both the grenade and my boot up shoved up your ass.
And if the “election year behavior” is so disgusting to you – don’t waste time coming onto the site pretending to be a progressive voter.
Progressives don’t talk about throwing bombs into a room because they disagree with what is being said in the room. That is actually more like the tactics used by the people we are fighting in Afghanistan. And O’Reilly.
And you.
October 20th, 2006 at 2:19 pmHas anyone reported O’Reilly to the DHS yet? This sounds like a terroist threat to me.
October 20th, 2006 at 2:43 pmHis Culture Warrior “book” is terrible. I guess warriors are equiped with grenades. Does anyone know if there is a parody Bill O’Reilly blog out there?
October 20th, 2006 at 4:12 pmBloggers are totally safe from O’Really because in order to figure out where to find them he would probably have to be able to read at something over the fourth grade level and have an IQ higher than his body temp. No fear.
Why do you hate our freedoms so much, Billo?!?
October 20th, 2006 at 4:23 pmTypical Republifundie. A hater of American and a supporter of terrorism in every way.
October 20th, 2006 at 4:56 pmThe last hand grenade I knew anything about (WW II) was to pull the pin, hold the genade (live) in the hand until the count of ten, then release it. In a hurry.
I would recommend that Mr O’R pull the pin on his grenade until he counted eleven, and then hold the thing to an ear to try to discover whether it is working or not.
Ready O’R not, here it comes.
October 20th, 2006 at 5:38 pmIf O’R had served in the Army, perhaps he would have learned, like I did, that grenades are pretty tricky little buggers, as likely to injure the grenadier as the grenadee. But logic based on experience is not something I expect from him.
October 20th, 2006 at 6:05 pm#155 Jericho: I got $200 that if O’reilly saw a real live grenade up close that he will shit a HUGE purple brick.
October 20th, 2006 at 7:19 pmWhere is the FCC in all this crap? Didn’t a radio talk show host get arrested for threatening the young daughter of a rival a year or so ago? The threats that Bill O’Pervert has made are surely punishable with jail time. I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again.. you can put a suit and tie on a piece of shit.. sure, it may look nice, but in the end it’s still a piece of shit!
October 20th, 2006 at 8:00 pmPaid to blog???
October 20th, 2006 at 8:31 pmDid I miss an email that had this among the drug spam and ebay phishes? Or was this advertised at monster.com?
I think “Humanist” has some good points. At least his thoughts are more about the issues at hand rather than blaming some one person or one channel.
You sit there and complain about one man, one channel. If you don’t have cable you can’t even watch FOX NEWS Channel! You have ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS those are free! FREE! Where on those channels aren’t the “LIBERALS” given a fair shake? Now if you have cable MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, “THE COMEDY CHANNEL-Daily Show,Colbert Report” I’ve given you eight channels to freaking choose from. Yet you sit there and bitch and complain about one other channel that puts forth a different view than yours?!
I think “Humanist” is right in saying your just rooting for your team. It makes me sick that if Hilary Clinton is president in ‘08 that we will be having over 20 years of “BUSH” and “CLINTONS”! Is this a Democracy or a Bipolar Monarchy! I think that is more distrubing than “one man and one channel”. How can you trust either side?! Is one really better than the other?! I think not! They all are career politicians not looking out for you or me! They are sycophants! Sure there are exceptions. I think few and far between.
Do what “Humanist” said go out and do something about it make a difference stop sitting on your ass and bitching on some blog. Do your civic duty. Run for some postion anywhere on our many rungs of government. So many people sit back and do nothing yet expect everything to be done for them. You get what you give.
You worry about Bill O’reilly’s gernade. Yet where is your out cry about Kim Jong-il’s lil gernade “NUKE”? How about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stating he’s going to wipe Isreal off the face of the map. How about Darfur?! Yet Billy boys comments are more demanding of your time right? Please link me to the blogs that your sitting there spending your time explaining whats wrong in those situations, or are they all Bill’s and Fox news’s fault?
There is so much more in life that is more important than “one man and one channel” that seems to be the focus of so much hatred. If you dont like that channel don’t watch it. How hard is that? It’s not like it is the only channel we can watch. I could understand if everyones tv has only this channel. I could understand were that would get sickening. Yet in this day and age with so many things to choose from you would rather sit there and complain about this “one man and this one channel“. Simply Amazzziinnngggggggg.
October 20th, 2006 at 11:15 pmsomeone tell bill oreilly to go play on the railroad tracks.
October 20th, 2006 at 11:17 pm#185
“Section 8″
Just so you know – most of us are capable of multi-tasking.
It is possible to perform our ‘civic duties’ and spend some time reading and posting blogs on this site as well.
I am sure you can imagine this.
As far as your O’Reilly argument is concerned – it is pretty weak. O’Reilly frequently says things that are stupid enough to warrant discussion. He is a political operative pretending to be a journalist. That may be a “just turn the channel” issue for you, but it is more than that to me and many others.
And with all due respect, it is a bit simple minded of you to assume that his “grenade” comment is the most important thing on our minds just because we said that his comment pissed us off.
Everyone has been on a highway where you see an overly aggressive driver cut off another driver.
You say to the person in the car with you “Wow – did you see that jackass ? What an idiot.” And then you go about taking care of more important things.
Well in this case – the idiot is O’Reilly. And, unfortunately, he’ll probably say something stupid in a day or two. If it is really offensive – people will speak their minds. And then they will tend to other things.
I would think that this is easy enough for you to imagine.
Last, you said ” Is one really better than the other?! I think not!”
This is similiar to what Ralph Nader said during the 2000 election about Gore and Bush.
If the electoral vote reflected the popular vote, Gore would be president.
Which means – by your logic – with Gore as president, everything that happened over the past 6 years under Bush would’ve happened under Gore.
“Section 8″ – you cannot be serious …
October 21st, 2006 at 2:59 amI don’t know if anybody’s realized it but there’s a deeper subtext to the O’Reilly factor piece.
When O’Reilly’s guests are complaining that there’s “too much vitriol” on the web from both the left and right blogosphere and demonizing people as “hired guns”, in the subtext they’re advocating the regulation of free speech on the web.
If the corporations and corrupt politicians have their way, Internet 2;
http://www.internet2.edu/
will replace this internet and will will be as tightly regulated as Google is in China, which is why we must elect officials(regardless of party affiliation) who will protect the internet from speech regulation via outright censorship by government or corporations or through a deliberate degradation of the web by stopping maintenance of the backbones which route all of the traffic on the net.
The mainstream media, their corporate controllers and government are losing their psychological and political power over the populace which is why they will use any pretext including terrorists on the net, pornographers, predators, scammers, file sharers and hackers to shut us all up.
We will NEVER shut up.
October 21st, 2006 at 6:24 am[...] Bill O’Reilly again decries Blogs: His guest said “LARRY SABATO: Well, we both have experienced this. The blogs on left and right, and I mean way left and way right, the things they come up with daily, the vitriol, the vile nature of the comments. And then they have hundreds and hundreds of people e-mailing.” Bill said “I’d go in there [to the blog sites I assume] with a hand grenade.” At first I thought Sabato was talking about CNN- the descriptions threw me. Click here for more on this story [...]
October 21st, 2006 at 2:46 pm[...] For some reason, deranged neocon attack dog Bill O’Reilly doesn’t like bloggers. In fact, the notorious chickenhawk dislikes bloggers so much that he wants to blow them up! In an exchange with political strategist Larry Sabato, O’Reilly said this: I think – I have to say President Bush has a much healthier attitude toward this [criticism in the blogosphere] than I do. Because if I can get away with it, boy, I’d go in with a hand grenade.–Think Progress [...]
October 22nd, 2006 at 2:26 pm[...] Think Progress » O’Reilly on Blogosphere: ‘I’d Go in With A Hand Grenade’ The politics of hate – bill o’reilly wants to blow up the blogosphere. presumably non GOP type blogs. (tags: Blog blogging internet o’reilly politics social USA video) [...]
October 22nd, 2006 at 7:16 pmHAHA
October 22nd, 2006 at 8:59 pmLOL
Wow. These people are incredible ingnorant. “Paid”?
LOL
What a complete moron.
David Letterman, a midwestern talk show host who can see through a bullshit artist in about about three minutes.
October 23rd, 2006 at 12:45 amO’RELLY’S MOUTH = COMPLETE CRAP
October 23rd, 2006 at 1:02 amO’REILLY = RATINGS AND PROFIT-MOTIVATED PUNDIT
O’REILLY = of no consequence
O’REILLY = armed and dangerous. Ha ha ha
Bill O’Reilly is a big man. Give him an enema and he’d be a migdet.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:08 am“go in there” ? He means, like, go in “the tubes” that comprise the “internets”? What, crawl past the magic little men that make the processors go “vroom, vroom”, find those nasty bloggers and blow ‘em sky-high in the grand tradition of the First Amendment?
I know for a fact that MicroSoft has included anti-grenade-infiltration technology in Windows. I know that for a fact because I did ask a giraffe.
Ya know, most days, snarkin’ the Billster is like shootin’ the same great big dead fish in the same tiny bullet-riddled, dry little barrel. *sigh* As others have pointed out, however, more important work is yet to be done.
One last though, though: despite the fastidious research demonstrated by this comment:
One must still boggle at the lengths necessary to support the OPPOSITE of this one:
October 24th, 2006 at 5:52 am
I visit some blogs and do a lot of smearing of a lot of people including Billo. So, why haven’t I received my check yet?
October 24th, 2006 at 11:43 pm[...] While Olbermann is busy decrying the destruction of the Bill Of Rights and The Constitution, Bill O’Reilly is busy equating with terrorists those who question the President, then himself saying he would like to blow up bloggers with hand grenades. Hannity is busy telling Democrat voters to stay at home on election day then whining about how the media is conspiring to suppress Republican votes. And Limbaugh is spinning his own spin and calling us "Democrat kooks". [...]
October 25th, 2006 at 1:34 amreally…where do we collect our money? and last time I checked, the pentagaon and NSA are getting paid to surf the web for “subversive” types and go through our emails. and since when have bush and his cronies put in a honest day’s work?
October 25th, 2006 at 5:04 amI love it! He’s right up there with the fundie muslim response to the pope – “stop calling me intolerant or I will blow you up!!!”
October 25th, 2006 at 8:51 amDid any of you idiots notice the man was laughing when he spoke of the hand grenade? Ever heard of a joke? Good God you people have the mentalilty of 3rd graders. Seems to be alot of angry little progressive liberals at this man just because he is so much more succesful than any of your liberal progressive heroes in media. And just for good measure….no way no how the dems take the House or the Senate in November. Woodstock is long over, put down the bong and join the adults in the real world now junior.
October 26th, 2006 at 11:47 pm[...] I wish I could report some thrilling reason for the downtime — say, that I’d been hacked by Diebold, or that Bill O’Reilly had detonated my blog with a hand grenade — but the truth is far less glamorous. It was just a problem with the MySQL server. [...]
October 29th, 2006 at 11:08 amIf the phone sex enthusiast threw a hand grenade at me, I would just pull the pin and throw it back.
October 29th, 2006 at 12:08 pmBill O’Reilly … educating the nation in egocentric thinking
http://lushforlife.com/more.php?id=320
October 30th, 2006 at 10:26 pmIt should come as no surprise that Bush doesn’t know anything about what is said in the blogosphere. After all, he doesn’t know much,period.
November 22nd, 2006 at 10:33 pmI realize that posting here is for the most part a hobby and that most of the posters either don’t post based on fact but opinion. I have to say after reading this for the first time that you guys would be out of place in West Texas where in my town people overwhealmingly(90%) support the War and have a job and can get a University level education if they desire.In my view that is the case in most of fly over America .It is a good thing that the only polls that count are the elections and we elect people to jobs we agree with most of the time—-take your left wing pills and enjoy your hobby.
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