Tag Archives: Bill O’Reilly

Conservative Changes Mind on Global Warming

A new documentary on global warming, Chasing Ice, is attracting a lot of positive critical buzz and appears to pack quite a wallop. At least it did for this person: _________ This is going on my “films to see” list. … Continue reading

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The End of “Traditional America” (1789-2012)

The end of “traditional America,” of course, is Tea Party code for the end of the political success of its Fox News constructed, eccentric, and childish narrative about America from 1789-2012. The perceived crisis of America is not actually in … Continue reading

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Twilight of the White Establishment?

Bill O’Reilly was pissed last night, blaming President Obama’s reelection on the old and tired chestnut that the poorer half of the voting public is parasitic on the richer half, and so voted for the guy promising the most free … Continue reading

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The War on Christmas Comes to Israel?

This curious ad comes from the Israeli government. Its purpose is to discourage Israelis from marrying American Jews or moving to America (as either of these might lead to such horrors as Christmas-celebrating grandchildren). Andrew Sullivan sees the ad as … Continue reading

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Handel’s Messiah in the Mall: Totalitarian Creepiness or Just a Song for the Holiday Season?

Even though I’m an agnostic, I love Christmas music and Christmas movies. I must, for example, have upward of 300 Christmas songs on my iPod. And every year my family and I watch Alastair Sim as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol and … Continue reading

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Reality Check: Gallup Poll finds public approval of Barack Obama’s health care victory

No wonder the president has been smiling all day. As you might expect, now that the health care reform bill has actually passed, the public’s approval of it has markedly improved. This is what the Democrats were banking on all along, … Continue reading

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Bill O’Reilly’s War on Christmas (Yawn)

It’s November, and that means that, as we move ever closer to December and Christmas, that it’s once again time for the annual running of the bull, as in Bill O’Reilly, who will once again entertain us all by engaging godless secular … Continue reading

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Division in Republican Land! David (Brooks) Slings His Rhetorical Stones at (Goliath) Limbaugh

In the New York Times today, David Brooks deconstructs the recent history of the talk radio right: It is a story of remarkable volume and utter weakness. It is the story of media mavens who claim to represent a hidden … Continue reading

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Papa Bear (Bill O’Reilly) Makes Some Kind Remarks about President Barack Obama

Pinch me. Bill O’Reilly said something nice  about Barack Obama! Three ghosts must have visited him last night, but credit where credit’s due: What he has achieved in his 48 years is simply astounding. Consider the odds. The United States … Continue reading

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U.S. Holocaust Museum Rifleman James W. von Brunn and Bill O’Reilly Agree: The New York Times Wants “to break down the white, Christian, male power structure”

But, hey, don’t blame O’Reilly for giving aid and comfort to far-right racist and Antisemitic elements in America, right? In light of U.S. Holocaust Museum rifleman James W. von Brunn’s white supremicist Internet screeds, and Fox News’s attempt to set distance between itself … Continue reading

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After the Abortion Doctor and Holocaust Museum Shootings: Contemporary Right Wing Racism—and the Threat It Poses to President Obama

Shepard Smith basically said aloud what I’ve been thinking for awhile. The hyper-amped far-right in this country is ginning up an atmosphere that makes Obama’s assassination ever more likely. Last week it was the murder of an abortion clinic doctor … Continue reading

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The Grassy Knoll of the Far-Right Mind? After the Murder of Dr. George Tiller, Is President Barack Obama in Greater Danger of Assassination?

The grassy knoll of the far-right mind? Salon today has a rather long article listing and discussing various right-wing Obama hysteria claims, such as: Obama is the Antichrist; he is determined to take away your guns; and he is trying to flood … Continue reading

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American Shout Radio and the Soul of Conservatism: Tory David Cameron v. Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh?

Jacob Weisberg suggests British Tory politician David Cameron as a model for how the Republicans can claw their way back into the national electoral game: [An] encouraging model for the right is the British Conservative Party, poised to return to … Continue reading

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Bill O’Reilly and Scott Roeder

Would it have been murder to kill Auschwitz’s Dr. Josef Mengele? Here’s what Scott Roeder, the man suspected of killing Dr. George Tiller, posted on an Operation Rescue affiliated website: It seems as though what is happening in Kansas could … Continue reading

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In Washington D.C., a Tea Bag Protester Expresses Longing for a Blown-Up Capitol Building

Sounding like a 1920s German fascist or communist impatient with bourgeois parliamentary democracy in the Weimar Republic, Salon.com reports that a tea bag protester expressed his wish that, on 9/11, our nation’s Congressional building had simply been obliterated. This is really illiberal creepy … Continue reading

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Senator Al Franken of Minnesota?

FiveThirtyEight.com gives the details of today’s absentee ballot counting here. Money quote: Minnesota took until 5 PM today to begin actually counting rejected absentee ballots, as the Canvassing Board sorted through various legal objections, underwent the arduous task of physically … Continue reading

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EVERY Knee Shall Bow and Every Tongue Confess—Christmas?: Santa Abolishes “Happy Holidays” Once and For ALL

Bill O’Reilly wins the War on Christmas:

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After the Election, Bill Ayers Speaks to the New Yorker—and Says That He Watches FOX News!

Bill Ayers tells the New Yorker that, during the election season, he watched FOX News! Money quote: One night, Ayers recalled, he and Dohrn were watching Bill O’Reilly, who was going on about “discovering” Ayers’s 1974 manifesto, “Prairie Fire.” “I … Continue reading

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48 Hours to Election Day, and Gallup Has Obama UP by 10 POINTS!

Countdown to Obamageddon: Gallup shows, by all three of its polling measures, Obama on a stable trajectory with no tightening, and just 48 hours to go! Know hope.

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Now Only Rich Kids Can Dress Up as Sarah Palin for Halloween

Source: Sage Stossel. Cindy McCain. She can afford to go to a Halloween Party as Sarah Palin.

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