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Saturday, January 21, 2006

Bill O'Reilly is Fair and Balanced

Bill O'Reilly decided to bless us again with his "fair and balanced" political reports by telling the tale of a Vermont judge who believe in getting help for sick people (Christ, no!). Let's see what Mr. O has to say:

"Ralph Page is a problem. The 35-year old Vermont man has twice been convicted of drunk driving, and now faces charges of theft and assaulting his girlfriend. He's a typical low-level offender who shuffles around causing trouble and clogging up the justice system.
On January 17th, Page ambled into Judge Patricia Zimmerman's courtroom to answer charges that he punched a woman in the face. Apparently, Page did not like hearing the charges against him and screamed out "this is effing bull----." That annoyed Judge Zimmerman, who promptly found Page in contempt of court and sentenced him to 60 days in a Vermont jail. " - O'Reilly


Nothing wrong with that, but listen to this:


"That 60-day sentence is the same amount of jail time another Vermont judge, Edward Cashman, awarded 34-year-old Mark Hulett. But it is here where the Vermont justice system collapses. Incredibly, Hulett pled guilty to a variety of felony sexual assault charges against a six-year-old girl. Over a period of four years, Hulett, a friend of the girl's mother, confessed to raping the child in her own home. It was a methodical and brutal series of actions on Hulett's part, and it has devastated an innocent little girl.

But when it came time to sentence Hulett, Judge Cashman suspended all but 60 days of a potential life prison stretch, because Cashman wanted Hulett to get "treatment." At sentencing, the Judge said: "I keep telling prosecutors, and they won't hear me, that punishment is not enough." " - O'Reilly

Ok, so through that muddled thing, we can deter that Bill has the story down. Now, let's move on.

"So here's justice in the state of Vermont: Cursing at a judge merits the same prison time as repeatedly raping a six-year-old girl. If Hulett had committed the same crime in Florida, he would now be serving 25-to-life in the penitentiary because that state has passed mandatory minimum sentences for felony battery on children. But Vermont has no such minimums. So Mark Hulett, child rapist, is set to walk free on March 4th. The philosophy of our nation is "equal justice under the law." Obviously, the abused little girl and her family did not get justice by any measure. Clear-thinking people understand that true justice requires that the punishment fit the crime." -O'Reilly

What the hell, Bill? What happened to your "Fair and Balanced" journalism? It seems to me that you're throwing some opinions in there, and not only that, you ass, but you're throwing in Conservative opinions. How balanced is that? Tool.

"But Judge Cashman does not understand that. His sympathies are with the rapist, and he did not even attempt to hide that fact." - O'Reilly

In a recent article, Bill makes it clear that he supports the Christian viewpoints, yet he is one of the worst people to carry out Christ's teachings of forgiveness. In Bill O'Reilly's perfect world, all criminals, no matter how small the felony, are executed on site.

"Because of Cashman's outrageous sentence, you would think Vermonters would be calling for his gavel and robe.
You would think. But you'd be wrong. " - O'Reilly

Yeah, suprisingly, not all Americans, or Vermonters, for that matter, agree with the bull you spew.

"Vermont's shameful story is being played out in other places as well. But it is in this tiny state, the second-least-populated behind Wyoming, that a horrendous violation of human rights is taking place. " - O'Reilly

Violation of human rights? Bill, how the hell can you even say that, considering the stuff you support. If that man was denied medical treatment and locked up forever, like you would have it, then that would be a violation of human rights. But no, god forbid you stand up for the underdog. Go fuck yourself, Bill.




1 Comments:

At 2:58 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mr. O'Reilly is not a journalist, but a commentator. He usually makes that distinction. You're old enough and bright enough to appreciate the difference.
Now as to his complaint about the sentence handed out to that particular child molester, I have to agree with him. 60 days for raping a child is disgusting. The purpose of the law is not always rehabilitation, often it's purpose is retribution. And, based on the limited facts that I have before me I think that punishment is warranted here. I'm sure that the defendant's attorney did an excellent job of advocating for his client and I try to do the same for my clients, but as a citizen I think that mercy (in this case) is grossly inapproiate.
Take care, Darren.

P.S. Pat Robertson isn't an idiot. He's a FUCKING idiot.

 

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