Oh Bill...

I want all of you to go out and read Bill O'Reilly's newest article on the "Culture Wars." It's great, because Bill tries to make a slanted article sound "fair and balanced" (wow, where have I heard that phrase before?) and fails horribly. Now keep in mind, I run a liberal blog, so I'm not trying to sound balanced, but I do believe I'm fair. Anyways, here's a snippet from Bill's rant.

"Even though the war on terror dominates the headlines, the culture war in America is almost as intense. On one side you have traditionalists, people who believe the country was well founded, does mostly good things, and has become the most powerful nation on earth by adhering to Judeo-Christian principles like generosity, justice, and self-sacrifice.
On the other side of the culture war are the secular-progressives who believe that the USA is fundamentally a flawed country, which has caused considerable misery both within and outside our borders. The S-P's want drastic change and a new direction for America. " - O'Reilly

Wow, Bill I wonder what side you're on?

I'm going to play translator and tell you what he meant to say:

Traditionalists - People who believe that the President Bush is near God and that America can only be bettered by forcing their religion on everyone. In their perfect world, all the gays have been murdered in a bloody, "holy" genocide and abortion has been put to an end by brave abortion clinic bombers, who combat the evil of "killing" unborn fetuses by killing people. Huh. Oh, and did I mention Muslims being shot in the streets?

"S-P's" - The false devils in O'Reilly's eyes, the Secular-Progressives want a country based on a First Amendment (you know, that one thing that the Washington dude wrote and George Bush pissed on) and freedom from having any religion forced on them. Evil!

"The two most intense issues in the culture war right now are how to deal with terrorism, and what role spirituality should play in the public arena. The S-P's want little or no public displays of God or religion. That's what drove the attacks on Christmas images and traditions--knock down the big Christian holiday, and the secularists achieve a big victory." - O'Reilly

Oh, I'm terribly sorry Bill for not wanting a Jesus statue in front of a courthouse and a Christian prayer in my school, but let's turn this around: I don't see you supporting any people trying to throw out their Islamic religion. Why not Billy? Got something against Muslims? Nazi.

I find it funny how Bill blames the Christmas attacks on us. Hah! A few companies merely say "Happy Holidays" and O'Reilly and his bitches jump at it and blame it on the liberals, claiming it's an attack on "Traditional American values," like war and religious rape. Sir, just because you get pissy over the wording of a holiday salutation, doesn't mean you need to scream.


"On the terror front, traditionalists largely want aggressive action to wipe out the "evildoers," and if lraq is the battlefield, then so be it.
Secular-progressives are appalled by the Iraq war and generally believe the USA has no right to act unilaterally to hunt down terrorists or their enablers." - O'Reilly

I really like how O'Reilly throws out the "...believe the USA has no right to act unilaterally to hunt down terrorists." It shows his disgust in people who are against attacking an innocent country. Sorry Bill! I guess we don't fit your tradilionist view of murdering the innocent!

And then Bill turns his article into an overview of a his appearence on the Letterman Show. Here is describing it:

"We also found common ground on the terrific performance of the U.S. military. " - O'Reilly

Haha, good one, Bill.

"But then Cindy Sheehan came up. Uh-oh. Dave, as well as many in the entertainment community, feels that Ms. Sheehan should not be criticized. He believes she is above reproach because her son Casey was killed in Iraq. I do not see it that way, so sparks flew. My contention is that Ms. Sheehan is entitled to grieve and dissent in any way she wants, but her grief is being exploited by far-left elements. And when Ms. Sheehan told Mark Knoller, a correspondent for CBS radio, that the terrorists in Iraq were "freedom fighters," she insulted thousands of other Americans who lost loved ones in Iraq. Simply put, terrorists who blow up civilians, women and children are not freedom fighters in any sense. They are murderers and I called Mr. Letterman on Sheehan's support of them." - O'Reilly

Let's take a look at what Ms. Sheehan said in reality:

"Um, no, because it’s not true. You know, Iraq was no threat to the United States of America until we invaded. I mean, they’re not even a threat to the United States of America. Iraq was not involved in 9/11. Iraq was not a terrorist state. But now that we have decimated the country, the borders are open. Freedom fighters from other, countries are going in. And they have created more terrorism by going to an Islamic country, devastating the country and killing innocent people in that country. The terrorism is growing. And people who never thought of being car bombers or suicide bombers are now doing it because they want the United States of America out of their, out of their country." - Cindy Sheehan


Well that's interesting. She never once called Iraqi insurgents "freedom fighters." She called foreign bodies freedom fighters. And to an extent, she's right. The U.S. is an invading country and people will try to get them out no matter what it takes. Evil, eh? Yes, Bill, I agreed. They are terrorists, just like the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

Well, that's enough ridicule for Bill today. Besides, I'm sure I'll be back when that jackass writes another article.