A New Wave of Asinine Talk
Election season, a time in which people partake the act of democracy. A time in which people tell their representatives what needs to be done and what not to do.
But it also is a time in which one debates. Unfortunatly, as with any game or game-like event, there are sore losers.
Enter Pat Robertson and Bill O'Reilly.
After an election in Dover, PA, in which all of the school board members up for reelection were defeated, Robertson wasn't pleased. All eight were thrown out after trying to introduce "intellegent design" into science classrooms.
So Robertson went on the air on the 700 Club, and proclamed Dover that "If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected him from your city."
Of course, he just couldn't keep his mouth shut. He later said, "If they have future problems in Dover, I recommend they call on Charles Darwin. Maybe he can help them." (story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9997292/
I just seem to remember something about using God's name in vein, but I doubt Robertson knows the real meaning behind it. So often Robertson seems to believe that God does so much, he always asking him to do stuff for him. Robertson needs to know that he has two hands, two legs and one big mouth. Because the last time I checked, God wasn't spiteful.
O'Reilly gets the real ***hat award for the week by a hair. Whereas Robertson is relying on God, O'Reilly is invoking a corporial threat. Talking about a ballot measure that would ban military recruiters in schools, O'Reilly went straight to the worst he can say: "Listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote against military recruiting, you're not going to get another nickel in federal funds. Fine. You want to be your own country? Go right ahead,"
Later, he said, "And if al-Qaida comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead." (story: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10004302/)
The fun part was that apearently, even the producers attempted to expunge these quotes from the record, specificly the transcript. But it has already been said.
Now, I only though Rush Limbaugh would say such a thing. Is this the point we're at, to where one issue, one disagreement would basicly mean economic war, taking a resource away.
This is a minor issue. Even under federal guidelines, only the schools would be hurt by refusing recruiters, even then it's just financially. We don't need to go into chaos, into a place where we are basicly at war for minor disagreements. And we certainly don't want to say people are free game for terrorists.
My prediction: Robertson will not issue an appology, but will disapear for a while. Which is good, because he needs to learn to think before speaking.
O'Reilly will appologize in a few days (I give three max). Then it will be business as usual, which isn't good. I can garentee this won't be the last time O'Reilly has his head up his ***. I just hope he won't go this far again.
But it also is a time in which one debates. Unfortunatly, as with any game or game-like event, there are sore losers.
Enter Pat Robertson and Bill O'Reilly.
After an election in Dover, PA, in which all of the school board members up for reelection were defeated, Robertson wasn't pleased. All eight were thrown out after trying to introduce "intellegent design" into science classrooms.
So Robertson went on the air on the 700 Club, and proclamed Dover that "If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected him from your city."
Of course, he just couldn't keep his mouth shut. He later said, "If they have future problems in Dover, I recommend they call on Charles Darwin. Maybe he can help them." (story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9997292/
I just seem to remember something about using God's name in vein, but I doubt Robertson knows the real meaning behind it. So often Robertson seems to believe that God does so much, he always asking him to do stuff for him. Robertson needs to know that he has two hands, two legs and one big mouth. Because the last time I checked, God wasn't spiteful.
O'Reilly gets the real ***hat award for the week by a hair. Whereas Robertson is relying on God, O'Reilly is invoking a corporial threat. Talking about a ballot measure that would ban military recruiters in schools, O'Reilly went straight to the worst he can say: "Listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote against military recruiting, you're not going to get another nickel in federal funds. Fine. You want to be your own country? Go right ahead,"
Later, he said, "And if al-Qaida comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead." (story: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10004302/)
The fun part was that apearently, even the producers attempted to expunge these quotes from the record, specificly the transcript. But it has already been said.
Now, I only though Rush Limbaugh would say such a thing. Is this the point we're at, to where one issue, one disagreement would basicly mean economic war, taking a resource away.
This is a minor issue. Even under federal guidelines, only the schools would be hurt by refusing recruiters, even then it's just financially. We don't need to go into chaos, into a place where we are basicly at war for minor disagreements. And we certainly don't want to say people are free game for terrorists.
My prediction: Robertson will not issue an appology, but will disapear for a while. Which is good, because he needs to learn to think before speaking.
O'Reilly will appologize in a few days (I give three max). Then it will be business as usual, which isn't good. I can garentee this won't be the last time O'Reilly has his head up his ***. I just hope he won't go this far again.
posted by SeanM at 10:17 PM
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