I hear all the time about how Bill is looking out for kids but I really have to wonder. Lets do a recap of other right wing “its all about the children” people- The Catholic Church (that Bill is a proud member of) was all about helping the children. Right down to moving pedophile priests around the world to shepard young male boys.
Then there’s Mark Foley, former chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children. He resigned as U.S. Senator when it became public that he admittedly was having inappropriate relations and accused of having sexual relations with male congressional pages.
But Bill trumpets his own horn often and loud. One that always makes me chuckle is when he claims he, he alone is responsible for getting Jessica’s Law passed in states. The most egregious act of bill’s hypocrisy is the Shawn Hornbeck case. The condensed version of the crime is Michael Devlin, a sick useless human being, abducted Shawn in 2002. For 4+ years Shawn lived in fear as a sex toy for Devlin. Until Ben Ownby was kidnapped in 2007. That sparked a new search that led to both being found. When the story first broke this is what bill had to say about Shawn,
Bill O’Reilly (January 15 2006) – “there was an element here that this kid liked about his circumstances,” he goes on to say, “The situation here for this kid looks to me to be a lot more fun than what he had under his old parents. He didn’t have to go to school. He could run around and do whatever he wanted.”
He has yet to apologize or address this outrageous comment. Why don’t they send that little sawed off hack that attacks people at home on The Factor out to try and get an answer from Bill.
Bill uses the topic of kids to stroke his own ego. He proudly runs a bumper on his radio show about if a kid of his were to bring a kid home that causes chaos, “their gone”. Is that the proper thing to do? I submit its not. When my kids have friends over, I try to show them how we work as a family unit. And if we did have a child over that had behavioral issues, I would correct the child by telling them what he/she has done and ask him to play within the rules of our house. NOT throw them out because it may put me out a little.
Tags: Ben Ownby, bill o'reilly, Michael Devlin, Shawn Hornbeck
October 28, 2007 at 2:59 pm
You did a mediocre job bringing up some bad apples among the Republican and Catholic crowd. Great Job!
But you entirely miss the message of Mr. O’Reilly, and that is, we have moved so far left of traditional family values that society is basically dis-functional, due in large part to Socialist(D) like yourself thinking you know what is best for society. You don’t.
October 30, 2007 at 3:53 am
Why is it when its conservatives caught with their hands in the cookie jar its “a few bad apples.” But when FOX (sort of) NEWS and the talking heads catch a liberal doing something wrong its labeled something like this. In the voice of Lush Limbaugh- “Folks this is what the liberals do, their crooks” or Sean Vannity with pen in hand and lips puckered– “Will you democrat spoke person X appologize for your party of disgrace.” And there’s more than a few bad apples, I can give you bushels of bad apples– Newt Gingrich, Ted Turner, Duke Cunningham, David Vitter, Bill Bennett, Oliver North…shall I continue? The nats are getting bad and the slime is starting to ooze out of the bottom. But if you need me to I can put on my waders and keep going.
October 30, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Your still missing the point. He is simply pointing out, correctly I must say, that our society has moved away from teaching our kids patriotism, family, honor, duty, respect for themselves, respect for others, selflessness, I could go on. I firmly beleive that the activist socialist Supreme Court and G-Dless communist groups like the ACLU are doing their best to destry those values.
October 31, 2007 at 2:38 am
I think America’s patriotism was as high or higher after 9/11 than in WWII and/or right after the Revolutionary War. But the swell of patriotism was divided after Bush and the other neo-cons made the land grab for Iraq.
I agree that society seems to be going downhill. But I wonder could it be we are just getting old. I read your bio and we’re the same age. I’m sure the there was people in the roaring 20s saying the fabric of America is lost. I’m sure adults of the 50’s thought the introduction to rock-n-roll would be the downfall of American society and we were around for the adults talking about the hippies practicing free love would destroy the countries morals.
Part of your worry…and mine, is just the evolution of a free country and we’re relegated to talking about the good old days.
Where we differ is I believe in “live and let live.” If it doesn’t effect my house, my families values or threaten the country we both love I chalk it up to my getting older and society changing.
And on the topic of the Supreme Court, its only activist when they don’t agree with your ideology. If they were to reverse Roe v Wade or rule ACLU’s actions are illegal you would think they were doing their job correctly, NOT being an activist court. Something that is never mentioned in the activist Supreme Court argument is it was activist Supreme Court, that put an end to segregation. Times change, the constitution is a living document and society’s morals/values change. So its good that the Supreme Court considers the values/science/culture of the day when ruling on issues.
I do think there should be term limits on all court justices. I want people that have been living in society, not some “mature” person accustomed to secret service protection, chauffeurs, personal chefs and such making decisions on the other 99.9% of U.S. citizens.