Wrote this on another forum, ignore the tagging.. BHL doesn't always seem to like them =\
Bill O'Reilly:
For those of you that don't know him:
Bill O'Reilly hosts a show called "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox network in the States. Shortly put, he is a complete asshole. In my opinion, and in those of a couple of million other people with an IQ higher than the room temperature in an abandoned iglo.
Why he is such an asshole, is a long story.. I could list numerous examples of things he did and say, but I won't bore you, and just give you one that was the subject of many debates on the internet:
Bill O'Reilly interviewed a guy called Jeremy Glick about his father who died in the WTC attack back in 2001. But Bill O'Reilly didn't know that Glick was actually a very strong believer in the leftist and liberal ways, so he was caught of guard when Glick suddenly started pissing on the Republicans. The transcript:
O'REILLY: I don't want to -- I don't want to debate world politics with you.
GLICK: Well, why not? This is about politics!
O'REILLY: Because, number one: I don't really care what you think.
GLICK: Well, okay.
O'REILLY: You're -- you're -- you're... uh... I want, I want --
GLICK: But you do care, because... the reason why you care is --
O'REILLY: No, I don't.
GLICK: -- you evoke 9-11 --
O'REILLY: Here's why I care --
GLICK: -- to rationalize --
O'REILLY: Here's why I care --
GLICK: Let me finish. You evoke 9-11 to rationalize everything from domestic plunder to imperialist aggression worldwide. You evoke, you evoke sympathy --
O'REILLY: Okay, that's a bunch...
GLICK: -- with the 9-11 families.
O'REILLY: That's a bunch of crap. I've done more for the 9-11 families by their own admission -- I've done more for them than you will ever hope to do.
GLICK: Okay.
O'REILLY: So you keep your mouth shut when you accuse me of exploiting those people.
GLICK: Well, you're not representing me. You're not representing me
O'REILLY: I know. And I'd never represent you. You know why?
GLICK: Why?
O'REILLY: Because you have a warped view of this world and a warped view of this country.
GLICK: Well, explain that. Let me give you an example of a parallel --
O'REILLY: No, I'm not going to debate this with you, all right?
GLICK: Well, let me give you an example of parallel experience.
O'REILLY: No, I won't.
GLICK: On September 14th --
O'REILLY: Here's, here's, here's, here's --
GLICK: On September 14th --
O'REILLY: Here's the record, all right?
GLICK: Okay.
O'REILLY: You didn't support the action against Afghanistan to remove the Taliban. You were against it, okay?
GLICK: Why would I want to brutalize and further punish the people in Afghanistan --
O'REILLY: Who killed your father!
GLICK: The people in Afghanistan --
O'REILLY: Who killed your father!
GLICK: -- didn't kill my father.
O'REILLY: Sure they did! The al Qaeda people were trained there!
GLICK: The al Qaeda people? What about the Afghani people?
O'REILLY: See! I'm more angry about it than you are!
GLICK: So, what about George Bush?
O'REILLY: What about George Bush? He had NOTHING to do with it!
GLICK: The Director -- senior -- as Director of the CIA.
O'REILLY: He had NOTHING to DO with it!
GLICK: So the people that trained a hundred thousand Mujahadeen who were
O'REILLY: Man, I hope your mom isn't watching this.
GLICK: Well, I hope she is.
O'REILLY: I hope your mother is not watching this because you... That's it, I'm not going to say any more.
GLICK: Okay.
O'REILLY: In respect for your father --
GLICK: On September 14th, do you want to know what I'm doing?
O'REILLY: Shut up! -- Shut up!
GLICK: Oh, please don't tell me to shut up.
O'REILLY: As respect -- as respect -- in respect for your father, who was a Port Authority worker, a fine American, who got killed unnecessarily by barbarians --
GLICK: By radical extremists who were trained by this government...
O'REILLY: Fine. Out of respect for him...
GLICK: ... not the people of America.
O'REILLY: ... I'm not going to...
GLICK: ... The people of the ruling class, the small minority.
O'REILLY: Cut his mic.
I'm not going to dress you down anymore, out of respect for your father.
We will be back in a moment with more of The Factor.
GLICK: That means we're done?
O'REILLY: We're done.
And they switched to the commercials.
Glick got thrown out the studio, and after the commercials, Bill O'Reilly said:
"I have to apologize. If I knew that guy, Jeremy Glick, was going to be like that, I never would have brought him in here, and I feel bad for his family. I really do."
When Glick was interviewed for radio later on, he told them that after the interview, O'Reilly completely lost it.
He slammed his fist on the table and shouted "Get out! Get out of my studio before I tear you to fucking pieces!"
And that's how O'Reilly treats every democrat, anti-bush, anti-republican, intelligent person on his show. Not bullshitting you here, just do a google on the guy, and be amazed by the millions of anti o'reilly pages.
O'Reilly's biggest enemy is probably Al Franken, who wrote a book called "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right", a satirical look at statements and decisions made by right winged politicians to get votes and support. Haven't read it myself, but it's supposedly a fun read for democrats.
Anyways, as a well-known writer, Al Franken was able to confront Mr. O'Reilly publicly with a couple of his many lies. But O'Reilly just tells another obvious lie to cover it up, and when confronted on that, Bill O'Reily tends to respond with his signature phrase "Shut up."
The shit this guy gets away with on TV is ridiculous. If he was on TV here, he would get kicked of instantly for having the brain of a plastic paperclip.
He intimidates his guests on TV, calls them liars, stupid, biased, and without giving them time to reply, he switches to the next part of his show. And millions Americans watch him do it. Fox is getting wet pants when they see the ratings, so Mr. O'Reilly is there to stay.
And now.... Fun stuff to make the thread somewhat lighter:[\/SIZE]
Larry Flynt, owner of HUSTLER magazine, asked people to come to Los Angeles and hold a mass prayer for O'Reilly's death. The disclaimer read that "if O'Reilly would really die, it would've been God's will." The prayer actually took place with about 65 people, but the guy's still alive. =\
It went like this: "Dear (God/Allah/Buddha/other entity of your choice), we ask you to afflict Bill O'Reilly with a brain aneurysm that will lead to his slow and painful death."
Later on, Larry Flynt admitted it was just a joke, but that O'Reilly should see it as a personal attack. The 65 people who attended the ceremony and the couple of hundred that drove by honking and cheering didn't think it was a joke though. :evilgrin:
The actual Hustler page[\/color]Quotes:
When asked about poverty:
"It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do that? Because that's what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period."
:ph34r:
On Micheal Moore and Fahrenheit 9/11:
"So who turns out for the screening of this movie [Fahrenheit 9/11] last night? You ready? Now, here are the celebrities that turn out. Here are the people who would turn out to see Josef Goebbels convince you that Poland invaded the Third Reich. It's the same thing, by the way. Propaganda is propaganda. OK?"
<_<
On the American Civil Liberties Union:
"Finally, the ACLU -- we talked about this yesterday and I -- and, you know, I have to pick on the ACLU because they're the most dangerous organization in the United States of America right now. There's by far. There's nobody even close to that. They're, like, second next to Al Qaeda."
:waycool:
About Muslim women:
"..the most unattractive women in the world are probably in the Muslim countries."
On Africa:
"I've been to Africa three times. All right? You can't bring Western reasoning into the culture. The same way you can't bring it into fundamental Islam"
On African Americans (Touchy subject) :rolleyes:
"Will African-Americans break away from the pack thinking and reject immorality-- because that's the reason the family's breaking apart--alcohol, drugs, infidelity. You have to reject that, and it doesn't seem--and I'm broadly speaking here, but a lot of African-Americans won't reject it"
:blink:
Anyways, this walking mass of political incorrectness and stupidity gets a pretty fucking high score on my Celebrity-that-should-die-meter.
You hate him as much as I do, right?
