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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2009 at 18:46
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

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What does that have to do with anything? O'Reilly is an independant. Probably the only free thinker on Fox News Channel.
 
I voted for Obama, btw, just so you know.

First off, orally is not an independent, he is totally partisan.  There are no free thinkers on Fox, only the dumb leading the dumber and the further dumbing down of the already dumb people in America.
 
Well, that's your opinion. Big smile Just because someone doesn't always agree with your point of view doesn't mean he isn't coming to his own conclusions freely and without bias. What channel do you trust for unbiased coverage, then? CNN?
 
I am in no way saying that Fox News is all it claims to be. It's clearly a right-wing station that hides under the guise of being independant simply by hiring a couple of Liberals here and there, then ultimately letting them go (Alan Colmes, anyone?). However, I do feel that Bill O'Reilly comes to his own decisions about things based on his own observations. Sure, he's a lot more conservative than I am, but he isn't always wrong, either.
 
My opinion: All media coverage is biased in someway. No way is any news corporation going to not sway one diorection or the other, because the money and controversy isn't made when you shoot straight. They have to appeal to someone. It just happens to be that right now, most media that I have seen is Left-Wing biased.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2009 at 18:49
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^ of course the other another problem with 10 million rusting refrigerators is they will be full of CFCs in the refrigerant and in the insulation which has to be removed before any useful materials can be recovered.
 
Checking more info about this issue I read that the old friggies will be part of the exchange and all the CFC will be vacuum sucked before disposing the appliances for recycling. The extracted CFC will be then neutralized in a specific plant. Well, that's the plan...  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2009 at 18:50
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I try to tell my Conservative friends this all the time. The era of bitching about our problems has to stop. If we doen't embrace our new leader, we really won't have a chance in hell of dodging another depression, but if we all decide to put our pregidouses aside and actually work WITH him . . . well, we will certainly have a better shot than if we did nothing.


And some more ClapClapClap to you, sir!

As you may know, I moved to the US about three months ago to marry a well-known forum memberWinkLOL, and as such I'm quite interested by what is happening around me. When a country is in the straits the US currently are, tearing each other apart is the worst thing that can happen. On other forums I've seen posts by people who would rather see the country founder for good rather than give their new President a chance. I've already seen it happen in Italy, and I'd really like not see it happen here, since I have chosen to spend the second half of my life.
 
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Yes, I do feel that we are in a very touch situation right now. Yet . . . many people from other countries still choose to live here. So that tells me that, despite all the wise-cracks and mockery that the USA has gotten in recent years, the world generally still feels that America is a great country for opprotunity and so forth. There is still hope here, but we need to act now and quit worrying about the trivial, arbutrary bullsh*t that seems to bog us down so much these days. let's start focusing on what we can do to mantain this country's great reputation, and let's get back to doing what made the country worth fighting for in the first place. Because if we lose that, then the whole idea of America kind of goes down the tubes.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2009 at 19:02
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

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What does that have to do with anything? O'Reilly is an independant. Probably the only free thinker on Fox News Channel.
 
I voted for Obama, btw, just so you know.

First off, orally is not an independent, he is totally partisan.  There are no free thinkers on Fox, only the dumb leading the dumber and the further dumbing down of the already dumb people in America.


Exactly. Alan Colmes was the single openly liberal person on the network and where is he now.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2009 at 19:09
Originally posted by crimhead crimhead wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by p0mt3 p0mt3 wrote:



 
What does that have to do with anything? O'Reilly is an independant. Probably the only free thinker on Fox News Channel.
 
I voted for Obama, btw, just so you know.

First off, orally is not an independent, he is totally partisan.  There are no free thinkers on Fox, only the dumb leading the dumber and the further dumbing down of the already dumb people in America.


Exactly. Alan Colmes was the single openly liberal person on the network and where is he now.
 
I didn't say O'Reilly was openly liberal, I said he was an independant. Liberals have the potential to be just as bad as Rebublicans, but from a completely different direction, don't you agree?
 
Having said that, I already covered the tragedy of Alan Colmes in my previous post in this thread, I believe. I completely agree with everybody about Fox News, never said I didn't, but we must be mindful of who we right off as merely more of the same. When it comes to O'Reilly, I think it has become popular to bash him, and that if anyone chooses to agree with him on anything he says, then they must not be intelligent, because only stupid people listen to O'Reilly.
 
Nothing in life is completely black or white. So not everyone with a more conservative outlook is a right-wing nutcase, and not everyone who is liberal is smart. There needs to be a better balance than there is currently where political parties are concerned. Because disregarding someone else's opinion just because they aren't you own doesn't make much sense.
 
If you honestly feel that O'Reilly is partisan, then great. Just make sure that you are basing that opinion on actual observations you have made of the guy, and not just because someone you look up to says thet he is.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2009 at 20:08
Originally posted by Easy Money Easy Money wrote:

I have been teaching and working with children for 18 years, you're little 'story' has no ring of authenticity to it and sounds nothing like children interacting. I do believe that story was fabricated, not by you neccessarily, but I do believe that 'story' never happened.
Of course that story was fabricated. It's a silly joke. Someone sent it to me a couple of months ago and I all forgot about it. Why all you guys got so inflamed by it? Usually people got offended by a joke if they can associate it with themselves in some way... hope it's not the case here. And if the guy voiced his opinion why insult him? Although I realize that some people are only capable of subpar derogatory comments.
 
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Speaking as part of the people of allegedly voted for ice cream, i'd have to say you really don't have a clue do you Mr. Bird, sir?  I didn't freaking vote for Obama because of any ice cream he was promising, I voted for Obama because I was sick and tired of the crap that the Republicans were doing to this country. 
Man you took it personally? And you claim you have a great sense of humor? A friend of mine living in Chicago saw a local reporter interviewing peope the day after elections, and one woman told him that now she can pay off her mortgage because Obama will help her to. Who knows how many idiots tehre are waiting for ice cream.
 
I hope by the "the crap that the Republicans were doing" you mean purely their political misdeeds. Don't make me start talking about the economy again or I will go as far as LBJ this time.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2009 at 20:18
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by p0mt3 p0mt3 wrote:



 
What does that have to do with anything? O'Reilly is an independant. Probably the only free thinker on Fox News Channel.
 
I voted for Obama, btw, just so you know.

First off, orally is not an independent, he is totally partisan.  There are no free thinkers on Fox, only the dumb leading the dumber and the further dumbing down of the already dumb people in America.
You have a thing against Fox! O'Reilly IS partisan but does not preclude him from being not dumb. Although maybe he changed in the past 3 months and I missed it  'cause I havent watched Fox (or CNN, or any other f**king network) since the elections.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2009 at 20:21
Originally posted by crimhead crimhead wrote:


Exactly. Alan Colmes was the single openly liberal person on the network and where is he now.
What happened to Colmes? I kinda like him though sometimes he twists the truth any way it suits him.
 
 
P.S. Never mind, I got that.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2009 at 20:33
Originally posted by p0mt3 p0mt3 wrote:

[QUOTE=crimhead] [QUOTE=Slartibartfast]
 
I didn't say O'Reilly was openly liberal, I said he was an independant. Liberals have the potential to be just as bad as Rebublicans, but from a completely different direction, don't you agree? Sure thing.
 
When it comes to O'Reilly, I think it has become popular to bash him, and that if anyone chooses to agree with him on anything he says, then they must not be intelligent, because only stupid people listen to O'Reilly. ClapClap
 
Nothing in life is completely black or white. So not everyone with a more conservative outlook is a right-wing nutcase, and not everyone who is liberal is smart. There needs to be a better balance than there is currently where political parties are concerned. Because disregarding someone else's opinion just because they aren't you own doesn't make much sense.  ClapClapStar
 
If you honestly feel that O'Reilly is partisan, then great. Just make sure that you are basing that opinion on actual observations you have made of the guy, and not just because someone you look up to says thet he is. He is partisan. I can't quote him because I don't care to even remember what he says, but if I did, I would have proven it easily. And he's so opinionated!!! Whenever he invites a political opponent, it's a one man show -- he asks a question and he gives the answer.
 
Now we moved away from teh subject. There will be no major developments over the weekend, so relax everybody.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2009 at 22:33
Originally posted by IVNORD IVNORD wrote:

Originally posted by Easy Money Easy Money wrote:

I have been teaching and working with children for 18 years, you're little 'story' has no ring of authenticity to it and sounds nothing like children interacting. I do believe that story was fabricated, not by you neccessarily, but I do believe that 'story' never happened.
Of course that story was fabricated. It's a silly joke. Someone sent it to me a couple of months ago and I all forgot about it. Why all you guys got so inflamed by it? Usually people got offended by a joke if they can associate it with themselves in some way... hope it's not the case here. And if the guy voiced his opinion why insult him? Although I realize that some people are only capable of subpar derogatory comments.
 

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Speaking as part of the people of allegedly voted for ice cream, i'd have to say you really don't have a clue do you Mr. Bird, sir?  I didn't freaking vote for Obama because of any ice cream he was promising, I voted for Obama because I was sick and tired of the crap that the Republicans were doing to this country. 
Man you took it personally? And you claim you have a great sense of humor? A friend of mine living in Chicago saw a local reporter interviewing peope the day after elections, and one woman told him that now she can pay off her mortgage because Obama will help her to. Who knows how many idiots tehre are waiting for ice cream.

 

I hope by the "the crap that the Republicans were doing" you mean purely their political misdeeds. Don't make me start talking about the economy again or I will go as far as LBJ this time.





So who are you claiming was 'inflamed' by this 'silly story', and who are you claiming is only capable of 'subpar derogatory comments'.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2009 at 22:44
I'm surprised O'Reilly isn't beaten up daily in the Fox parking lot


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2009 at 23:01
Originally posted by Easy Money Easy Money wrote:

Originally posted by IVNORD IVNORD wrote:

Originally posted by Easy Money Easy Money wrote:

I have been teaching and working with children for 18 years, you're little 'story' has no ring of authenticity to it and sounds nothing like children interacting. I do believe that story was fabricated, not by you neccessarily, but I do believe that 'story' never happened.
Of course that story was fabricated. It's a silly joke. Someone sent it to me a couple of months ago and I all forgot about it. Why all you guys got so inflamed by it? Usually people got offended by a joke if they can associate it with themselves in some way... hope it's not the case here. And if the guy voiced his opinion why insult him? Although I realize that some people are only capable of subpar derogatory comments.
 

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Speaking as part of the people of allegedly voted for ice cream, i'd have to say you really don't have a clue do you Mr. Bird, sir?  I didn't freaking vote for Obama because of any ice cream he was promising, I voted for Obama because I was sick and tired of the crap that the Republicans were doing to this country. 
Man you took it personally? And you claim you have a great sense of humor? A friend of mine living in Chicago saw a local reporter interviewing peope the day after elections, and one woman told him that now she can pay off her mortgage because Obama will help her to. Who knows how many idiots tehre are waiting for ice cream.

 

I hope by the "the crap that the Republicans were doing" you mean purely their political misdeeds. Don't make me start talking about the economy again or I will go as far as LBJ this time.





So who are you claiming was 'inflamed' by this 'silly story', and who are you claiming is only capable of 'subpar derogatory comments'.
Calm down. If you haven't been before, you seem to be inflamed now.
 
"Why all you guys got so inflamed by it? "  Just look at the reaction. How can a joke trigger such a storm of response? And to see the insults go thru the thread again. If you don't want me to refer to them as subpar I can call them anything you want but it will hardly change the nature of things. Geez, voicing an opinion here is getting more challenging by the hour!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2009 at 23:41
^ ... more challenging for who?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2009 at 01:42
Originally posted by IVNORD IVNORD wrote:

 
"Why all you guys got so inflamed by it? "  Just look at the reaction. How can a joke trigger such a storm of response? And to see the insults go thru the thread again. If you don't want me to refer to them as subpar I can call them anything you want but it will hardly change the nature of things. Geez, voicing an opinion here is getting more challenging by the hour!


Oh, like my jokes don't inflame anyone. LOL


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2009 at 02:01
what fascinates me is how quickly we forgive those with like-minded views even when we know they screwed-up. i.e. I thought Clinton was a fine President


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2009 at 02:16
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I'm surprised O'Reilly isn't beaten up daily in the Fox parking lot



Like Wahnity he is Limo'd to FauxNews everyday so that he doesn't have to mingle with the riff-raff. I think the reason why Colmes is no longer paired with Wahnity is because Wahnity convinced management that he was tired or having to shower after each show with Colmes.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2009 at 12:12
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^ ... more challenging for who?
I wonder what your next question would be.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2009 at 12:15
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by IVNORD IVNORD wrote:

 
"Why all you guys got so inflamed by it? "  Just look at the reaction. How can a joke trigger such a storm of response? And to see the insults go thru the thread again. If you don't want me to refer to them as subpar I can call them anything you want but it will hardly change the nature of things. Geez, voicing an opinion here is getting more challenging by the hour!


Oh, like my jokes don't inflame anyone. LOL
You read my mind man... how would you like it if I screamed and yelled every time you post another cartoon? Wink
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I like the fact that he can talk to a room full of people and field questions and not look like this clown.


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