Bill O'Reilly and the Potty-Mouthed Eight-Year-Old Girl

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Teuthida

Brainwashing at its finest. I don't think I've ever been so creeped out before.

Just please make it clear to me how getting impressionable children to be anti-abortion, and anti-bush is different than getting impressionable children to believe in a specific religion.

Kids do as they are told, for the most part.
They'll believe dinosaurs didnt exist, if you tell them that enough.

[Teuthida]

I guess I don't believe one should make a kid believe anything. These kids aren't just told things of that nature either. It's not just Bush is a good president type of stuff. It's Bush is this country savior and speaks of the word of the lord. On the other side of the spectrum this would be to teach one's kids that Bush is a demon who lurks under their beds will intentions of disemboweling them in their sleep. Be pro or anti, but don't turn this man into a freaking religious symbol.

Their parents read them literature scoffing science and how it doesn't prove anything. There are even political messages in their "science" books. It's one thing to teach a kid to believe in Jesus. It's another to teach them to that everyone who doesn't is below them and should be looked down upon. I really can't sum up all the ways in which these kids are fed lies. Watch the film and let me know if any of that seems right to you.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Teuthida

I really can't sum up all the ways in which these kids are fed lies.

All kids are fed lies.
They are all the biased upbringing of their parents. Truth to one are lies to another.



The little girls rant was half satire. Dont listen to what she's saying as word-for-word stone hearted truth. Take it with a grain of salt, as it would be in a movie, or a stand up comedy act.

The problem with nearly everyone these days, is that they take things too literally, and this is sort of proof of that.

Slander is bad. Sure.
Free speech is good. Yes.
Is there a need to ever draw the line? In this case, No.

The point of this, in my eyes, was to get attention for a semi-satrical rant.
And it accomplished just that.
If you (general) dont think it's satire, then I dont know what you're missing.

"...and stop me from watching fact-based things such as family guy, or south park."

[KillerGremlin]

i watched the south park movie this weekend...it made me happy

[Professor S]

Bill O'Reilly is the epitome of a self-absorbed gasbag, and is a travesty of conservative opinion. If you want to see the worst of conservatives, watch his show. He's a ignorant jackass, same as Anne Coulter.

You want good, thought provoking conservative opinion? I recommend Michael Medved, Dennis Praeger and Glenn Beck (he's also a decent comedian, which adds entertainment value).

[Xantar]

Originally Posted by Professor S

You want good, thought provoking conservative opinion? I recommend Michael Medved,

Wait...didn't he just criticize Happy Feet for its gay acceptance agenda?

Admittedly, I don't read much of Medved's work, but when he spends a significant part of his time blasting a cartoon penguin movie for its "anti-religious bias" and gay subtext or praising March of the Penguins because it affirms family values or criticizing Million Dollar Baby because of its pro-euthanasia agenda, I find it a little hard to take him seriously.

I like to get all my thought provoking conservative opinion from Charles Krauthammer.

Oh, and don't sell Ann Coulter short. She may be a complete gasbag, but she knows exactly what she's doing.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Xantar

Wait...didn't he just criticize Happy Feet for its gay [url=http://michaelmedved.townhall.com/blog/g/5094f586-fed7-4cf4-872c-d20b94c78024acceptance agenda[/url]?

Admittedly, I don't read much of Medved's work, but when he spends a significant part of his time blasting a cartoon penguin movie for its "anti-religious bias" and gay subtext or praising March of the Penguins because it affirms family values or criticizing Million Dollar Baby because of its pro-euthanasia agenda, I find it a little hard to take him seriously.

I like to get all my thought provoking conservative opinion from Charles Krauthammer.

Oh, and don't sell Ann Coulter short. She may be a complete gasbag, but she knows exactly what she's doing.

I tend to disregard Medved's family values schtick for his insanely informed poltical and international views. I've never listened to a commentator who has had more command of facts and information than he does. AS for the movie reviews, you have to remember that Medved started out as a movie reviewer for PBS as well as print, and he still does review movies for a living, but he does so with a concern for his values. By the way, Medved's major complaint about Happy Feet was that he felt it sold a false bill of goods to the consumer in its commecials, showing it as a penguin dance movie when it contained heavy handed social and political commentary. Oh, and I also don;t agree with a lot of Medved's views when it comes to economics. He's a 100% free-marketer, while I believe in a market that is basically free, but with certain controls to keep corporations from gaining too much control. You know, like all the controls that have slowly been repealed over the last 4-8 years. I like Medved, but that doesn't mean I agree with everything he says. He makes good, substantiated and well executed points, but that doesn't mean I always agree with those points.

As for Krauthhammer, I like him, but I think he can get tunnel-vision sometimes.

Coulter does know exactly what she's doing, and that makes it worse. Political idealism should be done from the heart, and not for JUST the wallet. She only cares about sensationaism, publicity and book sales, not finding answers.

My favorite is Glenn Beck. He has one of the best bull**** detectors I've ever seen or heard, and he'll rip apart a conservative just as quickly as a liberal if he feels that conservative is not up to snuff.