The O'Reilly Fatuity: Time vs. The Factor--Who has the <i>real</i> Man of the Year?
By Nicole Belle Wednesday Dec 19, 2007 8:38am
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For Bill O'Reilly, Time Magazine's choice of Vladimir Putin for Person of the Year is good news and bad news. The bad news is that Time didn't select the person that Bill O'Reilly felt deserved it most: Gen. David Petraeus. The good news is that Pooty knocked runner up Al Gore out of first place. And we all know that choosing a Nobel Laureate/Oscar winner who has almost single-handedly propelled the concept of global climate change into world politics would have certainly resulted in subscription cancellations, unlike a yes man military officer who willingly injects himself into a partisan political debate and sacrifices needlessly hundreds of troops under his command.
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I want to know why the Falafel Man still has a job.
TIME Magazine’s 2007 Person of the Year: It’s PU!
I think it is scary as hell who ime considered and who Time chose as Person of the year. the field was limited to fascists, totalitarian wnnabes or sycophantic enablers of the same. Tells me everything I want to know about time Magazine and Time/Warner Corporation.
Yeeechhhh..
I hope old Bill knows that his ratings are so high because his main audience is 2/3rds the overweight, lazy, couch potato American with no knowledge of the Internet, and 1/3rd people tuning in just to laugh at his big, dumb, arrogant face and ridiculous hack job opinions.
David Petreaus huh? Sounds about right from the Faux News guys.
Faux News Opinion Poll-12-20-2007
Please vote:
Could continued violence in Iraq not only be good for Iraq but also rightfully described as "peaceful protest"?
A. Absolutely. Peaceful Iraqi protest can include self-defense and at the same time eliminate US enemies.
B. Yes, in the same way that Bob Dole can be described as a strong right wing politician with a weak right wing.
C. Certainly. What is good for peaceful US weapons manufacturers is by definition good for Iraq.
Darn, they stopped the video before I could see O'Reillys pick for person of the year.
Ann Coulter no doubt.
What, ann colter tweren't in the running?
They should have chosen Gore. One it would have made me happy, and two it would have made billO's head explode.
Gore is a fraud and a dumbass. Americans are wising up to his BS, just because the Left Coast, NY Elites and idiots college student like him does not mean he knows what he's talking about.
The "Man of The Year" Title doesn't mean a man is necessarily a GOOD man. Hitler was "Man of the Year" once also. It just means the most noteworthy. In which case even stupid ass Bill-O could be Man of the Year, just for gaffs and stupid comments.
John @ 9:
spoken like a true dummy.
I liked it better last year when it was me.
John @ 9:
Very good John, spoken like someone who doesn't know or doesn't care about what happens outside the the lower 48 states. You are the sort of american the rest of the world laughs at
John @ 9:
An international panel of scientists agree with him, but you're probably right- he, and we, should take advice from dipshit trolls.
John @ 9:
Let's see, flagrant namecalling, complete lack of substance , and murdering the english language. All the earmarks of a Bushie. Back to 4th grade with you, John
I really don't get this. Both Romney and McCain have both come out and said the same thing about Petraus. Why? What exactly has Petraus done that they think he deserve this? As Nicole pointed out, he's more of a political yes man to Bush than a a military General.......
Nevermind, I think I just answered my own question. The Bush Asslickers have united again.
Why would Time magazine worry about losing subscriptions from right-wing , Faux "news" watching boneheads anyway?. They use too many big words for them understand what they are reading anyway (even if they could read !).
Billo loves a man that has turned Iraq into an apartheid state like old school South Africa and Rhodesia. David Betray Us is a comfort man to bedwetters with combovers
John @ 9:
I guess that narrows it down to your trailer park in Florida?? Yes, we all know college students and other educated dumbasses don't know what they're talking about, right jackalope!?
Crooks & Liars is a member of the media.
Why doesn't C&L select O'Reilly as
PUTZ OF THE YEAR?
John @ 9
LMMFAO...get your head outta yer ass, SHIT FOR BRAINS! That man has more brains, and MORE genuine concern for the future of humanity than this entire criminal administration COMBINED! You 25%'ers are getting nervous because your IDIOT champion, Bush, and the rest of his cronies are finally starting to see that their position on EVERYTHING is indefensible, and MORALLY CORRUPT! And it's catching up to them.
So John...you are sadly misinformed, it's not just the "Left Coast, Ny Elites, and idiots college student" (a statement which doesn't make much sense really) who like him, it's most of the REST OF THE FUCKING WORLD!
Please take your regressive, troglodyte, Phillistine mentality, elsewhere. YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE!
Thank you and have a nice day.
I challenge you dumb fuck righty's to defend this ugly predictable fool. He says the same boring tired sorry shit every day, the left is evil and the right is forever virtuous. Only the criminally stupid could believe this repetitive bullshit. Dividing the country is all this lying stack of vomit has.
StirFry @ 19
Dude?! Ease up on Fla. We're not ALL, trailer dwelling, neandertals down here. Geeeez!
eh.... I think Bill want to kiss betray-us... He's humping against the name enough..
John - does your mother know you're using her computer?
Hmm,
granted, Russia under Jeltsin was hardly a shiny place, with the Oligarchs buying up all businesses cheaply, and earning serious money on the expense of the average tax payer, and all the problems that went with it, and Putin would be correct trying to rectify quite a few wrongs, but he is still a bloody mass murderer in Chechenya and covering it up by getting journalists and opponents silenced and killed. Hardly a person to look up to.
Wait, this is your right wing speaking.
Never mind
O'Reilly's just pissed because he'll never make 'Man of the Year'.
Unless TIME changes it's definition of 'Man' to include a Castrati.
Yeah, I'm sure Time was really concerned about "canceled subscriptions" if they selected Mr. Gore....O'Racist's bitterness and vitriol know no bounds and is founded in ignorance.
Paul @ 3:
Oops....forgot to mention that Gore was included, but only as a token whose name was inserted in order to make their deliberations appear as if they were "fair and blanced". You know, as if Time was actually a legitimate instrument of journalism.
Seems like no matter what the subject is john leaves the same EXACT comment word for word.
Billo and the rest of his followers wanted Patreaus because they think the surge is working. I actuality the violence in Iraq has been reduced only to the point where the MSM does not feel it is newsworthy anymore. They are tired of covering the occupation. War is cool, but occupations are boring. So Gen. Patreaus has helped them to move back into their usual mode of infotainment.
I guess like his commie buddies, John believes if you repeat a lie often enough...
John @ 9:
And just because dumb rednecks don't like him doesn't mean he doesn't.
John @ 9:
TROLL!!!
It's "Person of the year", notice while Wile E. O'Reilly talks about his "person" of the year, the banner on Fear Factor says "Man of the year". Oh I'm sure that was a simple mistake made by a woman. FLMAO!
It ALMOST was
John@9 Hey abortion that lived, don't waste YOUR time with baseless bullshit here. We fact check . Keep your used toilet paper thoughts to yourself and your mouth breathing friends.
Off topic...But I haven't seen this one on C&L or TV....
A TEXAN woman who claims to have been (gang) raped by American contractors in Iraq testified in Congress yesterday...
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22955649-2703,00.html
Legal experts say Jones' alleged rapists will probably never face a criminal trial due to a loophole that's left contractors in Iraq beyond the reach of US ...
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2007/12/congressional-hearings-se...
Bush was Time's Man of the Year twice. I canceled my subscription. Then my mother gave it to me for Christmas. Then Ann Coulter was on the cover. Then I canceled again.
It should have been Vice President and Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore. He's come back from having his presidency stolen away from him by the Supreme Court in 2000, bigger and better than ever. He has helped to raise awareness all over the world of the dangers of global warming. Al Gore is MY man of the year, no matter what BillO or the editors of Time think.
And no, BillO, probably only you would cancel your subscription to Time if Gore had been the selection. You can stick your fingers in your ears and sing all day long, but you can't hide from the truth. Fear is a harder sell this time around; you don't get the same reaction from your base as you used to, no?
Does it matter what Poops Through Mouth O'Lielly thinks?
John @ 9:
Um, what? So a majority of the world's scientists agree that global warming IS happening and that humans DO contribute to it, and Gore is wrong?
Maybe if you weren't so scared of everything - especially intelligent people - you'd have a different viewpoint. Gore knows EXACTLY what he's talking about. You don't.
There probably are more conservatives than liberals who subscribe to Time Magazine.
If O'Reilly thinks making Al Gore "Man of the Year" would have caused more subscription cancellations than making General David Petraeus "Man of the Year," then he's probably right.
I hope Time is using it's selection of Putin as MotY in the same ironic sense that the ABA made Gonzo it's Lawyer of the Year. I know it's not scientific and is bordering on chimpanese but when *I* look into (photos) of Vlad's eyes I see one of the most evil set of orbs since krazy Pol Pot. Sure don't know what the hell Duhbya saw when he looked - a reflection maybe?
Still, I think it's hysterical that Putin bypasses Duhbya and heads straight to Poppy Bush's lair in Maine when he wants to clear his operations. Even Vlad thinks our glorious leader is a lightweight! :D
John@9 is in his mother's basement taking a porn break giggling because he got a little attention from people who otherwise would never notice his very ordinary (I'm being generous) ass.
Putin and Gore are very good picks for Time's person of the year. Gore, for his focus and accomplishments regarding Global Warming, and Putin (for better or for worse) for bringing a broken down Russia back onto the world stage as a major player. General Petraeus? I doubt it. He is a "yes" man that simply followed the orders given to him. Besides, Iraq is still the same volatile place that it has been since Bush's invasion in 2003.
I bet the average Time reader just reads movie, tv and album reviews, and celebrity puff pieces and ignore the rest.
Not me though, but I cancelled after they made william kristol(nacht) a regular contributer.
On another note, I would have hated to be the one that had to pick Time's person of the year. I mean, it would be a toss up for me if I had to decide between Putin and Gore. If it were between Putin and Bush, hands down Putin would have won in my opinion. Putin brought his nation back as a great power in such a short period of time where Bush basically trashed and keeps on trashing the nation he "leads". Personally, I think I would have picked Gore though over Putin. Gore brought the attention of the world to a global issue that threatens everyone.
Time magazine is just a shadow of its former self. It once had the balls to name Hitler "Man of the Year." But what did it do last year, it names "YOU." A sorry-ass cop out if there ever was one. This year to continue its wussie editorial policy it selects a person no one gives a rat-ass about and will generate zero dialogue. Gore was the obvious choice and regardless of what the neocons would have thought, it certainly would have sold more magazines.
http://13martyrs.blogspot.com/
You da man!
A response to Atrios' attack on "the defeatists"
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WTF is 'Time Magazine'?
Speaking as a former Man Of The Year, I say BillO can go fuck himself
How could Patreus even be considered for Time's Person of the Year? I mean, his sphere of influence is pretty darn limited to the tactical decisions surrounding the current fuck-up in Iraq, as well as his ass kissing of the Bush Cabal.
Someone tell me how Patreus has made a global impact? I'm not sure I agree with the choice of Putin, but selecting Patreus is ridiculous. O'reilly is just rock stupid.
Brad Pitt as George Bush II.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js3TnKpFHhA
Bill just keeps getting dumber and dumber every time he opens his mouth. They might as well have Homer Simpson fill in for his dumb ass.
The Time Magazine "man of the year" has never been about who is the greatest man, but who has been the most influential. Back in 1938, TIME put Adolf Hitler on their cover and they lost a lot of subscriptions for that.
solid @ 53:
I agree with all that you stated there. Funny though, notice how O'Reilly didn't even nominate anyone in the Bush Administration? Not even his "God" George W. Bush got a nod.
Weaseldog @ 54:
Also in that scene, Bruce Willis plays Vladimir Putin and there is a guest appearance from Colin Powell.
I hate to state the obvious, but Nicole Belle's summary was wonderfully to the point. I am about to let my Time subscription run out, but a nice Gore tribute might have swayed me a bit. I wonder what a former Persons of the Year vote would have decided. I saw quite a few Gore pitches and that's just what was put into print!
Hopefully Newsweek will serve me better.
Rob Wagner @ 48:
I think a few people give a rat's ass about Putin, like maybe Russia, the ninth largest country in the world (population-wise).
I agree about the cop-out last year, though.
New York (AP)- Time Magazine's editors, upon hearing that Bill O'Reilly did not agree with them on their choice for "Man of the Year," have responded with a special issue due to hit the newsstands on Monday, December 24. This special issue will feature for the first time ever the selection of "Dipshit of the Year." Time's editors have picked what they consider to be the worst of the worst -- those individuals of which there is a consensus that are doing the most harm to our country and our planet. This year's winner of Time Magazine's "Dipshit of the Year" is none other than the culture warrior himself, Bill O'Reilly. When asked about this new designation, Time Magazine editor, Walter Isaacson said, "We just felt it was time to say what everyone else already knows. I mean really, isn't it a no-brainer that Billo is the King of the Dipshits?" Mr. O'Reilly could not be reached for comment, however several eyewitnesses confirmed that a distinct smell of phyllo pastry was emanating from the FOX News offices this morning.
I love the way Libs attack when you don't agree with them. They assume your some hick from the sticks, all I need to know is Gore is a God, forget taking money from the Chinese or helping push NAFTA, he says the earth is sick. You guys will never learn..
ysbaddaden @ 46:
You nailed it. The last time I picked up a copy, it had a one page interview with Vin Diesel. From crappy journalists to crappy actors, they make a consistently crappy magazine.
Tom @ 58:
Don't count on it. They reportedly will have Karl Rove making contributions to the magazine. I haven't seen any of his articles yet, but if it does happen, I will indeed cancel my subscription to Newsweek.
solid @ 63:
Really? Rove dontates to Newsweek. Murdoch gives to Hillary. Time tells half-stories. I'm just going to read the Weekly Standard and then believe the opposite of every word. I think I'll get more facts that way.
John @ 61:
Yeah, conservatives NEVER attack. I'm not sure what your affiliation is, but if you support the Republican party and the neocons in power, then you surely, truly, absolutely are the one who will never learn.
P.S. It's YOU ARE, not your. Please learn how to form a complete sentence. Thanks.
Bill doesnt understand that man of the year isn't a medal or award, it's saying who had the most impact this year and Vladimir Putin certainly has made an impact this year.
John @ 9:
Thank God we have John to straighten us all out! I woulda fallen for that gibberish! Thanks John, you're a real lifesaver!
John @ 61:
Hi Kettle.
Tom @ 64:
Your approach is probably the best. Pardon my english, but all big media wants to do is take your money and fuck you in the ass. It's all a big rigged game, and we are the dupes.
I only get Newsweek because it was a gift. But if they put Rove on those pages, I will send that gift back in a heartbeat.
John @ 61:
Yes, libs will never learn. They always seem to go for the people that make things happen for the better or for pointing out problems. For Conservatives on the other hand, only the best ass kissers get nominated. After all, kissing ass seems to be the "in" thing to do for most Republicans.
I'm not willing to bash Petraeus.
Whether we invaded Iraq or pull out now or soon is not his call. His job is to do the best with what he has. If American soldiers aren't dying for Iraq, let us praise the man. Let us hope that 2008 sees a dramatic reduction in violence in Iraq and Afghanistan. As you may have forgotten, 2007was the WORST year for KIAs in both countries, and the costliest in terms of money we don't have.
Putin was a BS choice because many of his gains were handed to him on a silver platter by an inept Bush administration. It reminds me of the Globetrotters vs. the Generals.
Had Gore ran, I'd favor him. But he didn't. We shall be living with the consequences of that decision for a long time.
Once again: Than you C&L, for keeping an eye on him so we don't have to. ;-)
61 John
Typical repug tactics. Attack a site and all on it and then claim to be the victim. You can't even leave it there but have to incoporate another attack.
Last I checked the thread was about bor and Time magazine.
Dr. Matt @ 68:
Cough cough choke wheeze, does that make me the pot?
Where's the Twinkies dude?
solid @ 69:
And yet yesterday I read a story about Britney's pregnant 16 year old sister like a chump. Won't someone think of the children!
King of Kings @ 71:
I don't think most of us are blatantly bashing Petraeus, other than pointing out he is a shameless political operative for Bushco. True, he's doing his job in Iraq, but how does that job influence or impact global matters? He simply doesn't qualify to be in the running for Person of the Year.
solid @ 76:
Petraeus had the guts to be the last man standing and serve the pleasure of the President, when everyone else was bailing for reasons like, honor, duty, integrity and respect for the uniform.
Not everyone can stomach ass kissing George Bush and Dick Cheney.
John@61 Liberals attack conservatives? You mother fuckers Pearl Harbored us after 9-11 when we wanted to help bring the country together for all Americans benefit. The President decided that half the nation (liberals) didn't count as Americans. Conservative media treated us like WE attacked the world trade center. You people have shown us your ass and we don't want to see it again. You freaks have negative credibility.
The fact that anyone, including this obviously senile old man, considers the 'time person of the year' any more relevant than the daily news page three sunshine girl is beyond me.
John @ 61:
Actually I presumed you're from a village who can't afford the sticks, and must use straw as a primary building material.
You can call me the Big Bad Wolf.
I'll huff and puff and blow your house down.
But only after a nice lunch of lutefisk.
Left&Left @ 78:
As many a commentator has pointed out, liberals are terrorists. And terrorists must be killed.
It follows then that it is the duty of every Republican to help slaughter the billions of people who aren't a member of the party.
John @ 61:
John...we have learned a very painful and expensive lesson over the last 7 years...thanks to folks like yourself, this country is on the verge of becoming a fascist, rogue state. Gore may have taken money from A Chinese contributor, may have pushed NAFTA. All that is NOTHING, compared to the HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS committed by damn near EVERYONE involved in this administration. And your goddamn here Bush, is simply THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER!!!
Take your tired-ass, lame rhetoric and shove it!
Anyone who supports this administration is,in my eyes, just as complicit and evil as the administration itself. Fuck YOU! Neo-con tool! The days of the Republicans as a major party will soon be at an end. Mere footnotes for the history books. You all have been exposed for what you truly are, hateful, ignorant, bible thumpin, hypocrites, who spread war, misery and pollution for short-term monetary gain...so, go ahead and be proud of yourself for supporting BushCo...
John @ 9:
Quote us your favorite scientist who debunks global warming......
OliverDreams @ 6:
Wouldn't that be "Man of the Year?"
Hymn for the Season:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/o_lutefisk_o_l...
I nominate Bill for phony fatuous "factor" fat head of the year....falafel.
OMG, BOR really thinks he and his ilk ARE the center of everything!!!
Wrong, idiot!!
I cannot believe that Time even considered David Patraeus for POY. I cannot conceive of any criteria he would have met to be in the top five considered for the position other than the fact that he was a White House stooge and Time wanted to further pander to their increasingly right wing readership. This, along with their choice of Putin, reaffirms my decision to cancel my subscription.
liberalNmoderation @ 23:
;) I didn't mean to step on your toes. I chose a random southern state. I live in Texas. We have tons of trailer parks and Hannitizers.
liberalNmoderation @ 23:
How many alligators do ya have to squeeze to make Gatorade?
Is Anita Bryant still squeezing fruits?
John @ 61:
Yeah you idiots keep biting at fascists wars dictated by the Reich Wing and we are the ones that dont learn? What color is the sky in your world?
Bill'O opens his mouth, and proves he is a douche.
StirFry I feel for ya...I live on a red island, surrounded by SUV driving rich assholes with "W in '04" stickers on their windows.
And ysbaddaden...dunno the answer for either lol! :)
O'Reilly is "tiresome" of Gore.
Oh, poor Billy, no no. America is "tiresome" of you.
OMG John you better not post on this site again!!! YOUR NOT WELCOME HERE, THIS IS NOT A FREE SPEECH WEB SITE TAKE YOUR DIFFERENT opinions else where or we will call you a troll neocon shithead!!! YEAH!!
[If you are uncomfortable with the site or its policies regarding comments, perhaps it's best you visit other sites instead. Or start your own, and make rule with which you ARE comfortable-Sitemonitor]
FAT chance Petraeus would have.
Good one Bill-o.
Time and Fascism have a long, time honored tradition together. You'd think they'd worry about this - but then again . . . it IS Time Magazine we're talking about.
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Dik@95 So now John you got your mother defending you?
#1 say what you want about Mr Gore, if we had been allowed to determine his win in the 2000 election we would NOT BE IN IRAQ RIGHT NOW. That my friends is something to think about the next time someone tells you it does not matter who is elected.
#2 I am fairly sure oreilly supporting Putin with all his faults all he has done to hurt and suppress his own people, and in bills eyes to hurt the US is in some way treason. Give me a break, you are happier this guy has more influence than Mr Gore. Is that American? TRAITOR!!!!!!
Dik @ 95:
this is a free speech website, if its not, I am leaving anyway.
We just wish john had an argument instead of a blatant ass-holistic, selfish, pitiful view of the world around him, and also a total lack of realization that no one man acts entirely alone and that we are all propped up by the sweat and love, and hard work of those that came before us.
Dik@95&John@61 I can only imagine how things would be even more fucked up(If that is possible) if the nation had continued to lay down and allow President Caligula to shit all over our rights like you two goofs clearly want. Finally standing up to this criminal bullshit is the only bright spot in this Bush era nightmare.
John @ 61:
BWAHAHAHAHAHA, Who attacked first dropout. The old bait and switch. You attack first then get responded to and accuse everyone else of attacking. Sorry your not dealing with the morons who listen to Rush or Hannity. We have a mind of our own and an education.
ysbaddaden @ 46:
Thought I saw this at C&L (not certain if old news) Time dropped both Kristol and Krauthammer as contract writers.
matt greer @ 99:
Yeah I admit, I was wrong by saying someone is not welcome here...I do not represent this site, and it is a free speech site, for that and that alone, I do apologize.
Hey I heard Cenk on The Young Turks this morning say that Kristol got his ass canned from Time...
Time and NewsWeek proved to me twenty years ago they were unfit for consumption. Bill O'Rielly never needs proof.
Anything that I see advertised on Bill O'Reilley's show - I won't buy.
I encourage everyone like me, who might feel nauseous every time they see his face, to do the same. And take a minute to email the company to let them know why you made the choice.
It’s the only cure for the nausea.
PJBauer @ 106:
I have a better idea. Don't watch him. If you have cable you get counted as a viewer. That is the determining factor of how much money he makes for those commercials.
John @ 9:
You're lost. Go home. Here's directions --> Wingnut Central
General Betrayus didn't do crap this year, anyone with half a brain could have predicted what he would say. But of course this is Bill "Frank Burns" O'Reilly.
Kevin Simms @ 108:
Damn! I clicked on that link and lost some IQ points.
PJBauer @ 106:
I hope they don't advertise Pepto-Bismo.
wrenny @ 104:
I hope kristolnacht's canned ass isn't what they try to sell us after all the Chinese canned food gets recalled.
OliverDreams @ 6:
You mean he didn't pick himself? Lol.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/shermans.asp
Al Gore is not an Oscar winner. The film he appeared in won an oscar for Davis Guggenheim, but Al Gore does not have a little gold statue on his mantle at home.
from the Academy Awards website:
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
Deliver Us from Evil -- Amy Berg and Frank Donner
* An Inconvenient Truth -- Davis Guggenheim
Iraq in Fragments -- James Longley and John Sinno
Jesus Camp -- Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
My Country, My Country -- Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=11...
Is this really newsworthy? Yes, if Falafel O'Loofah says something offensive or douchebagy, it's worth knowing just to credit him further for being an even bigger douche, (sorry, with respect to all honest douches) but just a silly opinion? I dunno. Anyway, not that I'm going to stop reading C&L....you guys are my favorite website but there should be a warning not to watch Falafel within an hour of eating....or maybe I should just have known better :)
Left&Left @ 100:
Im just saying if you want people on your side insulting them is not going to help your case.
Bud @ 51:
TIME magazine is a fucking joke, that's what it is.
John @ 61:
I don't think you're a hick. I think you're a smart kid who found a way around Net Nanny and you're playing on your Mom's computer.
Dik@117 Dik, if you can't see the obvious, its not my job to convince you. Some liberals want to apologize or "win" conservatives over, I'm neither. Next time you want to play the guilt game, find someone else to play with. If you apologize to a bully, he'll take it as a weakness.
xoites defends Constitution @ 107:
I have to watch - it's like a bad accident.:) I ocassionally microwave a bag of popcorn and use his show for evening comedy - nothing I would miss if he was gone.
I don't have a cablebox - I only get "enhanced basic". So, without a "2-way" cablebox, there is no way the cable company, or anyone, knows what I am watching - or can "count" me as a viewer as you say, sorry.
billious o'reillious is full of painful and unpleasant gas. fleets is the #1 doctor recommended enema, bill. it's nothing to be ashamed of. a good cleansing is all you need.
John @ 9:
Oh... you mean everyone else beside you? ..."idiot college students" was where you revealed yourself as an ass hat.
Left&Left @ 120:
I was just making a statement take it anyway u want. I don’t want your apologizes or your guilt. How am i being a bully?
O'Reilly is just upset that they don't have an award he can win...something like Conspiracy Theorist of the Year Award.
Gore is a polarizing figure? To whom? Polarizing to O'Reilly's nut-job fan base maybe. The other 99.99999% of the world thinks the guy is a hero.
First off, I think people have some effect regarding global warming. But we have all been told we are stupid if we think it might not be all man made. Any scientist who disagreed was paid for by the oil companies. And then this article comes out talking about how over 400 scientists have finally come out and said they disagree with some of the thoughts about global warming.
They say they felt threatened and we afraid to speak out.
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&Content...
Picking Petraeus as Person of the Year would have been short-sighted, and this designation has at least a little to do with the Big Picture and future impact. Petraeus's stature for 2007 was mired in America's interests, whereas at least Vladmir Putin has the potential to impact entire regions. Regardless of whether one feels Petraeus was a shill, or whether one feels he was just an honorable general, he was a supporting character in a broader operation (who happened to be given a wholly unnecessary publicity boost). And he does not deserve props just because, unlike Rumsfeld, he bothered to apply basic competence to his task of planning for the military. The surge has "worked," but the big picture in the middle east remains unaffected by how well or badly our troops are doing on the ground.
Essentially the scientists are only kvetching that we're being over promised on the effects of our trying to modify the environment back to a more healthful one.
reichwingers say why bother to try, Jesus is coming back soon.
I'd rather do down swinging.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4w5hLVr2jU
Dave @ 127:
That proves it! Corporations could never come up with enough money to pay 400 scientists!
Dave @ 127:
The new report issued by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's office of the GOP Ranking Member details the views of the scientists, the overwhelming majority of whom spoke out in 2007.
Let's see... the GOP ranking member of Environment & Public Works is James M. Inhofe. Report posted by Marc Morano.
Morano is a former journalist with Cybercast News Service (owned by the conservative Media Research Center). CNS and Morano were the first source in May 2004 of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth claims against John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election and in January 2006 of similar smears against Vietnam war veteran John Murtha.
Think there may be some bias in this report.
some dude named steevo @ 115:
Jesus Camp was a better doc IMO.
So a guy who rigs elections and has mafia ties gets picked over a guy trying to save the environment? I guess the guy who picked Hitler as Man of the Century was miffed that he didn't get another turn.
Tequila @ 133:
Makes sense to me. Again, Time's Person of the Year is not necessarily an accolade. Al Gore has been championing the environment with mixed results for years. If you want to make the whole year about the environment, perhaps a less contentious choice would be Mother Nature, and not Al Gore.
Damage goes a farther way and is much easier to accomplish, and those responsible will often define a year. So it's difficult for a do-gooder to compete unless they were able to actually solve a problem on a wide scale... and the world has not been solving many problems lately... just noticing them (or in some cases, not).
That Bill'O turned the "Man of the Year" choice into a "war" choice is perfect camoflauge for the right, they know of they shriek that U.S. troops must remain in Iraq, then they must also be the troops biggest cheerleader. The slavish devotion of the FOX Noise bobbleheads is scripted to the T, and the pattern is assured to continually repeat itself.
These people are basically in the initial stages of Kim Jong Il style support of their "Dear Leader", who, unfortunately for these rubes, they cant pledge fealty to either Bush or Cheney, as they are such collossal fuck ups.
In response to the graphic, hey BillO! How many people cancelled their subs when Time made Bush man of the year in 2004? Moron.
unlike a yes man military officer who willingly injects himself into a partisan political debate and sacrifices needlessly hundreds of troops under his command.
Sorry Nicole but you're dead wrong about Petraeus. He and other generals were asked to testify in front of Congress last September, you know, for ACCOUNTABILITY reasons, which the Democrats cried was lacking throughout this war. True, Bush used Petraeus instead of making his own strategy on Iraq as commander-in-chief, but don't blame Petraeus for "needless" sacrificing of troops, blame Bush. And as far as partisan debate on the war is concerned, again it was Congress who wanted a report on the war, which was bound to produce heated debate on both sides of the war. Democrats eagerly wanted Petraeus to give them an assessment of the surge in September, which was a sober and balanced one (despite what MoveOn.org claimed).
[I'm an independent, BTW] You liberals just can't say anything praiseworthy about David Petraeus, can you? I'm for withdrawing most combat troops from Iraq like many of you, but until then you guys have to admit he is doing his part in improving conditions in Iraq (the rest is up to the Iraqi politicians and Iraqi army).
And for the record, I could care less what O'Lielly has to say but Petraeus should have been ranked higher on TIME's Top list than J.K. Rowling, right behind Al Gore.
Can anyone name another person on the planet that has such a feeling of entitlement of self-importance? This delusional character actually thinks he speaks things into existence. As if next year the whole world will forget about Times' Person of the Year and will wait with baited breath for O'reilly's person of the year.
Charlie D @ 137:
Petraeus is a great commander, and he's seen significant military successes as a commander in Mosul and elsewhere. Could you imagine how difficult his job would have been had he gone before Congress and said that the Iraq war is a failure? (which it is, yet he cant publicly state such an opinion if hes does not want to be sacked)
Some might say he should sacrifice himself and his career, however, to someone who has achieved success before, he does not adopt (and likely cannot) such an approach and ever concede anything. Perfect for the Bushies to hide behind and feign outrage ala the MoveOn ad. The Bushies are likely throwing him out as a sacrifice as they have every American who has served there. The failure of Petraeus at this stage is to not remind everyone that a military success of any sort is simply paying a high price to buy time for the Iraqi govt., which does not have a chance and totters like a house of cards. And this makes all this real estate will eventually revert to some warlord or militia to control unless we somehow plan on keeping an almost broken military on the ground for years and years. This is impossible.
Dave @ 127:
I'm pretty sure George Soros is behind this. In fact, I'm willing to bet Soros, the Trilateral Commission, the Rothchilds, the United Nations, Secular-Progressives and Islamofascists are behind this, bolstered by far-extreme-left groups like MoveOn, DailyKos and others.
Have you thought about passing this along to Bill O'Reilly?
O'Reilly is a stupid old man who sounds like the guy in the corner of every Irish bar holding forth on his opinions which are informed by the whiskey in his hand and little else.
That damned O'Reilly. One of the reasons he gave that it was good that Time did not select Al Gore is because Al Gore is too much of a "polarizing" figure. Isn't Bush a polarizing figure, much more so than Al Gore? Bush was MOTY twice!!!
O'Reilly's a polarizing figure as well; consequently, he should not be on the air!
Crap! Billio (a reference to Coolio I made up myself, similar to how Olbermann uses "Billo") insists that David Petraus should be Person of the Year, even as he avoids military service, like his beloved Bush, Cheney, Rove, et al., and his fellow pundits like Limbaugh, Hannity, and Coulter? I'd like to get a laugh when Bill Orally rambles about this "War on Christmas" crap again--only for a limited time.
Talking Points is my least favourite segment on the O'Reilly F[bleep]tor. My favourite name? Ranting Points Memo.
John @ 9:
That's not true. Furthermore, the "idiots college student" is not grammatically structured correctly.
John @ 61:
Crap! Not again!
Dave @ 127:
Why does James Inhofe, who calls global warming "the second largest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people", continue to serve in the Senate? I do not support him in his bid for re-election.
Sorry... when I wrote "my favourite name" in my posting, I meant that it was the name I have suggested for the segment. :)
John @ 9:
Just because science agrees with Gore....oh, to hell with it, science is a fraud and a dumbass. Damn science never did anything right. Just because educated people with brains like science, does not mean science knows what it is talking about.
This should be titled, " O Rielly admits the Neo Cons have made this Occupation (not war) a Republican partisan one ". Even though people of different political affiliation, Faith and no faith, etc Pay, fight and die in it.
Its a partisan political war to Bill O? And Bush says its for America !
So why does Bill O allow anyone other than his Political persuassion, aide and fight it.?
What galls me about O'Reilly is how important this pipsqueak thinks he is. He's a nobody with a big mouth and a larger ego and a brain that can't go beyond what they taught him in parochial school.
how exactly has he done this? as far as i remember it was moveon.org which did that, he did not say a word outside of what as required by his military duties. as far as i know he is doing his best as a military proffesional under the circumstances. so far he is doing quite a good job too. according to the latest figures the last few months have been very good. attacks on american troops are way down, sunnis in anbar have mostly put down their weapons, the mahdi army is also on the cease fire. moderate progress is made in infastructure. whether this positive trend will continue is hard to say but it seems that the surge is working to passify iraq.
Wow, it looks like this is a moonbat site that actually lets conservatives comment.
So you believe the 1 degree centigrade temperature increase in the last 100 years is caused by us. Now don't forget, over half of that increase was in the first half of the past 100 years when there really wasn't the industrialization that there is today. And even if there has been a 1 degree increase, who says it's a bad thing. The temperature on Earth varies, always has always will. I don't understand why you have such blind faith in such a relatively new theory. 20 years ago, the scare was global cooling. Personally I believe the sun has a monumentally much greater effect on our planet than CO2 emissions, but that's just me.
Your high priest might say the debate is over, why do you mindlessly march in lockstep? C'mon, fess up now, you hate, you're jealous, you covet, whatever. Any reason to bash our country, our president, our way of life. Your side keeps moving the goal posts, hell, now you're not even calling it global warming anymore but "climate change" What a hoot! If some one raises doubts, questions foolish data gathering...they're in the pocket of________________(fill in your current bogeyman) Only wackos would condone the destruction of car dealerships, ski resorts, logging interests, etc. Just like most liberals, it's not possible to deal with an honest debate. Insult the character of those that disagree, destroy their property, but heaven forbid, honestly answer a refutation??? NOCANDODOOODE
And as for you nuts that are attacking Time from the left?!? Oh Lord, really what in the world are you reading that does reflect your views. It's gotta something pushing National Socialism(remember those boys?)
Anyway, so flame away.
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