O'Reilly thinks letting terrorists have their day in court is a waste of taxpayer money
By David Neiwert Saturday Nov 14, 2009 5:00pmYou know, you have to appreciate that guys like Anthony Weiner and Joe Sestak will go on Bill O'Reilly's show to try to bravely counter his nonstop deluge of right-wing talking points. But as he demonstrated last night when he had them on to talk about the New York City terrorism trials, he just proved once again why it's never a winning proposition to go on his show, no matter how hard you try.
O'Reilly only invites liberals on to set them up for a shoutdown, really -- and that's what he did last night. Both Weiner and Sestak pointed out the absurdity of O'Reilly's fears about the civil court system setting the terrorists free -- and worse still, in O'Reilly's view, actually being permitted to stand up and voice their beliefs as part of their defense.
O'Reilly just wound up shouting at them about the four-year trial of Zacarias Moussaoui -- who in fact was convicted. But to O'Reilly, what was intolerable was that Moussaoui was able to use the trial as "propaganda" for radical Islam.
O'Reilly just doesn't believe in the American way of justice, and is afraid to let the world see our justice. Fortunately, many more of us are not so cowardly.
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when we charge Fox and all of the hosts of their shows, including you, for spreading antiamerican propaganda, we won't have to worry about wasting money on a trial for you.
well, billo did save the taxpayers a lot of
money when he paid off his rape victim in an
out of court settlement....billo you were and are
guilty of rape you asshole.
This mess may have taken 4 years to go thorough court system; but it would have been over with 4 years ago instead of just now starting.
Bill O is a Dumba$$!
if we don't try them.
to exploit 9/11 for their own sick ends!
money like he did.
His brain is mush, assuming there is a brain inside that plug-ugly pumpkin he uses for a head.
He's just shouting what his bosses tell him to shout. And they say anything, anything at all to try and terrorize Americans.
Murdoch & all those who Own Networks and Newspapers are a thousand times worse than the 9/11 hijackers.
Billo tried to over power them by his usual bellowing at them. Was nice to see someone out shout that blowhard.
Your boss won't let you.
pretzels and cold beer
and real facts
Where's a black hole when you need one?
and covers for Bush on who's watch 911 happened and shows he has no confidence in the US Constitution and legal system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va9zcrKMLvM
supposedly protecting America's Freedoms, chief among them presumption of innocence, due process and all, bilge-o? Are you saying that was a waste?
What an UnAmerican asshole he is, to degrade the sacrifices our Veterans have made. Next he'll be saying we should charge the families for the bullets used to execute them...
for the people responsible for more than 4,000 dead Americans in Iraq.
when he can beat up on liberals with it...
THEN CRAPS ON IT... when he can beat up liberals with it.
He's a TWO-FACED SNAKE IN THE GRASS.
You know what we use on snakes in the grass here in Texas?
12 gauge BUCKSHOT.
dick Cheney... GIT YER SHOTGUN!
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They do on TV. Ever watch JAG Sitemonitor?
I yam.
Billo & co. aren't so much afraid of the alleged "terrists" as they are afraid of revealing evidence of what was done to these men.
at least they were spared the torture of
watching bill and limpballs
lickkiss eachothers asses.
Are just paid liars.
republicanism/conservatism is a mental illness that is killing America!
How did we reach the point that these people have a platform and a following?
They always did. O'Reilly is just a warmed over Fr. Flannigan, only less original.
I think the bor show should be canceled and something of more quality to fill in the schedule, like America's Best Bar Brawls.
Sooner or later the American public is going to not give a damn what these talking monkeys are saying.
Of course tough guys O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Hannity and the rest go into coward mode again. Let's show everyone how afraid we are of a "possible" outcome.
Congressmen Sestak and Weiner shouldn't be wasting their time appearing on Fox News?
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It seems to be of greater concern if our prison population has a significant number of radical Islamists, as they will then have the opportunity to convert other prisoners with an equal beef against the US.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VvvAp-2v4o
Here's a serious question for bill o really:
http://popup.lala.com/popup/432908520440861026
If the courts aren't used to decide who is guilty and who is innocent, than who does?
The media? The President? The CIA? The military? Fox Lies?
These people don't seem to have any regard for the traditional American system of justice.
Read your history, the German nazi's were tried by a military tribunal. This is the proceedure that has been in place all the way back to the Civil War. These are prisoners being held by the military therefore they should be tried by the MILITARY. Have you never watched JAG on tv.?
oy.
These ***** are not military. They are civilians. Just because the military is holding them does not mean they should get a military trial.
Better to keep ones mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt.
They are irregulars, but they're military. Not tied to a state, but military.
We used to burn Witches..."Read your history" ;)
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If it's in their cable line-up... perhaps? :P
ad goes. TNT 8 to 10 almost every morning. What a bunch of bull...never mind.
This person votes. I dunno, people with an iq hovering around a plant, mebbe shouldn't be able to vote.
I was going to at least give him a chance. Oh, well.
Actually in America we hung Witches. England stopped the burning and replaced with hanging under King James I of England (King James VI of Scotland).
Ironically, the Scots, presumably due to their Calvinist orientation, continued to burn Witches until the 1720's. But with all the Scotch they were all drinking back then, they probably exploded in a really cool fire ball.
Of course one of my ancestors was beheaded by the Scots during one of their internecine troubles.
I believe he was one of the last lords to be so dispatched.
and Nazis were prisoners of war. It was a war declared by Congress, which is a Constitutional glitch we have in this country. Legally, we are not at war, ergo, these are not POWs.
And no. I don't get my legal education from the teevee. If you knew anything about it, you'd realise there is a lot of poetic license taken in a fictional story.
What the legal citation would be next? Hillstreet blues?
Sheesh!
The Nazis weren't tried until the conflict was over.
And, technically, we could never be at war with a stateless militia.
Jag on TV is your source? Idiot.
My understanding was the Civil War was technically never declared by Congress, and was called by Lincoln an act of sedition. However, he was dealing with clearly uniformed soldiers, and a renegade "government," which made them distinctly different from today's terrorists.
I would say today's terrorist more resemble the Barbary pirates during the Jeffersonian days. I tried earlier to find some reference to pirate trials, but it seems that the pirates generally fought to the death.
The USA never officially recognized the CSA as a sovereign state, so there was no one to declare war upon. Officially, the Civil War is known as the War of the Rebellion because it was definitely war, and it was definitely rebellious.
Actually, I served in the Air Force, and knew some JAG officers.
One I interviewed said something interesting. He said you don't really want to be tried by a jury of your exact peers, because their reasoning would be that they came from a similar background as yours and didn't react by crime. It's better to have jurors who are at least a little better off, but of course that's dependent on whether they see you as a threat or not, or merely someone from less felicitous circumstances.
The German NAZI's (or as I like to call them, the NAZI's) were tried by the international community in Nuremberg by an international military tribunal. The crimes committed by the NAZI's were committed in Germany against people from many countries (the vast majority, not American). I suppose the NAZI's could have been tried in Germany if there was a functioning state of Germany at the time.
When a crime is committed in the US, or any US law is broken, the only remedy under the constitution is a criminal trial. Military trials are for members of the military (ever notice that all the JAG defendants are servicemembers?) Incidentally a court martial would be a great place to try all of the military personnel who assisted or enabled torture. Bush, Rumsfeld, Gonzales, Cheney, Yoo, Bybee, Addington, and whoever else I missed should be tried in criminal court.
But will say anything to keep the tiny brained listening and his bank account growing. He is the quitessential Republican. It's all about money - HIS
... is that you? :)
Saying we should take him out? (Chavez) That's real christian of him don't you think? Or how about bombing planned parenthood clinics.
Christians are just as crazy as Muslims. Look at the Republican party.
The christian taliban. C'mon admit it. If people don't see things your way, you label them as some anti American bs.
registers because her mommy is being picked on and she won't be able to suckle her mangy teats.
I get great enjoyment watching O'Mousedick almost pop a vein. FOUR YEARS!!! FOUR YEARS!
LOL
Andrea Mackris have her day in court. Would you like that Miss Bill?
Any station that lets billo spout his ignorance!
republicanism/conservatism is a mental illness that is killing America!
The problem with our troll's logic is if the accused were soldiers they would be subject to military tribunals, but if they were soldiers the Geneva Convention would apply as well.
he'd know he was a douchebag
I would say douchenozzle
He's always spouting off about something.
It's amazing, republicans denounce fictional character like Murphy Brown, get their war policy on dealing with prisoners from TV shows like JAG and 24, but snicker to themselves that the left gets ours from the Daily Show and Colbert.
But that's only because their Half-Hour News Hour bombed, because no one could tell the difference from their regular pundit shows.
mic cutting days are behind him?
But he will always have the Paris Business Review
Hilton?
because it doesn't allow him to sexually harass co-workers while riding his dildo.
Yeah, falafel boy, and our tax dollars went where for eight years?
there's more than what meets the eye going on here - and with BillO' in general. How could he have two articulate, intelligent self-avowed liberals on his program. He must realize that any viewpoint represented by 1/3 of the panel will be at a perceptive disadvantage in a debate. He must be aware that he is preaching about trusting the military to a retired Navy Admiral. He must know that even conservatives were gratified at the conviction of Moussawi. BillO subverts his own message in ways which could not be unintentional and has done it many times over the last eight or nine months. My guess is that he wants to be the first FOX host to interview Obama.
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