Who's the Pinhead? Jessica Alba pwns BillO the Clown
By David Neiwert Thursday Jan 29, 2009 5:01am
BillO was obviously still smarting last week after Jessica Alba called him an a-hole.
So he followed up on his Jan. 21 show (clip above) by calling her a "pinhead" and painting her as just another one of those airheaded Hollywood elites. His reasoning?
Well, when Alba was again cornered by one of Fox's ambush-squad camera crews, she turned the tables by getting out her camera and asking questions of her inquisitor. When he refused to answer because he's a "journalist" (note: this is a fake excuse) she asked, "Why not? Be neutral. Be Sweden about it."
O'Reilly: Be Sweden about it? Ah, that's Switzerland, Jessica. Sweden is a very nice country but Switzerland is the land of neutrality.
Ah, that's also Sweden, BillO.
As Alba put it at her MySpace page:
I want to clear some things up that have been bothering me lately. I find it depressing that in the midst of perhaps the most salient time in our country's history, individuals are taking it upon themselves to encourage negativity and stupidity. Last week, Mr. Bill O'Reilly and some really classy sites (i.e.TMZ) insinuated I was dumb by claiming Sweden was a neutral country. I appreciate the fact that he is a news anchor and that gossip sites are inundated with intelligent reporting, but seriously people...it's so sad to me that you think the only neutral country during WWII was Switzerland. Check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_during_World_War_II if you want to see what I was referring to. I appreciate the name calling and the accurate reporting. Keep it up!!
As MSNBC's Courtney Hazlett notes: "Although Switzerland is more frequently cited as an example of neutrality, Sweden did indeed follow a policy of neutrality during World War II. History point to Alba."
If Alba's an airhead/pinhead, what does that make O'Reilly?
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Liverspot got pwned.
but he had two things in his favour here.
1) Many Americans mistake Sweden and Switzerland. (ie. Here's real Swiss chocolate from Sweden!) Americans aren't exactly known for their knowledge of european countries.
2) There was nothing at all in her response to indicate she was talking about historical WW2.
Much as we might like to bash Bill, it could easily be assumed that she mispoke, and found a way to cover her mistake by saying it was a reference to WW2 (for some reason.)
Sweden has held a policy of neutrality since the 19th Century. Alba is correct, Bill-O is an idiot, and I have no idea why you're trying to spin it in his favor.
How bout how many of O'Reilly's viewers will think forever now Sweden wasn't neutral? Can't we bash BillO for fostering ignorance?
there is nothing in his favor. As the man with his name in the titles, he should have checked his facts before calling anyone a "pinhead" on his highly rated show.
Even if "Many Americans mistake Sweden and Switzerland" they dont have staff to check for error to avoid this very thing, and if their was a grey area the responsible thing would have been on side of courtesy and giving her the benefit of doubt as opposed to stupid pettiness.
Even better he could actually report news rather than opinion. I cant recall dan rather, walter cronkite or ted Kopple ever insulting a guest or ambushing a person and forcing them to be on his show.
But that wouldn't be the narcissistic way of doing things.
Lets face it Bill O is a class act.
WWII for example -- for example about the Malmedy.
He's such a class act.
Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Turkey were neutrals during WW2, but that certainly didn't preclude them from playing both sides of the fence during the early stages of the war.
I'd rather defend my turd I accidentally flushed down the toilet before eating some of it to make sure my breath was ready for prime time.
Much as we might like to bash Bill, it could easily be assumed that she mispoke, and found a way to cover her mistake by saying it was a reference to WW2 (for some reason.)
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No, she was right on all counts...
Americans aren't exactly known for their knowledge of european countries.
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Piss off.
Hey, I've met people who can't tell the difference between Sweden and Switzerland or between Austria and Australia, and who "think" Scotland is on the mainland.
Needless to say, these people are republicans and have never travelled outside the US.
He's an idiot and so are his loyalists.
O'Reilly's an asshole as well as the dumb fucks who support this angry blotch faced liar.
I don't get it. I think he's odder than Geraldo Rivera.
Well there's another couple of million people who believe something completely wrong thanks to BillO.
It reminds me of that study that showed that while Fox viewers ranked themselves the most informed, they were in fact the least informed.
Sadly several members of my family watch this ass, and now I'll have to correct my sister and cousin when they spout this tripe. Damn you Bill, you fucking moron!
He's an A-HOLE. And he continues to prove this daily.
Unless she's Swedish, my assumption is that Jessica just misspoke. A lot of people get the two Sw* countries confused. My name is Swiss, and I can't count the times when intelligent people would think that was Sweden. I think it's a common mistake. If my theory is correct, she covered it up nicely.
No matter what - Bill is a pinhead. She may be the most intelligent actress in Hollywood, make one mistake (or what he thinks is a mistake) and get painted with the broad brush of stupidity.
It takes some people quite a while to admit to their mistakes. The NYTimes finally admitted they made a mistake when they hired Kristol. FoxNews still hasn't admitted it made a mistake by hiring Bill-O.
Yeah, but now the NYT is probably going to hire joe the plumber.
Alba is correct and did not misspeak. Sweden has long held a policy of neutrality in armed conflict (since the 19th Century).
A Los Angeles Times article from 2001 mentions that Sweden was, at one point, reconsidering its stance in the light of new threats such as terrorism.
An article on the website for the Swedish government even cites their traditional neutrality as an issue impacting their potential membership in the European Union.
Alba did not misspeak. Anyone can ascertain the facts by typing SWEDEN and NEUTRALITY into the Google.
I never said that Sweden was not a neutral country. I know that it is and has been for years. But if a person is going to use the name of a country that is neutral in order to suggest to someone that they be neutral, the usual country that comes to mind is Switzerland.
You can't MISSPEAK if what you said is correct.
And why on Earth do you need to be Swedish to invoke Sweden as an example of Switzerland?
Those damned words beginning with the letter "S."
... she wanted to tell the Factor Brownshirt to STFU.
Yes you can misspeak and have the happy accident that what you said was also true. Not sure what planet you're from. I guess you come from one where everything is black and white, right or wrong.
Jessica didn't tell the man to be neutral. She told him to be Swedish. So she was using the name of a country as a concept. There are other examples of concrete items that are used as concepts. Xerox, for example, is used to refer to photocopying. To me and the vast majority of people who use the English language, Switzerland is to neutrality as Xerox is to photocopying. If you're going to use the name of a country to bring up in someone's mind the "concept" of neutrality, the vast majority of people would use Switzerland or say "be Swiss". There are a lot of countries that are neutral. Costa Rica, Turkmenistan, Finland. Wikipedia has a list of about 20. Why didn't she say, "Be Finnish"? Or "Be Costa Rican"?
I'm not calling into question her intellect. I'm just stating that statistically, the vast majority of people would say "Be Swiss." My only point.
A social stereotype does not lessen the validity of Alba's answer.
If I ask you to name the first vegetable that comes to mind, and you give the most likely answer* (statistically), naming any other vegetable does not mean you misspoke.
* That would be 'carrot'.
Thank you!
It has to do with the fact that maybe, she really is not a pinhead, she has been paying attention at the running obsession of Mr. O'relly with Sweden. Since Mr. O seems to think that Sweden is some sort of communist hell hole, when you are forced to work for sh*t pay and the government taxes 100% of your income with a gun on your back.
Don't assume that just because you would say/do something, everybody else would follow suit. Esp. when you pull statistics out of your derriere to make the point.
If she was Swedish and proud of her heritage, Sweden would be the first country that came to her mind. My only point. Sorry if I have to spell all these things out to you.
No one dislikes Bill O'Reilly more than me. I'm not standing up for Bill. I think that's obvious. However, apparently Bill's followers aren't the only ones who can't grasp a concept.
Why do you have to be SWEDISH to cite Sweden?
If I'm missing a concept, I'm not alone.
Explain to me: why must Alba cite Switzerland as the example? Because 'everyone else does'? That's bullshit, and it's closer to black-and-white thinking than my argument is.
appnzllr you are wrong on this. It is not fair for you to just say she misspoke when you don't know that. You just do not know.
In my original post I said, "If my theory is correct". Just a theory. Shadowgrn got all worked up about, and I was just trying to explain why it would have been better to use "Be Switzerland." Love Jessica. Hate Bill.
Well, I don't blame Shadow. You are being willfully obtuse in the face of logic. o_O
Is that given the facts, there is no reason at all to assume she meant other than what she said. Sure she could have meant Switzerland and said Sweden, but again, there is absolutely no reason, given the circumstances to think it.
That leaves out reading between the lines. That means you are completely bound to what the person says who was involved. I don't think you want to apply that standard to what happened during the Bush administration. They are continuing to rewrite history.
This case doesn't have anything between the lines to read. You were Hypothesizing what she may have meant, even though there is nothing given to support it. Yes you could be right. But nothing here supports it. Also to conflate this with what happened during the Bush admin is laughable.
I think she might have misspoke.
I also think Bill is a knob-end.
at 5:30, above.
I've known people to get Sweden and Switzerland mixed up too but not since elementary school. Whether she misspoke or not (and there is no evidence that she did) she was right and Bill was wrong.
Fox Noise is kind of like the movie Hellraiser...
O'Reilly would of course be...Pinhead
Meanwhile the rest of the mindless wonders on that 'network' would be the Cenobites....
You equated a very good gothic horror/slasher movie to FOX News.
Pinhead is far more badass than O'Reilly could ever dream he could be.
If O'Reilly and FOX News is like any movie... it would be the Air Bud series. Both are equally nauseating, cute to watch for about 5 seconds (with the sound off), and they keep making more and more of them.
There's a new one that they go into space.
I disagree with you on both points. Hellraiser sucked and if Fox News was a movie it would be Canadian Bacon (Ironically a Michael Moore film.)
Does he think himself that important that he needs to address every person that calls him on his obnoxiousness?
He could have done better if he checked his facts, but wait, that is not what he is know for. Lord know half his shows would never have taken place if the truth were spoken.
Poor Bill, does he realize what an irritant he is to millions and a none entity to to others?
one of these days our boy John will make his list. And that day, I will laugh out loud.
Yes. He does think himself that important.
I thought pins had to be sharp.
are both pins: She was refering to Swaziland. O'Reilly thought she said Swizzlestick". Listen Up!
WTF. only a fucktard would tune into this fucktard. chickenshit sex offender.billie, tell us how much that phone call cost you. tell us some real facts.
Just when the GOPpers are dormant more attention goes to him, Rush, Hannity, and a whole host of "should be pushed aside" money mouths and book promoters. Is there any chance that they can be boycotted? Look at how Limby jumped at the chance to stay in the limelight after a minor Obama comment. Let's not be enablers.
Sitting there quietly and politely while Bill-O and the gang spout jingoistic nonsense is enabling them.
Speaking up and pointing out that they are wrong (and often racist) is not.
Ok point, but the MSM is desperate to find something to stir up interest in their programs, rather than keep the focus on all the problems that face us and the world. Why are politicians being asked to comment on stupid statements by these money grabbing bigots? ANY attention to them is welcomed by them. This is why Coulter says outlandish crap and all shows are happy to have her increase their audience. If these clowns continue to get the spotlight it adds to their credibility and excites their perverse supporters.
... on their erroneous conclusions and bigotry, then it serves a constructive purpose.
It's only when the media accepts their bloviation without comment or critical review that it's unhelpful.
AND THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS THE MSM. It's a fiction created by Rush Limbaugh and others to browbeat the media into compliance.
Sorry, Shadowgm, I pushed the wrong key. Response is listed as a new comment down the line.
N/T
Oh' Irrelevant.
"Sweden followed a policy of armed neutrality during World War II and currently remains nonaligned."
Which is perfectly appropriate for "Be Sweden about it."
www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2880.htm#foreign
Indeed. I have had the opportunity to visit Sweden, and saw the many pillboxes/bunkers they built on their southern coastline. They were neutral, but also tried to be a bit prepared...not that such preparations would have stopped the Nazi machine at the time, but still...
Bill O was also horribly wrong about Malmédy, Belgium, during World War II so where's the big surprise here. Once a hack always a hack.
I think we can just keep it at Bill-0 is horribly wrong :-)
O'Pervert: Smacked, by a Girl.
That's why he has such a low opinion of women and feels the need to dominate them - ask Andrea Mackris.
Captain phone sex, in his mind, cannot be outwitted by a lady. We already know that he has some serious issues with his father but I suspect that there are some serious mother issues too.
Normally, Bill would have to pay extra for that kind of treatment.
excuse me? women aren't the lowest common denominator here.
Sweden was neutral, but they did allow the Germans to cross their territory to invade Norway (she could have even used the expression Quisling for the reporter I think).
To this day the Norwegians and the Finns (for other congruent reasons), just below their civility, intensely dislike the Swedes.
I think it was a perfect example to use for a BillO reporter.
To be technical, the Swiss allowed Nazis to use their banks.
No we did not let the Gernmans use our territory for attacking Norway. We did however, allow Germany to use our railways to shift personnell to and from the northern front, mainly in Finland (permittenttrafiken)later on.
The "dislike" between Sweden, Norway and Finland comes more from haveing been neighbors for the last 1000 years or so. Sweden has ruled the others for long stretches of time due to us being bigger and having more natural rescources. That has of course caused some bad feelings. On the other hand the Norwegians have gotten rather cocky since they found oil in the north sea. :)
Maybe Switzerland should invade Norway?
to it. We did also trade our iron with them, so can't say 'we' are innocent. But our non-defence would've faultered within hours of an invasion.
But the numerous finns and norwegians I've encountered in my life I have never found to dislike anything about a general swede. Besides the usual friendly bickering between neighbouring countries. =)
And about cocky norwegians and their oil, they actually wanted to split the costs and benefits with us but our then current government turned the offer down. Saying...we get it much cheaper from the middle east. (DOH!)
ran through the weeds."
forgot the rest of the poem
Yet another thread dedicated to this non factor.
Most of the time they don't challenge much. They leave it up to "the opposition" to object. If garbage isn't challenged well, then for many it must be "true." Meanwhile the media cops out by saying that "That's what they are saying so stay tuned for more 'breaking news.'"
... which is why sites like C&L really DO need to point out that these clowns are wrong.
Not to belabor this too long but generally C&L appeals to like minds. Therefore I agree with you. However, and we may have no control over this, there must be some way to diminish the influence of these jerks. I hope that Obama has resolved to avoid any comments that acknowledge that they even exist.
... with education.
And as much as we'd like to joke about the legions of right-wingers dutifully parroting anything Bill-O and Rush say, insisting on Creation as fact, sexual orientation as a matter of choice, and other silliness, the truth is that it's a plague on both sides.
Society, as a whole, has become dependent on the 'expert.' Rare is the newscast that doesn't lead into a story with 'Here to tell you what it means,' or 'Here with the details is ...'
The problem, of course, is that an educated populace works against corporate media, opinion mongers, and politicians. Heaven forfend that we should tell our elected representatives what to think, instead of the other way around.
I have hope that the bubbling over of stupidity - like Phil Gingrey having to kiss Rush's ass on air, and Chip Saltsman trying to spin his distribution of 'Barack the Magic Negro' - helps America open its eyes.
On the other hand, we're also working against the very human tendency to ignore problems below a certain threshhold. It's like taking an antibiotic and not quite getting rid of the infection (I went through that one winter, having to go through three rounds of different and progressively stronger antibiotics, starting with Zithromax and ending with Keflex) ... you feel better for a bit, but then the infection comes back with horns and teeth.
All of O'Shithead's mindless viewers are never going to know that Jessica Alba was correct. O'Dickhead will never admit he was wrong.
I wonder if TMZ(?) would ever admit their mistake? I don't know much about them except that they are a gossip site.
Blotchy Billy has brought the lies of "Inside Edition" to his one hour of bullshit.
His crew ambushed Alba, asks her to give praise his show, she says no. Then they push it, asking her why. She tries to keep it funny but disses him. OK, maybe she was harsh, but his crew was asking for it. And they didn't have to air it.
They thought they were going to make some uninformed person who supports Obama look bad, and instead she fights back.
So instead of letting it go, they air it. And make themselves look even more petty.
Well done Fox. Very well done.
The thing is they will not look bad to their core viewers. Their core will love BillO no matter what. Just like rush's audience. Does he have any women listeners? After he trashes them? Of course he does. The core audience for these jokers are just stupid.
If Alba's an airhead/pinhead, what does that make O'Reilly?
Actually, you should ask Jessica Alba. She had this one right, too - except for the "Kind of" part.
so much fart gas.
I love the smug assurance of reichwing TV methane gas breathers from fox. It is why the only place I ever see them is here. I refuse to watch a fox station.
Jessica Alba is one beautiful, intelligent woman. I believe she would kill him in an interview, at least one which was not edited by O'Reilly!
... Bill O'Reilly, alone in an edit booth with footage of Jessica Alba, is not something I want to think about.
Not many can stand up to Bill. You have to work up to it. Debate sessions in law school would be one place. He controls the mike. His microphone will be louder. He talks very loud, and is very aggressive. I doubt she would have much chance to say anything. He would control the conversation with his questions. Jessica should stay away. There are enough people who show him for what he is.
The Media matters article says at the end
That is funny!!
Q: "If Alba's an airhead/pinhead, what does that make O'Reilly?"
A: A needle dick.
Oh, the sad, unfortunate little man. He'll never start getting the facts right because he's so richly rewarded for being wrong.
Please don't give Alba legitimacy. She's awful enough as is.
...the world is so much better off with an ideological thug like O'Reilly having free rein while we ignore bad actresses who happen to be correct on both Sweden being neutral and Bill-O's character defects.
See her work. She's the Sarah Palin of 20-something vapidness.
I saw both Fantastic Four's
Indubitably a reference to each of her breasts and butt cheeks.
I suspect you don't like her acting, which is no reason to call her an awful person. And besides, it's also insulting to her millions of middle-aged male fans.
join the Attractive Girls Union and refuse to talk to the DB O'really ...
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=n_UbFjUlWnI
As one of those middle-aged men . . all of this just makes her hotter! Good looking and able to research facts . . perhaps she could get her own hour-long show on one of these news channels?
You'd think staunch Hitler supporters like BillO would remember these things.
I believe that Ms. Alba's statements could also be seen as viewing Sweden as a non-aggressive nation. A case in point, which unfortunately is rarely brought up these days, is the statement that Osama bin Laden made in a video tape in which he directly said that one of the reasons that the United States was attacked was that, unlike Sweden, the United States has kept its military in the Middle East. That is to say, the U.S. was not hit because of its [alleged] freedoms but because, again unlike Sweden, of its belligerent foreign policy.
Being non-aggressive can, unlike the United States, prove to be a satisfying and rewarding decision for its citizens.
Douchbag of the Century
According to Wikipedia:
O'Reilly attended Marist College. ...
An honors student, he majored in history. He spent his junior year of college abroad, attending Queen Mary College at the University of London.[8] O'Reilly received his B.A. in History in 1971.
So I dunno. Is he lying or just stupid?
Just because he got a degree from some college does not mean Billo has any intelligence whatsoever. Actually, the fact that he went to Marist Colleges in the late 60s and early 70s suggests that he ain't particularly intelligent! Marist may have some good ratings for small colleges today, but when Billo went it was a dump.
with foreigners? You'd think he'd have learned something from their perspective.
Media personalities like O'Reilly develop such inflated egos that they can't bear to hear a bad word spoken about themselves, so they will go to absurd lengths to get even, like this pitiful "Switzerland not Sweden" clip. All the same, I'm sure this is not the only reason O'Reilly is dispatching his lackeys to harass Ms Alba. No doubt loofah guy is hoping to eventually entice her onto his program so he can ogle her up close for a couple of minutes.
that's why he's doing this grade school taunting in hopes of getting more of her attention. At least he isn't hanging out at grade schools yet.
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This is almost as meaningless as the Trump, Rosie O'Donnel fight. But people love a good battle of wits.
YOU GO GIRL yes Sweden is so proud of their neutrality they brag about it to the point of looking down their noses at the rest of the world. The joke in Europe about them (Sweden) is they don't kill people in wars they just make the guns that do. Sweden is known for their well made weapons. Bill weren't you a teacher!!!!!
Switzerland... Sweden..? What's the diff?
Polk...? Peabody...? What's the diff?
consider Sweden a neutral country.
This reminds me of an O'Reilly SNL skit from a few years back. An interviewee claimed that California was the most populous state; O'Reilly said, "Have you ever been Malibu in winter? There's no one there. Go to Times Square, there's people everywhere. For my money, New York is the most populous state."
got a link? :O
it's very hard to find SNL clips online. NBC keeps a tight leash on their material. You can find a few popular clips at places like hulu.com, but that's about it.
well that sucks...who decided to have such a tight policy? they need to be fired. lol
don't mind me atm im in a good mood :)
Professor Paine for CITA280, fun times.
Sweden has a long history of neutrality. Frankly, it has been just as neutral as Switzerland. It always choses to go it alone, just like Switzerland. Although it is part of the EU and Switzerland is not, although it has not adopted the Euro.
Billo is the pinhead and ignorant idiot. He got it wrong again! Although I have no particular care about Alba and actors, Alba is clearly making Billo look like more of an idiot than he already is! By the way what makes Billo the clown more intellectually superior than any Hollywood actor or as he says Hollywood elites. I am sure there are plenty of very smart actors in Hollywood. Alba is skating circles around Billo. Keep it up Alba!
... fucking hell, Bill. You really are the dumbest twat with the biggest mouth, aren't you.
I guess until Rupert creates a Circus channel Billo will have to continue to appear on Faux News.
"If Alba's an airhead/pinhead, what does that make O'Reilly?"
A complete and utter moron.
If there were ever a group of idiots (O'Reilly, Hannity, etc.) that deserved to rounded up and "disappeared" in a Stalin style purge it's these creeps.
A sour old jerk of course.
Also I might add, Jessica Alba is hot. She exists on a level of hotness that haunts Billo's most depraved loofah-filled dreams.
Billo the clown went to Boston university and Harvard University- yet somehow he is dumb as a stump..
It makes me wonder if his ignorance is an act??
I saw the video. It was quite funny - after politely declining to give props to O'Reilly, they tried to make her justify her choice (tring to make her look bad I think) and she dissed him in a humourous way. Then they tried to make her look dopey for saying that, and she knocked aside their comments with a fairly clever diss.
but getting schooled by a pinhead makes him a dipshit.
But what is dipped in excrement?
In BillO's case, what isn't?
when will he call for a boycott?
he really is a disturbed man
im telling you, the election of franken has caused the idiot to totally go off the deepend
Mackris swore under oath that O'Lielly has a tiny pin- head Dick along with his brain.
Without having to resort to Google, I can say 3 things about Swedish neutrality
1) They don't belong to NATO (nothing historical about that)
2) They were neutral in WWII
3) A Swedish diplomat in Hungary, Raoul Wallenberg, saved thousands of Jews during WWII by issuing fake passports. Wallenberg paid for his good deeds by dying in a Soviet prison after WWII. He was granted honorary citizenship by Israel in addition to his commemoration as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.
If anybody reading this knows any O'Reilly fans, this might be worth mentioning to them. There is no way Wallenberg could have done this if Sweden had been a belligerent.
I can't understand the people who tried to spin this by speculating that Alba misspoke and just happened to be right. Swedish neutrality is well-established. Talk about inventing "facts".
Inventing facts requires knowledge. O'Liarry is completely ignorant of everything.
Ah, whatever the name, BillO does it again! Why anyone takes this used car salesman seriously is a mystery. Actually, to compare BillO to a used car salesman is to insult those who run the pre-owned vehicle industry.
It's totally inexcusable that a mere actress who is no more than five years or so out of her teens would lay waste to one of the great thinkers of our time. After all, this man is a legend in his own mind!
lol
Great job of displaying faux outrage! BillO is likely ticked off that Alba turned the tables on his journalistic hit man.
Interesting how he was hired by Fox because of his Harvard degree, but he spends a lot of energy attacking Harvard for elitism.
The only thing Alba was wrong about was when she said he was "kind of a a-hole". An understatement needless to say.
It takes what, a twenty second Google to be certain, but BillO thought he had superior knowledge. so, it's not just that the great falafel doesn't now anything - he doesn't even SUSPECT anything.
If Jessica Alba is a 'pinhead' then BillO is the gasbag that Alba's sharpness just punctured.
O'Reilly is probably (extreme) right. She probably did mean to say Switzerland, but got lucky with Sweden.
However, she is an actress. For a man who presents himself before millions as an all-knowing oracle not to know that Sweden is also a neutral country is pathetic. What a risible excuse for a human being.
that lived through the WWII occupation of their country by Nazis who would consider Sweden 'neutral.' However, the Swedes CLAIMED to be neutral, even though they allowed Nazis to use their resources and railroads, and imprisoned Norwegians who tried to escape to a place where they could join an army and fight the Nazis.
I do realise that 'conventional' wisdom throws the neutral term at Sweden, but I can assure you, my experience was that that generation of Norwegians love and respect Sweden as much as they loved Quisling, for their alleged 'neutrality.'
The Swiss laundered gold, money and art that the Nazis stole, plus they turned away jewish refugees, so they weren't exactly innocent either.
was referring to Sweden because he bashed it recently as being a scary socialist country, or something to that effect. I think it was a nice dig. He walked right into that one, dumb fuck that he is and what he represents.
I don't think Jessica Alba misspoke at all, and intentionally pick Sweden because Bill recent attack to Sweden for being too socialist. That segment came right after Bill attack Jessica, and I bet she put some thought to why would anyone bash Sweden. I think maybe it was her intent to shed some light on Sweden, and point out the good attributes in being a non-aggressor.
Certainly she didn't go out of her way to attack Bill O'Leilly but refuse to say something kind about the show. She was confronted by Bill's henchman to say something and he couldn't except a "no" answer so she gave him more and honestly from the bottom of her heart.
I'm glad that she was able to stand on her own, but I have to wonder why on earth he pick Jessica? She has old fashion values of family and work, and got married then had a baby at an normal age for first time mom and not rush into marriage. Hasn't pose nude for the camera, instead to op for a stand in to do that for her in the movies. For all account Jessica is everything that any parent would be proud to have for a daughter. She is a proud American, and have earn her way doing something that she can do in this country from a humble beginning. She is a mix or a mutt from several nationality like most of us in this country, that seek instead the ideals of being an American, regardless of where your family came from.
I just think Jessica Alba was a bad pick for Bill O'Lielly to attack!
Bill doesn't have anything on her to smear, and been wrong so far.
Bravo to Ms. Alba. "Orally" is so full of himself, that he regularly makes his won truth. It's nice to see some besides Olbermann call him on his bs, for a change.
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