O'Reilly's Black Hole of a Show: First Melanie Morgan, then attack on Springsteen
By David Neiwert Wednesday Jan 28, 2009 4:15pm
I'm afraid Bill O'Reilly's Fox show is something of an existential threat to the existence of the universe. There is always the danger, when he has on complete nutcase guests like Melanie Morgan or Michelle Malkin, that the presence of such a combined mass of wingnuttery in one place could open a hole in the time-space continuum.
We survived just such a threat last night. Morgan, the erstwhile KSFO host noted for her ugly eliminationism, came on The O'Reilly Factor to talk about her campaign to stop small colleges from hosting talks by William Ayers -- the ex-Weather Underground member and Campaign 2008 cause celebre -- and we reached critical levels of wingnuttery, but fortunately the universe did not implode.
I particularly enjoyed how O'Reilly described Move America Forward, as "a group committed to defeating terrorism." Actually, MAF originated as a pro-Iraq War group. Now that that's worked out so swell, they've moved on to become a group devoted to keeping the wingnuttery alive by promoting their vision of the "war on terror."
Now, I have some more recent reports of domestic-terror activities for Morgan, MAF, and O'Reilly to think about, such as the Alabama man who'd been vandalizing synagogues found with a large weapons stasg, or the Spokane man recently busted with a huge cache of weapons and explosives he intended to use at some "indefinite date". Of course, I know these guys don't fit Morgan's profile of a "terrorist" -- after all, they're white -- but if Morgan and MAF really were genuinely concerned about "defeating terrorism," they would spend less time focusing on the activities of a man whose terrorist activities stopped 40 years ago, and look at more recent and very real terrorist activity.
In any event, the moment passed without a complete rendering of the fabric of the universe, but it was close.
And then we had a similar moment later in the same program when O'Reilly, with Andrea Peyser of the New York Post, attacked Bruce Springsteen for daring to express his (decidedly liberal) political views. Apparently, to O'Reilly, political expression should only be reserved for Grand Poobahs like himself, while mere peons like Springsteen should stick to singing:
The near-creation of a black hole of hypocrisy comes when they tut-tut Springsteen as "someone who sold himself to America as a regular guy," a "working-class guy."
Yeah, O'Reilly knows all about that.
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A parody of herself.
she has rictus. The facelift didn't help.
was hotter!
Geez Lon Chaney had a more natural looking mouth than hers
In Phantom of the Opera.
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(Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine in The Man Who Laughs).
from Batman cartoons
Bob Kane (Robert Kahn), cited Conrad Veidt's Gwynplaine as a source for the Joker. Jerry Robinson, one of Kane's assistant artists thought the Joker looked like Kane in his youth.
...only more masculine.
billo can't handle that he will NEVER be as cool as bruce. billo just like rush just can't handle reality.it's over bill. i hope his ratings drop to never return. i'm tired of his pompous ass.
or am I engaging in wishful thinking? He has that wispy look of an old man who's forgotten that he left his pajamas on and put his clothes on over them. Even his hair looks wierd.... like there's some static electricity in it and its so sparse that it's being lifted off of his cranium.
Maybe that's because his hair should look weird.
there's a price for being famously disliked. nobody escapes........not even a jack ass like o'really. he lies/exaggerates routinely. your done billo.
has been stabbed in the head.
The leading suspect is William Wilson.
Is a terrorist lover including The Boss. How funny is that. Who projects the US of A more than Bruce? Oh yeah, Bill'O
Q: So did Springsteen sell himself to America as a regular guy before or after he made his millions?
A: Before.
Q: Did Bill Orally sell himself to America as a regular guy before or after he made his millions?
A: After.
Btw, hats off to whoever has been doing the screen captures lately. They've been terrific! :D
"....why isn't Springsteen paying a price for this?" re: Amado Diallo
Well, just maybe it's because most people AGREE with Bruce.
Duh.
spoke out against the Iraq War, BillO declared him "finished." George phoned his father and asked, What if he's right? And his father said: "Man up. You might lose a few popularity points, so what? People all over the world go to jail for what you did." While Clooney tries to bring to world's attention to a genocide, BillO calls Bruce Springsteen names. Guess who has more journalistic credibility?
I don't know what my point is; take away what you will.
looks like the Joker with her new facelift. On second thought, she looks like a cross between the Joker and Nancy Pelosi.
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"...if Morgan and MAF really were genuinely concerned about "defeating terrorism," they would spend less time focusing on the activities of a man whose terrorist activities stopped 40 years ago..."
They're not concerned with defeating terrorism; they're concerned about lowering taxes on the wealthy.
Is O'Reilly still sexually frustrated and fond of shower toys. Has he settled his attraction to Andrea Mackris or whatever her name was. Is this his new fling.
Is he going to "Do It Live"?
Has O'Reilly found Bin Laden yet??
with Melanie Morgan on billos show,
you have two black holes a showing.
I just read a bunch of old interview Rolling Stone did with Bruce Springsteen. I can't do them or him justice, but here are some glimpses.
In concert the day after Reagan was elected, he told his audience that he didn't know what they thought, but he was scared. When I was lucky enough to see him live last year, he deplored torture and the illegal wiretapping. Back in the 80's, he deplored the fact that African-Americans were economically oppressed and neglected. In the late 90's and earlier this decade, he deplored the fact that most politicians were the same, and he knew that the country hungered for leaders who were different.
He's been singing for decades about the plight of veterans and blue collar workers. He wrote My City Of Ruins in 2000 to help revive Asbury Park.
Now let's ask what what O'Reilly has contributed, and why he should be allowed to heard any more than you or me. Bruce Springsteen has his fingers on the pulse of the country, while O'Falafel spits venom. I'm guessing that Springsteen projects a pretty good image of the US while nobody abroad has heard of Bill.
Yo, Bill, here are some words of wisdom from the inauguration: "people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy".
but I don't remember hearing the repubes telling Ronnie Raygun to "shut up and act." As if he could.
You don't hear billo complaining about c&w singers wearing flag shirts and braying about patriotism and I've yet to hear him complain about Ted Nugent, who feels no compunction about expressing his political opinions. I mean, that's different. Them are republics.
I must admit that I'm not crazy about Springsteen's music, especially his voice.
BUT I love his politics, and he seems like a really decent guy. He does lots of (quiet) charity work. He backs up his music with actions. He makes the wingnuts crazy. Our state paper, The Star-Ledger, is pretty decent, but they have this knuckledragger right winger who's always ragging on Springsteen. When he tried to get into one of his concerts on his press pass, Springsteen wouldn't let him in. My opinion of Bruce went up astronomically.
It's been many years since I went to one of Springsteen's concerts, but he was always one of the hardest working men in show business. At one concert I attended, he played for 4 1/2 hours!!
I remember that one time the venue where he was playing was being picketed by workers there. He actually asked the union leadership if he should cancel the concert, since he didn't want to cross a picket line. They said no, there were hard-working people who had paid good money to see him, so they arranged for him to enter the building via a different door.
He went onstage and paid homage to the strikers, and asked the audience to support them in their efforts.
Oh, yeah, and he threatened Reagan with a lawsuit if he didn't stop using "Born in hte USA" at his political rallies. (Of course, Ronnie didn't actually understand the meaning of the song.....)
reagan stole it, screwed up the message...but that is what it is
bruce aint the dixie chicks...his crowd aint the love it or leave it crowd
he has been political since his early days
loofa boy is a retard
and if stifler's mom wants to protest...that is her right
just as it is the right of a PRIVATE UNIVERSITY to have on campus anyone they wish
who wants to bet that the crowd of 50k ends up being stifler's mom and a few of her fat cant get laid on a friday night buddies
if his older sister was even more batshite crazy than he is.
I don't know why O'Reilly has all of these nutty wacko radio talk show hosts on his show.....last night, it was Tammy Bruce.
I do have to give BillO a small bit of credit, though, for banning Malkin from his show. But that doesn't excuse the other idiots he repeatedly has on his program.
Christopher Guest's "For Your Consideration".
...DN's posts are so good, that way I don't have to watch a clip with both The Big Giant
AssholeHead and Stiffler's Mom to get the relevant info. Too much stupid, concentrated, septic-tank evil for this gentle flower to take.{ No, we're not going there . Raise the level Joe. SiteMonitor}
Bill Ayers isn't harmful to our country. What he did in the 60s was wrong but wasn't found guilty in a court of law. That was then and he redeemed himself to the extent Reagan Republicans praised and supported him.
If Melanie Morgan wants to address those who harm our country, she can turn her efforts towards Dubya, his administration, Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, Ann/dy Coulter, on and on. It's a long list. She has her work cut out for her.
Hey Bill,
Don't badmouth Bruce. He has more integrity and decency in his little finger than you have in your whole worm eaten soul.
Andrea Peyser and Melanie Morgan are just a couple of dime a dozen whack jobs. Who cares what they have to say about anything. My dog is better informed and more intellectually gifted than the 2 of them put together.
he did sort of put her in her place about freedom of speech, which surprised me, actually. I thought he would be even more sympathetic to her cause...
then in the Bruce Springsteen segment he does a complete turnaround suggesting The Boss should just keep his views to himself.
BillO is a piece of work - he's very entertaining though (in a f*cked up kinda way).
bruce springsteen does more before 9a.m before both these hacks do all year
as far as terrorism goes the only terrorism their intrested in is terrorizeing the tiny minds of their listeners....just say their closeing gitmo and you will find them all under their beds wetting themselves crying drooling sucking their thumbs while clinging to the big ole guns and religion
Billo the Clown vs. the Boss
Who do you think real Americans would get behind? Hint: Captain phone sex, it ain't you!
Greetings from Norway.
I was just waiting for O'Reilly to spew out that Springsteen is really a communist elitist or something. Or not as patriot for O'Reilly's taste.
Melanie Morgan doeswn't know what patriotism is. A wingnut and a talking disaster.
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