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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: CactusCarlos on June 24, 2008, 03:50:06 PM
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IamDoucheBag1 is not happy.
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"Captain Phonesex" Bill O'Reilly Offers Inappropriate Acknowledgment Of George Carlin
Posted by IanDB1 on Tue Jun-24-08 09:00 AM
Bill O'Reilly Offers Inappropriate Acknowledgment Of George Carlin
Reported by Deborah - June 23, 2008 - 35 comments
It would have been better if Bill O'Reilly had ignored the death of George Carlin tonight, 6/23/08. Instead of remembering Carlin with some kind and respectful commentary, O'Reilly acknowledged his death during the Reality Checks segment which is reserved for people BOR has decided to straighten out, denounce or humiliate. Carlin's passing was tossed in the mix with Billy Crystal, David Letterman, Reverends Wright and Pfleger , Big Brown, MSNBC and Newsweek.
Self-absorbed O'Reilly dug up an old clip from an interview in 2001 showing him confronting Carlin about using "the F word". Then to make it even more inflammatory to his faithful viewers, he left in a part where Carlin is critical of the church, a red flag of disapproval for "the folks".
He included no tribute to Carlin's long and trailblazing career. The best he could muster was condolences to his family and a comment that he was a "witty guy." I'm sure George Carlin would have the perfect response to BOR's lack of grace and humanity. Personally, I find it incomprehensible.
More:
http://www.newshounds.us/2008/06/23/bill_oreilly_offers_inappropriate_acknowledgment_of_george_carlin.php
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More misplaced phony indignation. O'Reilly wanted to make a point about Carlin, the same point I have made elsewhere. To make this point O'Reilly used the tools at his disposal. The film clips, etc., were perfectly in context.
What sense would it have made for O'Reilly to make the comments he made about Carlin and then show clips of Carlin down on his knees in church or praising the greatness of the human spirit (as if such clips exist!)?
It wasn't the content or execution of the story to which Deborah of News Hound objects. It is the fact that O'Reilly had the daring to present such a commentary at all.
The default mode of the world is suppose to be never criticize liberals or their heroes. When someone like O'Reilly dares to work outside the default, well, there is hell to pay.
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More misplaced phony indignation. O'Reilly wanted to make a point about Carlin, the same point I have made elsewhere. To make this point O'Reilly used the tools at his disposal. The film clips, etc., were perfectly in context.
What sense would it have made for O'Reilly to make the comments he made about Carlin and then show clips of Carlin down on his knees in church or praising the greatness of the human spirit (as if such clips exist!)?
It wasn't the content or execution of the story to which Deborah of News Hound objects. It is the fact that O'Reilly had the daring to present such a commentary at all.
The default mode of the world is suppose to be never criticize liberals or their heroes. When someone like O'Reilly dares to work outside the default, well, there is hell to pay.
As usual, well said. H5.
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Rush noted Carlins' passing on his show today by playing a clip of him making fun of the environmentalists:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_062408/content/01125109.guest.html
"CARLIN: Let me tell you about endangered species, all right? Saving endangered species is just one more arrogant attempt by humans to control nature. It's arrogant meddling. It's what got us in trouble in the first place. Doesn't anybody understand that? Interfering with nature. Over 90%, way over 90% of all the species that have ever lived on this plant, ever lived, are gone. They're instinct. We didn't kill them all. They just disappeared. That's what nature does. We're so self-important, so self-important. Everybody is going to save something now. Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails. And the greatest arrogance of all, save the planet. What?
RUSH: This is great stuff. And of course these are the things the left ignores about George Carlin. But listen to this next one.
CARLIN: I'm tired of these self-righteous environmentalists, these white bourgeois liberals who think the only thing wrong with this country is there aren't enough bicycle paths, people trying to make the world safe for their Volvos. There is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine. The people are (bleep) -- difference, difference. The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. It's been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We've only been engaged in heavy industry for a little more than 200 years.
RUSH: Yes. Does this not sound like things you have heard on this program?
CARLIN: Two hundred years versus four and a half billion, and we have the conceit to think that somehow we're a threat, that somehow we're going to put in jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that's just a-floatin' around the sun? The planet has been through a lot worse than us, been through all kinds of things worse than us, been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sunspots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles, hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages, and we think some plastic bags and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet isn't going anywhere. We are! We're going away."
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Rush noted Carlins' passing on his show today by playing a clip of him making fun of the environmentalists:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_062408/content/01125109.guest.html
"CARLIN: Let me tell you about endangered species, all right? Saving endangered species is just one more arrogant attempt by humans to control nature. It's arrogant meddling. It's what got us in trouble in the first place. Doesn't anybody understand that? Interfering with nature. Over 90%, way over 90% of all the species that have ever lived on this plant, ever lived, are gone. They're instinct. We didn't kill them all. They just disappeared. That's what nature does. We're so self-important, so self-important. Everybody is going to save something now. Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails. And the greatest arrogance of all, save the planet. What?
RUSH: This is great stuff. And of course these are the things the left ignores about George Carlin. But listen to this next one.
CARLIN: I'm tired of these self-righteous environmentalists, these white bourgeois liberals who think the only thing wrong with this country is there aren't enough bicycle paths, people trying to make the world safe for their Volvos. There is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine. The people are (bleep) -- difference, difference. The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. It's been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We've only been engaged in heavy industry for a little more than 200 years.
RUSH: Yes. Does this not sound like things you have heard on this program?
CARLIN: Two hundred years versus four and a half billion, and we have the conceit to think that somehow we're a threat, that somehow we're going to put in jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that's just a-floatin' around the sun? The planet has been through a lot worse than us, been through all kinds of things worse than us, been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sunspots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles, hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages, and we think some plastic bags and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet isn't going anywhere. We are! We're going away."
Oh wow.
I happen to agree with the guy.
The nocturnally foul one should see this.
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The phone sex thing is only there to get attention. It's not like 4/5Th's of the DUmp isn't doing it so their indignation over it is petty. Who gives a hoot if Bills doing it? hardly rises to the level of Motor Vehicular Homicide like a certain Mass. Senator.
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What's the big deal about "phone sex"?
It's never really done much for me.
If I can't touch it, I ain't interested.
That's why the Lord didn't give you shorter arms.
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What's the big deal about "phone sex"?
It's never really done much for me.
If I can't touch it, I ain't interested.
That's why the Lord didn't give you shorter arms.
LOL -- you're on a roll tonight LU!
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What's the big deal about "phone sex"?
It's never really done much for me.
If I can't touch it, I ain't interested.
That's why the Lord didn't give you shorter arms.
....and added a thumb
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What's the big deal about "phone sex"?
It's never really done much for me.
If I can't touch it, I ain't interested.
That's why the Lord didn't give you shorter arms.
:rotf: :lmao: :rotf: :lmao: H5!
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Hey, if you guys get off on phone sex, more power to you.
It's cheaper than Viagra I hear.
Personally, I've never had sex with a phone. The holes are too small.