[Mr. Vega]

Edit- 1. I kinda suspect that's not his personal opinion.
2. Descriptive language is A-1 super, but "frothing at the mouth"?

[Carl]

you guys just can't stand it when someone speaks their mind, can you? you know this kind of stuff is what made Daveb leave HLP, right?

[Bobboau]

you know that guy is just a busness show anchor,
and most of the people are given short moments to give there personal oppinions about things.

[Flipside]

LOL Does this mean I can stomp out over what HE said.

I don't know whether there are Americans who actually believe a word this person is saying, but here in England, that would be classed as 'inciting racial hatred'. But then if we were to follow that line, we could condemn both our governments for that.

I don't think this is a Pieslice of American thinking, but I do think the guy is a prat.

[Bobboau]

yeah, that guy and... Cal Tommas (I think that's the guy, he looks and sounds like Hitler) as the two biggest rabid conservitive atack dogs.
and before anyone sais O'Reily he's actualy prety centrist, though he is outspoken on several conservitive issues.

and I don't get the BBC so I can't coment on the validity of there reporting

[Stryke 9]

Yeah, Carl, open-armed acceptance of militant ignorance, bigotry, and total, genuine hatred of anybody who disagrees with oneself sure are the things that make communities great!


What freaky dimension are you from, man? And how popular is the Nazi party there?


Bob: O'Reilly? Centrist? Outside of his own (false) claims to being an independent voter, when has he ever given an indication of being centrist?

[Bobboau]

when he gets pissed at bush for there being no WMD in Iraq

he is also anti-death penalty and critical of Bush's environment polocy

that's all I can remember off the top of my head

[Fractux]

After watching that all I have to say is:

*cough... *cough...

How did he get that job? At least if they want to "slander" they could do it in style....  

[Bobboau]

probly becase he had experience as a busness analist.

[Stryke 9]

Disagreeing with a hardline right-wing looney on a few issues doesn't make one centrist any more than putting a stethoscope on a horse makes it a doctor.

Relative to the rest of the Fox sycophants, sure, but if that's the best a news service can do they're ****ed up beyond belief anyway.

And whatever O'Reilly might theoretically lack in far-right ideology he sure as hell makes up in being an asshole. I should really dig up that recording of him on the NPR interview...

[Carl]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
Yeah, Carl, open-armed acceptance of militant ignorance, bigotry, and total, genuine hatred of anybody who disagrees with oneself sure are the things that make communities great!


What freaky dimension are you from, man? And how popular is the Nazi party there?

you would be doing yourself a favor by shutting up. i don't see how anything he said was anthing like what you're saying.

this is what i got from that video: the BBC messed up. they shouldn't lie.

this is what you guys are saying he said: the bbc should die! kill them all! only americans are right! NUKE THE WORLD!!!!

[Bobboau]

being an asshole makes one a hard core right winger?

and his show isn't a news service, it's more analisis/entertainment, he isn't presenting fact he is giveing his opinion and never claims to do anything other than that, and you can't tell me watching him rip people apart isn't at the least entertaining.

[vyper]

Carl, the guy opens by accusing the BBC of having spread "blatant anti-Americanism".

This sounds scarily like an attack on the media's right to go against anything the US Govt claims is truth. As a Brit I for one will not allow the BBC, the crown jewel of journalism in the world and a British institution, to be reduced to a mouthpiece for whatever government presides in Westminster and the White House. My country is better than that, my people are better than that and I'm damn sure I'm better than that.

If this is the way any large number of people have interpreted events, we're ****ed really.

[mikhael]

Originally posted by kasperl
Mik, would you mind giving YOUR view on that question? no offence SD, but it doesn't sound all to serious, and this time, i am really interested.

Could you clarify which question you mean?

[Bobboau]

as I said, I don't get the BBC so I can't comment on what happened, but, what if they lied, if they figured they could get something out of makeing some big consperisy theory about Bush takeing over the world. the fact that there is a 90% hatred of bush/America in the UK (europe in general) does seem a bit odd to me, over here things never get more than about 70% in any one direction (for more than a month or two.

oftine we are told not to place too much faith in our government and our media, maybe you should not be so sure that your media is always being as truthful as you think

[vyper]

[q]maybe you should not be so sure that your media is always being as truthful as you think[/q]

It's not so much faith in them telling the absolute truth, as faith in the fact that Blair and Bush will be telling absolutely no truth.

Edit: Besides, the BBC (is British) and a damned sight more respectable than FOX.  

[vyper]

[q]90% hatred of bush/America in the UK[/q]

Truth is, it's from anyone outside the US really. No one inside really sees the result of US led globalisation, and if they do it's no more than an academic exercise. (With honourable exceptions such as Noam Chomsky, et al)

[diamondgeezer]

Originally posted by Bobboau
the fact that there is a 90% hatred of bush/America in the UK does seem a bit odd to me

We just really love our bandwagons over here. It's currently 'cool' to ***** about America, even if you can't spell the word 'politics'. I flat refuse to jump on.

[vyper]

[q]I flat refuse to jump on.[/q]

Wait till we outlive our usefulness.

[diamondgeezer]

Eh?