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O'Reilly on FL judge who jailed school officials for breaking no-prayer agreement: "He's probably an atheist"

August 12, 2009 8:27 am ET

From the August 11 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:

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    • Author by nerzog (August 12, 2009 8:32 am ET)
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      Too bad that judge didn't have any empathy...
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      • Author by Tom_Shaftoe (August 12, 2009 10:56 am ET)
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        He probably does have some empathy, it's just his righteous Christian indignation for these school officials contempt of the agreement outweighed it. O'Reilly's just plain prejudice, it doesn't matter what personal spiritual beliefs a judge has, if you show contempt for their ruling they are probably going to fly off the handle on you. Being before a judge who's angry with you is about the worst place to be. That would have been the right time to pray. :-)
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    • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (August 12, 2009 8:35 am ET)
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      To quote Colin Powell, "So what if he is?"
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      • Author by jjamele2880 (August 12, 2009 8:44 am ET)
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        You beat me to it- so what if he IS an athiest? His opinion has no validity in that case?

        And if he's a Jew? Or a Muslim? Or a Wiccan? I mean, what the hell is going on here? What happened to the No Religious Test requirement?
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        • Author by captfoster2 (August 12, 2009 10:07 am ET)
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          "His opinion has no validity in that case?"

          Which is an even bigger question in all this...

          Is BillO 1) news 2) opinion 3) (bad) comedy

          I think WE all know which he is... and yet... Bill and his bosses keeps telling us that he and they are News... Fair and Balanced News at that...

          So the question is... what's with the opinion/(bad) comedy if he and they are news?

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    • Author by harley (August 12, 2009 8:43 am ET)
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      According to O'Racist, following the law and Constitution is "atheism". Now we realize his utter contempt for our country.

      Let me set a stopwatch for when faillibrul will chime in with 1) O'Racist was "joking", 2) MMFA should have covered some other segmend during the O'Racist Factor, 3) faux has super duper "ratings", and 4) ACORN, Kennedy, and Clinton ____________ [fill in the blank}.


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    • Author by reanna-mator (August 12, 2009 9:17 am ET)
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      Maybe Billo's still a little shaken from Richard Dawkins came on the show and wiped the studio with him?
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    • Author by ForTheLoveOfEllipsis... (August 12, 2009 9:24 am ET)
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      Here, teabagging trolls, I'll spare you the trouble of typing the rants to come by doing it for you:

      "O'BAMMA AN HIS FASHIST THUGGS R MOOSLIM TURURISTS WHO HATE GAWD AND MY PRSONAL LORD & SAVIUR JAYZUZ CRASST! STOP ACRON & SEIU AND TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!!!!!!!!!"

      See? I even got your spelling right! Now you can just STFU and go back to freeperville where you belong...
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    • Author by NiceguyEddie (August 12, 2009 9:39 am ET)
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      "He's probably an atheist"

      Which is exactly as it should be. And whether he is or not, he certainly should judge as one. To do otherwise would be to impose HIS VALUES over the LAW laid out in the CONSTITUTION. And if I learned ANYTHING from the conservtaives in the whole Sotomayor case, it's that super-imposing your values over what the law specifies is WRONG.
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      • Author by ForTheLoveOfEllipsis... (August 12, 2009 9:50 am ET)
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        Which will last exactly as long as it takes the first troll to sashay in here and scream "BUT AMERICA IS A CHRISTIAN NATION FOUNDED ON BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES!!!!!" To wit; it's only wrong to superimpose your values over the law when those values are not hard-line right-wing theocrat values...
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      • Author by kfraz43 (August 12, 2009 10:11 am ET)
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        Dang it - you beat me to it! Oh well, the hypocrisy will go right by without a hint of recognition.
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    • Author by HistoricallyCorrect (August 12, 2009 9:47 am ET)
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      They violated a court order, which is against the law. They should be punished for it. It's a PUBLIC school, religion and prayer has no place within those walls.

      How would BillO feel if a person stalked him and was placed on a court order to stay 100 feet away? I bet that BillO would be angry if he was not arrested for violating that court order.
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      • Author by NiceguyEddie (August 12, 2009 10:27 am ET)
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        What if these teachers were MUSLIM? And they were trying to 'force' THAT religion onto someone's kids?

        I bet O'Rielly would be ALL up in arms about THAT!

        So would I, in fact. (WHAT? I'd agree with Bill O'Rielly? OMG!)

        The difference is that my position applies to ALL religions. That's the only way it works. And only a religious nut-bag could fail to see that.
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        • Author by HistoricallyCorrect (August 12, 2009 11:23 am ET)
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          I don't like dem Muslins! Too silky!

          BillO never ceases to amaze me with his double standards.
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    • Author by HistoricallyCorrect (August 12, 2009 9:47 am ET)
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      They violated a court order, which is against the law. They should be punished for it. It's a PUBLIC school, religion and prayer has no place within those walls.

      How would BillO feel if a person stalked him and was placed on a court order to stay 100 feet away? I bet that BillO would be angry if he was not arrested for violating that court order.
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    • Author by worrierking (August 12, 2009 9:56 am ET)
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      O'Reilly doesn't want an america where people get arrested for praying. Fine.

      I don't want and America where stupid people are convinced they'll wind up before death panels but I can't control that. There is no law preventing people from being stupid.

      But when there is a law on the books, which has been deemed constitutional, and someone willfully and publicly violates that law, they're going to face the consequences.

      I'm sure that's what the person arrested was aiming for anyway. To bring attention to a law he didn't like.

      He wanted to play the game and in all games, someone wins and someone loses. He's going to lose.

      But then again, the guy might just be stupid. And although there's no law against that, stupidity sometimes has consequences.

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      • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (August 12, 2009 10:52 am ET)
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        O'Reilly doesn't want an america where people get arrested for praying. Fine.
        I agree. And I don't want an America where people are demeaned for not praying.
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    • Author by kfraz43 (August 12, 2009 10:12 am ET)
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      Countdown to War on Christmas II: in 3...2...1...
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    • Author by hisroyalmattness (August 12, 2009 10:27 am ET)
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      This principle was not put in jail because of praying or his religious beliefs. It was for he did not follow a court order. BillO always talks about how he got a degree from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He should it was about not following a court order. If not he should demand his money back from Harvard for they didn’t teach him anything about 1/3 of our government.
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      • Author by ForTheLoveOfEllipsis... (August 12, 2009 10:49 am ET)
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        BillO always talks about how he got a degree from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

        By which he means he broke into the dean's office and stole a blank one from his desk...
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        • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (August 12, 2009 10:53 am ET)
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          BillO always talks about how he got a degree from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
          He probably got the third degree for loitering there.
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    • Author by worrierking (August 12, 2009 10:32 am ET)
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      Is there a more incestuous network than Fox News?

      Each show has the anchors of other Fox shows on as guests.
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    • Author by Low Rider (August 12, 2009 11:30 am ET)
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      A couple of minor points:

      a) Nobody has gone to jail. Criminal contempt charges are pending.
      b) The judge, Casey Rodgers, is a woman, and extremely well regarded in the local legal community.
      c) She goes to my church, so I'm pretty sure she's not an atheist.

      NTTAWWT.
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    • Author by shaggles (August 12, 2009 12:02 pm ET)
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      Statistically that's not likely but what if he is? It's the law. Can you make it any more obvious that you're objections to Justice Sotomayor had nothing to do with concern about her upholding the law?
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    • Author by slivertea (August 12, 2009 3:20 pm ET)
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      It's a public setting!! Give thanks, do it civilly and keep your god out of my education environment!! Athiest Judge... SO WHAT!!!?? WOW I hate Bill O'Reilly
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    • Author by deanapii (August 12, 2009 5:46 pm ET)
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      I'm sure other people see this, but the show is built around a fake sense of rebuke. The female news caster on the left acts as the victim, or point A. That the principals are in the wrong.
      Bill has his aggressive attack, using his tone and outrage style (which is what pumps his ratings) to give validity to outrage. He advocates point B. That they should be punished. And then the lady in the middle - who props up a week point (arguing with bill, but adding hate fuel to the fire.)

      This show is a sham, and both points are weak. You cant allow praying in school because is opens a flood gate, but you have to respect peoples difference, even if it's praying.
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