O'Reilly named Olbermann's "Worst Person" for attacks on man with TB
On the June 4 edition of MSNBC's Countdown, host Keith Olbermann named Fox News' Bill O'Reilly the winner of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for claiming, as Media Matters for America documented, that Andrew Speaker acted on "secular progressive" values when he traveled by airline despite his tuberculosis and adding, "Traditional-values people put others on a par with themselves. That's a Judeo-Christian tenet. Love your neighbor as yourself. Secular progressives put themselves above all others. That philosophy says, 'Me first, then I'll worry about you.' "
Olbermann observed that Speaker is a Naval Academy graduate who has volunteered at a spinal injury clinic, then added: "Billy, 'Me first, then I'll worry about you.' During the Andrea Mackris stuff, wasn't that in your heart relative to Mrs. Bill-O? Let he who is without sin cast the first loofah, you secular progressive you."
Olbermann also awarded O'Reilly the "silver" in his "Worst Person" segment for his comments about immigration during the May 29 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, as Media Matters also noted. Olbermann observed: "He explained to the radio sheep that those who oppose immigration reform, quote, 'hate America and they hate it because it's run by white, Christian men. Let me repeat that, America is run primarily by white, Christian men.' Well, Bill, thanks for finally indentifying yourself as an advocate of gender and religious domination." O'Reilly's comments came in response to negotiations on a proposed bipartisan immigration bill.
As Media Matters has documented (here, here, here, and here), O'Reilly is a frequent "Worst Person" honoree. He was recently crowned "Worst Person" for falsely suggesting that philanthropist George Soros funded an Indiana University study that found O'Reilly engaged in name-calling once every 6.8 seconds during the "Talking Points Memo" segment of his show.
From the June 4 edition of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann:
OLBERMANN: The silver: hot and cold running Bill-O tonight. He has explained to the radio sheep that those who oppose immigration reform, quote, "hate America and they hate it because it's run by white, Christian men. Let me repeat that, America is run primarily by white, Christian men." Well, Bill, thanks for finally identifying yourself as an advocate of gender and religious domination.
And our winner: Bill-O on TV, slamming the idiot who traveled anyway despite drug-resistant tuberculosis, Andrew Speaker, calling him one of his, quote, "secular progressives" and adding, "Traditional values people put others on a par with themselves. That's the Judeo-Christian tenet. Love your neighbor as yourself. Secular progressives put themselves above all others. That philosophy says, 'Me first, then I'll worry about you.' "
First, Billy, the guy went to the Naval Academy. He's a volunteer at a spinal injury clinic. His dad was president of their church. You're wrong again, Bill.
Second, "secular progressive"; the phrase is not catching on. Bill, it's just not working. You need a new slogan.
And third, Billy, "Me first, then I'll worry about you." During the Andrea Mackris stuff, wasn't that in your heart relative to Mrs. Bill-O? Let he who is without sin cast the first loofah, you secular progressive you. Bill Orally, today's Worst Person in the World.
This one I agree with. Bill has reached an all time low (that is hard to do also).
Not really. Bill keeps finding a new low. Just when we think he cannot sink any further, he surprises us again.
Billy must have worn out several shovels by now.
Reminds me of a great line from King of the Hill (I'll paraphrase it):
That reminds me. Anyone know what happened to good old RustyShackleford (Dale Gribble's nom de guerre)? Haven't seen his posts here in a while.
Don't know.There's a number of consistently funny posters here, but Ol' Rusty is missed. Maybe he got a girlfriend or something.
Rusty did mention he was getting married a few months before he disappeared. I'm not sure if that has any bearing on why he hasn't returned.
I miss him and wish him the best. We'll have to struggle on until he returns.
Meanwhile HBL, you're going to have to pick up the slack in the humor department.
I see his comments over at C&L every once in a while.
I agree I miss Rusty bigtime
Doris, your friend Georgie is spouting out that you are a rightwinger again on another board. Does he have no life?
I would prefer to stick to the topics and not engage in personal attacks on other posters.
You're a person who's unfairly smearing me on multiple boards.
Those who can discuss subjects reasonably, do. Those who can't attack those who can.
Sue, I thought you had golf?
Well, I'm still not Sue, but I did go play 9 holes with my son-in-law and his new boss. I'm still getting used to the hot weather, so I have not yet played 18. I said I wouldn't spend a lot of time delving into all the posts proving that you had been deceitful in the past because I was going to play golf, and I didn't spend a lot of time on it. I spent just enough time to prove that you attacked Keith Olbermann with a link to a junky site that fails in its attempt to put down Olbermann. You were not being sarcastic with that post, or with your subsequent posting either.
Again you are Sue and you proved nothing. Being sarcastic is what people do on here. You just want to spout out your hate and act like Adolph Hilter making demands about how people should think. And if we deviate from you , just like Sue and Ellie you spew venom and hate on us. We are all tired of your act , your exposed and you will never be allowed to bully people again.
People are often sarcastic here.
I never said that wasn't true.
What I said, and proved in another place, was that your commentary there was not sarcastic. You pointed readers to the sleazy OlbermannWatch website and then you put down Olbermann and MSNBC. Several people called you on those comments, and you never came back and told them that you were being sarcastic, because you weren't. People being sarcastic don't behave the way you did. If I used your own words to point out your hypocrisy, you have nothing to complain about, but you still are complaining. Me thinks thou doest complain too much!
Sue You lost admit it. You have lost all credibility and you attack good Progressive posters because you take things personally.
Sue/Ellie/George
You are irrelevant on here, you lost and you are a lost cause.
I'm still getting used to the hot weather...by George/Sue/Ellie717
Would that "hot weather" be in Austin Texas? ::wink wink::
Mmmmm Sue?
You are the wrong person to be talking about smearing people Sue.
Since you're so good at smearing people, I am sure you could give me some lessons, but I'd rather not. I'm going to continue to point out rightwingers and rightwing talking points and numbskulls, and if you think you get some control over me, you're wrong. Unfair smears are what people do when they cannot win an argument in a fair way. I don't need to resort to smears like a numbskull like you has to.
Sue as I have stated before and most posters now agree you are the one that smears people. You smear good progressive posters to further your hateful agenda. Your done Sue.
is this is the original Sue, the one that had the stroke?
It is Ellie717.
Where's the "Ooga Booga" guy? Damnit!
Damn I had $20 on ooga booga.
Did Olberman really call radio listeners sheep? Baaaaad. Not nice.
Sorry, but sometimes the truth hurts. Would you prefer KoolAid drinker?
Maybe "ooga booga" man will be on tomorrow night. Does Olbermann recognize a statute of limitations on idiotic remarks?
There once was a warrior of culture
Who had beady eyes like a vulture
But the culture he's sellin'
Is a little bit tellin'
All but white men thrown into the mulcher
Another Great Poem!!!!!!!!!
I can never top Julia's work. This time I won't even try. LOL
JuliaJaynes tough to top, but inspiring--
BilldO, The Factor host is
A spinning whirlpool of psychosis
Call me unkind
But I wouldn't mind
If he got tuberculosis
HBL, I thought getting something to rhyme with culture was hard. But turberculoisis? Wow. You're good. Rino, I told ya before. Too many syllables. Not more than 9 in lines 1 2 and 5. Not more than 7 in lines 3 and 4. But do try again. It's fun.
There once was a man with TBwho shouldn't have been traveling, you seeA "Secular progressive!" cried Billand with his usual swillearned another "worst person" on TV
Oops....let's try again
There once was a man with TB,
who shouldn't have been traveling, you see.
A "Secular progressive!" cried Bill,
and with his usual swill,
earned another "worst person" on TV.
There once was a far left nut on cable T.V.
He would attack anybody with whom he disagreed
His ratings were so low that even Air America was appalled
And it's only a matter of time before he takes a fall
And pays the price for all his greed
Are you a professional?
You really have a knack for this stuff.
King, Are you talking to me? If so, no. I just like playing with words. Really just breaking things down to an essence as well.
I was replying to RINO's inept attempt at responding to what you and HBL had posted.
I envy both of you (You & HBL, not RH) for being able make the language sing.
Keep up the good work, Juliajayne.
And RINO, pay attention and keep trying.
Hey, at least mine makes sense.
Says who, grasshopper?
A Percy Dovetonsils, you’re not
Your rhymes to me, ain’t so hot
You claim they make sense
No one here is that dense
Your verse needs some work, and a lot
That was SWEET
A righty poster named RINO,
Wrote poetry just like a wino,
Yet he chooses to share
his complete lack of Flair
Why? Hell if I know.
Ah no it didnt, and its meter was pathetic. If you tried to pass it off in a second grade class it would FAIL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick_%28poetry%29
Black and White thinking and poetry...not a good mix.
I agree. Rino's post is merely further evidence of fundamentalism's corrosive impact on artistic expression.
There once was a RINO who tried
to be funny and witty and wise
but the limerick you wrote
went up in black smoke
your pun couldn't suck more if you tried
There was a RINO that tried,
that put words in a sentence to fill it,
but were just words poured from a skillet,
just like bush's brains that were fried.
A Republican poster called RINO
Wrote Limericks, none very fine-o
with syllables unchecked
and rhymes that were wrecked
Is it poetry? Art? Hell if I know
A fine young man named Keith Olberman
Defended the left like a doberman
He exposed right wing lies
Ripping through their disguise
With a wisdom that rivaled an older man
(first try, so go easy on me)
Someone may disagree, but I think one day we should have a post with nothing but limericks. One of the stories like this one with a possibility of broad comedy. But that would probably break the rules of the forum.
Break rules? Hey, we're liberals !
Rules? We don't need no stinkin' rules!
I like JuliaJanes idear,
but it would be too difficult I fear.
while we'd have a good yuk,
post's like RINO's would suck
so I think we should not do that here.
Yes, but Tommy is coming along nicely.
Thanks JJ, but I say skip the thread here and all contribute to a book to be published "Limericks for Liberals".........and those who love them.
I'd consider fronting the capital! ;)
By the way, JJ, I wrote the song you asked for yesterday in the o'reilly tb post. Hope you like neal diamond's "I am, I said"!
Snoop, I didn't see it until just now. I got busy and never went back there. I was "putting food on my family" and such. It was "hard work".
But I did go there and saw your illustrious song done to Neal Diamond's tune. You must be a musician, right? You really do have a talent for putting words to music. Does it take long, or does it come easy? In any case, thanks for bringing it to my attention. You need to send some of these numbers in to Air America radio to use as bumper songs. Randi Rhodes uses songs like this all the time in her show.
Julia,
Funny thing is though it comes easily to me, I'm not a musician. I'm a test engineer, and I also just started my own truck leasing company on the side. But I do like to dream, so maybe that's where it comes from!
I like Rinohunters. They make me laugh.Sort of like drug-addled free verse, and the best part is he thinks they make sense. ;0)
That would be slicker than snot on a greasy ball bearing.
There once was a moron called Rino
Whose posts made him seem like a wino
His inanity was spread
From a brain that was dead
As on and on he would WHINO
There once was a poster JuliaJayne,
Whose limericks are giving me a pain.
With that being said,
They accompany every thread.
And fall like pelting drops of rain.
(they really aren't a pain, but I had to find something to rhyme with "Jayne") Keep 'em comin', Julia.....
Well Tommy, at least you didn't say I was a "drain", or that you had "disdain", or you wished I were on a "plane", or that I was the "bane" of your existence, or that I must walk with a "cane "(being so blind and all), or that I wasn't "sane", or the truth I must "gain", or with flea bitten liberals I have "lain" or I must be a SP from "Maine", or my utterings are inane, or my disgust I must "feign",or that I was "vain", or my limericks must "wane". Hehe.
Wow, now that's good! And I would use none of those terms......you do a really good job, I love your ability to turn a phrase.
Tommy, just don't ask me to explain why I never moved to Spain, or never tried cocaine or was blown up using propane. Strictly off limits.
Are these posts germane?
Doh! Forgot that one.
Perhaps but arcane
Not bad Tommy. That last line needs a little work maybe. I 'm still working though Rymes for Madmen. I'm not sure its going to help.
Bill O will tell me
watch for t-b and s-p
I need my bucket
An O'Really haiku...
I suppose it had to happen eventually.
I absolutely love it.
There is a spin artist named billy,
he is obnoxious, arrogant and silly,
he thinks he is the spokesman for Americas middle class,
when actually the noise he makes is hot air coming out his a--
There is a man named bush that has downs,
He has a cabinet full of clowns,
He thinks he is smart, witty and wise,
when to the world, he is what they despise.
Write your comments on the back of a $100 bill and send them to me
There is a wanabe wordsmith named bill,
who is actually loud and shrill,
he thought what came out of his mouth was smart,
but actually made as much sense as a wet f--t.
I smell a Nobel Prize
the headline makes it look like O'reilly named Olberman as the worst person. O'Reilly is the putz here.
English 101 - avoid the use of passive voice
Hey, NG:
Stuff the pedantics!
Is that ACTIVE enough for you?
Randy
like bush and profundity
Grammar Nazi's on the prowl again.. watch out you just might get a good correcting or 2.
When the number is less than 10, the correct form would be to spell it out, as in "two", not 2...
LOL,
Case in point, thanks fo da COrrexion.... gotta wemember that less den tenn wule....
Actually, there are three different 'rules' concerning numbers.
1) Formal composition/ legal--spell out all numbers.
2) Formal business/proffessional writing--Less than ten, spell it out.
3) Letter writing/informal (such as this) do whichever you choose, but be consistant. Don't write five one time then 5 the next, unless there is a point to be made by doing it (as I just did). It is also acceptable to use the 'less than ten' rule with consistancy.
At least that is how I was taught in my composition classes in the late 80's.
And, yes, you are absolutely correct.
Example--I've been there a time or two.
Two sould never be a number (2) in this application.
Perhaps Holly will show up and expound on this. She's the pro writer. I just had a few classes, and I'm nothing without my spell check.
I wish holly would stick around more often. She's smart, funny and her writings are great to read. Holly, where are you?
Holly is an exceptionally talented writer although I would bet heavily any limerick by her includes the word Nantucket.
Like I said before,
the grammar nazis are on the prowl and in full force. All these posts just serve to prove my point. I don't care about what the "rules" are about number usage. I was responding to NGOFFICER with his "english 101- passive voice" post. If you can't see that... you guys got problems.
Olbermann has a point.."Secular Progressive" isn't a very good buzzword; it almost sounds positive. The troglodytes to whom O'Reilly is appealing probably don't know exactly what it means, anyway. I think he needs to go with "Godless Libruls" or "Heathen Democrats"...something that won't cause their eyes to glaze over.
Ya, but to some of O'Reilly's lapdog audience, S-P has a connotation of evil satan worshipers infiltrating our schools and our government in hopes of engaging the entire country in a group orgy.
Ah, yes....and let's not forget the "homosexual agenda".
Do you often obsess about the homosexual agenda?
Nerzog was being sarcastic.
Yessssss. I am a Secular Humanist Progressive Liberal with Obsessive Compulsive Delusions of Adequacy.
Am I the only one who hears "Homosexual Agenda" and thinks "Protocols of the Elders of Zion"? It just seems like they use this term to describe some secret document that homosexuals have drafted and are secretly working to bring to fruition.
The phrase was most likely coined by the late, not-so-great Jerry Falwell. I'm sure his intention was to make his sheeple think exactly what you've described.
There will be group orgies? Why was I not informed?!? Sign me up immediately.
It is a positive. Our government is secular ,and progressive is always good imo. I realize that there are those who wish to remain in the metaphorical 50's, or earlier. And those who brandish religion to sell their brand of politics or books (gasp).
Exactly. Progress just has an inherently positive connotation. The Republicans have spent years and millions of dollars demonizing the word "Liberal"....O'Reilly needs to get with the program and use the official, Karl Rove-approved propaganda, instead of making up his own amateurish lies. The GOP has professional liars who are well paid for that...
The troglodytes tried this awhile back with "secular humanism," and it didn't catch on then either.
Back to the drawing board, Bill-o.
<>O'Lielly coined the phrase "Secular Progressive". There is actually no such thing. Any fool can make up categories with multiple letter words. Like say Hippopotamus Crap. It doesn't mean anything to a cultured mind.
Bill-O has invented a fictional society known as secular progressive, meanwhile the only use of the church today is networking which makes God's house a house of the marketplace. Didn't J.C have a whip about that?
But it's hard to belive a word Bill-O says when he's making tons of money and at the same time he's preaching other-worldly virtues; reminds me of Elmer Gantry.
As far as how low can Bill-O go I gave him the prize as being the sleaze limbo stick champion a long time ago.
"As far as how low can Bill-O go I gave him the prize as being the sleaze limbo stick champion a long time ago".
Harlequin, I like that line. Very apt. And the visual is great also.
God, I love that book!
Is it me, or has every single new event in the past few months been linked to these so called "social progressives" by Bill? Immigration, TB scare, forest fires, tornadoes, Paris Hilton in jail, the LOST season finale, etc... If I had the resources to make that amazing and complex diagram O'Reilly did to illustrate the "vast left-wing conspiracy", I know I could make a compelling case :)
oops.I meant "secular progressives". sorry...
Bill has to do a lot of stretching to get under that limbo stick.
I'm probably dating myself, but one of the lines to the Chubby Checker song, 'Limbo Rock" was: "How low can you go".
O'Really could probably survive pretty well near one of those ocean vents where photosynthesis is not possible and life depends on chemosynthesis.
King, he could then be a bacteria culture warrior.
I beleive that song is required at any tourist class pool party.
Even today.
I am so happy that there are people out there to hit back at idiots like BillO and the rest of those fake conservative Americans. Keep it up Keith.
Bill is a one man cottage industry of B.S. that some how gets out to the public.
Oh well, he gives us some one else to be discontented with besides Rush and Bush. Still, he seems to try really (oh really, no O'Rilley he's Irish) hard to be offensive, seceding in spectacular way.
Keith is a spot light into some very dark places of the right, thank God.
Here's Billo's worst nightmare:
I also enjoyed the lead-in from Countdown to Scarborough Country, in which Billo's fellow right-winger tried and failed to maintain a straight face when discussing O'Really's laughably stupid comments. When even your fellow conservatives think you're an idiot, Bill, it's well past time to go home.
To quote the Simpson's Comic Guy. "Worst person ever."