Saturday, November 12, 2005

Oh Brother Redux

I know this is a few days old, but how can we mention comments from right wing whackos without mentioning Bill O'Reilly?

Linked:

O'REILLY: Hey, you know, if you want to ban military recruiting, fine, but I'm not going to give you another nickel of federal money. You know, if I'm the president of the United States, I walk right into Union Square, I set up my little presidential podium, and I say, "Listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote against military recruiting, you're not going to get another nickel in federal funds. Fine. You want to be your own country? Go right ahead."

"And if Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead."
Sometimes words escape me. I mean, what can you say about a guy who attempts to wrap himself in the flag at the same time he seems to be advocating a terrorist attack in San Francisco? Now i realize Bill O'Reilly isn't Pat Robertson, but good grief.

Think what you want about voting to bar military recruiters from local schools - though i would guess San Francisco isn't the only area that would like to do that. But what about all the San Franciscans who are veterans? Or current military volunteers? Does Bill O'Reilly want to bomb them too? Seems so. So if you wanna get in Bill O'Reilly's good graces, well, you know what to do.