Initially, I wasnt sure what to call this column. Bill OReilly Still Wrong or Why Bill OReilly Convinced Me To Become a Liberal. I settled for the previous but I am warning you the title is subject to change. I wrote Bill O'Reilly: You Got This One Wrong!, on 04-20-2005 and posted it to my weekly columns with The American Chronicle and Ezinearticles.com. Little did I dream that watching this mans columns online would so change my point of view from the party I once identified with and for whom he is most certainly the mouthpiece, the conservatives (and lets be honest, shall we?he is one of many of the conservative mouthpieces on Foxnews). If there were any person on the face of the earth who could convince me to switch sides, it is Bill OReilly. I might add, he succeeded. I took an interest in his constant harangue on the border dilemma that has now exploded into mindless silliness. It occurred to me one day, like a light bulb popping on in my head, that if Foxnews is committed to Fair and Balanced reporting then just where did that mantra go with regard to the Mexican border issue? It became apparent to me that this man is neither Fair and Balanced nor is he unbiased. It began when he said regarding immigration and of the Minuteman Movement, So three cheers for the Minutemen. Like their ancestors in Concord and Lexington, they're making a statement. And we all should respect that.[i] For whom exactly was Bill OReilly telling us that we should offer three cheers? I have been trying to make the point for over a year now, that no one, and I mean no one, seems to be on target with regard to this Mexican border fiasco. OReilly once took sides with a group of men and women whose co-founder, Chris Simcox, was very clear about his motives in the Lets-all-get-that-damned-border-closed-before-those-Mexicans-kill-us-good business. At least Simcox did not try to confuse the issue. He plainly stated, "Oh, Jesus, it is unbelievable. I mean, we need the National Guard to clean out all our cities and round them up. They are hard-core criminals. They have no problem slitting your throat and taking your money or selling drugs to your kids or raping your daughters and they are evil people," Simcox replied.[ii] "I've lived in Manhattan and I have lived in Chicago and I have lived in Los Angeles. These people don't come here to work. They come here to rob and deal drugs," Simcox said of Mexican immigrants.[iii] To repel this supposed invasion, Simcox called for drastic measures: a "committee of vigilantes" that would prowl the borderlands. The beauty of vigilantism, Simcox wrote, is simple: "We actually have more freedom to tackle the problem than the Government and law enforcement agencies that are bogged down in the quagmire of laws and restrictions"[iv] I might add here that Simcox defines a vigilante as A vigilante is someone who is judge, jury and executioner basically. Someone who certainly takes the law into his own hands.[v] Not only is Simcox one of the honest ones with his rhetoric, so are his followers. I reported this in my article, Bill O'Reilly Versus The Dallas Morning News.[vi] Bill Parmley, one of the Texas Minuteman leaders, reports that members of that branch were racists and wanted to go after Mexicans as a whole and not report illegals to the Border Patrol. He asserted they also have made comments about shooting illegal immigrants or letting them die from dehydration. That's their mind-set, and I don't want my name and my reputation associated with a group of people who are racist like that, he said. [vii] J.C. Hernandez, working with the Minuteman folks said he did not want a war fought with rhetoric but to go in and kill the enemy and that this signal had to be sent to Mexico. [viii] Shall we review? The Minuteman guys and gals, of whom OReilly said we should shout cheerfully, believe the following: *they should go after Mexicans as a whole. *they should fight a war NOT with rhetoric but to KILL the enemy (Mexicans). *they should shoot illegal immigrants or let them die from dehydration. Now, pardon me for engaging in a little hysteria, but: DOES NO ONE ELSE ON THIS PLANET THINK THESE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE CHEERED BUT SHUT DOWN? There, screaming is good for you every now and then. I mean, really, has any of this ever been reported in the mainstream news media? If I could ferret out this information then could not Foxnews or whoever also find it? Does it only strike me as God-awful that these Minuteman Project cowboys are running around garnering all this support for their murderous intent? And, if you think that too strong, re-read the above three points. What is really scary is that Foxnews has someone like OReilly running around supporting these madmen! I have yet to hear OReilly recant his support of these Minuteman people. I have yet to hear the Minuteman people recant what I reported and re-quoted above. So, if OReilly supports them, and the man told us we should cheer their cause, then does that mean he agrees with their motives? I am just asking. That is all I am saying! One more point to make and apparently only I have picked up on this issue: Just what is the hullabaloo about anyway? Why the National Guard, why the fences, why, why, why? OReilly so glibly posits: A CNN poll says 75 percent of Americans support putting the Guard on the border So, are these Americans wanting to close the border up tight because, **They agree with the Minuteman crazies that Mexicans will kill us in our sleep. **That we are going broke because of all the illegals. Mexico wants to rule the world and they are going to start with America. **Some insane Islamic terrorists might cross the border with a nuke in a suitcase. Just which is it? No one seems to know! But, listen carefully. Only the Minuteman people have been consistent in their motives while the rest of America, clueless, is on the spin merry-go-round! And, there is Mr. Bill OReilly with his hand on the bar spinning that merry-go-round as fast as he can! ### [i] http://ezinearticles.com/?id=28610
[ii] http://ezinearticles.com/?id=188913
[iii] Ibid
[iv] Ibid
[v] Ibid
[vi] http://ezinearticles.com/?id=85031
[vii] Ibid
[viii] Ibid ### |
