Bill O’Reilly is Still Wrong Part I

Initially, I wasn’t sure what to call this column. “Bill O’Reilly Still Wrong” or “Why Bill O’Reilly 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 man’s 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 let’s 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 O’Reilly. 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 O’Reilly 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. O’Reilly once took sides with a group of men and women whose co-founder, Chris Simcox, was very clear about his motives in the “Let’s-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 O’Reilly 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 O’Reilly running around supporting these madmen!

I have yet to hear O’Reilly 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 O’Reilly 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?

O’Reilly 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 O’Reilly 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

Prowling the Borders

I’ve been trying to comprehend a few things. I have been trying to understand the singular obsession the Minuteman Movement has about running all the “illegals” out of town. I am not convinced, as I have written in many of my columns, that they distinguish between “illegal or legal” immigrants. Some of the rhetoric rampaging through the Internet in 2004 made no distinction between the two groups. Though these anti-Mexican cowboys have not been harping so much about all Mexicans lately, they haven’t recanted their former diatribes either.

Here is what is irritating about these guys and gals. Why exactly are they all so fired up over the presence of a bunch of Mexicans in America who are working themselves to the bone trying to keep their extended families alive? Are they in America illegally? Most indeed are. Are they sending most of the money back to their families in Mexico? Most are. But what really galls me is how Foxnews has stood by these yahoos without so much mentioning a few pertinent facts. These hunters of Mexican flesh have been deified as patriots. They are those we all should emulate. They are true Americans, like our founding fathers, and are people we should respect and shout a hearty Amen in response to their actions!

Really?

Now, excuse me if I am beginning to sound singularly obsessed about this issue, but I simply cannot abide a news network, the conservative mouthpiece—and please, let’s be honest and admit that—that will not report the whole truth! Where is Foxnews’ Fair and Balanced and We report, You Decided network mantra when it comes to Chris Simcox and his boys? And to think I used to identify myself with what those people represent: Conservatism.

The co-founder of The Minuteman Movement, Chris Simcox, has said some pretty horrible things. To date, I have yet to hear him recant, take what he said back, ask for forgiveness, admit anything close to a change in his original ideology. And, do not miss this salient fact:

The man is the primary impetus behind what is going on, even as I write these words, in the current, newsworthy immigration debate. I give him that credit. He may be a lot of things, and indeed he is, but he is not a stupid person. He has played his cards brilliantly. He is the fox that has gotten into the hen house with impunity.

I wrote a book that a couple of agents are looking at. Its working title is, Essays and Thoughts on the Current Mexican Immigration Debate. In this unpublished manuscript, I make some points that no one, and I mean no one, in the conservative media seems to care about. The points are statements that Chris Simcox has made about Mexicans.

“Simcox seems to be of the ilk, like Glenn Spencer and his gang, who believe,

"…that migrant workers are not coming to America to find a better life for themselves and their families, but rather to reclaim the Southwest for Mexico.”[1]

Chris Simcox does not believe that the illegals are coming into America to work. In fact, he believes something much more sinister,

“"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. 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”.[2]

Evil people is how he describes illegals.

Simcox defines a vigilante as someone who “…is judge, jury, and executioner…”,[3] and denies that he and his group are anything similar to vigilantes. However, though he rightly defines vigilantism, and then goes on to insist that he and his group are not a bunch of vigilantes, here is what he says next,

“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."[4]

Simcox says he is not a vigilante, yet what is needed for this invasion is a "committee of vigilantes" that would prowl the borderlands.

Remember how he defined vigilantism: “as someone who is …is judge, jury, and executioner”…

Other than this man being massively convoluted, is this not the scariest rhetoric?

Well, Simcox, according to recent news events, is prowling the borderlands and is not just “observing and reporting” but is detaining illegals crossing the border. He’s gone from just “observing and reporting” to “detaining”.

What’s next, Chris?




[1] Essays and Thoughts on Mexican Immigration; Doug Bower; 2006
[2] Ibid
[3] Ibid
[4] Ibid

It's Time Once Again for..."From Time to Time"

From time to time I share with my readers some of the reasons (there are about 10,000 of them and growing) why my wife and I packed up and left the United States never (and yes, Colleen, never is a longtime) to return. It is time, once again, to share even more reasons why we left America and live in Mexico.

Reasons why we live in Mexico and not the USA:

1. America is the land of extremist lunatics. They are everywhere in and about any conceivable subject. PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or as I call them, the People Who Are Loony, Psychopathic, and Freakazoids, or PALPAF, are at it again. They are wanting to traumatize children into become vegetarians. Scare and terror are their tactics. Listen to this:
“People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, has begun a campaign to scare children into becoming vegetarians. The group, which formed to stop animal testing of consumer products but made its name by attacking women in fur coats with fake blood, is producing comic books that portray fathers as homicidal maniacs.

The handout, titled "Your Daddy Kills Animals," features a grinning lunatic gutting a fish, and warns kids to keep their puppies and kittens away from Dad because he's "hooked on killing." PETA is trying as hard as it can to portray the ordinary angler as a demonic, sadistic, cruel killer.”

2. If you told your wife that you would be home at 8pm and someone T-boned you on the way home making you late, would you have lied to your wife? If you told your kid you would make it to his game but your boss surprised you with extra work circumventing your word to your kid would you have lied? If you told your client that based on the available evidence that he or she should sell some stock and then it turned out the evidence was in error—DID YOU LIE? Of course not! Who on earth would believe any of those circumstances as an intentional falsification? Any thinking person would be able to reason that these circumstances are not lies. They are not someone knowing one thing and telling someone another. They are not somebody intentionally telling someone that they will be home, at a game, or to sell stocks, when they know the opposite is true. There is a difference and don’t you agree that any thinking person should know the difference? Motive is everything!

Then why has the mainstream press managed to convince the American people that George Bush lied about Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq? Does any thinking person really believe that G.W. got up one morning and said to himself, “Oh boy, I know there are no WMD’s in Iraq but I think I will tell the American people there are just to see what happens? The obvious answer is that thinking people do not believe that. If it were true, that G.W. lied—he knew one thing but told the American people another—then where is the accusation, the evidence, impeachment, and then the subsequent criminal trial?

And, where are these valiant Dems, defenders of the Constitution, who should be proclaiming that G.W. is innocent until proven guilty. Why is there nothing but declarations of his so-called guilt instead of declarations of the presumption of his innocence?

Clinton knew one thing and then told the grand jury another in his sex-gate scandal. G.W. acted on the available evidence that so far has turned out to be false. There is a difference. Clinton intentionally lied. Bush did not. It is scary that Americans cannot figure that one out!

3. Type this into your Web Browser: www.yahoo.com. Then click on any of the news stories on the page. At the bottom of the news stories there will a line of links, “E-mail Story, IM Story, Discuss, Printable View”. Click on “Discuss” and read what the Yahoo newsreaders discuss concerning the featured stories. This a “discussion forum” which Yahoo provides. Read a few of these stories and their “discussion” forums to see what passes for intelligent discourse in America.

4. That a minority, the secularists, could so successfully silence the Christian majority in America preventing the celebration of Christmas in public schools, places, or any where else the almighty ACLU decides is inappropriate. Truly the secularists now control America. Not so in Mexico, ¡Gracias a Dios!

So there you have it. More reasons why your humble columnist became an American expat in Mexico.

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1. PETA Tells Kids to Run From Daddy; Friday, November 25, 2005; Foxnews
2. Christmas: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,177143,00.html

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