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Nov 8, 2008 1:08 AM
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RE: PROP 8 in CA.
you discussed the African American community's involvement in Prop 8 in CA. What about the Mormons?
susan freeze
la habra ca
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Oct 28, 2008 5:36 PM
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Bill,
Very soon our government will force you and me and, the rest of the poor slobs in this country, to buy ownership shares in 9 of the nation?s largest banks...for the collective good of course.
So my questions are these;
Who decides when ?We the People? sell those shares?
Do we sell them when it best suits us or the banks?
?Cause it seems to me that ownership shares in big fat Wall Street banks is a pretty sweet f?in deal.
If things go well, we clean up!
If things go bad, we?re bailed out!
The only way we lose is if we sell those shares!
So again; who decides?
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Edited by boboday555 at 10/28/2008 2:36 PM PDT
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Oct 18, 2008 12:20 AM
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What will it take for people to catch on to the facts, I live in the southern part of tenn. and I drove around for two hours today and could not find 1 obama sign anywhere. all my neighbors think he is an arab, a muslem and a terrorist, and you can't convince them he is not. i am also sorry to say that being black is also an issue, I thought we were mostly over this crap.
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Oct 17, 2008 11:31 PM
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Bill,
With Winky and Blinky so far behind in the polls, how do you plan to make your living in the next 4 years?
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Oct 17, 2008 1:08 AM
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dear crv123
",,,MAYBE WE COULD BRING BACK THE GUILLOTINE, SINCE TORTURE IS OK UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION, MAYBE THIS WOULD GIVE THE REPRESENTATIVES AND CORRUPT CEO'S SOME MOTIVATION IF THAT WAS USED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES... WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
(sorry i do not know how to make this purple quote thing work - i always screw it up)
YES I AGREE - We do need to send them a wake up call and the GUILLOTINE is a very nice visual image as well as metaphor.
I also love that Jellyfish analogy! You are so right.
THEY Just don not listen to "We The People" unless they are threatened somehow.
DID someone say that BUSH himself was taking home a $100 billion cut of the bailout deal? I saw that somewhere - does anyone know where it came from?
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Oct 15, 2008 1:24 AM
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I would like to see Joe Bagaent on Overtime. His views on the current happenings in the world strike very much at the heart of matters and truth. Besides he's is an incredibly funny man, and considering the times we are living in, a sense of humor and the ability to laugh are essential.
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Oct 14, 2008 10:43 PM
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Where's the latest Overtime thread?
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Put Johnsson on your ignore list
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Oct 14, 2008 12:07 PM
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Bill, if you can somehow get Thomas Frank on your show again to talk about his new book "The Wrecking Crew - How Conservatives Rule", I think you will find it interesting!
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Oct 13, 2008 5:39 AM
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Well beyond the Obama Zombies and people afraid of higher taxes if they can make or kep their money are the Loonies Waiting for the mothership October 14,2008 (TUES) Over Alabama Jeez I wouldn't want to go to Alabama because the red necks creep me out EW! But the mothership for the US is scheduled for Tues and all over the world! Has the whole world gone mad?
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Oct 13, 2008 5:35 AM
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How can you care about trivia at a time like this ! Obama thinks we have 57 states and McCains name is Jim or tom! OBama Smokes cigarettes. small businesses are folding ,peolple are living in Cars! a lot of Loonies think a 2000 ft spaceship is landing Oct 14,2008 google it! Are you present! WE are in deep Stuff Real deep , Neither canditate seems Coherent! Are you here in the US?
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Oct 13, 2008 5:28 AM
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> I would like to know why Senator McCain needed to
> have a senate resolution passed recognizing him as a
> natural born citizen of these United States if he was
> a senator already. This bill was introduced by
> Senator Claire McCaskill (MO) on 4-10-08 and passed
> on 4-30-08, it was cosponsored by Hillary Clinton
> (NY), Barack Obama (IL), Tom Coburn (OK), Patrick
> Leahy (VT), and Jim Web (VA). It was
> S.Res.511 if you would like to have your staff
> check it out.
Thanks for the update I didn't know they did that... He was born on a us base that was not a territory of the United States at the time. President's have to be born in the US or one of its territories to be legitimate. As a senator, i believe you only need to be a citizen.
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"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity." H.D. Thoreau
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Oct 13, 2008 1:28 AM
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This idea that we have to come into line with what the founding fathers did, is absurd at times. Republicans use the revelutionaries stories as tales of achievment of freedoms as well as protest of British taxes. Bill always mentions the forefathers when he's talking about civil liberties such as freedom of speech, etc...
The fact is, that while the forefathers were effictive in starting our great country, the resources that they had to work with were virtually untapped and many less people to take care of. Our government today has far greater challenges because of the size and enormity of the nation at this time. Taxes will have to be paid to cover things. In fact, I think politicians will have to realize that we're the 1700s Great Britain Empire now, taxing any and all tea and we will have to figue out how not to have our country crushed or hugely downsized as Britain did back then.
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Oct 12, 2008 4:49 PM
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Did Maxine Waters actually say she did not know what ACORN stands for and that she had never heard of it. What bald lies.
Is stands for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now and here is a Video of Maxine Waters addressing the organization to endorse Barack Obama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywdRw20JlKA&feature=email
Bill Mahr has obviously joined the group of Hollywood Elite in the tank for Obama. How disingenous, how hypocritical. What a liar.
Disgusting and disgraceful. HBO - this show is no longer entertainment, it is going to tank in the ratings like MSNBC.
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Oct 12, 2008 1:31 AM
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Bill, I'll keep this short and sweet.
I understand there is an abundance of republican fools that come on the show and can't say a fact to save their life, but you guys should find one who is credible and can lay down some facts to start a real debate. Ofcourse that would be dependant on the idea that one of them exists.
Anyhow, great show and hopefully I run into you when I run for office after law school.
oxymoron: Bill O'reilly-No spin Zone
Eric
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Oct 11, 2008 10:45 PM
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> Dear Bill,
>
> All right, I looked all over for a forum discussing
> the bailout and couldn't find exactly what I am
> looking for. So, I'll discuss it here.
>
> First of all, a request. I would love to see Brad
> Sherman, the Democrat from California 27th district
> on your panel. I have been searching for information
> about the bailout and his interviews have been very
> compelling to say the least.
>
> In an interview that he gave on 9/26/08 he expressed
> his reluctance to sign the President's bailout Bill
> stating that there was already a Bill on the
> President's desk; however, George W. was refusing to
> sign it because the Bill called for a limit on his
> powers and limits on executive compensation for
> bailed out executives. He also said that Bush was
> threatening to use Marshal Law if Congress didn't
> pass his Bill.
>
> In an interview that Congressman Sherman gave on
> 9/29/08 he talked about how the President was playing
> the "fear card" (big surprise). He also
> stated..."there are folks who are very wealthy on
> Wall Street who want their $700 Billion dollars and
> don't want anyone to take it away from them." He
> also said that the President's bailout involved
> hundreds of billions of dollars going to foreign
> investors. How exactly does that help us Americans
> who are hard hit by this economic crisis?
>
> The Congressman went on to say that..."four hundred
> eminent economists, including three Nobel laureates
> have written to us saying, please, please do not
> rush. Please have hearings. Take your time and do
> it right. Wall Street demands the money now..."
>
> In an interview the Congressman gave on 10/3/08, he
> described the bully tactics that Bush used against
> Congress. Congressman Sherman stated that, if they
> didn't agree to give the $700 billion in "unmarked"
> bills" that Bush threatened that..."the Dow would
> drop 4000 points and blood would flow in the
> streets..." Blood will flow in the streets? I would
> like some elaboration on that please. Is Bush
> warning or threatening?
>
> The Congressman said that the worst abuses of the
> Bill can be minimized if Congress, and especially the
> the Press, begins an unprecedented level of ferocious
> oversight:
> *
> We have to make sure that Paulson spends the
> ds the money at the orderly rate of less than $50
> billion month (as he has promised), not at a frantic
> pace that spends it all by January 20th, 2009.
> *
> We have to make sure that Paulson treats all
> ats all financial entities fairly, whether they be
> firms he likes, or firms he doesn?t like. (It will
> take incredible investigative journalism to see
> whether the executives of any bailed-out firms are
> making secret contributions to Section 527
> organizations, which are responsible for a big chunk
> of today?s political advertising).
> *
> When a firm receives a billion dollars in
> ars in bail-out cash, we must report on which of its
> executives are receiving that cash in the form of
> salaries in excess of $1 million a year. (The bill
> allows unlimited salaries to be paid by bailed-out
> firms, and does not contain a provision preventing
> the bail-out cash from being used to pay those
> salaries.)
> *
> Each time a U.S.-headquartered entity sells
> sells billions of toxic assets to the Treasury, we
> must ask whether that U.S. entity is just acting as
> an intermediary. We must ask whether those toxic
> assets were in foreign safes on September 20th, 2008.
> We must be aware of the China two-step (described in
> a paper at BradSherman.house.gov), in which a foreign
> investor who made bad business decisions can sell
> toxic assets to a U.S. entity on Monday, and Paulson
> can buy those toxic assets with taxpayer dollars on
> Tuesday.
>
> Bill, I will continue to look for more information.
> Because, like so many Americans, this is an issue of
> f extreme concern for me. Now, one of the pieces of
> information that I heard is that somewhere in the
> fine print of this Bill it states that Bush himself
> will receive $100 Billion of the $700 Billion as a
> "gift" with no accountability! I wouldn't give this
> man a stick of gum if he knocked on my door and said
> "Trick or Treat"!
>
> So far, Congressman Sherman has given the most
> information of anyone, that I have been able to find
> anyway, anywhere. I for one would be very interested
> in seeing him on your show.
>
> Finally, yes this is my final statement, I am so
> grateful for you and your show. It is free speech at
> it's best.
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