Billy vs. Rosie - ZZZZZZ

Sometimes Rosie O'Donnell gets under my skin, but I gotta tell you, she makes sense here, hands down. And, I'll also say that conspiracy theories also usually get on my nerves, but she's making some sense here, too. WTC 1 and WTC 2 came down because planes hit them, but there are some fair questions about WTC 7, and there is some weird evidence of something fishy. But honestly, what's the big deal? So what if WTC 7 was brought down intentionally? No one died, and to my knowledge, no one was even injured.

I'll also go on record as saying I'm not one of those people who believes that President Bush had any knowledge of 9-11 before it happened. I do believe that it could have been prevented had the incompetent people at the top of this administration been paying attention.

I don't mind saying that it's mindless sheep like Elisabeth Hasselbeck who get us into these messes in the first place, by mindlessly saying, "We're in a war, we have to support the president!" Bush wishes there were 300 million more just like you, Elisabeth, and thank God there are not.



So naturally, Rosie's comments got Bill O'Lielly's Irish up, and he took the to the airwaves at Fersatz News to denounce her.

A few thoughts here. It's not de rigueur to say it, but O'Donnell's right - the Iranians have been demonized. I'm not siding with them, I'm merely saying that during the Cold War, we even talked to our sworn enemy, the U.S.S.R. Bush won't even bother, publicly stating that "If I thought it would do any good, I'd talk to them." How do you know if you're not talking? World peace is a little too important to be relying on the diplomatic grapevine.

I guess that leads me to the problem that Bush thinks it's a sign of weakness to listen to your enemies. No one said capitulate to them, but what's wrong with talking? With this administration, everything. Ever since Bush was appointed president, it's been a "take it or leave it" attitude. Sometimes, that's not good enough.

Bernie Goldberg is the biggest moron alive. Okay, I partially retract that - he's got some pretty heady competition on the right, but for him to say "she's [O'Donnell] mainstreaming hateful nonsense" is high comedy, since Goldberg is saying this on Fersatz News Channel.

Goldberg doesn't stop there. He calls ABC viewers "politically, the most unsophisticated viewers in America." Really, Bernie? Are you forgetting all of the sheeple who watch Faux News?

I also get a kick out of all of the networks that Billy has declared war on. If you're keeping score at home, that would be all three of the traditional networks: ABC, CBS and NBC. Sure Bill - it's not you and your "network" - it's the rest of the world that's screwed up.

There isn't a network or 24-hour news network on television that doesn't have some warts from being in the news business - that goes with the territory.

Honestly though - I find Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity and Rush Limpbaugh worlds more offensive than Rosie O'Donnell on her worst day. I could recap what these mindless rubes have said in the past, but what's the point? That's just shootin' ducks in a barrel, and I've got better things to write about.

O'Reilly goes on to imply that Ann Coulter deserves her own show. He must be off his meds.

Jane Hall suggests that there are many shows on cable where there are a variety of viewpoints expressed, but she can't think of a show where there isn't a counterpoint expressed? Did I miss something? I guess every night at 9 p.m. Hall transports herself to an alternate universe when the "balanced" Hannity and Colmes takes to the airwaves on Fox.

It's also pretty funny to hear Bill O'Reilly talking about a show losing viewers, since his show has done just that in 2007.

One more point - "Ann Coulter is smarter than all four of the women on The View put together"? That's a good one, Goldberg.

Ahh, anyway, that's enough - I just had to weigh in on these two clips. The Bill O'Lielly craziness in the second video is almost like a New York play, because it's hard to believe that a show like his has any popularity whatsoever in America.