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Tag(s): Bill OReilly; Books; False Balance; Media Hypocrisy; Newsweek; Patriotism; Pulp Patriotism GOP; Reality; Right Wing Hypocrisy
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September 25, 2008 at 07:43:56

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O'Reilly: "A Big Steaming Lump of Male Vanity"

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Is there any way Bill O'Reilly could have possibly chosen a worse title for his new book, A Bold, Fresh Piece of Humanity? How can anyone miss the obvious comical ridiculousness of that title? Keith Olbermann has alternated between several titles which O'Reilly may as well have chosen, including:

A Big Steaming Lump of Male Vanity

A Deep Barking Voice of Inanity

A Large Bag of Gas Who's No Hannity

Those three alternate titles were first proposed in June by Newsweek. Bill Orally didn't take too kindly to that, and he railed against Newsweek's editor, Jon Meacham, bloviating blusterously that "NEWSWEEK has really gone off the rails with its far-left posture. For destroying a once fine magazine, Meacham is a pinhead."

Authors Joseph Minton Amann and Tom Breuer, co-founders of SweetJesusIHateBillOReilly.com, and who wrote a book by the same name, offer these suggestions:

Please Dad, Not in the Face: Memories of My Father

I've Written Another Book Because My Fans Are Retards

Untitled Piece of Shit Bill O'Reilly Manuscript

Commenters at QRZ Forums have a few good ones:

How To Talk Loudly And Influence Sheeple

Superiority Through Arrogant Presumption

How to Get Idiots to Spend Money

My favorites: A Big Steaming Lump of Male Vanity, and God forgive me, Please Dad, Not in the Face: Memories of My Father.

O'Reilly says he decided on this title because a nun once told him as a young boy, "William, you are a bold fresh piece of humanity."

While I have not read the book (due primarily to my aversion to spending $26 for 256 pages of completely useless B.S.), it's probably safe to assume the rest of the book is every bit as bad as the title, and chock-full of self-congratulatory sentiments that O'Reilly is known for.

The first page is the Pledge of Allegiance. Nothing wrong with the pledge, but what possible reason would O'Reilly have for making it the first page in his book? It's amazing that even Stephen Colbert's exaggerated pretend wrapping of himself in the flag can't come close to the reality of Bill O'Reilly's false patriotism.

If you are considering purchasing A Bold, Fresh Piece, be forewarned that there may be unintended consequences that may weigh heavily on your conscience. O'Reilly's website states:

For a limited time, for every copy of A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity bought on BillOReilly.com, we will send a copy to the troops.

Haven't the troops been through enough hardship and pain?

I also have it on good authority from unnamed sources that Cheney has now implemented the inclusion of the forced reading of all of O'Reilly's books in the list of approved enhanced interrogation techniques at Guantanamo Bay and secret CIA prisons.

One other humorous piece of trivia is that the letters of Billo's newest title can be rearranged to form the anagram "Shameful, bona fide hypocrite."

By JC Garrett

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Meryl Ann ButlerMeryl Ann Butler is an artist, author and educator who counts First Lady Dolley Payne Todd Madison as well as two signers of the Articles of Confederation among her ancestors. Mary Ball, mother of George Washington is in the ancestral lineage of Butler's great grandmother, Blanche Ball. Grateful to know that the blood of America's founding mothers and fathers runs in her veins, Butler has been newly filled with matriotism as a direct result of the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. Lest she a...

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Steaming

Great "title review" , and I LOVE your anagram! That says it all! lol

by Meryl Ann Butler (49 articles, 53 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 449 comments) on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 12:24:47 PM

DOB -- September 20, 1940. Became active in civil rights and peace movements in 1962. Active in socialist and antiwar movements -- 1963-69. Active in Gay Liberation from 1969 to present.
rhalfhillDOB -- September 20, 1940. Became active in civil rights and peace movements in 1962. Active in socialist and antiwar movements -- 1963-69. Active in Gay Liberation from 1969 to present.

THERE SHALL BE NO ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION

There IS something wrong with the pledge. During the 1950's, at the height of the anti communist witch hunt, "under God" was added to the pledge to distinguish ourselves from the "Godless communists." "An Atheistic American is a contradiction in terms" someone said.

This addition to the pledge flies in the face of the Constitutional provision that "there shall be no establishment of religion" as well as the additional Constitutional provision that "there shall be no religious test" for any office under the United States.

Many Christian ministers argued that there should be something recognizing Christianity in the Constitution but the founders rejected their proposal, opting instead for a government that let people believed what they want while using its police powers to keep the adherents of the different religions from killing each other. Adding "under God" to the pledge is as contrary to the Constitution as it would be to add "under Allah" or Atheists such as myself to add "under no God." All additions violate freedom of religion.

Robert Halfhill

by rhalfhill (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 310 comments) on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 8:04:02 PM

JC Garrett is a freelance writer and Constitutional scholar from the piney-woods of East Texas. He apologizes to the entire world that the great Lone Star State could have produced the neo-Neanderthal currently occupying the Oval Office.

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JC GarrettJC Garrett is a freelance writer and Constitutional scholar from the piney-woods of East Texas. He apologizes to the entire world that the great Lone Star State could have produced the neo-Neanderthal currently occupying the Oval Office.

"I'm not ashamed to be an American. I'm ashamed George W. Bush is an American."

Mr. Garrett owns and operates an independent recording studio, plays several instruments, writes, sings, and produces music.

His stories have ...

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Apples and Oranges

The Pledge and the Constitution are two entirely different things.

The biggest difference is that the Pledge is a wholly voluntary recitation of an affirmation of loyalty to America. It has no weight or effect in law, and is merely traditional custom rather than a foundational legal document like the Constitution.

If one wishes to take part in the Pledge (or not), it is completely dependent on the individual's discretion and preference whether they choose to include "under God."

In an excellent article here on OEN entitled Saying No to the Pledge, James Mullin writes in detail of the history of the Pledge, and its nationalistic background. Almost anything can be used for evil as well as good.

So there is nothing inherently wrong with the Pledge, especially since each person can choose for himself whether to change the wording, or whether to partake in the customary recitation at all.

by JC Garrett (40 articles, 65 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 604 comments) on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 8:39:37 PM

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