MY TAKE ON THE BERGDAHL/BENGHAZI "CONTROVERSIES" (Or Why Bill O'Reilly Will ALWAYS Be A D-Bag!)

Here's some FACTS you'll NEVER hear on Fox (Non) News!

This isn't, of course, an actual book by Bill O'Reilly
(but, of course, it COULD be!).

"Bill O'Reilly looks like a D-Bag!"

Believe it or not, Jesse Watters actually asked THIS guy
if he thought Bob Bergdahl looked like a Muslim!

Here's proof that the right will "support" guys with long beards
so long as they "worship" the RIGHT god (right--get it?)!

This pic of Sean Hannity is pretty self-explanatory, don't ya think?

TERRORISTS!!!! Oh, sorry, that's just the guys from ZZ Top!

Bowe Bergdahl (top center pic) with the so-called Taliban 5
(the Taliban pics are reportedly from Fox's favorite site Wikileaks!).

Right-wingers/"conservatives" have gotten their rightie panties in a bunch yet again, this time over the Bowe Bergdahl/Taliban prisoner "exchange" and/or Benghazi. Both of these "controversies" have been spearheaded by--who else!--Fox (Non) News and right-wing talk radio. And, of course, these right-wing geniuses know precisely who's to blame for said "controversies": OBAMA. Or, as the righties would have everyone believe, The Son Of Satan (or Allah, whichever the case may be!)! First, let's talk about the insipid Bergdahl controversy. As everyone no doubt knows by now, the Obama Administration "exchanged" POW Bowe Bergdahl--who was  captured by the Taliban when he left his post for some unknown reason--for five Taliban members who had been held at the infamous Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Of course, the ensuing "outrage" about said prisoner "exchange" from the right has been deafening. The righties have been implying or outright saying said prisoner "swap" should NEVER have happened and that it therefore will put American lives at risk by having said Taliban members back into civilization again and blah blah blah blah. There's just one tiny little problem with all this "outrage" from the right about the Bergdahl/Taliban exchange: 

GEORGE W. BUSH ALSO "RELEASED" TALIBAN "DETAINEES" FROM GITMO!!!!

That's right! Bush, while he was (allegedly) President, released a number of Taliban members who were being held at Gitmo without so much as a peep from the SAME right-wing commentators on Fox (Non) News and right-wing talk radio who are now calling for Obama's--and, of course, Bergdahl's--head on a silver platter. I haven't been able to get an exact number, but some estimates have it as high as over 500. And get THIS: one of said Taliban members who was "released" from Gitmo while Dubya was (supposedly) President was reportedly "linked" to the fiasco that was Benghazi where, on the evening of September 11, 2012, Islamic militants attacked American diplomats at Benghazi in Libya, thereby killing U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and Sean Smith who was U.S. Foreign Service Information Management Officer. But, there again, in all the rampant criticisms of the Benghazi debacle from the righties there has not been ONE single mention of this.

Surprising, isn't it?

Not to go easy on Obama. Even left-wingers have been collectively scratching their heads wondering aloud why Obama made this "deal" with the dreaded Taliban. Of course, there again, if Bush had made the SAME "deal" with said Taliban the SAME right-wingers who are now--and have always--gone after Obama with such a vengeance would be lining up to kiss Dubya's ass and anyone who dared "criticize" said "deal" would be labeled as--that's right!--"unpatriotic"--and even worse--by said right-wingers. 

Again, surprising, isn't it?

One thing I find most distasteful AND disgraceful about the Bergdahl "controversy" is the attacks made against Bowe's father Bob Bergdahl (or Baghdad Bob, as he's come to be known within certain right-wing circles), specifically the appearance made with President Obama in the Rose Garden with his wife wherein he was sporting a beard--which he grew because he dared wanted to show "solidarity" with his captured son--and gave a Muslim-esque prayer wherein he praised Allah. Noted Fox (Non) News loudmouth/D-Bag Bill O'Reilly sneeringly said on his show The O'Reilly Factor how Mr. Bergdahl "looked like a Muslim" and attacked him for "praising Allah" and whatnot. Bill even sent his "stalker producer"--as former MSNBC pundit/nutjob Keith Olbermann once rightfully referred to him--Jesse Watters down to the Bergdahl's hometown of Hailey, Idaho to get the townsfolk "reaction" to Bowe being released. Understandably, most of those he "interviewed" didn't appear to be too pleased about having HIM asking rather sensitive questions about Bergdahl and his family (i.e. as to whether or not his father was truly a Muslim to which a family friend vehemently said NO). Anyway, Bill O's attacks against not only Bergdahl but his family were reminiscent of the venomous attacks Billdo lobbied against Cindy Sheehan, who, if you'll recall, was the grieving mother who had lost her son who was serving in Iraq because she had dared "question" the legitimacy of Dubya's insipid "war" in Iraq that cost the life of her dear son. By the way, that Muslim-esque prayer made by Mr. Bergdahl that have made the righties cry foul is reportedly the very SAME "prayer" made by Muslim dignitaries who've visited the White House, including--gasp!--the Bush White House.

Whoops!

My personal view about the "release" of Bowe Bergdahl and/or what type of soldier he truly was--e.g. whether or not he was a "deserter" for leaving his post (as, of course, he's been accused of being by not only the right but by his outfit as well, which, according to some "news" sources, had "issues" of its own)--is that the military should conduct a thorough investigation as to what precisely happened with Bergdahl. If there's evidence that he did indeed commit desertion and/or "collaborated" with his Taliban captors (as he's, of course, also been accused of being by the right even WITHOUT evidence of which even Bill O'Reilly has said there's been no "evidence" of), then I say let the MILITARY handle it. But, then again, you know damn good & well if Bergdahl had died under Taliban captivity the right--and, yes, that includes Fox (Non) News!--would've gone after Obama--again!--and how he doesn't care about the welfare of our soldiers fighting overseas and blah blah blah blah. 

"Fair & Balanced" as always!

I'll give ONE thing to Bowe Bergdahl: whatever his "faults" might be and whatever he might actually be "guilty" of, at least he actually signed up for military service unlike, of course, all of the right-wing chickenhawks--or at least 99.9 1/2 % of them!--who have NEVER spent a single damn day in the military (one "macho" asshole on Fox actually took a swipe at Bowe for doing ballet when he was younger). Of course, these very SAME right-wing chickenhawks--like, for instance, Rush Limbaugh who's given varying "excuses" as to why he didn't get drafted during Vietnam like a "football knee" to a boil on his big, fat ass--have never been shy about shamelessly using the troops for their own political purposes. For instance, Bill O'Reilly actually stated on his now-defunct radio show how he thought the then-scandal involving the shoddy medical treatment our (supposedly) beloved veterans were receiving at Walter Reed was, and I quote, BORING. However, since this very same shameless scandal has erupted AGAIN during the Obama Administration--i.e. military veterans receiving substandard and even delayed medical treatment which has reportedly caused at least some deaths--Bill all of sudden becomes the vets's BIGGEST champion/defender. So, let me see if I got this straight, Billdo, systematic abuse of our veterans during a REPUBLICAN administration is, as you put it, BORING but the SAME systematic abuse of said veterans during a DEMOCRATIC administration is indeed scandalous? 

Makes sense to me!

And, while we're at it, here's my final take on the Benghazi "controversy": I actually agree with the right--for once!--that there SHOULD be an investigation into what precisely happened at Benghazi and why there was loss-of-life. However, there SHOULD have been an investigation whenever the SAME thing happened--and more than ONCE, I might add--during the Bush Administration, which, not surprisingly, the righties NEVER advocated. I mean, if there in fact were investigations into similar attacks on U.S. embassies and/or consulates during the Bush Administration, then maybe--just maybe!--what happened at Benghazi would not have happened.

You think?  

A sidenote: Sean Hannity--who once promised on his show on Fox (Non) News that he would allow himself to be waterboarded for charity that benefited families of veterans (and then, in typically rightie chickenhawk fashion, immediately backed off said vow when the aforementioned leftie nutjob Keith Olbermann took him up on his offer)--actually had on his show none other than Oliver "Mr. Iran-Contra" North AND Pat Buchanan to "discuss" the Bowe Bergdahl/Taliban 5--as they've come to be called by the righties--prisoner exchange. Yeah, let's hear the opinions about THIS from someone who HAS "negotiated" with terrorists and/or an A-Hole/D-Bag who actually once wrote a book wherein he claimed it was "wrong" for the U.S. to have fought Hitler--let me repeat!--HITLER during World War II!

Again, "Fair & Balanced" as always!

And, while we're at it, here's rightie "hero" Ronald Reagan admitting/not admitting to "negotiating" with Iranian terrorists during the Iran-Contra scandal (since, you know, said righties have insisted a Republican President would NEVER "negotiate" with terrorists!):

BILL MAHER vs. ANN COULTER (Or The "Difference" Between Right & Left)

Bill Maher's commentary on "gay" marriage.

Ann Coulter & Bill Maher "debating" one another.

Bill Maher & Ann Coulter demonstrating a "difference" between right & left.

Bill Maher & Ann Coulter: 2 sides of the SAME coin?

Bill Maher & Ann Coulter in "happy" times.

Bristol Palin: a single mom Ann Coulter will NEVER demonize!

Noted "liberal" comedian/commentator Bill Maher has consistently attacked organized religion--which included a documentary of sorts called Religulous--and especially religious institutions such as marriage, saying in interviews and on his HBO show how he never plans to wed in "holy" matrimony since, as he's put it, he doesn't want to "involve" the government in his relationship. However, Bill has gone on record endorsing "gay" marriage. The obvious question to THAT would be why would he advocate that the government be "involved" in a "gay" couple's relationship? On the flipside of that would be noted "conservative" commentator/gasbag--and Bill Maher's purported onetime "girlfriend"--Ann Coulter who has not only unsurprisingly spoken out against "gay" marriage, saying how there should even be a constitutional amendment banning "gay" marriage altogether, but she has also touted the "sacred" institution of so-called "traditional" marriage, i.e. marriage between a "straight" man and woman. Ann has also gone on record virtually demonizing single mothers (except for, of course, Sarah Palin's knocked-up unmarried daughter Bristol Palin!), implying or saying how single moms are "responsible" for virtually most if not all crime committed in this country. However, Ann has NEVER been married nor has she had ANY children. And THIS is the "difference" between the right and the left in THIS country? Some damn "difference," don't ya think?

Here's a rather humorous clip of Ann Coulter on Bill Maher's HBO show (at least Ann can take a joke, at least from her ex-"boyfriend"!):

THE DAILY SHOW vs. RED EYE (from Squidoo)

Here's the link to my latest article from Squidoo comparing the "difference" between The Daily Show With Jon Stewart to Red Eye With Greg Gutfeld: 

http://www.squidoo.com/the-daily-show-vs-red-eye

Enjoy!

AND NOW . . . TIME FOR A RACHEL MADDOW MEME!

PETA NEEDS TO DIE (Or Why MSNBC's Chris Hayes Apparently DOESN'T "Disapprove" Of ALL Death Threats!)

I've watched noted leftie Chris Hayes repeatedly harp on his show on MSNBC about gun rights advocates making death threats against anti-gun advocates and whatnot. However, I have yet to hear him--and, of course, his fellow lefties on MSNBC and elsewhere--equally condemn death threats from members of leftie organizations such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) against hunting advocates and whatnot. Listen, I'm all for the "ethical treatment" of animals and I'm NOT what you'd call a big gun guy and/or a big "supporter" of the whack-jobs who run the NRA (the National Rifle Association), although, unlike SOME lefties, I do believe that people do have a Second Amendment right to "keep & bear arms" and whatnot. But, at the same time, I think death threats from ANY organization or members thereof should be equally condemned across the board. But, judging from his silence on this issue (i.e. left-wing death threats), Mr. Hayes doesn't feel as "strongly" about death threats made from those on HIS side. Gee, I wonder why? A sidenote: Here's the link to an article about animal rights activists--not sure if they're from PETA--actually making death threats against a terminally ill college student because she dared praise animal testing for disease cures: http://www.mediaite.com/online/terminally-ill-student-gets-death-threats-from-animal-rights-activists-for-praising-animal-testing/ Now could you imagine the outcry from Chris Hayes and others on the (so-called) left had this or ANY college student been "threatened" by guns rights advocates from the NRA or wherever for praising gun control laws? Oh yeah, the "president" of PETA, according to the above video, has actually come out and said she'd be "against" animal testing even if it could cure AIDS. Surprised?  

The Racist Video Howard Stern Didn't Want You To See! (Or: Racist? I'll Show YOU Racist!)

While the country is STILL gripped in Donald Sterling mania (or hysteria, whichever way you want to look at it), I thought I'd share this video of "shock jock" Howard Stern dressed in BLACKFACE while saying The N Word about 10-dozen times. Regardless of the existence of this video (and, of course, other BLACKFACE videos featuring Mr. Stern), Howard has never received anywhere near the condemnation from others--mainly, of course, the "liberals"--that Donald Sterling or Paula Deen or Rush Limbaugh or that Duck Dynasty guy, et al, has received for whatever "racist" comments they were accused of making. Plus he's able to co-host the popular show America's Got Talent in spite of the existence of this--and other--BLACKFACE video. And why is that, you might ask? Because Howard is a left-wing or at least claims to be. Frankly, I don't care if Howard Stern wants to don BLACKFACE and say The N Word the same way I wouldn't care if Donald Sterling went to a Clippers game donning BLACKFACE with The N Word sprawled across his bare chest. As always, what I do care about is the blatant hypocrisy of those--mainly, of course, the "liberals"--picking & choosing which public figures they'll go after for their "racist" shit (like, for instance, the Donald Sterling debacle gets front-page news for two or three straight weeks while Julianne Hough donning BLACKFACE as part of a Halloween costume doesn't even make the nightly news and she STILL gets to guest host the popular show Dancing With The Stars). Of course, Howard Stern has accused OTHERS such as Paula Deen, Rush Limbaugh and his former radio rival Don Imus as being--that's right!--racist, which is, of course, the pot calling the kettle . . . well, you know!

Here's another video of Howard Stern wearing BLACKFACE and saying The N Word from the late Petey Greene's TV show:

HGTV pulling plug on real estate show amid protest (or EVEN MORE LEFTIE P.C. B.S.!)

HGTV pulling plug on real estate show amid protest

Here's a link to an article detailing yet another ginned-up "controversy" about some TV personality losing his TV show--even BEFORE the show even aired, by the way--because they uttered something "homophobic" or whatever. Listen, I believe that homosexuals should have the "right" to marry if that's what they want, but I'm gettiing sick & tired of the P.C. Stalin-esque attempts by these "gay rights" groups and other "liberal" groups to try to "silence" ANYONE who doesn't agree with them. I think said "gay rights" and other "liberal" groups are going to start realizing that, for one, you CAN'T force people to "agree" with you, and two, these P.C. Stalin-esque attempts to try to destroy not only others "rights" to freedom of speech but to also "destroy" these people's livelihood and whatnot are going to seriously start backfiring on them. And that, in turn, will only "destroy" their "gay rights" causes or alleged causes. But you know what? These "gay rights" and other "liberal" groups are SO wrapped up in their own rhetoric and/or their own self-importance that I really DON'T think they [the "gay rights" and other "liberal" groups] really give a shit. Besides, I never heard any "gay rights" and/or "liberal" group bitching too much when that Bachelor D-Bag stated how there couldn't be a "gay" Bachelor show because, according to said D-Bag, it would be too "perverted" or whatever, you know what I mean?