Alleged U.S. Soldier‘s Website Boasts About Burning O’Reilly Books in Afghanistan
- Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:56pm by
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A box of donated Bill O’Reilly books* was allegedly burned and displayed on the Tumbler account of an alleged soldier in Afghanistan, Gawker reports. The account entitled “Everqueer” claims that the box of books was sent to soldiers at a remote outpost in Afghanistan, and burned on a Commander’s orders:
“Some jerk sent us two boxes of this awful book (SPOILER ALERT: George Washington – Patriot; George Soros – Pinhead) instead of anything soldiers at a remote outpost in Afghanistan might need, like, say, food or soap. Just burned the whole lot of them on my Commander’s orders.”
The Gawker article failed to include Everqueer’s followup blog post yesterday to the hot item story he posted two days ago, which notes that the alleged soldier did keep a copy of the book and the burning was done out of “military necessity:”
“I’ve read people’s squeamishness about setting books ablaze. I hear you. The motivation behind the order to burn them was not political. As mentioned in the original post, we are in an extraordinarily remote location. We don’t have a post office here, so sending them back wasn’t an option. Extra space is scarce and alternatives that a few mentioned, like recycling, are nonexistent. All waste is burned on the base and in town; wood and paper goes in that barrel. I was getting rid of a bunch of cardboard boxes and the books were in the burn pile. There were 20 of them. I saved one for the bookshelf. I’m aware of the historical implications of book-burning. I won’t say I didn’t take pleasure in removing a few copies of this bigoted twerp’s writings from circulation, but the reason for doing so was military necessity.”
While that blog post clears up that the alleged soldier was not burning an entire box of donated books solely for ideological objections, he does not hold back expressing his distaste for O’Reilly. The account posts several photos claiming to be within Afghanistan, but there is nothing on the account that confirms it belongs to a U.S. soldier.
O’Reilly supports Operation Shoebox, the Wounded Warrior Project, Families of Military Casualties, the Fisher House Foundation, among many other national and New York City-area charities.
*Editor’s update:
We‘ve updated to note that the alleged soldier’s original post did not say the books were sent by O’Reilly himself. Additionally, it’s worth pointing out that the reason we did the story was to note that when this story originally started making the rounds on the internet, it didn‘t note the alleged soldier’s follow-up response: mainly that the command to burn the books was not an ideological one, but rather a logistical one (to save space). That’s important because even though the book-burner says he doesn‘t agree with O’Reilly, the order and subsequent burning doesn’t prove a systemic front-line animosity of the Fox News host or widespread hatred in that unit’s ranks (as some on the left would like to boast about).
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Comments (350)
freedom4ever
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:19pmtroops over there fighting for freedom – what happened to theirs? sad day for our country and our soldiers – another reason why they should come home!!!
Report Post »LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:23pmIt’s only been 10 years and 6000+ lives; Are you sure you want to leave already?
Walkabout
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:33pmLIBERTYFADING
“It’s only been 10 years and 6000+ lives; Are you sure you want to leave already?”
Usama was the organizer behind 911. We asked the Taliban to extradite him to the U.S. They refused. What would you have done?
Report Post »DDG53Plankowner
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:45pm@libertyfading
That’s an odd response. Usually the comments about leaving or staying are by the folks who are going or are there.
Report Post »ACLUHater
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:02pmSoldiers are being de-balled right before our eyes. We are doomed.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:20pmSoldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen had their balls cut off right after the Tailhook scandal. Liberals long wanted to tame these beasts of Warfare. They couldn’t do it on the playground, they still could not manage it in the classrooms, they failed at the college level but these men (mostly) kept earning to serve their country under arms. Once there they realized they had to tackle the issues from within. Hence more women to combat positions, more gays, more multiculture to breaks up the White male dominance of the military. I knew people who intentionally held back their known level of work performance to keep pace with those under performers, mostly minorities and women. Sorry, thats how its was and still is. 1981-2001
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:29pmMy first ten years in the Army were the best (started in 87). Still saw knuckle heads, but majority of soldiers back then seemed to have a much better grasp on morality, ethics, right and wrong. Three decades of MTV, indoctrination from the public schools, the MSM,….
Soldiers today are differnet. Many are much softer, they have to have their IPODs their Air Conditioning, they have been brain washed into believing homosexuality is ok. Our military is in bad shape, and with Obama at the helm, it will only get worse.
Report Post »rs9
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:41pmeverqueer needs to attend a “bug chaser” party and meet his “gift giver”. look it up
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:42pm@ACLUHater
Report Post »Soldiers are being de-balled right before our eyes. We are doomed.
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That is the saddest fact of all the harm the traitor-in-chief has inflicted on our troops.
LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:47pm@walkabout: Lets see, considering 15 of the 19 hijackers of 9/11 were Saudi’s, and we found Osama in Pakistan, I guess I would have to say… THAT I WOULDN’T START BACK-TO-BACK ILLEGAL WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN!
@DDG53PLANKOWNER: its called sarcasm, look it up.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:48pmUnreal that something like burning the books they found useless could turn you against our soldiers.
Report Post »Jezcruzen
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:01pmThe “punishment” to the Taliban for not offering up Osama was completed in the first six months. No reason to have stayed there past that six month date. So, why are troops still there? Too many behind the scenes are making BIG MONEY for them being there. Don’t think for a minute they are there to “fight for freedom” or “protecting democracy”. Thats BS!
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:03pmI have myself donated books by way of Bill O‘Reilly’s web site and I’m pretty disgusted to hear this!
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:04pmIts his right to do this and I’m sure now that he has come out of the closet he feels better about himself……good for you gat soilder….good for you.
Report Post »LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:04pmSad thing is Osama KNEW that he couldn’t take us head on, he had to take advantage of corrupted system. We are bankrupt, and he is more successful everyday despite his death.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:06pmI have also donated books via Operation Shoebox thru Bill O‘Reilly’s web site and I’m very disgusted to hear this!
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:08pmI think this is kind of funny……O’Reilly has his moments like when he lambasted Bawny ***, but for the most part I consider O’Reilly a big loudmouth. I just can’t take him at times I have to turn it off.
Report Post »I agree with most of his views, but can’t take his big arrogant mouth. And how he call’s everyone by their last name, like he’s some type of a football coach or something…..
lillymckim
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:14pmI find this very disheartening. While I give O’Reilly grief on many occasions
Report Post »what he does for charity is from his heart with no malice whatsoever and I find this act aimed at him very unfortunate..
@leftfighter
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:31pm@LIBERTYFADING
Ummm… Congress authorized both wars. True, no official Declaration of War was passed, per se, but there’s no doubt that Congress passed an authorization of hostilities and have repeatedly voted to continue funding the wars, which means it’s been repeatedly upheld as legal. Period.
The Constitutional requirement for the wars to be legal was and has been repeatedly met.
…that is, unless you’ve redefined what “illegal” means…
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:53pmtifosa
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:48pm
Unreal that something like burning the books they found useless could turn you against our soldiers.
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A queer isn’t a soldier, he’s a queer.
kryptonite
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:13pm@LIBERTYFADING
Lets see, considering 15 of the 19 hijackers of 9/11 were Saudi’s, and we found Osama in Pakistan, I guess I would have to say… THAT I WOULDN’T START BACK-TO-BACK ILLEGAL WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN!
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I thought Paulists were well-informed people. UBL initially fled to Afghanistan and was harbored by the Taliban there. He fled when we invaded Afghanistan.
It’s “the end justifies the means” with Ron Paul:
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyPLFKUdhqY&NR=1
Chuck Stein
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:23pm@ Bluefish49 — Cheering on a uniformed homosexual politically-motivated book burner? You would have LOVED Germany in the 1930s!
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:30pmTIME TO HAVE A REAL MAN in the WHITE HOUSE. A man who LOVES AMERICA and is living the AMERICAN DREAM…not some puppet Marxist/Muslim Trojan Horse/Communist. A man who says he will lead with this philosophy: PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH (as Ronald Reagan said).
We should have gone into Afghanistan and cleaned out ALL the TALIBAN/Al Qaeda; Put our guy in as interim, not the drug lord who has been there; not send any $ there that we don’t disburse. I mean, you know, common sense stuff. Then let the people begin to live like normal people, schools, hospitals, roads, and after they realize they can be free… and we know that all the enemies are greatly reduced or whipped out …we come home. All of us. That should have taken 2 years.
Report Post »LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:56pm@kryptonite: 30 years of service to this country and this is all you got against Ron Paul? LOL this has been out for years, and has nothing to do with what we’re talking about. “the ends justify the means…” funny you use a progressive statement to describe Ron Paul, even though it is totally unrelated. I do commend you for not opening your argument with “kook” or “loon”, and your attempt to add substance to your statement, but you are grasping for something that isn’t there. You’ve been trained to hate Ron Paul by the media, and in your pathetic attempt to “expose” him, you’ve made yourself look silly… again.
And even if Osama did flee, what gives us the right to STAY and occupy the country for years and years. Even after Sadam was kicked out and Osama killed, we stay. What the hell is that about? And this is Obama doing this… A liberal. I guess you have more in common with liberal foreign policy than you think.
Report Post »whywonder
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:00pm10 amend
Report Post »You said ” a queer isn’t a soldier, hes a queer”
Well heres one for you “A bigot isn’t civil, hes just a bigot”
The world is running over your kind, change is all around you and you sir, are terrified
LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:06pmedit: Countries* We don’t just occupy one country–
Report Post »Lemon Party Patriot
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:09pmThey should have used it for toilet paper.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:16pm@ whywonder
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:00pm
10 amend
You said ” a queer isn’t a soldier, hes a queer”
Well heres one for you “A bigot isn’t civil, hes just a bigot”
The world is running over your kind, change is all around you and you sir, are terrified
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I’d rather be a bigot than a queer. Actually, I’d rather be feces dropped from the rear end of a fish than a queer.
No queers on in my neck of the woods. We’ll clean your filth out one neighborhood at a time.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:19pm@PATTY HENRY
“TIME TO HAVE A REAL MAN in the WHITE HOUSE… A man who says he will lead with this philosophy: PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH (as Ronald Reagan said).”
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And who might that be? Please don’t say Ron Paul. Don’t make me retch again. I’ve had enough, having to hear Obama compare himself to our heroes.
Reagan’s “peace through strength” was summed up in his Strategic Defense Initiative, mockingly labeled “Star Wars” by the likes of you. The whole speech is on the following website, but in case you don’t want to be bothered, let me quote from it:
==> “As we pursue our goal of defensive technologies, we recognize that our allies rely upon our strategic offensive power to deter attacks against them. Their vital interests and ours are inextricably linked – their safety and ours are one. And no change in technology can or will alter that reality. We must and shall continue to honor our commitments.”
http://pierretristam.com/Bobst/library/wf-241.htm
I hope this keeps you from ever, EVER again placing Ron Paul on par with Ronald Reagan.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:30pm@motonutt
Report Post »Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:08pm
I think this is kind of funny……O’Reilly has his moments like when he lambasted Bawny ***, but for the most part I consider O’Reilly a big loudmouth. I just can’t take him at times I have to turn it off.
I agree with most of his views, but can’t take his big arrogant mouth. And how he call’s everyone by their last name, like he’s some type of a football coach or something…..
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My favorite soldier‘s wife loved O’Reilly till he was in Iraq & O’Really went over with a tv crew, he was stationed at Centcom. & O’Really was doing tv interviews, supposedly all day, as time grew short, Battle Captain hunted fill ins so the remainder could be on tv, but they immediately came back, not enough were coming at a time, so he’d folded up his cameras etc, and told them to tell everyone he was getting something to eat before flying out. All were disgusted that he didn‘t at least bring his crew to the working soldiers after he’d promised all a chance to say hi on tv to families. The only consolation, none of them told him it wasn’t wise to eat just before corkscrewing out of Bagdad Airport. The flight crew radiod back he was very green around the gills for the trip.
STOPTHEPROGRESSIVES
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:36pmLook behind the box of books. What do you see?
Report Post »Looks like a blacktop road. I asked my nephew about that(he’s just returned)…….said the whole time he was there he never saw any blacktop roads,parking lots. Concrete or dirt thats it.
I think some little creep stole a box of books and burnt ‘em.
What say you?
jzs
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:37pmThe10thAmendment replies to this statement, “Unreal that something like burning the books they found useless could turn you against our soldiers,” with the statement, “A queer isn’t a soldier, he’s a queer.”
10thAmendment, that was a non sequitur if I’ve ever heard one. Fortunately I have a PhD from Stanford in psychoanalysis, plus some degrees in lots of other classes I took, and I understand your remark, provided you aren’t simply drunk or on drugs. You view O’ Reilly as an alpha male, and the connection with the military reminded you of your lack of service, or, if you did serve, your feeling of inadequacy. You are reminded of the “feelings” you have, and so the pejorative “queer” comes to mind. And because of your feelings of being an inadequate man, you project that onto others. Am I right so far? How do you feel about that assesment?
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:46pm@JZS
I have served for a quarter century, and still serving.
I view a queer as a queer, not a soldier. I view a child molester as a child molester, a rapist as a rapist, a thief as a thief.
there is honorable service and service that is not honorable.
queers are not looking to serve quietly and do their job. They want their homosexuality up front and in everyones face. Check out PFC Bradley Manning, and many others that were so vocal about their homosexuality.
they are degenerates, they destroy societies and nations. They will destroy ours also.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:48pmGAYS HATE BILL O’REILLY THAT IS WHY HIS BOOKS WERE BURNED BY A GAY SOLDIER
Give us the name of the officer who ordered these books burned. Those books were donated the the US Military and therefore were the property of the US Government. Charges should be brought against the officer who ordered the unnecessary destruction of government property and who intentionally violated Freedom of the Press. We are loosing the war because our Officer Corp is incompetent. In Asian armies such officers would be executed.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:57pm@ jzs
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:37pm
The10thAmendment replies to this statement, “Unreal that something like burning the books they found useless could turn you against our soldiers,” with the statement, “A queer isn’t a soldier, he’s a queer.”
10thAmendment, that was a non sequitur if I’ve ever heard one. Fortunately I have a PhD from Stanford in psychoanalysis, plus some degrees in lots of other classes I took, and I understand your remark, provided you aren’t simply drunk or on drugs. You view O’ Reilly as an alpha male, and the connection with the military reminded you of your lack of service, or, if you did serve, your feeling of inadequacy. You are reminded of the “feelings” you have, and so the pejorative “queer” comes to mind. And because of your feelings of being an inadequate man, you project that onto others. Am I right so far? How do you feel about that assesment?
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Your assessment sounded like typical liberal, Stanford, elitist, huuf-po, over-educated, CA gobble-d-****.
Am I pretty close to the mark?
I’ll call your book smarts, and raise you by sub-MOA @ 200 yards.
Report Post »whywonder
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:04pmRangerburp
You think folks who are not like you are destroying this nation. I say fools who think like you are. America is strong and liberalism is going to win the day…it already has you just don’t know it.
jzs
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:17pmrangerp, I appreciate and admire your long term service to our country.
But I will say this. The Israeli military has allowed gays to serve openly for 20 years. The Israeli military seems to me to be a formidable fighting force, and I doubt the gays are any less deadly in a conflict than anyone else. Do you disagree?
From your post I gather you hate gays and think they will “destroy our nation.” How will gays destroy our country, given that this country has always had gays and it’s not been destroyed yet?
Frankly Rangerp, you’re saying exactly the same things that people said 60 years ago against having blacks in the military. Word for word.
You’ll retire and a new generation of soldiers will take the reins. And the “gay issue” will go away. This is only history repeating itself. Times change friend.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:38pmI once was a fan of Bills and read a few books; Bill is tough as nails jock, no nonsense, never drank or used dopey drugs. Bill is original bootstrap guy, painted houses, Maris college, Boton university, el Salvador. Everyone is worthless and weak except Bill. First book the same as the last except different cover. Worth more as fuel
Report Post »donh2
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:47pmNote that General Petraeus has nothing to say about this. He only speaks out when an American pastor exercises his freedom to burns books commanding the death of his flock of infidels in the name of Allah. … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDmaFehshys
Report Post »jzs
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:59pmTSUNAMI-22, close but no cigar. I think I remember 10th saying he had a lots of degrees from Standford. I haven’t been within 500 miles of the school. So you are off the mark as far as my “professional” asessment. Actually that was ridicule semi-disguised as a learned opinion, sorry if you didn’t get it, but maybe you’re new around here.
But really, don’t you think my faux professional opinion was pretty close? How otherwise to you get from hating O’ Reilly to queer?
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:01pmThe man has raised a few million for the Wounded Warrior Program so if he isn’t gay enough for you you could cut him some slack. Alot of you wounded buddies are a little more grateful.
Report Post »whywonder
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:44pmRightsofman
Report Post »Your post is worthy. Not that you need my two cents I just wish we would “cut n run” so we dont waste anymore. Operationmend.org is also there to help the worst cases. Give all you can to help these patriots recover.
kryptonite
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:49pm@LIBERTYFADING
“the ends justify the means…” funny you use a progressive statement to describe Ron Paul…”
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Ah, twisting my words to attack me, aren’t you? Not good. I wouldn’t stoop so low. I’m citing an M.O. I particularly dislike. Get it?
==> “…this is all you got against Ron Paul?”
I am not interested in discussing the contents of the video. I am exposing Ron Paul’s consistent M.O. He has convinced his followers that he is not the typical power-driven politician, but it’s all an illusion. Paul is a Washington insider, a bona fide member of the fossilized Congress. If he is for real he should get the h*ll out of the Republican Party and run as an independent, not USE THE SYSTEM as per usual to further his agenda.
==> “You’ve been trained to hate Ron Paul by the media…”
LOL! The media would do cartwheels and heel clicks from sunrise to sunset if Paul won the Republican nomination.
In re Afghanistan, it’s simple: I want our boys to win that war. Obum does not. So scr*w the traitor and his self-serving wars. Bring our troops home.
Report Post »whywonder
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:59pmCryptonightee
Report Post »Ron paul is one man against the many. I know you dont understand this but america is run by consensus not the rule of a dictator
whywonder
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:19amKryp
Report Post »Our boys cant win there. Genghis kahn could not win there. Britan could not win there. Soviet union could not win there. Those people who live there want to be left alone, kind like of like you n me. Our boys killed osama now lets get outta there. I dont want to waste one more american life in that pile of rubble. Cut n leave now..mission accomplished, again osamas dead
thepatriotdave
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:26amChiefGeorge
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:20pm
rangerp
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:29pm
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Your back-to-back comments sums-up the situation succinctly. Sad but true!
Report Post »This Soldiers glee over getting to burn O-Reilly’s books has a lot to do with his sexual preferences, and I would bet that he cannot stand anyone, especially a high-profile guy like Bill, NOT approving of Gays in the military. Sadly, some day he will probably be pulling some similar stunt back home in the USA.
Why do gays have to denigrate most everything that is wholesome and moral?
Walkabout
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:20amJZS
“But I will say this. The Israeli military has allowed gays to serve openly for 20 years. The Israeli military seems to me to be a formidable fighting force”
The Israelis got their a$$es kicked in 2006. Hezbollah stopped them & they know it.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:41amJZS
Ridicule huh?
Why does that sound familiar?
Oh yea, that Alinsky guy, wasn’t it?
Report Post »Cgeezy
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 3:03amYet another article they find on reddit.
And you bet your ass they burned those books. Why not send some useful stuff along with your propaganda package? Maybe then theyd be willing to entertain your notion of quality reading.
Whoever sent them is the epitome of self centered.
Report Post »citizen_brain
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 3:07amBill O’reillys books are a joke anyways, the only good use for them is to burn them before they cause any more damage than his TV show does.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 6:03amJZS, You say that you are in the psychoanalyst business…. How is it that psychiatrists can come up for emotional or mental disorders that cover nearly 1/3 of the population and “queering” is not one of them?
Report Post »veruca salt
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 6:35amDeep, enlightening story you have here, Blaze. What’s your motivation for posting this? Let’s speculate:
1. O’Reilly is a rival of Mr. Beck and it’s a good image for folks to think our troops believe his books are tripe. And for the picture of burning books in the barrel… good job… worth a thousand words.
2. Disparaging potentially gay soldiers to stir up your fan base even though theses soldiers possess the courage to be in Afghanistan while Mr. Beck has the courage to talk about courage
3. Payback for Bill allowing Beck to embarrass himself by spewing more delusions of paranoia the other evening to a national audience and remind everyone why he’s no longer on FOX
I’m sure there may be a few others…
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 6:54amI am sorry. But WASTING 6000 lives in Afghanistan so you can get Osama bin Ladin was a stupid idea. We could have punished those bastards without losing all of those guys. We are there on the ground to passify them into allowing the NWO goons to rape their mineral wealth. Where there’s mountains like that there is gold , silver, platinum, diamonds, copper, precious stones, nickel etc. 6000 guys and trillions to get one guy? That is not why were went there. Wake the F up.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:08am@whywonder
“liberalism is going to win the day…it already has you just don’t know it.”
That is as true a statement as anything I have ever heard on the blaze.
Yes liberalism is winning, and getting stronger by the day. Homosexuals can no serve in the military. the fed gov got control of our schools in the 70s, and we went from top in the world and math and science to the 50% mark. Go ask a recent high school grad who the father of the US constitution is and check out the blank look on their face.
We have 46 million Americans on welfare. We rely on middle east oil, and refuse to drill our own, because we are more worried about snail darters.
the economy is in the tank, we have a community organizer as president, our military is about broke.
Yep, liberalisms is winning and getting stronger. We are inch by inch giving up personal freedom and going with the collective mindset (communism/ socialism).
the day is coming, when troops go door to door, taking the guns and Bibles.
Liberalism will win, and it will also be the death of a nation. The dominos will start falling soon, when they do, this nation will plunge into chaos to the like of which most cannot imagine.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:16amMil-dot, Your probably right. Our military is being used by progressives to change the world into one big global trading society and not to defend our immediate security needs. Apparently they didn’t think that they would ever be restrained from printing the money to do all this. This is just one more utopian mightmare unfolding in front of our very eyes. This must be true because our soldiers are not being allowed to fight to win. Afghanistan poses no real threat to us as long as we bomb them occasionally to keep them in line.
Veruca Salt, O’Reilly and Beck are the best of friends. Beck would defend O’Reilly to the end.
Report Post »ColoradoMaverick
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:26amWhat would LIBERTYFADING have done?? He would have pissed his pants like a good liberal.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:52amDamn if you didn’t just hit that nail squarely on the head,Polwatcher. It‘s funny that they can find mental disease for any little quirk people have but NO MENTAL DISORDER FOR A MAN WHO SWEARS HE’S A WOMAN. Or no mental disease for a man who goes against nature and sleeps with other men.
Report Post »whywonder
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:06amRangerburp
Report Post »You said “our military is broke” yes we are down to our last 11 aircraft carrier groups.. Oh no run chicken little. Like I say the world is changing around you, leaving you behind. America takes in 180 billion a month service on all our debt is 30 billion, roughly. Reply and give me an example of a country where conservative ideology runs the show. That would be any country run by a king or a dictator
rose-ellen
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:12pmAmericans were fed fantacies of genocide[turning the mid east into a parking lot] by the media and politicians after 9-11. hence they signed up like they were all in a star wars movie -good vs. evil-simplistic totalizing world view. of course the elities knew we were not going to turn the mid east into a parking lot but they let you think you were. once there-though americans tortured and murdered perhaaps millions of men women and children-genocide was not on the agenda these americans gulls realized. hence their anger and PTSD[anger that they can't kill willy nilly every one there who they were taught to hate via media propaganda after 9-11].Hence your code words of“ fighting a war with our hands tied”-aw shucks your fantasies were not realized-gulls.Instead of asking why we were attacked and finding low and behold -it was due to our unjust meddling[we wern't minding our own business that sept morn] and policies where many arabs suffered because of our propping up of dictators for oil or cold war interests, our first gulf war and sanctions where over a million people died and of course our blind support at the UN of zionist illigal occupation etc]., americans were only too glad to sign up for genocide which they were manipulated to want and to believe would happen. Wake up and get real -you manipulated genocidists.Long live occupy wall street -rising up against all media and political manipulation.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:22pmwhywonder
Ron paul is one man against the many. I know you dont understand this but america is run by consensus not the rule of a dictator
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So which is it, “America is run by consensus“ or ”liberalism is going to win the day?” Make up your mind, wonderwoman. The only dictator wannabe in America is Obum, and we ain‘t taking it sitting down if he doesn’t up and leave.
Bush did a pretty good job of removing the Taliban govt. in 2001, but he failed to either seal off the Af-Pak border or, if unfeasible, to kill the top Taliban and al-Qaeda leaders before they slipped through the border into Pakistan. Hussein polarized Pakistan completely and that’s much worse, but your argument is a typical lib fallacy. “Nobody has won in Afghanistan before, therefore we can’t win in Afghanistan.” A better argument would be, “We sure ain’t gonna win the war with that pus-wuss-in-chief and his ROE.” I can concur on that.
Report Post »whywonder
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 6:30pmcrypt
Report Post »liberals believe in govt run by consensus. You must have been home schooled…its spelled obama not obum. Maybe you should apply for that govt grant glenn is advertising.
vieteravet
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:21pmViet Nam, 13 years, 58000 killed this war is justified!
Report Post »thewatcher93
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:00pmveruca salt
Or more simply put…
Report Post »“The Gawker article failed to include Everqueer’s followup blog post yesterday to the hot item story he posted two days ago, which notes that the alleged soldier did keep a copy of the book and the burning was done out of “military necessity:”
Exposing things other websites neglected to mention.
eutawangel
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:50pmAn another reason why we need to vote a bteer leader into office inc House & Senate
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 2:42am@whywonder
its spelled obama not obum.
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Yeah, but I’ve got poetic license. :)
You’re one of them, aren’t ya? I mean, the Obama zombies. There, I spelled it “correctly” just so you don’t start getting recurrent nightmares.
==> “liberals believe in govt run by consensus.”
Sure. And Obamacare is a prime example of that.
==> “Maybe you should apply for that govt grant glenn is advertising.”
You need to get rid of that entitlement mentality, dude.
Report Post »whywonder
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 8:24amCrypt
Report Post »You need to get some sleep. Your anger runneth over. “poetic license” ever heard of sarcasm?
Watchingtheweasels
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 9:09amA soldier named “everqueer” says “I won’t say I didn’t take pleasure in removing a few copies of this bigoted twerp’s writings from circulation” shortly after the overturning of DADT. Surprising.
Report Post »DeVain
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:18pmBill is a “bigoted twerp”….account name “everqueer”….Gee, I wonder where this guys ideologies lie?
I respect the military and what they do, especially the people oversea right now.
This guy, not so much.
Report Post »70S_KIDS_FIGHTING_SOCIALISM
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:39pmYour right. This guy should be kicked out of the military ASAP. He would have been in my day in the USAF in the mid 80′s when you got kicked out for looking at someone wrong. The USAF had aprox 2 year waiting time to get in at that time. So much for the gays being civil in the service.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:00pmIn Afghanistan, one needs to slough off Western thinking.
We are burning books, not out of any military need, but because the cultural milieu demands it. We willingly, without thinking, burn our cultural values on the altar of the Allah a deity thinking it the same as God.
It has little to do with military necessity and more to do with Jihad and our foolish submission to it.
We should distribute the books and whatever other vanguards of Western Civilization as far and as wide in Afghanistan.
Kandahar is the city founded by the Greek, Alexander the Great. How dim the Light of Greece now shines there. Because we are deceived.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:18pmPeople have a right to their opinion and yes folks, soldiers are people too! I‘m not an o’Reilly either but I wouldn’t burn his book. I might even read it. If it was given to me. Heh..heh..heh
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:43pmI cant burn one of his…I was never foolish enough to buy one in the first place. Bill does not get it. he thinks he is a conservative. He is not.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:59pmPeople do have a right to freedom of speech. The Military has 1 Master, and that’s the Constitution of the United States of America. All else is subordinate to that.
This idiot driven book burning is completely contrary to their duty, and defies the Military Code of Conduct. Were they ordered to burn those books? If no, they should be dishonorably discharged for failing to execute the DUTY of their enlistment. If yes, the Commanding Officer, whoever that might be, be he of the Military Command or Civilian leadership, should be 1. Dishonorably discharged. 2. Jailed for treason against the Constitution of the United States through an act of sedition.
Report Post »Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:23pmUmm… WTF?
Burning O‘Reilly’s books is an act of sedition? Really? Who the Hell do you think O’Reilly is, anyway?! You‘d deny these guys in uniform the rights they’re over there fighting for? (At least, that‘s what we’re told all the time, right?)
The guy’s right. O’Reilly /IS/ a bigoted twerp. There is very little that man has to say, that is either consequential or even cogent. He’s an idiot on a stick.
I applaud the burning of O‘Reilly’s books. At least it maybe provided some heat and light via chemical reaction, because it damned sure wasn‘t going to bring any light into anyone’s life by reading the drivel between the covers.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:28pmBill is not conservative enough IMO and it sounds like the so called “soldier” has issues that would dwarf O‘Rielly’s.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:17pmLet me preface my comment by stating emphatically that I am not an O’Reilly fan. But notice how Paul supporters are jumping for joy at this dishonorable act. Not so much if it had been one of their Dr. Paul books. Take note, America, yet more extremists are coming out of the woodwork. No wonder Paulist libertarians have joined the OWS protesters.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:59pmNorm D. Plume
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:23pm
Umm… WTF?
Burning O‘Reilly’s books is an act of sedition? Really? Who the Hell do you think O’Reilly is, anyway?! You‘d deny these guys in uniform the rights they’re over there fighting for? (At least, that‘s what we’re told all the time, right?)
The guy’s right. O’Reilly /IS/ a bigoted twerp. There is very little that man has to say, that is either consequential or even cogent. He’s an idiot on a stick.
I applaud the burning of O‘Reilly’s books. At least it maybe provided some heat and light via chemical reaction, because it damned sure wasn‘t going to bring any light into anyone’s life by reading the drivel between the covers.
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Not surprised that Hitlers minions would approve of a book burning, and then come to the rescue of the limp wrist queers that did it. A soldiers D U T Y (you might want to learn English), is to support and defend the Constitution. That means it‘s their D U T Y to ensure O’Reillys first amendment rights.
I personally can‘t stand O’Reilly, but burning books is a definite infraction of a soldiers sworn duty. Nobody with a BRAIN would even burn that garbage Bill Ayerswrote for Obama, “Dreams From My Father”.
So absolutely they are not just practicing sedition, they are taking part in it.
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:17pmKids are so stupid…
Report Post »FEMALL
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:17pmAin’t the First Amendment great?! Too bad there is no way I can burn your blog.
O=Hell+Handbasket
Report Post »blue_sky
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:42pmYes, while neo-cons & socialist-progressives would like to silence ideological opponents, there are still freedom-loving people in America.
MONEY BOMB at RonPaul2012 has just passed $2,000,000.00
You still have time to donate.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:15pmWell let’s see here. We have a liberal with the handle everqueer claiming to be in Afghanistan but blogs everyday to his site. Sure that’s believable.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:25pmProbably blogs from his I-Phone. But, yea, didn’t think about that…it was a remote location?
Report Post »sgtbmedic
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:59pmif he was blogging from a phone can’t wait to see his bill
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:18pmWhen you are in country, the proscribe cell phones for operational security reasons.
Report Post »He is using his work computer or a computer at the base recreation center. Small base my a s s.
MK75Gunner
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:47pmExactly. The whole story smacks of phony. Not buying it. Any fool can take a few pictures from the internet and post ‘em and say they were “in Afghanistan”. Yep, he’s at a remote site and yet he can just lounge around taking pictures of Afghan kids playing baseball and blogging on the internet. But he‘s at a remote site supposedly that is so friggin’ austere that they were forced to burn books. Ummm, yeaaahhhh….
Report Post »Libertarian B 4 Libertarians Were Cool
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:14pmSomeone burned Ted Baxter’s book? Hope it kept the soldiers warm, as O’Reilly is worthless otherwise!
Report Post »momsense
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:19pmso are most libertarians .
Report Post »God-Gold-Guns
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:19pmGo protest
Report Post »LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:21pmThey’re not missing much…
Report Post »LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:26pm…worthless, considering Libertarians started the tea party movement.
Report Post »Libertarian B 4 Libertarians Were Cool
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:45pmReally funny Nonesense…yuck yuck!
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:04pmThis Libertarian vs TEA Party thing is ridiculous!!
Just because hardcore Libertarian = Ron Paul, and TEA Party is not fixated on a single candidate, does NOT mean we are ENEMIES !
PLEASE !
We have MORE IN COMMON than we have different!!!
PLEASE STOP THE FLAMING AND HATING ON EACH OTHER!
We need to focus on SAVING AMERICA ! Not poo-poo-ing each other.
Report Post »Time to MAN UP and GROW UP.
It might be the internet, and you may be anonymous, but, this is SERIOUS.
We are not here to play games and call each other names.
I BEG YOU. PLEASE STOP.
If we divide, they win.
UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.
( The official motto of a great state )
(okay, technically, a ‘commonwealth’)
LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:56pmI would almost agree with you, but part of the reason I got interested in Ron Paul was all the flamers. I used to wonder “why the hell do you go out of your way as a conservative to attack another conservative?”. After I studied Ron Paul and Libertarian thought, I then understood that a majority of “conservatives” were actually conned into being “neo-conservatives” who push the industrial military complex (sometimes unknowingly). I have friends in these wars, and we’ve talked about how the government is just using them for politics.
Report Post »I started out as a Rush baby like everyone else, then moved on to Glenn until this year when he started loving Israel more than America. I still use this site for news because I like the format, and I’ve been coming here for over a year.
I just don‘t understand how you don’t trust the government to run your healthcare, economy, welfare, budget, debt, and social security, but you FULLY trust them with our military. Throwing money at a department doesn’t fix the issue, and the same is true with our military. They need to crack down on these illegal foreign wars. Congress hasn’t declared war since WW2, yet we’ve been bombing Iraq for 20 years, and fighting Afghanistan for 10 years. Get the hell out!
marybethelizabeth
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:28pmTrue libertarians would want nothing to do with the fascists ideology of 99% of the keys, and most of the Republican Party members that are Tea Party supporters and trickle down advocates. Supporting an elite is necessarily anti individual freedom.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:34pm@TomFerrari
“We have MORE IN COMMON than we have different!!!”
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You need an update, bud: THEY say they have nothing in common with us — but they did run over to protest Wall Street, just so you know.
==> “We need to focus on SAVING AMERICA , this is SERIOUS.
Report Post »If we divide, they win. UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.”
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Sigh, Tom. Don’t preach to the choir. Tell that to the Paulists. Scream it again, pls!
Nope. Living in cloud-cuckoo land, the whole lot of them.
LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:04pmPathetic… Even Israel’s Messiah, Glenn Beck and Sean Hanity have stated that Libertarians and Neo-cons agree 90% of the time. Before Glenn went crazy over Israel, he even said that Ron Paul was the closest to our founders than anyone else.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyyI1EC5i2U
Glenn has also said that even if people only agree with you 75% of the time you should take the chance to bring them in as friends rather than enemies. Ironically, although Ron Paul supporters don’t agree with most of the things on OWS, WE are the ones bringing them in, educating them, and converting them. There are bad people on OWS, just like anywhere else, but the majority are uninformed peoples ripe for learning. Maybe one day Libertarian thought and a respect for life and liberty will burn in your mind, and you will see things from our perspective.
Report Post »Libertarian B 4 Libertarians Were Cool
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:55pmExcellent posts LIBERTYFADING!
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:59pm@LIBERTYFADING
Report Post »Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:26pm
…worthless, considering Libertarians started the tea party movement
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The closest there was to someone Starting the TEA Party, was the Irate rant from the floor of the NY Stock Exchange, it went ballistic with all kinds of people whe were fed up with people wasting tax money. He sure didn’t sound like a Libertarian to me.
Mil Mom
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:11pm@kryptonite
Report Post »re : Sigh, Tom. Don’t preach to the choir. Tell that to the Paulists. Scream it again, pls!
Nope. Living in cloud-cuckoo land, the whole lot of them
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It’s all the “De-criminalized” drugs. Same attitude as the hippies who were commandeered into leading the way into the Radical Revolt of the late 60‘s and 70’s . YOU KNOW, THEIR 2ND ACT.(THE ONES HIDING OUT IN ACADEMIA UNTIL THEY ALL CAME OUT TO LEAD THE OCCUPANTS!)
Libertarian B 4 Libertarians Were Cool
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:58amMil Mom your ignorance on libertarian issues is stunning!
I’ve never been high or drunk in my life. I’ve been a libertarian for over three decades and have met thousands of libertarians. Few are the hippies who just want to get stoned. For the vast majority, it is a philosophical issue of freedom. You own yourself, not the state! Therefore, you own your body and make the choices over it, not the state! You can use, control, and dispose of your body as you see fit because you are your own property.
Neo-cons who hate libertarians do so out of either not knowing the facts, or because they are really crypto-statists.
Report Post »Rodster
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:14pmWould love to see him do that to a Koran :-D
Report Post »DirkPitt
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:13pmIf he did you can bet there would be an investigation.
Report Post »vieteravet
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:34pmYou do know they burned over 400 Bibles about a year ago in Afganistan. This was by military order so as not to offen the rag heads!
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:11pmThe troops know Bill is a big supporter of theirs
Report Post »This is a left wing smear job.
Remember they are beneath contempt
Also their boy is going to lose by a historic landslide in 2012 along with his congressional socialist.
Post 2012 they will be back in their holes.
Uncle Tom
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:18pmBill is a tool.
Report Post »LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:20pmBill promotes war and occupation… Does the death of a brother in arms in a war based on a lie sound good to you? 10 years is enough, get them the hell out.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:37pmre : Post 2012 they will be back in their holes
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I would hope, but remember how the Clinton children TRASHED the WH when they had to leave? I doubt that these children will leaver that peacefully, I FULLY EXPECT THEM TO TRASH THE NATION IF THEY’RE VOTED OUT!!!!!!!!!!
geonj
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:10pmwhat justification for the “bigoted twerp” comment does this “soldier” have to offer. give us some examples. i am ashamed you are in with the brave Americans fighting for all of America’s freedom. you ideological(proven by your comments) coward (proven by your actions)
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:10pmI think if I was a soldier secluded at an outpost in Afghan, I would be pretty upset too if I got a full box of nothing but copies the same book and didn’t have soap, possibly a Hershey bar, or something else. I think O‘Reilly would be doing them a greater service if he would send them O’Reilly care packages (candy, peanut butter, soap, COFFEE…etc.) Pretty hard to find Cheetos and powdered doughnuts in the Afghan countryside. If he wanted to add a book, then just add one book in the box of care packages.
Does this mean that I support the way the alleged soldier went about venting his exasperation? No, just that I think I can sympathize.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:21pmHere is a list of O’Reilly supported charitites ..
http://billoreilly.com/pg/jsp/billsfavorites/billscharities.jsp
I think you will be especially interested in Operation Shoebox. Not to mention Wounded Warrior Project and Families of Military Casualties, Fisher House Foundation… and others . Tell me what liberal over at PMSNBC does the same .. I would be interested.
(profits from merchandise sales go to charity)
TEA!
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:27pmWho said O’Reilly sent them? They were books by O’Reilly, but maybe someone thought they were doing the soldiers a favor. Personally, I would rather send care packages instead of books.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:37pmSoldiers are sent toiletries, candy food, bibles, books & a lot of other things. I am not believing this story.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:58pmA Hershey bar? In the desert? REALLY?
Report Post »LOL
darkbrew7
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:16pmI’ve been a Marine at a remote outpost…and books were highly coveted. We were happy when new books arrived whether or not they were about our favorite subject or genre. And we took care of them so other Marines could have a chance to read them also.
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:13am@ Cat
I wasn’t coming down on Bill O, I was just saying that if I needed soap, that a book wouldn’t be my first priority on the “things I want” list. I know that Bill has many charities. I think though that his charities should be linked so that basic necessities should be prioritized over a box of all the same book.
@lorrian
That’s true. There’s no indication that Bill O sent them personally. With that being said, that doesn’t really have anything to do with the point I was trying to make.
@walkabout
It is a little suspicious. If the soldier was predisposed to dislike Bill O because of his political bent, it is a little more believable. I think though that a box of books may not be the most pragmatic supply. Why keep around a box of the same book when you could just keep one or two and then pass them to your other buddies at that outpost. In that case, why wouldn‘t you burn the ones that seemed to be superfluous and that you didn’t want to have to lug around.
@tom
Who said they were in the desert? Afghanistan has many mountains, all of which are better for outposts from a visibility and strategic standpoint than the flat desert of the south. A milk chocolate bar is a luxury. Have you ever had Afghan chocolate? Horrible.
@dark
Report Post »I wasn’t saying that the book was a bad idea. But a whole box of them? I would think that a box filled with a variety would be better, don’t you? Also, thank you for your service and response.
MKFlyboy
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:10pm“bigoted twerp” Are you serious??? After all he does to help the military and their families??? While I don‘t always agree with O’Reilly on everything, this is just sick!
Report Post »LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:09pmAlthough I don’t like the burning of books (not even the bad or evil ones, because they’re to be remembered and have proof that they existed), I must say that I‘m at least partially satisfied that it was Bill’s book. O’Reilly is a bully on his show, who yells and changes subjects on anything he’s proven wrong on.
Our military knows exactly what they want, and its not a bunch of books from some ignorant fox tool.
This is what they want:
Report Post »http://www.ronpaul2012.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/New_Q3_Military_Charts_.pdf
kryptonite
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:36pmHaha. You hate his guts because he thinks Ron Paul is a loon.
Report Post »LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:06pmI hate the eternally ignorant – the majority who CHOOSE to stop learning.
Report Post »vieteravet
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:40pmYeah well people hate peanuts too, Ron Paul will not be the nominee. Maybe Rand Paul in 2016, that’s my hope!
Report Post »Bronco II
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:07pmWell it’s amazing how far people will go to try and bring a bad name to our Military.Won’t change my mind about how I feel about all of them and their famiies.GOD BLESS them and watch over them from all their enemies.Even if it is a US soldier or soldiers your going to have some bad apples but they do not represent all the wonderful,honorable heroes.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:19pmWell said Bronco well said.
Report Post »Conservative New Yorker
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:40pmAwesome post!
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:21pmSo true!
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:09pmNo one means to trash the whole mil est, I‘m an ex myself but if the books weren’t needed and made useful fuel these guys didn‘t have to go out of their way to dis O’reilly. Like i said he does a lot for the Wounded Warriors and this treatment ****** people off.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:06pmNo one hurt O’Reilley, he was still paid for them.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:12pmUnfortunately people donate (pay for) those books to go to the troops .. I hope that most of the books sent to them were appreciated and read. This is a sad thing to see . .that someone would burn books for any reason. “Everqueer” .. if that is really who you are … you are part of the problem.
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!
TEA!
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:06pm…bigoted twerp…Sounds like this guy is one (or more) of the dimwitted leftists who keep posting on the blaze…If he wants to read a real bigoted twerp’s writing…has keith olberdink written any books?
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:33pm@diggy:
Report Post »I‘m referring to the soldier’s description of O Reilly.
And as for olberdink, he is bigoted against anything that is decent.
Al J Zira
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:31pmFunny, I just went onto Current TV‘s website to stir up some emotions on Olberdrink’s site. He’s posting Beck has been reduced to a website and the Blaze as the worst site ever or some nonsense. So I had to remind him that Olberdrink‘s free TV show doesn’t have the ratings that Glenn’s PAY website broadcast. And no matter how much of Uncle Al‘s money Olberdrink spends he’ll still wind up in last place in the ratings.
Report Post »A Extremist
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:05pmWhat idiots. Sure makes you want to support the troops and send them assistance.
All volunteer force I suppose.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:05pmThe clue is in his screenname..“Everqueer”. Another militant homosexual in the military..PFC Brad Manning ring a bell? Officer’s orders or not this clown had to comment on the pleasure he took in burning them. As has been said…not everyone who puts on the uniform serves honorably. I‘d like to see O’Reilly track his unit down and interview him.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:15pmavengerk
Report Post »That was my first thought as well.
lylejk
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:26pmAgain then less then .1% disenfranchises on the 99.9%. This soldier is a disgrace to the uniform; the idiot (yes, I say it as a former soldier who served in the desert myself) should as a minimum be charged for disgracing his uniform by posting this nonsense. All soldiers are volunteers and forfeited most of their rights doing so and are government issue for a reason. No room for politics when you serve; you’re job is to fight which is what you signed the bottom line to do. Idiots like this person (won‘t call him a soldier since he’s disgraced that title) should be kicked out. There are so many more worthy folk that can do your job you piece of garbage. As for Bill; I have my own issues with him; I choose not to buy his books and don’t read any of them either. I don’t try to deny others to do the same. The leftest are all against censorship unless it’s for their own cause. Hippocrates they all are. ‘Nough said. :)
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:23pmIt wont be hard to find out what unit this was and who it was.. if there is any truth to it.
Report Post »Brizz
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:02pmhttp://www.mrctv.org/videos/abusive-occupyoakland-protesters-ban-media-tent-city
Report Post »Rajabear1
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:17pmThank you for the link. Maybe send it to the white house and congress so they can beam with pride on their ‘peeps’ movement? Ahhh, to be a 99%er.
Report Post »Tom
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:02pmWhy I smell Left wing propaganda!
Report Post »G.E.R
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:02pmThat’s awesome
Report Post »campT
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:20pmhahahaha, love it!
Report Post »DesdemonasCrew
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:02pmI smell a rat.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:02pmIf for some reason that I CANNOT IMAGINE the box of books would have caused some kind of tactical (or any other kind) of problem: They never would have been delivered. In a combat theater fuel and supply trucks/helicopters are too scarce to use for hauling anything destined for the burn barrel.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:05pmi.e. Gasoline or other fuel that has to be flown in can approach $1000.00 a gallon. Of course that depends on the distances involved.
Report Post »LeftOfRightOfLeft
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:58pm@82DAIRBORNE
Report Post »Yeah because the military is some how immune to gov’t stupidity? Common if the gov‘t is too big to handle roads properly do you really think the largest part of the gov’t is any better? Waste happens in every sector of the gov’t.
geonj
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:01pmpinhead outpost
Report Post »Islamislame
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:01pmBurning books….now where have we heard about that before……
I for one would never burn a book. For example, I was given a copy of Bill Clinton’s book as a gift…did you know that book was the perfect height to replace the missing caster on my bedframe? Now that’s what I call a useful book!
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:07pmNever say never. I have burned pages from books to help warm c-rations and MRE’s when the heat tabs were gone.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:26pm82 – The thin pages from the Bible have been used to roll doobies many a time… Wait for it, wait for it, okay, now come shoot the messenger!
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