Wednesday, October 15, 2008

My favorite Fox Noise Smackdown

This silly exchange happened about a year ago. It features Christopher Hitchens and Abrahamoff and Tom Delay crony, Ralph Reed. I disagree with Hitchens on many levels, mainly his newfound appreciation for many neoconservative positions and for praising the Bush administration, specifically another crook, Paul Wolfowitz. Hitchens, however, does have the most compelling argument for why invading Iraq was in our best interest. His book God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything does take a very insightful and critical view of organized religion and its stranglehold over our everyday lives. I don't agree with everything he says, including his atheist beliefs which is a religion in itself, but found the book to really stand out as far as attacking radical factions. The social conservative movement led during the Reagan years bankrupt some people. What? Yes, some people were suckered into donating all of their money to hacks like Pat Robertson and others. These people were and still are wolves in sheep clothing. Here is this exchange after the death of Jerry Falwell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doKkOSMaTk4

4 comments:

Stephanie said...

Tom Delay ... not a fan. Not a fan at all.

Hope you are doing well PJ! ;)

Thomas said...

Good video, PJ. I also admire Hitchens, though he pales (pun intended) in comparison to Obama.

Even though I'm a Democrat, is it a bad thing that I don't particularly care for Colmes? :P

Unknown said...

Stephanie and Thomas,

Tom Delay is a complete hack. He led the charge to redistrict your state, Stephanie that now overwhelmingly favors Republicans. It was also Delay who went to Saipan and boasted how well CNMI was doing when companies like GAP and Wal-Mart were running sweatshops. Females had a choice to make if pregant: If you don't perform, you must have an abortion. Yet, Delay was there with a few of his cronies to praise this governing body.

Thomas,

O.k. Colmes works for Fox, but his views coincide with mine. His voice just happens to be drowned out by the large Republican audience the network obviously attracts. I don't know how he can stand working at that racket (Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes).

Thomas said...

Yeah, I gotta admit Colmes is quite the trooper, he's like a sheep living amongst wolves. I'm not sure how he does it, either.

Go Sox!