(02-20-2015 12:43 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(02-20-2015 12:07 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  This is the difference between conservatives and liberals. You guys circle the wagons like no other and our side doesn't have the trumpets and sirens that keep it going. The left doesn't have a Drudge Report with flashing blue lights.

You're joking, right?

He does have a point. The left doesn't have enough independent thinkers to support any site on the net. They just follow what their Comrade leaders tell them to think and do. They would actually have to use their brain to read a site with thought provoking articles and news on it.

(02-20-2015 12:48 AM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  

(02-20-2015 12:43 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(02-20-2015 12:07 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  This is the difference between conservatives and liberals. You guys circle the wagons like no other and our side doesn't have the trumpets and sirens that keep it going. The left doesn't have a Drudge Report with flashing blue lights.

You're joking, right?

He does have a point. The left doesn't have enough independent thinkers to support any site on the net. They just follow what their Comrade leaders tell them to think and do. They would actually have to use their brain to read a site with thought provoking articles and news on it.

holy golly gee whiz guy....the conservative ultra right is just wallowing in the slop of the success of the 'independent think tank'.........talk about rhetoric and oxyMORONS...

thank you mr. left, right, left, right.....

this is where 'every voice for each vote' makes sense when it comes to cancelling out.....

(02-19-2015 09:42 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  If he lied his ass off like Williams, he needs to be punished in some way. I love Fox, but I have never been an O'Reilly fan. I would love it if they moved Hannity into his spot.

O'Reilly is 100x the host Hannity is. Hannity cannot debate people, he just talks over them. There is a reason why Hannity isn't pushed like he used to be on Fox. Everyone knows he is a blowhard with no ability to think outside of his bullet points.

(02-20-2015 12:07 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  This is the difference between conservatives and liberals. You guys circle the wagons like no other and our side doesn't have the trumpets and sirens that keep it going. The left doesn't have a Drudge Report with flashing blue lights.

The left's version of Drudge is CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, NY Times, NPR, Daily Beast ...

(02-20-2015 12:43 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(02-20-2015 12:07 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  This is the difference between conservatives and liberals. You guys circle the wagons like no other and our side doesn't have the trumpets and sirens that keep it going. The left doesn't have a Drudge Report with flashing blue lights.

You're joking, right?

Surely has all appearance of a joke.

(02-20-2015 12:28 AM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  Ok, as per the Spin Room rules, accusations were made.

Several "conservative" posters (including myself) not only expressed openess to the allegations, but went further with saying that, if true, such allegations should be damning and have repercussions, including one of the most prolific conservative posters on these boards.

I post a rebuttal article with ZERO commentary, and now the accusation is the con wagons are circled and the "right wing media" is in full force.

Please, as per Spin Room rules, support your accusations. I await your response. I personally think O'Reilly embellishes due to a huge ego; but instead of accusations, please counter the rebuttal submitted.

Talk about a b!tch slapping.

(02-20-2015 07:55 AM)Paul M Wrote:  

(02-20-2015 12:43 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(02-20-2015 12:07 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  This is the difference between conservatives and liberals. You guys circle the wagons like no other and our side doesn't have the trumpets and sirens that keep it going. The left doesn't have a Drudge Report with flashing blue lights.

You're joking, right?

Surely has all appearance of a joke.

He's not joking. And please don't call him Shirley! ok just had to

(02-19-2015 10:50 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(02-19-2015 10:48 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Does the Falkland Islands conflict really count as a war zone? I've always pictured it sort of as The Mouse That Roared film - a little tiny country declaring war and quickly surrendering before anything actually happens.

Oh, no, not at all. It was very much a war zone. Brits won overwhelmingly in the end, but it was touch and go in any number of ways. Sandy Woodward has acknowledged that if they had ever lost one of their aircraft carriers, they would have had no choice but to fold their tents and go home.

It's about that time Navies started to take these 'air to ship' missles a lot more seriously. And the word Exocet entered the lexicon. One of those hit Hermes or Invincible it would have been a game changer.
It also introduced the world to Harrier Jump Jets long before Arnold did in True Lies!

Let's let this play out for a week and see where it goes. Fox came out with an article in defense already. NBC didn't do that. They let him twist into the wind for days. I looked on sites this morning, No where near the traffic the Williams story received. The tight wing has the advantage in this arena. They have the ability to blow up a story.

(02-20-2015 09:22 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  Let's let this play out for a week and see where it goes. Fox came out with an article in defense already. NBC didn't do that. They let him twist into the wind for days. I looked on sites this morning, No where near the traffic the Williams story received. The tight wing has the advantage in this arena. They have the ability to blow up a story.

Seriously there is a difference here.

Williams was a newscaster.

O'Reilly isn't even a commentator. He's just a showman. I haven't watched his show in years, not even for the reasonably entertaining segments with Dennis Miller and Bernie Goldberg. I find him annoying and when I rarely watch anything at 8PM, it would be Cavuto.

I just looked on Yahoo and Huffington. Both have stories about it up at the top. Nothing on Drudge. NBC dismissed Williams. Fox won't do a thing. Let's see.

(02-20-2015 09:34 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  I just looked on Yahoo and Huffington. Both have stories about it up at the top. Nothing on Drudge. NBC dismissed Williams. Fox won't do a thing. Let's see.

Suspended is not dismissed.

I sure hope you're not an SAT coach.

Mere verbiage. He won't be back.

Like your buddy Mitt.

Wanna bet 10,000?

Maybe just maybe fox would need a reason to do anything. Any reason not to wait on the facts Mach?

(02-19-2015 09:42 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  If he lied his ass off like Williams, he needs to be punished in some way. I love Fox, but I have never been an O'Reilly fan. I would love it if they moved Hannity into his spot.

Good on you for being consistant.

+3

(02-19-2015 08:03 PM)CardFan1 Wrote:  Imagine that! the first pop up Ad is to sign a petition to Keep a Democrat in the White House and Regain Congress. Yeah a real fair and Balanced Web Site !

How about you actually read the story and detail for us what it got wrong? Can you actually do that?

(02-19-2015 08:28 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  We will now see the power of the conservative media. They can destroy an individual or ignore the story. Just depends on the prey.

...said the guy posting a Mother Jones article.

(02-20-2015 12:07 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  This is the difference between conservatives and liberals. You guys circle the wagons like no other and our side doesn't have the trumpets and sirens that keep it going. The left doesn't have a Drudge Report with flashing blue lights.

Bless your heart.

Remember the circling around the sexual predator-in-chief?

Mother Jones broke the story but it's now being picked up nationally.

(02-20-2015 10:39 AM)Smaug Wrote:  

(02-20-2015 12:07 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  This is the difference between conservatives and liberals. You guys circle the wagons like no other and our side doesn't have the trumpets and sirens that keep it going. The left doesn't have a Drudge Report with flashing blue lights.

Bless your heart.

Remember the circling around the sexual predator-in-chief?

No...not really. That was what, almost 17 years ago?