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My recollections of the late, great Bill O'Reilly
by Joseph Farah
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Leftists Detest Patriotism
By Lewis Morris: NBC Sports writer Craig Calcaterra stirred a hornet's nest this past weekend when he took to Twitter to complain about the injection of politics in sports. "Will you keep politics out of sports, please. We like sports to be politics-free." By which he meant the American flag and national anthem, because he tweeted it with a picture of the Atlanta Braves' new stadium during the national anthem.
Calcaterra followed up his tweet with an essay on the NBC Sports website in which he claimed that the presence of American flags and patriotic imagery in sports is part of a post-9/11 "conspicuous patriotism" meant to evoke specific feelings in sports fans.
Maybe Calcaterra would like to file his complaint with the Marine who carried a flag all the way through the Boston Marathon — on a prosthetic leg.
Of course, American Patriots realize that it's Calcaterra who's guilty of mixing politics and sports. The display at the Braves game, and many like it at ballparks across the country, are patriotic displays meant to show support for our country and our military. This sort of thing has been going on at sporting events for generations. Despite what Calcaterra thinks, there is no Orwellian propaganda machine at work.
Sports fans are generally a patriotic lot. Calcaterra discovered this in the responses his tweet generated in the hours and days after he posted it. Many challenged his thinking, wondering what was so political about displaying the American flag and being patriotic. One of Calcaterra's snarky replies was that "People often wrap themselves in the flag in order to achieve political ends."
People often burn the flag for the same reason, but when flags are displayed in sports, there is no political end to achieve. America-hating leftists can't seem to grasp that. For them, everything is political. And their inherently thin skin leads them to believe that there is some hidden agenda behind anything they can't understand. No wonder they're so bitter.
Take a look at the farce that was Colin Kaepernick's protest last football season. Kaepernick claimed that he refused to stand during the playing of the National Anthem to show his solidarity for the mistreatment of black people by police. One could argue that Kaepernick's sentiment to protest such abuse was well-intentioned, but he showed extremely poor judgment by directing his anger at America as a whole and not simply at those responsible for real abuse.
Kaepernick's error quickly and roundly drew the ire of football fans, and he now sits jobless on the sidelines waiting to see if he will even be picked up by a team for next season. Rumor has it that no NFL team will touch him after the whole debacle.
Leftists are finding themselves increasingly marginalized in America either because they cannot grasp the true meaning of patriotism or because they are terrible at hiding their outright loathing for America. Perhaps it's a combination of the two. Either way, they seem to want the flexibility to embrace patriotism and the American ideal when it suits them, mainly so they have something to hide behind when they show their contempt for this country and many of its time-honored institutions.
The difference between what is patriotic and what is anti-American should be easy to see, so it's puzzling that there is such a vigorous debate over the issue. But leftists will keep that argument going because it's in their nature.
It would just be nice if they can keep that debate out of sports. We Americans like baseball, football, basketball, and all the other contests because we admire physical skill and athletic prowess. We're not looking for more social justice warriors. Hollywood, Washington and the mass media have given us more than enough of them to go around. Sports is one of the few things in American life that is inherently politics-free. That's why we like sports. Let's keep it that way.
~The Patriot Post
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Comey Claims He Didn’t Trust Lynch To Not Cover
For liar-Clinton – So He Let Her Off
by Rick Wells
{rickwells.us} ~ FBI Director Comey is pointing the finger of blame and distrust at his superior in DOJ, former Attorney General Loretta “tarmac” Lynch... He’s describing how he was the good cop, taking the burden upon himself of single-handedly, making sure that the truth came out about liar-Hillary Clinton. He may have done that in his strange and baffling press conference of July 5th when he announced liar-Clinton was officially off the hook, but nothing came of it from prosecutorial standpoint. Basically all he did was confirm that she was a crook, and announce that once again she was getting away with her crimes. He told the New York Times that, Lynch wasn’t the only one he didn’t trust not to provide cover for liar-Hillary Clinton. He says he also didn’t trust senior officials at the Justice Department. It’s almost humorous but Comey claims he feared Lynch and her subordinates would do exactly what he and she accomplished in combination, provide her cover. It’s difficult to imagine how any greater level of insulation from prosecution could have been provided by Lynch or anyone else than what she received from Comey and Lynch...
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Student mobs killing speech
acting like 'terrorists'
by Alicia Powe
{wnd.com} ~ Angry student mobs shutting down free speech on U.S. college campuses are behaving like “terrorists,” charges war hero Lt. Col. Allen West... “I think the American people are repulsed by what they are seeing on these college campuses,” West told WND in an interview this week. “When you have these young people that are wearing masks and things of this nature, there’s no difference between the terrorists we see operating in these other countries and them being terrorists in our country.” Rioters and anarchists, West said, go against everything America represents. “Hiding their faces burning, property, attacking people – why? Because they are saying things that they don’t want to hear? I’m sorry, everyone in America has a right to free speech,” he said... http://www.wnd.com/2017/04/allen-west-student-mobs-killing-speech-acting-like-terrorists/
.Islam in the Heart of England and France
Omar Bakri Muhammed, who co-founded the British Islamist organization al-Muhajiroun
by Denis MacEoin
Omar Bakri Muhammed, who co-founded the British Islamist organization al-Muhajiroun
by Denis MacEoin
{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ The city of Birmingham in the West Midlands, the heart of England, the place where the Industrial Revolution began, the second city of the UK and the eighth-largest in Europe, today is Britain's most dangerous city... With a large and growing Muslim population, five of its electoral wards have the highest levels of radicalization and terrorism in the country. In February, French journalist Rachida Samouri published an article in the Parisian daily Le Figaro, in which she recounted her experiences during a visit there. In "Birmingham à l'heure islamiste" ("Birmingham in the Time of Islam") she describes her unease with the growing dislocation between normative British values and those of the several Islamic enclaves. She mentions the Small Heath quarter, where nearly 95% of the population is Muslim, where little girls wear veils; most of the men wear beards, and women wear jilbabs and niqabs to cover their bodies and faces... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10190/islam-england-france
.Trump asks liar-nObama surgeon general to resign, replaces him with a black nurse...
by Samantha Chang
{bizpacreview.com} ~ For President Trump, no good deed goes unpunished. Trump asked Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, an liar-nObama holdover, to step down... In his place, the president promoted Deputy Surgeon General Sylvia Trent-Adams as acting surgeon general. Instead of applauding President Trump for elevating a black, female nurse to the post, leftists attacked Dr. Trent-Adams’ credentials, saying she’s “just a nurse.” Obviously, Trump’s promotion of a black woman doesn’t fit the liberal media narrative that he’s a “racist misogynist.”... http://www.bizpacreview.com/2017/04/22/trump-asks-obama-surgeon-general-resign-replaces-black-nurse-libs-slam-credentials-477556?utm_source=BizPac+Review+Email+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ab125e840a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_04_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fbf9323fb3-ab125e840a-31515453
.Fire IRS chief John Koskinen
{washingtonexaminer.com} ~ President Trump needs a win. The public would benefit from reassurance about the institutions of government. Luckily, both can be achieved with a single action. Trump should dismiss IRS Commissioner John Koskinen... By telling the taxman he's fired, the president would re-energize his young administration. More importantly, he would also significantly reform the most loathed agency in Washington. Tax Day provides a perfect chance for this sort of principled populism. This Tuesday the tax man cometh. Members of the public will dutifully cut the IRS a check. No sane person enjoys this April ritual, but most people understand they should pay their fair share. It's one of the costs of civil society. But as we drop a check in the mail, we should know that the IRS is playing by the rules... http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fire-irs-chief-john-koskinen/article/2620438
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by Joseph Farah
My recollections of the late, great Bill O'Reilly
by Joseph Farah
{wnd.com} ~ Everybody in the media business has a Bill O’Reilly story.
I have a few, but here’s my favorite.
In 2000, O’Reilly began making waves on Fox News. I didn’t know him, but I cold-called him for a meeting in New York to see if I could figure out what made him tick.
He welcomed me and a small delegation from WND into his office, showing some curiosity about WND.
“How would you describe WorldNetDaily?” he asked.
I responded: “Fearless, credible, independent.” (It was our slogan.)
“Independent!” he said. “That’s me. That’s how I describe myself.”
And that’s how we hit it off.
At one point in the hours-long conversation, I asked Bill what he was hoping to accomplish in his career. What were his top goals?
Without missing a beat, he rattled off the following:
I have a few, but here’s my favorite.
In 2000, O’Reilly began making waves on Fox News. I didn’t know him, but I cold-called him for a meeting in New York to see if I could figure out what made him tick.
He welcomed me and a small delegation from WND into his office, showing some curiosity about WND.
“How would you describe WorldNetDaily?” he asked.
I responded: “Fearless, credible, independent.” (It was our slogan.)
“Independent!” he said. “That’s me. That’s how I describe myself.”
And that’s how we hit it off.
At one point in the hours-long conversation, I asked Bill what he was hoping to accomplish in his career. What were his top goals?
Without missing a beat, he rattled off the following:
- “I want to have the No. 1 show on cable.”
- “I want to have the No. 1 best-selling book in the nation.”
- “I want the fastest -growing syndicated column in America.”
In short order, I explained how WND could help achieve all three of those objectives.
The plan was for him to begin writing an exclusive weekly column for WND, which I would arrange to get syndicated nationally. We would use the column and WND’s marketing resources to promote his first non-fiction book, “The O’Reilly Factor.” He would sign copies, which we would sell exclusively in WND’s online store, and he would promote the autographed copies on his TV show.
“Synergy,” I explained. “We will introduce you to WND’s audience of 8 million unique visitors – independent people who would love your show, books and column.”
The experiment was mind-bogglingly successful, if I do say so myself.
But, more interesting than what I thought was what Bill told me only 90 days after we started the program.
One day he called me unannounced. By the way, we talked regularly throughout the book campaigns. And he was incredibly generous with the promotions of WND’s autographed copies. In one day, we sold more than $40,000 worth of books, and we sold directly 60,000 copies of the first book and 55,000 of the second.
“Farah, I just wanted to tell you that you accomplished everything you said you would accomplish that day in my office,” he said. “The show is No. 1. The book is No. 1. And the column is No. 1. I remember conversations like that. I want you to know that.”
Those were words I never expected to hear from Bill, even if they were true. But that really happened.
He suggested we work together even more closely.
What did Bill have in mind?
You have probably heard of “Factor gear,” the hats and shirts and other items he promoted on his Fox News show.
Bill’s idea was to make WND the place to buy all of it – exclusively!
I was honest with Bill.
I said, “Bill, Fox is never going to allow you to sell that stuff on WND. They’re going to want to own all that. You belong to them.”
“Don’t worry,” he said. “I want you to be on a call with me when I pitch it to the top Fox execs. I have a lot of clout.”
So I got on the conference call. It was just as I expected. Bill did the pitching, introducing them all to me. There was almost dead silence on the part of the top-tier management team. I knew that idea was going nowhere.
A few months later, Fox introduced “Factor gear” – available one place and one place only: Fox.
Bill and I remained friends for some years. We had another huge success peddling his second non-fiction book. It also went to No. 1.
But, a few years later, I was told WND would no longer have a small ownership stake in his column.
Then, later, he called to tell me he was starting his own website and the column would appear there first.
I told Bill that didn’t sound like much of a partnership anymore. I bid him farewell.
And this week, we all bid him farewell – some of us fondly, others not so fondly.
For myself, I wish him well.
The plan was for him to begin writing an exclusive weekly column for WND, which I would arrange to get syndicated nationally. We would use the column and WND’s marketing resources to promote his first non-fiction book, “The O’Reilly Factor.” He would sign copies, which we would sell exclusively in WND’s online store, and he would promote the autographed copies on his TV show.
“Synergy,” I explained. “We will introduce you to WND’s audience of 8 million unique visitors – independent people who would love your show, books and column.”
The experiment was mind-bogglingly successful, if I do say so myself.
But, more interesting than what I thought was what Bill told me only 90 days after we started the program.
One day he called me unannounced. By the way, we talked regularly throughout the book campaigns. And he was incredibly generous with the promotions of WND’s autographed copies. In one day, we sold more than $40,000 worth of books, and we sold directly 60,000 copies of the first book and 55,000 of the second.
“Farah, I just wanted to tell you that you accomplished everything you said you would accomplish that day in my office,” he said. “The show is No. 1. The book is No. 1. And the column is No. 1. I remember conversations like that. I want you to know that.”
Those were words I never expected to hear from Bill, even if they were true. But that really happened.
He suggested we work together even more closely.
What did Bill have in mind?
You have probably heard of “Factor gear,” the hats and shirts and other items he promoted on his Fox News show.
Bill’s idea was to make WND the place to buy all of it – exclusively!
I was honest with Bill.
I said, “Bill, Fox is never going to allow you to sell that stuff on WND. They’re going to want to own all that. You belong to them.”
“Don’t worry,” he said. “I want you to be on a call with me when I pitch it to the top Fox execs. I have a lot of clout.”
So I got on the conference call. It was just as I expected. Bill did the pitching, introducing them all to me. There was almost dead silence on the part of the top-tier management team. I knew that idea was going nowhere.
A few months later, Fox introduced “Factor gear” – available one place and one place only: Fox.
Bill and I remained friends for some years. We had another huge success peddling his second non-fiction book. It also went to No. 1.
But, a few years later, I was told WND would no longer have a small ownership stake in his column.
Then, later, he called to tell me he was starting his own website and the column would appear there first.
I told Bill that didn’t sound like much of a partnership anymore. I bid him farewell.
And this week, we all bid him farewell – some of us fondly, others not so fondly.
For myself, I wish him well.
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