Comments on: Bill O’Lielly: There aren’t any homeless vets in America

by: Bitter Scribe

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:24:27 +0000

If you want to help some of these "non-existent" vets, a good place to start is Veterans Village of San Diego. I'm going to slip them a few bucks, and I strongly encourage others to consider doing so.

by: paul

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:05:03 +0000

Nah, nobody sleeps under bridges. Bridges go over water. They sleep under overpasses, in tunnels that pass through bridge footings, alongside roads that pass under bridge abutments, under elevated highways and railways, under pedestrian walkways, but never under bridges.

I also kinda wonder about the liar’s language — he says his people will make sure that any veteran currently sleeping under a bridge won’t be sleeping there after he hears of it, which is rather different from saying they’ll have a real place to sleep.

by: Meredith, Viscountess of Cupcakes

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:40:55 +0000

MAJeff: Brilliant. I about cried with laughter the first time I saw it. And then stopped when I realized that yes, some people actually believe it.

And Mike, yeah, I know you were quoting him. I was just adding more things to your list.

by: MikeEss

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:05:21 +0000

tinfoil, Quiet was the one who (for some reason I don’t understand) brought up sperm.

It made no sense when he said it, and it isn’t any more intelligent today…

by: Djur

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:54:59 +0000

tinfoil hattie: Uh, only Quiet as far as I can read.

by: tinfoil hattie

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:28:11 +0000

Are Mike and Quiet really flexing their penises and playing the my-sperm’s-more-potent-than-your-sperm game on a feminist blog?

by: Phoenician in a time of Romans

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:15:00 +0000

(BTW, Phoenician, on your recommendation, I got that book. It’s been quite a read! Thanks.)

Give _On Equilibrium_ a go as well, then. _Voltaire’s Bastards_ is worth reading, but less coherent. He’s a hell of a good antidote to Randbot tripe.

For something quite different, but also worthwhile, try James Carse _Finite and Infinite Games_ - in my experience, about only 40% of those who try it “get it”, but those that do really like it.

by: resident_alien

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:50:47 +0000

@ MAJeff:LOL!

by: MAJeff, the God of Biscuits

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:30:57 +0000

I completely agree that psychiatry and therapy programs must be fully funded. NO! Psychiatry is the farthest thing from what they need. This is what they really need.

by: Mister Nice Guy, Boggart of Fried Potatoes and Sausage

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:38:39 +0000

So, to summarize: the VA said there were 200k homeless veterans. Edwards said there were 200k homeless veterans. O’Reilly said Edwards was crazy and a liar.

Meanwhile, 200,000 homeless veterans, many of them drug-addicted or suffering from other untreated mental illnesses, many of them homeless because Bush drove the economy into a ditch, sleep on grates and under bridges.

Bekabot, of course Washington isn’t part of O’Reilly’s America. None of the Pacific Northwest is, any more than is California, Louisiana, New York, New England or the Great Lakes states.

Bill O’Reilly’s America consists of the Deep South and the Great Plains states. Except for the metropolitan areas.