It’s your conspiracy theory, you’re the one who needs to back it up. Do you have absolute evidence that the government has nothing to do with eclipses?
Here is the quote:
Ok, so Jesse Jackson was wrong. Now can we talk about Juan Williams again?
How is that political? They were unhappy he was making regular appearances on another network and taking stands on political issues.
He doesn’t specify Arabs. It’s religiously bigoted, certainly. But Codrescu’s comment that “The evaporation of 4 million who believe [in the Rapture] would leave the world an instantly better place.” is also a religiously bigoted statement. So I don’t see why you’re drawing the distinction where you are.
They come out on time, on budget and as expected. 
Codrescu was basically making a joke that if all the self-righteous fundies really did get raptured we’d be better off. It wasn’t a statement about religous people per se, but a statement about fanatical idiots, and it was made in the context of humoring their own beliefs about God making them vanish, he wasn’t saying anybody should do anything TO them. The joke was that if the rapture happened we’d be free of a lot of idiots. There was nothing offensive about it.
Sorry lefty extremist, that’s not how this works. The quote from Marley was
That’s last statement especially seems like a fact.
Since CPB gives a lot of money to NPR, are you suggesting that there’s NO CHANCE that anyone from the government or at the white house had anything to do with either the firing, or the campaign to remove, Juan? You’re that sure?
No, it was you who was, as usual, wrong.
You don’t get dizzy from all that spinning. What, exactly, did Williams say we should do TO people in Muslim garb?
Yes, I’m that sure. It is a fact. Feel free to prove otherwise.
There’s no chance. The government does not control the board of NPR, and You’re grasping at straws here. And what “campaign to remove Juan” are you talking about?
I’m not spinning. I was putting something in context that was posted without any.
Be afraid of them. He also generalized to all Muslims. Codrescu did not generalize, he made a joke about a specific stupid belief, just like people make jokes all the time about “72 virgins.”
The fact that NPR was looking for a reason to get rid of him, because of his participation with Fox News. More details here.
As for the down-the-middle claims by NPR… methinks the lady doth protest too much.
No, he did not. He said HE was nervous. He didn’t say we should all be nervous.
Nonetheless, Williams didn’t generalize either. He was very specific about being nervous of those in Muslim garb…not all muslims. See the similarity?
That’s not a campaign. The people who paid him to contribute to NPR did not want him to be on Fox so much. He chose to ignore them, or at least not comply as much as they wanted. So they let him go. Nothing about that says “campaign.” That’s a disagreement between Williams and his employer.
And for those who say the NPR isn’t left leaning, what of the report of ubersquishy Soros donating $1.8m to NPR to hire himself 100 reporters. Are you going to say, with straight face, that they won’t be cut from the Soros mold? Is that how NPR gets further donations?
I admit that this is a conservative link, sent to me by a relative, so if someone has some other evidence that he didn’t do it, I’m all ears.
What does this have to do with your government conspiracy theory? It has already been acknowledged repeatedly in this thread that NPR was uncomfortable with the erosion of credibility that goes with being a Fox News regular, and that this was likely a “last straw” situation. So what? How does that tie into your government conspiracy theory (or indicate that NPR is partisan)?
A distinction without a difference.
No, because he wasn’t referencing a specific belief, but simply cultural garb.
Cite that Soros will be hiring the reporters himself? :rolleyes: