O’Reilly: Easter Bunny Under Attack!!!!

[RedEarth]

It started with right-wing news site WorldNetDaily and Fox News daytime:



Now, finally, primetime cable’s fiercest culture warrior has joined the battle. Last night, Bill O’Reilly invited on Newsweek’s John Meacham to discuss the brewing ‘war on Easter’:



O’REILLY: Although some left-wingers in the media deny it, we have documented a number of cases where Christian holidays like Christmas and Easter have been attacked by secular interests. Lawsuits and corporate policies have proved this point over and over again.

Doesn’t take much to get O’Reilly hopping mad.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/oreilly-easter/

[shoelace414]

1. Mann Coulter said we should kill all muslims

does that mean there is a war on Muslum?

[Dr.Phool]

2. That was quick!

I only posted it a minute ago.

[RedEarth]

10. Sorry, I didn't see your post

...actually, I did a search for "Easter" and it didn't come up, so I posted. Feel free to link to your post if you want.

[Dr.Phool]

21. I think we were probably posting at the same time.

Great minds think alike. Sometimes in unison.

[sasquatch]

3. Colbert saw this coming weeks ago

I wonder if he can sue for ripping off his idea.

[Initech]

9. I saw this coming the day after Xmas

Does that mean I can sue O'Reilly and Colbert?

:popcorn:

[KingFlorez]

4. O'Reilly should take an Easter Egg and shove it down his throat

[Dr.Phool]

11. Or an ostrich egg

And stick it up his:wtf:

[CottonBear]

5. Shouldn't he be upset that pagan symbols & rituals are part of Easter?

(I'm referring to the religous Easter not the secular Easter celebration.)

Eggs and rabbits are fertility symbols and part of ancient pagan lore and ritual.

[BOSSHOG]

15. And don't forget Chris Owens leading the Easter Parade

through the French Quarter this Sunday (a certifiable liberal neighborhood.) The attack has been so severe that the city is expecting a very large turnout to celebrate the rabbits and the eggs. Why its even hinted that homosexuals will come out of the bars and join in the fun.

[CottonBear]

29. Hi BOSS! Who's Chris Owens?

Happy Easter! How was your trip to the French Quarter? Did Mrs. BOSSHOG have a good time?

I've got snapdragons and pansies to plant in my garden! My Crepe myrtle tree just put out leaves and my gelsimium (Carolina Jessamine) vine is about done blooming.

[BOSSHOG]

33. She is an icon in the city

She has a nightclub on the corner of Bourbon and St Louis. She has to be about 300 years old but she dresses up and does an act every night. She's as part of the city now as Pete Fountain and Louis Armstrong. check her out.

http://www.chrisowensclub.com/ One of the campy queens of New Orleans.

Had a great visit. Ate catfish at Landry's near the river. Crawfish was $8.95 a pound. Obviously for tourists, because that's an outrageous price. Strolled the farmer's market, the wife got a "funky butt" necklace, I got a margaritaville switchplate for the garage and we got my mother in law another t-shirt. We also got some Fleur-di-lis coasters. We are going back 21 April for the first day of the french quarter festival then again on 30 April for the Bubba Gump 5k through the quarter. Its a Forest Gump themed restaurant on Decatur and after the race they serve Shrimp Pasta and Salad to all participants and lots of beer (at 9:00 in the morning - Yee-haw) We are adding to the tax base and having fun. I've slowed down to nothing on plants this year. We are in a terrible drought, we need rain bad. And we've had fires damn near wearing out our volunteer fire departments. However, I've babied our snapdragons and they are looking good. Heading for Kansas in May to spend Mothers-Day with my mother in law. Thank goodness we get 33 mpg! Have a great Georgia spring.

[LouisianaLiberal]

36. I hope I have as much energy as she does

when I'm nearing seventy.

[BOSSHOG]

42. She's a great part of a great city

And every year she gets all gussied up for the Easter Parade through the Quarter. What a Town!

[CottonBear]

47. Wow! She looks great! I can't believe she's almost 70!

Sorry to hear about the drought. We had a real monster of a storm cross over Georgia last Saturday.
We hope to be able to travel down there soon. My sister-in-law is still in Kentucky with her grandson who his slowly improving. The French Quarter Festival sounds wonderful!
:hi:

[GrumpyGreg]

6. Is that the bunny Jimmy Carter had to swat?

[BOSSHOG]

7. "We have documented a number of cases."

I have in my hand a list of communists in our government. Poor "christians" can't stand not being "persecuted" so they have to make shit up. Self-flagellation to make them feel good about feeling bad.

[LSK]

8. Iraq a mess, gas prices record highs, about to nuke Iran

AND THIS IDIOT TALKS ABOUT THE FUCKING EASTER BUNNY1?!?!?!?!

[EllieGreen]

12. *Snort*

If anything Pagan symbols are being attacked.

Seriously, I looked up "attack" and "persecution" in the dictionary, and I have yet to see any evidence that in the United States Christians are being denied the right to practice their religion, being denied the right to hold public office, being denied the right to vote, etc. etc.

Clue to the nut balls: Not allowing you to force your religion on everyone IS NOT persecution.

[Maat]

17. They never get that EllieGreen.

I always say that to my fundie relatives.

"Stopping your bullying is not persecution!"

[EllieGreen]

25. Please keep it up!

I think the more people like you and I keep pointing out the obvious, it just might sink into their thick sculls one of these days. Hopefully.

The glass is half-full, the glass is half-full..... ;-)

[paparush]

23. Did you hear the NPR Story of the Wiccan Vet Killed in Afghanistan

and his widow's struggle to get the DOD to recognize Wiccan as a faith/belief system.

Good Piece-
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5334805

[EllieGreen]

26. Yes I did...

thanks for the link.

A sad story. My father (a former Marine, Catholic, and a Republican) responded to this story as: "I took an oath to protecting the Constitution, as did that Marine. That oath includes the First Amendment. I am not going to rest until that man's wife get what she wants."

He has sent numerous letters, been on the phone with, Congress-critters, former Marine buddies who have taken up the cause, etc. Ya know, for a Repuke, I'm very proud of him. ;-)

[0rganism]

13. Seems like Christian RWers should be the ones trying to ban the bunny

All that icky Pagan symbolism, interfering with the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus... seems like a pretty clearcut case of a solemn religious observance being watered down by the elite liberal entertainment interests. :shrug:

[theHOMOagenda]

14. It's True! Join the ranks now...

at http://www.waroneaster.org/

:spray:

[FSogol]

16. LOL - The picture behind him shows the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus

Two of the Apostles? Famous Prophets? Biblical characters? Christian Symbols?

[npincus]

18. How 'bout a 'War on Sexual Harrassment"?

[bluerum]

19. Mad as a hatter I'd say. nt

[Ladyhawk]

54. Yup...certifiable. n/t

[Dr.Phool]

20. I hereby declare war n Mothers Day!

But this year it falls on my birthday, so send me all the gifts.

[suffragette]

22. Interesting how they focus on child-centered symbols each time

Santa and the Easter Bunny are now the symbols children connect to from these holidays. I realize the past pagan history, but am looking at the way they are used in modern times.
It's interesting that these are ones O'Reilly and his ilk focus on. Is it because on some subliminal level they want people to think their children's belief systems, and by association, their children, are "under attack?."

[Pab Sungenis]

24. Damn right the Easter Bunny's under attack. He should be!

BTW: please go vote these strips up at Comics Sherpa: http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=csckt

And hats off to the one (only one) E-Mailer who spelled "sacrilegious" correctly in his complaint! :)

[gatorboy]

28. What's funny about this it shows just how little O'Reilly

and his sewage dwelling followers truly care about religous holidays. When I was in Catholic school, there was an uproar about the Bunny and Santa and the Christmas tree but for different reasons. Some thought that THOSE symbols were the insult against these holidays. The Obvious marketing aspect was an insult to the beliefs of Jesus. Yet this new group of big business Neo-Christians seem to think otherwise. I'm beginning to think they've never actually set foot in a church!

[Guy Fawkes]

27. Why don't they cover my war on Passover?

If they'd tasted matzo, I'm sure they'd agree!
(Oh, and happy Passover)

[Nobody]

53. Personally, I'm up for a war on Guy Fawkes Day

Remember remember the Fifth of November.

(Sorry, I couldn't resist. Your username and I saw "V for Vendetta" not long ago.)

Matzos, MMmmmmmmmm!

[TrogL]

30. Please find the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus in the Bible

[NobleCynic]

31. I thought Steven Colbert was just being funny,

But it turns out he was just seeing the future.

My god. Satire should make fun of reality. It shouldn't become reality.

[NoPasaran]

39. The War on Easter got cranked up a while ago

http://www.mcblogger.com/archives/2006/03/amazing_express_7.html

[DBoon]

32. Will they declare war on Cinco de Mayo?

if so, they'd have to pry my margarita out of my cold dead hand

[tabasco]

34. Hard hitting journalism.

Just what you would expect from O'Reilly.

[Dulcinea]

35. If O'Really wasn't angry about something, no one would watch him.

He sucks! People only tune in to see him tell other people to shut up.

[stanwyck]

38. Exactly. His version of "underage girls gone wild"

for ratings. And just as absurd.
He's a carnival sideshow.

[sinkingfeeling]

37. Oh, no!! Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny! The very bedrock of Christian

beliefs! Forget get about what that guy, Jesus, tried to teach mankind. Save the Easter Bunny!

[LouisianaLiberal]

40. "Secular interests"

One of the many things that are troubling about this guy, is that he knowingly redefines words with impunity to make his "arguments".

The word "secular" does NOT mean "opposed to religion"; it merely means that the subject in question does not contain religious elements. He is actively redefining this word on every show that I've seen.

He has his audience believing that "secular humanists" are pursuing an active agenda of undermining their right to worship. This sort of illogical double talk is intentional.

Most nights I watch the first few minutes of O'R to see what he is NOT discussing, and to see what subject he is attempting to substitute for the news he obviously SHOULD be discussing.

[dogday]

41. Here is the guy they should be worried about

killing the easter bunny

[fun n serious]

43. Ever since the loofah fiasco...

everytime I see his face I imagine a penis with a nose. I can't stand the man.

[WePurrsevere]

44. Christian Holiday? They STOLE it from the Pagans, Orig the Feast of Eostre

was one of many celebrations of Spring, rebirth and fertility. This is where eggs and bunny's come from.

It's hard to imagine people are that ignorant and make a living as so called reporters or journalists. If anyone is curious this is a rather decent write up on Easter: Is Easter a Christian or Pagan Holiday? Geesh... I remember back in the early 70's the wacko Xians were trying to do away with all the Pagan holidays and/or the trimmings that were. .. guess that didn't work so now they're going to try a different tact. ::sigh::

It seems to me that these pseudo christians would be much closer to what Jesus taught if they'd get over the ever tiresome "oh poor me" martyr syndrome they embrace and actually read, learned and tried to live by what Jesus was trying to teach (in the red letter Bible). It's not "persecution" if people are trying to stop you from spreading LIES and spin and if you really ARE a totally ignorant gnat of a human being. Please do the world a favor and EVOLVE up to somewhere near where whomever is in charge of "intelligent design" might actually have a slight chance of a decent do-over.

edited: "spell check is my friend" ;)

[katty]

45. osmiley...mayor of crazytown and makin' $ at it

[pdxmom]

46. Oh boy! More fodder for Olbermann!! n/t

[baby_mouse]

48. Damn! who do we nuke? nt

[baby_mouse]

49. Are those goddamn islamofascists terrorising the Easter Bunny?

Gosh darn it all to heck! They make me SO MAD.

[Strawman]

50. thanks. let me warn everyone at Delphi about the Easter Bunny

being under attack

[Lorien]

51. Really? A war on Pagan fertility symbols?

who knew O'lielly was a Pagan? :shrug:

[Nobody]

52. What's next, War on Mother's Day?

And if he's up for that, there's always Father's Day, Independance Day, May Day, Cinco De Mayo, The Annual Company Picnic (usually held in July, date varies), My Birthday, Labor Day, Flag Day, Thanksgiving, Halloween, and Annual Spend Till You Drop Day (the Friday immediately following Thansgiving) to declare war on.

O'Reilly won't have time for anything else.

[Carni]

55. I thought the bunny was pagan?

Why is O'Lie-ley so concerned with the ommision of pagan symbols on his all important Christian holiday?