‘It’s a Food Product, Essentially’: Fox News Starts Spinning Pepper Spray Cops

[Kadie]

‘It’s a Food Product, Essentially’: Fox News Starts Spinning Pepper Spray Cops
BY MAX READ NOV 21, 2011 9:21 PM

"I don't think we have the right to Monday-morning quarterback the police," Bill O'Reilly said tonight, discussing the appalling use of pepper spray by UC Davis police on Friday. No, God forbid we Monday-morning quarterback the police, especially, as O'Reilly continued, "at a place like UC Davis, which is a fairly liberal campus."

Indeed: what right do we have to think that Lt. John Pike should probably not have indifferently dusted peacefully sitting protesters with pepper spray from only a few feet away? And, gosh, even if we were going to Monday-morning quarterback the police, shouldn't we remember, as Megyn Kelly tells O'Reilly, that pepper spray is "a food product, essentially"? I mean, Kelly and O'Reilly aren't saying the cops did the right thing! God, no! They're just saying, hey, what right do we have to judge a cop for spraying a simple food product on a bunch of liberal college kids' faces?

video at link...

http://gawker.com/5861688/its-a-food-product-essentially-fox-news-starts-spinning-pepper-spray-cops


There are some great responses to the article at the link.

For instance...

Megyn Kelly on nightsticks: "It's an olive branch, essentially!"


:)

[Puzzler]

1. So is the deadly poison "ricin" for that matter.

[Aerows]

46. And cyanide

Of course, most people don't eat enough cherries to be anywhere near affected by it. Of course, if you condensed them 1 million times, which is the amount of heat in pepper spray vs. Tabasco sauce, yeah, it becomes a significant problem.

The stupidity from Fox burns worse than the pepper spray.

[rocktivity]

2. They're called "FOOD products"

because they belong in your STOMACH, not your eyes.

Megyn Kelly on the Holocaust: "It was a frat house initiation, essentially!"

:headbang:
rocktivity

[canetoad]

3. So is cyanide

But I don't see anyone recommending the use of cyanide just because it comes from natural sources.

[Electric Monk]

4. Hey BillO, I dare you to eat a Ghost Chili then say that again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tRq8ExAHzk

[Ilsa]

7. Torture.

I wish Billo had some of that sprayed in his face. Same with the woman on Fox trying to minimize it.

[Initech]

10. I'm betting that he doesn't like spicy foods.

He probably couldn't even stomach a jalapeno, much less one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhut_Jolokia_chili_pepper

[Aerows]

13. I put Tabasco in just about everything

And I don't think I could handle a Bhut Jolokia.

[Initech]

17. I don't think there's a lot of people that could - myself included. Just sayin'...

:rofl:

[Aerows]

18. I've eaten Scotch Bonnets

And they are 100,000 - 350,000. I used them in black beans and rice. They are HOT. A bhut jolokia at 1,000,000 ? I'll pass LOL.

[Initech]

19. Some of the people I hang around with...

Are of Asian and Indian descent - they eat some hot-ass food. And I've had quite a bit of that stuff, and I don't think I could handle a bhut jolokia. :rofl:

[renate]

22. well, he does like falafel

:evilgrin:

[PETRUS]

5. Uh... sure.

As the chart makes clear, commercial grade pepper spray leaves even the most painful of natural peppers (the Himalayan ghost pepper) far behind. It’s listed at between 2 million and 5.3 million Scoville units. The lower number refers to the kind of pepper spray that you and I might be able to purchase for self-protective uses. And the higher number? It’s the kind of spray that police use, the super-high dose given in the orange-colored spray used at UC-Davis.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/11/21/about-pepper-spray/

[LadyHawkAZ]

6. So if we douse these two in Cheez Whiz

it'll be totally cool with them, right?

[backscatter712]

8. Next, Congress will declare pepper spray to be a vegetable.

Oh, and just for laughs, here is what happens when a drunken idiot sprays pepper spray on a chicken wing and eats it on a bet...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEOrfjQHiSs

[begin_within]

35. ha ha! then they'll publish 'Martha's Cooking with Pepper Spray'

[krispos42]

37. Okay, that was strangly amusing

:rofl:

[aletier_v]

9. self destructing

Rightwing self destructing before my eyes.

Bloomberg, gingrich, oreilly, palin.

I quit voting in 1994, i realize now, because I'd lost faith in my party, the republicans.
I can't even grasp what is happening now, they've turn so vile.

[Aerows]

11. Megyn Kelly

Megyn Kelly on fire hoses: "It’s a sports beverage, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on police dogs: "It’s a family pet, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on tasers: "It’s static cling, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on rubber bullets: "It’s a pencil eraser, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on hand grenades: "It’s a Fourth of July firework, essentially! God bless America."

EDIT: This one was too good to leave out:

Megyn Kelly on brains; "It's skull space-filler, essentially."

[neverforget]

12. Nightsticks or Batons are "Freedom Sticks"

[Gregorian]

14. It’s Propaganda, Essentially

Until we reverse what the FCC has done, we're just going to go around and around with the nonsense of these kinds of fake news corporations.

[Zoeisright]

15. So, Billo, let's see you eat some pepper spray. On the air. Live.

I dare you, you fucking coward.

[Initech]

20. Homer Simpson used it on a taco...

[TorchTheWitch]

23. wasn't he the one that said he'd let himself be waterboarded

but never did it? Or was that someone else?

[waddirum]

52. I think that was Hannity

He said he would do it for charity but chickened out.

[gkhouston]

16. Uh huh. Just like Cheez Wiz.

:eyes:

[jberryhill]

21. It can replace pizza sauce as a school lunch vegetable

You know, here are these cops feeding a nutritious food product to protesters, for free, and everybody gets upset.

There is just no pleasing some people.

[Quantess]

31. Hah! You beat me to it.

:)

[Saving Hawaii]

24. Pepperspray cop feeds the starving students!

FTW Fox News!

[woo me with science]

25. See? They were FEEDING them!

Who says cops don't have a heart? :sarcasm:

[awoke_in_2003]

26. Habanero peppers are technically...

a food product, and they would adversely affect about 99% of the population.

[Aerows]

28. I wouldn't go that far

Though I ate one at a pepper festival and thought for a moment that I might just die. I got quite the rush when I stopped being on fire. I'd say 95%, since I eat spicy food fairly regularly and that nearly killed me momentarily, but I did survive :D

[awoke_in_2003]

49. I had one once...

they do light your world up.

[Modern_Matthew]

27. Too bad we can't forcefeed it to her. Nonviolent reality, pleasant dreams. :-) nt

[aletier_v]

29. I Registered To Vote

the last presidential election I voted in was 1992, for Perot.

This shit has to end.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

48. are you sure you're in the right place?

just wondering :shrug:

[999998th word]

30. A gunshot is a quick infusion of minerals to your body, essentially.

every time I hear this shit from them, :wtf: looking for the Onion or snark tag.

[newspeak]

43. and faux keeps going down, down, down

can they get any sleazier? I guess they can.

[elocs]

32. K&R

[darth marth]

33. "I could watch that (UC Davis Pepper Spray)video over and over. It was hilarious!"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2359267



These 'people' need to be kicked off of the air.

They are empowering the evil and moronic. These are OUR PUBLIC AIRWAVES!

[jpljr77]

34. On the plus side, a new meme is born: Megyn Kelly on...

Gawker commenters doing their best:

Megyn Kelly on fire hoses: "It’s a sports beverage, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on nightsticks: "It's an olive branch, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on fingernail extraction: "It's a mani-pedi, essentially!"
Megyn Kelly on Jerry Sandusky: "He was having sex, essentially".
megyn kelly on guantanamo: "ít's a carribean vacation, essentially"

etc.

Good job, Internet.

[Kadie]

39. Megyn Kelly is trending on twitter right now...

A lot of very clever one liners out there...

:)

[HughBeaumont]

36. 3.5 million Scoville Unit spray is a "Food Product"?

In what universe?

Megyn Kelley = "She's a newscaster . . . essentially . . ."

[truth2power]

38. It was also the active ingredient in a roach spray that Raid marketed

several years ago. They don't make it anymore. At least I haven't been able to find it. It was a great product - killed roaches stone dead in about 5 seconds.

The point is that the Fox critters are morons or liars. I'd say, both. And they pander to a demographic that is also composed of morons. No critical thinking skills. And as has been said, "You can't fix stupid." :grr:

[area51]

40. So the cops were just "seasoning" the protesters?

:eyes:

[rdking647]

41. someone should give her a food product

made from apricot pits....

[WinkyDink]

42. I'd like to rub a habanero in their eyes.

[progressoid]

44. And waterboarding us just a cool refreshing drink.

[demmiblue]

45. K&R

[LiberalEsto]

47. Why don't they spray tomato paste, in that case?

It's a food product too.

[Warren DeMontague]

50. I like extra spicy salsa

doesn't mean I want it sprayed in my eyes.

[Canuckistanian]

51. Rubber bullets are Nerf balls, essentially

[mick063]

53. Barry Mcguire

I grew up in the 60's. This song reflected the times and in many ways, reflects now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I98KeKV_F9g




The eastern world it is explodin',
violence flarin', bullets loadin',
you're old enough to kill but not for votin',
you don't believe in war, what's that gun you're totin',
and even the Jordan river has bodies floatin',
but you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Don't you understand, what I'm trying to say?
Can't you see the fears that I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed, there's no running away,
There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave,
take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy,
and you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin',
I'm sittin' here, just contemplatin',
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation,
handful of Senators don't pass legislation,
and marches alone can't bring integration,
when human respect is disintegratin',
this whole crazy world is just too frustratin',
and you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama!
Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space,
but when you return, it's the same old place,
the poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace,
you can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace,
hate your next-door-neighbour, but don't forget to say grace,
and you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend,
you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
no no you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

[eppur_se_muova]

54. Don't know why it took me so long to think of it, but here's my response ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=2366532&mesg_id=2366532