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February 20th, 2007, 08:45 PM
Oh my.. I am so excited rate now.
Bill, my fav. journalist EVER! I wrote him a letter to his email from his FNC show.
And he PERSONALLY responded to me via email!
I have never been so giddy...
Its Off-topic, but damn did that make my day!
Oh my.. I am so excited rate now.
Bill, my fav. journalist EVER! I wrote him a letter to his email from his FNC show.
And he PERSONALLY responded to me via email!
Quote:
I am 90% sure this is acutally him who read my letter! See his staff probably reads all the letters and picks the ones of interest for him to read, and mine got read! *my name*,
Thank you for your kind words.
~ Bill O'Reilly
Thank you for your kind words.
~ Bill O'Reilly
I have never been so giddy...
Its Off-topic, but damn did that make my day!
The Padre
Posts: 4,558 
Location: Ontario
Location: Ontario
February 20th, 2007, 09:10 PM
Quoting westmanguy
Congratulations. I must confess that I have no idea who this chap is
Oh my.. I am so excited rate now.
Bill, my fav. journalist EVER! I wrote him a letter to his email from his FNC show.
And he PERSONALLY responded to me via email!
I am 90% sure this is acutally him who read my letter! See his staff probably reads all the letters and picks the ones of interest for him to read, and mine got read!
I have never been so giddy...
Its Off-topic, but damn did that make my day!
Bill, my fav. journalist EVER! I wrote him a letter to his email from his FNC show.
And he PERSONALLY responded to me via email!
I am 90% sure this is acutally him who read my letter! See his staff probably reads all the letters and picks the ones of interest for him to read, and mine got read!
I have never been so giddy...
Its Off-topic, but damn did that make my day!
just special
Posts: 1,226
Location: not in Kansas anymore
Location: not in Kansas anymore
February 20th, 2007, 10:14 PM
Quoting westmanguy
Wow,good for you. This trumps my personal letter from Ed McMahon .
Oh my.. I am so excited rate now.
Bill, my fav. journalist EVER! I wrote him a letter to his email from his FNC show.
And he PERSONALLY responded to me via email!
I am 90% sure this is acutally him who read my letter! See his staff probably reads all the letters and picks the ones of interest for him to read, and mine got read!
I have never been so giddy...
Its Off-topic, but damn did that make my day!
Bill, my fav. journalist EVER! I wrote him a letter to his email from his FNC show.
And he PERSONALLY responded to me via email!
I am 90% sure this is acutally him who read my letter! See his staff probably reads all the letters and picks the ones of interest for him to read, and mine got read!
I have never been so giddy...
Its Off-topic, but damn did that make my day!
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February 20th, 2007, 10:47 PM
You actually like this guy? You won't get any useful news from him, or from Fox. He's a demagogue, I've seen him shout down people who disagree with him, he's not interested in intelligent dialog, he's interested in putting people down. And he lies, especially about himself. He claimed to have won a Peabody award for his work on the "Inside Edition" program, for instance. Not true. That was exposed, so he changed his tune: it was the Polk award. It's true that the "Inside Edition" received a Polk award, but it was after O'Reilly had left the program. No honour to him. He also makes much of his supposedly working class origins. He used to claim that he came from Levittown, a fairly low level suburb, until his mother Angela explained to the Washington Post that he grew up in Westbury, Long Island, a middle class neighbourhood. In the first chapter of his book The O'Reilly Factor he claims his family was pretty far down on the social totem pole, which seems to have meant they could afford only one vacation in Florida a year. And they had enough money to send him to a private school, and Boston University for two degrees, and a year in England in between.
According to the Boston Globe, he manages to make about $4 million a year. Lot of money to pretend to be a regular guy while shamelessly shilling for the powers that exploit them for one of the biggest media conglomerates in the world. And you think he's going to read an email from a guy in Canada? Wasn't he one of the guys who called us Canuckistan, claimed the 9/11 terrorists entered the U.S. from Canada, and said Canada is a hot bed of anti-U.S. terrorists? He has no respect for facts, he can't think clearly, and he's exactly what he pretends not to be, a wealthy elitist shilling for America's political far right.
Quoting westmanguy
I think you can be about 99.99% sure he didn't see it, and wouldn't have cared if he did. "Thank you for your kind words" sounds pretty generic. Try having a few friends send him another supportive message; I'll bet they get exactly the same response you did. The mail is probably sorted into two categories, supporters and critics, and everybody in the former category gets the same letter. And there's probably another one for the critics that says something like "Thank you for your interest in the program." Possibly with "Shut the Hell up" appended.
I am 90% sure this is actually him who read my letter!
You actually like this guy? You won't get any useful news from him, or from Fox. He's a demagogue, I've seen him shout down people who disagree with him, he's not interested in intelligent dialog, he's interested in putting people down. And he lies, especially about himself. He claimed to have won a Peabody award for his work on the "Inside Edition" program, for instance. Not true. That was exposed, so he changed his tune: it was the Polk award. It's true that the "Inside Edition" received a Polk award, but it was after O'Reilly had left the program. No honour to him. He also makes much of his supposedly working class origins. He used to claim that he came from Levittown, a fairly low level suburb, until his mother Angela explained to the Washington Post that he grew up in Westbury, Long Island, a middle class neighbourhood. In the first chapter of his book The O'Reilly Factor he claims his family was pretty far down on the social totem pole, which seems to have meant they could afford only one vacation in Florida a year. And they had enough money to send him to a private school, and Boston University for two degrees, and a year in England in between.
According to the Boston Globe, he manages to make about $4 million a year. Lot of money to pretend to be a regular guy while shamelessly shilling for the powers that exploit them for one of the biggest media conglomerates in the world. And you think he's going to read an email from a guy in Canada? Wasn't he one of the guys who called us Canuckistan, claimed the 9/11 terrorists entered the U.S. from Canada, and said Canada is a hot bed of anti-U.S. terrorists? He has no respect for facts, he can't think clearly, and he's exactly what he pretends not to be, a wealthy elitist shilling for America's political far right.
Les
Posts: 6,139
Location: 50 acres in Kootenays BC
Location: 50 acres in Kootenays BC
February 20th, 2007, 10:50 PM
I have that one beat all to hell. JJ Cale actually handwrote me a letter that he rarely travels far from his ranch in Montana anymore, but if he did manage to wander into BC again, he'd look me up and cash in the raincheck for a fishing trip.
His wife told me that his preferred form of relaxation is sitting in a chair on the porch in his sockin feets playing his guitar and singing. http://www.jjcale.com/INDEX_MAIN.html
JJ Cale is VASTLY more entertaining than O'Reilly.
I have that one beat all to hell. JJ Cale actually handwrote me a letter that he rarely travels far from his ranch in Montana anymore, but if he did manage to wander into BC again, he'd look me up and cash in the raincheck for a fishing trip.
His wife told me that his preferred form of relaxation is sitting in a chair on the porch in his sockin feets playing his guitar and singing. http://www.jjcale.com/INDEX_MAIN.htmlJJ Cale is VASTLY more entertaining than O'Reilly.
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February 20th, 2007, 10:52 PM
And I wonder if you and I are the only people here who know who JJ Cale is.
And I wonder if you and I are the only people here who know who JJ Cale is.
Les
Posts: 6,139
Location: 50 acres in Kootenays BC
Location: 50 acres in Kootenays BC
February 20th, 2007, 11:12 PM
But I did include the link to his site where folks can see the tunes he's written.
Quoting Dexter Sinister
lol Good point.
And I wonder if you and I are the only people here who know who JJ Cale is.
But I did include the link to his site where folks can see the tunes he's written.
February 21st, 2007, 07:58 AM
Quoting Dexter Sinister
Eric Clapton might be who he is without the influence of Cale.
And I wonder if you and I are the only people here who know who JJ Cale is.
February 21st, 2007, 08:02 AM
Quoting Dexter Sinister
"Call Me the Breeze" is a tune I played in a band about 20 years ago. Ugh time moves too fast.
And I wonder if you and I are the only people here who know who JJ Cale is.
The Padre
Posts: 4,558
Location: Ontario
Location: Ontario
February 21st, 2007, 11:09 AM
An American network? Thankfully, I am a rare Canadian. I hardly ever watch American television programmes or networks..must make me a weirdo in this country
Quoting gc
You don't want to know him hehehe. He's a rightwing journalist with a show on fox news.
An American network? Thankfully, I am a rare Canadian. I hardly ever watch American television programmes or networks..must make me a weirdo in this country
World Police
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February 21st, 2007, 01:15 PM
Quoting jimmoyer
Al Jazeera is no where to be found on Canadian TV. I believe the CRTC approved a license for them to broadcast in Canada but the conditions they attached to their license made it next to impossible for them to operate here.
Canada did not allow the Fox Network in until recently.
Al Jazeera got approval before Fox.
Al Jazeera got approval before Fox.
NHL Hockey Insider
Posts: 3,635
Location: Vancouver Island
Location: Vancouver Island
February 21st, 2007, 03:01 PM
Quoting DurkaDurka
From what I understand, Al Jazeera is owned by an American Network, so, same ole same ole.
Al Jazeera is no where to be found on Canadian TV. I believe the CRTC approved a license for them to broadcast in Canada but the conditions they attached to their license made it next to impossible for them to operate here.
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Location: The Evil Empire
Location: The Evil Empire
February 21st, 2007, 03:29 PM
Westmanguy, raise your standards.
Quoting talloola
The government of Qatar owns Al Jazeera. From what I understand, Al Jazeera are owned by an American Network, so, same ole same ole.
Westmanguy, raise your standards.
