The 25 Most Un-American Reactions to the 9/11 Anniversary

Please. Gag me with 3,000 spoons: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-25-most-un-american-reactions-to-the-911-anni

My main problem? The ignorance of society, and by that I mean stupid Americans. We aren't a Christian country; we are a country with a large Christian population. There's a difference.

The fact that people can take a day like September 11th and transform it into a moment of political bashing is just disgusting. Yesterday was a day of rememberance, and every American was grieving, all religions aside.

Please. Get your heads out of your asses, people.

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Billy O'Reilly Is Crazy; The View: Case In Point

There are just so many things wrong with what Bill O'Reilly is saying in this clip, beginning with how he nose-dives into a discussion about 9/11. Word to the wise, Mr. O'Reilly, don't mess with the ladies of The View. So let's start with a brief, quoted, annotation:

"Listen to me, because you'll learn."
Just stop now. You are not a professor or some holier-than-thou figure, so get over yourself and your ego.

"Americans wanted to know what his (President Obama's) opinions are on the issue."
Screw what his opinion is. The President's job is to act as an unbiased party and make sure that the law is upheld. I don't care if he does or doesn't want the mosque near Ground Zero. The fact of the matter is, they have a right to build it there, and the President is protecting that right.

"70% of Americans don't want that mosque down there."
Show me the numbers. Show me that poll. I don't know if that is true, so even if it is - why is that? Someone explain to me, PLEASE, how building a mosque in Manhattan is "inappropriate."

"Muslims killed us on 9/11!"
I don't even know where to start on this one, because it is just straight out wrong. No. Muslims did not attack us that day. No. Just no. They were terrorist extremists that happened to be Muslim. Good God, man! Learn to have a little religious tolerance.

The ignorance of people really baffles me. Truly, it does. Was walking off set the most appropriate thing to do? No. But at least they had they stood up (literally) for what they believed in.

Immediately following this clip, Barbara Walters apologized for their actions, and the proceeded to give Mr. O'Reilly a good talking to about how HE was inappropriate. A peaceful discussion is all well and good, but when how long do you endure listening to hate?

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If You Don't Like It, Go Home!

equality |iˈkwälitē|
noun
the state of being equal, esp. in status, rights, and opportunities

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Shouldn't our President, oh, I don't know ... be in his office or doing work?

I like Obama - for the most part - I'd be lying if I said otherwise. I went to a freaking rally in Union Square on Election Night for crying out loud. But seriously? SERIOUSLY? He could take the time to hang out on a talk show but he can't go down to the boarders to help figure things out? I would be also lying if I said that I hated The View. Quite the contrary, actually. I even spent every morning last summer watching the freaking show! But still ...

I get that he has to keep up public appearances and make nice with the media, get a good face out there, yada yada yada. I get it. But there are a lot of things going on in our country right now that are a hell of a lot more important than his public image.

I don't have a solution for the boarder problem or the oil spill or the war. I don't know what needs to happen to fix things because whatever is going on in Arizona is unethical and obviously not working. But something needs to happen. Something needs to be done, and I'm pretty positive that our Commander in Chief chatting it up with the Chatty Four isn't it.

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