|
skatealex2
////////////////



Registered: 07/04/08
Posts: 18,699
Last seen: 7 months, 12 days
|
Bill O’Reilly Bets John Stossel $10,000 That Prop 19 Loses
#13364436 - 10/20/10 10:32 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
by Mike Meno October 20, 2010
Last night on the O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly bet guest John Stossel $10,000 (to a charity of the winner’s choice) that Proposition 19, the California ballot measure that would make marijuana legal for all adults, will fail. Stossel, who supports Prop 19, said that it’s time to end marijuana prohibition because “it’s a war on our own people.”
“A war on our own people?” asked a bewildered and defiant O’Reilly. “What does that mean? They’re breaking people’s doors down?”
Yes, Mr. O’Reilly, that’s exactly what it means. Below is video of a Feb. 11 raid in Columbia, Missouri, in which a SWAT team broke down a family’s front door, terrorized a 7-year-old child, and shot and killed one of the family’s dogs. The reason for such tactics? The officers found a pipe and a small amount of marijuana.
More than 800,000 Americans – nearly one every 37 seconds – are arrested every year for possessing marijuana, something that’s safer than alcohol. It is a war on our own people, Mr. O’Reilly.
In another poor and puzzling attempt to defend our failed status quo, O’Reilly tried to compare marijuana to tobacco, by saying “marijuana is exactly as addictive as tobacco.”
Once again, he’s wrong. From TIME magazine yesterday: “Estimates vary, but compared with tobacco, which hooks about 20% to 30% of smokers, marijuana is much less addictive, coming in at 9% to 10%.” According a 1999 report from the federal government’s Institute of Medicine, “Compared to most other drugs … dependence among marijuana users is relatively rare … [A]lthough few marijuana users develop dependence, some do. But they appear to be less likely to do so than users of other drugs (including alcohol and tobacco), and marijuana dependence appears to be less severe than dependence on other drugs.”
More importantly, tobacco is responsible for killing more than 400,000 Americans every year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Marijuana kills no one. But tobacco is legal – and few families have their doors broken down, children terrorized, and pets murdered because a parent is in possession of a cigarette.
And according to the most recent poll, it looks very likely that Mr. O’Reilly could soon be out $10,000. SurveyUSA shows Prop 19 leading among California voters 48 to 44.
http://blog.mpp.org/prohibition/bill-o’reilly-bets-john-stossel-10000-that-prop-19-loses/10202010/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogmpp+%28MPP+Blog%29
|
Led Zeppelin
Tripper


Registered: 05/17/10
Posts: 3,962
Last seen: 3 years, 8 months
|
Re: Bill O’Reilly Bets John Stossel $10,000 That Prop 19 Loses [Re: skatealex2] 4
#13364501 - 10/20/10 10:46 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
I cant wait till oreilly dies
|
Le_Canard
The Duk Abides


Registered: 05/16/03
Posts: 94,392
Loc: Earthfarm 1
|
Re: Bill O’Reilly Bets John Stossel $10,000 That Prop 19 Loses [Re: skatealex2]
#13364522 - 10/20/10 10:51 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
I'll bet if Prop. 19 passes, O'Reilly will waffle.
|
Object110011



Registered: 07/19/10
Posts: 118
Last seen: 5 years, 3 months
|
Re: Bill O’Reilly Bets John Stossel $10,000 That Prop 19 Loses [Re: Le_Canard]
#13364582 - 10/20/10 11:07 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
HEY! Wait a minute, He's gambling! Did he place this bet in NV or some other legal gambling state? Did he shake on the bet?
It doesn't matter that the winnings are going to a charity; gambling is wrong! Shunned throughout history and around the world; religions, philosophies and simply: groups of like minded individuals, have all chosen to shun gambling. There is no excuse in the book that allows for gambling!
I can't believe Bill O'Reilly said that! And, to think! "he was once loved and adored by a majority of Christian Americans along with other less affiliated yet still saturated with the television culture" that is so prevalent.
Well, in the end it shows that this guy really is just a media puppet, propped up to spew forth lies perpetuating a dictated example of social steering.
If I owned a charity, I would not accept that money; won through such devious actions; no matter what the issue.
|
Zardos
Stranger


Registered: 09/18/10
Posts: 1,077
Loc:
Last seen: 4 years, 3 months
|
Re: Bill O’Reilly Bets John Stossel $10,000 That Prop 19 Loses [Re: skatealex2]
#13364785 - 10/21/10 12:13 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
skatealex2 said: “marijuana is exactly as addictive as tobacco.”
I'd love if someone on air can ask him where he got that...
-------------------- December 1960: "They took the drug one evening at Leary's house and had a profound experience, during which Ginsburg prophetically realized that it was a time to start "a peace and love movement". He then ran naked around the house, attempted to get Kruschev and Kennedy on the telephone and announced to the operator that he was God."
|
wowwtf
Stranger

Registered: 04/17/09
Posts: 153
Last seen: 8 years, 6 days
|
Re: Bill O’Reilly Bets John Stossel $10,000 That Prop 19 Loses [Re: Zardos]
#13365416 - 10/21/10 06:50 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Bill O'reilly feeds off it, he loves it when people give him the attention he so desires
|
Annapurna1
liberal pussy


Registered: 05/21/02
Posts: 5,646
Loc: innsmouth..MA
|
Re: Bill O’Reilly Bets John Stossel $10,000 That Prop 19 Loses [Re: wowwtf]
#13366911 - 10/21/10 02:44 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
$10000 is chump change to these POSs...tragically..however..it looks like billo the clown is going to come out the winner .. a new poll shows that support for prop 19 has tumbled in line with the broader swing to the far right in the political elections.. which is what i have been trying to tell everyone for months...
--------------------
"anchor blocks counteract the process of pontiprobation..while omalean globes regulize the pressure"...
|
Mickalopagus
living in perverty


Registered: 07/06/04
Posts: 15,084
Last seen: 12 minutes, 6 seconds
|
Re: Bill O’Reilly Bets John Stossel $10,000 That Prop 19 Loses [Re: Annapurna1]
#13369526 - 10/22/10 12:24 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
no reason to give up by any means
i still have signs to put up motherfucker!!
-------------------- notapillow said: "you are going about this endeavor all wrong. clear your mind of useless fear and concern. buy the ticket, take the ride, and all that.... " ChrisWho said: "It's all about the journey, not the destination."
|
SWEDEN
Miracle of Science


Registered: 10/25/04
Posts: 2,577
Loc: PNW
Last seen: 7 years, 7 days
|
Re: Bill O’Reilly Bets John Stossel $10,000 That Prop 19 Loses [Re: skatealex2]
#13428774 - 11/03/10 01:06 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Stossel has to donate to a charity, correct? He should totally give it to Cannabis Charity Education and Defense Fund.
--------------------
|
thedudenj
Man of the Woods


Registered: 08/18/04
Posts: 14,684
|
Re: Bill O’Reilly Bets John Stossel $10,000 That Prop 19 Loses [Re: SWEDEN]
#13438310 - 11/05/10 11:39 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
wtf they shot his fucking dog
--------------------
  "You all are just puppets... You have no heart...and cannot feel any pain..."" you may think thats pain you feel but you must have a heart to feel true pain and that pain wont be yours
|
fapjack
Title



Registered: 07/26/07
Posts: 16,574
Loc: Central New Jersey
Last seen: 4 years, 2 months
|
Re: Bill O’Reilly Bets John Stossel $10,000 That Prop 19 Loses [Re: thedudenj]
#13438318 - 11/05/10 11:41 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
I think you are replying to the wrong thread.
--------------------
|
thedudenj
Man of the Woods


Registered: 08/18/04
Posts: 14,684
|
Re: Bill O’Reilly Bets John Stossel $10,000 That Prop 19 Loses [Re: fapjack]
#13438321 - 11/05/10 11:43 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
--------------------
  "You all are just puppets... You have no heart...and cannot feel any pain..."" you may think thats pain you feel but you must have a heart to feel true pain and that pain wont be yours
|
fapjack
Title



Registered: 07/26/07
Posts: 16,574
Loc: Central New Jersey
Last seen: 4 years, 2 months
|
Re: Bill O’Reilly Bets John Stossel $10,000 That Prop 19 Loses [Re: thedudenj]
#13438336 - 11/05/10 11:45 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
I've seen it, cops kill people's dogs during no knock raids all the time. What do you expect though, they are the mindless tools of the power that be. If you have morals, you don't become a police officer.
--------------------
|
Flop Johnson
Praise Skatballah


Registered: 09/22/05
Posts: 13,789
Loc: TX
|
Re: Bill O’Reilly Bets John Stossel $10,000 That Prop 19 Loses [Re: fapjack]
#13438343 - 11/05/10 11:47 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
in a real drug raid scenario i guess it might be appropriate to shoot a dog if it was a large dog and it was attempting to attack the officers, but they shot a corgie and a pitbull that was IN A CAGE. Fucked up
|
fapjack
Title



Registered: 07/26/07
Posts: 16,574
Loc: Central New Jersey
Last seen: 4 years, 2 months
|
Re: Bill O’Reilly Bets John Stossel $10,000 That Prop 19 Loses [Re: Flop Johnson]
#13438403 - 11/05/10 11:57 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
It would be more appropriate to stop pretending that no knock warrants make their job any safer. If anything you are more likely to shoot a police officer that is breaking into your house vs a police officer that knocks on your door. Stupid pigs like to pretend that their job is dangerous though, like criminals don't know not to kill cops.
--------------------
|
|