Bill takes a Look Back at the Year 2006, and decides that he’s made it a pretty good year.
With ten days left in the year, it’s a good time to think about what went right and what went wrong in 2006.
The absolute worst was Iraq, very troubling. I believe the USA tried to do a good thing in that country, tried to bring freedom to those people and establish a nation that would be an example to other Middle Eastern countries and fight terrorism at the same time.
You know, I might have dreamt it, but I seem to recall something about how we needed to invade Iraq because Saddam had WMDs — big, nasty, ones — and we had to take them out so that we wouldn’t be facing a mushroom cloud in America. Hey, I know it sounds bizarre, but I could almost swear that we were told something like that. Weird, huh?
So far we have not succeeded in doing that,
No crap, Sherlock.
even though we have liberated millions of people. The Kurds are fine in the north. Many people in southern Iraq are prospering, but we have 3,000 dead Americans and 15,000 wounded.
Not to mention a few dead and wounded Iraqis. (Seriously, don’t mention them.)
We have spend billions and the terrorists are still killing people. It is depressing, to say the least. So that is the big negative.
On the positive front, the economy remains strong. Most of us have comfortable lives and the culture war is turning our way.
So, the positive front kind of makes up for the negative one then, and there’s no need to figure out just why we have that depressing Iraq war, nor to assign blame or anything, nor even contemplate how Bill himself may bear a little responsibility for this big negative.
Therefore, because we don’t like thinking about depressing stuff, let’s focus some more on Bill’s economic prosperity, and how the culture war is going his way.
“The Factor,” of course, is right in the middle of this culture war deal, and we’ve had a good year.
Forty out of 50 states now have Jessica’s Law, or a variation of it, and prosecutors tell us that judges now are very reluctant to give soft sentences to child predators. Because of “The Factor’s” aggressive coverage of loopy judges in Vermont, Ohio, Missouri and Nebraska, other judges, all over the nation, have gotten the message.
Yes, judges have decided to not be loopy anymore, and to instead send sex offenders to jail, all thanks to Bill.
And we also dealt with a number of other bad guys this year as well. O.J. Simpson got what he deserved, scorn. Air America is bankrupt. Christmas has made a big comeback from the secular assault against it. That’s all good, and we’re happy we can help.
See what a great and powerful man Bill is? He not only saved Christmas, he also caused Air America to go bankrupt, and quashed that O.J. Simpson book/TV deal single-handedly. So, it has been a very good year for him!
So overall 2006 is a mixed bag. The War on Terror has been challenging. The culture war a bit better. 2007, we’re ready for the fight.
Yes, now that Bill has everything well in hand here in the U.S., he is reporting for combat duty in Iraq, so he can turn around that war the same way he did the culture war. You heard it here first.
Most Ridiculous Item of the Day
In May of 2004, actor Sylvester Stallone came on “The Factor” with an interesting story. He was being prevented from making another sequel of his “Rocky” series by a Hollywood big shot
[snip transcript of interview clip]
O’REILLY: Well, soon after that interview things turned around. The movie got made, and we were happy if they helped.
Now the “Rocky” movie, the sequel, is out this week, and we wanted to talk to Mr. Stallone about his odyssey, but his people turned us down.
Now we’re not mad. He’s a busy guy these days. But it is ridiculous. Always remember, you dance with the one who brung you.
That’s another feather in Bill’s 2006 cap: he forced Hollywood to let Stallone make his “Old Rocky” movie! But now ol’ Sly is a little too big for his britches, and won’t dance with Bill, even though Bill took him to the prom. Metaphor, or “Brokeback Mountain” story for the new year? YOU make the call!
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