Earlier this month, ABC News aired a special entitled Children of the Mountains that profiled four children living in the Appalachians. ABC followed them for over two years.
The special was touching and outlined how difficult it can be to live in poverty and yet how strong many of those people can be.
Bill O'Reilly, however, has no patience for them.
Yep. It shouldn't shock you...but Bill O'Reilly is kind of a dick.
Thankfully, most people aren't like Bill O'Reilly. They aren't stubbornly judgmental and callous. They actually have souls.
Since the show aired, numerous viewers found the kindness to pitch in and help.
Another young man featured, Jeremy, has received good news, too. A viewer offered to give the soon-to-be father of two a baby shower.
With Obama signing the stimulus bill, Kentucky is hoping that the money will help even more.
I would like to extend my respect and admiration to all of the people in America who aren't Bill O'Reilly. Thanks for caring about others and thanks for being willing to assist others especially in this time of economic crises.
The special was touching and outlined how difficult it can be to live in poverty and yet how strong many of those people can be.
Bill O'Reilly, however, has no patience for them.
Yep. It shouldn't shock you...but Bill O'Reilly is kind of a dick.
I submit to you that the culture in Appalachia harms the children almost beyond repair...Kids get married at 16 and 17. Their parents are drunks. I'm generalizing now. There's a lot of meth. There's a lot of irresponsibility...Look, if I'm born in Appalachia, the first chance I get, I go to Miami. Because that's where the jobs are...“I gotta tell you, people have to help themselves, you know? They have to wise up and they have to see that there's a culture of poverty there, a culture of ignorance there....
Thankfully, most people aren't like Bill O'Reilly. They aren't stubbornly judgmental and callous. They actually have souls.
Since the show aired, numerous viewers found the kindness to pitch in and help.
Shawn, the 18-year-old football player from Flat Gap, Ky., who believed he had to move away from home to keep his dreams on track, received scholarship offers from three local universities. He's chosen the respected Union College, the school he has always wanted to attend. His dorm room is ready, and he starts classes on Monday. He's also received several employment offers, ranging from coal mining to a position at UPS to a management training job at a supermarket in New York. He says it's an amazing second chance at his dreams and "an opportunity to go for it."
Another young man featured, Jeremy, has received good news, too. A viewer offered to give the soon-to-be father of two a baby shower.
With Obama signing the stimulus bill, Kentucky is hoping that the money will help even more.
I would like to extend my respect and admiration to all of the people in America who aren't Bill O'Reilly. Thanks for caring about others and thanks for being willing to assist others especially in this time of economic crises.
1 comments:
Bill O'Reilly's comments come as no surprise. He is by far one of the most idiotic TV personalities out there. He is not a newsman; he is an ideologue and quite frankly a hate mongerer. But you know that. What really surprises me, is with their degree of poverty and economic despair... a state like Kentucky voted 58%-41% for McCain. This is why I firmly believe that the Republicans are a Party of Corporate crooks who then hijack citizens into one issue politics (guns, school prayer, gay marriage etc.) Just a crying shame!
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