Wanker of The Week: Bill O'Reilly

The following comment was made Sept. 6, 2005 by Bill O'Reilly on FoxNews. Mr. O'Reilly gets the "Wanker of the Week" title for his you-are-poor-so-piss-off attitude. His willingness to let our government not take the heat for the slow crisis response after Hurricane Katrina screams "Let's protect Bush". O'Reilly also showed his inability to recognize the huge gap we have in this country between the haves and have nots and the direct correlation between U.S. economics and race. But I guess that's easy to do when you are white, rich and oh, yeah, A WANKER!:

Bill O'Reilly:

"Talking Points" wants to reinforce two things. First, the huge, bureaucratic government will never be able to protect you. If you rely on government for anything, anything, you're going to be disappointed, no matter who the president is.

For example, engineers knew for decades the levee system in Louisiana could not withstand a Category 5 hurricane, but nobody wanted to pony up the $20 billion to shore it up. That kind of decision happens all day, every day.

Second point, New Orleans is not about race. It's about class. If you're poor, you're powerless, not only in America, but everywhere on earth. If you don't have enough money to protect yourself from danger, danger's going to find you. And all the political gibberish in the world is not going to change that.

The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina should be taught in every American school. If you don't get educated, if you don't develop a skill, and force yurself to work hard, you're most likely be poor. And sooner or later, you'll be standing on a symbolic rooftop waiting for help.

Chances are that help will not be quick in coming."