Okay, I’ve not gone batshit loopy, but ever since O’Reilly opined that al Qaeda should blow up San Fran (without censure by the WH or Fox News as far as I can tell since his “enemies list” is alive and well… and dontcha know he was just joking…), it’s been on my mind and I’m a bit worried. So I’m throwing this out there just so we can all keep this in mind…
Because O’Reilly wasn’t the first to mention that it wouldn’t be so bad if San Francisco ceased to exist.
Jeb Bush was.
Almost 2 years to the day before O’Reilly’s comments.
AP :
Gov. Jeb Bush joked during a Florida Cabinet meeting Wednesday that the people of San Francisco may be endangered and, “That’s probably good news for the country.”
The subject was environmental land and Bush was looking at a map showing locations with a lot of different wildlife.
“It looks like the people of San Francisco are an endangered species, which may not be a bad thing. That’s probably good news for the country.”
People in the room broke into laughter
“Did I just say that out loud?” the governor asked.
And then of course, O’Reilly:
” Hey, you know, if you want to ban military recruiting, fine, but I’m not going to give you another nickel of federal money. You know, if I’m the president of the United States, I walk right into Union Square, I set up my little presidential podium, and I say, ‘Listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote against military recruiting, you’re not going to get another nickel in federal funds. Fine. You want to be your own country? Go right ahead.’
“And if Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we’re not going to do anything about it. We’re going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead.”
Probably not related. Probably nothing to worry about. But I’d rather put this out there than not. Because I certainly don’t think the destruction of an American city and American citizen’s is a laughing matter.
But then again, everyone is expendable to the neocons.
And they’re just joking right?
