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Tuesday, December 12, 2006
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A tale of two children
Guests: Vermont State Representative Kurt Wright & Dr. Laurie Morrow, Ned's Army

"Ten-week old Jason Midyette was beaten to death last February in Colorado; doctors say someone broke 28 bones in his tiny body. However, Boulder County DA Mary Lacy has been reluctant to do much. Baby Jason's grandfather owns a big piece of Boulder, the parents are not cooperating with police, and the local media is so busy making excuses for Lacy that little reporting is being done. The Boulder Daily Camera denounced her 'obstinate critics,' specifically 'the notoriously unfair and unbalanced Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly.' Well, this is great! I have to investigate this case while the Boulder newspaper makes excuses for Lacy and attacks me. The truth is that the Daily Camera is in the tank for Lacy - it should shut down. Things are worse in Vermont, where Derek Kimball was sentenced to 12 to 50 years for sexually abusing a 6-year old girl over a three year period. This is the same girl that Mark Hulett sexually abused, and you'll remember that Judge Edward Cashman sentenced Hulett to 60 days before pressure by The Factor forced the nutty judge to up the sentence to three years. Same little girl, same crime - one guy gets 12 to 50, the other guy gets 3 to 10 thanks to Judge Cashman. This is sickening, and it's no accident that both Boulder and Vermont are run by far left secular progressives. Mary Lacy, Judge Cashman, the Boulder Daily Camera and most Vermont media are all guilty of gross neglect. They are hurting this country badly."

Related: Daily Camera editorial attacks O'Reilly

The Factor was joined by two Vermonters horrified by their state's record. "The problem in Vermont," avowed child advocate Laurie Morrow, "is that judges are not accountable to the people and are often capricious. We the people can not trust our judges to impose judgment in a reasonable way. We need term limits for judges." State representative Kurt Wright suggested that Cashman's sentence was an aberration. "I believe Judge Cashman had arrived at a point in his career that he no longer believed this was about punishment, he believed it was mostly about treatment." The Factor read portions of a letter written by the little girl who was raped by Kimball and Hulett. "She wrote to them 'I hate you for everything you've done. I hate you for hurting me over and over again.' Vermont is a great state, but it is not being run in the right way. Vermonters have to wake up and see how bad this is."

Related: Vermont rapist gets 12-50 years
Protecting Christmas
Guests: Sacramento Bee columnist Wayne Masden

Officials at the Seattle Tacoma Airport have reversed their decision to remove Christmas trees from the property. Despite that incident, despite the banishment of nativity scenes, despite the refusal of some retailers to use the word "Christmas," columnist Wayne Madsen wrote that there is no war on Christmas, and compared the "religious right" with Nazi Germany. Madsen joined The Factor to defend his position. "This whole 'war on Christmas' is a phony issue," he proclaimed. "War in Iraq, yes, war on Christmas, no. Why don't we just have a couple of stiff eggnogs and enjoy the holidays?" The Factor told Madsen he is a grinch. "You know you are on the wrong side of this issue. This is a war between people who don't want public displays of the holiday and people who do. I never said anyone has to say 'Merry Christmas' ever. What I object to is stores or cities telling people they can not say it."

Related: Wayne Madsen editorial
Princess Diana bugged by US
Guest: Melissa Whitworth, London Daily Telegraph

Amid unconfirmed reports that American intelligence agencies wire-tapped Princess Diana, a Scotland Yard report on her death will be released this week. After The Factor reported that "31% of British subjects believe there was a conspiracy to murder the woman," journalist Melissa Whitworth declared that her countrymen are anxiously awaiting this week's report. "Most people in the U.K. believe this report will put an end to the matter, and a lot of people hope that it will. We do have Diana conspiracy theorists, but fewer people are believing that."

Related: NSA denies spying on Princess Diana

Related: BBC poll
Former Tiller patient speaks
Guests: Patient "Kelly"

The Factor was joined by a young woman identified only as "Kelly," whose fetus was aborted by notorious Kansas abortionist Dr. George Tiller when she was 14. Kelly graphically revealed what happened at Tiller's clinic. "It was a five day process. First they insert expandable devices into the cervix to slowly dilate you. On the third or fourth day Dr. Tiller came in and injected saline solution into the amniotic sac that suffocated and burned my baby to death. On the last day they put you in a room with six to ten women - when they feel you are dilated enough they wheel you to another room. They told me to sit on the toilet and push my baby into the toilet. After that they remove the afterbirth. This is all very graphic, but people should know that this is going on. I was traumatized and I'm disgusted that women are told that they have a choice, yet no one tells us what that choice is going to do to us or to the baby." The Factor praised Kelly for telling her story. "You are courageous for coming on and telling the nation what's happening in Kansas. We appreciate your courage very much."

Related: Dr. George Tiller update
Body language and politicians
Guest: Body language expert Tonya Reiman

Tonya Reiman, who analyzes the gestures behind the words, again joined The Factor to interpret the body language of politicians and celebrities. First, Reiman watched a tape of George W. Bush and Tony Blair talking about Iraq Study Group report. "President Bush moves his hand outward with his palm down. He is saying 'I'm in control, I know what's happening.' And Blair feels Bush is the superior of the two." Reiman also scrutinized Mel Gibson, who talked about his newfound sobriety. "When he starts speaking, his face turns into almost a self-loathing, a disgust. I believe he regrets what he did, and every time he talks about it he becomes uncomfortable." Finally, Reiman watched a confrontation in which FNC's Neil Cavuto accused columnist Paul Krugman of lying. "Cavuto was denoting superiority, he felt he was in charge. Paul Krugman got very nervous and he is intimidated. He does a little smug smile."

Related: Bush / Blair meeting w/ video

Related: Gibson on Jay Leno
Charities turn down gentlemen's clubs' gifts
Guests: Dancers Kelly Branton & Morgan

"Scores" strip club in New York City has offered to contribute to charities, but has often been turned down. Exotic dancer "Morgan" expressed her surprise and dismay. "It should be totally irrelevant that it's from a 'gentleman's club.' I work there, and if I want to give back to the community, I don't understand why anyone would want to deny that." Dancer Kelly Branton portrayed herself as a positive role model. "The charities involved are supposedly affiliated with the empowerment of women, and a lot of us who do this think we are empowering ourselves. And now a charity says we're not going to accept your donations because what you do is degrading to women." The Factor told the dancers they should not be surprised. "You dance and you take off your clothes. You'll always have people judging you, and some people feel they don't want to be associated with this in any way, shape, or form."
Viewers sound off
Factor Words of the Day
Many of you wrote about Rosie O'Donnell's crude impression of a Chinese person. Some excerpts:

Edwin Quan, Hollis, NY: "I don't think Rosie's a racist but her words certainly were. I've had the words 'ching chong' thrown at me with malice dozens of times."

Joann Nguyen, Huntington Beach, CA: "Bill, you and your non-Asian viewers should understand that when someone says 'Ching Chong,' it's like calling a black person the 'N' word."

Harold St. Pierre, Ephrata, WA: "Bill, I was all ready for you to rip Rosie but you did not. That is the sign of a good Traditional Warrior, putting aside personal feelings and judging an incident fairly."

Henry Vandecastle, Lawrence, MA: "Bill, I was surprised you thought Rosie was just trying to be funny given her sensitivity to gay comments."

Vivian Kwan, Indonesia: "Rosie O'Donnell underestimates how much racial jokes can hurt."