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| All content taken from The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel. Each weeknight by 6 PM EST a preview of that evening's show will be posted and then updated with additional information the following weekday by noon EST.
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"200,000 Americans have already signed a petition asking the federal government to secure the borders. Information about that is available on billoreilly.com. I signed the petition because I believe we're all in danger and the government must fulfill its duty to protect us. Talking Points has uncovered some stats that illustrate the problem. Illegal immigration now costs the US $68 billion dollars ever year. California alone loses $10 billion from its treasury because of the illegal problems. The Justice Department estimates that almost 300,000 illegals served some jail crime in 2003. And more than 11-million illegals are living in the USA right now. Faced with that information, it's simply stunning that our government will not secure the borders. The old saying is that people get the government they deserve, and the saying is true. At this point in our history Congress and the President simply will not enforce the immigration laws. And the only force on this Earth that can make them do it is the American people. Will they?"
Transcript/Video: FoxNews.com |
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Guest: Michael Posner, Human Rights Watch
The official investigation into the Abu Ghraib prison scandal has placed the blame on a handful of renegade US soldiers, not the administration or top Pentagon brass. In an editorial, the Washington Post implied that there was a cover-up and wrote this: "The only people to suffer criminal prosecution from one of the most serious human rights scandals in U.S. history remain a handful of lower-ranking soldiers ? That the affair would end in this way is even more disgraceful for the US system than the abuses themselves." The Post declined to send a spokesman, but Michael Posner of Human Rights Watch explained why his organization objects to the final report. "Since 2002 there have been at least 108 people who have died in US custody. At least 28 of them are criminal homicides. There is a policy which has let that happen, and that is what has to be investigated." The Factor agreed with Posner's statistics, but argued that the military justice system is working. "We did an investigation and broke down those 28 homicides, and only six remain un-adjudicated. The military is policing itself, and with 200-thousand people in the field fighting the war on terror, 100 is not that many. And you have no smoking gun to say any high-ranking general or Defense Department officer did anything illegally." Nevertheless, Posner called for a broad-scale investigation into how the military treats detainees. "We've asked for an independent commission to look at all detention and interrogation policies. We want to make sure that if there are violations of the law they are corrected." |
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Guest: Author & parenting expert Armin Brott
Toddlers Jonah and Nicole Payne were found dead in a pond near their Georgia home. Their mother claims her children wandered out of the house while she was in the bathroom. Author and parenting expert Armin Brott contended that the mom was apparently negligent. "The mother has pretty much all the responsibility. If you've got a kid that's smart enough to open the door, you have to do something to stop the kid from getting out. In my personal opinion, she should be absolutely be charged." The Factor also implicated America's overall litigiousness. "It used to be that in neighborhoods everybody would look out for everybody else. It's no longer the case because everybody is afraid of getting sued." |
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Guest: Attorney Larry Frisoli
10-year old Jeffrey Curley was murdered by two members of the notorious North American Man Boy Love Association in 1997. His parents filed a wrongful death suit against NAMBLA, claiming the group encourages the rape of minors. The case has dragged on for five years, with NAMBLA receiving free representation by the ACLU. "The problem is the strategy of the defense," explained the Curley's attorney Larry Frisoli. "They are attempting to outspend us to death. The cost of prosecuting this case is approaching $1 million, and the American Civil Liberties Union has millions of dollars." The Factor blamed the federal court for not pushing the case forward. "My contention is that the government could say to the defense, 'okay, stop delaying, let's go.' The defense just wants to wear you down so you go away." Frisoli also claimed that Charles Jaynes, one of the men convicted of killing Jeffrey Curley, has continued his decadent lifestyle in prison. "Two inmates have told me that Jaynes is soliciting other inmates to join NAMBLA, he's having sex with other inmates in the bathroom of the law library, and he's bragging that not only did he murder Jeffrey Curley, but that he sexually assaulted Jeffrey after he was dead." |
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Guest: Jordan Riak, Parents & Teachers Against Violence in Education
Texas legislators have approved a law that expressly gives parents the right to use "reasonable" corporal punishment when disciplining their child, and also allows spanking by grandparents and guardians. Anti-spanking activist Jordan Riak is fervently opposed to the law. "The legislature is marching backwards. You have a state with a child fatality rate that is 65% higher than the national average. The legislature has declared open season on children and I don't know how the legislators sleep at night." Riak advocated a total ban on all corporal punishment. "I would like to see children have the same protection against assault and battery that you and I have. We should do what thirteen other countries have done." The Factor countered that banning parental spanking is going too far. "There's no program on the air that campaigns for the safety of children more than The Factor. But I think you're making a huge mistake by telling parents that society has the right to come into their home and tell them how to raise their children." |
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Guest: Rev. Al Sharpton
TV programs have played and re-played footage of a 5-year old Florida child being handcuffed by the police, who were called to the girl's school when she seemed out of control. Reverend Al Sharpton says he may get involved as an advocate for the child and her family. "We were outraged," Sharpton told The Factor. "Why would you have to handcuff a 5-year old girl?" The girl is black, but Sharpton claimed race is irrelevant. "I'm not going in saying it's a racial issue, I'm going in saying this is outrageous. If this were a child of any color, I'd be outraged." Playing devil's advocate, The Factor predicted how the school will defend itself. "The school is going to say we thought the little girl was out of control. We felt it was better for the authorities to come in and try to calm the girl down because we had a kid we felt was a danger to herself or others." |
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Guest: Vernell Crittendon, Public Information Officer, San Quentin State Prison
Since being convicted of killing his wife Laci and their unborn child, how does Scott Peterson spend his time on death row? San Quentin State Prison spokesman Vernell Crittendon explained Peterson's situation. "He's in a cell by himself. He eats his meals alone, and generally he is spending most of the day alone. He qualified for exercise, and he is allowed to exercise in a small enclosure. He has a 13" television and a small CD player, and he has two photographs taped to his wall - both of Laci." Crittendon said Peterson receives as many as 85 letters a day. "It's a real cross-section of America writing to him. He has hate mail, spiritually based mail, and some of it has been romantic type mail." |
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| Many of you sent e-mails about the "Secure Our Borders" petition. Some excerpts:
Darlene Beckett, Grand Island NY: "It is a sad state of affairs when the American people have to sign a petition to force the government to enforce the law."
Sgt. Chad Van Damme, US Army Korea: "Bill, thanks for bringing the petition to my attention. The issue is extremely important."
Brian Butt, Columbia MD: "Bill, wouldn't a more effective way of securing the border be to ask Mexico why it hasn't become more prosperous?"
Larry Schwieger, Corona CA: "O'Reilly, you are not very bright when it comes to solving illegal immigration." |
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