Tell Bill O’Reilly: Hundreds of Thousands of Vets are Homeless

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/01/22/tell-bill-oreilly-hundreds-of-thousands-of-us-vets-are-homeless/

by Mike Hall, Jan 22, 2008

Bill O’Reilly, the obnoxious, belligerent, ranting loudmouth of Fox News, is at it again. But he’s not after some evil liberal or even a mainstream moderate.

http://foxattacks.com/vets


This time, O’Reilly is going after homeless veterans—men and women who served in the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines. He claims the homeless group is “nonexistent.”


Earlier this year, O’Reilly mocked former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) for pointing out that nearly 200,000 veterans are homeless, “sleeping on grates…and under bridges.” Said O’Reilly of Edwards’ statement:

I mean, come on, the only thing sleeping under a bridge is that guy’s brain.

But as Levi Cunningham, a homeless Vietnam-era vet, says in a video rebuttal on the lets-keep-Fox-honest website, FoxAttacks:

There’s a lot of homeless veterans out there. Anybody that would even imply there are no homeless veterans is out of touch with reality.

In fact, the Department of Veterans Affairs says that in 2006 there were 195,827 homeless vets on any given night. That figure could be higher. In November, we reported on a study by the National Alliance to End Homelessness that estimated more than 336,000 vets were homeless sometime in 2006.

FULL story at link.

[walldude]

1. Well Bill did amend his statement to say that the only

homeless vets are "substance abusers". :eyes: I don't think there will ever be a bigger asshole on TV than BillO.

[KeineAhnung]

2. Something along the lines of...

the vast majority are "substance abusers"

[Ganja Ninja]

3. I doubt it would do any good.

Bill'O knows what he is and he's OK with that. He's a gutless, soulless shill with no conscience, no shame and no sense of decency. Just like Limbaugh and Coulter and Hannity and Malkin and the rest. He's in it for the money and damn the country and everyone in it. You can't shame him into apologizing.