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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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Guest: Paul Campos, Colorado University
"Colorado University professor Ward Churchill has again stated that America is responsible for killing innocent people all over the world, and that's why 9/11 happened. Churchill would not back away from his statement that some Americans murdered on 9/11 were Nazis. In the world according to Churchill, if you sell bonds, insurance, or anything else that furthers capitalism, you're a Nazi. For this kind of reasoning the University of Colorado is paying the guy almost $100,000 a year. Clearly the man has some constitutional protections, but where he is vulnerable is in the competency area--he has written that Israel is perpetuating a holocaust against Palestinians and that Hitler's government did not have an institutional plan to exterminate European Jews. Both those statements are provably false. So say goodbye to Churchill--I predict he'll be fired for incompetence. Churchill will pay a big price for his hatred of America and his cruelty to the 9/11 families. But the price should be fair and reasonable."
Transcript: FoxNews.com
Professor and columnist Paul Campos joined The Factor to expand on the Churchill case and its impact. "I've heard from hundreds of people," Campos said, "and have not heard one word of support from a CU faculty member for Churchill's views." Campos revealed that Ward Churchill may face problems beyond his inflammatory statements about 9/11. "There are now serious allegations that he's engaged in academic fraud. He has been accused of fabricating a historical episode by saying the US Army deliberately spread a smallpox epidemic among the Sioux Indians in 1837. There's also apparently no evidence he has any Native American ancestry, and this is serious because he's made a career around claiming to be a Native American." |
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Guest: Greg Noone, former prosecutor, U.S. Navy
Former Navy prosecutor Greg Noone joined The Factor to discuss whether Ward Churchill could be tried for treason or sedition. "In my opinion, he'll not be tried," Noone said. "There have only been thirty treason prosecutions in the history of the United States. Prosecutors will tell you it's harder to prove treason than mass murder." Noone asserted Churchill's statements are odious but aren't illegal. "The only thing we can charge him with is exceeding his fifteen minutes of fame and give him a one-way ticket back to obscurity." |
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Guest: James Sensenbrenner, Judiciary Committee chairman
As The Factor reported previously, the Bush administration has decided not to hire nearly 2,000 Border Patrol agents approved by Congress. Republican Congressman James Sensenbrenner expressed his disappointment. "The key to securing our homeland is enforcement of our immigration laws. And if we don't have the people to enforce them, we will continue being vulnerable." Sensenbrenner discussed another major problem--local California officials are obstructing efforts to repair two large holes in the fence that separates Mexico from the United States. "It is insane," Sensenbrenner asserted. "Illegals come streaming across the border night after night." |
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Guest: Fox News contributor Dick Morris
There is already speculation that 2008 could be an all-female battle for the White House between Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. According to Fox News contributor Dick Morris, Rice's early performance as Secretary of State has added to her political luster. "She had a great debut on the world stage. Condi is a scholar of international affairs, and understands the long-term strategic ideas of international relations. She's becoming a star." Morris predicted Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee and that Rice is one Republican who could defeat her. "I think she has a heck of a shot. She takes away all the demographic pillars that hold up the Democratic Party. |
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Guests: Florida Congressman Mark Foley & Dacey Honowitz, Florida prosecutor
Florida has been the site of numerous high-profile child abuse cases. Most recently, John and Linda Dollar allegedly starved and tortured five of their seven adopted children. Prosecutor Stacey Honowitz said the child protection system in Florida is broken, and kids are paying a steep price. "This was a disgusting and despicable case. Somebody dropped the ball, somebody wasn't monitoring this family." Congressman Mark Foley called for massive reform in Florida and nationally. "We track library books better than we're tracking our kids. We have to establish procedures so we don't let kids into the hands of these types of predators ever again. We also have to encourage neighbors to be more active in looking after one another." |
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Guest: Author Andrea Moore Emmett
While polygamy is illegal, some fundamentalist Mormon sects continue the practice of men taking multiple wives. Former Mormon Andrea Moore-Emmett has written a book about polygamy in Utah and its impact. "The problem is that these are cults," Moore-Emmett told The Factor. "Some of the cults believe you have to intermarry, so there is multi-generational incest and birth defects. Domestic abuse is rampant; children are abused sexually and physically." The Factor asked why Utah authorities aren't vigorously pursuing the polygamists and enforcing the law. "The state doesn't want to get involved," Moore-Emmett contended, "because it's a huge problem and they say they don't have the resources." |
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God's Brothels: The Extortion of Sex for Salvation in Contemporary Mormon and Christian Fundamentalist Polygamy and the Stories of 18 Women Who Escaped
by Andrea Emmett
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