Good question…

…from digby...

Why in God's name are people sending garbage to a war zone?

From the "Me neither" file.

John Amato's not happy with President Obama's gentle hand with BillO…

The Obama administration has heavily criticized FOX News before and so he had another chance to call them out for their propaganda. He chose a much softer approach this time, which is calculated at trying to win over some of their voters, as if that's possible. Does his team really believe that it is? Because I sure do not.

Regarding the latter, me neither.

Neither, though, do I think that the President's approach was calculated to win over FOX viewers. I think the approach was tailored to the forum, not calculated to attract votes, but to avoid You Tube moments showing the President in a pissing match with O'Reilly.

I've only seen the footage from the Super Bowl broadcast, but from that and what I've read of the remaining interview, it seems to me that Obama hit a successful tone, taking a position that I think he shares with most of the country, one that says "Look, Bill, we know you guys are biased. We know you have to pretend not to be. We're all in on the joke, even if we're not laughing. But, sure, you gotta right…"

It was a way of being dismissive without being contemptuous. Maybe the word is bemused. Balanced against O'Reilly's typical "Enough about me, let's talk about what you think of me" act, the President came across as graciously indulgent and presidentially reassuring.

A more biting attack on O'Reilly, who was in the role of invited guest at the White House, would have been more unseemly than the satisfaction might have merited.

Numbers at home…

…from a soldier in the field. RockRichard at VetVoice...

195,827 Homeless veterans in the United States

15,000 Cost in dollars to house a homeless veteran for one year in Denver, Colorado

32,463,906 Veterans that could be housed in Denver, Colorado for one year for the cost of the Iraq war as of 6:00 PM EST

0 Homeless veterans in the United States housed by Bill O'Reilly

600 Homeless veterans that could be housed by Rupert Murdoch in Denver, Colorado if Bill O'Reilly was fired and his salary used to house veterans.

RR's a two digit midget. 90 days and a wake up.

I'm counting 'em with you, brother. God speed.

Pass it on.

Bill in Portland Maine:

The "War on Christmas" starts tomorrow---three months early---so we can catch Bill O’Reilly off guard.

Heh™

More Credit Due…

…to the distinguished gentleman from Delaware. When O'Reilly tried to use the Senator's absence from YearlyKos as a club to slam Markos, the Biden camp offered a quick and complete rebuttal...

The simple truth is Joe Biden would be at YearlyKos if he could, but adding a book tour to all the demands of a campaign meant some things had to change. But we won't stand by and let Bill O'Reilly try to drive a wedge between the progressive online community and us to make a false point on behalf of his half-baked theories.

While not always agreeing with all members of the DailyKos community, Joe Biden respects what the YearlyKos convention -- a diverse assembly of activists and organizations -- represents as a vehicle for progressives to organize and advocate on behalf of democratic ideals and the Democratic Party.

Way to go, Joe!

Nope.

Hunter:

So today I'm not thinking I'll talk much about Bill O'Reilly. I won't talk about his bizarre, habitual lying. I won't point out, yet again, that he does things on a regular basis far worse than Imus ever did, but that he gets away with it because Fox News has no ethical standards to maintain in the first place, and so is incapable either shame or dishonor. I won't mention his constant accusations that those that oppose him are Nazis, or Communists, or anti-American, or dissect Fox's particularly virulent brand of yellow journalism, as personified by clowns like O'Reilly, Hannity, Gibson and others.

And I won't bother mentioning that, according to AMERICAblog, Home Depot has backed out of advertising on Bill's show. (Well, maybe -- it seems they can't quite figure out if they're advertising on it in the first place.)

Me neither.

It's a little further from my house…

…but they've got a new customer.

Dear Lowe's Customer,

Thank you for your comments regarding the program, The O'Reilly Factor.

Lowe's has strict guidelines that govern the placement of our advertising. Our company advertises primarily in national, network prime-time television programs and on a variety of cable outlets.

Lowe's constantly reviews advertising buys to make certain they are consistent with its policy guidelines. The O'Reilly Factor does not meet Lowe's advertising guidelines, and the company's advertising will no longer appear during the program.

We are dedicated to providing the best service, products, and shopping environment in the home improvement industry. All three of these are very important to our business, and our customers will always be our number one priority.
We appreciate your contacting us, and hope this information addresses your concerns.

Thank you,

Lowe's Customer Care

Bye bye Home Don'tGo.

Hat tip to Kos.