I have long realized the best way to rid ourselves of Muslim Extremism (ME) is to bunch them and then annihilate them. The problem is finding attractive bait to lure them to one place. Perhaps we could get Ms Geller to have a worldwide Muslim & Muhammed cartoon and sarcasm event. Locate it in Texas, Eastern Tennessee, or Georgia and let the locals play do what they do.

that is an excellent point.

another update on Bosch. He tweeted this morning that he has been removed from Facebook

Whether or not Ms. Geller should have or should not have had the cartoon contest is not the issue. The issue is two lunatics armed to the teeth were going to kill Americans in Texas. Instead, they were shot by a sharp eyed police officer. That's what happened, that's what should have happened, and that's what we should ensure always happen. Did we not learn anything from the killings in France? Apparently, what some people learned from France is "let's not say anything that would offend the lunatics while they take over America and the world." I'd like to think that had the police not stopped the lunatics in time, some 2nd Amendment Texan would have taken the action necessary.

I was raised to be a Catholic.
Nuns are but part of the reason I am now a nondenominational Protestant.
At least I was not sent to a Catholic school like O'Reily.

Many don't like O'Reilly and to be honest there are days I would like to bitch slap him. Having said that I find him to be sincere and honest in his beliefs whether they align with mine or not. That is why I listen to him even sometimes yelling at the screen when he makes stupid comments as he did in the interview with Megyn Kelly. He is entitled to his system of beliefs. In the afore mentioned he is dead wrong unless he also believes that all Jews, Christians, gays, Muslims, Hindus etc. etc. must also be done away with. The only way to secure the rights we have is to test them. So I say kudos to Pamela Geller for the test and kudos to Megyn Kelly for standing strong in support of the Constitution.

MinorLiberator. As an objectivist, I am shocked to hear you utter the words "obscene profits" unless your being sarcastic.

Several points of fact. Like them or not, "Big Oil" as people call them in a derogatory way, is NOT the biggest profiteer on oil products, gasoline, oil, diesel at all.

As a point of actual FACT, the State and Federal government take in WAY more money than Oil companies do especially since the Government(s) take their right off the top, and when you look at the balance sheets of oil companies, you will see that in the end they are lucky to make 1 - 2% profit.

It is only due the the HUGE quantity of what they produce they make anything at all.

Next there are times I think O'Reilly and Sharpton are brothers from other mothers, because they sure to talk the same.

O'Reilly is book-smart, but, like so many bullies, including Obama, he was obviously emotionally traumatized - in his case, probably by Catholic nuns - during his upbringing. My psychological hunch-of-the-day is such abuse is why he became a school teacher and talks so much about kids.

For those who criticize Ms Geller for creating what the legal profession would call an "attractive nuisance", putting the blame on her for goading the Muslim extremists into reacting, I have to ask if an abortion clinic is in the same category as an "attractive nuisance" that would goad an extremist pro-lifer into shooting doctors and nurses who work there?

I also heard that several times...if true, even better for the cop...

Ouch! Zing!

I can't disagree that he's smart...but your other observations pretty much sum up my opinions of him, too. But sometimes a good source of information, and interesting guests...when he lets them talk.

Even more impressive, one report said they were wearing body armor. No details or follow up though.

Yeah, I noticed Obama talking about the folks, too. I think he got it from O'Reilly

I think he's a smart guy, but he is too populist for my tastes and too Catholic-in the sense that he appeals to guilt and greater good.

I heard the cop was primarily a "traffic cop". But apparently he'd been faithfully going to the shooting range to keep up his skills...Kudos + 10

Yeah, me too. But hey, "He's lookin' out for us!" Just as sincerely...

And I wonder if he's talking about the same "folks" as Obama?

update on Fawstin: https://twitter.com/BoschFawstin/status/...

It drives me nuts when O'Reilly talks about the "folks". It comes across so insincere.

Kudos to Kelly in this case. O'Reilly is an idiot who wants to be "the man on the white horse", for "the folks". My favorite segments are when he rants against against the "obscene" profits of a big corporation like ExxonMobil, with Neil Cavuto as his opponent. I don't agree with all of what Cavuto says, but he's got a great business head and he always take O'Reilly quietly and rationally to the cleaners...

Ah, the costs of 'going along to get along'. But the essay points to one of the largest problems, a lack of principle and cowardice in standing up for principle in others.

ah. thanks for the sum up. I find it interesting there is a jihadi terrorist cell in AZ. surprise, surprise! I finished reading that the event was just concluding and roughly 200 attendees could have at any moment poured out of the event center. cudos to the police officer who stopped them. a hero.

Pamela Geller of the Atlas Shrugs blog held a "Draw the Prophet" contest in Garland Texas.

Two jihadis from an ISIS cell (thought to originate in Arizona) went to the event with the intent to kill everyone there - like the Charlie Hebdo attack.

Before they could enter the building, they were shot dead by (I believe) local police.

Bosch Fawstin (Creator of Pigman) won first prize in the contest ($10,000 US).
However, many people tweeted that the prize for best drawing should have gone to whomever drew the chalk outlines around the two dead jihadis.

can I get a sum up of what happened? I've been out of touch for several day camping. The Pigman creator was involved? he just posted in FB about it but didn't say much