O'Reilly is at times under an illusion that he is independent, but he consistently calls for government "solutions" to act as the answer to problems that the government has either created or just plain screwed up, as in "Global Warming" or New Orleans/ Hurricane Katrina. I happened to see O'Reilly, on Feb. 18, saying that the accused as corrupt Mayor Nagin had the right to confiscate guns after the massive floods that wiped out much of the city. The former Democrat State and City's administrations had squandered funds and grants that were ostensibly for levy repair and replacement. The flood channels were supposed to be redirected away from the sub-sea-level basin were the New Orleans was built. None of the these remedies were enacted, all of which were planned just in case a "Katrina" happened.
On Feb. 18, Bill O'Reilly interviewed Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes was stating that law enforcement was obliged to follow the Constitution, not the illegal declaration under martial law declared by Mayor Nagin to confiscate arms. All law enforcement protection had dissolved with the flood waters and the only protection the citizens had was self-protection. Bill O'Reilly considered the right to bear arms, especially when people needed it the most, to be extreme.
O'Reilly thinks of himself as 'one of the people.' His self-proclaimed populism is just that. He may have always sought government solutions, or his popularity, power and wealth may have clouded his opinions, but he was most certainly wrong in his belief that "emergency disarming" of otherwise unprotected people represents an unfortunate and all-to-common response for government action as a solution where the government has caused the problem and just got in the way of solving it.
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