so it looks like NPR like the rest of the leftists propeganda machine dont belive it free speech unless its for trashing conservatives and spreading the lies and propeganda just like the nazis and communists

News has been blurred between reporting the facts and sharing commentary on personal views and / or experiences. How many of YOU do a double take when passing someone dressed in Muslim traditional clothing? And at an airport? We have been bombarded since 9/11, not so much from extremists or terrorists, but from the media. This group arrested, this plot thwarted, and on and on and on journalists interviewing each other about the what ifs and what they think about this speculation or that scenario. Yes, I do a double take, I also do a double take passing a sweaty nervous looking white guy carrying a strange brief case.

It has been drilled into us through the media that it is Islamic extremists that have threatened and warned time and time again that they will strike again. What is extreme? Someone dressed up in different clothing? Do you really think any extremist would want themselves to stand out – Muslim, Christian, Jewish, or otherwise?

Every generation, even decade, seems to single out a certain group to be afraid of – it is the Chinese, the Japanese, the black, the gay, teens on a rampage, immigrants, white right wing extremists, let’s not forget the aliens from outer space. All Juan Williams did was honestly share what he honestly experiences at times in this era of world wide hyper alert.

Was he “right” in saying what he did? Bill O’Reilly’s program, to me, seems to be more commentary on, than reporting of, the news. Would it have been better for Juan Williams to have silenced himself, censored himself, and not be honest? He wasn’t even on NPR.

Personally, I am more “afraid” of and insulted by NPR than of Juan Williams.

looks like spooky George is at it good. What happened to freedom of speach? And wasn’t that just a personal opinion? Are opinions no longer tolerated?

Who’s calling the shots here? NPR being a government sponsored entity, is it not conceivable that White House influence, and/or the majority in the Congress, had a major role in this unseemly, despicable, and overtly outrageous action by NPR? I agree with Newt Gingrich that an investigation here is warranted.

Does everyone here miss the point? Williams was fired for his comments related to how supposed Muslims looked! Not related to what they did or what they stood for. We are supposed to be above that. A person’s looks, whether it be dark brown skin, the Arabian garb, or a sweaty countenance, is fuel to get the bigot inflamed and perhaps drive him to violence. Mr. Williams, as a hypothetically enlightened member of the national media, should be above that, he should not be promoting the view that how a person looks is proof that he is not worthy.
Mr. Williams has been drifting farther and farther to the right in recent years, and his appearance on the O’Reilly soapbox was not unexpected. However his lack of circumspection was. Mr. Williams with a few poorly chosen phrases destroyed his credibility once and for all. The method of his discipline was up to his bosses, but I agree he should have been, at least, spoken to.

It appears that NPR, wholly consistent with most people and groups I have encountered of a liberal mindset, is very willing to preach to others about tolerance, and yet fail to practice it when they encounter opinions which differ from their own. Liberal hypocrisy runs rampant, to the point where it can be considered an oxymoron. “Political science” comes to mind as well.

oh but it is ok for NPR to call Tea Party followers a bunch of rascists and to constantly paint Christians as if they are a bunch of fascist boobs.

Is not Juan’s fear justified when it is the Muslims themselves that have expressed committment to the distruction of the USA, Isreal and to concur the world?
Given the fact that there have been THOUSANDS of terrorists attacks worldwide since 911, I don’t think we’re “hyper alert” enough. Thankfully the US has been able to thwart those on our soil.
William’s comments had nothing to do with how they “look” per say, but more about the perception of what Muslims represent – the potential threat of another terrorist attack of some kind. He’s talking about while on a plane, which has been a common target, not while walking down the street and pases one by.

Juan Williams did nothing wrong!!!! I don’t always agree with him but he had every right to share his feelings! NPR has made a gigantic mistake by firing him. Why must we tip toe around this issue when it is being forced on us? It’s being shoved right into our faces and we have to shut our mouths and accept it. I don’t think so!!!! America is waking up!

The Left will eat its’ own if there is any deviation from the party line.You can hardly call Juan Williams a conservative considering his years of service to left wing NPR. This is not much different from what went on in the Soviet Union, but here thank God the dissidents are only fired and not shot or sent to Siberia.

As always, free speech is only allowed if you are a liberal. Where is the outrage when idiots like Joy Behar, Bill Maher, etc trash Christians? Oh, I forgot, that is alright. God save us from them!

NRP done it again………………. showing their TRUE COLORS. They made a HUGE MISTAKE by firing Juan Williams and their FUND RAISING is going to CRASH, because NRP is showing they don’t ALLOW FREEDOM OF SPEECH. NPR is controlled by GEORGE SOROS, so what do we expect. Goes to show that NRP commentators can SPEW lies about the Tea Party, but yet when Juan Williams gives his HONEST point of view, then they EAT HIM ALIVE. Juan is better off not being a part of that BIASED NETWORK. They are going to loose many many listeners. They cooked their own goose and I don’t feel one bit sorry for them. I congratulate Juan for being an honest person and many of us are getting EXTREMELY TIRED OF BEING “POLITICALLY CORRECT”. Our country is being KILLED off by being so “POLITICALLY CORRECT”. We can’t seem to voice our honest thoughts and when we do, we get fired for having FREE SPEECH. We don’t have FREE SPEECH anymore. Our “so called free speech” is no longer FREE. GOD HELP THIS COUNTRY…………. we are being killed off by the LIBERALS NUTS.

I see there are some making comments here who are criticizing Juan Williams for speaking like an ordinary American. It is a sad day when the ravings of someone with prejudice against this country can cause the dismissal of a true American, be he liberal or conservative. Anyone who doesn’t realize this is the first sign that freedom in this country is disappearing fast. November 2 can’t come quick enough.

Time to de-fund Noronic Pack-o-lies Radical radio.
ATTENTION BLACKS AND HISPANICS: Muslims are the new Speshul People, The Untouchables. You guys have served your purpose, now vamoose!

What will the January 2011 self-appointed R “leaders” say about this?
I’m waiting, Boehner and McConnell. Waiting…waiting…

Williams comment was what any normal, non-brainwashed person would have made. CAIR is using its power to silence dissent in this country. They are dishonest and manipulative. Like it or not, Muslims have been and are behind major terrorist acts, period. No, that does not mean all Muslims are terrorists but the acts need to be laid at their feet, not Christians, Israelis, tea partiers, or anyone else that the perverse and self blinding left in this country thinks is the real danger. Making victims of terrorists and then congratulating yourself on how wonderful and insightful you are just makes you a dangerous fool and arrogant jackass.

I’m in complete agreement with every comment on this page, with the exception of one authored by some poor soul who just doesn’t ‘get it’.
TW’s comment to the effect that Juan fears that these people purposely identify themselves as Muslims, who want no part of our Culture, is totally on target. They openly declare their plan to subjugate Christians and Jews to Muslim Sharia. It is the Muslims themselves who express commitment to the distruction of the USA & Isreal — bow down to us.
One can see why they feel empowered.. given the actions of our President.
Thousands of terrorists attacks, worldwide since 911 indicate to me that we’re not even close to being “hyper alert” enough.
William’s comments had nothing to do with how they “look” per say, but more about the perception of what Muslims represent – the ‘not if, but when’ another terrorist attack is going to suddenly hit us again.
As the wife of a retired International Captain, I enjoy free air travel, anywhere, and on all major carriers. I don’t use it. I suffer dreadful apprehension at the very thought of boarding a plane these days. In order to not offend someone by ‘profiling them’, suspicious looking people are literally given ‘a pass’– What have we come to?
HAPPY46 sums up: “NPR is controlled by GEORGE SOROS, so what do we expect. many of us are getting EXTREMELY TIRED OF BEING “POLITICALLY CORRECT” AMEN to that! BTW, JetBlue was funded and founded by George Soros.. SouthWest Air offers superior service, and we’re not ‘sleeping with the enemy’ when we support SouthWest Air. — but, I digress…
HAPPY46 continues: “Does everyone here miss the point? Williams was fired for his comments related to how supposed Muslims looked!
Our country is being KILLED off by being so “POLITICALLY CORRECT”. We can’t seem to voice our honest thoughts and when we do, we get fired for having FREE SPEECH”.. It’s worse than that.. we’re at risk for our thoughts these days!
We cannot afford to lose even one more election. Have no doubt, even with their new name, ACORN is working hard at doing what they do best: rigging elections.. with our tax money! Dead people vote; felons vote. Our Military is denied that right! It has been reported that Military personnel are denied the right to vote — because their absentee ballots are not mailed to them in time.. yet prisoners are delivered their absentee ballots. WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? More correctly, we should be asking: What’s right since this new Progressive/Socialist regime assumed power?
Read the book “FABIAN FREEWAY” by Rose Martin, if you want the closest thing to a crystal ball you’re likely to come by …. h

NPR will no longer be on my listening list. I am gone. It is also off my donations list. Period. The end.

Its past time for a Constitutional amendment declaring that the USA is a secular Christian country, which tolerates only religions not preaching hatred and death to dissenters. There is no reason that we should be put on the defensive by Muslims. When did it happen, because it is a fact of life? The whole Democratic party seems deathly afraid of offend ing some Mulsim, does it not? American children should not be chastised for wearing crosses and crucifixes to school, or mentioning aloud the name of Jesus Christ in any school or public building, of celbrating publicly the birth of Jesus Christ 9no more MERRY CHRISTMAS, but HAPPY HOLIDAYS!), or Easter, or Thanksgiving as a Christian holiday. We MUST roll up our sleeves, go on the offensive as we are up against a determined group which wishes to enforce their Medieval views upon us, using and twisting, as the Communists tried, our democratic values and institutions to attack us, to undermine our great democracy both openly, viciously and covertly. It is, incidentally, the only way we can empower the moderate Muslims (Come out, come out, wherever you are!) who cower at the threats and deadly “fatwahs” (sp) of their fundamentalist brothers. WE should do as the Danes did in WWII when the Gestapo demanded that Danish Jews wear the Jewish armband, when the Danes all appeared on the appointed day wearing the armbands, declaring themselves all Jews. Every newspaper and magazine in the US should come out with a picture of Mohammad on its front cover, should reprint the Danish Mohammed cartoon, over and over, the world over, until Moslems learn that they are not permitted to threaten the world, especially the free world where religious freedom is paramount. Think also, of all the Muslims, especially Muslim women, who fled to America in the hopes of finding religious freedom here, in the hopes of escaping the horrors of Sharia law which enslaves them, only to find America complicit with their enslavers! Look into their eyes, I dare you, and see the loss of hope there!
Again, think of the ongoing endoctrination of our children by narrowly partisan entities like NPR, NEA, and othere dedicated Leftists! Think American democracy, think your forefathers’ values! Think of a manhood not based upon the degradation of women!

This IS amazing. We now have descended to where representatives of a terrorist organization (CAIR) have set themselves up as arbiters or what Americans can see and hear over public airwaves. Anyone who now gives any money to NPR should be locked up as accomplice to this.

I think we all remember 9/11..most of us did our homework..the Koran says every single muslim is duty bound to convert all the world to Islam or they will kill us. Even the top Imam said, there is NO such thing as moderate muslim. one precious Marine said, you can rent them but never buy them. and they have been infilerating for yrs, planning the very thing they have done all over the world, lying to faces and curses the people in their hearts. people working here brought in on visa and running over the borders ..claim they have over 400,000 foot soldiers here. and now boldly brag on it. not to mention how they all send jihad to kill our troops. gov makes it easy, one muslim to ever two troops. they can threaten to kill and do so but we can’t say we are afraid or tell the world what we are against? too bad, I won’t stop talking and America is waking up..and most of us tea party people say,,bring it on. with jihad camps all over in the US , they seem to think they are the only ones to know weapons or have them. civil war is coming as the left along with Islam is takeing us down as they promised and have their flag over the white house..they must be laughing in their beer each day as they bring more in. Stop cow dogging to them, this is OUR Country and we best start acting and talking like it..and if we want a Republic we best vote in good G-dly men and women. and obolish the liars if they are not true..and stand on our constitution and do it today..throw out the bums and keep your guns. and bring G-d back into America , nothing else will work,,take a look around at this generation children..we the pople ARE the Government and shame on us for letting it get this bad..We know the way back..are you ready !! it is now or never..Hitler did the same as the left and Islam helped him too. hello !!!

I just called my Congressman, Tom Rooney to request a congressional hearing on this matter to have NPR funds recinded or deleted from the next budget. Let CAIR provide their funding through their usual AlJazeeera sources.

What I get sick of hearing is people who feel we shouldn’t judge, we shouldn’t talk about how people dress, look, act, etc.

All I can say is please shut-up. My 1st amendment rights allow me to say whatever I darn well please. My own upbringing and christianity keeps me from using foul language, but if and when I do not want to be around somebody because of how they dress and act, then that is my God-given right, and I shouldn’t have to be made to feel bad about it.

It’s funny that left-wingers always are the ones to scream the loudest about civil “rights” and such, but when it comes to an individuals rights to pray, support the confederate flag, be proud that they are white, or anything that is not “politically correct”, then they say those rights should be ignored.

In other words, as long as you are supporting the “rights” they want you to have, then you have all the liberty you need.

Globalization – The love you show to everyone, as long as you are not exercizing your liberty or desires, and are conforming to the agenda that they put forward, no matter how absurd or ungodly it is. And it is coming, make no mistake about it.

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This is absolutely right to do. There ought not be “pulic radio or TV” supported by ANY tax dollars. If the people want it, they will support it with private donations and foundations. If not, it should be allowed to wither on the vine of its own lack of interest. We as taxpayers should NEVER be forced by our Congress to contribute to ANY voice we choose not to support. Why, that’s almost like being FORCED TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE! Neither is constitutional nor morally acceptable.

Shouldn’t Muslim turbans, veils and other such clothing they wear be barred from public schools including state-supported universities because they are just as much religious symbols as a crucifix, a Jewish star or posting the Ten Commandments are considered?

WOW!!!!! 26 replies I think you have set a new record.

Bill O’Reilly’s show is an ‘Opinion’ show,,he even says so. By the time you get to him,,the ‘news’ has already covered the story,,usually.

Juan Williams got the ‘Shaft’,,,but NPR did NOT get the ‘gold mine’. This time I do believe they will lose money,,,BIG TIME.

Free speech,,,,free speech,,,now where did I see that just the other day??

Oh yes,,now I remember,,it was in a GRAVEYARD. It was buried right next to
Tombstones all marking the death of “Free Enterprise”,,,”Sovereign Borders”,,,”Second Ammendment”,,,”Political IN-correctness”,,,Small Businesses”,,,”Small Banks”,,,”INDIVIDUAL Rights”,,,”Family Values”,,,”Private College Loans”,,,”PRIVATE HEALTH CARE”,,,”States Rights”
,,,,,all being guarded by some Asian-looking guard in a uniform with boots up to his knees & an AK-47. He also wore RED stars on his Mao cap. The teen types ,,along with the visiting Hollywood types ,,with their oversized
‘Che’ Guevara t-shirts,,took pictures of this Graveyard & then got back on the busses from D.C. & Chicago,,,laughing all the way. The bus operators wore the uniform of Obama’s coming “Civilian Army” . The busses were all painted in BHO propaganda logos,,,and as the busses drove away,,the children were heard singing,,,” Hm,hm,hm,,,Barack Hussein Obama,hm,hm,hm.

It is NOT coming ,,,it IS ALREADY HERE,,,,,WAKE UP AMERICA,

NOT RACIST,,,NOT VIOLENT,,,just NOT SILENT. Remember,,,V O T E !!!