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Summary: O'Rielly, please take care of your hearing
Review: I was devestated when Rush Limbaugh's show was taken off the air, but then along came O'Rielly to fill the gap. We have all grown to love the non-stop sound of your loud voice and exaggerated inflections and your self-satisfied demeanor, as we loved all those traits in the great Limbaugh.But O'Rielly, please take note of what happened to Limbaugh. That non-stop, loud yakkety-yakkety-yakkety-yakkety-yak is going to result in permanent hearing loss, and you will never be able to bask in the glorious sound of your own voice again. So you may want to take a breath here and there and moderate the air-flow over those majestic vocal chords of yours. We all want you to take care of yourself, O'Rielly.
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Summary: 14-year old who loved it!
Review: I was 14 when i read this book and it kept my interest well. It had a good blend of comedy and seriousness. The one thing I disliked was some of the long and winding this-was-my-life! parts.
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Summary: Great reading!
Review: If you enjoy Bill O'Reilly's "The O'Reilly Factor" on television, you'll enjoy reading this book. It is very easy reading. I didn't want to put it down. He speaks in layman's terms and covers many facets of the news, throwing in his views (of course). He really gets you thinking on both sides of the topic and has a way of persuading you to agree with his views. He gets you to open your eyes and see the picture. I love his style of writing. It's more like a discussion than a narrative documentary. I look forward to reading other books of his.
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Summary: The Factor in print
Review: There's something reassuring about Bill O'Reilly on his Fox News show, The O'Reilly Factor. He views things in black or white, right or wrong, with little in-between. You know where you stand with him - whether you agree or disagree. There's no beating around the bush. His book is much in the same vein, except with personal history and opinions thrown in. Some of his rants are hard to swallow, especially if you fit into one of the categories he's ranting about. For instance, I drive an SUV and had to roll my eyes at his comments about SUV drivers. He repeatedly throws about his working-class parentage and background. I have read somewhere about how many millions he makes at Fox News as well as his going price for being a keynote speaker. The guy is raking it in now, so the working-class hero stuff gets old fast. However, he's worked hard to get where he is - so more power to him. As for the book, if you enjoy his show, you'll get a kick out of the book, too.
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Summary: Interesting opinionated book
Review: This book would be for anyone who is not a die hard conservative or die hard liberal O'Reilly has views on both sides the most interesting of which is the "class" factor of which I had not thought much about until now and it does turn out to be true very few of us really move up in station from where we grew up we are used to the foods, sights and sounds of our younger years and like to be surrounded by those today I will say I agree with most of the points in the book but I am sure some will disagree with most points overall a good book for those interested in the news or American Life
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Summary: O'Reilly is one of the most important media figures ever!
Review: I love this man's work. I regulary watch the O'Reilly factor and bought this book when it was released. O'Reilly is just the kind of person Americans need in journalism. Since he is a political analyst and not an unbiased journalist, O'Reilly actually gives opinions on moral and social issues. His down to earth diction and moral common sense harkens back to the days of Thomas Paine. Keep it up O'Reilly, your effort has made this book a must read.
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Summary: O'Reilly Going Strong.
Review: I'm a big fan and supporter of Bill O'Reilly and his Factor show at Fox News, and reading this book was a great opportunity to get a better feel for the person behind the camera. The book is done in a similar format to the show with short and to the point narratives that takes on opposing views head on. The authors guides the reader through his upbringing and career development, and offers great insights and advice regard work, family and how to be a good hardworking standup citizen in general. Sometimes he might seem a bit to perfect/wholesome, but Bill is actually pretty good when it comes to not taking himself too seriously -- see the double date with Donald Trump as an example. Overall a great read that can be truly recommended.
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Summary: The O'Reilly Factor
Review: Very Enjoyable book if you are moderate Middle of the Road to Conservative with the extra Common Sense Gene! If you are Ted Kennedy or Hillary Clinton you will probably whine just a little more than normal if you even finish the book. Bill pulls no punches and speaks the truth.
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Summary: Uh excuse me sir would you please let me finish my sentence.
Review: Uh excuse me sir may I go on, and then you can talk. What i was about to say before I was so maliciously interupted was that welfare moms are simply unacceptable, they take and they take and they take and what they give back are three kids named tyrone holding up respectable businesses for dope money.If thats what Thomas Jefferson meant by a democracy then gang we're all in for the long haul, hey i'm just tellin it strait without all the hoity-toity liberal secondary education spiel.
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Summary: The Nitty Gritty
Review: Mr. O'Reilly discusses his hard upbringing and hard work it took to get where it is and he did, especially when compared to peers in his success group. Mr. O'Reilly also was able to attend 2 of the finest schools- Boston University and Harvard. Here is an example of another: A man i'll call " Tom" was put into state child care at 1 year old or so. The child later turned out to be cripple and spent more than a couple of years alone in the hospital with no visitors while being treated. On release to his biological mother, the child was released into a home where drugs,alcohol, suicidal and homicidal impulses raged between mother and stepfather. The stepfather was an outpatient at mental hospitals. Tom spent the next few years graduated from full-length wheel chairs to full leg braces (see "Forrest Gump") to crutches. It would be ten years before the boy was given a clean bill of health. At 'home' , of which the child was not even aware who these people were, the child was beaten,tortured and perhaps sexually abused by the stepdad. Time and time again Tom,age 4, had to call in the fire dept for help as his mother collapsed in substance-related stupors. The family was forced to leave after the apartment caught fire one night By age 5 Tom was attempting suicide by throwing himself down stairs or trying to jump out of cars on the highway.Finally Tom was permanently removed from 'home' after police stormed the apartment to remove the stepdad attempting to stab death the mother with a large kitchen knife. For a couple of years Tom had spent an aggregate of perhaps 6 months total with the mother and 18 months bouncing around various foster homes or emergency placements. Over the next few years Tom was placed with a foster family where he was beaten, humiliated,burned and constantly told he and his family were no good. At school ,administrative personnel ' had to get him under control' by whipping him with a belt about the face,chest - anywhere. But some teachers did show kindness and this was the beginning of a change. Tom showed some signs of possible sexual abuse and was beaten for it.Tom was eventually moved after a few more placements to a residential program. On initial testing, Tom showed gaps in education from all the bouncing around but exceeded the scale of the tests on reading and vocabulary. Tom showed and was encouraged with special tutoring at the program. Several more foster placements put Tom in a home where they expected Tom to work at the family business, almost never did anything recreational and where the parents harped constantly about how much it cost to feed and clothe Tom even though the state reimbursed the mall or most of the expense. Again, the foster father suggested " maybe he needs a good beating from time to time". Another placement put Tom with a seasoned foster family who constantly belittled Tom's educational achievements and refused Tom to date and allowed Tom recreation only if he worked a job to pay for it. At 14 ,Tom was working fulltime during school vacations while other kids in the home were given money and allowed to date. If Tom objected to the constant ridiculing and harassment, he was told "how about we smash your face in?". Tom eventually attempted suicide and came very close to succeeding- so despairing was he in this home and his complaints of constant harassment and ridicule fell on deaf ears. Tom bounced around some more and ended up in a shelter for homeless teens. Testing on entry brought strong recommendations by the testing staff that Tom be enrolled in college immediately. Instead of college, Tom was sent to a hard labor camp breaking granite boulders with sledgehammers 12-15 hours per day in the hot summer sun at a program for kids in trouble with the law.Tom had no trouble with the law- he was just homeless. Tom was strip searched and had all his clothes and personal belongings taken from him and all communications were banned- no phone calls and only letters once pre-screened by the staff. if Tom didn't like it, he could go to a youth lockup until age 21. Tom ran away and with some help from his brother into the sphere of a reputed male sexual predator with interest in NAMBLA. Here Tom learned about kids that got into gay prostitution, drugs, legbreaking and so on though Tom was not into this. Other kids Tom knew got into prostitution,escort services, organized crime. Many went to prison, died young, or drifted. Tom worked hard multiple jobs supporting himself through high school graduating in the top 20% and a National Honor Society member. Unable to afford college, Tom would spend the next 20 years sometimes working 4 jobs simultaneously and more than 105 hours per week to afford college and technical schools never making good money. To was rejected by Harvard. Tom actively volunteered for many organizations,sometimes volunteering hundreds of hours per year to a given cause. He finally earned multiple college degrees and certificates and lectured graduate students in teaching and psychology by invitation on what he learned from it all. Tom never got any practical support in terms of money,room and board or any other support a sold family can give. By age 18 Tom had already been an apartment renter for over 2 years. So what became of Tom? Tom decided to write a book ,concealing the names and places of people involved except his own name, about his experiences for the benefit of both layman and professional. The reaction was strong and resulted in Tom becoming unemployable and as of this reading, is officially homeless. Did Tom get help? He did get help in resolving his past and was in a promising career field with a decades long work history before being laidoff. Writing the manuscript did him in. Tom had no substance abuse problems, criminal background, no history of mental illness as a healthy,well-adjusted working adult. A loser? O'Reilly might think so. " You decide".
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