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Summary: No Real Information or Insight--Disappointing
Review: I suppose I shouldn't really have expected a talk-show host to offer much real information on how society or life works. (After all, a talk show host is merely in the business of ENTERTAINMENT, not philosophy or sociology). Still, O'reilly is such a contorversial figure, that I decided to see what he had to say. Mostly, I found that this book consisted entirely of personal opinion, delivered forcefully, but without anything real to back it up. Disappointing in every way.
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Summary: "Sure, it common sense.....but......"
Review: A good read....sure, it's common sense, but in today's world everyone needs it spelled out for them sometime. What confuses me is all the bad reviews--more like attacks on O'Reilly instead of the book--which makes me wonder why people who seem to hate O'Reilly so much would spend $25 on his book? Hmmmm.....makes you think.....I certainly don't have money to spend on a book by a guy I hate.....here come's that common sense issue again......
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Summary: Compounded Arrogance and Egocentrism
Review: Seems my last review didn't make it through the censorship process. However, I won't keep my arms crossed and watch silly right-wingers give this piece of manure of a book 5 stars. Just as liberals give 1 star to it. Neither rating is deserved. The book as any from O'Reilly is mediocre at best. The Irony of it all is that he claims to know everything there is to know. He, the person who used to work for a TV tabloid show, claims to have insights into the innermost mechanics of our world. Ludicrous!
Bill makes himself look great on TV by inviting weak guests and by bullying those who DO know a thing or two.
Giving this book 5 stars is as ridiculous as giving it 1. People should stop rating a book based ad homiens.
If you like O'Reilly (and his arrogant stupidity) go ahead and buy this boook, if you don't like O'Reilly go ahead and speak your mind, but DO NOT write a review if you have not read this book in its entirety.
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Summary: Supply side economics
Review: I often wonder why don't all Libs migrate to Cuba and find the communist utopia that they like so much. Face it people, California is in a Bankrupt state because all the welfare programs it runs for illegals. Don't ever count on liberal media to mention that 15 LA area hospitals have literally closed down because of illegal entitlements who never pay medical treatment bills.
For every Enron that libs and communists are so intent on demonizing there are tens of Microsofts, GEs, Ciscos, etcetra in this great land of capitalism called US of A. Ever read the NASDAQ list ? Ask any person from the ex-commie eastern European countries... he will tell how stupid liberal economics are. Ask any 6 billion people in the world ... why they want to RISK THEIR LIVES to come to America illegally. Commie freaks and other assorted morons like Al Franken never mention this fact. Why would they ? they like making tons of money by selling useless and pointless books on how some person mis-named something OR how somebody looks fat OR how End notes Vs. foot notes are important. If libs and Dems consider these stupid things as "painstaking research" then I don't know whether to laugh at or cry at their stupidity.PS: Looking at our Al Franken's Harvard graduates who conducted such stupid "painstaking research" on totally useless things for his book, it is no wonder that students from poor countries such as India and China are trumping our students at all the international math and science competitions.
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Summary: Spinning in vain! What's with this?
Review: Advice from media types? Really? Most are ensconced from ordinary life that it makes you wonder what would be the impetus for such an endeavor. The book is diminutive. The amount of pages and text doesn't garner the list price. The cover is a bit creepy. Bill is seemingly posed as some urbane guy poised to impart his sage advice & wisdom toward you. It comes off appearing as some obnoxious lounge lizard asking to buy you a drink ,after you've turned down his offer no less than 3 times. Notice the current shirt he's wearing on the cover. Every male country entertainer is wearing these. Aiming point blank towards a specific demographic eh Bill? The content is nothing more than common sense. Most folks should be cognizant of these tenets. But perhaps,maybe Bill really does know his demographic? Anyway,save your money. Speak to someone older,and with more varied life experiences. Perhaps a neighbor,or a parent of a friend. Someone that isn't giving you easily available advice because you fall within a target audience to line their bank account. Really. Bill,you're just a host of a television show. In regards to the many harsh posts,often we reap what we sow. I didn't see this precept within this book.
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Summary: Intellectually Dishonest Reviewers and this Fine Book
Review: Folks, I believe that HATERS of Mr. O'reilly have hijacked this review area in order to smear O'reilly's reputation with first-time readers in an attempt to reduce his sales based on name-calling and not content. Most of the folks writing would probably not even touch this book, let alone READ it. It is obvious by looking at the plugs for Franken and Moore's books that these "1 star" reviews are not to be trusted. Opposing opinions are fine, but dishonest attempts to trash this man because of his beliefs are wrong. Bill O'reilly is strongly opinionated, and many have come to share his views. Folks on the other side, however, not able to win in the arena of ideas, are instead reduced to demonizing anyone who disagrees with them. I READ this book, enjoyed it, and believe that others may as well. If not, that is fine, but these dishonest and HATE-laced attacks on O'reilly are not appropriate within this forum, which is supposed to be the honest analysis of a piece of writing. History has shown us time and time again that if one man's philosophy can inspire so much hatred, then perhaps he may be on to something.
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Summary: Good Read Good Advice
Review: Who's Looking Out For You is a good read with good ideas from a good man.
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Summary: Not a political book, rather a helpful book
Review: In my opinion, O'Reilly has done readers a service by calling it as he sees it on the race to get ahead in America. O'Reilly has really crafted a self help book--without psychobabble--that allows readers to put their own experiences in perspective by comparing them to the author's. It is interesting to hear the perspective and advice of a top media guy like O'Reilly. You don't hear the straight dope from such figures very often, but you do here. Thanks, Bill. Hope that review was pithy enough.
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Summary: Most arrogant man in America?
Review: This book is a complete joke. You can't believe anything Bill O'Reilly says. He distorts every fact and figure. I got nothing out of this book, except that he reassured my belief that he is the most arrogant man in America. Terrible book, and even a more terrible person!
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Summary: you'll feel ripped off.
Review: I confess that I have not read "Who's Looking Out for You" in its entirety - I read more than half of it at the bookstore and plan to finish it as soon as I have five or ten minutes to spare.
It is not just the size of the book, but from what I have read, so far, buying this book is definitely a waste of money. If you wait, you may soon be able to buy it used for a couple of dollars. I you already are an O'Reilly fan, this book seems to tell you little more than what you already know about him, his background, his views, his likes and dislikes - you've heard about his fake working-class background, his Dickensian childhood (if he had only grown in the London side of Levittown), about his abusive blue collar/accountant father and about how his humble beginnings and lack of sophistication have made him unable and unwilling to mingle with the snooty rich -- it is an inspiring story, but why hear it all again? As far as his opinions on different issues, there doesn't seem to be anything new but the familiar arguments and predictable attacks on Democrats and liberals, on Hollywood celebrities and on anyone else that, for whatever reason, O'Reilly dislikes and that we should also dislike - or else, why would we be reading his book? I don't believe that O'Reilly put a great deal of effort writing this book - and I am not surprised that it is coveniently out now, for the Xmas season. This is the time when we are likely to waste our money on silly and unnecessary things. Bill must be counting on his fans to do the same thing by buying this book.
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