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Summary: The Critic Liberals Love To Hate
Review: As a recovering liberal, former Republican and one-time Green Party member, I find Bill interesting, annoying, but many times right on the mark, with his critiques of American society. He isn't right or left, but rather common sense, much as Ben Franklin was a voice of reason in his time. If you are willing to be challenged by opinions which are intelligent and which contradict your own prejudices, give this book a try... and if you have a fixed-view and only listen to PBS, forget this book... you've already become the close-minded person you pretend not to be!
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Summary: The world revolves around...
Review: Bill. Everything in this world must be seen through his eyes, because only he knows the truth. Everything that he doesn't agree with is heretical, and everything he does agree with is divine. "They" are out to get him, and he fights "brilliantly" against "Them".(sigh) It seems that of all the virtues the shrill child O'Reilly ascribes to himself, humility and constancy were thrown out somewhere between his aggrieved childhood and his aggrieved "adult-hood". Spend your money on something else, unless you like hearing someone cry "Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!".
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Summary: Political Comedy at High Levels
Review: Once again, O'Reilly provides pure political comedy. Franken's 'Lies' is very humorous and full of facts, but apparently Billy likes to skip the facts and shoot straight for the comedy portion. As long as Billy isn't looking out for me, I will feel quite content here in America. If he ever starts I suppose I can hook up with Rush Limbaugh's maid to get me a little something to sustain me in this HORRIBLE liberal media stained society.
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Summary: Where is the love???
Review: This is a very useful book. I don't understand the bad reviews here on this site. They sound so full of hate against Oreilly that I have to wonder why they would buy his book in the first place. Oreilly must be right about people using smear tactics to try to take him down. Check this book out, you'll be glad you did.
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Summary: Excellent!!
Review: I thought this book was excellent. A truly enjoyous read. I could not put down this book and read it in its entirety in 2 days. I would certainly recommend this book to anyone although I don't feel liberals will enjoy it the same way I did. I look forward to future books by Mr. O'Reilly. Kudos to him and get this book!
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Summary: Kettle, meet Pot
Review: Before even considering purchasing this book, all possible purchasers absolutely must listen to his interview with Terry Gross on NPR's "Fresh Air" from October 8, 2003. If you've ever wanted to get a feel for what gruesome self-destruction is like, the interview is a must. The interview is about forty minutes long and the questions mostly deal with the accusations made against O'Reilly in Al Franken's recent "Liars" text. As the interview progressed, O'Reilly realized that he wasn't going to be leaving the taping without looking a little worse than when the interview started. Instead of answering the questions posed, O'Reilly blew a gasket near the end of the interview and stormed out of the session. Seems like a guy who can dish it out, but can't take it. It's tiresome hearing O'Reilly's rant against reviewers criticizing him rather than his book. In case it somehow escaped his notice, his book is mostly about himself! What is O'Reilly expecting--that critics would focus on how pretty the cover picture is or his choice in typographical font? Of course, reviewers are going to mention the man. Not surprisingly, this book continues the preachy tone of his two previous publications. All of O'Reilly's main points in the book are of the "no-duh" variety. Maybe some of the points would be of use to adolescents unexposed to the world. But how any adult with a high-school education can get anything of value out of this tome is beyond me. Face it people: O'Reilly's only reason for publishing these books is for their profit potential. O'Reilly makes good money publishing these shallow, fluff pieces. He probably spends a month writing them in between tapings of his show. Considering the millions of books available in the world, there is no good reason for a reader not to meander down to the local library, wander through the stacks, and take a gander at a few works. So many brilliant books just sit collecting dust, while people line up at bookstores flitting twenty dollars away for boring, unimaginative, lackluster publications. Please, O'Reilly doesn't need any of your hard-earned money. Anything in this book worth remembering can instead be gleaned from simply looking outside and observing the world. Skip this book, and pick up five others at the library instead.
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Summary: A book of condemnation? Yes. But also a book of advice.
Review: In this book, Mr. O'Reilly updates many of the criticisms he has previously made, as well as adding a few new ones. However, in my opinion, this books greatest value comes not from the publication of the various misdeeds of politicians and other powerful people (although that is certainly important). Rather, this books strength comes from it's solid and practical advice for everyday people. If you're interested in improving your own life, as well as society, then you just might find some value in this book.
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Summary: Contradicting Thoughts
Review: Bill O'Reilly had the courage "to bare his soul" for his new book, but I can't bear his soul's musings. Mr. O'Reilly particularly dislikes critics who attack him and ignore his writing: "Don't review me; review my writing!" Such thoughts may sound nice, but do not withstand scrutiny. His new book is full of personal narrative, from his childhood to the present. His own opinions were admittedly forged in the fire of his experiences. Far from suggesting that his ideas and personality completely dovetail, he avows it. His ideas manifest themselves in his writing. Personally, I find this relationship between writers and writing quite logical. The illogic arises when he condemns critics who personally attack him. But Mr. O'Reilly has already claimed that his writing, ideas, and personality are indistinguishable: an attack on one has to be an attack on all three. Mr. O'Reilly essentially orders his readers to judge the writing and not the writer, which contradicts his claim mentioned in the above paragraph. Here's a funny kicker: most of O'Reilly's readers and viewers get hot and furious when the Supreme Court doesn't take a Scalia-esque constructionist view of the Constitution and the framers, but then equally scorn critics who poke at Mr. O'Reilly's contradictions without being "fair and balanced" toward the writing. Sue me. In effect, the readers in one case say, "Wait, wait, wait!! In this instance, what the author intended can only guide how we interpret his writing." "Well, in this other case, we've got to read a document irrespective of how its author thinks." See the difference? Besides, O'Reilly surely doesn't mind people who review him and not his writing when they do so fawningly. An earlier reviewer commented on O'Reilly's interview on NPR's "Fresh Air." In that interview, Mr. O'Reilly lied, hands down, about "Inside Edition" winning a Peabody Award. He then rebuffed the host when she did not provide contrary evidence. But it's a gross fallacy to think that a single soul's failure to disprove another's assertion makes that same assertion correct. Fair.org has a page documenting O'Reilly's exaggerations, including his on-air claim that "Inside Edition" won a Peabody Award. This book deserves one star. Mr. O'Reilly, who distills his knowledge from his experiences, urges common sense, but he apparently doesn't even know what consistent thinking is. To potential readers: try buying a book that doesn't confirm previous assumptions, but challenges them instead, which goes for persons on both sides of the political spectrum.
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Summary: Another Slip
Review: Its Rocky Graziano, Bill. Not Marciano. Oh well, the facts suffer again.
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Summary: Another O"Reilly Home Run
Review: Bill tells it straight once again. A good read. I am sending copies to my children.
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