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Summary: Showbiz Bill is pretty good when serious
Review: When dealing with such important and difficult fields as theology and philosophy, many would step back out of reverence, humility, or lack of sufficient knowledge, but Mr.O'Reilly trys his hand..He has a powerful belief in God based on the order of nature (Aquinas). He also believes so as to play it safe (Pascal). He believes our Republic was founded with God, conscience, and private religion and organized religion in the background as a necessity to good government (Founding Fathers)..After bodily death his soul still lives (The Gospels). Or if that is "just a myth" no worries since he's not around anymore..But while living here he encourages all to "respect your mind and respect your body." and do what you can to contribute to society and help others. Then on your deathbed you can at the very least feel good that you tried..Most of the book is more mundane with practical suggestions for improving conditions right now.. He puts in a good word for self-reliance (Ralph Waldo Emerson). Also puts in a good word for fortitude, tolerance and prudence. He wisely leaves ultimate justice up to God, but we can use some justice here too. As to faith, hope, and charity, his hope is strong.
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Summary: Tabloid Reporter
Review: Isnt this the same guy who worked for that tabloid show Inside Edition? A show based upon gossip and meaningless crap. And i'm supposed to take this guy seriously? HA HA
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Summary: Great Book
Review: A wonderful book full of insight.
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Summary: Obvious stuff from an abusive and abrasive guy.
Review: I wouldn't recommend this book, just as I wouldn't recommend Al Franken's new book. O'Reilly may be the most insulting, abusive, and downright sickening figure on the national scene. It isn't because of his opinions. Indeed, his opinions are all over the place, most settling in the moderate middle. (Okay, in some respects he's extreme, but he's more of a populist than an extremist.) And granted, he can't scream at you from a book. But just as he rudely treats his many guests (always with the standard, empty effort to appear reasonable, "Hey, but I respect your right to disagree"), this book, in effect, is just as rude to its readers--punctuating truisms with arrogance and one-sided views.And maybe it's all a big act. Maybe Bill isn't as awful a human being as he consistently appears to be on his show. Maybe his loud sanctimony is all staged for ratings. We can only hope, and change the channels to avoid it.
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Summary: A wonderful piece on America
Review: Written by a man who makes mistakes for people who are not perfect. I teach and I always ask my students "Which is worse? The person who does something wrong, or the person who stands by and lets them?" Bill O'Reilly won't stand by and let people do what is wrong. And if he did it wrong he lets us know that he did it wrong and realized what was right. I keep a couple of copies for loaning out to my American history students.
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Summary: Reilly them up!
Review: Lets face it. Bill doesnt take himself very seriously and that is why he is able to keep pressing on. Sure Bill does write and talk a lot of mumbo jumbo with a spin and has often made false claims but it still keep audiences tuned into him. Why is this? Bill is able to tell a lot of people what they want to hear but then he changes his stance now and again and this does have an affect on his viewers. I think Bill is a chancer - and will sometimes even make the right-wing of viewers blush but then again this is a man who has spoken openly about decriminalizing pot and so he cant be all that right wing can he? Keep pushing the pot legalization Bill. It is the reason why most liberals still watch ya!
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Summary: A Good Writer Gone Bad
Review: Bill O'Reilly has many faults, as he will himself admit, but one of them is not a lack of communications skills. He can, when he so chooses, write lucid and evocative prose. Unfortunately, in "Who's Looking Out For You?" he quite deliberately fails. His apparently uncontrollable urge to denigrate, on a very personal level, those who disagree with him make this book all but unreadable. To him, people who disagree with him are "pinheads"; never mind that they are not defined by this or that idea which O'Reilly dislikes. It is the idea or belief that Mr. O'Reilly may properly refer to as "stupid" - not the person holding that belief (many of whom are at least as intelligent as he). Then, too, Mr. O'Reilly is a religous man, and this proves his undoing. While he professes a strong belief in the right to freedom of religion, he believes that the ten commandments are the very basis of a civlized society. Never mind that they are not universally held to be true and proper measures of all that is "right" or "wrong". He goes so far as to believe they should be displayed in public schools and courtrooms. He does not explain how this can be reconciled with a decent respect for other belief systems. How could a muslim, or a hindi, or animist, seeing such a display in a courtroom, believe that he or she would get a fair, and unbiased, hearing? There is not time, nor do I think any need, to explain in any detail the historical inaccuracies with which this book is rife. Simply put, Mr. O'Reilly uses, and abuses, history semantically - as a means (evoking false imagery) justified by his ends (making his point). Respect for the dignity of people, and for the proper function of history, demands that we pay no attention to this drivel. That, however, is not the point of this review. The point is that the author's native ability is shamed by the use to which it has been perverted. The book fails because the writing fails; the writing fails because the author is too busy making points, however bogus, to pay much attention to the needs of good writing. Brian I. Bogin
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Summary: Who's Looking Out For You? Not O'Reilly
Review: Bill O'Reilly has been soundly outed as a liar by more than a few people, so why should anyone read or trust his books? Check out The Oh Really? Factor: Unspinning Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly by Peter Hart, Robert W. McChesney. "O'Reilly's 'no-spin' motto is clever marketing-but who's keeping track of O'Reilly's own spin? From his support for Bush's tax cuts and the war with Iraq to his attacks on everything from National Public Radio to 'welfare mothers,' O'Reilly often contradicts himself and consistently concocts evidence to support his conservative talking points."...review by Al Franken, author of Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them O'Reilly has successfully catered to America's thin-skinned, angry right by telling people who can't bear to hear the truth the lies they would prefer to hear. O'Reilly only looks out for himself.
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Summary: Exactly what it promises
Review: Good advice and information that most Americans could benefit from reading. Glad I spent the money and time. Hope you will also. Many of the topics have been covered on the O'Reilly No Spin Zone show. Even if you don't like his personality the book is full of good common sense.
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Summary: Good book
Review: It is true that most of the people who have reviewed this book with ONE star and angry comments like this -- "BILL O'REILLY IS A RACIST DEVIL WHO JUST WANTS TO MAKE MONEY FOR HIMSELF AND HIS CORPORATE CRONIES" -- have clearly never even read ONE page of this highly entertaining book. I am not a Republican and my views are, in fact, magnificently leftist, but I still found O'Reilly's book to be filled with interesting opinions. Also, it is kind of cool to observe and evaulate the views of the other side, which is the first reason why I bought the book. The chapters are not long, nor is the book, and each one focuses on a specific topic (I.E. Family, Politicians, Poverty). He is surprisingly harsh on his Republican leaders, but is equally harsh on the Democrats. O'Reilly speaks his mind. The book drags in some places, and, please, if you are expecting some great literary achievement, this ain't where you're going to find it. The book is not really too well-written, but it is sort of conversational. I could hear O'Reilly speaking the words he writes. Overall, I recommend it - regardless of your politics.
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