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Summary: O'Reilly Talks Straight up
Review: A nice easy read and a must for those before getting thrown in the real world.
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Summary: The real Bill O'Reilly did step forward
Review: No one but Mr. O'Reilly could write this book. As usual, he makes the reader think (much like he does on his show). His chapter on dating should be mandatory for all teens. The story of the selfish woman he dated was great. I wish I'd had that insight years ago. Bill has a no nonsense approach on many topics (some I agreed with, others I didn't). Yet, each one gave me something to think about.
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Summary: A Dangerous and Narrow Pamphlet
Review: The O'Reilly Factor is a dangerous little book. It is not that it exposes any unknown truths or reveals the evils in people, politics and business but that its attempts at logic and making conclusions are thin, assumptive and wide open to attacks. It is particularly interesting that O'Reilly believes his own political leanings would be a mystery to the reader. The author is clearly a conservative and right wing man. There is little effort to explore any subject beyond its surface and many of the blunt conclusions are based on limited if not irrelevant data or observations. Issues that are often 99% gray are defined by O'Reilly in black and white terms. Mr. O'Reilly should not have meant this brief book to be a serious examination of the subjects each chapter addresses and his attempt to address them in such a narrow fashion is simply dangerous. The idea of agreeing or disagreeing with Mr. O'Reilly almost becomes mute seeing that so many of the conclusions have little accompanying reasoning. Even his opinions on raising children seem terribly out of date and of limited value. Ideas such as teaching children to maintain good grooming and to have good table manners fall far short of more serious and relevant ideas such as promoting self-awareness and critical thinking and humanity. The book is not a serious critical or intellectual effort and ultimately its only value in being read is to remind one not to look at things so plainly or narrowly and that the real world is much more complicated than the one Mr. O'Reilly occupies. It is a further contribution to the decreasing quality of dialogue in the United States and serves to shrink even further the lowest common denominator of thought.
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Summary: Challenge to O'Reilly
Review: Bill O'Reilly is likable but there are so many things he has not tackled which might do some good. For example: 1) How credit reporting agencies determine the financial fate of millions of US citizens, frequently destroying whole lives with a negative reference or two but failing to convey years of positive history as a factor.. is the class system O'Reilly hints at rooted in the credit system? 2) O'Reilly touts how hard work ensures success but is this so? How many people have worked hard and 'done the right thing' only to never have really good opportunities to prosper? Isn't hard work plus recognition plus luck the proper formula for success in America? 3) O'Reilly has not discussed pitfalls in 'free care' provisions for medical coverage for the poor. At a catholic-based hospital in Massachusetts for example, a free care petition was completed by a homeless former hi tech worker who earned less than $8,000 last year.The hospital extrapolated that based on earnings over the next year at that rate the person had a $3000 deductible BEFORE the 'free care' kicked in. A visit to the hospital resulted in a bill in excess of $500 for the person plus negative credit references ensuring the homeless man would be further destroyed... 4) O'Reilly expresses interest in disdvantaged kids in state child care like Rilya Wilson but refuses to get individuals with real life experience on such as a Massachusetts man who wrote a book about his experiences good and bad as such a child but was blackballed because of it while others more politically correct had less controversial manuscripts published and marketed. 5) O'Reilly does do a a good job of giving air time to whistleblowers and crediting them for coming forward on an array of issues vital to public concern but the general public does not favor these people and the public needs to know how this helps them better. 6) Why doesn't O'Reilly have some homeless or down on their luck people on to tell their own stories andl et the audience decide if all such people are losers by their own choice?
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Summary: Simply Great
Review: You won't want to finish this collection of non-fiction essays. Nobody else has the nerve to write like O'Reilly. This book is informative and entertaining and will make some out there extremely uncomfortable.
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Summary: o'rielly brings yakkety-yak to written page
Review: Oh how i love the yakkety yak of a good political commentator. And as we all know, there's no spinning when O'Rielly is around. Just a lot of rock-hard facts and brilliant insight into what is wrong with Clinton and the liberals and that Muslim guy who teaches at some small college in Florida and all the other evil-doers like Alec Baldwin who refuse to appear on tv with O'Rielly, because, you know, O'Rielly wont let them spin. People like Alec Baldwin who make some statement somewhere about something, and then they refuse to come to the O'Rielly show to explain that statement. O'Rielly will expose these evil doers for the, uh, um, evil-doers they are. For you see, there can be no spin when O'Rielly is around. Just a lot of truthful yakkety-yak from O'Rielly. For you see, O'Rielly is a responsible journalist with years of experience, so we must accept his yakkey-yak at face value. He is on tv every day on the FOX channel with his yakkety-yakkety-yakket-yakkety-yak, informing us of all the evil doers who say things about something, and then refuse to appear on his show because, you know, they are hiding from O'Rielly, who will expose them for the evil-doers that they are. This is a great book, and should be required reading for all school children.
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Summary: Logical but not radical
Review: O'Reilly's exceptional analytical ability to get to the root cause of problems that plague American life must be commended. He has a no-nonsense and logical approach that makes his advice worth listening to. Heeding to the advice, as he says, is upto you.
Why give him a name- conservative,liberal etc? Just read the book and think about it. I am sure you will agree that we are all deep down unscrupulous, materialistic, seek instant gratification, idolize celebrities...and the list goes on. Think about it- its all down right ridiculous. O'Reilly is right. We wilfully dig ourselves into deep dark holes.
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Summary: A good quick look at American culture
Review: "What's up with the hair, Donald? Things are bad up there." - O'Reilly A book for the O'Reilly fan or even just the curious. It covers bits and pieces of Bill O'Reilly's life, career, opinions (naturally) and politics (most in the way of short stories and pep talks). Although it feels a little disjointed at times, it is fairly well-written with none of that ridiculous psychobabble or lawyer speak - no beatin' around the bush with this guy. Also includes many amusing stories, such as cafeteria line-cutting Morley Safer and a double-date experience with Donald Trump. A quick, fairly entertaining read.
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Summary: An eye-opening book...
Review: After a coworker of mine recommended his book to me, I was at the bookstore when I came across O'Reilly's book. Heeding my coworker's recommendation, I immediately bought the book. And am very glad to have done so! Simply put, O'Reilly tells it like it is. Love him or hate him, you must respect him for his honesty. O'Reilly gives his own advice on subjects like race, class, sex, parents, success, fame, and of course, the good, the bad, and the ridiculous. And then he backs it up with the facts and nothing but the facts! O'Reilly may come across as far more conservative than liberal (at least I think so), but like I said before, he's just telling it like it is. Some of the book also includes anecdotes from his childhood and career from way-back-when until now. Despite his bluntness and apparent arrogance, I find Bill to be very witty and humorous as well. I've read the book twice already and loaned it to a friend of mine so he can read it for himself. I've also recommended this book to other people. So if you haven't read the book yet, buy it now!
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Summary: Must read for all liberals, conservatives, vegetarians
Review: To borrow a quote from the book; liberal, conservative, or vegetarian, doesn't matter you will enjoy this book. Even if you don't agree with O'Reilly, his Talking Points get you thinking. Personally I think the man has his act together. O'Reilly provides valuable analysis on every aspect of American life from dating to religion to race to politics. This is a quick read and well worth it, I'm on to the No Spin Zone...
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