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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.929
EAN num: 9780767905299
ISBN number: 0767905296
Label: Broadway
Manufacturer: Broadway
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 224
Printing Date: March 12, 2002
Publishing house: Broadway
Release Date: March 12, 2002
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The million-copy New York Times bestseller from the Fox News anchor who’s brought new excitement–and massive amounts of populist common sense and rock-solid honesty–to television news.
Now four seasons strong, Bill O’Reilly’s nightly cable news program, “The O’Reilly Factor,” is one of the hottest shows on the air. In book form, The O’Reilly Factor has sold over a million copies and spent fourteen weeks at the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Obviously, Bill O'Reilly has made his mark. His blunt, ironic, no-holds-barred style has earned him a devoted audience–friends and foes alike–who send him five thousand letters every week. And with the wit and intelligence that have made him one of the most talked-about stars in both television and publishing, O’Reilly continues to identify what’s right, what’s wrong, and what’s absurd in the political, social, economic, and cultural life of America.
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The O'Reilly Factor isn't just the name of Bill O'Reilly's popular talk show on the Fox News Channel anymore--it's also the title of his book, which, appropriately enough, actually reads like a TV show. The narrative rarely proceeds for more than a few paragraphs before a bold-faced 'This Just In' or 'Bulletin' pops up on the page and breaks the stream of thought--sort of like a commercial interruption. This provides an ideal forum for O'Reilly to sound off on any number of topics with lots of verve but not too much depth. There are breezy chapters here on money, media, religion, race, and sex, among others. O'Reilly dislikes many things, and he isn't shy about sharing his opinions: 'SUVs should be immediately outlawed,' he rants. Here's O'Reilly on President Clinton: 'What a ridiculous waste!' Attorney General Janet Reno is a 'ridiculous, incompetent woman' and President Clinton's 'primary 'enabler.''
This is not a subtle book, and its bombastic approach would be even more grating if it weren't for several flashes of self-deprecation, such as when the author shares a negative piece of viewer mail, or when he writes, 'In case you haven't noticed, I'm a cocky bastard.' Sometimes O'Reilly's put-downs are creative and funny: 'If God has a sense of humor, as I believe he does, [Al Sharpton and David Duke] will be sharing a sauna in the netherworld. With one thermostat.' And he's good at illustrating his points with outrageous details. In criticizing the bloated federal budget, for instance, he points to these shockers: $230,000 for a study of housefly sex habits, $27,000 for an analysis of why prisoners want to escape, and $100,000 to find out why Americans don't like beets. (To which he replies: 'Houseflies mate when no one is looking. Prisoners don't like prison. Beets don't taste good.') O'Reilly is often considered something of a conservative, but he can also play the blue-collar populist: 'The rich want us to believe that anyone can make the quantum leap from bowling league to country club by just working a little harder. That's supposed to keep us motivated and quiet.' Fans of his TV show will probably appreciate this cantankerous book. --John J. Miller
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Yet again Bill O'Reilly hits the mark with another compelling, must-ignore book. When you think about it (and let's not spin this) there are few contemporary writers more important to ignore than O'Reilly. The man, one must admit, is a giant in his own mind: he was the very first to climb Mount Everest (or at least "was there"); fought heroically in the Civil War ("was there," at least, for most of that war's seminal battles); spearheaded the allied attack (and victory) against the Germans in WWII (or at least "was there"): marched with Martin Luther King and, more impressively, wrote most of Dr. King's greatest speeches; and presently holds "the true" world records in the mile, 100 meters and 400 meter hurdles. Regarding the present book, it clearly reflects a Nietzchean consummation of the man's towering grandiosity. And by the way, O'Reilly knew Nietzche, and in fact, "taught the guy most of what he knew."
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Good read. While you may not agree with all that he says, it will make you think and what more could you ask.
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I enjoyed this book (though I only agreed with about half of it), as I do O'Reilly's show (the views of which he expresses I agree with ninety-nine percent of the time, which makes me wonder...). Though Mr. O.'s ideas aren't parallel with Rush Limbaugh's (who I find obnoxious), Bill came off as a self-righteous, arrogant, know-it-all (hope none of those are cliches, as O'Reilly HATES cliches) in this book. I had always pegged Mr. O'Reilly as a conservative Catholic who doesn't aim to be P.C., because that would be ridiculous.
I was wrong.
I learned more about O'Reilly the person in this book than I have from years of tuning into his television program. Though the man has many good qualities, his lack of humility (whenever he referred to himself as "your humble correspondent", he was being sarcastic and sarcasm is a lack of sincerity, or rather a sign of insincerity--not attractive) subtracts from the good, adds to the bad, and as for the ridiculous (political correctness), I will get to that.
I'll start with the bad:
P. 91, O'Reilly states that parents did not interfere with other parents who were maniacs (O'Reilly's word). Hello??? That's what's wrong with so many people today, and is probably why so many children back then who were physically and sexually abused and nothing was ever done about it because it simply "wasn't their business". I have a very big problem with that.
Mr. O. believes kids should fear their parents, which is fine (to a point), but never once in this book did he mention that parents should love their children. But then, Mr. O. attended a Catholic school where nuns used the fear of the eternal fires to keep them in line (fear is a great motivator, yes, but love is greater), swatting their palms with a yardstick whenever they misbehaved. I nannied for a toddler years ago and never once had to lay a hand on her or even raise my voice. Time-outs were much more effective.
I had always believed O'Reilly to believe strongly in his church/Church? without condemning other religions, but it seems he doesn't even have a strong belief in God and/or a God. P. 164 he states, "Even if there is no God or Heaven or Hell..." I'm not saying he has to agree with his church, or even Christianity/The Bible a hundred percent of the time to believe in God/a God (even Mother Teresa had her doubts), but to even say if makes me think he doesn't have any faith just because he doesn't know for sure.
P. 102, the author states that he has dated hundreds of women. Eww. Because he doesn't kiss and tell, methinks he has slept with at least half of them (O'Reilly didn't marry till he was in his forties...gee, I wonder why)? I really must wonder, do we really need to know this? I, personally, do not count very first dates as dating, and though I am not so arrogant as to assume he thinks the same way, I still think it impossible to date hundreds, even over a course of approximately twenty-five years.
As for the so-called (by him) ridiculous lines found on p. 106, I didn't think too much of him saying to get the telephone number of her best friend if she says, "I'm not that kind of girl." I assume he means a girl who doesn't have sex before marriage, which I think is admirable, partly because it's so rare. O'Reilly believes it perfectly acceptable to live with a person to get to know them very first (see p. 113). Talk about tampering with the sacred powers of procreation! The disadvantages of having pre-marital sex far outweighs the advantages, but if two people are already cohabitating (or "shacking up"), then what's the point of getting married at all? It'll happen, people will do whatever they want to do without you or anyone else giving them the purple light.
P. 156, this is where O'Reilly gets really P.C. He starts talking about blacks hating whites, whites hating blacks, which is true, but blacks hating whites far outweigh the numbers of whites hating blacks, and I can say this because Barack Obama wouldn't be where he is yesterday if it weren't for white votes, he wouldn't be where he is today, but yet, grey people vote for him nine to one. Blacks also make up thirteen percent of the population, though they commit thirty percent of the crime (that's more than double their numbers!), seventy percent of grey children are born out of wedlock, versus thirty percent of white children, eighty-five percent of interracial marriages end in divorce verses fifty percent of traditional marriages, etc., etc. O'Reilly tries to make it sound like whites are just as racist as blacks, and that is just not true, though there is a lot of reverse racism (i.e. "white guilt"), like whites voting for a grey person because they feel that because of slavery, this person is owed, or entitled to the office or position, people wanting to be friends with a grey person (a trophy, or token friend) simply because ... Read More
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Mr Bill if you read these notes don't forget that we love you alot and thanks for looking out for us
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My grandmother read this book out loud to me and we really enjoyed itI had a glass of warm milk and her cookies and I want her to read it again to me.I want to be just like Bill someday.This book is fun and never boring too.
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