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This is an extremely well-written book that gives great insight into who Bill O'Reilly is, and allows the reader to see the things that have shaped his life. It is witty, humorous, and serious. It's
Bill O'Reilly at his best.
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This was a Christmas present for my husband. He absolutely loved it. He loves O'Reilly. I chuckled under my breath as I watched him as he listened to the audio book with headphones on. He was eating it up!!!! One of the best gifts I've ever bought him.
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My fiance purchased this book at the airport just before we took off for our Thanksgiving vacation to Cancun. He read it first; I read it after we got back. I'm an O'Reilly fan, but I really didn't know what to expect when I picked up this book (except for the few photos and stories that my fiance shared with me while he was reading).
While I enjoyed all of the content, I felt it a bit bothersome that "the bold fresh guy" recounted the facts of his upbringing and early life in a non-linear fashion. I would have enjoyed his anecdotes much more if I didn't constantly have to keep track of when in his life the story occurred.
Although I am a few years younger than Mr.O, I do share his heritage (Irish) and religion (Roman Catholic). While reading Chapter 5 (Religion), I literally could not breathe because I was laughing so much! I grew up in NJ and did not attend Catholic school, but I've heard enough anecdotes from family and friends to make me feel like I was there. I still attend Mass regularly, so I was very familiar with all religious references. It's very unfortunate that the level of "scholarly discipline" exercised during the days when Mr.O was in school could not have lasted until this day. On the flip side, Catholic school enrollment in my parish has boomed in recent years (and I don't believe it's due to any 'religious renaissance').
Chapter 14 (Mysteries of the Universe) was my next favorite chapter. It made me laugh - alot. A chapter chock full of Mr.O's pet-peeves which range from obscure and silly pop song lyrics to politics to television show finales and his 'dry-as-toast' explanations of what irritates him about the particular subject, entertained me very much because I can relate to this facet of his personality.
Overall, a great read. I'm curious about his other books now, but I have a feeling that this one is one of a kind!
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I watch O'Reilly each night and its an evening ritual that we do enjoy and always look forward to.
BUT....as much as we do love watching his Fox News program, his book is another matter!..
I found his book repetitious, boring and could hardly wait to finish it, if I ever do!..
As a matter of fact, I'm really inclined not to finish reading it and just return this book
Thanks God I didn't buy this book!.. I only borrowed it from my local library.
Look I do love Bill O'Reilly, but I only hope that this will be his very last book.
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Bill's latest book is filled with that age old idea of common sense. I must admit, that until I reached the grand old age of forty-five or so I was a Liberal.Coming from Canada,we we don't haqe political parties named Democrats and Republicans ;ours are called Liberals and Conservatives ,plus a party in Quebec called the Bloc who are Separistics,who are left-wing and the New Democrats,who are a minor party,never greater than 20% and Socialists.But in the end ,in both the US and Canada,the politics are essentially the same. There's the Liberal-Left and the Conservative-Right.
If you are a a dreamer,someone who expects the government to look after you,have a victim philosophy,a pollyanna,anti war or just about any value system or compass,secularist nature,a whiner,believe that Europeans are the enlightened ones and America is evil,discipline and self reliance and responsibility are old fashioned concepts,always got a chip on our shoulder,always got a hate on for somebody,then you find comfort as a Liberal or a Socialist .If you are not content in living your life like that,and you listen to what O'Reilly has to say on just about any subject,and can read this book and say to yourself,"Yeah,that's the way I was brought up,and those are the values that have resulted in my life being pretty good,and the way things ought to be done ,that this is a great country to live in, and we should give thanks to our God for the great privelige to live here,and be thankful to those who have made the sacrifices that made things that way----then you are a Conservative.
These ideas come through on every page of this book and every time one listens to O'Reilly ,and the bulk of people deep down agree and that is the simple reason that listners of O'Reilly far outstrip those opposing "pinheads" who provide O'Reilly with endless targets.
However;the media and those who seem to have monopolized the airways want you to believe otherwise. This was brought home in beautiful fashion
on O'Reilly's program last week when Ted Turner was asked who did the most in the last few years to help in the fight against Aids.Unbelievably,Turner answered "Nelson Mandella"
When O'Reilly informed him it was President George W. Bush,Turner just sat there unmoved.
A great read,that shows what made America strong and the "Shining Light On The Hill".
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