O'Reilly made me cry -- I was laughing so much!!(Rating: 5)
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!

Find out why Bill O'Reilly is so successful.(Rating: 5)

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 haqve 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 deramer,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,secularin 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 haten 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 liten 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 forthe 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 monopolizes the airways want you to believe otherwise. This was brought home in beautiful fashion

Love O'Reilly, but not this book!...(Rating: 2)
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.

A Bold Fresh Piece of S**T!(Rating: 1)
A Bold Fresh Piece of S**T! He shouldn't have picked a title that is so easily modified.

A Bold Fresh Piece of Inhumanity(Rating: 1)
The world according to the moronic is that "You either fight active evil, or you accept it," with the likes of O'Reilly getting to define what is evil is for the rest. The pervisity is that the guy continues to have an audience. Do yourself a favor and turn this channel OFF!