by Bill O'Reilly
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From the mega-bestselling author of The O'Reilly Factor and The No Spin Zone, a no-holds-barred exposé of the people and institutions who are letting Americans down – and what we should do about it.
Bill O’Reilly is mad as hell – and he’s not going to let you take it anymore. In his most powerful and personal book yet, this media powerhouse and unstoppable truth-teller takes on those individuals and institutions in American life who are failing in their duties – big-time. In his inimitable style, mixing wit, pugnacity, and plain common sense, O’Reilly kicks butt and takes (and also names) names – from crooked corporate weasels to venal politicians to lazy and/or politically correct bureaucrats to sexually predatory priests and the Church hierarchy that protects them to a media establishment rife with political bias and economically hooked on violence and smut. At the same time that he calls the famous and powerful to account, he dares to get personal, questioning just how much our closest friends, families, and lovers do look out for us, and delivering a powerful message about personal responsibility and self-reliance in an uncertain world. He forces us to ask just how much genuine altruism is left in a society that thrives on self-indulgence and ruthless competition.
Who’s Looking Out for You? is a book that boldly confronts our worst fears and biggest problems in a post-9/11, post-corporate-meltdown world. Its sage, candid advice on regaining control and trust in these troubled times will resonate with the millions of readers and viewers who have come to believe in Bill O’Reilly as the man who speaks for them.
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As he did in his bestselling books The O'Reilly Factor and The No Spin Zone, TV and radio host Bill O'Reilly again blasts a host of selfish and corrupt individuals and institutions for threatening the nation's well-being--no surprise there. What is surprising is the personal tone of Who's Looking Out For You, which is as much self-help as social or political commentary. Is O'Reilly getting soft? Hardly. He still packs a punch, but this time he mixes tales of outrage with practical advice gleaned from his own experiences and mistakes. The underlying theme of the book is trust. If you can identify and associate with those that deserve your trust, he argues, you will get along well in both your personal and professional life. Among those external forces undeserving of trust, according to O'Reilly, are the media (particularly harmful to children, he warns), the legal system, and the government: "Our federal government is not good at helping real people who have real problems, and it doesn't care about the money you give it as long as that revenue train keeps chugging along," he writes. He also hammers the INS for their lax stance on illegal immigrants and the damage it has caused the country, irresponsible parents, secularists, network news executives, ideologues, and minority leaders who foster hatred in order to serve their own interests, to name just a few offenders. Though some of his advice tends toward the obvious, it is hard to argue with his emphasis on self-reliance, especially at a time when the answer to the question posed in his title seems to be "just me." It's a good bet that many readers will also add Bill O'Reilly to this list. --Shawn Carkonen
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Nothing surprising, 2008-10-29
I hate to say this as a fan of O'Reilly, but if you watch "The O'Reilly Factor" or listen to "The Radio Factor," there's not much to pick up out of most of his books. In this one, however, I think there are some beneficial pieces to read. In today's world, it's obvious that the person you need to be concerned with watching out for you is you. You can make your own breaks, or you can rot away in poverty on your own accord. But what O'Reilly does in typical hard-nosed O'Reilly fashion is to try and zoom in on the issue of trust; if you are able to build a trustworthy relationship with those who surround you, and with those who influence you (be it a boss, the POTUS, mayor, etc), your relationship will flourish.
If you're looking for O'Reilly to chew people up and spit them out, I don't think this one quite hits the mark, but it does offer some valuable insight into more needed everyday issues. It's an enjoyable read for fans of Mr. O., but for others I'm not convinced that you'd enjoy it.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
good for killing time, 2008-03-30
Let me start with the fact that I have never seen a single "factor" show, neither did I ever hear O'Reilly on the radio. I have HEARD about him, of course, but never read any of his material before.
That said, How did I end up reading the book? I was bored, and found it, so I read it.
He starts off OK in the introduction describing the kind of people who would read this book. I thought I fit the description, more or less so I kept reading.
He goes on to explain why politicians, journalists, activists, lawyers - even the Pope etc. are not looking out for you. Some of it was OK, I agreed politically with a couple of things, but it was not well written and there was too much about himself.
as for balanced, I think it was pretty fair, he told both sides of the story most of the time.
Its a good read when you are bored.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Pithy, 2007-11-05
A simple, unbiased book. It's so simple the intellectual counterfeits of the left should even enjoy it. I wonder how many of the 200+ one star "reviewers" actually read it, though.
Let's be clear. Bill OReilly IS a centrist---perhaps slightly right of center. He is not Sean Hannity, Rush or Ann Coulter for better or worse. He castigates Bush, the religious right and federal spending often. He does, however, reserve his most bitter condemnation for the lowest forms of American life: the far, hate-filled left.
If you like the pedophile and terrorism supporters of the ACLU, you won't like this book. If you watch Bill's show, the only time he becomes enraged is when people denounce our heroic troops, praise the enemy of support those who murder children or protect those murderers.
This short book is to the point, eye-opening and worthwhile. I wish others could take off their dogmatic blinders and realize this.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
 Sharing His Life Lessons, 2007-10-12
Television commentator Bill O'Reilly advises people to become problem solvers by developing "the ability to recognize who really cares about you as a person - and who does not." This is great advice that many never follow. He contends in this book that the government, media, church hierarchy, and big business are not looking out for ordinary Americans and hence are failing them. Along with some personal stories, this book gives good advice. This book does contain some strong language.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Five Thums Up, 2007-09-22
When Bill is on tv my mom lets me watch and I have good grades in school.Bill O'Reilly is very smart
Kids look up to Bill cause he's smart and educated and he is real funny sometimes.
Bill O'Reilly laughs at the nasty letters he gets and I like that about him to.
Reading this book was not easy but my mom helps me through it and I love Bill just like I love my mom.
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