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Pinheads And Patriots: Where You Stand In The Age Of Obama (2000)

by Bill O'Reilly(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0062010603 (ISBN13: 9780062010605)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

William Morrow

review 1: Bill O'Reilly is a clown. He is a buffoon. He is there for the elderly and ill-informed sectors of America to get their 'news' and get it with a whole lot of misinformation and inane opinion. O'Reilly paints himself as an independent (which I'm sure he thinks he is) to give himself credibility while he disparages the left and deifies the right (mainly Reagan). O'Reilly spends the whole book saying that not everything is black and white and not everyone is always just a 'pinhead' or just a 'patriot', this makes me wonder why he came up this stupid binary system to begin with then. He does in fact, paint everything as very black and white and makes ridiculous generalisations based on very little evidence.
review 2: Okay so in general I despise these kinds of book... mores. Some pompous ass on one side or the other of to political aisle telling me what is best for me. O'Reilly lays a great deal of emphasis trying to asert that he is an independent. After reading this I have to say I am almost more likely to believe that the Pope is a Protestant first. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with being a Republican, ore a Democrat or whatever political persuasion you choose, but when you hide it in a book like this the question has to be why? For the most part after reading the book, I think it is more he is fooling himself. He is kind of funny in a way. He stresses how fair he is going to be and then turns around and proves that mostly he will be, but he does have an anti-left slant. Again not all that unexpected. However he does some pretty confusing things when he starts talking about what makes someone a Patriot or a Pinhead. I think he might need a new copy of Webster's. His definition of a Patriot is someone who puts others ahead of themselves. ... Ah what? Did I miss something growing up? What part of severing your Nation is involved in that definition? By that definition the Pope is a Patriot, the current one that is. And while he may be the King of the Vatican City, I don't think that his washing the feet of Prisoners on Easter makes him a Patriot. A nice guy, a good Catholic, sure, Patriot no. For an clear example of how unbalanced his view on this he decides that G. HW Bush is a Patriot for what he did as President, but since he only has a small an unclear presentation of what that was it is kind of odd. He completely ignores the fact that Papa Bush severed in WWII and was shot down. I am surprised that the VFW hasn't written a massive protest on that definition. Of course I just might have missed it. His use of Pinhead can be fun sometimes as well. He rags on Madonna for moving to England and adopting a faux British Accent. And not giving enough of her money to non-trendy charities. This from someone that says things like how much money is too much, they earned it they can do with it what they want. The one that really got me was the rant on an individual where he listed the reasons why he was a Pinhead and number one was the fact that he was an Atheist. I have to say that even suggesting that someones religion, or lack thereof, has anything to do with whether or not someone is Pinhead, actually makes you one. Religious fanatics are always a pain in the kester, since they are always arguing about whose God is the right one. Hell just accept the fact that there are a bucket load of people out there that don't believe like you do and you will be much happier in life. He also makes a big deal about wanting the government to be non-intrusive and spend less money. Then has the gall to suggest that the way to deal with illegal immigrants is for the Government to call up the National Guards of the various states involved. Something that is both intrusive and spendy as hell. Ignore how well it would or wouldn't do in regards to stopping illegals from coming into the country, calling up the National Guard of any state with affect the economy in two ways. First most of those individuals have jobs, jobs that their employers have to hold for them for a certain amount of time. Yep no economic impact there. Top that off with the fact that now they are on the National Military salary, that means that the National Government has to spend the money to keep them in the field. Something that states have wisely declined to do on their own. And he points to this as his well thought out plan. Makes me glad he is just a mouth piece for Fox News and not a government official. All in all the book was more balanced than any other in the genre I have read. Which is faint praise indeed, but when you are running with the likes of Micheal Moore and Ann Coulter it is to be expected. I would suggest if you are going to read a political viewpoint book, this one is a good one, just make sure that when you are done, before praising him and walking the line he puts forward, do the research and fact check him. After all if he thinks that BP is actually a British Company some fact checking is in order. less

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