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Culture Warriors is one of the few O'Reilly books I could finish. It would not bore liberals or conservatives.
Culture Warrior by Broadway Buh Buh Buh BILLY
September 10, 1949 is a day that will always live in infamy, not unlike the birth of Joseph McCarthy, Roy Cohn, Lee Harvey Oswald, and other embittered losers with souls full of a lust for power, the desire to watch the good strike out any cost, whether it be with a rifle, legal skills, or feeding on paranoia like a rat feeds on befouled debris. It was the day, ladies and gentlemen, that Bill O' Reilly was born. I would implore anyone who is even contemplating the purchase of this, "book", I guess, to take a close look at Mr. O' Reilly's HEAD: it has the character of a degraded potato, weathered by years of useless hate, the desire to be heard when no one wants to hear him, and the slow peeling of those diseased layers into something that resembles a human being. And those dead, dumpy eyes, wrought with a pain unknown to himself that he inflicts on others without knowing why, only knowing that he must continue being the bulldog of nothing, the personification of innumerable apple pie Americana lies. When he's not abusing victims of 9/11 for disagreeing with him, feeling up his female staff and getting sued for it, lying about Iraq veterans who have been screwed on benefits (not deigning to let them in his studio when the matter is certain, even)--or being humiliated by men and women who have fought in combat while he hides behind his desk spewing false bravado, I wonder what Bill O' Reilly does in his quiet time. I picture Bill roaming the graveyards of Washington DC with a chipped flask that once belonged to his father in a state of schizoid alcoholic guilt, begging them for forgiveness, recognizing the inescapable coward within and sobbing. Perhaps this is the inevitable conclusion of a life rank with perversion and hate: Bill-O has written a book called "Kids Are Americans Too." REALLY, Bill? Are we in close quarters with children these days? I mean, obviously women are so disgusted by you that they'll resort to lawsuits to keep you away. Chilling and distasteful, Bill. Really. When all is said and done, Bill will be remembered as another cheerleader for a pointless war who behaved as he did because of some internal problems we don't even want to know about. Maybe his bodyguards know: as he's eager to prove every time he shouts someone done from behind the cozy safety of his desk, he's a real tough guy, but wait, didn't I mention his bodyguards? Huh! I will never advocate book burning--even with respect to Bill. INDIVIDUAL book burning is different, no? This book has a date with lawnmower gas in MY GARAGE! Good night, folks, and good luck.
Culture Warrior by Broadway Bill's Messianic Ego Trip
I knew in advance that I would find this book provocative. I'd read reviews of it that recounted some of its main points. I'd already exchanged heated opinions with other reviewers about O'Reilly the TV figure. Therefore I decided to read the book and react to it on the keyboard as I read, page by page. Page 2: O'Reilly declares that, in the vicious culture war underway in America, "On one side of the battlefield are the armies of the traditionalists like me, people who believe the United States was well founded and has done enormous good for the world. On the other side are the committed forces of the secular-progressive movement that want to change America dramatically: mold it in the image of Western Europe." Well, Bill, we're off to a bad start. I think your premise is simplistic and reckless. If there is a culture war in America, the sides are not so clear, and your good guys/bad guys vision of Armageddon doesn't sound helpful at all. There are many traditions in the USA, some of which are not easily reconciled, and some of which are downright unpleasant. The Founders of the USA were deeply divided, far more vehemently divided by fundamental issues than the most extreme ends of the current two party spectrum, and some of the compromises they reached in "founding" the Union didn't work very well. The compromise over slavery comes quickly to mind. You say, Bill, that you reject the "conservatives against liberals" dichotomy, yet the contest between Republicans and Democrats must at least shadow your culture war, or else you'll have to admit that the war is many-sided rather than Manichean. Those who call themselves conservative and who usually vote Republican are a duke's mixture, Bill. Take a look at the candidates in the primaries: Paul, a doctrinaire libertarian; Huckabee, an agrarian fundamentalist; Romney, a neo-liberal in the economic sense; Giuliani, an old-fashioned big business Progressive; and McCain, a neo-conservative. Is one of them closer to your traditionalist camp than the others? Then there's the other side, the secular-progressives. Your label is certainly not one that anybody applies to himself in lieu of liberal, is it? I don't think I know anyone who fits the bill, Bill, so I'll just assume you mean ME! I am secular; I have no current attachment to any religion, and I do suspect that the intolerant extremists of all religions today - Muslim, Jewish, and Christian - are making more than their share of problems for each other and for everybody else. I do have a strong commitment to freedom of research and expression in science and in society. In that way, I feel rather closely bonded to the Founders of the republic. I do believe that the US was well enough founded to be capable of social evolution toward the ideals of those founders, chiefly the ideal of social and economic justice for all. I DO believe that the United States has done enormous good...but also at times enormous bad. I do NOT believe that the USA has an exceptionalist, millennial mission, a role assigned by history or by god, to claim for itself the right to judge, police, or dominate the rest of the world. I also find it pretty darn obvious, historically, that the USA has always been molded in the image of Western Europe, beginning with the ideas of the European Enlightenment. I've lived and traveled in Western Europe a lot, Bill. Perhaps you have, also. Frankly, in comparison to Asia, Africa, the Middle East, or even the Caribbean nations on our doorstep, the United States and Western Europe are extraordinarily similar societies and cultures. NATO is a reality, Bill. The USA has been effectively part of Western Europe all along, and piddling changes in government aren't going to erase that relationship. What is it exactly that you find so objectionable about Western Europe, which by the way includes a lot of diversity? I guess I'll have to read further in hopes of learning that. Pages 3-7 : This is an awful lot about YOU, isn't it, Bill? Pages 9-13: Shame, Bill! Setting up a straw woman - a caricature whose jumble of ideas doesn't match any known public figure's - is a cheap trick. Now I suppose you'll feel free to demolish your imaginary adversary with bullying self-righteousness. Page 15: Bill says "No politician today would dare state this secular-progressive program openly, because the country is not ready for this agenda. But believe me: The vision articulated by President Hernandez [No, Bill, by YOU, pretending the existence of your straw opponent!] is on the drawing board. The armies of secularism are rising and the public is largely unaware of what is taking place." Holy Cow! Bill? That's a global conspiracy against US, the good guys, theory, isn't it? That's a familiar kind of ploy, Bill. It's been used against the Jews in various times and places. It was used against Catholics in the USA in the 1830s and 1840s, and later too. It was used against the abolitionists and later against the Lincoln Republicans to justify secession. It was used by Franco, and by Hitler. It was used by both parties in America in the 1950s and 1960s against the terrifying menace of domestic Communism, that fearsome all-conquering domestic Communism, remember, that elected itself to Congress and captured the department chairpersonships of every university!!! Come on, Bill! Is that the best you've got? Cheap rhetoric? Page 17: After describing the excruciating story of a ten year old boy who was raped and murdered, Bill, you say "This is why I [!] am fighting this culture war. This is why there is such conflict in America. Don't forget Jeffrey Curley - he is one of the main reasons the secular-progressives must be defeated." Bill, this is so offensive that I want earnestly to shove this book down your throat! You're exploiting the anguish, aren't you, Bill? I have a teenage son. Fatherhood has been the most rewarding part of my life. If anyone hurt my son, I'd do my best to rip out his entrails and dance on them. I don't support capital punishment in general - I'm from Minnesota, where we don't have it - but I would make exception for child sex abusers. I'm your target secular-progressive, remember? For you to imply that "we" secular-progressives condone child murder or advocates of sex with children is such a hateful lie that it makes my blood boil. Page 18: After some suspiciously typical "conservative" ranting about the popular and new media being 75% dominated by THEM, the secular-progressives, Bill declares: "This is the crux of the culture war, saving traditional America from those who want to change the country drastically - not by popular vote, but by judicial fiat." That's it, Bill. You're a fake. You spout this incendiary oppositional rhetoric so bold-facedly, yet I can't believe that you're so isolated from reality or so stupid that you think the world corresponds to your fantasies. Pages 19-106: Nothing new, really, just expansions and repetitions of the same themes. A whole chapter on how secular-progressives want to spoil Christmas. Get real, Bill! I'm from Minnesota. In the dark of winter, CHRISTMAS lights are suicide prevention for us. You east coast urban sophisticates (har har) sure like to stir up trouble, dontcha? If somebody says Happy Kwanzaa or Chipper Yom Kipper to you, Bill, he probably doesn't mean you any harm. Page 107: Now Bill is warming up to the threats that surround US from outside. Bill says that his secular-progressives believe the terrorism is largely America's fault. In fact, S-Ps "ignore all perspective in their analysis. When was the last time you heard any S-P fanatic mention the almost 3 million people who were slaughtered by communist forces in Southeast Asia after the United States withdrew from Vietnam?" Gosh, Bill, when was the last time you heard any Trad fanatic mention the civilian casualties inflicted in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia by the US with its secret bombing and its chemical warfare? But let's not trash America, Bill, or any of its citizens of different opinions. Let's figure out who those 3 million slaughterees were. Were they perhaps, some of them, Cambodians murdered by Pol Pot and his goons? And how did Pol Pot establish his murderocracy? Was it that the US didn't like Prince Sihanouk and did everything possible to destabilize his regime? And who brought an end to Pol Pot's rule of death? The USA? NO, Bill, the Vietnamese communist army drove Pol Pot from power, and then the US sheltered him in an enclave at the Thai border and vetoed any attempt to expel the murderocracy from the UN. That's all! I've had enough, friends. At this rate, I'll need six weeks to read the book, and my review will be of book length. I don't have the stomach for the task. I will read the rest, and if I change my impression, or find something of value in Bill's opinions, I'll either delete this review or revise it appropriately.
Culture Warrior by Broadway Falling
Down to the right-Wing. Old ideas- Shouting loudly Grey Balding Wrinkles Fatigue 71 years, average age of his fans. Feeling old. Feeling Fear. Things changing fast Tomorrow gone forever. America in the 21st Century. More and more brown skinned people. Less whites. Christianity losing it's cultural hegemony. Debt Increasing Dollar Declining Military Bleeding China Growing Media Consolidating Jobs Outsourced America losing it's grip...
Culture Warrior by Broadway His Best Book To Date? I Give It A 4.3 Overall.
First, I must say that I would recommend Pat Buchanan's "Day Of Reckoning" over this book because he is less angry, more intellectual, & goes more in depth into the issues. This is a book about very different & often opposing beliefs of the USA & the world in general. He asks the crucial question, "who are we as a people?" He points out that if the opposing groups do not come to some sort of agreement we could in future decades come apart as a country. The author feels that the Secular Progressive folks want to turn the USA into a European style Socialist country. But, here he could have been much more specific. He delves into how this culture war with the traditionalists is happening across academic institutions, TV, Radio, the print media, & internet blogs. Such as George Soros' bank rolling left wing "air America radio", the cult of moral relativism{the what about me victim groups seeking special rights}, the womb to the tomb nanny state, teenager rights, & the ever growing secularization of religious holidays. A personal example: a few tears ago in Macy's I said happy holiday to one of the people who work there & they said that they were told not to reciprocate because some folks get mad. That is crazy, I don't even know any atheists who would be offended by someone wishing them a happy holiday. All of these extremes are capable of changing our culture. Just think about the changes of the 1960's. Some were for the better like civil rights, & the negatives like the growth of the drug culture. The book is divided into three parts. "The Conflict: America in The year 2020, The Culture war Where You Live, & The Struggle For The Soul Of America." The term culture war does on some level seems to fit since both sides rarely appear to agree on much. The traditionalists believe that our country was well founded & has done great things for the world. the secular progressives are hypercritical of our traditional beliefs & wish to move us closer on many levels to a European model where religion has been in decline for decades. This is not the stereotypical battle between liberals & conservatives. At the begining of each chapter are clips of certain famous people, some real others fictional. Ex's: "To conquer a nation, destroy the values of its people-Sun Tzu." George W. Bush is the greatest terrorist in the world-singer Harry Belafonte." Several chapters include interviews with folks on both sides that he has interviewed on either his TV or radio shows. He exposes the lenient sentences that many pedophiles get, & the ACLU who defends these perverts. They often believe in therapy over punishment. The last third of the book is the most crucial. He believes it can't be won in the religious sphere because the secular progressives have a near monopoly in Hollywood, the media, & academia. He feels the secular progressives have to be persuaded that traditionalism is in their best interest since it is far closer to what the founding fathers set up for our country to be. This includes far less reliance on big government, hard work, more personal & family responsibilty, & a better sense of community. Many readers like myself{an agnostic} will find they have some beliefs of both. Though I personally think that I am 60% traditionalist, & 40% secular progressive. But, the author makes vividly clear that you can agree with aspects of both. I have often found that the differences between the two groups come from how they approach problems & life in general. It is a culture war as much about methodology as it is about individual or group beliefs. In conclusion, there is plenty of room for compromise if we try?
Culture Warrior by Broadway Product Description
With three straight #1 bestsellers and more than 4 million copies of his books in print, the most powerful traditional force in the American media now takes off his gloves in the ongoing struggle for America’s heart and soul. Bill O’Reilly is the very embodiment of the idea of a Culture Warrior—and in this book he lives up to the title brilliantly, with all the brashness and forthrightness at his command. He sees that America is in the midst of a fierce culture war between those who embrace traditional values and those who want to change America into a “secular-progressive” country. This is a conflict that differs in many ways from the usual liberal/conservative divide, but it is no less heated, and the stakes are even higher. In Culture Warrior, Bill O’Reilly defines this war and analyzes the competing philosophies of the traditionalist and secular-progressive camps. He examines why the nation’s motto “E Pluribus Unum” (“From Many, One”) might change to “What About Me?”; dissects the forces driving the secular-progressive agenda in the media and behind the scenes, including George Soros, George Lakoff, and the ACLU; and dives into matters of race, education, and the war on terror. He also shows how the culture war has played out in such high-profile instances as The Passion of the Christ, Fahrenheit 9/11, the abuse epidemic (child and otherwise), and the embattled place of religion in public life—with special emphasis on the war against Christmas. Whatever controversies are roiling the nation, he fearlessly confronts them—and no one will be in the dark about which side he’s on. Culture Warrior showcases Bill O’Reilly at his most eloquent and impassioned. He is an unrelenting fighter for the soul of America, and in this book he fights the good fight for the traditional values that have served this country so well for so long.