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"Bill O'Reilly's mad as hell and he's not going to let you take it anymore." So says the flyleaf of his latest book, WHO'S LOOKING OUT FOR YOU? While there is a certain profile that O'Reilly's viewers, listeners and readers may fit, the commonalities may not be what one expects. Indeed, his fans span not only the political spectrum but the ethnic, financial, and educational continuum as well.
WHO'S LOOKING OUT FOR YOU? is like a big thank-you note to all the people who have helped make Bill O'Reilly a household name. O'Reilly contends that survival today depends on your ability to determine who is looking out for you. Acting on a false premise here can and does lead to certain disaster. For example, acting on the belief that governments, the media, Hollywood activists, or religious groups are looking out for you will land you in problems quicker than you can say, "I'm entitled." These consequences of misplaced trust and poor choices are ones that O'Reilly points out daily on his TV and radio programs. Now he offers some solutions.
His book demonstrates that change requires honesty and action. Merely acknowledging there are problems does not solve them. "Problems will hunt you down, slap you around, and leave you disillusioned and sometimes broke. That is, unless you meet them at the door and knee them in the groin." And, in his inimitable way, O'Reilly gives you a cram course in this practical form of self-defense. Because, in the long run, there are few who can be trusted to look out for you if you don't learn how to look out for yourself.
However O'Reilly goes beyond simply offering advice; he allows the reader a peek into his own life to better understand that his ideas were not developed in a vacuum, but born of experience. Unlike other books of this type, WHO'S LOOKING OUT FOR YOU? is not heavy-handed or laden with burdensome minutiae. Like his popular TV show The O'Reilly Factor, it is smart, snappy and often sassy --- a fast read of 212 pages, full of surprises that defy stereotyping.
--- Reviewed by Maggie Harding, who is a substance abuse counselor in Phoenix, AZ. Her reviews can be heard every Wednesday on www.BookCrazy.net. To contact Maggie, e-mail Magster2@cox.net.
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