Originally Posted By alexbook There's a new Bill O'Reilly book coming out on Monday. I know because I just opened the box. There's also a new Oliver North book that we just got today. Some of you know that I'm a hard-core left-winger. That little devil voice in my head told me to report that the books had been lost or damaged in transit. ("I just opened the box and they were all torn up. I dunno how it happened.") I didn't do that, and the books will be on the shelves as per schedule, but for just a moment there it was so tempting... [BTW, Keith Olbermann has a new book out, too.]
Originally Posted By DlandJB I'm glad you listened to the Free Speech Angel, Alex. Let them speak freely -- their own words are amunition enough. And, btw, I had never heard of Keith Olbermann before the thread on him appeared -- but I don't spend much time listening to pundits of any stripe.
Originally Posted By alexbook KO background: Olbermann was a really good, smart, funny sportscaster who somehow got a show on MSNBC. His show mixes sports, politics, and humor, and he has a running feud with Bill O'Reilly (but then who doesn't?).
Originally Posted By Beaumandy Even if every lib at every bookstore tried to hide O'Reillys new book it will still be # 1 on all the lists this time next week. You might should read it alex and learn some stuff.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>You might should read it alex and learn some stuff.<< Oh, the irony.
Originally Posted By DlandJB His show mixes sports, politics, and humor, and he has a running feud with Bill O'Reilly (but then who doesn't?).>> Not much of a sports fan. I think I'll stick with Steven Cobert for my dose of O'Reilly spanking.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Anyway, I am glad you didn't do that, Alex. I like being able to go into bookstores and find books across the political spectrum. From time to time, I'll notice that someone has 'buried' a liberal or conservative book behind one written by one of the opposite point of view. To me, it has the opposite of the intended effect -- it makes me want to read the book that someone finds so threatening.
Originally Posted By alexbook Beau: I'll make a deal with you--I'll read O'Reilly's new book if you'll read Olbermann's. Actually, I might read it anyway. It might surprise you to know that some people like to read books they don't necessarily agree with. [I'm currently reading "Glorious Appearing" by LaHaye and Jenkins. It hasn't converted me to Christianity, but I'm getting a better idea of how some Christians view the world.]
Originally Posted By gadzuux I mentioned in another thread that o'reilly goes gunning for walter cronkite of all people, and calls him a "radical left wing" guy. Enjoy your book, beau.
Originally Posted By DlandJB I'm currently reading "Glorious Appearing" by LaHaye and Jenkins. It hasn't converted me to Christianity, but I'm getting a better idea of how some Christians view the world.]>> Read Rick Warren instead. A much better book and a much broader view of Contemporary Christianity.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy Alex, I would read Olbermans book. My mother always says the people who work at Barns and Nobel hide the conservative books. I always just laugh it off. But now.........
Originally Posted By Beaumandy <<I mentioned in another thread that o'reilly goes gunning for walter cronkite of all people, and calls him a "radical left wing" guy.>> Cronkite was a far left guy Gadzuux. Have you heard him then or now??
Originally Posted By alexbook >>Read Rick Warren instead. A much better book and a much broader view of Contemporary Christianity.<< "Purpose-Driven Life" is on my (ever expanding) list of books that I'm planning to get around to reading one of these days. >>Alex, I would read Olbermans book. << I may hold you to that. >>My mother always says the people who work at Barns and Nobel hide the conservative books. I always just laugh it off. But now.........<< Individual employees may do that, but it's definitely against policy at any of the chains. (I had a friend who got in trouble at Borders that way.) Customers also do it, which annoys the employees no end. >>Cronkite was a far left guy Gadzuux. Have you heard him then or now??<< Anybody else remember when CBS News "revealed" that the Beatles were part of a vast conspiracy to make young people take drugs? I can still hear Cronkite reading the lyric "I get high with a little help from my friends" in the same dead-pan tone he used for everything.
Originally Posted By friendofdd Thanks for not acting on a wrong impulse, Alex. I know you are the kind of guy we can depend on to do the right thing.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>I know you are the kind of guy we can depend on to do the right thing.<< Not always. (See "All About Me #20".)
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF >>Bill has a book signing at Nixon Library on September 28<< I wonder if I could get him to sign a loofah for me.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd <<<Even if every lib at every bookstore tried to hide O'Reillys new book it will still be # 1 on all the lists this time next week.>>> Yet, i will never read his book, or waste a second on him. As for the phoney story about the dems and the filthy gop liars, joining together against chavez, the truth is america is responding overwhelmingly in favor of chavez in the streets, on their phones, on their blogs, everywhere, except on tv, and american corporate media.
