Monday, September 25, 2006

Preview of new Bill O'Reilly book

Media Matters has a great preview of the latest "book" from the Papa Bear, Bill O'Reilly.

Typical highlight:
Throughout the book, O'Reilly offers caricatures of what his opponents are supposed to believe, then claims that these views apply to the whole "movement" of secular progressivism. Early in the book, he writes a fictional State of the Union speech delivered by a future president named Gloria Hernandez, hailing secular-progressive accomplishments like "cap[ping] American citizens' net worth at $15 million" (Page 10). The fact that no one actually proposes such a thing does not deter O'Reilly, who later offers a "secular Ten Commandments," such as: "Thou Shalt Be Allowed to Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbor if That Person Stands Against Secular Humanism." While the reader might be tempted to dismiss this as ridiculous, O'Reilly writes: "I know, some of you may think I am exaggerating. Not so. Those secular commandments are all part of the current S-P political agenda. Look it up" (Page 70). Exactly where we are supposed to "look it up" O'Reilly does not say.

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