BILL OREILLY

Prediction: Muslim center won’t be built

With polls showing about 70 percent of Americans believe building an Islamic cultural center containing a mosque just two blocks away from Ground Zero is inappropriate, the far left is once again on the run. Failing with the bogus “freedom of religion” argument, the crew that is offended by the manger scene at Christmas is now saying the mosque controversy is another attempt to “scare white people.” Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson has put forth that loopy argument on his second home, MSNBC.

By Bill O'Reilly , August 30, 2010

Opinion: With Finland, Newsweek may be overstating things somewhat

And the winner is: Finland!
According to Newsweek magazine, that is the best country on the face of the earth. Who knew? The United States is the 11th best place to live, just behind Denmark, which, of course, is close to the promised land of Finland.
A few years ago, I visited Helsinki, Finland’s small capital city. There were saunas everywhere, and that’s a good thing when you are that close to the Arctic Circle. In fact, unless you’re a polar bear, going outside in the winter can be breathtaking. Literally.

By Bill O'Reilly , August 23, 2010

Opinion: Winfrey taking gamble with her hiring of O’Donnell

Oprah Winfrey is a savvy businesswoman whose perspicacity in presenting herself to the public has earned her hundreds of millions of dollars. Recently, Ms. Winfrey announced she is getting out of broadcast television and into cable, with the startup of her own channel fittingly entitled the Oprah Winfrey Network, or OWN. Yes, she owns much of it.

By Bill O'Reilly , August 16, 2010

Opinion: Letterman, don’t rile up the public with race baiting

David Letterman is a liberal kind of guy and, like many on the left, old Dave is kind of frustrated these days.
A new Gallup Poll has President Obama’s job approval rating at just 41 percent with 53 percent disapproving. Those are the lowest numbers Gallup has posted since Mr. Obama was inaugurated more than a year and a half ago.
So Dave is seeking answers to the president’s diminishing popularity and that kind of conversation usually involves the Fox News Channel, which is considered by the left to be all anti-Obama, all the time. Since I work at FNC, I dispute that perception but there is no doubt that Fox News is the most skeptical TV news organization when it comes to analyzing the president.

By Bill O'Reilly , August 09, 2010

Opinion: Is it finally time to get over this country’s past?

Former NAACP leader Julian Bond wants President Obama to lead a “national dialogue” on race, but the president is not going to do that, and he’s making a smart political decision. In the wake of the Shirley Sherrod story, the race issue is back in the news, but any public discussion is fraught with danger. Trying to define and heal racial divisions in America will inevitably lead to verbal roadside bombs — anything can explode at anytime.

By Bill O'Reilly , August 02, 2010

Opinion: Sherrod did deserve better, but still may not be best for job

This time last week, few Americans had ever heard of Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod. Now, she is a household name in households that actually follow the news. A few days ago, Ms. Sherrod was fired by the Obama administration for admitting that, more than 20 years ago as an administrator in Georgia, she did not treat a white farmer as fairly as she would have treated a black farmer. Her admission came as part of a speech she made before the NAACP in March. Ms. Sherrod is black.

By Bill O'Reilly , July 26, 2010

Opinion: NAACP picks bad time to put racist label on the Tea Party

According to the president of the NAACP, Ben Jealous, the Tea Party is chock full of racist people bent on harming African-Americans. Speaking at the organization’s annual convention this week, Mr. Jealous let loose on the Tea Party folks: “Here comes the genetic descendent of the White Citizens Council, burst from its coffin, carrying signs and slogans like ‘Lynch Barack Hussein Obama’ ...”

By Bill O'Reilly , July 19, 2010

Opinion: Vampires are living dead, but still living large in U.S.

Bela Lugosi must be turning over in his grave — that is, if the stake through his heart would allow that. Mr. Lugosi, as you may know, became famous as Dracula in the 1931 movie based upon Bram Stoker’s novel of a villainous Transylvanian blood-sucking vampire. For more than a century, Dracula and vampires in general were spooky cinema stalkers, usually dispatched with a sharp object in the chest.

By Bill O'Reilly , July 12, 2010

Opinion: Left is close to usurping the Constitution

Even a simple guy like me can figure out these words from the U.S. Constitution: “The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
That’s contained in the Second Amendment. So why did four Supreme Court justices this week vote to infringe on the right to bear arms?

By Bill O'Reilly , July 05, 2010

Opinion: Firing of general just one more piece of puzzle for President Obama

With apologies to Rod Serling and his classic “Twilight Zone” TV series, there is a signpost up ahead in America, and it reads “The Chaos Zone.” The firing of General Stanley McChrystal is just one piece of a jumbled public policy puzzle that now threatens the presidency of Barack Obama.
Let’s take it step by step. Afghanistan is going poorly because the Afghan government is corrupt, and the folks distrust their leadership. So there’s not great enthusiasm to fight the Taliban, even though those killers are despised as well. Also, to avoid civilian casualties, U.S. and NATO forces rarely call in air strikes and have a virtual checklist before firing at bad guys. Now, their commander has been fired because of a stupid article in Rolling Stone magazine, of all publications. Couldn’t it have at least been Reader’s Digest?

By Bill O'Reilly , June 28, 2010

Opinion: The left turns on president

Hell has frozen over! The far left in America is turning on their guy Barack Obama. After his speech on the oil disaster a few days ago, the crazy left Greek chorus on MSNBC hammered the president. He wasn’t specific enough; he was too weak; I don’t sense “executive command,” they wailed. You would have thought they were talking about President Bush. In fact, many of the anti-Obama criticisms echoed the Hurricane Katrina invective directed towards Mr. Bush in 2005.

By Bill O'Reilly , June 21, 2010

Opinion: Sometimes, it takes a bit of heat to get things done

President Obama and I may have one distinct thing in common. Often when folks disagree with my analysis, they label me as an angry white man. The far left loves to do that. Any passion shown by forces opposed to the “progressive” agenda is often described as irrational and vitriolic.
Now Mr. Obama finds himself in a similar place. For weeks the president was criticized for being disengaged regarding the oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf. Even fellow liberals like Spike Lee and Bill Maher implored the president to get angry—to show some visible displeasure.

By Bill O'Reilly , June 14, 2010

Opinion: Gulf of Mexico disaster is out of control, and Obama knows it

President Obama is angry. His brisk demeanor while giving a speech at Carnegie-Mellon University a few days ago signaled that loud and clear. No cute remarks, no comic relief—just straight-ahead knives directed at the oil companies and the Republican party.
Somehow it is all going wrong for the president these days. The Rasmussen daily tracking poll among likely voters has the president’s job approval rating hovering around 45%, and even stalwart Democrat James Carville yelled at him the other day.

By Bill O'Reilly , June 07, 2010

Opinion: Who will come forth to save Lindsay Lohan?

Back in the late 1960s, it seemed like every few weeks another rock star would drop dead. The big three, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison of the Doors, all died in their 20s from alcohol and drug related causes. Even bigger names like Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe abused themselves into early deaths. Lately, Michael Jackson continued the tradition, although he made it to age 50.

By Bill O'Reilly , June 01, 2010

Opinion: Posner shouldn’t speak on behalf of all Americans

In yet another example of the federal government spinning out of control, Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner, in a human rights discussion with the Chinese, brought up the new Arizona illegal alien law as an example of an example of American “discrimination.” Posner saying he discussed the law “early and often” with Chinese officials, even though they didn’t even initiate the conversation.

By Bill O'Reilly , May 24, 2010