K.R. Eckert: BOOKS POLITICS, HISTORY AND A WHOLE LOT MORE.

The current canning of Bill O'Reilly brings has made me think about his writing.  No one "culture war" garabge like A BOLD FRASH PEICE OF (IN)HUMANITY or PINHEAD AND PATRIOTS (guess which he is), no I'm speaking about his historical (sort of) works.  Ok, lets get it over with...BILL O'REILLY IS NOT A HISTORIAN.  No he is not.  Neither is Rush Limbaugh or any of these other clowns.  I say this in such an angry tone because (at the time of this writing) O'Reilly is number 4 in the history (non-fiction) category on Amazon.  This bothers me because, well, see the capitalized rant above.  No Bill O'Reilly is not a historian.  He is polemicist who occasionally tries to wax moronic on historical issues.  This wouldn't be such a problem if his hell-for leather James Patterson like narratives were presented as fiction or even as politics.  But no, he wants to be seen in the history section.  I have no doubt his get off on the idea of wan...

Today I read an article (in a Gannet Newspaper), informing us that the Secret Service is closing the sidewalk near the South Lawn of the White House die to increased incidents there, including some with (there words, not mine) "the mentally ill." NOW.... There is a lot I can say...a lot any of us can say.  But, frankly, if the standard the if that's the Secret Service's standard, perhaps they should look into shutting down the White House Residence.  Special Note:  I don't care for Trump.  These posts most of them depressingly humorous will be a recurring series here. 

It's becoming more and more clear that certain behaviors are no long acceptable in the corporate public world.  Or at least, it's unacceptable to get caught.  So we all know what's happened to Bill O'Reilly.  But it ain't like it's news.  He was always a horndog.  Everyone knew it.  And no one cared.  Not, that is, until advertisers began pulling the plug.  Why did Bill O'Reilly go?  Not protestors, certainly not morality.  His show is caput because the big money turned against.  Him.  That, by the way, is why North Carolina now has a Democratic Governor and why that state's legislature (sort of) repealed the "bathroom bill." Money folks.  Money.  It makes the world go round.  It ain't about protests, or social media outrage.  If we want to make the world change, if we want the powerful classes to begin listening to the masses you need to hit them  in the wallet.  You don't like what a ...